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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

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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. Can anyone help? For those currently on Google+, get your vanity URL.

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

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To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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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 first Tweet-a-thon took place in September, 2008. Help CARE support women globally: #apowerfulnoise. 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.

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Social Media Roadblock: An Interview with Wendy Harman, Red Cross - Social Media Strategy Case Study

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We also encouraged people to change their avatars (see above). It was an echo campaign to complement a radio roadblock on Friday, September 19, 2008 when the NAB encouraged all radio stations to run a Red Cross PSA at 1 pm EDT. I'd try to figure out how in the world to measure how many people changed their avatars.

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What's the opportunity cost when a nonprofit blocks employees from using social network sites during work hours?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Recently, thousands of Facebook members helped leveraged a $50,000 donation from the Western Union Foundation by voting for the American Red Cross and its disaster relief efforts. 2008 has been a record year for disasters and therefore a record year for disaster response. Recently, a change in policy has allowed access.

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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. See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. Do contests and competitions help build social capital and nonprofit fund raising or inspire burnout? Ed Schipu l, who grew a mustache for children with cancer last week, created a peavator. There is a category for Changing the World.

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