Comment, Contest and ROI - Nonprofit Technology

What’s the ROI of Online Voting and Fundraising Contests?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2010

For the third and final Conversational Case Study on America’s Giving Challenge from Allison Fine and I, we pose a question rather than answer one: Is there a “special sauce” for successful participation in online fundraising contests ? The post summarizes the strategies used by contest winners. Contest Sponsor.

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Contest ROI Online Fundraising

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Big Cat Rescue

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Chris then spends about 8 hours per week responding to comments an building relationships with our viewers. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. The ROI for us is measured in lives saved more than just the money raised to do so. The site currently has 1.6

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

In 2008, I designed the Nonprofit and Social Media ROI Poetry Slam and last year was a panel on crowdsourcing that modeled crowdsourcing in the design and delivery. Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay. Corporations use these contests to engage potential customers. Trust me.

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Social Media ROI Case Study Slam Panel at 08NTC: Carie Lewis, Human Society

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

WHY THIS CAMPAIGN People were buzzing about the issue online and obviously outraged by their comments. We could tell by all the comments and images floating around. Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? youtube video views Get original contest ??? High engagement contest ??? trackable Raise awareness ???

Case Study

Case Study ROI Social Media Contest

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Contest: User Generated Crap, er… Content

See3

MAY 28, 2007

One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. A common form of contest among companies is the “create a commercial&# contest. Among organizations, contests may seem like a short-cut to get compelling content, and cheaply. The current Heinz contest is a great example.

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Contest Generation Content YouTube

Riffing on David Armano's Listen, Learn, and Adapt: Need Your Organization's Adaption Stories!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

What I need is your input -I'd love to hear about your social media "adaption stories" - please leave me a comment. They determine what comments need action, whether to say thank you and build a relationship, repair a customer service issue, or ignore. We don’t really care about views as much as we care about comments.

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Story Learning Organization Metrics

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Happy Valentine’s Day from the Onion

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FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Imagine if…

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MARCH 7, 2008

Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment Claude Rallins Pangea Day is an interesting project. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? As a result, it’s very powerful.

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FAQ Newsletter Copyright Contest

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » ABC Talks Nonprofit Tech

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MAY 1, 2007

Unfortunately, Katrin neglected to mention DoGooderTV, but we know that next time she will give DoGooderTV, which hosted the NTEN – See3 Nonprofit Video Contest , a big plug. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! You can watch the video here.

Tech

Tech Contest FAQ NTEN

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » NTEN Does Web 2.0

See3

MARCH 27, 2008

You must be a credible member of the community sharing useful information and thoughtful comments before anyone will respond to your asks. The first was about ROI. ROI” as the title of a session. Beth pointed out a great study on blogging ROI from Forrester. Most importantly, participate with authenticity.

NTEN

NTEN Web Case Study Stumbleupon

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » I’m a Progressive. I’m a Conservative.

See3

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

A commentator on YouTube said that the best thing those Mac/PC ads have been good for is a template for parody. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? I’m a Conservative.

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Conservancy YouTube FAQ Template

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » My OLPC Has Arrived!

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DECEMBER 17, 2007

Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment Media Districts Entertainment Blog » My OLPC Has Arrived! [.] Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Here’s a small excerpt [.]

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Laptop FAQ Newsletter Copyright

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Farewell Mr. President

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FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment President Bush » Farewell Mr. President [.] Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? President is a basic video… [.]

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » America’s Giving Challenge

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JANUARY 21, 2008

Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment Beth Kanter Michael, Thank you!! Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Very much appreciate your help!

America

America Challenge Cambodia Giving

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Change the Debate in 2008

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AUGUST 1, 2007

Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment University Update – YouTube – Change the Debate in 2008 [.] Sign the petition here … in campaign, youtube, politics, michael hoffman, see3 | No Comments » View Original Article » [.] Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Change America YouTube FAQ

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Nonprofit Video – Going mainstream

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OCTOBER 7, 2007

RSS feeds and blogs, article comments, social networks… it’s all increasingly important. Share and Enjoy: 2 Comments comment advertising » Nonprofit Video – Going mainstream [.] Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! 8 Oct 2007 Mike Wow!

