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- helleborus, on 07/06/2008, -1/+10One of the great benefits of social networking sites is that they allow people to connect with others who share an interest or goal. In the past, if your pursuit was a little off the beaten path or not shared by the masses, you were likely to be fairly isolated. Social networking sites provide a platform for like minded individuals to form communities that would never have existed pre-internets. Far from being of little or no benefit, this is revolutionary.
- macewan, on 07/06/2008, -1/+8They should also work towards becoming more transparent. Trusting that you donations are being used wisely important. The ego of the CEO and CFO hampers some organizations.
- inactive, on 07/06/2008, -4/+8A lot of non-profits are just so exclusive to the type of audience they are seeking, that social networking sites provide little to no benefit. For instance, many non-profits are local to the community and only service that community. Why do they need social networking when they can just setup a booth at the car show, or have a representative at the chamber of commerce meeting? Face to face interaction is worth so much more than social networking interaction.
- haydesigner, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4Reply link. Use it.
- talli, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3This article is right on. I did software for nonprofits for many years and it is really critical for these organizations, particularly advocacy organizations, to build community.
Recently, I did a small personal project and used Ning. I found that this application allowed me to do more for $30/month than I would build for my clients for $5K.
If you're responsible for the website of an NPO, I strongly recommend you take a look at Ning. - calvinyu, on 07/06/2008, -1/+4The beauty of social networking for non-profits organizations is that it is a matching game between the NPOs and the target audiences. For example, in Facebook, people join the NPO groups or pages at their own discretion - i.e. they choose what they want to learn about. Not only that there is personal touch, but also that there is a double coincidence of wants here. NPOs can save resources and the audience can save time. It is a much better way for NPOs to reach the interested audience than traditional promotion channels.
- haydesigner, on 07/06/2008, -2/+4And you think non-profits have the money to be able to that all the time?
- SimonDee, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2many of the bigger ones are worried that people might make negative comments about their 'brand' which is out of their control. it's a shame really, since it is a perfect fit.
they'll get there in the next three years or so. - helleborus, on 07/06/2008, -4/+5I don't think you have a large enough population sampling to come to a valid conclusion since you only have one friend and he's an overly pretentious cockhound. You should ask around among cockhounds who are just sufficiently pretentious.
- scottzeitz, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1You are starting to see non-profits enter the social networks arena. How quickly they will make the transition is another question entirely.
The one line in the article that killed me : "This is the time for nonprofits to get into social media while there is not a lot of traffic there.", from a Houston blogger. That is rich. Not a lot of traffic? Last time I checked, I believe Facebook was ranked 18th. That is not exactly 'not a lot of traffic'. - yomimedia, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1I think social media is still a new term to some people on the street, so I can't imagine non-profits embracing this new form of communication anytime soon. Look how long it took for the bigger companies in the U.S to realize the power of the internet. Before some of the mighty Fortune 500's realized it, they were getting bought out by Standford Grads whose companies valuation were in the billions (i.e TimeWarner-AOL).
- stacekir, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2Thanks! I've been looking for guidance like this!!
- technoob, on 07/06/2008, -1/+1Social Networking Sites gets the word fast and they can aslo use blogs
- diggityk8, on 10/06/2008, -0/+0This article made me think of http://www.Causecast.org, it's a recently launched start-up dubbed by Techcrunch as "a one stop philanthropy shop"
- iorek7z, on 07/07/2008, -0/+0Timely paper at First Monday: "The Internet as a tool for democracy? A survey of non-profit Internet decision-makers and Web users" -- http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php ...
- cygnus2112, on 07/06/2008, -3/+2So, you're a member of a NPO. I could just ask you.
- brian081671, on 07/06/2008, -2/+0Check out this site. www.pawscorp.com
- david76, on 07/06/2008, -4/+1Great non-profit software website: http://www.domorecommunity.com
- Murdats, on 07/06/2008, -7/+4non-profit organisations on social networking sites just come across as spam or scams.
- swatward, on 07/06/2008, -7/+3"Red Cross has commented on your picture, click here to read the comment."
- duckyinc, on 07/06/2008, -5/+1Have you ever thought this through? Online Friends =! Real Friends or Sales
- cygnus2112, on 07/06/2008, -11/+3I find most people who join NPO's as overly pretentious cockhounds. Why would I want one of them on my friend's list to spam me?
- swatward, on 07/06/2008, -10/+1looks like a decent movie, this is hardly the place for the comment though.
- wanadamsyah, on 07/06/2008, -10/+0Lot of them were free in begining, but son or later it will getting paid. But, if this kind are helping many people, it will get many resources from people.
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