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The latest news articles relating to Social Networking in community and not-for-profit organisations. Please send any suggested items to queries@netsafe.org.nz.

• 12 ways to use Social Media to market your fundraiser (details)

  Social media applications like blogs, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook can be useful tools to help you publicise, gain attendees and supporters for fundraisers such as benefit auctions. Not only are ...
  Date added: 12 February 2010

• Local social networking site tailor-made for community groups (details)

  The People’s Times - a recently launched web service - offers a social networking site aimed at, and built specifically for, community and grassroots groups in New Zealand.
  Date added: 2 April 2009

• New look for MySpace (details)

  MySpace has now launched Profile 2.0, aiming to create a more streamlined experience.
  Date added: 12 November 2008

• Nonprofits adopt social media (details)

  Nonprofit organisations have discovered the appeal of social networking applications, especially their ability to offer constituents better ways to communicate with one another and the organization.
  Date added: 18 September 2008

• Non-profits are embracing Social Networks (details)

  Social networking has become an integral part of non-profits’ online strategy, according to a US survey recently conducted by NTEN, Common Knowledge, and ThePort.
  Date added: 3 June 2009

• Small nonprofit works MySpace to increase reach and impact (details)

  This article shows how one small US non-profit has used MySpace to its advantage.
  Date added: 9 December 2008

• Social media key to surviving the recession (details)

  What Is At Stake? A Statistics New Zealand report published in 2005 revealed that non-profit organisations and their volunteers contributed a massive NZ$6.95 billion to the New Zealand economy. ...
  Date added: 8 May 2009

• Social Media Statistics (details)

  Nielsen have just released their updated social media statistics for September 2008. This brief report lists the top ten fastest growing and top ten most popular social networking sites.
  Date added: 16 December 2008

• Social networking sites help nonprofit tell stories, raise awareness (details)

  Mary Peña knows that, in the nonprofit sector, the success stories of programs and participants can be key to raising awareness and support among funders, policymakers and the public.
  Date added: 18 September 2008

• Social Networks Are Red Hot, Websites Are Diddlysquat  (details)

  Nonprofits have plenty of room for improvement to their websites while their presence on online social networks is growing and expect to continue, according to two surveys released during the ...
  Date added: 7 May 2009

• Three lessons in Social media fundraising (details)

  This article written by the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) gives you three lessons on how to best maximise your fundraising focussing specifically on Social media:
  Date added: 17 July 2009

• Will Facebook kill blogging? (details)

  Date added: 26 June 2009

• Your nonprofit should not adopt social media if... (details)

  The Bayer Centre for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University has been doing biannual survey of nonprofit technology benchmarks for its regional nonprofits (Southwestern Pennsylvania) for the ...
  Date added: 12 November 2008