
YouTube has launched YouTube Next Cause—a program designed to help nonprofits use online video more effectively. Submit your application by February 27!

YouTube has launched YouTube Next Cause—a program designed to help nonprofits use online video more effectively. Submit your application by February 27!
Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. 
The DoGooder awards are a celebration of the best in nonprofit video and members of the YouTube Nonprofit Program are invited to submit their non-profit videos by February 29, 2012 for the chance to win recognition, some great prizes and the opportunity to spread the word about their organization and the good they are doing in the world.

In looking over the list, I have found it to be an invaluable bookmark for anyone who wants to branch out from their nonprofit circle and learn or share successes within organizations for social betterment.

We recently reported that US businesses ranks ninth – behind several countries with much smaller economies – in profiting from social media strategies. A new study reveals that – for the third year running – US businesses lag behind academia and large charities in social media adaptation. Perhaps the most discordant finding is that in 2009, 93% of the top charities monitored their names, causes or other pertinent information and 73% of US colleges and universities monitored buzz online about their school – while only 68% of the Inc. 500 monitored their brands. Read more