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There are hundreds of nonprofit groups on LinkedIn. networking LinkedIn-Groups LinkedInHere I’ve segmented the top ones into the categories and written a few lines about each to help you decide which ones to join. MORE
Does it link to the group you’ve been working so hard to build, or does it link to your organization’s company page? Let’s compare: NTEN group on LinkedIn. LinkedIn Groups enable people to join, discuss topics that are important to them, and interact with other group members. Group members can also show the logo on their profile, if you enable that setting. And I think that’s a mistake for any association who has a group on LinkedIn. MORE
IMPORTANT: I submitted a ticket to LinkedIn last week, because despite all my best efforts, I was unable to set an organization’s group settings to allow the Jobs tab. We’re continually developing product features to enhance your LinkedIn groups experience. MORE
Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi The first ever Martus users group meeting took place earlier this month in Chiang Mai, the capital of Northern Thailand. Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses. For me personally, the meeting was a rare experience. MORE
Does it link to the group you’ve been working so hard to build, or does it link to your organization’s company page? Let’s compare: NTEN group on LinkedIn. Group members can also show the logo on their profile, if you enable that setting. MORE
The groups worth joining on LinkedIn are seemingly endless, and that’s why we’ve identified five groups any nonprofit LinkedIn user should join. Mojalink is a specialist when it comes to connecting nonprofit professionals, and they are the creator of the group. MORE
I’ve found that nonprofit Facebook Groups are a great way to network with members of other nonprofits. That’s why I’ve created this list of the top 28 nonprofit Facebook Groups, so you know where to go. Facebook facebook-groupsThey can also help answer those sticky questions that you just can’t Google the answer to. MORE
Tornado Facebook Group Reunites Oklahoma Victims With Belongings : "Hagelberg logged into Facebook and found that many of her neighbors had reported finding items, so she decided to start a Facebook group to reunite victims of the tornado with their missing belongings. The Facebook group was expanded Monday, to help people who were affected by the devastating tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., MORE
This year the buzz is about group texting , which allows users to text up to about 25 people at a time via a mobile phone. TextPlus , a group texting vendor says they ha ve 7.7 GroupMe , another group texting company says that 200,000 texts go through its system every day. Can Nonprofits Benefit From Using Group Texting ? Group texting could make nonprofit campaigners lives a lot easier in communicating quickly and more efficiently with key staff. MORE
Aid groups using cellphones to reach the world's poor: "The Grameen Foundation, a Washington-based group known for helping women with the smallest of business loans, has two dozen people in a technology lab here developing mobile Internet applications to help spread its microfinance model. MORE
With the launch of new a LinkedIn Groups design , the company resolved one of its most pressing problems – LinkedIn Group spam. Group management had become cumbersome and time-consuming for many admins of medium and large groups. New Group Information Pop-down. MORE
Microsoft alumni group giving $175k to former employees'' nonprofit ventures - GeekWire : "The Microsoft Alumni Foundation has announced new grants and matching funds totaling $175,000 for former employees whose philanthropy and nonprofit work has been recognized by the group for improving the lives of others." ''via Blog this MORE
Nonprofit groups look to Google Glass - Yahoo!7 Google will give each group a $25,000 grant along with a pair of yet-to-be publicly released Glass eyewear and guidance from the technology firm''s engineers 7 : Giving through Glass" program winners were selected from 1,300 proposals from US charities with ideas of how to use the eyewear to achieve their goals. MORE
When I purchased my first smart phone a couple of years ago, I wanted to find out how much radiation was going into my head so I went to the Environmental Working Group’s cell phone guide and actually printed the thing off and took it with me to the store. Cell Phone Database. MORE
But with regard to LinkedIn–specifically, LinkedIn groups–I’ve been chronicling them being stripped of features and utility for years now and it seems like their eventual demise that I and others have been predicting may actually be about to happen. MORE
The post Facebook Groups for Nonprofits: Everything You Need to Know appeared first on John Haydon. Tired of the lackluster response on Facebook because you’re struggling to get your nonprofit’s posts to even show up in your followers’ feeds? Well, you’re not alone. MORE
To Retain Millennial Workers, Groups Must Embrace Tech: Associations Now : "With millennials now representing the largest segment of the U.S. workforce, they’re bringing new ideas and preferences with them, setting the stage for changes in workplace behavior and technology use. Employers need to address them now." 'via via Blog this MORE
