Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2007

2)LinkedIn , the professional networking site that often seems like little more than a sharable rolodex, has an announcement of its own. that allows outside developers to weave their own programs into its site. " that allows outside developers to weave their own programs into its site. "

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Care2

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

For example you will now be able to see how many active visitors are on your site at that very moment, what platform they are using to view the site and if they are using a mobile device ? You'll now have access to see what kind of mobile device, and even click a camera icon to see how your site appears on their particular device.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

I spend a lot (and I mean a lot) of time trying to figure out how to use social networking, bookmarking and news sites to enhance the National Wildlife Federation's online presence. We looked at the site's stats over the last year and made the goal: double the site's traffic in the coming year. Be Out There. Save Yourself Time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

We also discussed the aggregation and publishing side and some initial goals for the NPTech Community site. Peter Campbell, who created the site, has moved the site it's new domain [link] - so stay tuned for more updates. NpTech Conference Call Notes. January 19, 2007 Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 5, 2009

It's something the site probably should have done awhile ago and if done correctly could make other services, like Digg, look all the more behind the times." While the exact formula behind the front page remains unclear, its contents are clearly changing minute by minute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2007

I'm also highlighting this because it is a terrific example of using social news sites like Digg and Reddit o promote a cause (the Reddit guys were among my first video blog interviewees back in Nov. 2005 ) I had (wrongly) assumed that getting to the top of social news sites was a matter of dumb luck or that if something went viral.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

It’s a great catch all that monitors numerous social sites. Monitor what’s being bubbled up about you on Digg. It won’t look the same on every site, but you will see something very similar. Just enter your keyword and subscribe via RSS or email. Get set up on Google Alerts to monitor the web at large.

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Care2

APRIL 18, 2011

It provides a: Breakdown of networks (Delicious, Digg, Facebook, etc) and you’re super users for these sites as well as tips on how to engage the audience. Want to know how big organizations like the National Wildlife Federation track some of their social media social bookmarking? Allows you to see engagement trends over time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

For a step-by-step tutorial on SEO techniques for nonprofits, Wild Apricot's 30 Day Guide to Search Optimization is a good choice, while Search EngineLand site is probably the subject matter expert of choice. The presentation describes the benefits of using Digg and shares some before/after results. Haven't dug into Digg yet?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

When asked about social news sites like Digg, Jonathon says: "The type of things we post regularly on Digg and Netscape and Newsvine are real-world events, announcements, and discoveries ??? re becoming popular on Digg and a number of the other big social news networks regularly because of the strength of our content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

How does he use sites like Techmeme/DIGG vs. niche blogs? What are simple keyboard shortcuts anyone can use? How does he find and pick feeds? How can you catch his eye with your posts? How does he use RSS feeds for building relationships?

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

Neff of the American Cancer Society, and Carie Lewis of the Humane Society offered insightful tricks for getting traffic, attention, and subscribers for their sites. Disclosure: Forum One built the site.): Then she encouraged the staffer running the site to reach out to 'mommy bloggers' by posting comments to their blogs.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

While it is a feature of many social sharing sites, often times those very sites do not provide beginner-friendly instructions on how to use tags effectively. To understand why tagging is found on so many social sharing sites it helps to understand why tags exist in the first place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

  We're talking about tools like Digg, Stumbleupon, Reddit and others.  These services are powered by the RSS feeds that each network offers to its users and makes following activity across sites easier and in one spot.    Which ones are you using, what are the best tips and resources?

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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. StumbledUpon is social search that lets users unearth sites that might be interesting to them. 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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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

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. Word of mouth, etc. Type in your organizations twitter handle, organization or hashtags.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2009

-with those sorta annoying little icons for "sharing" with Digg, StubbledUpon, etc. onto content sharing sites like Scribd , Slideshare, YouTube, Flickr. with social media tie-ins woven in, such as for FaceBook (looking for ideas on how best to do thi?). with content in editable format (ie a wiki) to allow real user engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2009

number of Facebook fans, Twitter followers, Digg links, Delicious bookmarks, and referrals from social media sites, plus existing website traffic). Chris suggests: Before you start the clock it is a good idea to benchmark where you’re at. Make a note of the obvious numb ers.

