It’s late at night. Someone is visiting your website and they like what they see. They want to donate to your cause, but it’s too late to call the office and too bothersome to write out a check. Where is the “Donate Now” button? You do have one, right?

Most nonprofits are heavily dependent on donations from the public to sustain their programs. A nonprofit’s website is increasingly the first public face of a nonprofit - and an excellent channel for receiving donations. Not quite sure? Watch this TechSoup webinar on making it easy for supporters to give by accepting online donations.

LinkedIn is launching a new set of tools aimed at nonprofits. Earlier this year, the company launched LinkedIn Nonprofit Solutions under the LinkedIn for Good brand.

Earlier this month, we asked you to share ways that we can use Linkedin to mobilize social change. We wanted to learn which tools, tactics, and functions of Linkedin you're using to create a community around your cause area. Below, we've compiled all of the community responses for this month's Net2 Think Tank including information about using Linkedin fucntionality like Groups, Q&A, and Companies, as well as the benefits of networking and more!

For this month's Net2Think Tank, we're featuring ways that organizations can use Linkedin for good. As we're using Linkedin as a tool to share with our audiences, I thought I'd share a few of my reflections on the platform.

Linkedin is much more than just a site for building your resume and your recommendations from previous employers. While over 90 million people have Linkedin accounts, few seem to be talking about it's utility for social change anymore. An important player in the online community arena, we wonder if Linkedin still has potential as a space for change. This month, we're hoping to re-start the dialogue about Linkedin, and learn how organizations and individuals can use it to engage supporters.

Many individuals and organizations are testing and exploring new ways to collaborate on projects and connect work virtually.  LinkedIn, an online network of more than 30 million experienced professionals from around the world, serves as a networking space for business professionals and the job posting service is seeing more and more activity.  Today is the launch of LinkedIn Applications and

We've been getting lots of requests lately from people wanting to know how to join the NetSquared LinkedIn group.

You'll find the directions you need on this March 13th post, "Join the NetSquared LinkedIn Group."

Hi Net2, You have probably heard of Facebook's new Causes application and LinkedIn's digital bumper sticker program.  If you haven't, please check out this blog entry I just wrote up:

Facebook, LinkedIn Transforming the Practice of Person-to-Person Fundraising 

Here's an excerpt: 

With the launch of Causes on Facebook and ‘digital bumper stickers’ on LinkedIn, non-profits can now benefit from the rocket success of the two social networking web sites.

I’m thrilled to contribute at N2Y2 as the business mentor and project champion for Stop Family Violence, one of the featured projects.

In addition to my passion for participating in the NetSquared community, I am:

Just a reminder that we've set up a NetSquared group on LinkedIn that you can join by clicking here.

Once you've sent in your request, be patient. I check the membership request queue every day or so to approve new requests.

By being a member of the NetSquared LinkedIn group you can: