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Four Great Resources for Foundation Technology

Tech Soup

Here’s the way TAG describes itself: "TAG is a membership organization of foundations that promotes the understanding of how information and communications technology can help its members further their philanthropic goals." Hold a yearly conference. Organize regional meetings. Attend webinars. Get free Gartner research.

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How You Can Participate in United We Serve This Summer

Have Fun - Do Good

Wicks and Monje outlined the 3 goals of United We Serve: To bolster civic engagement nationwide. Find a volunteer opportunity on Serve.gov using the search engine powered by All For Good. To better our communities in 4 priority issue areas: energy/environment, education, health care, and community renewal.

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What, Why, and How of Facebook Pages: An Expertise Roundup from Mari Smith, Jesse Stay, Collin Douma, and Others

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There has been some discussion in nonprofit forums, blogs, and listservs about the pros and cons of Facebook Pages versus Groups for nonprofits. I also searched around for some additional advice on Facebook Pages and I've summarized the key points below: Why have a Facebook Page? Well, she just posted something and it rocks.

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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

On January 8, 2011 the meme ranked number 11 on Google Trends search queries and the Susan G Komen Foundation said that their Facebook page grew by over 100K “likes” in 24 hours. It’s a vanity metric – not a metric that is connected to furthering your advocacy goals. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

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Great Resources for Foundation Technology

Tech Soup

Here’s the way TAG describes itself: "TAG is a membership organization of foundations that promotes the understanding of how information and communications technology can help its members further their philanthropic goals." Hold a yearly conference. Organize regional meetings. Attend webinars. Get free Gartner research.

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Meet Amy Fox of MuseumTweets: Best Practices for Micro Blogging in Museums

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I first met Amy Fox when she de-lurked on the Museum Computer Network listserv. The goal is to identify and analyze how museums are using Twitter and suggest best practices as well as some possibilities for the future. You might also consider throwing in some key words to make sure you show up in searches.

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Nonprofit Blogging and Social Networking Policies: Examples?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. Our goals are: ??? s popularity rating on blog search engines like Technorati. I mentioned a link from IBM via Elsua (Luis Suarez). Carmen left me a follow up comment.