This Tuesday The Chronicle of Philanthropy will host another free online discussion about how nonprofits can use social media. The speakers include: Danielle Brigida, the social-media outreach coordinator at the National Wildlife Federation, in Washington, DC where she manages the organization’s voice on online networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Care2, Change.org, Digg, and StumbleUpon. Wendy [...]

Tags: Social Media, Web 2.0

As I mentioned last week, the Chronicle of Philanthropy held a live online discussion about how nonprofits can use social networks to promote their organizations. On the panel, was Danielle Brigida, social-media-outreach coordinator at the National Wildlife Federation; marketing and communications consultant Nancy E. Schwartz; and Felicia Carr, director of online communications for the National [...]

Tags: Social Media, Web 2.0

The Chronicle of Philanthropy is holding another in its series of free online discussions on Tuesday, June 2 (tomorrow). Here are the details: What: Promoting Causes on Online Social Networks When: Tuesday, June 2, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Cost: Free Where: Online. Questions are submitted via keyboard, and answers come the same way. The discussion [...]

Tags: Social Media, Web 2.0

Robin Broitman of the Interactive Insights Group has created an extensive list of tools for searching the social Web. She calls it a "comprehensive guide to a wide range of resources, Web sites, services, and advice that will help you find, filter, and monitor the information you need more effectively." The categories include: read more

Tags: Social Media, Web 2.0

Every day it seems like there’s a new article on how nonprofits and businesses can use Twitter for engagement, activism, marketing, and fundraising. Today’s entry comes from the Chronicle of Philanthropy, which published When Characters Count: Advice for Charities on Making the Most of Twitter. Their recommendations include: Do some casual research to learn if [...]

Tags: Social Media, Web 2.0

Trend or coincidence? Twice in the past week I’ve come across online fundraising campaigns in which the fundraiser promises to do something embarrassing when the goal is met. Last week, Holly Ross, NTEN’s Executive Director, posted a video appeal for her attempt to raise $10,000 for scholarships to the upcoming Nonprofit Technology Conference. If she [...]

Tags: Fundraising, Online Fundraising, Social Media, Web 2.0

Beth Kanter wrote an extensive, thoughtful account of the upcoming Twestival event, which aims to raise $500,000 for the group charity:water. As a fundraising operations geek, I wonder how this works on the back end. Will the Twestival organizers send tax receipts to the donors, or will that fall to charity:water? I hope it’s done [...]

Tags: Online Fundraising, Social Media, Web 2.0

MarketingProfs, an online marketing resource center, is presenting a free virtual conference on online marketing. Many of their offerings require a paid membership, but this one is gratis. While it appears to be aimed at businesses (the tracks are called Business to Business and Business to Consumer), the topics look relevant to nonprofits, in my [...]

Tags: Marketing, Online Fundraising, Social Media, Web 2.0

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. The findings include: 41% of US [...]

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In early January, Convio asked a group of nonprofit technology bloggers to suggest New Year’s resolutions for nonprofits (TechSoup Blog was one of the participants). In addition, they asked people to post resolutions on Convio’s Connection Café blog. Subsequently, they reviewed the resolutions, identified the main topic areas, and created a Resolutions Guide. The guide [...]

Tags: Databases, IT Management, Online Fundraising, Social Media, Web 2.0