Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

My guess is that many of those bloggers and journalists have reconsidered now that the initial buzz and euphoria about Google+ has subsided (especially considering that the Google+ brand profiles haven’t even launched yet). Young, tech-savvy millenials text often and increasing prefer social networks and using tablets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Set up your Google/Gmail Account and personal Google+ Profile. . Your Google/Gmail Account becomes the basis of your personal Google+ Profile and similar to Facebook, you must have a personal Google+ Profile before you can create a Google+ Page for your nonprofit. Now, onto setting up your personal profile.

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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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Set up your Google/Gmail Account and personal Google+ Profile. . Your Google/Gmail Account becomes the basis of your personal Google+ Profile and similar to Facebook, you must have a personal Google+ Profile before you can create a Google+ Page for your nonprofit. Now, onto setting up your personal profile.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The mobile web’s growth is exploding as well as the use of social networking sites on the mobile devices. Tags: Mobile Technology Facebook Flickr LinkedIn MySpace Twitter YouTube. That said, I am firm believer that the mobile web is the next frontier in nonprofit communications. Nothing fancy, but it works! Suggestions?

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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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Fun Resource Stats Wikipedia 243

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

on Twitter in a just a couple of taps, is visually compelling, has a social component, integrates your Twitter feed, and is compatible with Twitter’s Official Apps, HootSuite and TweetDeck: Mother’s Against Drunk Driving on yfrog :: yfrog.com/user/MADDOnline/profile. yfrog.com/user/nonprofitorgs/profile. On location!&#

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. Executives were terrified by the legal implications of using social networking tools. Find your competitors the Web. with a note that you fear your nonprofit is falling behind. Get executive staff on a webinar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

5% A social networking site (like Facebook). Which social networking sites does your organization have an “official&# presence/profile on? 9% Flickr. [ [link] ]. 43% Yes… our organization blogs regularly. 28% No… it’s on our To Do List. 14% No… no plans to launch a blog.

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Results Communication Strategy Myspace 193

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Finally, there are icons for SMS that you can download and integrate with your social networking icons on your website and your blog. Create a “Text-to-Subscribe” Graphic for Social Networking Sites. Pitch Your Social Networking Communities in Text Messages. page on your mobile website. Use Bit.ly

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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? Generate Buzz: Your raising your organizations profile and spreading awareness of your organization's programs or campaigns. 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

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2011

Google+ , the latest iteration on social networking from Google, is here. Now, your sharing and connecting settings apply to much more of the web than just your social networking profile. But, at least right now, you can still only have that one profile. We could only see people at our university.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The upper right-hand corner is the most valuable section of your website—use it to plug your e-newsletter and group text messaging campaigns, donate now functionality, and social networking communities. Include Social Media Icons or Graphics. Icons and buttons have strong appeal and impact in Web 2.0 Overall, avoid clutter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. Many of us have been up early playing with Jumo, setting up our individual profiles and finding issues and organizations or setting up profiles for organizations. So What and Who Cares.

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New York Profile Argentina New York City 104

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now. The content centered ones, like flickr, del.icio.us and our own Social Source Commons , are a different animal.) Want to show somebody a video or a picture you posted to your profile?

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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

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective. with "just for fun."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

From there I signed us up for various Facebook groups and profiles and continued experimenting sites like Change.org and Care2. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. social website apps, Ning seems to be the most flexible, the most affordable, and easy to use. A Ning site was developed in order to answer this specific need.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

I decided to try out facebook when I kept hearing about the integration of other social networking sites into facebook. Relatively recently, I’d finally, after tons of invitations, joined invested time and energy into my LinkedIn profile. or flickr) – but it’s fun to play with, anyway.

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Care2

JUNE 4, 2012

Earlier this spring, NTEN surveyed readers of the NTEN:Change Journal (a quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders) to find out how they were using their various communications channels (like their website, Twitter and Facebook profiles, as well as direct email). Annaliese Hoehling is the Publications Director for NTEN.

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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

JULY 7, 2007

My Flickr Stream. Kevin Rose of Digg fame launched a new social sharing site called Pownce to much buzz and mixed reviews. I did light promotion by posting a note on my Facebook profile and in the NpTech Group discussion area. I also left a screen capture in flickr. Social network oversaturation, or just the summer slump?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

I celebrated my 20th anniversary in Flickr and with this video (darn the gown doesn't fit this year!) The original photo is on Flickr and caught the eye of an editor from Esquire Magazine who was looking for photos to illustrate a piece about wedding photos. We've been together for 29 nine years! or perhaps evening reading the blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2007

Screenshot in flickr with url to blog post or videoblog post. Send your flickr screenshot to groups, contacts. post to any social networking profiles and ping your friends. Take a look at this article she recommends for ideas: Online Marketing Strategies: Ten Ways To Promote Your Business With Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

It recently launched a ning site - a branded social network for its community of nonprofits. Tell me a little about your organization's social media strategy for its ning (branded social network) site? social website apps, Ning seems to be the most flexible, the most affordable (regarding ROI), and easy to use.

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Care2

MAY 22, 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!" Word of mouth, etc. Leave comments on blogs. Blog Searches: Technorati.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2013

But, can you really raise money through social networks? Social media has already shown that it is paying off for many nonprofits, but in a new way – not through direct gifts, but by deepening relationships with supporters, by empowering evangelists and much more. Social Media Generation Profiles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

The question came from a diversity consultant while we were discussing how young people today are being brought up on social networks AND some statistics about age and email/social network use. The consultant also pointed out that flickr photo I used seemed to indicate that the percentage are low.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

If I have a one on one meeting, I'll check out their online profiles, updates, and blog, so that I'm up to date. Flickr: On flickr, I pretty much friend people who request it. Many times I can I do see an visual connection or I might know of the person by reading their profile. Is A Social Media Friend Really A Friend?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

Flickr Photo by Vaguely Artistic. At that time the Facebook Causes was only two months old and in their conclusion they pointed out that fundraising on social networks was not a silver bullet and that it takes time. . It's still too early to measure success in aggregate dollars per donor. It doesn't work that way."

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Flickr Photo: Dunechaser I'm shovelling my way out of both snow and email this week. . You guys have a LOT of profiles on social networks. They also have some really interesting stats about social network usage. The snow part has been humorous ( because Portlanders don't do snow ). And a lot of friends.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Amy Sample Ward recaps the lively discussion and shares some excellent resources like this Climate Debate Map , the Drupal.org profile of TckTckTck and the Climate Lab Wiki. Not to mention all the personal updates that were happening through folks' Facebook profiles, Twitter, and personal blogs.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2008

The Social Opportunity. You Need Social Networks. One of the messages that came through from this group of experts is that social media can give you a lot of return for your investment.    And, as Geoff points out social media does take time and it can take away from core operations - if you let it.  

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