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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Back in 2006 when I joined the organization we had a MySpace page with 25 friends. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs?

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Planned Parenthood Movement Building: Leadership, Engagement, Stories, and Platform for Self-Organizing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social media is described in terms of the mission, not the tools. We talk about how using the tools expands our mission." And, they don't just talk, it is backed up with reports and graphs about how the use of the tools supports their work -- the connection between the online efforts and people using services on land.

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Social Networks for Social Change: Ivan Boothe Knows What He Is Talking About!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. We use it to go where people are already organizing against genocide, and give them tools to do so effectively. For concrete examples see the Slideshare presentation above.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From Ruby Sinreich at Lotus Media comes a pointer to the Findhabeas.com campaign on myspace and possibly other places. shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools! Trish Perkins offers up a list "cool free tech tools." " Findhabeas. Nonprofit Software and Hardware and Cell Phones.

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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If Danah is so deeply rooted in social spaces, like MySpace and others, it???s He goes on to talk about the other quality of Second Life that I found compelling: What was different is that I was a virtual arm's length from some heavy-hitting IBM talent and leadership, and I was able to communicate with them, and learn from them quite well.

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Another Gold Star, FTW: A Look at Achievement Systems

NTEN

MySpace and Facebook display the number of friends you have. The actionable goal of the tool is to get users to check-in online when they visit various locations and to store related user and GPS data that help to showcase locations and connect people to them. Social networks have built on this system significantly.

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