The Verge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Later he created Peach , a pop-up social network that remained beloved by its users far after its brief moment in the spotlight faded. In March, he created Blitmap , which he described as a “community-created fantasy universe.” It wound up serving as a kind of blueprint for what Loot would become.

Social Network 119

Social Network Network Social Remix 119

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 11, 2012

How You Will Change the World with Social Networking Deanna Zandt is a media technologist and the author of Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking. She is a Research Fellow at the Center for Social Media at American University. Deanna Zandt, author, Share This!

Social Network 82

Social Network Share Network Change 82

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 28, 2010

Part social networking site, part smartphone App, Foursquare is a tool meant to be primary used on the go on your smartphone. Schools and universities :: UCLA. Foursquare now has 1.6 million users. Quite simply, you “Check-in” to venues while physically at the venue and offer “Tips” and send out “Shouts”. Mary’s Food Bank.

Nonprofit 222

Nonprofit Museum Arts Library 222

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2011

It’s also smart to link to your social networking communities, but to the mobile versions i.e., m.facebook.com/nonprofitorgs , m.twitter.com/nonprofitorgs , m.youtube.com/nonprofitorgs , m.flickr.com/photos/nonprofitorgs , etc. On college and university campuses. At concerts and sporting events. For art walks.

Campaign 267

Campaign Awareness Fundraising Nonprofit 267

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

Google+ , the latest iteration on social networking from Google, is here. Now, your sharing and connecting settings apply to much more of the web than just your social networking profile. We could only see people at our university. When joining, the presence of ad-recommending data was very clear.

Google 267

Google Profile Facebook Social Network 267

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 26, 2017

43% of 7-13-year olds feel that school violence/shootings will have the biggest impact on their generation, overriding the invention of social networking and the election of the first Black President. [ 50% of Gen Z’s will be university educated compared to 33% of millennials and 25% of Gen X 63% favor solar energy.

Social Media 274

Social Media Nonprofit YouTube NGO 274

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Social network communities are highly responsive to giving and promoting your nonprofit on cause awareness days provided that your nonprofit prepares at least one month in advance. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 13: World Kindness Day — #WorldKindnessDay.

Awareness 273

Awareness Calendar Causes Social Media 273

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Unlike most of the dime-a-dozen NFT projects churning out digital avatars, Superplastic developed its characters and fictional universe up front rather than tacking it on (or promising to tack it on ) after cashing in on the speculative craze driving astronomical prices on OpenSea. Ello, Ello?

Influence 97

Influence University Raise New York 97

NetWits

JUNE 23, 2011

The core of the sustainability chapter looks at best practices from a diverse group of nonprofits, companies and social networks; Care2, Dell, the Humane Society of the United States, LinkedIn, and Wiser Earth. This is particularly notable for Care2 and LinkedIn who are social networks in their own right.

Social Media 219

Social Media Media Social Chapter 219

NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Launching in February 2004 for students at Harvard University it quickly became a popular site and expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy Leagues, and Stanford University. Based on our research we know that Facebook and Twitter are the top sites used by nonprofits and the social networks with the largest user base.

Social Media 251

Social Media Media Social Slides 251

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g.

Social Network 61

Social Network Studies Network Social 61

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

The movie “The Social Network” introduced the general public to how many entrepreneurs start young – building multi-billion-dollar businesses while still at university. Joe Mathewson is cofounder of learning platform Firefly, working with nearly 300 schools around the world.

Teen 140

Teen Skills Ireland Jordan 140

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2010

For the companies themselves, this relationship also presents their marketing departments with numerous opportunities to embrace cause marketing and corporate social responsibility. I was very glad to see that every company listed below is doing some good for nonprofits and social causes.What do you think? 3) LinkedIn.

Myspace 222

Myspace Flickr Linkedin YouTube 222

NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. .

Social Network 64

Social Network Social Media International Network 64

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.

Group 212

Group Campaign Free Nonprofit 212

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The newest report, out today, focused on the use of social networking platforms by young people who are/aren’t also involved with charities. Read the full press release here or download the Social Media data slides here.) Female respondents reported a significantly higher usage across all the top 4 networking sites.

Online 126

Online Social Network Charity Facebook 126

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

The widespread use of the term “social enterprise” to describe business undertakings that have a socially beneficial component makes the term manifestly generic. It should be noted that Google has more than five million instances of websites using the phrase “social enterprise.”

Social 196

Social Literacy Application Open Source 196

NCE Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Their reasoning is to help “pre-university” students in LinkedIn lingo, aka high school students to everyone else, prepare their online resume/online identity for a career once they are out of high school. Will we see pre-university students connect their Twitter and Facebook feeds to LinkedIn? Perhaps, but time will tell.

Linkedin 124

Linkedin Student Social Network Social Media 124

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 17, 2012

I’m Thushan Ganegedara, a 3 rd year undergraduate from the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Integrate Social Network sharing Social Networks have become one of the very popular trends in the modern society. So why not give Go Read some space in social networks?