Technology, philanthropy team up for religious groups : "Through the expansion of eligibility rules, U.S. churches and nonprofit organizations are able to apply for donated desktop equipment and office software. Dan Webb, vice president of technology solutions and services at TechSoup Global, explains how it works." ''via Blog this MORE
That’s why we’re launching the Product Feedback Group , to connect EveryAction users directly with our product team. Product Feedback Group members will receive email invites to various research studies including interviews, usability tests, surveys, and more. MORE
On behalf of TAConnecT, VisionLink''s Lois Ann Porter conducted a focus group at the AACC (American Association of Community Colleges) Convention: Igniting Innovation , and hosted a well attended networking reception. The focus group provided great insight that will help us design the most effective online tools for TAConnecT, and the most useful content from the perspective of community college stakeholders. MORE
Are you buffudled by the difference between Facebook Pages and Facebook Groups? Are you often confused about the difference between Facebook Pages and Facebook Groups? And how they compare to LinkedIn Groups? I often am. It's the most common question I receive when presenting on social media. This post helps end the befuddlement. read more. Influence Social Media MORE
Last month marked the inaugural meeting of a new benchmarking group created specifically to analyze and discuss trends in athletics giving [1]. However, participants in donorCentrics® benchmarking groups get access to data from each participating school. MORE
Patrick Ball and I have often discussed the risks to social justice groups from using unlicensed proprietary software. A government could suppress a group using "piracy" as a reason, rather than criticism of the government. That's why it's heartening to read an article like this in the Christian Science Monitor, Russia rights groups get help from unlikely champion: Microsoft. MORE
Group to aid nonprofits - BostonHerald.com: "Calling all nonprofits: There’s a new group in town that wants to help charities that promote entrepreneurship and innovation programs for young people.It’s s called TUGG, which stands for Technology Underwriting Greater Good, and it’s made up of professionals who already understand the worlds of finance and technology.Now they’re looking to lay the. MORE
A few weeks ago, LinkedIn announced that they were going to be rolling out some pretty big changes to their Groups feature. When a member requests to join a Standard Group, their connections in the group can approve the request. All Groups Are Now Members-Only Groups. MORE
Thousands RSVP for Global Group Run on Meetup : "itness app developer RunKeeper, which released its Health Graph API to the public earlier this month, has partnered with Meetup to organize a worldwide group run on July 9.". NPAthon NPRun NPtech MORE
Focus Group of One : Target Marketing : "If you''re sending your marketing campaigns without benefit of A/B or multi-variant testing—most companies admit to fewer than five tests per month—you are effectively acting as a focus group of one. You are assuming all of your constituents feel the same way about your campaign as you do. Big mistake." ''via Blog this MORE
Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) Group News | LinkedIn: "New applications and technologies are being developed at a rapid pace. This brave new world of touchscreens, aggregated data, and pastel AJAX-based social networking sites, is partly fueled by consumers' desires for faster, lighter, and often cheaper (if not free) technologies MORE
The 2012 AIRS Conference kicks off today, and all VisionLink customers are invited to join several VisionLink staffers (including yours truly), this evening from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Click here for more information. You can find us in the Gallier A/B Suite on the 4th floor. MORE
CBE Group is a third party debt collection agency that is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Is CBE Group a scam? But CBE group is not a scam, but a legitimate third-party debt collection company that has been in operation for a long time. CBE Group. The CBE Group Inc. MORE
But when it comes to fundraising, two groups stand head and shoulders above the rest: major donors and your school’s alumni. Your school does great work, and has lots of potential donors. MORE
Nothing kills an online community faster than spam (think Myspace ) and LinkedIn Groups have plenty of it. That said, a 40,000 strong spam-free LinkedIn Group is a powerful thing for both the group admin and those members who take the time to post and participate on a regular basis. MORE
$1 Million Raised For Fairfield County Nonprofits During 2015 Giving Day; $39,151 For Newtown Groups | The Newtown Bee : "Fairfield County’s Community Foundation (FCCF) Giving Day, held March 5, raised more than $1 million for nearly 400 nonprofit organizations in a 24-hour period. MORE
We’re looking for participants for a grassroots industry advisory group. Advisory-Group-membership If you''ve been involved in a small association, club or non-profit and want to be an advocate for your industry – check out this post for details! MORE
The keys to your success are fundraising and mission delivery. In the past, Finance personnel could make the case that “raising money is Development’s job; I’m here to record the debits and credits”. MORE
