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And the Winner is. Jaffe's Join the Conversation Book Giveaway and How To Do A Giveaway Contest on Your Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Joseph Jaffe offered bloggers a review copy of his boo, Join the Conversation: How to Engage Marketing-Weary Consumers with the Power of Community, Dialogue, and Partnership. He attended the Cambodian Blogging Summit and received the digital audio recorder to create language lessons for his students (offline podcasts!) (The

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How to find donors online – 22 ideas that work

Whole Whale

Listen to this podcast with their digital strategy team on how they make it work for them. Be careful with these types of contests as the motivation behind joining the email list may not be as aligned with the organization, and can lead to lower donation conversions as well as higher unsubscribes. Sending messages of support.

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Keeping an Eye on the Nonprofit Sector and other great finds via Netsquared

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's time to strike up a conversation backed by sound research, philosophy and experience. And, while I'm reading Netsquared community blog , here's a few posts and podcasts of note from the last few weeks: Deborah Finn (CyberYenta) wrote a post " What do small nonprofits need to know about fundraising technology?

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Talk Twitter to Me

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note it isn't a list of how to self-promote your content, program, or services - but rather a micro conversation starter guide. In otherwords, the announcements with the conversations: Personal thoughts and reflections that suit your brand - this helps people feel more trust towards you and your brand and strikes up conversations.

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How To: Put Technology to Use (October 2008)

NTEN

It may be easy for big groups, with photogenic interests -- like the National Wildlife Federation's Wildlife Habitat program or The Nature Conservancy's nature picture contest -- to use something like Flickr, but you're too small? Then, of course, there are blogs , and podcasts , and video , and. Balderdash! Or the Women's Museum.

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How To Avoid Being Seduced by Web2.0 Hype: The UK NpTech Perspective

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Having a bad case of work avoidance yesterday - specifically building powerpoint slides and figuring out what to say, I got into an email conversation about Web2.0 Making me think of March Dimes Flickr Contest ) Epilepsy Action in MySpace 1. and volcom sector adoption. Our volunteers blogs on www.do-it.org.uk it.org.uk ???real???

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Effective Social Media Planning & Storytelling for Nonprofit Fundraising Success

CauseVox

Increasing Donor Engagement: By creating engaging content, you can encourage engagement, spark conversations, and build a dedicated following around your cause. Actively participating in conversations shows your supporters that you value their input and fosters a sense of community.