Nonprofit Blog Exchange Roundup #21

Reports/Studies

How do your benchmarks compare? (Amy Sample Ward's Version of NPTech)

Online fundraising's little tricks (Amy Sample Ward's Version of NPTech)

And then there's Advocacy (Amy Sample Ward's Version of NPTech)

'Must read' free Ofcom report on social networking (Giving in a digital world)

51% of Donors 'Not At All Interested' in Social Networks (frogloop)

Online Videos and Maps

Number of Online Videos Viewed in the U.S. Jumps 66 Percent Versus Year Ago (See What's Out There)

Teen Videos Rock (er Hop?)! (Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog)

Campaign Maps: How 3 Nonprofit Organizations use Online Maps to Send a Message (Wild Apricot Blog)

Mapping Content to Better Tell a Story: Refugee Camps on Google Earth(Development Seed)

Earth Day/Environment

Announcing TechSoup's New GreenTech Initiative (TechSoup's Blog)

What's Your Favorite Earth Day Logo? Google? Yahoo? YouTube? and others join in! (SocialButterfly)

18 Fun, Unique Ways to Celebrate Earth Day (SocialButterfly)

Happy Earth Day! (ASPCA Blog)


Websites and Blogs

Creating Successful Landing Pages (Serengeti Communications)

Branding (Nonprofit Expressions)

Google AdWords for Nonprofits: 10 Tips About Keywords (frogloop)

Nonprofit Web Sites that Work -- 3 of My Favorites Nonprofit Marketing (Getting Attention Blog)

AIDS Walk Boston has a Blog! (AIDS Action Committee's Blog)

Other Topics

Coffee for the Bay (Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog)

Need a Unique Gift? Why not help "Critters" too? (Dollar Philanthropy)

Nonprofit Blog Exchange Roundup #20

Blogging

How to blog for a cause (Amy Sample)

Where Do Blogs Fit In Your Strategy? (Sarengeti)

A Guide to Promoting Your Blog Through Guest Posts (Goodworks Grapevine)

Blogging for Non-Profits (Goodworks Grapevine)


Websites and E-Newsletters

10 Ways to Make Your Online Press Room Perform for Your Nonprofit (Getting Attention)

The Importance of Email Newsletters (Nonprofit Expressions)

Email Newsletter Designs: Improving Communication (Nonprofit Expressions)


Social Networking/Social Media/Fundraising

Online Social Networking Funds Hope With Personal Giving Web Pages (About.com: Nonprofit Charitable Orgs)

How to Get Started With Social Media (About.com: Nonprofit Charitable Orgs)

Join our new social network on Change.org (A Voice for Children)

Five Tips for Getting Started with the Social Web (Influence)

How to Donate Without Spending a Dime (ASPCA)

What Fundraising Season are you in? (Get Fully Funded)


Videos, Flickr, and Twitter

HSUS YouTube User-Generated Video Competition Grows List (Frogloop)

Firstgiving Adds YouTube Functionality (See What's Out there)

Autism gets wired (Easter Seals)

What We Talk About When We Talk About Video (infoproject)

How Nonprofits Can Get the Most Out of Flickr (Beth's Blog)

LOLseals Photo Caption Contest (Humane Society)

Twitter for Health (Spare Change)


Nonprofit Related News/Issues

Coral Reefs: How much longer will they survive? (Zalul)

Children's Picture Book Art Moves to the Head of the Class! (First Book)

Nonprofit Blog Exchange Roundup #19

Blogs and Websites

10 Reasons Why Every Nonprofit Must Have a Blog (Wild Apricot Blog)

Advice on Blogging for Learning (The Bamboo Project Blog)

Blogging about autism (Easter Seals)

What works: 10 seconds on your web site (happydonors)

Remember accessibilty when using widgets on your website (Laura's Notebook)

Extreme Website Makeovers (BlogBaud.com)

Social Networking and Fundraising

Using Facebook to communicate with volunteers (YouthNet blog)

Facebook ads for Nonprofits (Serengeti Communications)

7 Steps to Beef Up Your Facebook Cause (Good Works Grapevine)

Should You Social (eJewish Philanthropy)

The JNF: $2.5M Raised Online in 2007 (eJewish Philanthropy)

Creating Community (Cause+Effect)


Videos, Maps, and Mashups

The History of the American Cancer Society (American Cancer Society's Relay For Life)

Jamaican Cancer Society 2007 (American Cancer Society's Relay For Life)

CURE posts new video to YouTube (Loon Commons)

You're Still Not Using Video? (eJewish Philanthropy)

Visit EfficienCity: a clean, green climate-friendly town (Greenpeace)

NetSquared Mashup Challenge (NetSquared)

Writing and Communications

10 mistakes to avoid with email newsletters (The NonProfit Times)

Getting to the point with bullets (79 Grant Writing Resources You Can't Live Without)

The Art of Chunking: An Online Writing Essential (Nonprofit Communications)

Two Great Nonprofit Marketing Lessons on NBC Nightly News (Nonprofit Communications)

Reports and Surveys

Online Philanthropy Markets: Report from Keystone (Gift Hub)

2007 State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey (BlogBaud.com)

Giving/Volunteering/Nonprofit News

Got the Winter Blues? Giving May Cheer You Up (Have Fun Do Good)

WFP and The Hungry Times Ahead (Haiti Innovation)

Random Acts of Kindness (Charity View)

Hearts and Crafts (Volunteer Boston)

Virtual Event #8 Participants

Here are the participants of virtual event #8:

