Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

In the meantime, nonprofit staff can prepare for the launch of the new brand pages, also known as Google+ Entity Profiles , by creating a Google Account and then setting up your personal Google Profile (which then also becomes your personal Google+ Profile when you get invited to join Google+ or the site comes out of beta).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. For the last 4.5 Launch a blog.

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Social Media ROI Media Myspace 213

Robert Weiner

APRIL 23, 2012

In the past 2 days I've received spams in the form of confirmations from MySpace, Habbo, Tagged, and Foursquare. Here they are: 1) Subject: Please confirm your Myspace account cancellation. Sender: Myspace (noreply@message.sease.com). See you around, Your friends at Myspace. (I Text: You're… leaving us?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Chapter 1 :: Network for Good. Network for Good now offers mobile-optimized donate pages and donation “Share” functionality. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. Chapter 2 :: What About Myspace? A New Myspace has launched.

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Social Media Social Chapter Media 258

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The mobile web’s growth is exploding as well as the use of social networking sites on the mobile devices. Tags: Mobile Technology Facebook Flickr LinkedIn MySpace Twitter YouTube. That said, I am firm believer that the mobile web is the next frontier in nonprofit communications. Currently, 4.1 Hopefully that will change in 2010!

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Mobile Tech Websites Myspace 179

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

JULY 8, 2011

1) Google+ is deleting profiles that are being converted in brand pages. The beta is limited to the personal side of social networking. However, “sometime later this year&# Google+ will launch profiles for brands. 2) Google is currently requesting early adopters for Google+ Entity Profiles. Sign up here !

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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. Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Myspace Technology Causes Social Network 158

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. Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Myspace Technology Causes Social Network 158

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

With over 45 million active users worldwide, LinkedIn is a social networking site that is becoming much more than just a place to have a Web 2.0 While the focus tends to be primarily on employment and recruitment, there is a good chance that these profiles will expand in functionality over time.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Based in Dublin, Ireland, Ammado is a social network just like Facebook or MySpace, but whose primary focus is to empower people and nonprofits worldwide to fundraise and donate online. 2) After your nonprofit is approved, you then create a profile. Also, after you set up your profile, make sure you grab Ammado’s Web 2.0

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Canada Facebook United States Fundraising 220

NetWits

MAY 21, 2008

One creative solution is social networking. Social networking technology” is the term used to describe websites that allow members to use their personal and business relationships for networking, hiring, and obtaining references. Typically, we search for a specific profile and reach out to potential candidates through InMail.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Chapter 1 :: Network for Good. Network for Good now offers mobile-optimized donate pages and donation “Share” functionality. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. Chapter 2 :: What About Myspace? A New Myspace has launched.

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Social Media Social Chapter Media 207

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2010

All webinars are given by Heather Mansfield who has spent 50 hours a week for the last four years running the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter profile , the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , and the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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Hints Organization Linkedin YouTube 194

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. It’s a throwback from social networking circa 2006. Based in the U.K.,

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Fun Resource Audio Stats 274

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. Executives were terrified by the legal implications of using social networking tools. Find your competitors the Web.

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Social Media Media Social Stats 236

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

5% A social networking site (like Facebook). 7) Is your nonprofit monitoring your Website stats to see how much traffic is coming from Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn Groups, etc.? [ [link] ]. Which social networking sites does your organization have an “official&# presence/profile on? 9% MySpace.

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Results Communication Strategy Myspace 192

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

The “Nonprofit Organizations” brand was launched in February 2005 on Myspace. At the core of the brand is the Nonprofit Organizations avatar which has been used consistently since then to build a visual brand across many social networks ( Facebook , Twitter , Pinterest , etc).

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Avatar Organization Myspace Poll 173

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

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. summary of your organization and a profile picture. Unlike Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, and Foursquare, this image should be rectangular, not square.

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Broadcast Channel Stream Myspace 216

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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Practice Myspace Widget Profile 133

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

They were on Myspace and organizing via Facebook Groups years before corporate brands, higher education, and broadcast and print media. You can share (and customize/edit/color) your photos to Twitter, Flickr, and your personal Facebook profile, but only if you have an iPhone. yfrog.com/user/nonprofitorgs/profile. On location!&#

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Photo Mobile Share Campaign 190

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. It’s a throwback from social networking circa 2006. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.

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Fun Resource Stats Wikipedia 230

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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Social Network Network Digital Social 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Within a few minutes and a couple of clicks, your nonprofit could have a new promotional video that you can use on your Web site, your Blog, in your e-mail newsletters, and on social networking sites. A couple of things to notice: 1) People can “Share&# your videos on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and via E-mail with one-click.

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Video Camera Create Music 192

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Based in the U.K., CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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Fun Resource Mobile Social Media 258

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Based in the U.K., CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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Fun Resource Mobile Social Media 259

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. Every full time staffer we have on the Emerging Media team has been paid for by raising money on social networks. Get on the networks and become a contributing part of the community.

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United States Social Media Interview Media 230

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Nonprofit Tech for Good began as a “Nonprofit Organizations” Myspace Page in 2005. But time and mental space are precious commodities and as I have always said (though I rarely write in first-person), it’s better to manage a few profiles well than manage many profiles poorly. Quit a Social Network.

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Social Network Network Social Teen 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

Nonprofits were the absolute first to utilize social networking sites. 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

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. However, we would have not had these successes had we not had an established presence on both networks.

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Social Media National Interview Media 190

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. That said, a couple of minor tweaks are necessary. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly.

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Social Media Social Chapter Media 247

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

As profiled in the New York Observer , Danah talked to the data uncovered in her four years of research on new media use in a presentation at the Personal Democracy Forum. MySpace has become the ghetto of the digital landscape,” Ms. Did you consider MySpace ? I believe we have, and so does Danah Boyd.

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Community Myspace Social Network Demographics 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Based in the U.K., CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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Web Tools Free Mobile 276

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2007

She writes about a nonprofit portal in Myspace called Nonprofit Organizations MySpace. It offers tips on how not-for-profits can effectively use MySpace for fundraising and/or campaigning. It looks like a good place to start if you want to find examples of nonprofits with a presence in MySpace and get ideas. Save Darfur.

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Myspace Darfur Profile Nonprofit 50

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Based in the U.K., CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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Web Tools Free Social Media 241

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2010

In reflecting over the past three years, the definition of listening tools has broadened beyond “monitoring&# or “research&# to include several categories: social media engagement management, analytics, influencer identification, and social network analysis. The sources include Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

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Social Media Tools Aggregator Media 118