The Top 12 Nonprofit Blogs you should be reading
There are a lot of blogs out there that deal with social media and digital marketing. It is hard to figure out who to listen to and who is the real authority on the subject.
We, here at Socialize Your Cause, have compiled a list of our favorite non-profit and social media blogs that you should be keeping tabs on if you are serious about using social media to further your cause.
The blogs listed below are in no particular order. They are all amazing sites that help us out on a daily basis for what we do here at Socialize Your Cause, and we felt like sharing them with the world would be good karma! We also hope that the list will only further the education needed for non-profit organizations dabbling in these new digital and social marketing mediums.
We have added these blogs into an OPML file for you to download and easily import into your Google Reader to keep up to date with their latest posts.
Instructions on how to import these blogs into your Google Reader are below.
1. Jocelyn Harmon’s http://www.marketingfornonprofits.org/
2. Katya Andresen’s http://www.nonprofitmarketingblog.com/
3. Care2′s http://www.frogloop.com/
4. Kivi Leroux Miller’s http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/
5. Nonprofit Technology Network -http://www.nten.org/blog
6. Lucy Bernholtz’s http://philanthropy.blogspot.com/
7. Geoff Livingston’s http://geofflivingston.com/ of ZOETICA
9. Allison Fine’s Blog http://afine2.wordpress.com/
10.Beth Kanter’s Blog http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/
11. Social Impact http://impact.webershandwick.com/
12.Social Citizens http://www.socialcitizens.org/blog/
How to import this OPML file into your Google Reader
2. Login to your Google Reader Account
3. Click on Setting in the top right hand corner and then Reader Settings
4. Click on Import/Export
5. Import the OMPL File and upload! That’s it
Please let us know if you know another great blog or resource to add to the list in the comments below!
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Comments (29)
Thanks very much for including Marketing for Nonprofits in this great list!
Jocelyn
Wow, thanks so much for including me in this list of great social change bloggers!
Allison
Thanks so much for including us! It’s great to be up there with all the other blogs I love to read every day!
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Care2′s Frogloop blog (http://www.frogloop.com) is honored to be on this list and with such wonderful company.
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You are all very welcome! We really enjoy what you guys (or should I say gals) do!
Your blogs provide us with a consistent flow of inspiration.
Keep up the fantastic work!
-David
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Thank you, David. It’s an honor to be included with all of these brilliant minds!
.-= Geoff Livingston´s last blog ..How Much Give Can You Get? =-.
Geoff! you are welcome. I really enjoy your blog and your photos rock! Keep up the great stuff!
Wow, thanks. Very fine company, indeed!
What a great list. Thanks for including me.
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Thank you for creating a file for Google Reader- extremely useful and very much appreciated.
No problem, Samina!
We think that more people should share their google reader OPML files. We hope it will replace the blogroll. =)
Thanks for this list. I have a fairly new blog but would love for you to check it out: Nonprofit Execs on the Edge at http://cortcom.blogspot.com/ and let me know what you think. Cheers!
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This is a great and very interesting list! @everybody on that list: wonderful blogs!
…plus: it is giving me several good reasons to start translating my blog (www.social-up.com) from German into English!!!
Thanks for including Philanthropy2173 – honored and grateful for the shout out.
Lucy Bernholz
I’m quite pleased with the ifnortamion in this one. TY!
Hi,
I collected 30+ fundraising and nonprofit blogs recently. You can find them in my Google Reader (same idea!): http://www.bit.ly/reinier. I’ll add the ones from you that are missing in my list.
Cheers,
Reinier
Robert from VolunteerMatch here. Great list — I hit these every day and can’t recommend them enough for those who communicate, fundraise, or advocate for programs in the nonprofit or social change space.
For those who track issues related to volunteer engagement, I might also recommend our blog for organizations from VolunteerMatch, Engaging Volunteers (www.engagingvolunteers.org). No, it’s not quite at the same caliber as the leaders on this top ten list, but we’re trying to fill a niche in nonprofit capacity building that can sometimes be neglected.
Keep up the great work everyone!
Robert (twitter: @volmatch)
thank u for awesome information we need this.
Awesome post, and sick website here as well. I was just looking for the top non-profit blogs on google so this pretty much answers my question.
You even showed people how to import it into their RSS Reader! Thanks!
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Cheers,
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In the last year I have developed a new Nonprofit Blog for fundraising and engagement best practices, case studies, research papers and success stories. When this list is repopulated I would love to make the top 10! Check it out at http://www.mobilecause.com/blog for forward thinking philanthropic leaders.
Bottles for Poverty, is a non-profit organization started in Davis, CA. Its main goal is to collect bottles, cans, and glasses to raise funds to build a school in an impoverished region of Ethiopia. Our goal is to raise $22,000 by the end of the school year to have enough money to build a school that will be able to accommodate hundreds of new and continuing students. Our idea is as simple as it sounds. We would like you to donate your cans, bottles or glasses to raise funds to build a school in Ethiopia. We are partnering with a ninety seven year old organization (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee) to make our dream come true. If you have any questions or would like to bring ideas or any help feel free to email us at [email protected] or see our website at http://www.bottlesforpoverty.org/ or like us on our facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bottles-for-Poverty/264513700249658
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