Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace. The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace. The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

4096 Color Wheel : A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, etc. Creative Commons on Flickr : A great source for images for your organization’s website, blog, e-newsletter, social networking profiles, etc. oneforty : A gallery of over 2,500 (and counting) Twitter Apps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

You can access your nonprofit’s profile and the Change.org tool set by signing up for a Nonprofit Admin account. Brand your organization’s profile on Change.org. Nonprofits can easily design their profile on change.org to match their website and other social networking sites. Now on to the best practices: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

I would argue that indeed “Nonprofit Organizations&# is a brand that I started building on MySpace five years ago. 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.

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NCE Social Media

APRIL 29, 2009

4) Link to your profiles on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. We also have a new feature for nonprofits on Change.org that is synched with Twitter and allows admins to ask the rapidly growing Change.org community for help with a specific need in 140 characters or less. 2) Message all your supporters.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

For the last week, there’s been a rich discussion about Causes and the way that it abruptly, without much notice, left MySpace (deleting all of the related content, connections, communications, etc.). (To Unbalanced “strategies&# - organizations have fallen victim to the “all eggs in the same basket&# trap.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

A couple of good articles about how nonprofits are using myspace and some dos and don'ts this week. I have a myspace site but I haven't done any deep experimination. I set it up so I could help some friends with teens who are it and hopefully by the time my kids are teens there will be a different technology use pattern to master.)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The steps below will help you create a broadcast TV channel for your nonprofit on Ustream (see Stand Up To Cancer’s Channel ). More on that below: 1) Sign up and create your profile on Ustream. Ideally, it should match your Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace and Foursquare URLs. for Nonprofit Tech 2.0 user/nonprofitorgs.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

For the last week, there’s been a rich discussion about Causes and the way that it abruptly, without much notice, left MySpace (deleting all of the related content, connections, communications, etc.). (To Unbalanced “strategies&# – organizations have fallen victim to the “all eggs in the same basket&# trap.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

I joined LinkedIn in 2004, but I only recently actually completed my profile and given some attention to adding people to my network which now has what one friend say "a crap load of contacts." She had set as a New Year's Resolution to complete her LinkedIn profile. How might I harvest this contact in the future?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

During 2009 I created and promoted 34 TwtPolls to help better understand the needs of nonprofits. 7) Is your nonprofit monitoring your Website stats to see how much traffic is coming from Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn Groups, etc.? [ [link] ]. 9% MySpace. 9% MySpace. 28% 2,501-5,000. 22% 501-2,500. 25% Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Back in 2006 when I joined the organization we had a MySpace page with 25 friends. From there I signed us up for various Facebook groups and profiles and continued experimenting sites like Change.org and Care2. And for that event, Facebook Causes helped us raise the most money we’ve ever raised on social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2009

To prove how easy Animoto is to use, as I was writing this blog post I created a video about our new kittens that can be viewed on my Animoto profile: [link]. A couple of things to notice: 1) People can “Share&# your videos on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and via E-mail with one-click. 2) People can leave comments.

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Care2

MAY 7, 2007

» Monday May 07 2007 Sunny the Seal Melts Hearts on MySpace Monday, May 7, 2007 at 04:34PM | by Hatef Yamini Carie Lewis of the Humane Society recently shared with us some lessons learned about branding and list recruitment from their unique MySpace campaign against clubbing baby seals. How many photos were submitted?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

Text messaging campaigns help keep supporters engaged and informed, and can significantly increase traffic to nonprofit mobile websites and smartphone Apps. They were getting creative and pioneering MySpace in 2005 and Facebook in 2006 long before corporate brands and universities, but that hasn’t been the case with mobile technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005. For example, “ It’s #WorldWaterDay!

