Crowded roads ahead for charity 2.0 | The Social - CNET News

Crowded roads ahead for charity 2.0 | The Social - CNET News: "Way back in February, the Web's elite were all abuzz over the 'Twestivals,' a series of events around the world that were organized online to benefit Charity Water, an otherwise small nonprofit organization that funds the construction of wells in developing countries. They ranged from small in-home gatherings to massive nightclub bashes, but there was one general, common hook: spread the word, donate, and tweet about it."

Social Media 2009 Outage Day 2: Everyone's Up Except Twitter

Social Media 2009 Outage Day 2: Everyone's Up Except Twitter: "Yesterday, Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, and Google's Blogger were targeted yesterday by a person or persons unknown in a denial-of-service attack (DDOS) which attempted to silence the voice of one individual. The target in question was a Georgian blogger who goes by the name of 'Cyxymu' online, according to recent reports from CNET. While Google withstood the attack, the other services suffered. LiveJournal and Twitter went down completely and Facebook struggled throughout the day."

Social Media and the Shifting Power Dynamics of Philanthropy (Social Entrepreneurship - Change.org)

Social Media and the Shifting Power Dynamics of Philanthropy (Social Entrepreneurship - Change.org): "The list is a virtual who's-who of philanthropy and nonprofit work. Some are honored for their attempts to better train the nonprofit industry, others are noted for the innovation which they've instilled in their foundations. The one major homage to technology comes in the recognition of Holly Ross, director of the awesome NTEN nonprofit technology conference."

The Wired Campus - Researchers Say Facebook Can Fuel Jealousy and Increase Time on Facebook - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Wired Campus - Researchers Say Facebook Can Fuel Jealousy and Increase Time on Facebook - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Researchers Say Facebook Can Fuel Jealousy and Increase Time on Facebook
By Marc Beja

Having relationship troubles? Is your significant other interrogating you, asking about your communication with people you used to date, or even with acquaintances you speak with infrequently?

Blame Facebook, say three researchers at the University of Guelph, in Ontario."

Golisano Children's Hospital holds photo contest to promote new giving site

Golisano Children's Hospital holds photo contest to promote new giving site: "The URMC Golisano Children’s Hospital recently made public its new “giving” site. The site makes it easy to give individual and specialized gifts to the hospital and even tells you how you can organize a fundraiser, find various ways to volunteer, or become a corporate sponsor. It also provides easy access to all current hospital news and charitable events."

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Guest Post by Michael Edson: Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy v 1.0

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Guest Post by Michael Edson: Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy v 1.0: "Guest Post by Michael Edson: Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy v 1.0

We've just posted Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy, Version 1.0. The strategy talks about an updated digital experience, a new learning model that helps people with their 'lifelong learning journeys,' and the creation of a Smithsonian Commons—a new part of our digital presence dedicated to stimulating learning, creation, and innovation through open access to Smithsonian research, collections and communities."

Blue Avocado- How I Raised $1,000 on Facebook Without Breaking a Sweat

Blue Avocado: "We at Blue Avocado want to encourage people to make use of Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networking sites as more ways to support our communities. At the same time, there's so much hype about these sites that we also want to demystify them and temper expectations. This First Person Nonprofit story does both perfectly, and at the end we draw some conclusions for organizations."

Nonprofits use pilot site to post events, causes | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle

Nonprofits use pilot site to post events, causes | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle: "More than 100 nonprofit organizations, such as Red Cross, Rochester Area Community Foundation and others, are using the new Do Good feature on the home page at DemocratandChronicle.com, RocEarth.com and HerRochester.com."

Smart-phone app lets you do good deeds in your spare time | csmonitor.com

Smart-phone app lets you do good deeds in your spare time | csmonitor.com: "Using an iPhone, on-demand volunteers can tap into ongoing nonprofit work that would otherwise take months or years for a small team to accomplish. But the iPhone application taps into millions of potential helpers, each with a few free minutes to spare. The fledgling program, which is in public beta testing, currently asks users to help “tag” historical photos or videos for museums to make them searchable by computer."

Advice From the Front Lines on Branding Via Social Media : By Abny Santicola : FundRaising Success

Advice From the Front Lines on Branding Via Social Media : By Abny Santicola : FundRaising Success: "In the session 'Effective Branding in a Social Media World' presented at the 2009 Bridge Conference held just outside Washington, D.C., in late July, presenters Holly Ross, executive director of NTEN; Bev Stanton, Web manager for National Parks Conservation Association; Wendy Harman, social-media manager for the American Red Cross; and Danielle Brigida, social-media outreach coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation, talked about the ins and outs of branding and shared tips for ensuring organizations stand out in online social networks."

Tech-savvy volunteers help nonprofits with Web work at Grand Rapids GiveCamp - MLive.com

Tech-savvy volunteers help nonprofits with Web work at Grand Rapids GiveCamp - MLive.com: "The technologically skilled volunteers of GiveCamp, a three-day program that assists local nonprofit organizations, will gather from Nov. 13 to 15 in Grand Rapids."

Article - WSJ.com-Twitter Doesn't Yet Measure Up For Advisers

Article - WSJ.com: "NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--For building a financial adviser's business, Twitter might not be all it's tweeted up to be.

Droves of financial advisers who flocked to the micro-blogging site as a route to new clients haven't gotten the results they wanted. Others are confronting a host of compliance issues around what advisers can say in such a public arena.

'Twitter seems to be just a bunch of noise, and the type of clientele we want to attract - the typically older, high-net-worth investor - is not going to find me on Twitter,' said Fred Dent, a financial adviser at Raymond James Financial Services Inc. in Mclean, Va., who goes by @dentfred on Twitter.

Twitter may be useful if advisers lower their expectations and simply use it as a way to expand their overall network."

Video Job Interviews With Skype

Video Job Interviews With Skype: "To save on interviewing costs, companies are turning to their computers instead of phones and offices to conduct job interviews, including using programs like Skype to conduct long-distance or even international initial interviews."