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04 September 2008

3 New Ways to Target Your Audience with Facebook Pages

We’ve talked before about how nonprofits are using Facebook to connect with their supporters online, figuring out ways to work around the “closed door” model of the popular social-networking site. For example, setting up a nonprofit Facebook Page that... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 04 September 2008 at 5:15 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 9 comments
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18 August 2008

A Closer Look at Facebook Events

Facebook is fast becoming a popular way to publicize an organization's event, invite guests, and track who plans to attend. Facebook Events may be just what your group needs -- but could you be shutting out some of the people who might support your event? The fact is, for non-members of the site, Facebook can feel like a frustrating series of closed doors... (read more)
Posted Monday, 18 August 2008 at 6:16 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 13 comments
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30 June 2008

What's Your Rapleaf Reputation - and why should you care?

We all know that the Internet is a very public space -- but do we always act that way? The separate compartments of social networking sites, once isolated in their own little boxes, have created an illusion of privacy where none may exist -- and now... (read more)
Posted Monday, 30 June 2008 at 4:43 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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23 June 2008

Facebook Applications for Your Non-Profit Page

So you've signed up your nonprofit group for a Facebook Page -- now what? It can be challenging to know what to put on your Page to make the best use of the space, especially if you're setting out to build a new page from scratch. And if you're new... (read more)
Posted Monday, 23 June 2008 at 1:35 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 49 comments
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16 June 2008

How to Set Up a Non-Profit Facebook Page

New features and other enhancements have been added to Facebook since Wild Apricot's Beginner's Guide to Facebook for Non-Profits , and nonprofits are learning more about making the best use of the popular social networking site. We've talked about... (read more)
Posted Monday, 16 June 2008 at 3:18 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 136 comments
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09 June 2008

Social Media in Plain English: Video

It turns out that ice cream and social media have a lot in common -- at least, according to the latest video by Lee Lefever of Common Craft, Social Media in Plain English. Using a deceptively simple paper and whiteboard technique, Common Craft specializes in short, amusing, and easy-to-understand videos that explain complex ideas. This latest video focuses on basics of Social Media: "new technology that makes everyone a producer and tools that give everyone a chance to have a say." (read more)
Posted Monday, 09 June 2008 at 8:30 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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05 May 2008

Web 2.0 Nonprofit Success Stories - Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants

The "Web 2.0 Nonprofit Success Stories" submitted to the NPC Carnival this week led to a selection of nonprofit organizations that are widely varied in terms of size, budget, and reach. Each group is using the Internet and Web 2.0 tools in a different... (read more)
Posted Monday, 05 May 2008 at 3:40 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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30 April 2008

Bring Your Nonprofit Success Stories to the Blog Carnival

Wild Apricot is pleased to be hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on Monday, 5 May 2008, and the theme will be "Web 2.0 Nonprofit Success Stories" Tell us how you're using the Internet -- and specifically Web 2.0 tools and technologies --... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 30 April 2008 at 2:07 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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18 April 2008

Making a Case for Social Media Marketing

Social media and social networking are hot buzzwords in the world of online marketing, but what do they mean in practical terms? Is social media marketing just a passing fad, or could it be a worthwhile strategy for your organization? In a survey done... (read more)
Posted Friday, 18 April 2008 at 3:01 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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17 March 2008

LOLseals taps Pop Culture Trends and Web 2.0 Tools

For an example of how simple web tools and social networking sites can be used to raise awareness of a nonprofit's cause, LOLseals is worth a close look. It's a new photo caption contest from the Humane Society of the United States, blending pop culture trends and web 2.0 tools in a low-cost campaign that practically begs to go viral. (read more)
Posted Monday, 17 March 2008 at 6:51 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 2 comments
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11 March 2008

An Introduction to Twitter Hashtags

Hashtags help to organize the published updates ("tweets") on Twitter into user-defined groupings around one general topic, making the conversation easy to track and easy to share with others - even with people who are not Twitter users. Here's how the hashtags work: (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 11 March 2008 at 12:50 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 70 comments
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19 February 2008

Social Annotation: the Next Generation of Social Bookmarking

We've talked before about the many benefits of social bookmarking (Digg, Del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, and so on) for sharing the web pages you've discovered and for helping others to share your own site or blog. But when it comes to online research and... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 19 February 2008 at 11:53 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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01 February 2008

Seesmic: where YouTube meets Twitter

A new video-based social media startup has appeared on the Web 2.0 horizon, and some heavy-hitters in the web tech world are wagering their investments that Seesmic could be the Next Big Thing. Seesmic is best described as a sort of "video Twitter"... (read more)
Posted Friday, 01 February 2008 at 6:36 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 7 comments
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31 January 2008

AddThis for Simple Social Bookmarking

One of the best things you can do for your readers (and for your blog) is to make it as easy as possible for people to share your content with interested others. You may have noticed the Bookmark button on each post pages of the Wild Apricot Blog?... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 31 January 2008 at 10:45 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 12 comments
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14 January 2008

Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants - Best web 2.0 and social networking tools for nonprofits

This week I'm hosting the blog Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants . As always, it features the seven best posts for nonprofits from across the blogosphere, this week focusing on web 2.0 and social networking tools. Enjoy! 1. Jason at A Small Change-... (read more)
Posted Monday, 14 January 2008 at 9:00 AM by Lenna Titizian [Dancing Apricot] | 2 comments
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