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Care2

MAY 21, 2009

Photo sharing sites like Flickr. Tagging on social bookmarking sites like delicious, Digg, etc. Earned media is media you don't “buy&# but earn the old-fashioned way - by taking the time to properly engage reporters, bloggers, and influentials about your issue. Earned media is comprised of coverage on: Blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

My rule now is that I set up a presence on different sites and have email forwarded if people want to contact me, but I go deep in only a couple of places. Jonathan Colman mentioned this say multiplier effect from a recent Digg campaign. The answer to "which social networks?" I agree you don't have to be everywhere.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Kirtsy (demographic-based – think Digg for women, 200,000+ members). They tend to have tens of thousands of members versus the hundreds of millions for mainstream sites. Kabissa (location-based – African NGOs, 3,200+ members). TuDiabetes (issue-based – people touched by diabetes, 14,000+ members) .

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

StartSomeGood is a “ crowdfunding ” platform, inspired by the success of sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. On the site, social entrepreneurs propose their idea or project, set a funding goal, and identify a “tipping point. She loves interacting with communities online. Over and over again.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 3, 2008

" (Search for that title on the Universal McCann site.). Whether it's Twitter or Digg or Facebook or LinkedIn, it's about those relationships. It's a bit of a misnomer. As you might suspect, user ratings and reviews on websites matter more than they ever have in terms of influencing consumer behavior. It's about friends. .

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NTEN

APRIL 3, 2009

IdealistNews.org aims to be the Digg , er, Reddit of social news sites, while Academic Earth wants to be the Hulu of education. But if you get caught playing their browser-based Tetris clone, you didn't hear it from us. (Oh, Oh, and if you want to drive yourself insane, try this hi-def version.). You could win cash monies!

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

While at WWD I had my posts make it to the front page of Digg a few times, and the front page of Yahoo! You can subscribe to the site via RSS , but when I post it does automatically feed out to Twitter and Facebook. once which was a trip. I quit because I prefer to concentrate my professional attention in the nonprofit world.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

While at WWD I had my posts make it to the front page of Digg a few times, and the front page of Yahoo! You can subscribe to the site via RSS , but when I post it does automatically feed out to Twitter and Facebook. once which was a trip. I quit because I prefer to concentrate my professional attention in the nonprofit world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2007

A sort of "digg" for NpTech Tag items. There is interest is seeing the NpTech Site become a central place to go for information, updates, or whatever is happening with NpTech Tag, not exlusively a place to aggregate nptech tagged items. I found that idea exciting!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

Traffic: Suggests partnering with the web team and using analytics software to track the referrals of unique visitors to site from a site. Get granular - figure how how many unique visits a particular blogger sent, a Facebook Event, or Digg. . These might work well as a series of pilots/experiments to track and learn.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

When they find it saved by someone on a social bookmarking site like del.icio.us , StumbleUpon or Digg When another blogger links to it on their blog. Search engines like sites that update their content regularly and have lots of incoming links; consequently, they like blogs!

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Every time I come back to their site, I find something new. The site is a project of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit founded in 1995 with a rich history of helping people share resources and information. Tweet it, Post it, Digg it, and donate. Pass it on to your friends, coworkers, and other organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2007

Kevin Rose of Digg fame launched a new social sharing site called Pownce to much buzz and mixed reviews. My Flickr Stream. Pownce lets you share files, links, and other info with your friends. It is a competitor of twitter and jaiku. It was invitation only. I managed to get an invitation from one of my twitter friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Buzz tools include FriendFeed, Twitter, StumbleUpon, and Digg - and of course you add many others to this category that are found in other categories. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

social networking sites. Eric Eckle suggests that this points to some larger organizational issues in embracing social networking sites. Institutional spokespeople who cultivate a useful reputation within a community like Facebook or Digg while acting on behalf of their employer are building a very personal equity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Should there be a nonprofit and social change category on Digg? Digg it here ). And, of course, one of the community ad hoc collaborations incorporated Digg or a "Digg like" ability to crowdsource news items. That discussion generated some good tips for using Digg (as well as other tools).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

I went to revisit the site having explored in depth a few months ago, but experiencing some Web2.0 Allen Gunn from Aspiration, the site's developer, called me on the phone (how retro!) to talk about the site (it is in beta) and asked for feedback. Someone mentioned Deborah Finn's great post about Social Source Commons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

When they find it saved by someone on a social bookmarking site like del.icio.us , StumbleUpon or Digg. Search engines like sites that update their content regularly and have lots of incoming links; consequently, they like blogs! When someone shares it with them using an AddThis like button on the bottom of the post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

I was able to track down Anthony Jennings who is the Web Site Specialist at SEIU. His job includes strategic planning, launching and maintaining web sites for the International and some locals. Well, this example is no astro turf. It's the real thing. It's authentic.

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