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By: The other side of the figures: Causes reaches $20 Million in Donations « Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:18:10 +0000

[…] only to the Facebook community. (You can read more about the MySpace/Facebook move here, here, and […]

By: 数据的另一面：Causes筹得了2000万美元捐赠 « La vie est ailleurs

数据的另一面：Causes筹得了2000万美元捐赠 « La vie est ailleurs — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:33:17 +0000

[…] 过去一年有很多关于在线募集资金机会的讨论，简单地说，就是机构运用社会化媒体服务项目的最佳方式。（正如使用免费工具在经济困难时期增加收入的想法一样）。但是由于决定放弃MySpace平台，提供的应用/服务只能用在Facebook社区（你能够在这里，这里和这里读到更多关于MySpace/Facebook的信息），因此在申请Cause的具体应用时会产生一点矛盾。 […]

By: Ning news and What's in myBag | Fried Logic - HMP

Ning news and What's in myBag | Fried Logic - HMP — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:12:42 +0000

[…] with a major educational publisher. The article also points to other free services such as Causes and Ideablob formerly utilized by non-profits that have folded and caught users off-guard and their […]

By: Ning Planning to Remain Free for Teachers - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

Ning Planning to Remain Free for Teachers - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:02:13 +0000

[…] time that nonprofits feel they have been burned. Last November, Causes, a fundraising application, stopped working with MySpace, deleting users’ content and communications. Ideablob, a service that created a […]

By: Redlining Online « A. Fine Blog

Redlining Online « A. Fine Blog — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:46:50 +0000

[…] quite a bit of commentary last week with very thoughtful pieces from Ivan as mentioned above, Amy Sample Ward, and Sean Stannard-Stockton. They noted the lack of robustness of the Causes application on MySpace […]

By: GreenPeace: An Example in Connecting with your Supporters « Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:35:31 +0000

[…] in the comments is the idea of data. To review the other blog posts about these topics, visit the Causes post, ideablob post or the guest post for Tactical […]

By: Guest Post on Tactical Philanthropy: Causes, MySpace and ideablob « Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:58:34 +0000

By: Causes, MySpace & ideablob | Tactical Philanthropy

Causes, MySpace & ideablob | Tactical Philanthropy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:23:31 +0000

[…] Two weeks ago, Causes, the application that lets individuals and organizations campaign and fundraise, removed itself and all Causes-related content/data from MySpace. (Read more about Causes leaving MySpace here.) This separation came with no public announcement, either before the move or when it happened, except for a very short email sent a couple days beforehand to account administrators as a warning. The message explained that Causes would be focusing on only providing service to the Facebook platform, encouraging any MySpace users that wanted to continue using the application to migrate, too. and then… […]

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:16:58 +0000

Thanks, Sam! I really appreciate your point about the need for recognizing the level of obligation or “guarantee” of access to data between free and paid-for products. I think that knowledge around this topic is something that will hopefully increase as people become more and more familiar with technology/social media/etc.

As far as the research you mention…if you could post links for interested readers to learn more, that would be great! I included a link in the main post to danah boyd’s research around social demographics of different social networking platforms, specifically as it relates to choosing networks based on who your organization’s audience is. The more resources, the better!

Thanks again