Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/JointheFight. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Averaging 3,100 Facebook page views per week.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A good quote is certain to garner your nonprofit Retweets and thumbs up on Facebook any day of the week.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

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. The vast of majority of nonprofits love Facebook too. on Facebook. Alright… thanks Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

They were on Myspace and organizing via Facebook Groups years before corporate brands, higher education, and broadcast and print media. Most mobile photo-sharing tools are integrated into Twitter, so your first step should be getting familiar with tweeting on the go. Select a mobile a mobile photo-sharing tool.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 11, 2010

It’s a really solid post, with an information-packed report attached, as well as some resources. I’m hoping that someone (hint, hint) will write the blog post or report taking off on this work, and articulate the major nonprofit use cases for Social CRM. facebook scrm socialmedia twitter.

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Very few speakers or attendees reported using these tools for fundraising, though. Very few speakers or attendees reported using these tools for fundraising, though. UC Berkeley talked about a badge that donors can post to their Facebook pages after making a gift ("I Feed The Bears").

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Facebook: facebook.com/nationalwildlife. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Back in 2006 when I joined the organization we had a MySpace page with 25 friends. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Website: www.nwf.org. Blog: www.wildlifepromise.org.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Here’s a run through of the Tools Galore session. More than 3.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), Texting can be a powerful tool if it is done well, but annoying to supporters if it is not. There is also a science to social and mobile media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), Texting can be a powerful tool if it is done well, but annoying to supporters if it is not. There is also a science to social and mobile media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

Enter The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart : VIDEO: 2011: A Look Back. They usually have the staff, passion, resources, and training necessary to make a new tool succeed if it has any possibility of succeeding. Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace). VIDEO: HTML All Writers Need to Know.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Source: Nielsen Online The We Are Media Festival of Tools is starts the last week of work on the Nonprofit Social Media Toolbox with a focus on social networking tools and widgets and apps.   The top social networking sites include some familiar names - Myspace and Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

Over the last decade nonprofit communicators have been perfecting e-newsletters to drive traffic to their organization’s website, blog, Facebook Page, etc. Mostly I think it’s because nonprofits think mobile technology tools are too expensive. They are much more expensive, but have top notch tool sets.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The newest report, out today, focused on the use of social networking platforms by young people who are/aren’t also involved with charities. Amongst 11-25 year olds, Facebook is trailed by Bebo (28%), MySpace (25%), Twitter (12%), MSN (9%), YouTube (2%) and “other” (4%). The Research. What It Means. What It Means.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2010

Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg fired up the death of email debate at the Nielsen’s Consumer 360 Conference Yesterday. Interestingly, despite all the protests against Facebook’s privacy policy she also said that people entrust their personal info with social networks. And what happened to MySpace?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

I think of Facebook as a middle ground between business and pleasure, sort of MySpace for post-adolescents or LinkedIn for professional late adopters like me. David Carr, NY Times That quote made me think of Wendy Harman's Facebook Profile. What professional value has your Facebook profile brought you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Social media is described in terms of the mission, not the tools. Says Tom, "We don't talk about Facebook or Twitter. We talk about how using the tools expands our mission." While the board wasn’t against technology or social media, it was a little bit of a mystery. We help guide it." We support it, guide it.". .

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Analytics tools. how to integrate tools without reinventing the wheel. use monitoring tools. Qui - for clients that are larger, we set up media citation reports (like a word doc with titles and links and relevant info about the mentions and how they should respond). Listening tools: Netvibes. The right metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

ve brought huge amounts of new visitors to our site through these tools and have worked hard to develop engaging communities on them at the same time." So far, I've been getting involved with online communities like Facebook by creating a personal profile about myself, and then creating a group for my organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Don't forget to add the search tool. On a related note, see Allison Fine's Social Citizen's Report commissioned by the Case Foundation. Could a local social change site knock off Facebook for the social networking webby? Want to listen on Twitter? Use Tweetscan and type in key words. A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

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!" WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

While a comprehensive 2003 report by Wenhong Chen and Barry Wellman rightly notes that "the digital divide is a continuum ranging from physical access, financial access, cognitive access, and content access to political access," they go on to assert that "Income is the most important factor that affects Internet diffusion.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

At AIDS.gov , our mission is to provide access to Federal HIV and AIDS information through a variety of new media channels, and to support the use of new media tools by Federal and community partners. Is it simply the number of followers you have on Twitter, or how many people "like" you on Facebook? Make it known.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

They were all on Facebook (turned their noses up at Myspace), watch YouTube videos, and use IM applications, with more 20 people on their IM lists. You want to use these tools to keep up on others, in a good way, of course, and to let them keep up on you,??? Facebook, for instance ??? t the right tool for that job,???

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Care2

MAY 18, 2009

ReadWriteWeb Guide to Online Community Management ReadWriteWeb launched a great report and cool new tool that provides organizations with the latest research and best tips in social media. The report covers the basics, and answers commonly asked questions such as ("Should we be on Facebook? Should we have a blog?")

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

They are exploring how non-profit organizations use the Web and the tools available for them in the last three years or since this Wired article was published ( For Nonprofits, Web Is Windfall ). Also, what Web tools and resources are you aware of that non-profits can use? We turn to "web 2.0"

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Readers understand that one era compliments and empowers the previous one and that the set of tools associated with each era are not meant to be replaced by the tools indicative of the the era that follows. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. The Mobile Web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. So, thought I'd take an opportunity to query my network via Twitter and Facebook and see what's new. Everyone is a Curator. Another theme of web2.o

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Twitter and Facebook, but with Skype Out, Email Rules A few nptech bloggers are experimenting with Twitter and seeing some of the benefits. Laura White wonders whether " Twitter and Facebook, will they change the way we connect and communicate ? Non-Profit Tech Blog lets us know that project agape (Facebook causes) now at 2.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

They've built a profile tool over at the blog that lets you plug in some very general demographic information and get a summary of the percentage of profile types that fit that demographic. The Pew Internet and American Life project released a meaty report last year about Internet use profiles and types.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Readers understand that one era compliments and empowers the previous one and that the set of tools associated with each era are not meant to be replaced by the tools indicative of the the era that follows. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. The Mobile Web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

It is really bizarre, but this afternoon I've been struggling with the notion about the connection between individual adoption and organizational adoption of social media tools like Facebook or others. Boyd goes into the specific issues related to adoption of Facebook at the organizational level. tool after Web 2.0

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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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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 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!" There are few concrete numbers to look at like there are for the Facebook Causes App.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

tools as part of an organization’s communications strategy. It’s important to recognize that you will not recruit millions of new people to your organization and raise tons of money just because you have a profile on Facebook, or because your staff Twitters. Conference to discuss the importance of incorporating Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

In January, 2009, the Pew and American Life project released a report on Adults and Social Networking Use mentioning that more older adults have set up profiles on social networking sites, but that younger people more likely to be using social networking sites regularly. The percentage of boomers participating in social media is on the rise.

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