Video

Video FAQ Bookmarking RSS

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » A Vision of Your Target Market

See3

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Many of you have already seen this video called A Vision of Students Today , added to YouTube over a month ago and now the 94th most discussed video of all time on YouTube with over 6,000 comments. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

Marketing

Marketing YouTube FAQ Student

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » I am Michael Hoffman, but only 1 of 1684

See3

MARCH 7, 2008

Share and Enjoy: 4 Comments comment Kelly Luchtman That’s funny; there are 0 of me! Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? How many have your name?

FAQ

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Second Annual DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards

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MARCH 3, 2008

Share and Enjoy: 2 Comments comment mul-timedi-a.net Second Annual DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards… Die empfohlenen Politiken tragen notwendig zur Verschärfung großräumiger, kleinräumiger und sozialer Ungleichheit bei. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

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Award Video FAQ Newsletter

Tips for YouTube and Viral Videos

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Right after Thanksgiving, TechCrunch published a guest post called " The Secret Strategies Behind Many Viral Videos " which unleashed a record 491 comments because it described some unethical practices. There was also a follow up post here.

YouTube

YouTube Video Tips Lesson

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Tag Line: Keeping You Smarter Through Blogging

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DECEMBER 4, 2007

Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment disability » Blog Archive » Tag Line: Keeping You Smarter Through Blogging [.] Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Tag FAQ New York Newsletter

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » OLPC – One Laptop Per Child

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DECEMBER 21, 2007

Here’s a demo video: Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment Beth Kanter I got one for Harry for the holidays. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

Laptop

Laptop FAQ Newsletter Copyright

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Even Microsoft Gets It

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AUGUST 6, 2007

The Break Up Uploaded by geertdesager Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment Jocelyn Harmon Michael, This is AWESOME! Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

FAQ

FAQ Newsletter Copyright Contest

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The 1 Second Film

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NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment My Personal Blog » The 1 Second Film [.] Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Imagine what it could do for you. Check it out!

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FAQ Arts Video Charity

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The 1 Second Film

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NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment My Personal Blog » The 1 Second Film [.] Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Imagine what it could do for you. Check it out!

FAQ

FAQ Arts Video Charity

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Don’t Let the Video Tail Wag the Campaign Dog

See3

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

The People Speak also demonstrates the UN Foundation’s dedication to online video, featuring video throughout the web site, running video contests , and inviting supporters to capture and submit their own stories. Where and how should we focus our energies to get the most ROI from our video production resources?

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Video Campaign Chad Contest

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » It is 2008 and I am still Michael Hoffman

See3

JANUARY 14, 2008

Share and Enjoy: 2 Comments comment fran Hey Michael Hoffman- for us, you are the one and only, the authentic, the essential, the amazing, the loving, the best, the brilliant Michael HOffman there is… F and B 19 Jan 2008 JackieSee3 Well, now you have other Michael Hoffman’s trying to catch your Michael Hoffman fire.

Wikipedia

Wikipedia Google FAQ Newsletter

HSUS YouTube User-Generated Video Competition Grows List - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The only cost, as with many social campaigns, was staff time.

YouTube

YouTube Social Media Generation Video

HSUS YouTube User-Generated Video Competition Grows List - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

MARCH 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The only cost, as with many social campaigns, was staff time.

YouTube

YouTube Generation Video Social Media

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » 5 Technology Links To Check Right Now

See3

MAY 21, 2007

MyBlogLog has been helpful with traffic, as has my speaking engagements, participation in the Nonprofit Blog Exchange , comments to other blogs, and mentions of us in the press. Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment Mary-Louise I work for Guy Kawasaki. Thanks for your comments about Guy’s keynoting and the link to his blog!

Technology

Technology FAQ Newsletter NTC

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Making Your Media Matter

See3

JANUARY 10, 2008

REGISTER NOW TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A SPOT Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment How to lose belly fat | How to lose belly fat [.] Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

Media

Media Conference University FAQ

Care2 and NOAA Promote International Year of the Reef 2008 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 1 Comment | by Share Article in Care2 News , Misc. I wrote the article.

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Social Media International Advocacy Case Study

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Ugliest MySpace Pages

See3

JULY 17, 2006

read more | digg story Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Facebook Platform – Opening Up [.] Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! One reason is that it’s ugly. Take a look. The Facebook news is big.

Myspace

Myspace Digg FAQ Newsletter

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Join the Video Bandwagon

See3

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment Lights! Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! « technola [.] Join the Video Bandwagon [.]

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Video YouTube FAQ Metrics

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Are you an idiot?

See3

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Share and Enjoy: 2 Comments comment Disney » Are you an idiot? [.] Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Here’s a quick excerptQuoting Bill Carter from the NY Times.

