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JUNE 25, 2011

Did you know that women also dominate social networks? According to a Pew study, in 2008 women comprised 53% of social networking site users. Over the past two years, women have increased their social networking usage and now comprise 56% of the social networking consumer base.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

traffic it’s social networks networks like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter that dominate, according to Quantcast, one of the biggest analytics companies for measuring websites. Women dominate on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. The most diverse social network is YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Digital Trends. 3: Social Networking. He said that photo sharing is really social grooming. He also talked about consumption trends and changes, particularly a rise of mobile traffic at bedtime when people check tomorrow’s news at night. He went through some recent trends with social networking use.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report provides some incredible data on how 11K+ nonprofits are using social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others. Are nonprofits raising any money on social networks? Facebook is the most popular commercial social network for nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. " Amazon Patents Social Networking System, Winks at Facebook – "The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Amazon a patent for a “Social Networking System.&# " The trend is up 12.1%!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Take advantage of Network for Good's handy new eGuide, The Online Fundraiser's Checklist, to ensure you don't miss a thing." Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of January 25th).

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Whole Whale

JUNE 15, 2022

Track trends relevant to your cause and industry area. Knowing a rising trend can help your comms team create content responses that will increase attention for your organization. Google Trends can be used to watch macro search trends around your cause area. Broad social analytics. General Listening.

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Care2

JANUARY 27, 2011

NTEN, Common Knowledge and Blackbaud invite you to take part in a nonprofit survey about how nonprofits are using online social networks, and enter your name for a chance to win an Apple iPad. Look for our session, where we’ll present the 2011 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report , outlining the results of the survey.

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JUNE 21, 2010

A couple of years ago I put together the "social network" calculator as a free resource to assess the opportunity cost of recruiting email subscribers and donors online. How does it work? That will give you a percentage that you can compare against other potential investments.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Users ages 18 to 54 have reportedly turned away from email, as well — many are instead communicating through social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources across the web ever day. That a growing number of consumer brands are transforming their existing static Web sites into interactive online communities is a trend that is not only recent, but also rapidly accelerating." " What do you think?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

Expert new media managers have the ability to anticipate the impact of emerging trends in mobile and social media. They voraciously consume nonprofit technology blogs and study the mobile and social media campaigns of other nonprofits for inspiration. It’s rare that any web-based activity lasts longer than 30 minutes.

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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 social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A collection of economic and media trends and stats. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. What does social media success look like, anyway?" Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of June 6th). I will define the terms below and discuss mixing and matching below."

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

How important is it for them to understand and keep up with the new trends in technology? To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. of internet user time is spent on social media and social networking.

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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2011

It can be challenging to keep up with the all the new and interesting social media data, research, and trends coming out every week. Check out the some of our social media picks this week that we think your organization needs to know about. Mobile Devices Driving Major Traffic to Social Networks.

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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 social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A collection of economic and media trends and stats. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Nonprofits Take Note: Donors are what they tweet | Social Citizens Blog – "As with many new technologies and developments, social media is being used in surprising and unintended ways to analyze and reveal unexpected data and trends.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Second, search engines are consistently searching the web to index fresh content. The first blogging platform, Blogger , launched in 1999 and it signaled the birth of the Social Web. At the time, it was a completely new concept whereas today our daily internet experience is one based on social commentary and feedback.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2010

She said only 11% of teens email daily and that they are using SMS (or Twitter) and social networks for communications. Interestingly, despite all the protests against Facebook’s privacy policy she also said that people entrust their personal info with social networks. Furthermore, in August 2009, 276.9

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Two weeks ago, I wrote up my prediction for fundraising trends for 2009. My guess is as we enter 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events As more nonprofit explore the possibilities of location-based social networks and fundraising , the distinctions between online/offline fundraising will melt away.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Social Media’s Changing Landscape to Make A Profit – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – I'm really looking forward to this conversation – what do you think? "Admit

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2010

One in five Americans now access the Mobile Web daily. Smartphones are transforming the Internet and how individuals access the Web. This means nonprofits and their web communication strategies need to transform as well. Here are five reasons why: 1) To update social networking profiles on the go.

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Care2

JANUARY 5, 2011

They love their gadgets and are constantly on the web via laptops and mobile devices. According to Pew’s latest study, “they still clearly surpass their elders online when it comes to many communications and entertainment-related activities, such as using social network sites and playing games online.&#

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JANUARY 20, 2014

Social Networking Trends Web 2.0' Or that 28% of RT''s on Twitter are due to the inclusion of "Please RT". Side note: please don''t use this tactic in every tweet you send out, or else people will start to ignore you. Save it for the VIP tweets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Submitted by Steve MacLaughlin, publisher of Connections For a while now I've been talking with a lot of nonprofits about using social media and social networking in their organizations. Déjà Vu All Over Again Web 2.0 in 2009 reminds me of Web 1.0 Silo Syndrome And just like with Web 1.0, Where are we today?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The Barcelona tradeshow sets the mobile trends for the year with major announcements expected from Nokia, Samsung, LG, and others. Zuckerberg has partnered with Samsung, Nokia, Opera, and others to bring more affordable web access by way of smartphones. What mobile trends are capturing your attention? Image 1: miuet.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2010

Two other sessions from this morning's event left me wondering how to balance empathetic engagement with the growing trend toward personalization. Growing Empathy for Your Cause Through Social Media. Tags: Marketing Online Recruitment Privacy Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook is the largest social network in the world and is becoming increasingly integrated into the Social Web with every passing second. Flickr is the largest photo-sharing social networking community on the Web and should be your starting point for your online photo-sharing campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Social Networks :: The promotion of social networks first appears on the World Wildlife Fund’s homepage as a link entitled “Social Spot.” The new design takes into account the trend of decreased attention spans on the part of online supporters and donors and prioritizes key messages.

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Care2

AUGUST 31, 2014

Best Times to Post on Social Media: Twitter 8pm-8am ET with the worst days being Saturday and Sunday Facebook 12am-8am ET with the worst days being Saturday and Sunday as well LinkedIn 9am-5pm ET with Monday and Friday being the worst days Tumblr 12am-12pm ET Instagram 12am-8am ET Pinterest 1am-7am and 5pm-7pm ET Google+ 6pm-8am ET.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2016

That said, here are five trends that are shaping a new reality for nonprofits everywhere. Just focus on three areas: simple apps and web tools; your website CMS; and donor database and/or member management tools. It might be tempting to avoid social networking. Shifting Demographics. Your connections do that for you.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Spokeo takes your gmail, aol, or yahoo address book and, looking at a wide variety of web 2.0 I did set a pretty high bar a while back for the next social network I’d join.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

One in four Americans now access the Mobile Web daily, yet only a tiny fraction of nonprofits have a mobile website. I have been watching this trend for almost two years now and there’s seemingly been almost no progress in the use of mobile websites by the nonprofit sector in that time which at this point leaves me mostly baffled.

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AUGUST 25, 2013

But these social media strategy tips will definitely help you engage your community more effectively. Social Networking Trends Web 2.0' Instead they use it as a platform to promote factsheets, blog posts, press releases, etc. Broadcast communications does not build community.

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MAY 24, 2010

It's the holy grail of social network connectivity - you are connected to who you are connected to, no matter what site you are on&# , said Michelle Murrain of Open Issue.

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OCTOBER 12, 2013

As some of you know Facebook and Twitter have been duking it our for years over becoming king of the social networks. Online Marketing Social Networking Trends Web 2.0' After Facebook purchased Instragram, Twitter no longer provided access to users through their API. But I digress.

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