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Nature Conservancy Instagram Contest and Other Examples

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The post summarized why it may be important, best practices, and a few nonprofit examples. One of my blog readers, Sarah Mowry, Outreach Director for the Deschutes Land Trust pointed me to Nature Conservancy’s Instagram contest , an image scavenger hunt.

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3 Things Every Board Member Should Know About Social Media

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Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc.) 79% of LinkedIn’s users, for example, are 35 or older and have high paying jobs. Beth Kanter, the nonprofit social media guru, pointed out in 2008 that social media takes time. Not much has changed since 2008. 1) Not All Social Media Channels Are Created Equal.

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Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

services, like del.icio.us, google, flickr, and many, many others, and use and manipulate this data to their own ends. One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. Other examples include desktop applications that allow uploading photos to flickr. But I have a first take.

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What’s the Secret to Social Media Success? Cute Animal Theory

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Cute animals rule the social web! The example below is from the Monterrey Bay Aquarium and one of their most popular videos. They’re inviting folks to submit their own cute dog photos. grist.org has discovered what social media folks who work for zoos, aquariums, and animal welfare organizations already know.

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Social Media and Governance: Reflections from BoardSource

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I started the social culture discussion with a story describing an Twitter and board meeting experiment I did back in 2008. There were no examples – so the last chapter of the book is speculative, based on the best thinking of the people who have looked at networked governance.

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Pulitzer and the Pedestal – Or Why Crowdfunding Needs Influencer Marketing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by PeterJBellis. We see examples in the ongoing success of Kickstarter , in the record number of small donations President Barack Obama collected during his 2008 campaign and, humorously, in the manner Stephen Colbert has solicited funds for his satiric Super Pac. Take the example of the Pulitzer and the pedestal.

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A goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The content centered ones, like flickr, del.icio.us I’ve always been an advocate of open data and open standards, and Facebook is a great example of a one-way street. August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now.

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