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Target audience: Nonprofits, NGOs, foundations, social enterprises, brands, cause organizations, small businesses. No doubt you’re aware that more and more websites are getting more traffic with Facebook’s Like button. Facebook has been measuring the impact of these social plug-ins for almost a year now. Here’s what they’ve found: More traffic. The average site received a […]
Nonprofits
A reality check on social media
Social Media for Social Good It only works when it’s connected to the real world At the National Conference on Volunteering and Service — which some folks call “the Super Bowl of nonprofit conferences” — George Weiner and I teamed up on one of the most successful Social Media for Social Good Bootcamps that […]
Highlights of Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp 2011
Craig Newmark at yesterday’s Boot Camp (photo by JD Lasica) The Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp, now in its eighth year, is always a great gathering of nonprofit thought leaders, community activists and others under the banner of social good. This was, I think, my fourth straight year in attendance, and it was great to see […]
Hope Institute shows how nonprofits can get strategic
When nonprofits roll out a social media program, their tendency is to launch a presence on Facebook or Twitter and then treat them simply as new communication or marketing channels. No, no, a thousand times no! Of the 1.5 million charities in this country, perhaps 99 out of 100 go about using social media the […]
A new way to show off your nonprofit’s fundraising projects
This week, Causes released a fundraising tab for Facebook Pages, which is great news for nonprofits that have been investing in Facebook but struggling to find the right fundraising solution for that audience.
