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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. Don’t be a photo tag spammer either! Upload powerful photos and videos. According to Twitter, the optimal photo size for a tweet is 1200 x 1200 pixels or 1200 x 628 pixels.

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How to Design an Engaging Nonprofit Live Auction Catalog

Get Fully Funded

Many auction items come as a bundle—for example, a concert experience might include two front-row seats, merchandise, and a photo opportunity with the artist. When combined with other methods of showing gratitude, these recognitions can help your nonprofit build long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with its corporate sponsors.

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The Networked NGO in Australia and New Zealand: Te Ao Maori

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by TomtheJet. I delivered the keynote there in 2008 and taught a workshop, “ Take Me To The Social Web.” Stephen is an expert in many training methods so this will be an excellent co-learning experience. I am excited for a return visit to Australia.

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The New Roadmap For Entrepreneurial Success

Eric Jacobsen Blog

But founders can launch a startup like Instagram without prior experience in photo sharing. Eisenmann : The Lean Startup movement swept out of Silicon Valley starting in 2008 or so and has since been embraced by entrepreneurs around the world. Essentially, they apply the scientific method to their startup by testing hypotheses.

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

Museum 2.0

Back in 2008, I devised a plan to outsource my New Year''s Resolutions. A critical part of the scientific method is the development of a hypothesis, which can then be tested with well controlled research. 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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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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How I'm Celebrating My 53rd Birthday: Cambodia, Chocolate, and Class

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This class answers the question "How to leverage the power of new social technology to effectively create real social good." The theoretical framework, " Dragonfly Effect: Mindset and Method " is geared towards helping students create a project with a clear single, focused goal to cultivate social good. Psychological underpinning: Fun.

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