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In the event of an area-wide emergency, one in five Web users would try to contact an emergency responder through digital media channels. According to Social Media in Disasters and Emergencies, roughly half of respondents said they would post information about an area-wide emergency or event to their social media networks, while 35 percent would post a request for help directly on an emergency responder’s Facebook page and 28 percent woul…
Chris Hughes co-founded the social-networking giant with two roommates as a Harvard undergraduate, and later served as director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Mr. Hughes, now 26, announced that his next project will be Jumo, a new social network set to start in the fall that will help people find causes and nonprofit organizations that they care about. Full text article by Nicole Wallace is available via The…
Estrella Rosenberg didn’t set out to raise money when she began experimenting with the social-networking site Foursquare in April. Ms. Rosenberg, the founder and director of Big Love Little Hearts and One Hundred Squared, in Chicago, was simply trying to see if the location-based social-networking site could be used to stimulate some conversation about her cause, which focuses on congenital heart defects. Full text article by Peter Panepe…
An attractive application of Hadoop and other Big Data technologies is to analyze users’ social activities, sometimes without their express knowledge By Paul Krill | InfoWorld The now-trendy concept of Big Data usually implies ever-growing hordes of data, including unstructured info posted on Facebook and Twitter, and ways of gleaning intelligence from all of it to create business opportunities. The concept, however, also carries with it r…
Facebook and Wikipedia are just the beginning. The real power of social networks will be showcased by projects that unite far-flung participants to help track disease outbreaks, revolutionize neighborhood-watch programs, encourage energy conservation, and serve other civic and community goals, according to a group of researchers calling for greater government and university investment in social networking. Full-text article by Jeffrey R. Young i…
I’ve maintained for quite some time that social media is about providing value. The tough part is getting at what “value” means to your audience – what’s going to compel online donors to connect with your organization? Is “value” a series of how-to videos? Is it a free ticket to an event your organization is … Continue reading » …
The professors behind the online fundraising tool Give2Gether just released the results of research that provides 16 reasons why people give. Of those 16, at least 13 can be directly influenced by a smart social media strategy. How? Well, I’m glad you asked. The following list includes the reasons why people give according to the … Continue reading » …
…ng to make the world a better place with the money. Daniel says communicating this point is especially crucial when in pursuit of major gifts. So what is a good way to get that message out on a consistent basis? Having a good social media strategy in place, for starters… (more in the video below) …
Jesse Stremcha, an e-Philanthropy Strategist with Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota (@ChildrensMN), has been leading a comprehensive social-media-for-fundraising strategy for more than three years. Which means, he has a lot of tips, data and best practices to share. The following is a Q and A I sent to Jesse and the answers he returned… … Continue reading » …
Volunteering is getting new visibility on social networks such as LinkedIn, a site designed to help people exchange information about their jobs and careers. LinkedIn said today that it’s adding a way for people to list unpaid volunteer work when they create online résumés through the site. “Even if you’re currently unemployed, you can still actively volunteer and begin to accrue new skill sets,” said Nicole Williams, an official at LinkedIn. Wh…
