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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Facebook: facebook.com/nationalwildlife. Back in 2006 when I joined the organization we had a MySpace page with 25 friends. From there I signed us up for various Facebook groups and profiles and continued experimenting sites like Change.org and Care2. Website: www.nwf.org. Blog: www.wildlifepromise.org. Twitter: twitter.com/nwf.

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Planned Parenthood Movement Building: Leadership, Engagement, Stories, and Platform for Self-Organizing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Says Tom, "We don't talk about Facebook or Twitter. They realized quickly it was the wrong approach. " We’ve stopped cramming calls to action down people’s throats because we understand that’s not the culture of MySpace or Facebook or the way social media can be successful. We help guide it." We support it, guide it.". .

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Social Media: Who Should Navigate the Ship

NTEN

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) are permeating our everyday lives: According to a San Francisco Chronicle article earlier this year, Facebook has outstripped Google as the main traffic source for big sites like MSN and Yahoo! Tags: Leadership NPTech NTEN Social Media. Casey Golden, CEO, Small Act.

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Research Friday: So, where is Bob?

ASU Lodestar Center

My experience searching for Bob is concrete evidence of the helpfulness of various social networking sites (SNS) like LinkedIn and Facebook. As can be noted, many are on multiple sites: Facebook – 92%. MySpace – 29%. 52% of Facebook users access that site at least once a day. ".a To the rescue: LinkedIn. LinkedIn – 18%.

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Social Networks for Social Change: Ivan Boothe Knows What He Is Talking About!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. For instance, when we first started organizing on Facebook in 2005, we found many existing groups on campuses working to end the genocide in Darfur. For concrete examples see the Slideshare presentation above.

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Noel Hidalgo Knows What Ten Dollars Can Do In Cambodia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He used social media ( blog , vlog , wiki , flickr , couchsurfing , twitter , myspace , dopplr , and facebook ) to harness the collective knowledge of the globe, and reported weekly on seven topics of freedom. ve assumed all leadership positions. ??? - most pressing needs. Gradually, we???ve Dr. Nancy Hendrie.

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Gen Y Nonprofits and Social Change Bloggers: Meet Miss Jones

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I cover work related issues like generational differences, leadership among gen y and race related issues as it pertains to nonprofits; and personal issues like defining success and most recently dating people of a different generation. Give us room for leadership development.

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