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by Nonprofit Tech 2.0
Most nonprofit’s have no idea that they likely have a Facebook Community Page. Launched in 2010, the purpose of community pages are still mostly unknown although a sound hypothesis would be that their existence is now connected to the recently...
by Wired
  Facebook is to set to offer charitable donations on its Gifts service this week, a move that could funnel some extra cash to nonprofits through the world’s largest social network while also bolstering its newly expanded e-commerce platform....
by Econsultancy
  Last week Facebook unveiled plans for new Global Pages that will allow brands to show localised content to different markets from a single centralised account. As well as automatically translating content into the visitor's local...
by Tech Crunch
Facebook today announced that it now has 1 billion monthly active users, but although it is a social network, that doesn’t mean that many on there are using it for social causes. Today the company said in a developer blog post that the top 25...
by Socialbrite
M+R Strategic Services and the Nonprofit Technology Network last week released a report about Facebook benchmarks that seems to validate a lot of current assumptions and sheds light on previous unknowns. The report analyzed Facebook Insights from...
by SocialBakers
In Socialbakers, we get this question very often: What are the most important metrics in social media? What defines the social media ROI? We determine the return from social marketing based on user engagement – the more users engage with your brand´...
by The Next Web
  Facebook is continuing to beef up its offerings to Facebook Page administrators, adding features that were previously only available in third party apps, with the latest allowing them to assign administrator roles and schedule posts. Page...
by Chronicle of Philanthropy
When it comes to social media, Planned Parenthood is on a roll. Celebrities tweet about it. Fans create supportive videos, photos, and messages. Today, some 300,000 people are following it on Facebook, a steep climb from fewer than 100,000 in...
by Nonprofit Facebook Guy
You can now promote a new post or a recent posts (published in the past 3 days) directly from your Page Timeline. Posts that can be promoted include status updates, photos, videos, events and milestones. Promoted posts are labeled “sponsored” and...
by SocialBakers
Recently, Facebook has been releasing its latest news and features for Facebook Pages in silence. Some of them are still in the testing process but at least you will discover what your brand should get ready for!
by FastCoExist
You hear a lot about hot new social strategies, but some of the oldest social good organizations in the country are making big strides to be at the vanguard of interacting with their constituents online--to very good effect.
by Simply Zesty
Managing Facebook pages from mobile devices has been a tricky challenge for page admins, but thankfully Facebook has just started testing an app that will make their lives easier. It’s called Facebook Pages Manager and it is available in the app...
by eMarketer
While the average Facebook user may still not have made the switch to the social network’s new Timeline format, as of March 30, 2012, all brand pages were required to do so, and some brands have been seeing increased engagement as a result.
by FastCoExist
If you’re a Facebook junkie (or even a casual user), you’ve undoubtedly come across compelling posts where the "Like" button just doesn’t make sense--a horrifying picture of a natural disaster, say, or a photo of a war-torn village. For those times...
by All Facebook
Ready or not, all Facebook pages will default to timeline in nine days. Timeline tutorials appear in three videos from Polish graphic design company Lokje, and we’ve embedded them below. The clips show how to upload photos and tabs to timeline,...
by Simply Zesty
As part of Facebook’s efforts to make their site a central hub for web activity, the subscribe button was its way of allowing users to gather information and follow famous or respected personalities without either side having to befriend each other.
by Mashable Social Media
With Facebook Timeline‘s takeover of personal profiles complete, the social networking giant is unleashing its latest greatest invention upon brand Pages, too.
by AdAge Digital
The common view that Facebook "likes" equate to brand engagement took a hit last month when the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute shared some interesting data with us. Researchers found that less than 1% of fans of the 200 biggest brands on Facebook actually...
by Jean Case
This week the holiday season really kicks into high gear. While we’re gathering with friends and family around the Thanksgiving feast, we'll soon be thinking about Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, watching holiday decorations go up in our...
