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Sharing Foundation: College Sponsorship Program

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I just set up a ChipIn page and widget (see above) to help raise money for an NGO, the Sharing Foundation that supports children in Cambodia. I use typepad, so I wanted place the widget in the sidebar of my blog as well. I'm on the board. One of its many programs is the college sponsorship program. It was very easy to set up!

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These are a few of my favorite blogs

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Published on Wordpress and Typepad and others Insights from nonprofit sisters and brothers Keeping my online strategy from going to the dogs These are a few of my favorite blogs. Tom, you deserve a raise! It's Friday! Every Friday, Diane Rehm of NPR's The Diane Rehm show does the Friday News Roundup. Text ya later!

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I use a variety of tools for this analysis, including Google Analytics, Feedburner subscriber counts, and manually tracking comment to post ratios (typepad doesn't have a nifty plugin like wordpress to automate that grunge work) A tool that use to evlauate my content is PostRank. Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media?

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Google Media = Nonprofit Grants, Blogs, Video and Maps Galore

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Services like TypePad and Wordpress tend to be top-of-mind platforms for new bloggers, but the session covered a ton of features about what makes Blogger different and great for nonprofits such as: Free hosting (use your own URL!). It's easy to create, customizable for every video you post, and can be changed on the fly.

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Let's Go Widget Shopping!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My particular test raised $25 for my project in less than 24 hours! I'm not a techy, so I use typepad. Typepad has integrated widgets into the blogging platform, so adding a widget is even easier than cut and paste! Its from MobaTalk and has a better interface and also automatically shares messages you've received.

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Screencast: Using Widgets to Build Community on Blogs Featured on NTEN Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

the shift is now from the organization raising money to the supporters taking on that role/responsibilities. I'm not a techy, so I use typepad. Typepad has integrated widgets into the. I went through the typepad collection and installed (unstalled) a lot of them. If you're not using typepad, don't despair, you can.