CharityGeek » Social Media http://charitygeek.com Web and Tech Tips for Nonprofits Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:20:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Saturday Paper: 3 October 2009 http://charitygeek.com/saturday-paper-3-october-2009.html http://charitygeek.com/saturday-paper-3-october-2009.html#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:20:39 +0000 Ian http://charitygeek.com/?p=129 A quick breakdown of the most important blog posts on technology for nonprofits this week:

23 Free Webinars in October (from Wild Apricot Blog). A great list of events this month that take up neither time nor budget.

Causes releases new toolkit for nonprofits (from Causes.com). The leader in social media for charities adds some really useful new functionality.

Fundraising is more effective when done by your supporters (from UStream). A video from the Case Foundation explaining one of the most important truths of social media, that your audience can turn around and be your advocate.

How nonprofits are (and are not) using social media (from Upleaf). A nice short breakdown of statistics on social media use by nonprofits. Is your organization behind, on or ahead of this curve?

]]> http://charitygeek.com/saturday-paper-3-october-2009.html/feed 0 Milestone: Charity:Water Becomes First Charity to 1 Million Followers http://charitygeek.com/milestone-charitywater-becomes-first-charity-to-1-million-followers.html http://charitygeek.com/milestone-charitywater-becomes-first-charity-to-1-million-followers.html#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:05:51 +0000 Ian http://charitygeek.com/?p=111 Just a short news item today. At around 11am Eastern time this morning, charity:water became the first charity site to reach 1 million followers on Twitter. Obviously, the number itself is just a symbol, but this is a huge accomplishment for a young organization that has completely and effectively embraced social media. We follow charity:water on Twitter, one of the few organizations that we do follow, because they are a fantastic example of a lot of the things we talk about – good design and excellent social marketing, and because, at the root of it, they are working for a great cause. They reached the 7-digit mark in just over 600 tweets, really a remarkably efficient road to that kind of audience. Well done to them, and I hope that we can all look at what they’ve done and get more charities over that 1 million follower mark.

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