Don’t Just Pin It, Buy It: Pinterest Rival Fancy Figures Out Social Commerce | TechCrunch

Don’t Just Pin It, Buy It: Pinterest Rival Fancy Figures Out Social Commerce | TechCrunch: Amid the increased speculation surrounding Silicon Valley darling Pinterest’s forthcoming revenue model, competitor Fancy, a social photo-clipping service popular among the style-conscious set, has been quietly working on revenue ideas of its own. Previously, the service was doling out coupon code to users who “fancy’d” images belonging to specific merchants, but today, the site is diving head-first into social commerce.

The Other Social Networks - Association Bisnow (DC)

The Other Social Networks - Association Bisnow (DC): So, you finally figured out Twitter and Facebook. Now, what the heck are is Pinterest? Or Instagram? Google Plus? We break it down and give you some examples of how associations and non-profits are experimenting with them.

Melissa Richer: How Millennials Are Shaping the Future of Social Entrepreneurship and Technology

Whatcom charity helps people give: Pass the Hat asks for $2 - no more, no less | Bellingham Herald - The News Tribune

Whatcom charity helps people give: Pass the Hat asks for $2 - no more, no less | Bellingham Herald - The News Tribune: Those who click to contribute on pass-the-hat.org pay $2 a month to help people in Whatcom County who have experienced a tragedy, such as a fire or a car crash, that creates a significant financial burden.

BBB Mobile Giving Foundation is Partnership of Two Leaders - BBB News Center

BBB Mobile Giving Foundation is Partnership of Two Leaders - BBB News Center: February 21, 2012 (Arlington, VA) – Mobile giving is quickly becoming a critical tool for charities to raise much-needed funds, especially when disaster strikes. In order to give donors the most trustworthy and safe option for quick “text to give” donations, the Mobile Giving Foundation has joined forces with the BBB Wise Giving Alliance to create the BBB Mobile Giving Foundation, a co-branded effort to grow the mobile giving channel, strengthen mobile giving industry standards and accountability, assure donor confidence, and reinforce nonprofit acceptance of the mobile giving medium.

Understanding, Valuing Your Social Networks - TheNonProfitTimes

Understanding, Valuing Your Social Networks - TheNonProfitTimes: People who grew up on computers (and all that implies) do things easily, almost unconsciously. Those who had already reached their majority (or more) by the Internet age often find themselves adapting and coping (as well as cursing and raging) as they go along.

So it is with organizations using the Internet and social media to fulfill mission. Very often the nuts and bolts of the computer work are done by those young enough to find it second nature. But, the decisions are often made by those who are still struggling with email.

Conscious Governance | E-zine - Issue #016 iPads in the Boardroom-the next e-governance evolution | e-Zine Article Archive | Nonprofit Executive Articles | Nonprofit Strategic Planning

Conscious Governance | E-zine - Issue #016 iPads in the Boardroom-the next e-governance evolution | e-Zine Article Archive | Nonprofit Executive Articles | Nonprofit Strategic Planning: One of the most common concerns of Boards is how to make their meetings more productive, strategic and create true engagement of the Board and senior executive leadership team. One of the outcomes of this concern is the growing trend in recent years toward the use of web-based portals (such as BoardEffect.com) to make it easier to deliver information to board members prior to meetings and in-between.

How NPR Used Geotargeting on Facebook To Drive “Record Traffic” To Local Station | The Realtime Report

How NPR Used Geotargeting on Facebook To Drive “Record Traffic” To Local Station | The Realtime Report: NPR recently decided to try a new social media tactic to drive traffic to one of its local stations: customizing Facebook posts by location. In a case study recently covered on NPR’s Digital Services blog, NPR’s 2.3 million Facebook fans became part of this geotargeted experiment. Back in October 2011, NPR’s Facebook page began sharing relevant stories from member station KPLU in Seattle. These posts — visible only to fans in the Seattle area — led to record traffic on KPLU’s website.

6 things we learned about journalism from Social Media Week | Poynter.

6 things we learned about journalism from Social Media Week | Poynter.: Jeff Sonderman by Jeff Sonderman Published Feb. 15, 2012 1:23 pm Updated Feb. 15, 2012 1:29 pm

Panel discussions about journalism and technology can be pretty hit-or-miss these days. This week, I saw a couple of hits.

Journalists on the social media and politics panel, from left, HuffPost's Laura Bassett, Politico's Keach Hagey, ABC News' Rick Klein, and Gannett's Laura Cochran. (via @PTInsights)

Nonprofit’s giving portal aims to drive more donations to charities - The Washington Post

Nonprofit’s giving portal aims to drive more donations to charities - The Washington Post: The Catalogue for Philanthropy Greater Washington, an organization that connects local nonprofits with donors, has established a workplace giving portal which officials say they hope will help drive more corporate funding to charities.

Beginner's Guide to Google Analytics: What to Track - Search Engine Watch (#SEW)

5 Things Virtual Event Platforms Can Learn from Pinterest � It’s All Virtual

5 Things Virtual Event Platforms Can Learn from Pinterest � It’s All Virtual: 5 Things Virtual Event Platforms Can Learn from Pinterest

CharityVillage� Research: Hey You, Get Out of Your Social Media Comfort Zone...Yes You!

CharityVillage� Research: Hey You, Get Out of Your Social Media Comfort Zone...Yes You!: Becoming comfortable with a social network yourself is the best way to understand how your supporters and donors might interact with your organization in social spaces.

Here are three less popular (but no less addictive!) networks that are worthy of a little personal investigation. Give a new network a try yourself before instructing your communications team to paste a new icon in the upper right corner of your organization's website!

The tone of life on social networking sites | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project: The overall social and emotional climate of social networking sites (SNS) is a very positive one where adult users get personal rewards and satisfactions at far higher levels than they encounter anti-social people or have ill consequences from their encounters. A nationally representative phone survey of American adults finds that:

Technology and the New Workplace Currency

Technology and the New Workplace Currency: Cisco has recently come out with a new study, the 2011 World Technology report, that looks at the [internet] habits of college students and young professionals entering the workforce. The report asks specifically whether ”their demands for information access are changing business communications and the future of work”. According to the report,