Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

The “Nonprofit Organizations” brand was launched in February 2005 on Myspace. At the core of the brand is the Nonprofit Organizations avatar which has been used consistently since then to build a visual brand across many social networks ( Facebook , Twitter , Pinterest , etc).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 1, 2010

MySpace: Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. Tags: Nonprofits of the Month. YouTube: Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Flickr: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

The nonprofits below are doing excellent work in helping heal the hearts, minds and bodies of the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti: Twitter: UNICEF. MySpace: Concern Worldwide. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. Tags: Nonprofits of the Month.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 8, 2011

My guess is that 99.99% of nonprofits (or more) have not yet been invited to beta test Google+ ( sign up here ), but if you are a regular reader of Mashable, TechCrunch, or The Next Web, you might be feeling like your missing out on the fruits of being an early adopter (before the site is even out of beta – craziness!). Sign up here !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

This is the fourth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Designed in Dreamweaver and updated weekly, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 has launched a mobile Website for those who like to read Nonprofit Tech 2.0 That said, I am firm believer that the mobile web is the next frontier in nonprofit communications. billion text messages are now sent daily, but few of those are coming from nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2009

The nonprofits below are doing excellent work in educating the public about the illegal trade of endangered wildlife for clothing, aphrodisiacs, “gourmet&# foods, and Chinese medicine. MySpace: World Wildlife Fund. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. I first got on MySpace in February 2006 when I created a portal to Nonprofit Organizations on MySpace. This is when the MySpace vs. Facebook debate began to rage in the blogoshphere. The community was red hot.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

Just for your reference, here is the Authentification Form: And here’s how the warning message appears on the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page: According to Facebook, there are the three ways I can authenticate the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page. Their Pages were obviously causes [like Save the Whales], not brands.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

4096 Color Wheel : A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, etc. Creative Commons on Flickr : A great source for images for your organization’s website, blog, e-newsletter, social networking profiles, etc. oneforty : A gallery of over 2,500 (and counting) Twitter Apps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

There are thousands of useful Gadgets you can explore and utilize, but nonprofits can also easily create and custom design their own Gadgets and Themes to share with the iGoogle community. In the meantime, some basic first steps: First, create a new Gmail/Google account for your nonprofit (if you haven’t already). iGoogle Home.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Nonprofits will soon be broadcasting their own live TV programs to households around the world simply with a Ustream channel and a smartphone. Those nonprofits that do will be the best positioned to be successful at Web television. Those nonprofits that do will be the best positioned to be successful at Web television.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Here are three simple, but powerful ways that nonprofits can use LinkedIn: 1) Create a Group : Make sure you create the group under the “Nonprofit&# category and select “Yes&# to both being listed in the “Groups Directory&# and that your Group be display on “Profiles&#. I created and manage the Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2010

A couple of times a year DIOSA Communications offers a webinar special for nonprofit organizations, and the month of April is now one of those times. Only launched 7 months ago, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 From now until April 30, all social media and mobile technology webinars are 2-for-1. She also created and writes exclusively for this blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

Nonprofits pioneered social media. They were on Myspace and organizing via Facebook Groups years before corporate brands, higher education, and broadcast and print media. Keep that in mind when selecting the service you want to use and build your nonprofit’s brand on: WaterAid on Twitpic :: twitpic.com/photos/wateraid.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Please Note: All nonprofits in the United States that have an entry in GuideStar.org are also on Change.org. You can access your nonprofit’s profile and the Change.org tool set by signing up for a Nonprofit Admin account. Brand your organization’s profile on Change.org. Now on to the best practices: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. I am now down to 7 profiles, 5 days a week, and a 45-50 hour work week. This an important one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2007

She writes about a nonprofit portal in Myspace called Nonprofit Organizations MySpace. It offers tips on how not-for-profits can effectively use MySpace for fundraising and/or campaigning. It looks like a good place to start if you want to find examples of nonprofits with a presence in MySpace and get ideas.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Since the popular Facebook fundraising App Causes was built using GuideStar’s database of nonprofits in the United States and Canada, only nonprofits in the U.S. That said, nonprofit’s inside the United States and Canada can use Ammado too. 2) After your nonprofit is approved, you then create a profile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 7, 2012

If you would have told me seven years ago when I start the “Nonprofit Organizations” Myspace profile that it all would have led to this… in my wildest dreams I could not have imagined all that has followed. A very busy one and shockingly I still manage to make a living from blogging, social media, and training.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

While some nonprofits have been early adopters of Twitter Apps, the vast majority are not. Once your nonprofit has mastered the intricacies of Tweeting, ReTweeting, Mentioning, and Lists, it’s time to move your Twitter campaigns up a notch. They may not even know the tools exist. Bit.ly : Bit.ly channel/BigCatRescue.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

There's been a lot of discussion over the past week about Causes leaving MySpace and becoming a Facebook-only application. The access debate aside, the removal of Causes from MySpace where there are active communities of supporters means 'equal opportunity activism' is defined by only certain communities." read more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. Be to search for your nonprofit to know how and where your brand is buzzing in the blogosphere! Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. Be to search for your nonprofit to know how and where your brand is buzzing in the blogosphere! Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

During 2009 I created and promoted 34 TwtPolls to help better understand the needs of nonprofits. The TwtPoll results are often surprising and can be very useful for nonprofits as they forge ahead with their 2010 communications strategies. 3) Does your nonprofit have a blog? [ [link] ]. 9% MySpace. 15% We already do!

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NCE Social Media

APRIL 29, 2009

Hello Nonprofit Admins, Good news! Now all nonprofits on Change.org have the premium service toolset added to their Admin Dashboards. In addition to all the tools that came with the basic service, all nonprofits can now: 1) Create Actions, including email petitions that can empower and expand your base of supporters.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace. The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace. The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Back in 2006 when I joined the organization we had a MySpace page with 25 friends. From there I signed us up for various Facebook groups and profiles and continued experimenting sites like Change.org and Care2. What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. Flash forward four and a half years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

Over the last decade nonprofit communicators have been perfecting e-newsletters to drive traffic to their organization’s website, blog, Facebook Page, etc. Text messaging campaigns help keep supporters engaged and informed, and can significantly increase traffic to nonprofit mobile websites and smartphone Apps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Animoto is a service that allows you to create videos about your nonprofit using a selection of your organization’s best photos. Within a few minutes and a couple of clicks, your nonprofit could have a new promotional video that you can use on your Web site, your Blog, in your e-mail newsletters, and on social networking sites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

I use them on my website, Facebook Pages, MySpace, and most importantly, on the right side of this blog. Finally, you can follow me on Google Buzz at google.com/profiles/nonprofitorgs ! IconsPedia.com is my source for free social media and mobile technology icons. They have a great set of Google icons , but not yet for Google Buzz.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

. —– Google+, the social network launched by Google nearly 5 months ago, has recently opened up the platform to organizations and brands with a profile type akin to the options for individuals and Pages on Facebook. Are you using Google+ now and have you set up a profile for your organization? Apples and Oranges.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

For the last week, there’s been a rich discussion about Causes and the way that it abruptly, without much notice, left MySpace (deleting all of the related content, connections, communications, etc.). (To The most important parts of the conversation around Causes do not actually focus on Causes, specifically.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Discover Your Groundswell Social Technographics Profile Your Result: Creator. Discover Your Groundswell Social Technographics Profile See All Our Quizzes. For the past year or so, I've included this visual based on Forester Research Social Technographics profile information. created a quiz. created a quiz.

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