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TransparencyCamp Take Aways for Non-profits | Reno and Its Discontents
This was clearly the conference of the year for my line of work. Sigh... At least I found this post, which is richly detailed and full of good links. Next best thing to being there.
#taxcuts: Creating Twitter Hashtags That Inspire Action | Reno and Its Discontents
Tracy Viselli, AKA Myrna the Minx, on what she did with the #taxcuts hashtag. Fabulous post -- focused on producing desirable outcomes, like getting people to take offline action.
How The National Wildlife Federation Uses Social Media
John Hayden interviews NWF's social-web maven Danielle Brigida.
Five Steps to Finding ROI at Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech
1. what problem are you looking to solve; 2. what strategy do you propose in order to solve the problem; 3. what benefits might execution of this strategy yield? 4. What are the core values you want to see realized? 5. ROI - how will you measure success.
Wild Apricot Blog : Facebook's New Public Profile Pages: Good News for Nonprofits
"Effectively, Public Profile Pages give nonprofit organizations, businesses, celebrities and other public figures and groups the same full functionality for social networking that's been enjoyed by individual (non-public) Facebook members – something long
Is your nonprofit in data denial? | SPURspectives
"And every day that you just “get by” is robbing you of powerful opportunities to strengthen your base and deepen donor loyalty.
To achieve the level of customization required to engage every donor through the complete cycle of recognition - acknowledgem
Jayne Cravens: On Volunteerism & Volunteer Management
"For its first eight years, the focus of the Coyote Communications web site was exclusively on computer and Internet technology tips for mission-based (nonprofit, non-governmental, civil society and public agencies) organizations. But the focus of my prof
Nonprofit Technology
Nice aggregator/newspaper-style reader of all the good nptech blogs.
e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » Learning from the Obama Campaign: Essential Reading
Awesome: "a list of articles about Obama’s presidential campaign and how it won in 2008. Consider these a down payment on history, since a slew of books about the 2008 race is due for release this year. And since our site is called e.politics (and all), t
Scaling Web 2.0 Momentum: Preparing to Sell Your Case to Organizational Stakeholders | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network
This is good, but is missing a catalytic element -- identify early adopters within your org who are eager for change. At the same time you're working for buy-in from the top, you need a bottom-up movement of people who are tinkering with the social web al
How to Show Your Soul and Engage Users with Twitter: (Tips For Brands and Non-Profit Organizations)
It's not rocket science. But there are a few ideas here I hadn't really given much thought to, such as landing pages for link from your twitter profile.
e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » Ning’s Gina Bianchini on Using Custom Online Social Networks for Politics and Advocacy
"You also have full access to the member data and can periodically dump it to your regular member database" -- didn't know that; makes Ning much more appealing as an adjunct web presence for nonprofits.
Six Kickass Writing Resources for Bloggers
"Most corporate blogs are doing it wrong. They’re posting their article section in reverse chronological order and calling it a blog. That’s not a blog. That’s you looking dumb. Wave to everyone watching." ... What follows is a nice list of resources f
What Obama’s Victory Means for the Social Sector « CauseWired
Tom Watson, author of "CauseWired":
"Obama’s online success combined two seemingly opposing core strategies: a tightly-controlled, and well-organized website with simple messaging and the slickest branding of any campaign in history and an architecture f
Do Startup Companies Need Community Managers? - ReadWriteWeb
Nice piece of reporting from Marshall. (In nonprofit space: still so few orgs that treat their memberships as a "community." Most treat members as an atomized list of donors. A "community advocate" dept would pay for itself many times over.)
bethkanter » flickr and nonprofits primer
A ton of case studies, tutorials, and examples of the bazillion uses nonprofits can find for the photo sharing service -- all pulled together by the peerless Beth Kanter.
Social News for Social Good: Building Buzz and Breaking Records with Digg » SlideShare
Jonathon Colman preso re his experience using social-news to push Nature Conservancy content: Fast, cheap, and -- once you develop cred within the community -- sometimes good for awesome results.
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