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Gregory Heller
on Dec 16, 2010

Two Weeks With Jumo: My First Impressions Of The Social Network For Social Change

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Since its launch on November 30th, I've spent some time playing around with Jumo (it is definitely worth reading the about page) and reading other people's accounts of their explorations of the new social network for social causes founded by Facebook cofounder and Obama 2008 Online Organizing Directory Chris Hughes.

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on May 20, 2010

Using Social Media to Meet Nonprofit Goals: Idealware's New Report

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Idealware just released a report on their survey of nearly 500 nonprofit professionals regarding their use of social media and their perceptions of the efficacy of various social media channels.

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on Apr 14, 2010

Does your Blog Update Your Facebook & Facebook update your Twitter? You're Doing It Wrong

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I received some requests that I should elaborate on a recent tweet that read "If your blog is updating your Facebook status & Facebook status is updating Twitter...

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Ian Rhett
on Oct 09, 2009

Miley Quits Twitter - Tweetfree Tweens And The Future of Social Media

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Miley Cyrus closed her account and quit Twitter with an apparent DIY Youtube rap video called "Goodbye Twitter," wherein she oh-so-eloquently extolls the value of quality in-person time over endlessly updating a stream of personal trivia as the reason for leaving the service. Does Miley's move foreshadow the complete abandonment of social media for tweens and teens?

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on Sep 15, 2009

CivicActions Bookmarks on Delicious

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Last year I wrote about how an organization could aggregate shared bookmarks from multiple people and present them on their website.  In the recent redeisgn of CivicActions.com we implemented this functionality.  You can see the shared bookmarks feed in the center column at the bottom of the home page, or you can look at a more complete list.

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Gregory Heller
on Apr 20, 2009

Using Twitter For Activism

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I've previously written about how organizations can start Tweeting, and last week found a great primer on using Twitter for Activism. The DigiActive Guide to Twitter for Activism is a concise and informative guide that any organization looking to evaluate or deploy a Twitter strategy should read. While it is geared towards activism I think that most non profits would find it helpful.
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on Mar 30, 2009

Social Media Marketing Budgets Rising At Businesses, What About Non Profits?

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Last week Mashable ran a blog post about the increasing budgets for social media marketing at big businesses. It was based on a report by the Aberdeen Groups covered in more detail on EMarketer.com. The report had two important findings:
  1. 63% of best in class businesses surveyed said they would be increasing their social media marketing budgets, 21% said by 25% or more.
Ian Rhett speaking at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference
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Ian Rhett
on Feb 19, 2009

Amnesty starts to fly on Twitter

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SO excited to see Amnesty International get onto Twitter today. GO FOLLOW THEM NOW!!!. Go ahead, do it now and come back. I'll wait... If ever there was a case study for mobilizing the masses using social media, I believe Amnesty could be it.
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Ian Rhett
on Feb 15, 2009

I have a question: Got MicroBlog?

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I have a question for you - do you use a micro-blogging platform like Twitter? Why or why not? What are you noticing about your online life, productivity, sense of connection, etc. Give us an idea of who you are, too - work at a non-profit? Are you a consultant? Leave a message in the comments. I'm interested to hear your thoughts, insights and concerns. You can also follow us on twitter and send us as @reply there.
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