It's very exciting that we can announce that one of the largest book groups in the United States has just made the commitment: Hachette Book Group Partners with Bookshare To Make Thousands of Books Available to People with Print Disabilities. Hachette Book Group publishes under quite a number of famous imprints, such as Little Brown and Company and Grand Central. Bookshare looks for publishers to partner with us to make books more available to people with disabilities. MORE
LinkedIn Changes Could Impact Nonprofit Groups - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly :LinkedIn has implemented some new changes into their social network, which may affect how nonprofits use the website, and specifically how groups will function. These changes also aim to reduce the amount of spam and promotional content that appears in groups, a problem which has increased in the past few years. MORE
This week Facebook rolled out a revised Groups feature. Groups allows you to communicate with people and friends you designate in a group – such as work, home, church, classmates, etc. I wrote about Facebook groups previously. Facebook Groups Logo. MORE
That’s why I’ve compiled this list of awesome group fundraising ideas to keep them involved Keeping your donors engaged in your cause can be difficult. MORE
There are thousands of nonprofits changing the world in big and small ways every single day. The best of these nonprofits know that one of the major keys to success is using top-notch nonprofit tools to run smart, creative, and impactful campaigns. We’re incredibly fortunate to power many of these organizations, helping raise more money and maximize their impact along the way. MORE
Group Related Topics NCE Social Media
OCTOBER 8, 2010
This week Facebook rolled out a revised Groups feature. Groups allows you to communicate with people and friends you designate in a group – such as work, home, church, classmates, etc. I wrote about Facebook groups previously. Facebook Groups Logo.
SocialFish
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
CBE Group is a third party debt collection agency that is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Is CBE Group a scam? But CBE group is not a scam, but a legitimate third-party debt collection company that has been in operation for a long time. CBE Group. The CBE Group Inc.
Connection Cafe
JUNE 14, 2019
Last month marked the inaugural meeting of a new benchmarking group created specifically to analyze and discuss trends in athletics giving [1]. However, participants in donorCentrics® benchmarking groups get access to data from each participating school.
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 26, 2019
That’s why I’ve compiled this list of awesome group fundraising ideas to keep them involved Keeping your donors engaged in your cause can be difficult.
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 23, 2014
Focus Group of One : Target Marketing : "If you''re sending your marketing campaigns without benefit of A/B or multi-variant testing—most companies admit to fewer than five tests per month—you are effectively acting as a focus group of one. You are assuming all of your constituents feel the same way about your campaign as you do. Big mistake." ''via Blog this
Wild Apricot
JUNE 22, 2018
I’ve found that nonprofit Facebook Groups are a great way to network with members of other nonprofits. That’s why I’ve created this list of the top 28 nonprofit Facebook Groups, so you know where to go. Facebook facebook-groupsThey can also help answer those sticky questions that you just can’t Google the answer to.
AFP Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2014
Technology, philanthropy team up for religious groups : "Through the expansion of eligibility rules, U.S. churches and nonprofit organizations are able to apply for donated desktop equipment and office software. Dan Webb, vice president of technology solutions and services at TechSoup Global, explains how it works." ''via Blog this
John Haydon
OCTOBER 29, 2018
The post Facebook Groups for Nonprofits: Everything You Need to Know appeared first on John Haydon. Tired of the lackluster response on Facebook because you’re struggling to get your nonprofit’s posts to even show up in your followers’ feeds? Well, you’re not alone.
AFP Blog
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
To Retain Millennial Workers, Groups Must Embrace Tech: Associations Now : "With millennials now representing the largest segment of the U.S. workforce, they’re bringing new ideas and preferences with them, setting the stage for changes in workplace behavior and technology use. Employers need to address them now." 'via via Blog this
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 14, 2012
Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi The first ever Martus users group meeting took place earlier this month in Chiang Mai, the capital of Northern Thailand. Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses. For me personally, the meeting was a rare experience.
AFP Blog
JULY 10, 2014
Nonprofit groups look to Google Glass - Yahoo!7 Google will give each group a $25,000 grant along with a pair of yet-to-be publicly released Glass eyewear and guidance from the technology firm''s engineers 7 : Giving through Glass" program winners were selected from 1,300 proposals from US charities with ideas of how to use the eyewear to achieve their goals.
