Friday, March 22, 2013

Facebook Shares Best Tips for Non-Profits

Facebook Shares Best Tips for Non-Profits: Facebook's strategic partnerships manager Libby Leffler works to ensure non-profits and causes on Facebook understand how to use the platform to best reach their communities and make the strongest impact.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Nonprofits: Master "Medium Data" Before Tackling Big Data - Jacob Harold - Harvard Business Review

Nonprofits: Master "Medium Data" Before Tackling Big Data - Jacob Harold - Harvard Business Review: Nonprofits: Master "Medium Data" Before Tackling Big Data

Going Mobile: 8 Inspired Ideas for Nonprofits - Technology - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Going Mobile: 8 Inspired Ideas for Nonprofits - Technology - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Racing to Get Ahead
of the Mobile Explosion

RSS isn't dead: the best Google Reader alternatives | The Verge

RSS isn't dead: the best Google Reader alternatives | The Verge: Feedly appears to be the heir apparent to Google Reader’s throne, a modern take on RSS that blends some of the niceties of Flipboard (like a “magazine view”) with useful Reader features like keyboard shortcuts and tags. But its biggest advantage may be that it’s the only RSS application that also has excellent and free companion mobile apps. In a world without the ubiquitous Google Reader API, building your own mobile apps is the only way to make sure you can pick up where you left off — in this way, Feedly is the only real Google Reader alternative.

Monday, March 18, 2013

'Naive' Twitter pledge leads to UK lawmaker donating $21,150 to charity | Digital Trends

'Naive' Twitter pledge leads to UK lawmaker donating $21,150 to charity | Digital Trends: During Friday night’s biennial Comic Relief Red Nose Day event on the BBC, where comedians and other entertainers come together to help raise money for various charities, Fiona Mactaggart, a lawmaker from the country’s main opposition Labour Party, tweeted to her 2000 or so followers that she would donate �1 ($1.50) to Comic Relief for each retweet.

A Short, Recent History of Nonprofit Website Design and Online Fundraising | Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Blog :: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits

A Short, Recent History of Nonprofit Website Design and Online Fundraising | Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Blog :: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits: Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications. Using the Wayback Machine – a website that allows you to view archived screenshots of your website all the way back to 1996, below is an exploration of how the World Wildlife Fund’s website and online fundraising campaigns have evolved since 2008.

RSS app Feedly gains half a million new users after the death of Google Reader | memeburn

RSS app Feedly gains half a million new users after the death of Google Reader | memeburn