Michael Stein: Internet Strategy for the Nonprofit Sectortag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-453852009-11-11T17:09:39-08:00Michael Stein is an Internet Strategist who empowers nonprofits to use the online medium for communications and fundraising. He's the author of three books and numerous articles about the Internet, and consults regularly to nonprofits nationwide.TypePadMichaelSteinInternetStrategistAuthorhttp://feedburner.google.com7 tips for measuring the success of your blogtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdcf953ef0120a68304be970b2009-11-11T17:09:39-08:002009-11-11T17:09:39-08:00Beth Kanter offered an excellent blog post on October 8 on measuring the success of your blog, which will be useful to any individual or organization that is blogging today. Beth writes: The success of your blog, or any social...Michael SteinNing for Dummies educates and inspirestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdcf953ef0120a6681b23970c2009-10-21T17:21:11-07:002009-10-21T17:21:11-07:00Online social networks have had a profound influence on the lives of millions around the world, as people congregate on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter to share snippets about themselves along with photos, videos and music. The social network platform known...Michael SteinMy video on raising money onlinetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdcf953ef0120a60fc17a970b2009-10-21T16:38:52-07:002009-10-21T16:38:52-07:00I helped produce a training video this Summer for CharityHowTo.com on the subject of raising money online entitled E-mail Fundraising: Best Practices, Strategies, and Pitfalls to Avoid. CharityHowTo.com publishes content in video format and lets the narrative flow with screencasting...Michael Stein8 ways nonprofits can use blogstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdcf953ef0120a5dd60c1970b2009-10-12T11:36:19-07:002009-10-12T11:36:19-07:00Blogger, consultant and career coach Britt Bravo has an excellent post on her blog on eight ways nonprofits can use blogs: Share your expertise Share breaking news within your field Share the story behind your brand Share your community's opinions...Michael SteinUsing mobile technology to influence health reformtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdcf953ef0120a633f113970c2009-10-12T11:29:22-07:002009-10-12T11:29:22-07:00Mobile Commons reported in mid-August on an article in Mobile Marketer that looked at how mobile technology was being used to help pass health care reform legislation. Labor unions, large national advocacy groups, small local non-profits, and faith-based community organizations...Michael SteinIs integrated fundraising for real?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdcf953ef0120a633ea1a970c2009-10-12T11:19:04-07:002009-10-12T11:21:09-07:00Nick Allen from Donordigital answers this challenging question in this month's online edition of the Mal Warwick Newsletter: "Integration of online and direct mail fundraising has been a staple topic of development conferences for at least five years now. So...Michael SteinSupport diabetes awareness initiativestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdcf953ef0120a5b3e485970c2009-09-09T11:06:00-07:002009-09-09T11:06:00-07:00I made a donation today to support diabetes awareness initiatives, with a gift to the Diabetes Hands Foundation. DHF fosters a supportive environment where people touched by diabetes can connect with each other, hold informed discussions and share their experiences....Michael SteinSurfrider Foundation maps its online and offline activiststag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdcf953ef0120a53df47d970b2009-09-01T12:53:16-07:002009-09-01T12:53:16-07:00I was interested to read this blog post by Beth Kanter from April 2009 which describes her meeting with Chad Nelson, the Environmental Director at the Surfrider Foundation. Chad describes the Foundation's efforts to map online and offline activists, and...Michael SteinOn the state of mobile advocacytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdcf953ef0120a51d3e84970b2009-08-25T15:05:57-07:002009-08-25T15:05:57-07:00I liked Matt Wilson's article in the July edition of the NTEN e-newsletter on the State of Mobile Advocacy, having written on this subject myself. Matt works for Mobile Commons, one of the vendors innovating with mobile advocacy. He writes:...Michael Stein10 tools and strategies to market your nonprofit on a shoe-string budgettag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cdcf953ef0120a5740644970c2009-08-25T14:46:49-07:002009-08-25T14:46:49-07:00Allyson Kapin has a great post on Frogloop, Care2's nonprofit online marketing blog on 10 Tools and Strategies to Market Your Nonprofit on a Shoe-String Budget. She writes: "If your nonprofit is not taking advantage of free tools like Add...Michael Stein