Sri Lanka 124

Sri Lanka Google Social Network Mentoring 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2008

Source: Universal McCann International Social Media Research Wave 3 The PDF Version is available here. I have a collection of social media snack facts misc. bites I've screen captured from research studies about social media over the past couple of years. 69 Year Olds Overrepresented on Social Networks (why?

Social Network 50

Social Network Social Media Relationship Social 50

NetWits

JULY 16, 2012

Amongst the countless schools I found using Facebook poorly there were plenty of shining examples of schools doing really well utilizing Facebook to build lasting relationships with families, students and alumni (both University and K-12). Include links to your website and other social networks. Add your mission statement.

Facebook 274

Facebook Create Work Student 274

The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

He mentors young startups at Singapore Management University and True Incube Thailand , a 500 Startups Partner. Back when Facebook was still just for schools, some schools already had their own social networks. Instead of trying to market directly to students at those schools (“but we already have a social network!”)

Effective 167

Effective Time Paypal Social Network 167

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

One of the questions: How to address concerns about privacy, security, and avoiding spam overload that comes with social media and social network sites? He points out these problems with current social networking practices. (1) He points out these problems with current social networking practices. (1)

Social Network 50

Social Network Problem Network Social 50

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. As I said in the book and many times since, there are no cutting corners on the Social Web. Peer-t0-Peer Fundraising Networks (Razoo, Crowdrise, KickStarter, FirstGiving, GlobalGiving): 5 Hours Weely.

Social Media 260

Social Media Social Media Chapter 260

Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has just published Social Media and College Admissions: The First Longitudinal Study by Eric Mattson and Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D. The study compares adoption of social media between 2007 and 2008 by the admissions offices of all four-year accredited institutions in the United States.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Social Massachusetts 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. As I said in the book and many times since, there are no cutting corners on the Social Web. Peer-t0-Peer Fundraising Networks (Razoo, Crowdrise, KickStarter, FirstGiving, GlobalGiving): 5 Hours Weely.

Social Media 269

Social Media Social Media Chapter 269

Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The topic of closed alumni communities versus social media is on the minds of a lot of university staff, so I'm posting this along with my response. I'd like to hear from anyone who is using the social networking function of Blackbaud Net Community. We are on Linked In and hardly any of the alums use it.

Social Media 112

Social Media Community Media Social 112

NetWits

AUGUST 8, 2011

If you’re posting on Facebook or tweeting about the event/campaign, make sure your participants know how to post an update to their social networks. If you’re sending an eNews to your event/campaign participants, make sure they know how to send an e-mail to their contacts to spread the word and raise money.

Campaign 197

Campaign Training Train Mail 197

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 24, 2011

& Management Student, Arizona State University. This week we welcome Mary McGillicuddy, one of the researchers who worked with the ASU College of Public Programs on a project that analyzed and mapped the social network of downtown Phoenix nonprofit organizations. At first glance, the network seems incomplete.

Research 90

Research Organization Phoenix Arizona 90

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2011

A recent study from University of California’s Humanities Research Institute, backed by MacArthur Foundation, involved more than 2,500 high school students (the study followed some students for up to 3.5 That said, we need to make sure we remember that online connections are about more than just getting information.

Change 194

Change Offline Lecture Student 194

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

" New Research Proves the Business Case for Product Giving : PitchEngine : Get the Word Out™ – "New research from Indiana University concludes that businesses can do well by doing good through product philanthropy. Besides average gift amount, what might we expect?" " Is email going out with 2011?

Web 117

Web Indiana NTEN Case Study 117

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

." Does social media help you find a job? Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA) of Maastricht University are conducting a survey: "We are investigating the effects of online social network memberships on your daily life.

Web 100

Web San Francisco Netsquared Bookmarking 100

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2012

These days,"social network" is a term that often refers to a social media community, such as Facebook, and thus is not a term that many managers would take seriously unless they were discussing a social media campaign. The connection between two people within a social network is referred to as a tie.

Leadership 90

Leadership Research Develop Social Network 90

NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2013

The second group was a group of 18 graduate students in a Nonprofit Communications course at Point Park University. A couple of key questions that arose with both groups were: Should you schedule future posts to social media? Just because one network is best of agency X doesn’t mean it will be the same for agency Y.

Reflection 124

Reflection Social Media Measure Lecture 124

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. As I said in the book and many times since, there are no cutting corners on the Social Web. Peer-t0-Peer Fundraising Networks (Razoo, Crowdrise, KickStarter, FirstGiving, GlobalGiving): 5 Hours Weely.

Social Media 214

Social Media Social Media Chapter 214

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Thus, over the next three weeks I am going to blog a series of fundraising and social media best practices specifically tailored for small NGOs with the hope that I can use my experience and my social networks to be of service. Of course, being based in the U.S., 2) Launch an e-newsletter.

Practice 277

Practice Online NGO Fundraising 277

The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

social network? is, in Facebook’s own words, “an ever-expanding universe of virtual experiences designed and built by the entire community.” The app (service? gamespace?) That means you can hang out and chat with people in Horizon using custom VR avatars, or play games and activities built with the app’s internal tools.

Public 124

Public Avatar Virtual Facebook 124