Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Yep, and you should also learn how to use an RSS reader so you can efficiently monitor those feeds and respond. And here's a good listener's guide. Donations with Squidoo. I'd also take a look at widget fundraising. And you might want to read this primer first.

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NTEN

APRIL 3, 2009

The New York Times continues to produce great examples of interactive maps. IdealistNews.org aims to be the Digg , er, Reddit of social news sites, while Academic Earth wants to be the Hulu of education. A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. Read more posts on our blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Object-Based Social Networks: 2004 Think Flickr, delicious, digg, Slideshare. A tag stream of web resources, videos, powerpoint slides, news items, etc. And with traffic that often rivals the New York Times Website, Digg lets users vote their favorite stories to the top of the site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2009

This diagram, credited to the “ New York Times via Ed Philp ,” (original source ) illustrates the flow of comments on a blog. But, what I can't easily do for a specific blog post is see who is referring to the article in other places on the social web, like Twitter, Friendfeed, Digg, and the like.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Global Giving's " Giving Made Green " launched last week and was written up in the New York Times. Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. More coverage in the blogosphere and beyond here.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

When I read the New York Times online, each article's author's name is hotlinked and there is an easy and direct way to contact him/her. It's just plain courteous, and if we trust our visitors the way we trust clients or friends, we should make this available. Make content authorship transparent.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2008

The view counts, comments, favorites, most e-mailed, and leader boards of sites we all love (Flickr, Digg, StumbleUpon, NetFlix, The New York Times, etc.)

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