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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. This profile has existed for about a year.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Amongst 11-25 year olds, Facebook is trailed by Bebo (28%), MySpace (25%), Twitter (12%), MSN (9%), YouTube (2%) and “other” (4%). So, if your organization serves or engages with youth and you want to think about moving into social networking spaces, here are a few pointers to help you get started! No running in the halls!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

Rather than list off the top things you can do to raise money and spread your money right now, we decided to instead put our money where our mouth is - quite literally - and make a concerted effort to help the entire nptech community by raising money online for scholarships to none other than the 2009 NTC Conference in San Francisco.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Essentially, nonprofits have been advertising Facebook to untold millions for free helping it become the powerhouse that it is today – the largest, most active social networking website on the Web. They helped launch the company Causes. Facebook would do well to follow the lead of Twitter, MySpace and YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

she manages all social networking profiles, online advertising, search engine optimization, and online marketing techniques for campaigns. We wanted something different; not just another MySpace profile. People became very fond of sunny and were motivated to do whatever they could to help. tools for online advocacy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

OpenSocial is a set of APIs that handle three different kinds of user data: profiles, social graph (who your friends are) and activities (the stuff of the Facebook news feeds.) I’m not so clear about how this helps users. Be Helpful. And the language of these APIs are standard HTML and Javascript. at 1:15 pm Open Social !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

MySpace, back when it was cool. I identified a trend forming with social networking, and set up our very first profile. If that’s not you, find someone who is, and have them help you get started. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

By making a human connection with people online, you can influence their perception of your brand and help them find meaningful, relevant ways to support your mission. Tools to help you participate are Twitter and Co-Comment. Participate: Is joining the conversation with your audience. Finally, consider how you can mix in fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The foundation's mission is to “inspire and empower people affected by cancer” by helping find the information, support, and strength they need to fight cancer. The LAF uses its Facebook fan page and Twitter profile as a way to directly connect with cancer survivors on a personal basis and animate the community.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

With estimates up to 200 million members globally and 12% of all internet traffic, MySpace certainly earns the title of the "top dog" of social networks. Within MySpace, we searched the names of 383 of the largest, most well-known nonprofits to see if they had created profiles. And is it even worth it ?

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2009

We're going to need your help to do it: Give to the Scholarship Fund. If you have airline miles you're willing to share, we'll help you find a scholarship recipient who needs them. . Just click the "Share" button to add it to your site, blog, Facebook or MySpace profile (among other sharing options). .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2007

That is, it takes more than just throwing up a blog or myspace profile or start twittering to make this work. What I am finding is that workshop participants need slides with information that can help explain all this to their executive directors and help initiative a conversation.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

With estimates up to 200 million members globally and 12% of all internet traffic, MySpace certainly earns the title of the "top dog" of social networks. Within MySpace, we searched the names of 383 of the largest, most well-known nonprofits to see if they had created profiles. And is it even worth it ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2008

I've heard other colleagues comment, "Our legal department didn't know we had a MySpace profile until we could show the results." " Ah, stealth adoption. I'm also remembering an interview I did with Liz Burr who works for a PBS station in LA and she emphasized patience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2009

I get to use sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace for a living! My job is actually using sites like that to help spread brand awareness of our company and our product, the WHERE mobile application. Your profiles have so much personality - love it. Tell me about your job My job is pretty amazing. Haha, Thank you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2007

I discovered this when I clicked on Skeeboo Tammas's profile while chatting with him in Second Life. His profile said. For $25, you can help fund a small loan to someone in need in a developing country. There is a large audience and it has been very helpful for other volunteers to work on kiva.org projects in here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

Chris Heuer advise,"Don't feel like you need to keep your profile updated every minute or have to approve friend requests the moment they ask. Unless your job responsibility is as a 'online community manager' you don't need spend your entire work day on MySpace." Set a Schedule. " Most nonprofit online networkers agree.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

Can I help next time? For individual artists, a blog can also help sell or promote their work. Blog helps deepened expertise. Individual profiles, groups, fan pages and applications. There are many museum professionals active on Facebook - step one is to create an individual profile and then go find your colleagues.

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