by Stanford Social Innovation Review
Whether your organization has had a presence on Facebook for years or just days—or you’re considering starting now—trying to follow along with all the changes to functionality, options, and analytics is incredibly overwhelming. Just when you think...
by Fast Company
Among the tools Facebook is releasing today in conjunction with New York's annual Advertising Week are a new dashboard to measure the reach of individual Page posts, an API to allow third-party agencies build their own tools on top of this new...
by Smedio
There’s no doubt that Facebook is the undisputed leader in social media advertising. No other network – be it Google+, Twitter, YouTube or LinkedIn can match Facebook’s social media advertising might. Ever since Facebook unveiled its advertising...
by Socialbrite
On Thursday Facebook announced two of the biggest product changes in its history. First, Facebook is making it easier for people to share the action they take on Causes and get their friends involved in real time. Second, Facebook is launching...
by Mashable
Facebook announced Tuesday that it would be rolling out new site features and designs. Namely, top stories and a ticker, to name a couple.
by Mashable
A webpage owner has seemingly unlimited choice in products that slice and dice information about those who visit his or her page. Real time? Personal? With a heat map? No problem. Facebook page managers, however, don’t have it as easy.
by Time Healthland
It's probably long overdue, but Facebook has just made it easier for expectant parents to announce their burgeoning bellies via their social network.
by Forbes
Social networks are a tool for activism and civic engagement, as well as a means of control, manipulation, and surveillance. What is the role Facebook will play in local and global political processes? As futurist Chris Arkenberg put it, “Facebook...
by Jean Case
If you've visited our site in the last few days, you may notice that some things look a little bit different around here! We’re excited to have rolled out an updated look and feel, as well as some other great enhancements to CaseFoundation.org. When...
by Blogging Google
It is tempting, sometimes, to see the world in black & white. It makes more sense that way plus it appeals to our need for simplicity and direct action. The soft launch of Google’s, Google+ has been a catalyst for such media speculation. The...
by Mashable
Facebook video chat is real: the social network has unveiled its rumored video chat product, powered by Skype.
by Emily Yu
What issues are important to you? What are you passionate about? Are you an environmental activist, animal adoption champion or a mentor at your local Boys and Girls Club? How do you go from caring about an issue to taking action? During the last...
by Kristin Ivie
This post was originally published on Social Citizens and has been updated to reflect only items or promotions still available. The holidays are in the air again - but they're also online. From Yeshiva University's the Maccabeats and their viral...
by Donna Callejon
This post was originally published on Global Giving's Global Goodness Blog. In the auto industry, collisions are generally not a good thing. But the collision of brand and cause marketing continues apace. As media and its delivery evolves, borders...
by Josh Tabb
I don’t think it’s a surprise to anyone that social media has taken over the web. Facebook now has some 500 million users (almost twice the population of the US), and it has recently surpassed Google for the #1 spot in terms of time spent online. My...
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. Charity:Water launches September birthday campaign On Monday, Charity:Water launched its fourth annual September...
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. IPO of Indian microfinance firm raises questions about ties to Unitus A few weeks ago in the weekly roundup, we...
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. Inaugural Social Innovation Fund grantees selected Yesterday, the Corporation for National and Community Service...
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. Questions linger as Unitus ceases microfinance operations In an announcement that seems to have taken many people by...
by Allie Burns
This week, Target announced its newest charitable giving initiative taking place on Facebook, launched for Valentine's Day. Similar to the campaign it launched last May, when the retailer asked its Facebook fans to help decide how it would divvy up...
by Allie Burns
Like myself and several colleagues, you might have been saying "huh?" when you logged on to Facebook yesterday and saw single-word colors as the status updates from several of your female friends (along with a few other puzzled status updates).  As...
