Nonprofit Blog Exchange Roundup #27

How to increase traffic on your blog
(Internet & Media Strategies)

Getting Started Ways to Use Twitter, LinkedIn and Flickr – It’s All About Building Relationships
(Marion Conway - Consultant to Nonprofits)

Twitter, Facebook, & social media for healthcare fundraisers
(FundraisingCoach.com)

Techniques to improve fundraising in your walkathons, athons and other pledge events
(Blue Sky Collaborative's Fundraising Blog)

Is Online Giving Dead or Alive?
(Everyday Giving Blog)

YouTube launches free in-video clickable ads for UK and US non-profit partners
(Giving in a digital world)

Write, write, write - Surf the Wave of Web 2.0
(Get Fully Funded Blog)

Are Online Donors Really One-Shot Wonders?
(Accidental Marketer)

Why don't more people donate online?
(Nonprofit web design by Jason King)

Are you on Twitter?
(Nonprofit SOS)

Social media isn't as prevalent as we all think it is
(Nonprofit SOS)

Nonprofits find useful applications for Twitter
(JVA)

SSIR: Nonprofit Advantage for Future of Twitter and Search
(Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech)

Sharing your knowledge base: Meet the user’s needs, think beyond PDFs
(ImpactMAX)

Eating Disorders and Technology
(YouthNet blog)

Top 10 Ways to Give Back to Your Community
(United Way of Northwest Michigan)

Earth Day / Environment

Every Day Is Earth Day ... When It Has Meaning to You
(Clean Air Campaign Blog)

Celebrating Earth Day Today, and Every Day
(Agros Blog)

Earth Day 2009
(Zalul)

Wiring the Green Movement for Earth Day
(Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech)

Nonprofit Blog Exchange Roundup #26

8 Benefits of Having a Nonprofit Blog (Have Fun Do Good)

For Twitter Success, Just Add Meaning (SocialButterfly)

Twitter Best Practices (Robert L. Weiner Consulting)

Twitter Trumps Online Conference - Six Steps For Using Twitter For Your Conference Or Event (NetCentric Advocacy)

To Tweet or Not to Tweet (A Small Change)

Translating Tweets to Dollars (A Small Change)

Why Every Nonprofit Should Embrace the Web 2.0 World (frogloop)

Facebook & Nonprofits: Use Pages and Groups (Betsy's Blog)

What Are Social Media Metrics for the Arts? (smArts & Culture)

How nonprofits can succeed in the new sustainability paradigm (Impactmax)

How to increase traffic to your website (Internet & Media Strategies)

Learning from Obama: Lessons for Online Communicators in 2009 and Beyond (Salsa Commons)

E-newletters don't work, says expert
(Donor Power Blog)

10 Best Web Content Best Practices (frogloop)

Great results from email fundraising appeal by Ecojustice Canada (Giving in a digital world)

Too busy to volunteer? (Volunteer Boston)


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Nonprofit Blogging Tips from ProBlogger (Nonprofit SOS)

Online Treats (Balancing the Mission Checkbook)

Philanthropy and Higher Education (Beerken's Blog)

Dutch Charities Getting into Online Social Network Fundraising (Giving in a Digital World)

Is it time for fundraisers to take Twitter more seriously? (Giving in a Digital World)

Online Giving Trends in 2008 (eJewish Philanthropy)

Video for Nonprofits: Break Free (Blue Sky Collaborative's Fundraising Blog)

New Resolutions for Mass Email (Search Marketing for NonProfits)

Unsubscribing Doesn’t Need to be Goodbye (Search Marketing for NonProfits)

Going from a Print Newsletter to Email: What to Leave Behind (Nonprofit Communications)

Gaming For a Cause (Idealware)

Food Banks and Food Pantries in Massachusetts (Volunteer Boston)

Homeless Blog Round-up (Center for Respite Care Blog)

Convio 2008 Innovator Awards (frogloop)

Are Comments Cool on Arts Blogs? (smArts & Culture)

Are You Tracking Your Top Blog Posts? (Wild Apricot Blog)

Best of the Blog 2008 & Your Suggestions for 2009? (Nonprofit Communications)

Top 10 blog posts of 2008 (Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology)

2008: A Look Back (Wayne Pacelle: A Humane Nation)

Most Popular Posts Last Year (Brandywine Counseling Blog)

What Children Need (Project Somos Children's Village)

Nonprofit Blog Exchange Roundup #24

Blog Action Day - Poverty

Blog Action Day: Global Poverty (Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech)

Blog Action Day: 4 Ways to Alleviate Poverty in Your Community (Have Fun Do Good)

Blog Action Day: What is Public Health? What is Poverty? (SocialButterfly)

Womenstake: Blog Action Day 2008 (Womenstake)

