Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Flickr: flickr.com/groups/thenatureconservancy. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

4096 Color Wheel : A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, etc. Creative Commons on Flickr : A great source for images for your organization’s website, blog, e-newsletter, social networking profiles, etc. oneforty : A gallery of over 2,500 (and counting) Twitter Apps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace). They move with you from one site to the next and maybe in the case of Myspace, back again. Can you opt-out of print materials?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. Find your competitors the Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2010

Topics include Facebook and Facebook Apps, Twitter and Twitter Apps, YouTube, Flickr, Animoto, LinkedIn, FourSquare, mobile technology, blogging on WordPress, as well as online fundraising and e-newsletters. Currently, she has more than 500,000 followers, fans and friends on numerous social networks.

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NetWits

APRIL 17, 2009

So, your nonprofit is socially networked. You’re on MySpace, you use the FaceBook Causes application, you keep constituents informed on Twitter, you show your event pictures on Flickr, you share videos on YouTube, and you know the power of blogging tools like WordPress or Blogger. Now what?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

5% A social networking site (like Facebook). 7) Is your nonprofit monitoring your Website stats to see how much traffic is coming from Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn Groups, etc.? [ [link] ]. Which social networking sites does your organization have an “official&# presence/profile on? 9% MySpace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Ivan Boothe helped start the Genocide Intervention Network in 2004, and was responsible for communications, web development and social networking strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

The successful use of social media requires a significant time investment. To be successful on the Social Web, nonprofits need to have a presence on mutliple social networks and should be consistently creating content that can be shared on the Social Web, such as blog posts, photos, and videos.

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

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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NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Once your blog is in place you could choose to spend time on Flickr, YouTube, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc, but why waste time on every site out there when you can optimize your time. Based on our research we know that Facebook and Twitter are the top sites used by nonprofits and the social networks with the largest user base.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. Based in the U.K.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

Flickr Photo by Mission Control. I've been doing research for an article I'm writing for TechSoup about social networking tips, tricks, and tools -- once you've made the decision that it is right for your organization, how maintain a socnet presence without it being a huge black hole? Don't Forget Your Time Management Skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2008

Flickr Photo. I thought Peter was saying Twitter will replace Facebook/Myspace or social networks. That's this Peter Campbell. Having a deep and reflective conversation in 140 character bursts where you can examine different points of view, think out loud, share insights, and learn something - can be difficult on Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

Nonprofits pioneered social media. They were on Myspace and organizing via Facebook Groups years before corporate brands, higher education, and broadcast and print media. You can share (and customize/edit/color) your photos to Twitter, Flickr, and your personal Facebook profile, but only if you have an iPhone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2005

I missed the post about flickr use by MoveOn on netsquared when I was in London earlier this month. MoveOn Ever Spent: Flickr via Jon Stahl. The article describes how MoveOn is experimenting with flickr, believed to be the first political campaign to make use of flickr. MoveOn's flickr home page and flickr tags page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

While the plugin makes it easy to expand your network, you have to think about your contact acquisition behavior. Just like you would in flickr or other social networking tools. I installed the LinkedIn tool for Outlook so when I add people to my Outlook address book (via Plaxo), I can also easily add them to my LinkedIn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. How have social networking tools helped spread the word about your cause?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

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. I join as many social media sites as I can and try to spend time learning each community so I can offer advice to others on how to engage with them.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

How do you decide what kind of information or campaigns are delivered to your various community members on different social networks? Scott Stadum at Idealist.org responded with an excellent collection of points for nonprofits considering how to manage the multiple entry points for engagement with social media. From Idealist.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.), and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). The era of winging it in social media is over. Before Myspace then Facebook and then Twitter, I was a voracious reader. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Time Chart - See Flickr Discussion on Version 1 Wanna Remix it? I'd also include your individual social networking profile which can be a great way to spread buzz (or spread yourself too thin.) (10-15 Once you have content created through these methods, it can be easily shared using the buzz tools above through social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

It was much more traffic than I would have ever thought possible, but thanks to the burgeoning “Nonprofit Organizations” communities that I had built on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, launching a blog was much easier in 2009 than it was when I tried and failed in 2004. As of last month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2009

An early adopter of social media, the Lance Armstrong Foundation leverages social media to engage, connect, and celebrate its community. Create opportunities for the community to create social content for your web site We asked our supporters to upload photos from their events to Flickr and videos to Youtube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach. So, thought I'd take an opportunity to query my network via Twitter and Facebook and see what's new. ve found ourselves spending a lot of time in Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2008

In yesterday's keynote, Charlene Li's key point was in the future, 'social networks will be like air.' In other words, it won't get in your way as you navigate across the web and it will feel inadequate (like you can't breathe) if your friends or social network or "social graph" isn't part of your everyday web experience.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

TOOLS AND RESOURCES Places to find reviews of tools and training TechSoup [link] Idealware [link] Aspiration [link] CompassPoint [link] NTEN [link] Web Site Hosting Electric Embers [link] Pair Networks [link] Thinkhost [link] Domain name registration MyDomain [link] Register.com [link] Network Solutions [link] CMS (Content Management System) Drupal (..)

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

We have systems in place to help keep us on track, such as an internal summary blog/Twitter/social network updates. We always try to anticipate what's coming in the week ahead, on our blog, Twitter, and our other social networks. and,what we have planned for the week ahead -- which brings us to. Plan ahead. Make it known.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

We also spread the word via social networks and blogger outreach. We have a significant presence built up over the last 18-24 months on major sites like Facebook and Myspace. Before, we asked people to upload their photo and tag it themselves, which meant they had to create a flickr account and know what ???tagging???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

I found this in flickr tonight in Nancy's flickr stream. and we're going to let it fly for a whlie on our LLS myspace profile. Each site is different - LinkedIn has a different vibe than Myspace - and very different users. Time Originally uploaded by Choconancy1. Beth Kanter turned me on to this neat new service.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

I even discovered a Cycling Advocacy Network blog. He also asks a great question on that I was pondering over with a reporter today: Beyond the big MySpace and Facebook social networks, how are nonprofits getting their message out and finding supporters on smaller, niche networks?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2007

video and photo-sharing sites like Youtube, Flickr, Dailymotion; blogging platforms such as Blogspot, Livejournal, Typepad and Wordpress; social networking websites such as Facebook, Orkut, MySpace, Wikipedia, VoIP services; etc.); the crackdown on web 2.0 websites (e.g.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

It was much more traffic than I would have ever thought possible, but thanks to the burgeoning “Nonprofit Organizations” communities that I had built on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, launching a blog was much easier in 2009 than it was when I tried and failed in 2004. As of last month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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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. communities, from LinkedIn to Flickr to … Amazon.com, keeps track of your contacts content. Creepy part: do I really want to know what’s on my ex-girlfriend’s MySpace page? Walk right under it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Participate in social networks like Facebook and MySpace, as well as niche social networks related to the theme of your blog. Flickr photo credit: Daily Traffic uploaded by Nam Nguyen. Look at what kinds of posts get the most traffic. Write more of those! Highlight your most popular posts in your sidebar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 Robb Cottingham tells us about a brew-haha brewing in the nonprofit social change space in Canada. blog shares an interview with entitled " Camera Rwanda: Storytelling using Flickr."

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