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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AFP Blog

JUNE 8, 2009

Nonprofits turn to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter to raise money, market themselves - Metro - cleveland.com: "Nonprofit and philanthropic organizations are turning to relatively cheap online social media to raise money and market their organizations as they grapple with recession-battered endowments, fewer grants and, often, less patronage by their customers." (..)

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Care2

MAY 18, 2010

Check out any nonprofit Web site these days, and in addition to an About Us page, you're likely to see icons for Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. To answer this question, get a sense of how much money nonprofits are actually raising via social media and garner some advice on best practices in using these tools, I went straight to the expert.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace). They move with you from one site to the next and maybe in the case of Myspace, back again. That’s something we will learn by watching Justin Timberlake re-launch Myspace in 2012. I got my start on Myspace , so personally I would love to see the community revitalized.

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See3

MAY 9, 2007

How do we take advantage of user-generated content and user-controlled forums such as MySpace and YouTube without totally losing control of our brand? The Obama MySpace page was originally created by a volunteer, and originally didn’t say “official site&#. They should have spent the money and kept the fan.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

TWLOHA originally started out by accident by the founder writing a blog post and selling t-shirts to help a friend pay for rehab, and the MySpace page he started really grew from there into what TWLOHA is today. If a nonprofit was going to invest a small amount of money on one thing as it relates to design, how do you recommend they spend it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Back in 2006 when I joined the organization we had a MySpace page with 25 friends. While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. YouTube: youtube.com/nationalwildlife.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

With the global financial crisis at its peak and a recession looming, many nonprofit managers are probably asking themselves, "How will my nonprofit raise money next year?" " I suspect fewer fundraisers are asking themselves, "How will my nonprofit raise the money it needs four years from now?"

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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

APRIL 16, 2010

Last November we saw a few alarming events taking place in this social media for social good sector: Causes left Myspace and Ideablob shut down , both without warning or community support. Investment Is More Than Money. But not money. In a guest post on the Tactical Philanthropy blog I started brainstorming about what was next.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Less then 40% think using MySpace to reach new supporters is helpful. While many nonprofit staff were optimistic in hopes of reaching constituents and building better relationships with them via social networks, nonprofit staff clearly don’t think they are raising money through these channels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

MySpace, back when it was cool. Every full time staffer we have on the Emerging Media team has been paid for by raising money on social networks. In terms of ROI, social media has grown our email file and we’ve raised significant money on social networks. Twitter: @ HumaneSociety , @ cariegrls. YouTube: youtube.com/hsus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

Fundraising with PledgeBank, however, creates a type of social contract -- the people pledging their money are doing so on the condition that a certain goal is met. What are some inspiring examples about how people have used pledgebank to raise money or make change? What are your secrets to success using PledgeBank?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

They did skip last year’s holiday party and used the money for charity , launched the tech-centric Facebook Fellowship Program , and offered free advertising to a couple of nonprofits working to end cyberbulling to get out of launching an “Alert Button&#. Facebook would do well to follow the lead of Twitter, MySpace and YouTube.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

While it's possible to argue that the role money plays in the persistence of digital inequality is diminishing , it is difficult. Infrastructure, of course, requires more money. Money isn't the only factor contributing to digital inequality, just the most significant (and possibly, the easiest to address). Money, it's a drag.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

While we are on the subject of money, your going to need some to improve your social media campaigns in 2013. Before Myspace then Facebook and then Twitter, I was a voracious reader. Your work is valuable and you should be compensated for it. That said, here’s a tool kit to help you ask for that raise and get it. Good luck.

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Until you master fundraising on your own site, you SHOULD NOT spend loads of time fundraising on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. This will help you raise more money and deal with list churn, which according to the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services can be almost 17% per year for nonprofits.

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Care2

AUGUST 24, 2009

This summer, Mashable , one of the most popular blogs that covers mainstream tech and social media issues launched Summer of Social Good , a cool initiative that raises money for the Humane Society of the United States , World Wildlife Fund , Oxfam , and LIVESTRONG.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

With estimates up to 200 million members globally and 12% of all internet traffic, MySpace certainly earns the title of the "top dog" of social networks. Within MySpace, we searched the names of 383 of the largest, most well-known nonprofits to see if they had created profiles. And is it even worth it ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

This module takes a look at ways that you can build an online community, engage people and inspire them to take an action, or raise money using social networks and fundraising tools. What are the best getting started tips for using Facebook or MySpace for engaging people and inspiring action?

