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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Yikes, the first ever tag spam I've seen in the NpTech Tag Stream! Then, I remembered the phrase flowed through the NPtech tag stream about six months as a reference to interface design.) More about social media tools for philanthropy from Tactical Philanthropy. Holly Ross points to Robin Good's Beginner Guide to Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Don't forget to add the search tool. Could a local social change site knock off Facebook for the social networking webby? If you already have a presence on MySpace, check this out - causes has just launched an application at MySpace. Want to listen on Twitter? Use Tweetscan and type in key words. Who has installed it?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Analytics tools. how to integrate tools without reinventing the wheel. use monitoring tools. Listening tools: Netvibes. So, I’m going to trouble shoot and just take some live notes here and post them as soon as possible. Here goes… Take aways: How to use listening. The right metrics. industry benchmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

Photo by Geodog Speed Geeking Session at Advocacy Dev - complete flickr stream here. First there was a flickr group for NpTech Dogs and then we started seeing NpTechers with dog profiles on their Facebook profiles. Tools Here's yet another post declaring the death of email due to Facebook and Myspace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Two nptech events were visible in the NpTech tag stream, the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life Launch Party and the Net2 meetup in Houston. Twitter and Facebook, but with Skype Out, Email Rules A few nptech bloggers are experimenting with Twitter and seeing some of the benefits. Maybe next week we'll see photos from BarCampBlock ?

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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

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. So, if you look at the scattering in light of the profile tool - perhaps that can also be a good guide as to where to start listening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Use your blog or twitter or whatever tool to solicit practical ideas on how to use social media to make connections. 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. Professional.

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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

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. Be sure to check out Nina's Museum2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

Marnie mentions one downside to FriendFeed - that she is unable to process the information as quickly or as seamlessly as she can with other tools that she is regularly using for social bookmarking, feed reading, and causal interactions. A: They talk about tools! But there were a number of quick conversations mentioning new tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

There were a number of questions related to tools and tactics that I couldn't answer off the top of my head - so I decided to crowdsource them on Twitter asking for answers in the comments. How often should an organization post to Twitter or send out updates on Facebook? Thank you Kevin! Quality is more important than quantity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Although it is a slow time of year and the busy fundraising season is still several months away, there's been lots of activity in the social fundraising judging by these roundups of links from Peter Deitz and Tom Watson (not to mention all the items tagged in the nptech tag stream ). Heather Mansfield, Making It On MySpace.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 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!" “ According to a recent study, the fastest growing demographic on Facebook is people aged 55+.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2011

On April 14, TechSoup presented a webinar on using social media tools to support, involve, and recruit volunteers. Social Media = online tools for sharing ideas, information, etc. Start w org website first, before getting on Facebook, etc. Twitter is an effective tool for specific, timely requests for volunteers.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 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!" “ According to a recent study, the fastest growing demographic on Facebook is people aged 55+.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Here are five reasons why: 1) Blogging allows your nonprofit to have a consistent stream of fresh, timely new content to Tweet, post on Facebook, etc. While that’s still true, blogging as a tool for nonprofits needs to be re-evaluated in 2010. Social media is content driven. This was a real opener to me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A section of the e-newsletter entitled “Resource Spotlight” features a new tool in each edition. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I think its really ironic that I'm often hired to create such tools, but because I have not done a fundraising widget campaign I felt I needed to plunge in. They know the advantages of a college education, can relate to Leng Sopharath as a fellow student, and are tapped in to loads of social networks (Facebook, MySpace, et al).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Facebook Cheat Sheet :: dreamgrow.com/facebook-cheat-sheet-sizes-and-dimensions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc.

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