Care2

MAY 18, 2010

Check out any nonprofit Web site these days, and in addition to an About Us page, you're likely to see icons for Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. But seriously, hire an experienced development director first. Social media to me is a better awareness and community development tool. If so, how much?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

OpenSocial is a set of APIs that handle three different kinds of user data: profiles, social graph (who your friends are) and activities (the stuff of the Facebook news feeds.) Facebook has quite the motivation to keep people on Facebook, and keep the eyeballs there, because of their revenue model, which is ad-based.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), I don’t know whether to be sad or proud that RapLeaf finds only my Facebook profile and no demos. What is public? 2 admin 06.11.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Turns out, unlike Facebook, or Myspace and such, the “Spock Bot&# makes pages for people without their knowing. Creepy part: do I really want to know what’s on my ex-girlfriend’s MySpace page? Or that a certain nonprofit Executive Director Dugg a post about starting a video game company? tool to jump in.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" and social networking experts emerge and offer their services as these new tools gain prominence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

ve already partnered with 50 non-profits, like Care2 , Greenpeace , and Amnesty International The question it raises for nonprofits is, join an existing network like Facebook or MySpace or build your own social network or combination? The Wild Apricot Blog has published a nice list of ten examples of how nonprofits can use Facebook.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" and social networking experts emerge and offer their services as these new tools gain prominence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Lots of tools. Will people give through Facebook? many organizations are initially focusing on using social media as a communication and awareness tool. Is that MySpace friend an activist? Déjà Vu All Over Again Web 2.0 in 2009 reminds me of Web 1.0 Lots of talk. Lots of uncertainty. Lots of buzzword bingo. Few experts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Dear Beth: I want to compile a report for my Executive Director about the impact of our online organizing strategies. MySpace - to stay connected / reach out to potential supporters. Facebook - to stay connected / reach out to potential supporters. I get lots of email requests like this and can't answer all them or blog either.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

When you launch an integrated marketing plan, you're most likely producing content for a web site, a landing page, a blog, a newsletter, and perhaps a Facebook or MySpace page. As the Director of all sales and PR efforts Michael’s goal is to guide clients from the initial sales pitch to the eventual launch of their product.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

The Idealist.org has a long history of using the web for delivering it services/programs, what do you think the opportunities are for the idealist to extend its impact embracing new web tools (e.g Mari Velasco: We have made some recent changes to expand our use of new web tools, but there's always more we could do! Social media, etc.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Social networking sites such as MySpace and Palo Alto's Facebook have exploded in popularity, drawing new users into the fold each day. Steve Bridger posted a pointer over at Netsquared to his thoughts on "Buzz Director." sorry Steve) and skill sets. This leaves me some questions. Steve's post offers some great ideas.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator. Need some metrics guidelines? The irony).

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator. Need some metrics guidelines? The irony).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

I really like the idea of using online organizing tools to bridge the gap that many in politics and media tell us are unable to be bridged, and to provide a way for folks to "meet" one another virtually in a way that reduces anxiety and amplifies commonality. At its most basic, PledgeBank is a positive peer pressure tool.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator. Need some metrics guidelines? The irony).

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Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

When you think of MySpace, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, even ExhibitFiles are tools that allows people--strangers and friends--to connect with one another. The tools aren't inherently unsafe. The irritating design? Or is it the stalkers?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2008

Some of the most popular are LinkedIn (a professional network), Facebook (social and professional), and MySpace (anything goes). It's not an open space for discussion or communication; instead, it's a network of private spaces where kids and families have tools available to continue their museum experience.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

create and manage a Facebook group or page, or a MySpace page. With 10-20 hours per week, become a community director. If you want to get really fancy and go video, you can "vodcast" this way, too. But you want something bigger? Have gobs of time and some technical know-how? Then sheesh! They include projects like.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology More on Facebook July 17, 2007 Michelle Martin has a great post this week on Facebook. They have a roundup of what they are calling the 10 best Facebook apps for work.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2007

And now that social networking tools and software are advanced enough to express complex relationships between people, projects, and ideas, we should be integrating these technologies into our workplaces. Here's a snippet from a map of the affiliations of the JP Morgan board of directors. Consider, for example, the U.S.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2009

The first full session I was able to catch was “Tools Galore in Online Communications” moderated by Netsquared’s Amy Sample Ward with speakers Natalie Foster , Director of New Media for the Democratic National Committee , Rebecca Moore, Google Earth Outreach and Laura Quinn, Executive Director of Idealware.

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