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12 Must-Know Stats About Social Media, Fundraising, and Cause Awareness

Nonprofit Tech for Good

However, as LinkedIn, Blogger and Myspace all celebrate their 10-year anniversary this year, nonprofits have now had a decade to study and experiment with social media and create systems for successfully launching and tracking the value of their social media campaigns. Using Twitter during fundraising events can result in 10X more.

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Causes Leaves MySpace: Should We Care?

Tech Soup

There's been a lot of discussion over the past week about Causes leaving MySpace and becoming a Facebook-only application. The access debate aside, the removal of Causes from MySpace where there are active communities of supporters means 'equal opportunity activism' is defined by only certain communities."

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The other side of the figures: Causes reaches $20 Million in Donations

Amy Sample Ward

There’s been quite a lot of talk in the last year about the opportunities for fundraising online, generally, as well as the best practices for organizations leveraging social media for campaigns (as well as the idea to use free tools to raise money in hard economic times). Social networks are still for engagement, not money.

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Convio puts the money where their mouth is for 09NTC

Amy Sample Ward

As Jordan Viator explains on the Connection CafĂ© blog: It’s no surprise that every other blog post you read these days talks about how to raise money, stretch funds and build supporters in the current economic climate. Tags: fundraising community conference 09ntc nptech events convio. That’s right. Spread the Word.

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Nonprofits and MySpace Roundup Inspired By Solidariti

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She writes about a nonprofit portal in Myspace called Nonprofit Organizations MySpace. It offers tips on how not-for-profits can effectively use MySpace for fundraising and/or campaigning. It looks like a good place to start if you want to find examples of nonprofits with a presence in MySpace and get ideas.

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Show Me the Money: Download the Presentation

Care2

13% regularly use MySpace. Show Me the Money: Reaching Donors Across Generations. Tags: Online Fundraising Social Networking. The social media profile of a Gen Xer is: 56% regularly use Facebook. 30% regularly use YouTube. 11% regularly use Twitter. 11% regularly use LinkedIn.

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

But first steps first… 11 New Year’s resolutions for nonprofit social media managers: 1) Create a “Thank You” video(s) for your 2012 fundraising campaigns. You can learn by watching what they do and ultimately mimic them in your own communications and fundraising campaigns to tap into that success. WWF Mobile.