Posts Tagged ‘crowdsourcing’
January 15th, 2010 by Elizabeth Ricca
- It’s been quite a week for social media, as the online community reacts and responds to the devastation in Haiti. If you’re looking for information or ways to help, Mark Glaser has compiled a comprehensive list of resources and opportunities on Mediashift.
- Donations through mobile platforms have been pouring in this week in support of the disaster relief efforts, setting records along the way. Text-to-give campaigns, like the one set up by the Red Cross within hours of the earthquake (text “Haiti” to 90999 to give $10), brought in a grand total of over $7 million in less than two days.
- If these recent developments in mobile giving have started you thinking about how to use text messaging in your organization’s next fundraising campaign, check out this handy how-to from Allyson Kapin on what’s involved in setting up a mobile campaign.
- This past Monday was Beth Kanter’s birthday (for those of you who don’t know, Beth is a nonprofit social media guru extraordinaire). In celebration, fellow bloggers threw her an online surprise party, inspiring some interesting takeaways about crowdsourced action from Amy Sample Ward. Happy birthday, Beth!
- Do you FourSquare? The location-based social networking service has been growing by leaps and bounds in recent months, so if you’re feeling inspired to explore some new frontiers for nonprofits in social media, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 has has a few tips. (My colleague Farra and I are in a heated race to be mayor of Big Duck. I’m winning. For now…)
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August 14th, 2009 by Elizabeth Ricca
- As you may have heard, Facebook acquired FriendFeed this week. What’s FriendFeed, you ask, and why does it matter? Get up to speed with this handy primer on how to use the social sharing service.
- The Royal Opera House has decided to write a new opera, with a storyline created entirely from suggestions sent in by their online community using Twitter. An interesting example of the possibilities (or perhaps the limitations; time will tell) of both Twitter as a tool and crowdsourcing as an opportunity to get people involved. Beth Kanter also shares some thoughts on the how/when/why of crowdsourcing on her blog this week.
- Wherever you’re communicating, it’s important to keep your audience’s needs and interests in mind. A post on Wild Apricot’s blog reminds that your website needs compelling content—compelling to your site visitors, that is.
- Blogs and tweets are all well and good, but they should be a balanced part of a complete communications strategy, as a post on Rally the Cause points out.
- Have you stopped to think about what your nonprofit is getting out of your social media outreach? eJewish Philanthropy blog poses some questions to ask yourself when trying to anticipate and measure the return your nonprofit expects from its social media investments.
- A small boy in the UK has unearthed a potato that looks just like a rubber duck! Okay, this has nothing to do with nonprofits or communications, but it’s about ducks, so I figure it’s fair game.
A weekly roundup of interesting reads from the online world of nonprofit communications. Check out my Delicious bookmarks for more noteworthy links.
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