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WeAreMedia Webinar on September 23rd: Choose Your Own Adventure

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and determining the plot arc by deciding which page to turn to. Goal: To understand how to use blogging and video blogging tools to strategically tell your organization’s story or get others to share the story.

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Vote for the First Anti-Genocide Hotline on Reddit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My colleague, Ivan Boothe, who works with the Genocide Intervention Network and who is incredible smart about integrating social media into cause-related campaigns, pinged me about this reddit campaign. Ivan's story adds an excellent example to accompany these resource links. Then come back here. Thanks Ivan.

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Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Earned media is comprised of coverage through: Blogs Media outlets both online and offline Podcasts Photo sharing sites like Flickr Tweets on Twitter Links shared on Facebook Tagging on social bookmarking sites like delicious, Digg, etc. Digg and Reddit: Digg and Reddit lets you search for submitted stories that match your organizations name.

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Reflection and Analysis: Gnomedex Real-Time Social Fundraising Experiment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My most recent experiment involved Twitter, fundraising, and an integrated offline component at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle. Integrate quick email interviews as you say thanks with donors, pattern analysis of comments or blog posts. The numbers don't tell the whole story. It got 189 diggs. It replicable?

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Free Live Interactive Event: Future of Fundraising

Tech Soup

The wide variety of choices and tools to integrate make this field exciting and challenging terrain for nonprofit leaders; we will take your questions in this one hour live interactive event. Jen recently spoke at TechSoup’s Online Community Meetup. Make sure to read the full recap on the TechSoup blog.). Over and over again.

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An Interview of Heather Cronk, PledgeBank: Advice On Raising Money on Your Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

PledgeBank is a platform that gives folks a way to connect with others in ways that integrate with their everyday lives and capitalize on their wisdom, experience, and resources -- whatever. Third, a pledge called " Bakul-Library " is definitely one of my favorite stories. 2) Tell a story. those might be.

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How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius: What's Your Brilliant Thought?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Even better is getting your constituents to share their stories about your organization with others or “user generated content.”. Share Your Story: You share the impact of your organization's programs through blogging, podcasting, sharing photos on Flickr, or YouTube or other video sharing site.