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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Add a your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google Profile picture. Even though Google Profiles must be individuals, you can still help brand your nonprofit by adding your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your profile picture: 5. Add links to your website, blog, and social networking communities to your Google Profile.

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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Pinterest

Nonprofit Tech for Good

I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring. .” Now, just two weeks into January, I am completely addicted to pinning boards for social good on Pinterest.

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How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Not everyone is a natural-born Twitterer, and it may take time to find the right person at your nonprofit to be the voice(s) behind your Twitter avatar, but it’s worth the investment of resources. As with Facebook in 2007 and Twitter in 2008, the early adopters began experimenting with location-based communities in 2009.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As an outside observer, the lessons that I took away from this effort were: Having people change their avatar to a pea photo gave a visual clue to the campaign and helped it spread. January 2008 As the first place winner in the America's Giving Challenge for Global Causes, I use several twitter strategies.

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Your Tweet Can Leverage A 10 Cent Donation to Care March 2-5th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The first Tweet-a-thon took place in September, 2008. Twitter users may donate their avatar and replace it with an image of the red female sign. (See this white paper by Susan Mernit for a detailed case study.). We're now seeing the concept of a Twitter "Tweet-a-thon" evolve. Last month, Joel Comm sponsored a Tweet-a-thon.

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Games for Change: Al Gore, Supporting Vets, and Making Civics Fun

Tech Soup

iCivics grew out of the OurCourts project, which began in 2008, inspired by the desire of Justice Sandra Day O'Conner for young people to understand the judicial system better. The ability to play and replay scenarios, choosing different actions and benefiting from an expert avatar counseling you along the way seemed really well done.

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M+R and NTEN CMS, Email, Fundraising Benchmarks Study - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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