Twitter/Facebook: Time Well-Spent for Child/Youth Advocates? | Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center

Twitter/Facebook: Time Well-Spent for Child/Youth Advocates? | Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center: "Twitter/Facebook: Time Well-Spent for Child/Youth Advocates?

by Ray Schultz, Child Advocacy 360

This year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference drew standing-room only crowds to sessions on social media. But one question remained unanswered after hours of talk: Can Twitter and Facebook perform miracles for hardworking child advocates?

That’s dubious, based on the evidence."

The Extraordinaries: Will Microvolunteering Work? : NPR

From NPR

The Extraordinaries: Will Microvolunteering Work? : NPR: "Through The Extraordinaries, you might be able to use your smart phone — while waiting in the dentist's office or standing in the DMV line — to:

• translate a foreign-language document into English

• add identifying tags to photos and videos for a museum

• give advice to a college applicant"

Does your nonprofit's Web site make the cut? | Charity Chat

Does your nonprofit's Web site make the cut? | Charity Chat: "These days Web sites are the charity’s public face, reflecting its mission, finances, professionalism, tenor and so on.

I should know. I look at these sites all the time and there are some things that just make me nuts. So while it’s on my mind, I thought I’d share a few thoughts on the good, bad and ugly of nonprofit Web sites."

Prospecting - Philanthropy.com-Former Google Executive Seeks Philanthropy Advice

Prospecting - Philanthropy.com: "June 30, 2009
Former Google Executive Seeks Philanthropy Advice

A former Google executive is asking for advice on where to make a donation."

What's the Right Offline Event for Your Organization's Online Community? | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org

What's the Right Offline Event for Your Organization's Online Community? | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org: "This month's Net2 Think Tank question is: How do real-world (offline) events fit into social media conversations and campaigns?"

Building an Integrated Online Fundraising Strategy : By Paul Habig : FundRaising Success

From Fundraising Success

Building an Integrated Online Fundraising Strategy : By Paul Habig : FundRaising Success: "Building an Integrated Online Fundraising Strategy
By Paul Habig
Jun 30, 2009


With the potential to reach a wide audience rapidly and cost-effectively, more and more nonprofit organizations are using online communications tools to connect with donors, members, volunteers and supporter"

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: "Guest Post by Hildy Gottlieb: 3 Steps to Success on Facebook

Submitted by Hildy Gottlieb, publisher of Creating the Future!

We hear it almost every day - another organization who is wildly successful on Facebook or Twitter or MySpace. Wanting that same success, organizational leaders sign up, spend a while getting the lay of the land, and start participating.

Soon they begin to doubt they will ever see the wild success that other organization experienced. Resigning themselves to paltry (if any results), they sigh, “We tried it, but Social Media is just not for us.”

They could not be farther from the truth."

Nonprofits Get a Social Media Mentor in Socialbrite.org | Econsultancy

Nonprofits Get a Social Media Mentor in Socialbrite.org | Econsultancy: "SAN FRANCISCO – June 29, 2009 – Eight leading experts in social media and nonprofit technology have joined forces to create Socialbrite.org, a hub that showcases social tools for social change. The site, which serves as a learning and sharing center for nonprofits and social change organizations, debuted today at http://www.socialbrite.org/."

Making It - washingtonpost.com

Making It - washingtonpost.com: "Last June, the two decided to strike out on their own. With the next ASAE convention two months away, the partners built their Web site, incorporated, picked a name, got business cards and tried to figure out how to market themselves as fun yet serious and smart. They named the company Social-Fish because 'When you think about fish and the way they school ... ,' says Lindy, 'it just seemed to work,' finishes Maddie."