social media overview - mcc
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Overview of social media, intended to aid volunteers to help nonprofits use social mediaTRANSCRIPT
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www.mobileactive.org
http://tinyurl.com/53jkzg
http://tinyurl.com/2dneye
http://tinyurl.com/2yj5uq
www.commoncraft.com
www.diosacommunications.com/myspacebestpractices.htm
www.ning.com
http://www.fashionofgoodwill.org/
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
…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.
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.
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