Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

First, spam was going to kill email. It certainly is true that most email sent these days is spam, but that hasn’t managed to kill it. Recent studies suggest that there is a demographic shift happening – social media being more primary communications avenues for Millenials and Gen Y, and email for everyone older.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

So far, trying to navigate the site to browse or set up a profile has about a 50/50 chance of hitting either a 504 or 500 error page. I’m not sure that organizations will want to maintain, or create, a profile on facebook just as a ticket to using Jumo. “Amy Sample Ward wrote on her/her profile:&#. Functionality.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

5% A social networking site (like Facebook). Which social networking sites does your organization have an “official&# presence/profile on? Warning: Poll has been spammed: [link] ]. [ [link] ]. 43% Yes… our organization blogs regularly. 28% No… it’s on our To Do List. 25% Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

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 and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. MySpace is not just a community of poor people!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

There is also the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter profile , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , and the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. This is the risk of building communities on social networking sites over which we have no control over.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Ideally, your social media vanity URLs should match your website URL, but if your website URL is not available on the big three (Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube), then you may need to get creative. It will help you centralize all your efforts and reduce the amount of spam and notification e-mails sent to your work e-mail account.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

A good CMS should also include a built-in Spam filter to keep obviously unrelated content from cluttering your comments sections. Make sure the CMS you choose lets you moderate comments, ban individuals from commenting, and fast-track certain commenters—staff, for example—by allowing them to publish without waiting for moderation.

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See3

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

It’s important to note that each social-networking platform has its own culture and use. Facebook is rapidly transitioning from its college roots to a space for the professional world just as LinkedIn has added new applications like RSS feeds and SlideShare to make its user profiles more personal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2007

A few months back, I wrote about a Facebook campaign to reinstate Ranger Rick's Facebook profile. Soon after it happened, Danielle Brigida, an internet marketing staff person for the NWF who set up the profile wrote in an article: Ranger Rick's expulsion has sparked much debate on how Facebook handles. profile has.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2011

The discussion answered common questions, such as the difference between profiles and pages, and included insightful contributions from nonprofit chat participants about how their organizations are using Facebook. What is the difference between pages, groups and profiles?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

After a decade of embracing new social networks as they rise in popularity, in recent weeks it became clear that it was time to reassess the value of being active on so many social networks and to prioritize the social networks that most benefit Nonprofit Tech for Good. Quit a Social Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

Ranger Rick Image from Facebook profile. Facebook has been taking down organizational profiles for nonprofits, including Ranger Rick's profile. We need your help to bring back Ranger Rick's profile that was recently taken down by Facebook Staff. social networking sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

I'm in the process of an article about tips for nonprofits on social networking sites for TechSoup. On one of my posts trying to digest the research , someone asked a question about strategies for doing outreach on social networking sites. It's also the very definition of "social networking."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The new algorithm also factors in negative feedback and penalizes posts that have been actively hidden by viewers or reported as spam. Profiles of the people you serve. Lists turn Facebook into a media consumption channel in addition to a social network. How big of a difference does this make? Incorporate. Blog posts.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content? Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. The trust that comes with using social networks (engaging people you know, who engage the people they know, and so on) is what creates the power of using social networking tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2006

MyBlogLog is a social networking system for blog readers to connect and learn about each other around their favorite blogs - and for blog publishers to access detailed information about their readers. Deborah Finn has been playing with widgets and decided to install the MyBlogLog widget today. She writes about her experience here. (I

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

One of the big perks to being registered is the exclusive conference social network, NTConnect brought to you by the fine folks at Acteva. If for some reason, like your spam folder, you haven't gotten it, please send a friendly note to support@ntconnect.org and they'll be happy to get your login info to you).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide. 1) Maximize your Instagram Profile Photo and Bio. First, make sure that your nonprofit uses a well-designed, visually-striking profile photo a.k.a.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

mail-tester:: mail-tester.com This free tool reveals if your email domain is on a blacklist, flagged for spam, and properly set up for SPF, DKIM, and DMARC protocols. Accessible Social :: accessible-social.com Accessible Social is a free resource hub for digital marketers to discover how to make social media content accessible.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

Email: While more than 35 percent of American adults now have a profile on at least one social networking site – the best way to reach supporters is still email. Here are the highlights. However, as online programs have matured, the decline in the performance of email has slowed. Don’t be too alarmed though.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

You may find that your name appears because you have several current or former staff members using LinkedIn who have listed you on their profiles. Facebook doesn't automatically spam your email contacts. Your audience may not be ready to create content on social networks, blogs, or Twitter. Don't worry.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Social networking sites are the next and prime targets for cyber do-no-gooders. For many of these issues, good spam/virus filtering is essential. At my organization, we use Zimbra.com's Collaboration Suite Network Edition , which has a good configuration of SpamAssassin. They may be infected. Well, it's back.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Here are the highlights. Don’t be too alarmed though.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million?

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. As I said in the book and many times since, there are no cutting corners on the Social Web. Peer-t0-Peer Fundraising Networks (Razoo, Crowdrise, KickStarter, FirstGiving, GlobalGiving): 5 Hours Weely.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2017

Some subscribers to your email list will visit your nonprofit’s Twitter Profile or Facebook Page to retweet or share a story or call-to-action that is featured in your e-newsletter or fundraising appeal. 8) Allow staff to link to their LinkedIn Profiles in their online bios on your website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. As I said in the book and many times since, there are no cutting corners on the Social Web. Peer-t0-Peer Fundraising Networks (Razoo, Crowdrise, KickStarter, FirstGiving, GlobalGiving): 5 Hours Weely.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

A place that blogs, that engages in social networking sites, that tries experiments, and reports about all of it honestly. They would comment on the photos we'd taken and add notes with links to their own profiles. Spam, obscenity--they just aren't an issue at all. to support programs and exhibits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Newsletter Spam Check :: mail-tester.com. This free tool reveals if your website domain is on a blacklist, flagged for spam, and properly set up for SPF, DKIM, and DMARC protocols. Accessible Social is a free resource hub for digital marketers to discover how to make social media content accessible. Buffer :: buffer.com.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 6) Social networking is fun – no doubt about it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Luckily enough, one of the most interesting parts of engaging in social media is how you can measure just about everything that you do. s taken us a long time to build up credible, authoritative profiles and groups on sites like Care2 , Digg , Facebook , Flickr , and StumbleUpon. ??? a lot of our initial efforts weren???t t tell us?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

One of the questions: How to address concerns about privacy, security, and avoiding spam overload that comes with social media and social network sites? He points out these problems with current social networking practices. (1) Understand how privacy controls work on social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2010

In just that short time it has become abundantly clear that I have been living and working in social networking bubble of nice, friendly, supportive nonprofit folks. My advice to nonprofits has always been that mean people on social networking sites are few and far between, so don’t worry so much about them.

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