• A Small Change- Fundraising Blog
• Asian American Giving
• Beth's Blog
• Cause+Effect
• Christine.net
• Everyday Giving Blog
• frogloop
• Getting Attention
• Goodwill Hunting
• J. Erik Potter
• Nonprofit Accounting Boot Camp
• Nonprofit Congress Blogs/When I Grow Up
• Nonprofit Technology Blog
• Nonprofit Web Design
• Reeling & Healing Midwest
• School for Social Entrepreneurs
• See What's Out There
• Seeking Grant Money Today
• Socialbutterfly
• The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy
• The Raiser's Razor
• Tutor/Mentor Connection
• Wild Apricot Blog

Nonprofit Blog Exchange Roundup #18

Social Media, Social Networking, Maps

4 keys to successful Web social marketing (The Nonprofit Times)

A Few Tactical First Steps for your 2008 Social Strategy (Influence)

Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should (nonprofit technology blog)

Should Your Organization Use Social Networking Sites? (Idealware)

Using Maps to Deliver Your Message (Green Media Toolshed)

2007 in Review: Top Nonprofit Technology Trends (Influence)


Websites, Blogging, and Digital Photos

New Website for WPI Firefighter's Fund (Where there's smoke)

8 Tips for Blogging Inspiration (Serengeti Communications)

Tips for Preparing Photos (Democracy In Action)

New Website for Bread for the World Indiana and Communicating With Members (Bread Blog)


Fundraising

Fundraising Trends in the UK (BlogBaud.com)

People to People Fundraising (BlogBaud.com)

PayPal Gets In To The Game (Cause+Effect)


Nonprofit Related News

Tiger Escape Reveals Crisis in Captive Wildlife Treatment (Wayne Pacelle: A Humane Nation)

Resolve to spread the joy of reading this year! (First Book Blog)

Book Drive For Eauripik School (Habele)

Nonprofit Blog Exchange Roundup #17

Social Networking

Why social networking is important for non-profits (cause+effect)

More on nonprofits and Social Networking (Mission-Based Management)

Social Networking Web Sites (Nonprofit Board Crisis)

Join the INFO Group on Facebook (The INFO Project Blog)

Will organisations use Facebook here in the UK? (Laura’s Notebook)

Most Popular Blog Posts about Facebook (Wild Apricot Blog)


Web 2.0/Social Media/Video

Ideas for getting started on Web 2.0 (The NonProfit Times)

Why you need social media marketing (See What’s Out There)

Why social media is like local newspapers (a work on process)

Defenders of Wildlife - Nice use of video as a holiday tribute (Influence)


Fundraising/Giving

Charitable Thoughts (RB Digital Rodeo)

Year-End E-mail Fundraising (Fundraising Breakthroughs)

Tis the Season - A Great New Opportunity to Get Involved with Online Giving (Marion Conway)

Prospecting New and Existing Donors (A Small Change- Fundraising Blog)


Web Design/Web Analytics

Deck the web with your best home page (Green Media Toolshed Blog)

Five Seconds to Make a Good Impression (eJewish Philanthropy)

Web Analytics Reporting that's Easy to Understand (RB Digital Rodeo)

Do Government Agencies and Non-Profits Get ROI From Usability? (The Groundswell Blog)


Other Internet Topics

Have Fun * Do Good Named One of Echoing Green's Top 7 Social Entrepreneurship Blogs (Have Fun • Do Good)

Choosing the Right Online Discussion Format (Idealware)

Reaching Out Online (A Voice for Children)


Projects

Donate $5 (the cost of Frozen Peas) To Support Breast Cancer Research and Susan Reynolds (Beth's Blog)

Helping Teachers – Helping Kids DonorsChoose.org (Nonprofit Connectors)

Knitting for a cause (SOS News and Views)


End of Year

A season to reflect and give thanks (Where there's smoke)


In The News

First Book in Fast Company, O Magazine, Domino and more! (First Book Blog)

Zalul in the News: Renowned Israeli Philanthropist Morris Kahn (Zalul Environmental Association)

Nonprofit Blog Exchange Roundup #16

Blogging

No One Has Ever Died From a Blog Comment (Have Fun Do Good)

Why the third sector shouldn't fear blogging (School for Social Entrepreneurs)

Everyone's saying "get a blog" (Donor Power Blog)


Fundraising

5 Holiday Fundraising Tips (Democracy In Action)

Raising Money from Online Activists (frogloop)

Raise Money for the American Cancer Society with your Internet Searches (RelayBlogger)

How to Honor Your Donors (Benevon Weblog)

What to look for when prospecting for donors (Fundraising for Nonprofits)


Social Networking/Online Communities/Videos/Games/Virtual Worlds

Top tips for using social networks (YouthNet blog)

Facebook Pages offers new ways to engage with supporters (UK Fundraising)

What Social Network Demographics Mean for You (frogloop)

Virtual Worlds As Learning Environs For Global Kids (Shaping Youth)

Solving the World’s Problems One Video Game at a Time? 12 Real Life Video Games You Should Know About (The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy )

Building Communities for Children and "Tweens" (Influence)

5 reasons YOU should be on the "tube" (The NonProfit Times)

The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Telling Moving Stories (See What’s Out There)


Other Topics

Take a Survey on Nonprofit Taglines (Getting Attention)

Tag Line: Keeping You Smarter Through Blogging (See What's Out There)

Marketing Mindfulness to Kids: Giving vs. Receiving (Shaping Youth)

Very Cool Tool: Color Blender Finds Matching Color Palette (Nonprofit Communications)

Why We're Thankful to our Pets Today (ASPCA Blog)