Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications. In 2008, the WWF was on Myspace and likely utilizing a Facebook Group and YouTube Channel, but those tools had not yet become integrated into their website design.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Then, in the late 2000’s nonprofits embraced social networking sites, first Myspace and YouTube, then Facebook and Twitter. Now, in the late 2010’s, we’re on the verge of yet another seismic shift that will have a profound impact upon online communications and fundraising – the rise of digital payment systems.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 7, 2013

The were active on Myspace, YouTube, and creating Facebook Groups long before most of the companies that are often praised for being the pioneers of social media. They acted on instinct that social networks were going to be transformative tools for cause awareness and fundraising campaigns, and they were right.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

then as your numbers grow on social networks so will your e-newsletter and mobile lists which in turn significantly increases your fundraising success. This is most easily done through a Social and Mobile Media Fundraising Success Spreadsheet. There is also a science to social and mobile media. Download Spreadsheet Template ].

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

then as your numbers grow on social networks so will your e-newsletter and mobile lists which in turn significantly increases your fundraising success. This is most easily done through a Social and Mobile Media Fundraising Success Spreadsheet. There is also a science to social and mobile media. Download Spreadsheet Template ].

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Very few speakers or attendees reported using these tools for fundraising, though. It's not an explicit fundraising appeal, but they might start using fundraising badges for class campaigns in the future. Tags: Fundraising Online Fundraising Social Media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

Many donors may not feel comfortable donating directly through social media apps and widgets (yet), but they do feel comfortable clicking to your “Donate Now&# page on your website from a link posted on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. Facebook/YouTube/MySpace Comments and Twitter Mentions. Volunteers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Since the popular Facebook fundraising App Causes was built using GuideStar’s database of nonprofits in the United States and Canada, only nonprofits in the U.S. and Canada can utilize Causes’ fundraising tools. 3) Ammado provides some interesting fundraising tools to both individuals and nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

This event focuses on Causes , an application for supporting and fundraising for organizations by individuals, groups and even the organizations themselves. Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace. Looking Ahead.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

This event focuses on Causes , an application for supporting and fundraising for organizations by individuals, groups and even the organizations themselves. Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace. Looking Ahead.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. fundraising tools work.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

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). 25 median donation amount. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2007

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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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

When MySpace and Friendster first came on the scene opening the door to Web 2, nonprofits couldn’t fathom that one day they would be hiring for “Social Media Managers”. When MySpace and Friendster first came on the scene opening the door to Web 2, nonprofits couldn’t fathom that one day they would be hiring for “Social Media Managers”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

A couple of good articles about how nonprofits are using myspace and some dos and don'ts this week. I have a myspace site but I haven't done any deep experimination. MySpace and Political Campaigns Joshua Levy at the Personal Democracy Forum wrote about the use of MySpace for political campaigns and by advocacy organizations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011. 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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2015

They began actively using Myspace in 2004 and YouTube in 2005 – years before the Fortune 500 companies. Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. That’s radical change in a relatively short amount of time and it directly corresponds with the rapid rise of social media worldwide.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2012

Blogger, LinkedIn and Myspace all launched in 2003. We’re almost a decade into using social media and yet one of the most striking realities when I give in-person social media trainings is the wide variety of experience of the nonprofits in the room. The spectrum of expertise and passion for social media swings wide.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters. MySpace estimates that 50% of its Website traffic will be mobile within 24 months.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

Most recently, I've approached contacts in my LinkedIn for personal fundraising campaigns. And, on New Year's Eve, while I was madly working on the Sharing Foundation fundraising campaign , I found her LinkedIn invitation in my email box. Electronic Resume: It's an easy to keep my resume online and be able to point to it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Once you brand your profile, then your actions, fundraising projects, fundraising pages, etc. Send “Thank You Compliments&# to all your donors and fundraisers on Change.org. Ask your supporters to create a fundraising page for your organization. The same is true of fundraisers. They need to be asked.

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Care2

MAY 7, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Have you seen any donations from MySpace folks?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

Written for the June 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits.

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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. Webinars are currently scheduled through the end of July: View Webinar Schedule.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 9, 2008

An article by John Skendall from AFP ewire.AFP > Resource Center | Fundraising news > Charities See Potential for ‘Causes’ on MySpace, Facebook: "Charities See Potential for ‘Causes’ on MySpace, Facebook(June 9, 2008) A year after its release, the company that created the web application “Causes” (used by social networking sites such as Facebook and (..)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 25, 2011

All this began on a fateful day in February 2005 with the launch of a Myspace Page meant solely to promote nonprofits and foster social good. Finally, the book is launching in conjunction with a 10-city social and mobile media training and book tour fundraiser. Proceeds benefit the partner nonprofits listed below.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Ironcially, in 2010 your going to see MySpace on that list. They are fully integrating Facebook Connect into their website which is great news for those nonprofits utilizing MySpace. Tags: Facebook Online Fundraising.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Celebs Join MySpace and PayPal for 'Net Philanthropy Effort - MarketingVOX: "he aforementioned celebrities are supporting the effort by sporting the fundraising widget on their MySpace profiles: * The Jonas Brothers: www.myspace.com/jonasbrothers * Miley Cyrus: www.myspace.com/mileycyrus * Hilary Duff: www.myspace.com/hilaryduff * Vanessa Hudgens: (..)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

Working within the confines of an almost non-existent online communications budget, my primary responsibilities were to maintain our website and publish a twice-monthly e-newsletter, quarterly print newsletter, and numerous print fundraising appeals through out the year. can produce significant ROI is a myth. The era of winging it is over.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2011

They were also one of the first nonprofits to utilize Myspace back in 2005 and Facebook Groups in 2006. It appears they are now well on their way to pioneering the Mobile Web and mobile fundraising as well. They know the importance of being an early adopter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

on social networking sites see your giving and fundraising activity through widgets, Apps, and peer-to-peering fundraising tools, like fundraising pages. It’s one person or organization publishing content to many on social networking sites who then re-publish your content to their friends, fans, followers, connections, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

Pete Cashmore of Mashable has a post that asks an interesting question: Facebook, MySpace (MySpace reviews), LinkedIn (LinkedIn reviews), Digg and Twitter are often compared in terms of features, but which one has the most generous users?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

MySpace, Friendster, FriendFeed, Diaspora, Bebo, and others all offer plenty of fuel to the argument that comparing two social platforms has to go beyond the functionality of messaging, commenting, and connecting to your friends. Apples and Oranges.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

They were on Myspace and organizing via Facebook Groups years before corporate brands, higher education, and broadcast and print media. The next time your nonprofit hosts a fundraiser, a protest, a rally, or a conference, put on your reporter’s cap, grab your smartphone, and starting tweeting and sharing photos “Live!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2008

Nhuong Son , Wired Fundraiser for Cambodian Children! I am also thinking about the report that Katya Andresen and colleagues at Network for Good published several months ago called " The Wired Fundraiser " providing some research and insights on these very questions. Now we have a team of intergenerational wired fundraisers.

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