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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

Nonprofit Tech for Good

My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. I would say MySpace has dropped off the most for us. I think having our decentralized structure creates an army of social media ambassadors that encourages buy-in at all levels. YouTube: youtube.com/natureconservancy. Flickr: flickr.com/groups/thenatureconservancy.

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The Future of Nonprofits: Thrive and Innovate in the Digital Age

NTEN

Remember back when people said your nonprofit needed to be on MySpace? Well, not MySpace.). Having a structure that can identify break-through solutions and test them quickly is more important than the ideas themselves. And then Facebook. And Twitter. And now, probably, Google+. But it's not about any particular technology.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Before Myspace then Facebook and then Twitter, I was a voracious reader. All that said, as social media managers, we need to read in order have moments when we are completely immersed in a story using our brains to process words, sentences, story structure, and plot lines – not just soundbites, headlines, tweets, and pins.

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005.

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Networking and News Sites scramble to keep up with Facebook.

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

4) MySpace, Facebooks's most direct competitor, has decided that it too needs to be more like it's college-educated sibling. They've recently announced a Myspace platform, with structures and capabilities strikingly like those of it's rival. Applications will need to be hosted on MySpace servers.

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Live Blogging: 09NTC Mapping Your Social Media Strategy

Amy Sample Ward

Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. Qui Diaz:Livingston, recently did research for the Philanthropy 2.0 Sarah Granger: advise nonprofits on using social media for advocating and communicating. funders of a 20th century mindset - what metrics speak to them. what things need to be measured. success stories.

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Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin: Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Don't use the same thinking, structures, or processes as you did with Web 1.0. Is that MySpace friend an activist? How can we use email? How can we use Twitter? Who owns the website? Who owns the blog? I've seen this movie before and you probably have too. Don't repeat the same mistakes. This is evolutionary ? not revolutionary.