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JogDogBlog: Help Alan Hate Running and Support A Good Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Alan Levine, AKA cogdog blog, is running a marathon to help support a cause he cares about - juvenile diabetes. Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest and I donated 50 bucks to his cause. Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest (details to be announced in early 2008), I caught this post. Last year, Alan won the Beth 5.0

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World Oceans Day (June 8) + Water Wednesdays

Have Fun - Do Good

As part of my work with Upwell this month, we're helping to spread the word about World Oceans Day (June 8). Flickr: Upload to their group. I'm pledging to highlight the ocean on Water Wednesdays on Have Fun • Do Good for the next four weeks (June 13, 20, 27 and July 4). Hello Have Fun, Do Gooders!

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How Much Time Should Your Nonprofit Invest In Different Social Media Channels?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. What are the right tools to help measure success? Earlier this month, the Ad Council hosted a webinar on the topic of social media ROI with three great social media minds to help us navigate these and other thorny online issues. David Almacy, Senior Vice President at Edelman.

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New TechBridge Crowdfunding Platform Launches for Nonprofit Technology Projects

Tech Soup

In the case of TechBridge Nonprofit Exchange, organizations are contracting with TechBridge to help raise funds and also hire them to complete the IT project. If an organization falls short they either pay the un-raised amount themselves or forfeit the pledges and pay the administrative platform fee. Donors make pledges.

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Reporting Social To Stakeholders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by ESML. Help leadership understand the impact of social media by turning them into users. Do you need to raise $50,000 for a pledge drive? If that’s your goal, then demonstrate in your reporting how Facebook helped you achieve it. That can help inform the content you post going forward.

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20 Creative Ways to Blog About Your Upcoming Events

Care2

You've designed and built your blog, signed some of the staff on to help, laid out your blogging guidelines , and even engaged some volunteer blog contributors. Create some meaningful opportunities for me to get involved and then ask for my help in a blog post. Helping my kids get ready for school Sunday night. Tell me about it!

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Chris Brogan's Social Media 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by My Alieness. Chris Brogan, one of my favorite bloggers, has started a project called The Social Media 100 where he has pledged to writing 100 useful blog posts in a row about the tools, techniques, and strategies behind using social media for business, organization, or personal interests. Add in a few hobbies.