Image by guspim via Flickr A lot of bloggers and  folks on Twitter are talking about Ning and their decision to go completely to a paid service. Tags: small nonprofits social media Online Communities ning Social network And some are concerned that this is the opening move in a "free is dead" movement.

Olivier Blanchard Basics Of Social Media Roi. If you’re a social media manager, are you using any of these metrics right now? if you’re a development professional, can you make a case for devoting more of your time to social media? Add this to Ning. What do you think? Digg this!

This is certainly a case for your cause to be using social media. Add this to Ning. social media facebook fundraising online online fundraising second life SMS statistics text messages I found this on Howard Lake’s UK fundraising website , and it makes me happy to see so many people online and connecting.

The course explores how social media and the digital world are impacting advertising, marketing and journalism. lot of the students were using social media from Facebook and Twitter to YouTube, MySpace and Ning. Inspiration can materialize at the oddest moments. We round a corner and Zap! very Hot'lanta today!

Start putting up event invitations on your social media sites, and blogging about them, personally inviting twitterers, bloggers, and others to come. Go out into the real world and plug your social media sites at events where your supporters are congregating. Add this to Ning. How can I get more twitter followers?

Add this to Ning. fundraising realtime web social media allison fine arts chronicle for philanthropy museum nina simon participatory museum rob stein social media for arts organizations The Wing Asian Museum, Seattle. am about to fly out the window with delight! love this! This is how nonprofit should be. Behold.

I just saw Amy Sample Ward a few days ago, lucky me, on her way from SXSW to London, and she handed me this wonderful book that she is a co-author of, called Social by Social. So this morning I got up early, plunked down on the couch with a cup of tea and started reading Social by Social, a giant orange book. and more!

Add this to Ning. fundraising social media animal breeders environmental fashion plastic stars toxic waste While everyone is at home looking at the Oscars, the Californians for a Healthy and Green Economy (CHANGE) are making their own Toxic Chemical Oscars, the Toxies. Linked to breast cancer, prostate cancer and infertility.

Add this to Ning. realtime web social media women abort abortion cause marketing livetweeting planned parenthood spokesperson twitter Currently, on twitter, there is a woman named Angie who is making history. She is livetweeting her abortion, which you can follow at @antitheistangie. There is a lot of stigma around abortions.

Why should we make social media groups? Add this to Ning. Tags: Acknowledgement Cultivating donors Events Grants Major Gifts Marketing Volunteers fundraising social media children clean air clean water fundraise philosophy social change why should we Why Should We? Why should we? Why should we fundraise?