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2010

Facebook certainly offers more options to nonprofits like Fanpages and Causes but as a whole nonprofits have far more people on their email lists, generate more actions taken via email (and by action I don't mean "liking something" and giving it a thumbs up) and raise a lot more money than on Facebook Causes. And what happened to MySpace?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

With estimates up to 200 million members globally and 12% of all internet traffic, MySpace certainly earns the title of the "top dog" of social networks. Within MySpace, we searched the names of 383 of the largest, most well-known nonprofits to see if they had created profiles. And is it even worth it ?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

With the rise of MySpace and Facebook , it will only be a matter of time before there are Facebook consultants who can develop and implement a comprehensive Facebook strategy for organizations and campaigns. For now I’m having fun learning the ropes and hope to hold off on sending out an RFP for a MySpace campaign for as long as I can.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 6, 2015

Adam Weinger is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and the President of Double the Donation, a company which provides tools to nonprofits to help them raise more money from corporate matching gift and volunteer grant programs. _. Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Pinterest… Is Myspace still a thing? Social Media.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

As part of Microsoft Outlook 2010, features allow people to connect with their Facebook and MySpace accounts (the service already allowed you to connect Outlook to LinkedIn). Casey Golden's company, Small Act , develops software and offers consulting services to help nonprofits raise money, advocate and build awareness with social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Megan: MySpace was probably our first introduction to social media, but not sure the year we created the account. Dupe: At present, Taproot is unique in that we don’t raise money in this way. YouTube: youtube.com/thetaprootfoundation. LinkedIn: taproot-foundation. Jumo: [link]. We don’t use it in our strategy now, which is telling!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2008

See also the panel notes on making money with social games platform. Benjamin Ling/Facebook - from Nick O'Neill - All Facebook MySpace Developer's Platform - from Jeremiah Owyang. Seems like this might be a niche opportunity for some nonprofits and perhaps an interesting panel or discussion at Games for Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Is that MySpace friend an activist? Friendraising Not Fundraising If the reason why you want to use social networks is just to raise money, then stop now. An article in the Washington Post notes that "fewer than 1% of those who have joined a cause have actually donated money through [the Facebook Causes] application."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Like groups, it's free to set one up, but, if you shell out some money, you can increase the viral distribution of your Facebook Page with Facebook Social Ads which advertises the page to the news feeds. Also, a shout out to any nonprofits reading this, have you used Facebook or MySpace ads or are you planning to?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Well, theoretically, if you believe MySpace is a place for donors , your presence there also reaches 64% of Facebook users, 65% of Bebo , and 69% of Hi5. I was just reading your myspace piece - excellent - because Im writing an article about strategy considerations when choosing a social networking site. How is this valuable?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2007

Skeebo Tammas Skeeboo Tammas (or Joe Alamo in real life), a volunteer who also runs KivaFriends.org, Kiva's MySpace page , their Change.org profile and created the kiva.org browser bar. Exposing the Kiva organization to new people in this interesting digital world and raising money to fund loans.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2008

Here's what he did in the last few days: I have been posting on many Cambodian forums, from Khmerlife.com to myspace groups and I have gotten many different responses. Nhuong also received some good questions from his post over at MySpace: "the organization usually gets most of the money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

MySpace , etc. What are the principles for relying on users to build a money-generating business? People who are creating content for OpenContent publications, like Wikipedia. People who???s s activity is the business model in for-profit ventures, like YouTube ? Open Business raises some interesting questions about this: ???What

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Community Building and Social Networking: You build relationships online, nurture a community, engage people and inspire them to take an action, or raise money using social networks and apps. If you want to build an online community for knowledge or skill sharing, using social network tools like Ning or LinkedIN will help you get there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

Show them the money. When we found that MySpace was good for advocacy, Facebook for fundraising, Flickr for easy website photo slideshows, and YouTube for increasing video views, we decided to invest our time into those four. If you explain as tools only - then they are more apt to dismiss it as a fad notes Maryann Devine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

An interesting point about using MySpace: "It can definitely be used for recruitment and as a mass communications tool, particularly for younger voters who tend to use email less. The key is to move MySpace friends onto normal advocacy lists as soon as possible. Its part of the " Have Money Will Vlog."

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

With the rise of MySpace and Facebook , it will only be a matter of time before there are Facebook consultants who can develop and implement a comprehensive Facebook strategy for organizations and campaigns. For now I’m having fun learning the ropes and hope to hold off on sending out an RFP for a MySpace campaign for as long as I can.

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