Many foundations and philanthropies are using social media to talk to their stakeholders. If you are a nonprofit seeking foundation funding, make connecting with foundations using social media part of your overall development plan - and your engagement strategy.

How does social media fit into the overall messaging? What role does it play in the sales cycle? This post considers the value of social media in meeting organizational goals, conceptualized as a flow chart of the overall brand and program marketing strategy.

This guest blog post continues the discussion of nonprofit collaboration, but from the funder's perspective. Guest contributor Ed Nicholson, who manages corporate philanthropy for Tyson Foods, offers his perspective on why collaboration and coopetition is good for the cause and the funder.

Will Kiva Kill Your Nonprofit? Donations 2.0 panel discussion at SXSW Interactive explores what "donations 2.0" means, and DonorsChoose, Opportunity International, Kiva and Amnesty International are using this model for fundraising.

Mark Horvath interviews Beth Kanter on social media time management, crowd sourcing, influence and fundraising.

To create a great online fundraising campaign, combine the principles of community organizing with fundamental social media principles. The mashup will guide your campaign strategy and map. Presentation includes a slide show of essential elements of social media fundraising, and uses 2009 as a case study.

Live blogging a moderated session about online reputation management at SphinnCon Israel. Great ideas for rep managment and recognition using a Q & A answers strategy.

Understand the basics of Search Engine Optimization, a moderated session at SphinnCon Israel.

Two data sets, two different user groups, same results: Small businesses and nonprofit find social media effective for reaching new customers and strengthening existing relationships. Irrefutable evidence of the power of engagement.