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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

So, when setting up your Google Profile be sure to use you real first name and last name (not first name “Amnesty&# and last name “International,&# for example). Add a your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google Profile picture. For example, my Google+ vanity URL is gplus.to/heathermansfield.

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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Pinterest

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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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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. September, 2008 Dr. Mani, a heart surgeon in India - and Web 2.0

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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 event attracted a lot of attention because it was an example of integrating a live charity event with Twitter. (See The first Tweet-a-thon took place in September, 2008. Twitter users are encouraged to craft their own Tweet or use one of the examples below. “I I support empowerment of women worldwide with this tweet.

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Guest Post: A New Role for Science Museums--Playground for Scientists

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Back in 2008, I devised a plan to outsource my New Year''s Resolutions. For example: We worked with a local psychologist to create an implicit associations-based game called "Smart, Hot, Honest or Not?" Experimonth started out as play. Once compiled, I also asked folks to vote on them, promising to do whatever the top twelve were.

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NPTech Summary: Happy Holidays!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We'll be back before 2008 with a roundup of 2007. The PeaFund Friday Campaign PeaFund Friday is an amazing example of the power of social media for social change. See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. But looks that they are catching up, check out Burleigh Mountain's Channel , for example.

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The Real Housewives of Social Media: Cooking up Recipes for Nonprofit Success

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In 2008, I helped start the Frozen Pea Fund against breast cancer. When people logged in on Fridays, they saw hundreds of frozen pea avatars from people who were fighting breast cancer. Adding fundraising to social media campaigns is another key focus area for nonprofits.