December 2008 : The Network for Good giving system processed $31.4 million in online donations in December, a 25% boost compared to December 2008. Nonprofits using Network for Good’s Custom Donate Now pages raised an average of $185 per donation in December, a slight 2% decrease from December 2008. December 2009 Highlights.

Then in early 2008, the real rush came in as the field became more legitimate and the term “ social media consultant &# emerged. Common examples of flawed social media initiative B’s include: “to create a Facebook page&#. The problem with the other terms is that they are too broad.  Guideline creation?

The homepage also now allows easier access to our Facebook Fan and Cause page , and our Twitter and YouTube accounts. These fundraising pages are similar to the ones used by ActBlue during the 2008 elections. I’ll confess it right here: I love a good makeover show. My daugthers and I are avid fans of What Not to Wear.

But here’s some chastening survey data from Edelman, the PR folks, as reported in Advertising Age … "…according to Edelman’s latest Trust Barometer, the number of people who view their friends and peers as credible sources of information about a company dropped by almost half, from 45% to 25%, since 2008."

Then Mike Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, bluntly stated (his modus operendi) that nonprofits don’t have the power to change the world because they “ have no resources ” and are “ constantly out trying to raise money instead of generating it and being self-sufficient.”. billion in revenue in 2008 alone. Powerful food for thought.

for your reading pleasure here's a list of titles of social media books scheduled to be release 2009 – 2010. The Facebook Era: Tapping Online Social Networks to Build Better Products, Reach New Audiences, and Sell More Stuff by Clara Shih - Mar 22, 2009 22. The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick - Jan 7, 2010 28. Ta da.

Marisol and colleagues made many of the typical updates in the new site -- improving access to basic information on its international health education and humanitarian programs, and adding homepage links to Project HOPE's Facebook Fan and Cause pages, and its Twitter and YouTube channels.   Thanks for the heads up, Marisol. Thanks!

What significance do trade shows hold in the era of FaceBook and Twitter? Trade shows today: Trade show attendance dropped in excess of 25% in 2008. Source:  2008 Tradeshow Week Management Survey ). Is this a sign of things to come – a harbinger of the end for the dinosaurs that trade shows once were? Then and Now.

Full compliance was reached in 2008.&#. Share this on Facebook. Last week I commented on Amy Sample Ward’s post about Clay Shirky’s Rant on Women. He wrote about how women don’t seem to do much self-aggrandizement, and therefore don’t rise to leadership positions as much. wondered if that was the whole story.

respected research company   just published a survey with some fascinating results : Since 2008, the number of people who view their friends and peers as credible sources of consumer and business information has dropped by half, from 45% to 25%. Marketers are very good at taking useful tools and breaking them. 0160; Of course.