Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2006

Last week I blogged about an Ipod/Toilet paper holder over at Netsquared. I learned about it from the site Changing the Present , a donation portal that also lets you set up a wish list of causes to support in lieu of gifts for the holidays or other occassions. So, somehow I'm stuck on the theme of toilet paper holders as gifts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Allison Fine has a blog post over at Personal Democracy Forum called " Fundraising Meets Social Networking " where she reviews the functionality and approaches of three sites that educate and connect donors. So, I started down this list that Lucy Bernholz has created, Online Social Networks and Second Life Philthanthropy.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The Hacker Helper project is closely aligned with our NetSquared vision of bringing communities together to solve social problems – including nonprofits, beneficiaries, activists, technologists, concerned citizens. Facebook is the most popular site in the Spanish-speaking parts of the America, also the Middle East, and North Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2005

I missed the post about flickr use by MoveOn on netsquared when I was in London earlier this month. The article concludes with this thought: The larger lesson for other organizations is this: As social networking sites like Flickr, del.icio.us (also just bought by Yahoo!), Just tracked down the original article, The Best $24.95

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

These are free and simple searches designed to monitor blogs and news sites for mentions of your organization, services, or other specific keywords. Yahoo News Google News. Marshall Kirkpatrick's Article on Netsquared : How To Track Mentions of Your Organization. How do you listen carefully? Ego searches. Additional Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

These are free and simple searches designed to monitor blogs and news sites for mentions of your organization, services, or other specific keywords. Yahoo News Google News. Marshall Kirkpatrick's Article on Netsquared : How To Track Mentions of Your Organization. How do you listen carefully? Ego searches. Additional Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

In " The Social Web Ain't Rocket Science " Worldchanging blogger Jon Lebkowsky reminds us that blogs, wikis, and social networking sites may not be appropriate for all nonprofits and that hype and pressure shouldn't drive adoption decisions or they may not be successful. The parody sites are sprouting up like mushrooms.

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MARCH 4, 2007

From Yahoo! The Christian Science Monitor, CNN, and CNET News are among the many sites that now deliver updated online content via RSS. Why not ask your supporters how many of them have a blog or web site where they would be willing to promote your fundraising campaign? Don't be afraid of RSS feeds. First of all, what are they?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 20, 2007

Other podcast directories to check out are Yahoo! You can also create a free or low cost web site for your campaign or small organization with a blog, like Drilling Santa Fe and Urban Sprouts did. Podcasts , PodcastDirectory.com , Odeo , Podcast Alley , Podcast.net , and Podcast Pickle. and OurMedia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

While google and yahoo have blog search features, Technorati is the considered the recognized authority on tracking blogs, It finds out who is saying what right now and is currently tracking over 75.2 So, don't forget to include a link back to your blog your web site. It takes time to visit those sites and find what you want to read!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Marshall Kirkpatrick , who was working with Netsquared , whipped up the NpTech Metafeed which allowed folks to aggregate items tagged by nonprofit techies from many distributed sources. Most recently, Marnie Webb created a Yahoo Pipe of the NpTech Feed and runing it through AideRSS to sort it by popularity. s announcement of a $28.7

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

NpTech Themes Nptech Tag News: The NpTech Community site can be found at: [link]. Marshall Kirkpatrick, longtime Netsquared blogger, is now working with Splashcast also at DEMO 07 this week. Check out this splashcast channel with a nonprofit theme created by Netsquared Blogger, Britt Bravo. Cross-posted at Netsquared

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