SwipeGood applies your spare change to your favorite charity Guest post by Sherry Miller Socialbrite A2-month-old San Francisco start-up, SwipeGood, now offers you the easiest, least expensive way to give to charity. SwipeGood rounds up all of your credit card purchases to the nearest dollar and allows you to donate the difference to the […]
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How to build & manage a monitoring dashboard
Last year a study of the 200 largest U.S. nonprofits and found that they’re using social media at a faster clip than the business community or academia for the third year in a row. Some 8 percent more charities are monitoring social media over the previous year’s figures. (See the 10-page findings from UMass Dartmouth — PDF.)
10 paid social media monitoring services for nonprofits
Search engines and free monitoring tools can help you find mentions of your brand easily, but if you want to take your social media efforts to the next level, you may want to consider using a social media monitoring vendor.
Celebrate the Martin Luther King holiday over dinner
For MLK Day 2011, sign up and then eat, talk, change Guest post by Jessica Kirkwood Points of Light Institute The 25th anniversary of the celebration of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday is only a few days away. Over the years, honoring Dr. King’s legacy through volunteer service is an idea that’s taken […]
20 free, awesome social media monitoring tools
Free monitoring tools may fill your needs if you work for a small nonprofit or your business has no need for more sophisticated services (coming tomorrow). Just remember: Free monitoring tools aren’t really free — they require an investment of staff time and analysis.