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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If it were not for MySpace, my professional life no doubt would be much less fulfilling. At it’s heyday, a few hours a day sending friend requests and posting wall comments on MySpace profiles quickly resulted in large, thriving online communities. MySpace was designed to be a marketing tool. MySpace is not dangerous.

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Building Better Relationships Through Data & Insight

Saleforce Nonprofit

The Buddies Wanted programme is a core part of Oranje Fond’s outreach services, supporting projects across the nation that pair up those needing help in a specific area of their life with a buddy. High-profile awareness campaigns, shaped by the insight Oranje Fonds has into volunteers’ interests, bring people to its website.

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How Your Nonprofit Can Reach Babyboomers with Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Pew and American Life Internet Project, Adults and Social Networking Use. The share of adult internet users who have a profile on an online social network site has more than quadrupled in the past four years -- from 8% in 2005 to 35% now, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project's December 2008 tracking survey.

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How Nonprofit Leaders Create An Authentic Personal Brand on Intsagram

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This shot is from a program for teens that the met sponsors, #metteens. If your CEO’s social media profile is simply duplicating your brand’s feed and voice, it enters the Uncanny Valley. He gives you the inside story about the work of art. Visibility. Specialization.

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Nonprofits and App Developers Combine Forces for Community Change

Tech Soup

She wanted to create something that teens and adults could use and that was also free. These stories are then collected on each pet's profile page at the shelter's website, resulting in a scrolling diary of the pet's life. Crowdfunding Help. It has been covered by TechCrunch, The Baltimore Sun , CBS News , and more.

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social networking requires commitment -- you can't set up a MySpace profile and then walk away. You have to approve new friend requests, respond to messages, post your latest action alerts, send out bulletins, keep your profile up-to-date, and more.

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Leader Profile: Clayton Daniels

Eric Jacobsen Blog

This can only help your company and you personally in your professional life. Throughout the life of this program, we have delivered gifts for over 400 kids. Question : What leadership skill did you learn as a teen that you still use today? Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership Leadership Profile'

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