Friday, October 01, 2010

Tweeting Raising Awareness, But Not Direct Dollars - The NonProfit Times Oct 1, 2010

Tweeting Raising Awareness, But Not Direct Dollars - The NonProfit Times Oct 1, 2010: "Tweeting Raising Awareness, But Not Direct Dollars

By Mark Hrywna

Only 3 percent of all Tweets by a sample of nonprofits were dedicated to fundraising or solicitation. Nonprofits are more likely to use social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, to raise awareness, reach out to constituents and promote their events and activities, according to a recent study."

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Can True Activism Be Fostered Through Social-Networking Sites? - Give and Take - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Can True Activism Be Fostered Through Social-Networking Sites? - Give and Take - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Dear Malcolm Gladwell: The nonprofit technology world is not very happy with you.

Mr. Gladwell's article in this week's New Yorker magazine, criticizing the hype about social media's ability to stir social movements, is drawing fire from nonprofit technology experts, among others."

New ASAE website is live... and it rawks. — SocialFish

New ASAE website is live... and it rawks. — SocialFish: "New ASAE website is live… and it rawks.

by Maddie Grant on September 29, 2010
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We LOVE the new ASAE website!! Such a huge improvement, not least because their active community has been brought to the forefront.

So I thought I’d talk to Amy Hissrich, Director of Knowledge Initiatives at ASAE, and mastermind behind the redesign, and ask her to give us a little “behind the scenes” glimpse into the thinking that went into creating the new site."

Monday, September 27, 2010

Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector :: Tom says "mergers and alliances" - we say "mashups and interoperability." Let's think of ourselves as interoperable allies.

Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector :: Tom says "mergers and alliances" - we say "mashups and interoperability." Let's think of ourselves as interoperable allies.: "I recently had a very lively conversation with Tom McLaughlin of the Nonprofit Finance Fund. I would never need an excuse to chat with the guy who said, 'organizational culture eats strategy for breakfast,' but on this occasion, I wanted to brief him about my overall vision for online tools that help nonprofits and philanthropies map capacities and match resources with needs and to show off the working prototype of the Nonprofit Management Resources project."

15 Easy-to-Use Apps for Adding Multimedia to Twitter: Business Collaboration News �

15 Easy-to-Use Apps for Adding Multimedia to Twitter: Business Collaboration News �: "I love Twitter, but one thing I admit can be lacking from the service is that it doesn’t allow for embedded images, audio or video in the Twitter stream; you can only link to them."