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. Is there value in being on Twitter's suggested user list? Earlier this week, blogger Anil Dash started what became a...
by Jean Case
We are very pleased to announce today that the Case Foundation, Causes and PARADE are joining together to present the 2009 America’s Giving Challenge, a national competition launching on October 7. The Challenge, which will be featured in an...
by Allie Burns
The Case Foundation is proud to be the official online engagement sponsor of the 2009 National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC), taking place today at the Library of Congress. During this morning's session, our CEO, Jean Case, will moderate a panel...
by Michael Smith
In these times of economic uncertainty, housing starts and stops and growing debts, Americans have become all too familiar with the glut of polls, indexes and trend reports that measure our every national move. Today, the National Conference on...
by Jean Case
It's hard to believe that when we launched our first America's Giving Challenge in 2007, social media was a somewhat new phenomenon, largely comprised of early adopters to technology, Facebook had only a fraction of the more than 250 million users...
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. Yahoo! launches CentMail to fight spam, benefit charity As reported by Wired.com, Yahoo!'s research group has...
by Eric Johnson
You may have missed it, but Monday’s news that Facebook acquired FriendFeed made a big splash in the (comparatively small) pool of FriendFeed users. According to the announcement, “FriendFeed.com will continue to operate normally for the time being...
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. NonProfit Times names Power & Influence Top 50 We were honored this week when our CEO, Jean Case was named to the...
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. WaterPartners merges with Matt Damon's H2O Africa This week, Matt Damon announced the launch of Water.org, a new...
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. The weekly roundup was on hiatus last week with the July 4th holiday, so in this edition, we're taking a look at the...
by Stephanie Hackman
"The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize." This quote from Olympia Dukakis' character in the movie Steel Magnolias motivates me every time I try to assemble the same old clothes into a fresh look. But, what if...
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between.Much of the conversation this week centered around the report released by the Giving USA Foundation, which found that...
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. Corporate Philanthropy Summit brings together leaders in CSR In spite of a difficult economy and tight corporate...
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. David Cook donates proceeds from sale of live recording on "American Idol" to ABC2 We were thrilled...
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between. PlayPumps International U.S. and the Case Foundation welcome Gary EdsonWe were thrilled to announce this week that Gary...
by Abbas Jaffer
Mark was undoubtedly a smart kid. After being accepted to Harvard by way of Exeter Academy, the precocious young man coded in his free time. What started as a hobby for Mark Zuckerberg became Facebook, a social networking service that, despite a...

Infographic

by SocialNomics
Our latest whitepaper, 5 Killer Strategies to Dominate Social Media’s Big 3: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, serves as a best practice guide for marketers. We examine each platform and share five strategies marketers can apply to guarantee success...
by Digital Buzz
It was a huge year for Social Media and here is a great infographic that rounds up the key Social Media Statistics to kickoff 2012. It’s pretty impressive to see that Facebook has grown to more than 800 million active users, adding more than 200...

Video

by Guest Blogger
At a 2012 Giving Pledge learning series event hosted by the Case Foundation, entitled "Connecting for Good: How Social Media is Driving Social Good," Robert Michael Murray of the National Geographic Society explains the importance of building a...
by drupal
Case Foundation VP of Communications Allie Burns shares tips for using facebook and twitter professionally for an organization
by drupal
A video promoting Eric Qualman's book 'Socialnomics' by narrating Valentine's Day tribulation through social media. Originally posted on Social Citizens: http://www.socialcitizens.org/blog/millennial-matchmaker
by drupal
Drawing on Urs Gasser and John Palfrey's book "Born Digital," this video by two Berkman Center for Internet & Society interns presents information about information overload in the digital age. Read more at http://www.socialcitizens.org/blog/it-...
by drupal
How many Facebook 'friends' are really your friends? Not many? Maybe you should fix that on November 17th. Jimmy Kimmel and William Shatner announce 2010's National Unfriend Day. Read more at http://www.socialcitizens.org/blog/that%E2%80%99s-what-...
by drupal
Geared Up for Giving presents Holly Ross, the executive director of NTEN, and a Social Media Guru extraordinaire. Tune in to hear her discuss how nonprofits should think about their audience on social media networks and her choice tools.