Connection Cafe
DECEMBER 21, 2015
But when it comes to fundraising, two groups stand head and shoulders above the rest: major donors and your school’s alumni. Your school does great work, and has lots of potential donors.
VisionLink
MAY 20, 2012
The 2012 AIRS Conference kicks off today, and all VisionLink customers are invited to join several VisionLink staffers (including yours truly), this evening from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Click here for more information. You can find us in the Gallier A/B Suite on the 4th floor.
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
Does it link to the group you’ve been working so hard to build, or does it link to your organization’s company page? Let’s compare: NTEN group on LinkedIn. LinkedIn Groups enable people to join, discuss topics that are important to them, and interact with other group members. Group members can also show the logo on their profile, if you enable that setting. And I think that’s a mistake for any association who has a group on LinkedIn.
AFP Blog
AUGUST 28, 2013
LinkedIn Changes Could Impact Nonprofit Groups - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly :LinkedIn has implemented some new changes into their social network, which may affect how nonprofits use the website, and specifically how groups will function. These changes also aim to reduce the amount of spam and promotional content that appears in groups, a problem which has increased in the past few years.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 4, 2011
Patrick Ball and I have often discussed the risks to social justice groups from using unlicensed proprietary software. A government could suppress a group using "piracy" as a reason, rather than criticism of the government. That's why it's heartening to read an article like this in the Christian Science Monitor, Russia rights groups get help from unlikely champion: Microsoft.
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 19, 2009
Group to aid nonprofits - BostonHerald.com: "Calling all nonprofits: There’s a new group in town that wants to help charities that promote entrepreneurship and innovation programs for young people.It’s s called TUGG, which stands for Technology Underwriting Greater Good, and it’s made up of professionals who already understand the worlds of finance and technology.Now they’re looking to lay the.
Wild Apricot
MARCH 20, 2017
There are hundreds of nonprofit groups on LinkedIn. networking LinkedIn-Groups LinkedInHere I’ve segmented the top ones into the categories and written a few lines about each to help you decide which ones to join.
Everyaction
AUGUST 15, 2018
That’s why we’re launching the Product Feedback Group , to connect EveryAction users directly with our product team. Product Feedback Group members will receive email invites to various research studies including interviews, usability tests, surveys, and more.
Wild Apricot
APRIL 29, 2014
We’re looking for participants for a grassroots industry advisory group. Advisory-Group-membership If you''ve been involved in a small association, club or non-profit and want to be an advocate for your industry – check out this post for details!
AFP Blog
MAY 21, 2013
Tornado Facebook Group Reunites Oklahoma Victims With Belongings : "Hagelberg logged into Facebook and found that many of her neighbors had reported finding items, so she decided to start a Facebook group to reunite victims of the tornado with their missing belongings. The Facebook group was expanded Monday, to help people who were affected by the devastating tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla.,
SocialFish
MAY 15, 2017
But with regard to LinkedIn–specifically, LinkedIn groups–I’ve been chronicling them being stripped of features and utility for years now and it seems like their eventual demise that I and others have been predicting may actually be about to happen.
NTEN
MAY 1, 2014
Groups are developed and supported by volunteer community organizers. Have an idea for a group? We just had a flurry of exciting new Communities of Practice (CoPs) emerge since the 14NTC. Check them out!
AFP Blog
JUNE 29, 2011
BBC News - Copyright group Creative Commons targets web users
NonProfit Hub
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
The groups worth joining on LinkedIn are seemingly endless, and that’s why we’ve identified five groups any nonprofit LinkedIn user should join. Mojalink is a specialist when it comes to connecting nonprofit professionals, and they are the creator of the group.
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 23, 2014
Microsoft alumni group giving $175k to former employees'' nonprofit ventures - GeekWire : "The Microsoft Alumni Foundation has announced new grants and matching funds totaling $175,000 for former employees whose philanthropy and nonprofit work has been recognized by the group for improving the lives of others." ''via Blog this
AFP Blog
JUNE 9, 2011
Facebook assembles group to plan for disasters - CNN.com. NPFacebook NPDisasterRelief NPtech
SocialFish
NOVEMBER 5, 2015
A few weeks ago, LinkedIn announced that they were going to be rolling out some pretty big changes to their Groups feature. When a member requests to join a Standard Group, their connections in the group can approve the request. All Groups Are Now Members-Only Groups.
