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APRIL 27, 2009

According to a survey conducted in March 2009 by NTEN, Common Knowledge , and ThePort , social networking has become an integral part of nonprofits’ online strategy. You may have already suspected that, but now you can get some hard numbers to justify that Facebook page you've been keeping so tidy and au currant.

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APRIL 16, 2012

Description : Is social media helping you reach your organizational goals and meet your mission? Is it even helping you raise money to support your work? NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network. Nonprofit Social Networking Report. Related Links : PANO Conference. Session slides.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology A goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn? August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. .

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Facebook the last frontier? I decided to try out facebook when I kept hearing about the integration of other social networking sites into facebook. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Randi Zuckerberg at Facebook invited me and Stephanie McAuliffe from the Packard Foundation to lunch at Facebook today in their new offices in Palo Alto, a former Hewlett-Packard Building. Is there an entity that publishes statistics on all money raised on Facebook? What is Facebook's burn rate? Donald Peterson).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

When it comes to nonprofits – and particularly, nonprofits on Facebook – we're all looking for the answer to the question: What's the ROI? If you're only focused on one aspect, you may be missing Facebook's larger value. In general, the consensus seems to be that Facebook is not the place to pin all your fundraising hopes.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2010

NTEN is People! Flickr: kalabird) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . > NTEN Facebook Page.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 27, 2012

Comment on this blog post or on Tony’s , use the LinkedIn group or Facebook page or Twitter. The whole show is devoted to using social media and social networks to help you reach your supporters and draw them close to your work. The regular contributors will also be on hand talking about social media!

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

The green jobs day of action was large, strong, and helped set the tone nationally on a key topic in an upcoming election. Online networks were used to help organize the national day of action but the action was not about "likes" or fans or messages. It's not about the "network".

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

" 2011 NTEN Champions Fundraising Campaign by the Numbers | NTEN – "The funny thing about being the Nonprofit Technology Network is that it can be really hard to practice what we preach. Donating products to charities helps corporate bottom lines, reduces waste in landfills, and provides relief for people in need.

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Every fundraiser knows the role that social media users played in delivering dollars to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in Haiti and to Planned Parenthood for mammogram screenings in the wake of the Komen Foundation’s withdrawal of funding, but actually how social media delivers such results has been a bit of mystery.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Facebook provides an unprecedented opportunity for nonprofits: 200 million monthly active users, about half of whom are signing in and communicating with their friends on a daily basis, is an organizer's dream. The Love Without Boundaries Foundation created a cause despite being small, entirely new to Facebook, and having no paid staff.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

The trick is to balance working with larger networks and some of the more specific networks to create a very useful and strategic approach to community building. The Value in Smaller Networks. The point of a niche network is to be meaningfully unique and help foster a community that could benefit from an online presence.

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Care2

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Last week was a potential goldmine for those of you looking for resources, advice, and inspiration that will help you develop or improve your nonprofit’s social media presence. First, Convio published their new guide, “ Going Social: Tapping into Social Media for Nonprofit Success &#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

NTEN's WeAreMedia project has been discussing and building six tactical modules on social media - the practical tips and resources you need before you start to focus on the tools. This week, we're talking about Module 5: Social Networks (and widgets) for Community Building, Taking Action and/or Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Note: I've had this blog post in a draft for about a week and was reminded about it when I saw this post over at the NTEN blog asking Is Facebook A Bust or Is Obama's Model the Future ? My answer: The America's Giving Challenge campaign that I just finished was my fifth person to person fundraising campaign using social media.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

With 300 million active users, Facebook is a natural starting place. As of September 2009, scores of Facebook applications have been developed to support the nonprofit sector in one way. As of September 2009, scores of Facebook applications have been developed to support the nonprofit sector in one way. and Canada.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated. That's why TechSoup supports a global network of tech trainers called NetSquared. In Peru, the group explored how Azure can help NGOs and in Tanzania , people learned about the concept of cloud productivity services.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

[Editor's note: Ontario 211 and NTEN asked Ontario nonprofits about how they were using technology – and how they’d like to be using technology – for their work. Having recently attended a social media conference and through contact with individuals in other organizations, I would say that The Arthritis Society is in the middle of the pack.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

What's the thing that separates the top 1% social fundraisers from the rest of the pack, and how can any nonprofit, large or small, put big numbers on the board? . In fact, 87% have raised under $1000 on Facebook since they began using the platform.

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Care2

DECEMBER 5, 2011

According to a study by Blackbaud , NTEN and Common Knowledge, over 92% of nonprofit organizations have a presence on at least one social networking site, but most raise very little money through their social activity. In fact, 87% have raised under $1000 on Facebook since they began using the platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

. • Transparency and Government 2.0. • Video Activism. • Launching Your Own Startup. • Breaking Through the Digital Ceiling. • Tech Marketing in a Recession. • Social Networks and Diversity Barriers. • Innovation and Tech Career Reinvention. • What Shirky Didn’t Tell Us. • Feminine Mystique.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2009

| Radical Tech | Fast Company - Allyson Kapin has a great article about women on the web on the Fast Company blog: "Pew studies show that women now outnumber men on the internet–including major social networks like Twitter and Facebook. However, many women in technology and social media still face a digital ceiling."

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit every day. “We want you to dream up a new tool to help people find and share actions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Note from Beth: I’ve learned a lot about how to cultivate your professional network so it returns value by reading Porter Gale’s Your Network is Your Networth over the summer. Googling is great, but when I needed to know about content strategy, I tapped my network on Facebook.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2009

Nonprofit association NTEN , consultants Common Knowledge and social networking software providers ThePort conducted a joint study of nonprofit organization and their use of and attitudes towards social networking tools. Presence on Commercial Social Networks. Existence of a House Social Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

My favorite is the annual NTEN Day of Service for the NTC which I've been doing for the past ten years! Mozilla Service Week starts on Monday, September 14! Mozilla is reaching out to geeks far and wide to give a helping hand to nonprofit organizations and people all over the world to experience the joy of using the Web!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

I've also added the pink ribbon to my Facebook profile. Edge4Dev blog aims to help. The Technovist offers some 5 tips for nonprofits to get started with social networking sites. Facebook The Non-Profits on Facebook Group is for those who work for, belong to, or support nonprofits on Facebook.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 2008

There has been quite the dustup, started by Facebook kicking Richard Scoble off, because he’d violated the Facebook terms of service. Because of a script that scraped names and email addresses from Facebook, called Plaxo Pulse. Be Helpful. Why did Scoble get booted (he has since been reinstated)? 2 admin 01.04.08

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Luckily, TechSoup.org has three tips to help you stay focused amidst distractions. Have some tips of your own that have helped you with time management? Pop on over to NTEN's Community Builders (CommBuild) Community of Practice group and add your ideas to the conversation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits. I think I can write something up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

Take for example, the NTEN Social Network 2011 Benchmarking Study or the Digital IQ Study of Government Sites. Benchmarking, whether an informal or extensive research study, can be an incredibly valuable exercise because the numerical analysis can help you craft realistic measurable objectives.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Over the years my family and I have worked together to help my Grandmother get wired. She now uses Google Search, reads her news online, sends and receives email, and even uses Facebook to check-in with family and friends. It was developed to provide a Social Network geared towards Mature Adults and Seniors.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

But then you're asked, "Hey, are you on Facebook?" " The blur between our personal and professional identities on social networking sites may seem all too obvious, but the issue is becoming more prevalent as we use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as professional networking tools.

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