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Washington Post Piece on Facebook Causes Prompts More Dissing and Some Brilliant Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is more analysis and reaction to the Washington Post piece two days ago that trashed the Facebook Causes application and caused quite a lot of commentary and reactions from those of us work with nonprofits. Tags: facebook. Photo by Matt Callow. Its a slow process, but progress is definitely being made.

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Online Discussion on June 23: Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes

Robert Weiner

This Tuesday The Chronicle of Philanthropy will host another free online discussion about how nonprofits can use social media. Wendy Harman , the social-media manager at the American Red Cross, in Washington, DC.

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Transcript: Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes

Robert Weiner

If you missed The Chronicle of Philanthropy's June 23 online discussion Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes , the transcript is now available. Wendy Harman , the social-media manager at the American Red Cross, in Washington, DC.

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Philanthropy 2.0 Study Results Published on Mashable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Philanthropy 2.0 Last week, Geoff Livingston , Qui Diaz and I posted a summary of our findings from our Philanthropy 2.0 Million For 20,000 Charities And NonProfits by Michael Arrington, TechCrunch.Com, Washington Post, May 29, 2008. The Long Tail of Facebook Causes. The goal of our Community Philanthropy 2.0

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The Artful Manager-Facebook and philanthropy

AFP Blog

More comments on the Washington Post Facebook article- this one from The Artful Manager BlogThe Artful Manager: "Facebook and philanthropyI was all geared up to write a response to the Washington Post critique on the Facebook ''Causes'' application, but others with better ideas than mine beat me to the post.

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Social Media for Nonprofits Launches Its Second Series of Global Conferences

Tech Soup

Facebook now boasts over 901 million active users, making it, by population, the world’s third largest country. Washington, DC – October TBA. This post is by guest blogger Ritu Sharma, who is the executive director of Social Media for Nonprofits. Silicon Valley, CA – July 26. Los Angeles, CA – August 14.

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Get Fundraising Tips at a NetSquared Community Event

Tech Soup

San Francisco is taking a high-level view with its Tech and Philanthropy panel. RSVP now for the events in Chicago, Dallas, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC. Washington, DC: GiveBack DC 2015. Seattle, Washington: Salesforce Administration — Training for Nonprofit Organizations. Not a fundraiser?