Overview of social media, intended to aid volunteers to help nonprofits use social media

2. Andy Wolber [email_address] Social Networking for Nonprofits

3. www.slideshare.net/npowermichigan/

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6. http://tinyurl.com/4t9ytx

7. www.mobileactive.org

8. http://tinyurl.com/53jkzg

9. www.twitter.com

10. http://tinyurl.com/2dneye

11. http://tinyurl.com/2yj5uq

12. http://tinyurl.com/ys8a5n

13. http://hub.witness.org/

14. www.commoncraft.com

15. delicious.com/NPowerMichigan/

16. www.soscs.blogspot.com

17. www.myspace.com/thehumanesociety

18. www.diosacommunications.com/ myspacebestpractices.htm

19. www.ning.com

20. http://www.fashionofgoodwill.org/

21. http://tinyurl.com/24lnfd “ After only six weeks the blog is averaging over 600 readers a week!! We’re retaining more than 25% of our readers and converting better than 3% into online shoppers. Considering … (we’ve) only been up for about 90 days, we’re obviously very pleased so far with the results.” Brendan Hurley, Senior Vice President of Marketing & Communications, Goodwill of Greater Washington

22. … Suzanne Plopper, for instance, is trying to raise $72,000 to help send 900 girls to school in Burkina Faso over the next three years. . . As of Tuesday, 754 people had donated $21,309 to Ms. Plopper’s cause, putting it in second place among the organizations working internationally in the Parade version of the contest. Source: Charities Vie for Prizes in Online Giving Experiment, by Stephanie Strom, January 31, 2008.

23. The American Cancer Society has had success in raising real money with virtual walkathons in Second Life. . . . A few hundred avatars did that walk in 2005, raising $5,000. This year’s walk has raised $82,000 at a cost of $4,200 — and it will not take place until the end of next month. Source: Foundation With Real Money Ventures Into Virtual World, by Stephanie Strom, July 22, 2007.

24. http://tinyurl.com/3vrmq4

25. www.nonprofitcommons.org/about

26. www.slideshare.net/npowermichigan/