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Online communities 101: The benefits of leveraging an online community platform

Nimble AMS

According to the latest Community Brands research, 52% of association professionals use an online member community but only 14% rate their use of the platform as excellent. Why should your member-based organization leverage an online community to engage your members? What is an online community?

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Why "Free Agent" Social Communities Rock

Care2

However, there is a new class of free agent out there, specific to social networks: " the free agent community.". The free agent community exists on a social network and decides, as a group, to raise funds for an unafilliated nonprofit organization. Three recent independent social community fundraisers underscore these points.

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Bookmark Your Browsers! The Official Blogs of the World’s Most Popular Social Media Sites

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The nonprofit sector has a large community of technology bloggers committed to helping nonprofits stay current on emerging trends in social media, online fundraising, and mobile technology. Reddit Blog :: reddit.com/r/blog. You can also browse 300+ on Twitter at @nonprofitorgs/lists/bloggers-resources. Instagram.

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Reddit's FeedaNeed.org Pairs Volunteers with Nonprofits

Have Fun - Do Good

The organizations that receive the most votes from the community before December 23, 2008 at 7 PM ET will be the winners of volunteer time. I'll be interested to see how reddit coordinates the actual doing of the volunteer work, and what the results are. reddit volunteer online web

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Reddit yet? Cute Aliens, Community News, and Youth Venture.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last night, I attended the Berkman Thursday Blogger Meeting which featured Alexis and Steve, Reddit Founders. Reddit is a community news service with ratings. "Not enough money to live in luxury, but enough to be able to work on Reddit and live."). Reddit is like del.icio.us

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Join online fundraising communities and ask lots of questions and monitor for great ideas. Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. Learn how to speak publicly and eloquently about the organization and offer to speak to community organizations, mutual aid organizations, clubs, coalitions, or commissions.

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Social Trends for 2024

Media Cause

Social media is a place people go to with hopes of connectivity, community, and distraction. They hold summer camps for grieving children who have lost a parent, caregiver, sibling, or someone close to them, so they can form a community with other kids who have experienced such huge loss.

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