AFP Blog
JUNE 23, 2011
Thousands RSVP for Global Group Run on Meetup : "itness app developer RunKeeper, which released its Health Graph API to the public earlier this month, has partnered with Meetup to organize a worldwide group run on July 9.". NPAthon NPRun NPtech
SocialFish
APRIL 13, 2014
IMPORTANT: I submitted a ticket to LinkedIn last week, because despite all my best efforts, I was unable to set an organization’s group settings to allow the Jobs tab. We’re continually developing product features to enhance your LinkedIn groups experience.
Everyaction
MARCH 19, 2018
There are thousands of nonprofits changing the world in big and small ways every single day. The best of these nonprofits know that one of the major keys to success is using top-notch nonprofit tools to run smart, creative, and impactful campaigns. We’re incredibly fortunate to power many of these organizations, helping raise more money and maximize their impact along the way.
Influence
JANUARY 20, 2012
Are you buffudled by the difference between Facebook Pages and Facebook Groups? Are you often confused about the difference between Facebook Pages and Facebook Groups? And how they compare to LinkedIn Groups? I often am. It's the most common question I receive when presenting on social media. This post helps end the befuddlement. read more. Influence Social Media
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 7, 2010
Facebook's New Groups, Dashboards, and Downloads Explained [Video] | Fast Company
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 24, 2013
With the launch of new a LinkedIn Groups design , the company resolved one of its most pressing problems – LinkedIn Group spam. Group management had become cumbersome and time-consuming for many admins of medium and large groups. New Group Information Pop-down.
SocialFish
OCTOBER 20, 2011
Does it link to the group you’ve been working so hard to build, or does it link to your organization’s company page? Let’s compare: NTEN group on LinkedIn. Group members can also show the logo on their profile, if you enable that setting.
Frogloop
APRIL 25, 2011
This year the buzz is about group texting , which allows users to text up to about 25 people at a time via a mobile phone. TextPlus , a group texting vendor says they ha ve 7.7 GroupMe , another group texting company says that 200,000 texts go through its system every day. Can Nonprofits Benefit From Using Group Texting ? Group texting could make nonprofit campaigners lives a lot easier in communicating quickly and more efficiently with key staff.
AFP Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) Group News | LinkedIn: "New applications and technologies are being developed at a rapid pace. This brave new world of touchscreens, aggregated data, and pastel AJAX-based social networking sites, is partly fueled by consumers' desires for faster, lighter, and often cheaper (if not free) technologies
Connection Cafe
MARCH 6, 2014
The keys to your success are fundraising and mission delivery. In the past, Finance personnel could make the case that “raising money is Development’s job; I’m here to record the debits and credits”.
GroundWire
MARCH 21, 2011
When I purchased my first smart phone a couple of years ago, I wanted to find out how much radiation was going into my head so I went to the Environmental Working Group’s cell phone guide and actually printed the thing off and took it with me to the store. Cell Phone Database.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
Nothing kills an online community faster than spam (think Myspace ) and LinkedIn Groups have plenty of it. That said, a 40,000 strong spam-free LinkedIn Group is a powerful thing for both the group admin and those members who take the time to post and participate on a regular basis.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 16, 2009
It's very exciting that we can announce that one of the largest book groups in the United States has just made the commitment: Hachette Book Group Partners with Bookshare To Make Thousands of Books Available to People with Print Disabilities. Hachette Book Group publishes under quite a number of famous imprints, such as Little Brown and Company and Grand Central. Bookshare looks for publishers to partner with us to make books more available to people with disabilities.
AFP Blog
MARCH 16, 2015
$1 Million Raised For Fairfield County Nonprofits During 2015 Giving Day; $39,151 For Newtown Groups | The Newtown Bee : "Fairfield County’s Community Foundation (FCCF) Giving Day, held March 5, raised more than $1 million for nearly 400 nonprofit organizations in a 24-hour period.
AFP Blog
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
Aid groups using cellphones to reach the world's poor: "The Grameen Foundation, a Washington-based group known for helping women with the smallest of business loans, has two dozen people in a technology lab here developing mobile Internet applications to help spread its microfinance model.
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