Social Media and Nonprofits

[peterp]

We're trying to gauge how much time nonprofit groups are spending using social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook. Please share -- and please feel welcome to add your comments.

[michaelwesolowski]

Michael Wesolowski with http://www.mhaus.org, Have asked my FB Friends to help me post to the 75+ Groups that I post too. Each Friend has been assigned a Group or two and I message them our organizations message then they copy and paste into their assigned Groups, and then message me back when complete. Having this help has eliminated the warnings I used to get from FB from post too much.

[jfinlayson]

Despite greater means of reaching potential supporters, co-host Hildy Gottlieb, author and President of the Community-Driven Institute, argues that Social Media Fundraising is
a) not sustainable
b) scarcity-based vs. strength-based
c) counterproductive if we want to create a better future for our communities

Continue the social media fundraising conversation on Social Edge:  http://tinyurl.com/issuefatigue

Cheers,

[braker]

From someone who is frustrated at the amount of personal tweeting that has to be combed through - even from people who have great relevant things to say...  Here's a twitterer who filters and passes on the "Best of" from nonprofit experts:

http://twitter.com/nptechblogs nptechblogs

Also: http://twitter.com/idealist_org - Idealist.org - hopefully we all know what that is!

- Steve Braker
Worthwhile Films | Nonprofit Media
http://twitter.com/worthwhilefilms

[braker]

Sorry, that last message is in the wrong category, please ignore.  Pushed a wrong button somewhere...

- Steve

[kanter]

http://twitter.com/nptechblogs nptechblogs  is a twitterfeed of about 20 or nonprofit technology blogs

[kanter]

Great question Peter!  The amount of time depends on what the organization is attempting to accomplish and also how much they conquered the learning curve.

More about that here:
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2008/10/how-much-time-d.html

[moxiepr]

Great forum and suggestions!

My twitter handle:
@LHudgens.

Others I'm following:

@socialmediablog
@501c3cast
@mobilactive
@nonprofitorgs
@nptechblogs
@OKE_Menachem

Another good resource: Pew Internet and American Life Project: Great info & stats re: habits & use of Twitter, Status Updates & Social Networking sites -  http://tinyurl.com/cmlvjb