Blog Action Day - topic is Poverty (Tutor Mentor Connection)

Blog Action Day: The "P" Word (Idealist)

Reaping the Rewards of Blog Action Day (Wild Apricot)

Ask a Homeless Person: What Does Poverty Mean? (Center for Respite Care Blog)

Nonprofits on the net for Blog Action Day (Laura's Notebook)

Dollar Philanthropy Celebrates Blog Action Day (Dollar Philanthropy)

Blog Action Day 2008: You’re Wealthier Than You Think You Are (Fundraising Breakthroughs)

The Epic Change Blog - Blog Action Day 2008

Blog Action Day - Rotary can make a difference in poverty (Innovate Rotary)

Blog Action Day: Poverty on Staten Island (NY Center for Interpersonal Development)

Poverty and environmental justice (Greenpeace)

One Person at a Time (Just Show Up)

Three birds with one stone (Blog Action Day 2008) (CIPE Development Blog)

Blogging

Ask Britt: How Do You Increase Blog Traffic? (Have Fun Do Good)

Why Blog? (Marketing for Nonprofits)

Easy ways to find blog material (Get Fully Funded Blog)

Video on how blogging has changed Glenda’s life (Laura's Notebook)


Video, Twitter, Flickr, Maps

Announcing the See3 Guide to Online Video (See What's Out There)

Video Annual Reports: Tips for Nonprofits Who Want to Try It (Nonprofit Communications Blog)

The Government’s A-Twitter Take 2: It’s Official (SocialButterfly)

Twitter 500 (Idealist)

Mapping for advocacy and organizing (Idealist)

Haiti Innovation Flickr Update (10/13/2008) (Haiti Innovation)


Social Media/ Web 2.0/ Social Networking

Cause Wired - a book review (Serengeti Communications)

After School Programs, Social Networking and CRM (DemocracyInAction)

Foundations Tiptoe into Web 2.0, But Not Looking to Nonprofits as Partners or Guides (Yet) (Getting Attention)

How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? (Beth's Blog)

Social Networking meets CRM (Idealware)

Social Media: Revolution or Evolution? (Idealware)

Breaking down the barriers between disabled users and the social web - Scripting Enabled (Laura's Notebook)


E-mail, Websites, Online Tools

Using Google Analytics to Track a Nonprofit Website (Part 1) (frogloop)

The Basics of Email Metrics: Are Your Campaigns Working? (Idealware)

KaBOOM! "Playspace Finder" - Great New Service and Widget (Influence)

Raise Funds to Give New Books (First Book)


Causes and Nonprofit News


Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Survivors Battle to Survive and Thrive (Curesearch)

Memo to CEOs: People care about causes (Volunteer Boston: Get On Your Feet)

Charitable Giving in 2008 - What's the outlook? (Volunteer Boston: Get On Your Feet)

Susan G. Komen Generates Money for the Cure and Also for the Economy (About.com: Nonprofit Charitable Orgs)

Creating Satisfied Volunteers (Benevon Weblog)

Storytelling During The Economic Crisis (Cause+Effect)

Nonprofit Blog Exchange Roundup #23

Online Writing: It’s All About Answers and Actions (Nonprofit Communications)

Where to Put Keywords on Your Web Page (Nonprofit Communications)

Prioritizing Websites vs. Email vs. Online Outreach (Idealware)

What works: Clear calls to action online (happydonors)

Organizations putting blogs to good use (Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech)

What Your Strategic Plan and Website Should Have In Common – Each Other! (Marion Conway - Consultant to Nonprofits)

New Blog Feature: Your Weekly Dose of Helpline Happenings (A Healthy Blog)

Introduction to Facebook Activism (The Wellspring)

ROI: the null hypothesis (small dots)

The Conversation Prism (Cause+Effect)

Building your Donor base on Facebook - The Nature Conservancy's experience (Michael Stein's Non-Profit Technology Blog)

The Volunteer Center Embraces Technology by Using Facebook (Volunteer Center of Bergen County)

Using YouTube’s Analytics - Insight (Search Marketing for NonProfits)

Three Tips: How to Harness the Power of Video for Nonprofits (frogloop)

We Are Bread for the World (Bread Blog)

Seven Ways to Attract and Engage Great Volunteers (Benevon Weblog)

Measure Something (Balancing the Mission Checkbook)

New Online Tool Helps Local Groups Track Water Quality (Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog)

All About Paper (TechSoup Blog)

Raggedy Ann is Start of Major Nonprofit Organization (Everyday Giving Blog)

Brown Bag Buddies is on TV! (Volunteer Center of Bergen County)

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (Friends of Heroes)

Conquering Childhood Cancer: Walk Now in the "CureSearch Virtual Walk for 12,500" (Curesearch)