Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) Jon Stahl pointed me to a great article , also about opening up the social graph.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Who maintains your social media campaigns? Are they paid, full-time, part-time? I track the ROI a few ways. (1)

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Care2

JULY 17, 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!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Care2

JULY 26, 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!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? That was in the fall of 2006, when I was hired at The HSUS to manage their online marketing presence such as pay per click and banner ads. I identified a trend forming with social networking, and set up our very first profile. Listen first.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

The number of low-cost or free online resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Wordle is an online tool that allows you to easily create word clouds. Using Wordle, nonprofits could generate word clouds that add some color and creativity to their online fundraising and outreach campaigns. Government.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Annual Calendar of Social Good and Cause Campaigns :: nonprofitorgs.wordpress.com/annualcalendar. Based in the U.K.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. The site currently has 1.6

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Third, as discussed in Email Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , a pop-up on your blog posts shared on social media can quickly grow your email list – and if your nonprofit is not making a concerted effort to grow your email list, online fundraising success will remain elusive. Blog Design Best Practices.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Based in the U.K.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. I mentioned a link from IBM via Elsua (Luis Suarez).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. With a Pinterest-like design, Clipix is the new generation of online content management. Based in the U.K.,

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

The “leaderless” organizing of the Occupy Wall Street movement has helped avoid strategic arrests or censorship but has also prompted a powerful use of social technologies. Online Homebase. Over the past few years, the use of social technologies during disaster response has become a central component to news and information delivery.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Based in the U.K.,

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

You can now identify your most “social” constituents, and when you know that you are in position to develop mutually beneficial relationships with them that are productive and respect their advocacy of your cause. Four Social Media Types. You can watch in person at Cyril Magnin II (Parc 55) or watch online at [link].

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

It should be a great conversation between (check out the panelists below) social networking providers and their non-profit users. Title: Social Media for Social Good: How Digital Charity is Changing our World. Here’s the detail … ?Title: Date/Time : 9:30 AM Monday, March 14. He loves bacon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 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. This wasn't just an online petition, it was a new form of solidarity.

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Care2

JUNE 8, 2009

To mark the launch of Advocacy Online's brand new social networking platform called "jamii" the company is hosting an event in Toronto this Tuesday, June 9th starting at 3 pm about the future of the"social web. Click here to register. A 5 pm drinks reception will follow t he presentations.

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NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

We’ve seen a growing number of organizations looking for ways to raise funds using social media with varying success. Consider starting with engaging event fundraisers and providing tools such as AddThis or ShareThis for them to promote their fundraising efforts on their own social networks.

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Care2

JULY 2, 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!" link] SocialToo: Creates surveys and tracks social media stats.

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Care2

JUNE 25, 2014

If you work in social media or online advocacy you are no stranger to trolls and online harassment. We at Rad Campaign along with Lincoln Park Strategies and Craig Newmark of craigconnects recently conducted a national online poll about the rise of online harassment. is going to take a long time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. With a Pinterest-like design, Clipix is the new generation of online content management. Based in the U.K.,

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Did you know that The Arc’s convention will have a session on Social Media from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM on Friday, November 13? Embracing Social Media (C). Stacy Monaghan, Online Advocacy Manager, The Arc of the United States; Mr. Jon Erickson, Ms. Presenters: Ms. Kristin Erickson, Parlerai, Inc., Scituate, MA.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

These best practices serve as a foundation for upgrading your website to be compatible with the Social Web and are then elaborated upon in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters. Include Social Media Icons or Graphics. You can view their website at defenders.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

In addition to information on subscribing by keyword and short code, you should also embed an online form or widget (provided by your vendor) on the page that easily allows people to type in their mobile number to subscribe instantaneously. Create a “Text-to-Subscribe” Graphic for Social Networking Sites.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 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!" Receive monthly updates 1 Comment | by Share Article in Social Networking , Web 2.0

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Staff led on-the-ground efforts in just a handful of key cities, while the majority of actions were organized online and offline by activists and other citizens -– volunteers, by and large. Online networks were used to help organize the national day of action but the action was not about "likes" or fans or messages.

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Care2

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Are niche social networks the best way to mobilize people and channel their energy into supporting nonprofits? In the past couple of years there has been a surge in socially responsible startups such as Crowdrise , Razoo , and Causecast wanting to help to change the world by raising money online for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

Danielle connected me to Daniel Chu, Vice President, Affiliate and Regional Strategies and resident network weaving enthusiast. Daniel facilitated a network mapping activity with NNF’s 10 education advocacy staff from regional offices and headquarters. For example, all clusters associated with formal education or advocacy.

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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Online Fundraising. Online fundraising grew 14% from 2009 to 2010. So how’s it possible that online fundraising actually grew 14%? Across all sectors, one-time donations made up 90% or more of all online revenue. On average, only 10% of your online members are making more than one donation. Why is that?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – "Can I be honest?

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

While there is a lot of talk about social media within the sector, many nonprofits have only scratched the surface — using it primarily as a tool to push information out to their social community. Using social media technology and techniques requires time and expertise. Nonprofits and Social Media?

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Care2

MAY 27, 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!" 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? Here are a few examples.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

But we want to give nonprofits with limited resources access to quality tools and training that will allow them to build a house social network even if they don’t have a big budget or a social networking guru on staff. What would you like to see in a 12-month DIY curriculum for building a house social network?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Tactical Tech, based in the UK and India, has published The Quick 'n Easy Guide to Online Advocacy to help advocates find "online services that are quick to use and easy to understand." Tags: Online Activism.

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