Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

There has been some discussion in nonprofit forums, blogs, and listservs about the pros and cons of Facebook Pages versus Groups for nonprofits. Because the number of Fans you can have is unlimited (whereas the Friend limit is 5,000 on an individual profile). So I tweeted Mari Smith who told me she had something in the works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Right before I left for Cambodia, Ranger Rick's profile (the spokesperson for NWF) was deleted from Facebook because it was "fake" and the policy is that only individuals can set up profiles. If the door of political discourse is opened, then it is important that all voices have the opportunity to be heard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Ning, which lets you set up your own custom social network, has attracted attention for its ability to create communities that are more functional than those created through competing services from Google and Yahoo listservs. Ning also allows open API to work with other popular social networks like Flickr and Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

I've also added the pink ribbon to my Facebook profile. Michelle Murrain adds that she won't sign up until the content is more compelling and the social graph is open. If we're thinking of Facebook groups (or listservs for that matter) as online communities, what personalities do you see in the communities you are managing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

It is like sending a personal email to the entire listserv by mistake. While you are reading the chat, you can also click on each of the avatars and read their profiles. After the panelist intros, it was opened up for audience discussions facilitated by Anslee Berkman (who is a she).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

According to an email from Ben Rattray, Change.Org founder, "This is not at all meant as a replacement for the profiles organizations have on MySpace and Facebook, which I think are great for reaching younger supporters. The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase! What do you think?

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MAY 7, 2007

Well, if we can come up with an open structure where anyone who works at any level of the process could share that process-that would be very unique and add very high value. The profiles were the last thing added, when we were getting into the nature of the site itself. You can also click from people's profiles to send them an email.

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