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- Creating a Social Media Policy for Your NonprofitYesterday
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Who should speak for your organization in social media? How can you control what’s being said about your group and your cause? If you're not sure, it may be time to work out a social media policy for your staff and volunteers who blog and chat and comment online, where the personal and professional lines often blur. ...(read more)
- Security Issues in Social Media Shouldn't Put Nonprofits Off Networking OnlineJanuary 4
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As more and more nonprofits take advantage of social media sites to connect with supporters, security concerns are rising more to the forefront. This past weekend, Twitter was hit by a phishing epidemic — just the latest in a string of attacks against social networking sites that hit the mainstream news last month when a fake video link spread the Koobface worm on Facebook and MySpace. Ken Pappas of TechNewsWorld sees a rash of new cyber-threats emerging in response to growing social media use —...(read more)
- Are You Tracking Your Top Blog Posts?December 31 2008
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Top 10 Blog Post lists are popping up all over the Internet as another year comes to an end, as nonprofits, individuals, and businesses take stock of where they’ve been and plan their communications strategy for the coming year. But how do you know which of your blog posts for the past year are your “top” content? It's more than a simple matter of counting up the page views... Three factors come into play, when you start to track down the information on your blog or website that’s made the greatest...(read more)
- Wild Apricot - final updates for 2008December 24 2008
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About Wild Apricot Our blog provides technology advice for small non-profits. Many subscribers are also Wild Apricot software clients, so we do monthly blog posts about our software. Wild Apricot simplifies non-profit management for thousands of professional and business associations, clubs, charitable organizations, churches, activist groups and communities. It replaces multiple separate systems with one: Wild Apricot smart web service is your public website and private websites for board and members,...(read more)
- Reddit to Rally Volunteers for Needy NonprofitsDecember 21 2008
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Last year, social bookmarking site Reddit partnered up to raise over $3,000 for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF.org), a non-profit selected by the website’s users to benefit from the fund-raising drive. This year, they’re trying something different — raising volunteers instead of cash. It's partly an acknowledgement that many people have few funds to spare, and partly a nod to the wealth of high-tech talent found among Reddit users. Between now and the February 14th deadline, individuals...(read more)