Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

I have been mulling this post over for months, and with some recent changes made by Facebook, the time has come. Some of the opinions I express below I have had for a while and speak to them in my webinars and trainings, but some are so recent that I am still in the stage of “Seriously Facebook? That said, people love Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2009

So do “click actions” like signing a petition and becoming a Facebook fan actually make a difference? They are used to text messaging, MySpace, Facebook, get-in, get-out, instant gratification. We want to get the best and brightest in a room at SXSW and go at it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2008

" and Maddie Grant gives us the three top reasons why online communities fail. Ask for a show of hands, who has heard of Myspace? Who has heard of Facebook? Urban League Facebook page ) We're so delighted that we decided to give away one more book! to ask before you launch an online community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards ! Jason Z at DIA bog writes about the launch of " Make It Your Own: Case Foundation's Experiment in Citizen-Centric Philanthropy " which includes both MySpace and Facebook. Holly Ross points to Robin Good's Beginner Guide to Facebook. NpTech Talk.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

. – Aiming to tap the skyrocketing popularity of social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to promote social good, the Corporation for National and Community Service today announced $2.3 million in grants to use social media to engage college students in service to meet community needs.The grants provide seed funding to six.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 6, 2015

Adam Weinger is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and the President of Double the Donation, a company which provides tools to nonprofits to help them raise more money from corporate matching gift and volunteer grant programs. _. Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Pinterest… Is Myspace still a thing? Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2008

My college granted me a fellowship after college to live and work in Philadelphia to learn more about the non profit sector. But honestly, I would have an excellent website before branching onto facebook or myspace. Tell me about you. Your website is your first impression so make it a great one!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

This age group is increasingly on Facebook , MySpace and Twitter -- more ’mainstream’ social networks.“ “ According to a recent study, the fastest growing demographic on Facebook is people aged 55+. LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace). Facebook : Fastest growing demographic is 55+.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

This age group is increasingly on Facebook , MySpace and Twitter -- more ’mainstream’ social networks.“ “ According to a recent study, the fastest growing demographic on Facebook is people aged 55+. LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace). Facebook : Fastest growing demographic is 55+.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Between email solicitation, direct mail, major donors, and grant-writing, the vast majority of nonprofits will weather the economic hard times. Today, it's becoming standard practice to communicate with supporters using tools like Flickr, MySpace , Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. Four years ago, web 2.0

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « Twestival: To Meet, Tweet And Raise $500K For Charity | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 » Wednesday Feb 04 2009 Why Every Nonprofit Should Embrace the Web 2.0 Conference to discuss the importance of incorporating Web 2.0 tools as part of an organization’s communications strategy. The truth is, Web 2.0

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

YouTube , Google Maps , DIGG , TypePad , MySpace , Facebook , Plaxo, or Salesforce , then youve likely run across an API. In fact, ASPCA and Conservation International received recognition during Convios Summit, in part for their successful use of widgets on social networks such as MySpace. If youve ever used My Yahoo!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Social Networks: Facebook, Myspace, and many more. Through the Internet, they learned about the Rising Voices Grant. Niche content. Blogs are connected - we're talking about a blogosphere. A rating of 100 or more is considered good in Romania. Personality is important. The volunteers were high school students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Using Facebook and Linked but in the basic stages Gave an overview of some statistics of Internet usage/access of the world's population. They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. People use the comment fields to ask for grants -- try to filter out comments that are not on topic.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2011

Well, that’s when nonprofits started using MySpace to engage the MySpace community. Facebook Fan Pages were launched late in 2006 and grew by the millions in the nonprofit sector throughout 2007 to the present. Notice how online giving starts to grow around 2006? Notice the larger jump in giving in 2007?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2007

Granted, they can be logistical nightmares to maintain, but for many employees they are the only way to visualize and potentially connect individuals across the organization. MySpace, LiveJournal, and Facebook all provide ways for you to seamlessly view and click through friends and friends of friends.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

A common mistake is to assume that because a person is “young&# and has been using Facebook for years to stay in touch with friends and family, then they must be good at using social media for branding an organization. What websites were your visitors on right before they visited your site [Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace]?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

Submitted by Heather McLeod Grant, senior consultant at the Monitor Institute and a principal contributor to Working Wikily. She talked about how online social networks mirror off-line social dynamics, and described the phenomenon of “white flight” from MySpace to Facebook.

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