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Video FAQ Newsletter Copyright

Social Media 101 TweetChat: Twitter

Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

On the subject of retweets, it is advisable to strive for brevity as it allows others to retweet in full or add a comment with a retweet. Twitter is often thought of as the social media tool of choice for nonprofits hoping to garner votes for grant contests such as the Chase Giving and Pepsi Refresh Challenges.

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Social Media Twitter Media Social

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Why you need social media marketing.

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DECEMBER 12, 2007

Share and Enjoy: 4 Comments comment Social Networking News for Myspace / Facebook / Etc. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Link to the original story.

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Social Media Somalia Myspace Marketing

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » It’s not just young people

See3

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Share and Enjoy: 2 Comments comment Russ Burke Hello Michael: Great website and critically important job you are doing to educate nonprofits…the newer fundraisers anxious to get into the eConnecting need the perspective and us older folks need to understand more so we can integrate it’s potential with what we already know works.

People

People Demographics FAQ Video

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » A Great Event

See3

JUNE 15, 2007

Share and Enjoy: 2 Comments comment fran You forgot to mention DESSERT! Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Stay tuned for some video from the event.

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Darfur Columbus FAQ Africa

Google Announces Project 10^100 for World-Changing Ideas - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

OCTOBER 13, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You can read all the details on the contest and submit your idea here. Thank You ;).

Google

Google Social Media Ideas Project

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Blogging from the Convio Summit

See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

More to come from the Convio Summit 2007 Share and Enjoy: 4 Comments comment Stephen Newberry As a Blackbaud user I’ve seen a lot of comment recently about Blackbaud’s API or lack thereof. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Have you seen [link] ?

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Convio Austin API Blackbaud

Would you like a share of $5 million? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Schwartz wrote about an exceptional contest organized by the Knight Foundation.

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Social Media Advocacy Share Case Study

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Nonprofit Jobs: Program Manager, The WateReuse Foundation

See3

MARCH 18, 2008

Share and Enjoy: 3 Comments comment Management Co Info » The Complete Guide to Fund-Raising Management (2nd Edition) [.] Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

Foundation

Foundation Job Program Management

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » iPhone 2.0 – Bigger Than Sliced Tomatoes

See3

MARCH 17, 2008

Share and Enjoy: 5 Comments comment jackie Does this mean office iPhones will be required in the next year?? Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

FAQ

FAQ Newsletter Game Video

What’s the ROI of Online Voting and Fundraising Contests?

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Big Cat Rescue

Webinars

Trending Sources

Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Webinars

Social Media ROI Case Study Slam Panel at 08NTC: Carie Lewis, Human Society

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Contest: User Generated Crap, er… Content

Riffing on David Armano's Listen, Learn, and Adapt: Need Your Organization's Adaption Stories!

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Happy Valentine’s Day from the Onion

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Imagine if…

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » ABC Talks Nonprofit Tech

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » NTEN Does Web 2.0

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » I’m a Progressive. I’m a Conservative.

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » My OLPC Has Arrived!

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Farewell Mr. President

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » America’s Giving Challenge

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Change the Debate in 2008

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Nonprofit Video – Going mainstream

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » A Vision of Your Target Market

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » I am Michael Hoffman, but only 1 of 1684

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Second Annual DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards

Tips for YouTube and Viral Videos

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Tag Line: Keeping You Smarter Through Blogging

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » OLPC – One Laptop Per Child

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Even Microsoft Gets It

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The 1 Second Film

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The 1 Second Film

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Don’t Let the Video Tail Wag the Campaign Dog

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » It is 2008 and I am still Michael Hoffman

HSUS YouTube User-Generated Video Competition Grows List - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

HSUS YouTube User-Generated Video Competition Grows List - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » 5 Technology Links To Check Right Now

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Making Your Media Matter

Care2 and NOAA Promote International Year of the Reef 2008 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Ugliest MySpace Pages

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Join the Video Bandwagon

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Are you an idiot?

Social Media 101 TweetChat: Twitter

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Why you need social media marketing.

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » It’s not just young people

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » A Great Event

Google Announces Project 10^100 for World-Changing Ideas - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Blogging from the Convio Summit

Would you like a share of $5 million? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Nonprofit Jobs: Program Manager, The WateReuse Foundation

See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » iPhone 2.0 – Bigger Than Sliced Tomatoes

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