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NpTech Summary: Social Networking Strategies and Nonprofits: Getting Beyond Shiny Object Syndrome and Getting More Precise Practices

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by PixelFarmer - Zen Mutt (a rescue dog) - Title "Precision" The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to rethink, reinvent -- again. The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Not buying into social media/Facebook hype.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

See3 Blog writes about the advantages of the Convio Face App (integration with organization's Convio database) and the limitations (can only run one Facebook app at time). The Non-Profit Tech Blog drills down deeper on the limitations and suggests waiting before adopting. New (To Me) Nonprofit Tech Blogs. Convio or Causes?

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Convio Opens the Kimono

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Better yet it allows for seamless data integration. Almost a year ago, NTEN hosted a field wide discussion about the need for nonprofit tech vendors, particularly CRM systems for online fundraising, to offer open APIs. (A The site addresses data integration in three ways: APIs, Connectors, and Extensions. open API???

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. In terms of Facebook Ads cost benchmarks, here is a useful summary from Web FX based on $300 million in spending: 4) Add a “Donate” button to your page and posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Live Blog Post from MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's a quick summary of my notes: In Fanton's welcome, he noted that it is easy to get caught up in the novelty and hype of virtual worlds, but whatever the complexities, "we think they will grow and become integrated into our daily lives." tech into their giving practices.

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Google+ for Nonprofits and Libraries? Maybe

Tech Soup

It is still in its Beta testing phase, so its not fully released, but the amount of hype surrounding it is enormous. Amy Sample Ward gives a nice summary of her first thoughts about the platform , breaking each important aspect of social media sites in general and sees how Google+ measures up. So Google finally did it.

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