Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

There’s a lot of Google+ euphoria right now and postulations of Google+ being a Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn killer. Facebook or Twitter or LinkedIn war, but because I think it’s dangerous to give one company that much control over nonprofits, and the Internet in general.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

, but after four hours of testing and coming up against numerous brick walls and errors on Justin.tv (primarily with their Facebook and iPhone Apps), I went with Ustream. Unfortunately, Ustream’s Facebook App is limited to brands with large numbers of viewers. A lot of tech hipsters prefer Justin.tv For example, www.ustream.tv/user/nonprofitorgs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. Though Facebook had gone public nine months previous, Facebook Groups were only just beginning to be used as community-building tools by nonprofits and Facebook Pages didn’t exist yet. The second most visited website in the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Much of a nonprofit’s website traffic came from search engines thus a large quantity of content was placed on the home page. In 2008, the WWF was on Myspace and likely utilizing a Facebook Group and YouTube Channel, but those tools had not yet become integrated into their website design.

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JULY 17, 2006

read more | digg story Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Facebook Platform – Opening Up [.] read more | digg story Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Facebook Platform – Opening Up [.] Take a look.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

Similar to the early days of Myspace and its users mastering HTML hacks and widgets, Snapchat has an equally dedicated user base of young people that pride themselves on becoming skilled at Lenses, Filters, Stickers, and other Snapchat tips, tricks, and hacks. Do not make snap judgments about Snapchat. Do not be lame on Snapchat.

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NetWits

MAY 21, 2008

At Blackbaud, we have turned to sites such as LinkedIn ®, MySpace ®, Facebook ™, and Spoke to build social networks designed to attract candidates that may not be actively looking for a job. Typically, we search for a specific profile and reach out to potential candidates through InMail.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

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! Recently, I learned some amazing new ways in which social media (i.e.

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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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See3

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

From a Wall Street Journal piece about new video search engines: “Web users in the U.S. YouTube, along with blogs and online networking sites MySpace and Facebook, have helped drive those numbers.&#. enjoy their video — more than 11 billion clips were viewed online in July alone, according to comScore Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Don't forget to add the search tool. Go do a search on Tweetscan and find out. (I And, be sure to add the search toolbar to your browser. 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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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

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.

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See3

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

In today’s NY Times is an article about Facebook and the difficulty of getting your data removed. So to really delete my entire life on Facebook would mean deleting data from many individual accounts. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Once it goes up, it’s up.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins.

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

You need to do some listening first - after setting up an individual profile, the search feature is your best friend or you may consider paid research services. Perhaps you need to look existing secondary research on demographics and characteristics of users (see this post for some places to start finding free information).

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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? As a search engine, users never have to sign-up to get value from Spock. It’s an irreversible trend.

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DECEMBER 12, 2007

We are working with our clients to engage constituents on sites like YouTube, Facebook and MySpace. Share and Enjoy: 4 Comments comment Social Networking News for Myspace / Facebook / Etc. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Link to the original story.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Via Facebook updates, I learned from Tharum that Preetaim Rai, the Southeast Asia Editor for Global Voices, posts a roundup of protests and prayer vigils in neighboring countries. Mean Lux points to an excellent post that summarizes the all the online support in addition to the Facebook activity.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), as well as newsgroups, commerce sites (like Amazon), review sites, forums, and news groups, and even searches the general Web to find out where your people are and what they’re doing online. 2 admin 06.11.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

How often should an organization post to Twitter or send out updates on Facebook? I know of some but they would pick my Facebook personal profile instead of the Organization's Page I am admin of. Is the stigma of having fans or cause supporters with 'questionable' Facebook profiles true? Thank you Kevin! Is that true?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

The organization is asking supporters to change their Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook avatars at 1:10 on Friday, March 6th to the "oneten" avatar. Check out Salbi's blog posts on the Huffington Post , and get more info about the chat on the imow Facebook page. Host your own event.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million? With the rise of MySpace and Facebook , it will only be a matter of time before there are Facebook consultants who can develop and implement a comprehensive Facebook strategy for organizations and campaigns.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

60) Search « A Procrastinators Guide to Year-End Fundraising | Main | Five Tips for Online Fundraisers from a Direct Mail Dinosaur » Thursday Nov 08 2007 MySpace.com: A Place for Donors? Within MySpace, we searched the names of 383 of the largest, most well-known nonprofits to see if they had created profiles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

So, thought I'd take an opportunity to query my network via Twitter and Facebook and see what's new. I was particularly interested in examples using blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, and Facebook. There are many museum professionals active on Facebook - step one is to create an individual profile and then go find your colleagues.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Already there has been a bit of a backlash from some of the early adopters but does that mean that Quora is already on the MySpace track? Should organizations just ignore it and focus effort on Facebook and Twitter with everyone else? Will Quora be the next Facebook or Twitter for online engagement? I think maybe so.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Well, theoretically, if you believe MySpace is a place for donors , your presence there also reaches 64% of Facebook users, 65% of Bebo , and 69% of Hi5. I was just reading your myspace piece - excellent - because Im writing an article about strategy considerations when choosing a social networking site. How is this valuable?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

60) Search « A Procrastinators Guide to Year-End Fundraising | Main | Five Tips for Online Fundraisers from a Direct Mail Dinosaur » Thursday Nov 08 2007 MySpace.com: A Place for Donors? Within MySpace, we searched the names of 383 of the largest, most well-known nonprofits to see if they had created profiles.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2008

Facebook and MySpace are of course the biggies, but you might want to consider creating a presence on a do-good social network like Change.org , Care2 , Just Cause , Razoo , WiserEarth or World of Good too. Before you draft your blogger outreach email, check out my 10 Tips for Asking Bloggers to Write About Your Cause.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Write titles with phrases that people are searching for (i.e. Participate in social networks like Facebook and MySpace, as well as niche social networks related to the theme of your blog. Blogs are a visual medium. Add your blog URL to your email signature. Tell Google you have a blog. Tell Technorati you have a blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Truly embrace social networking by encouraging your staff, your volunteers, your donors and your Board to join Facebook or Myspace and teach(!) application in your Facebook account. Or use nonprofit.alltop.com ( Sue Waters ) ( Allan Benamer ) 5. them how to promote your cause. For many in the boomer. Johannes). Want inspiration?

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JULY 20, 2013

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

60) Search « Care2 Stats for December 2006 | Main | New Studies Reveal Important Trends Facing NPOs » Thursday Dec 28 2006 Mobile Social Networks Get a Boost Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 12:33PM | by Hatef Yamini In the world of social networks, the end of 2006 represented a major milestone: MySpace went mobile!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

First there was a flickr group for NpTech Dogs and then we started seeing NpTechers with dog profiles on their Facebook profiles. I'm not sure if Christine obsesses about her technorati rating, but she sure does care about blog search widgets and has found something even better than the technorati widget. for his blog. Google Aps.

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