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To the Small Nonprofits on the Social Web: 5,000 is the Magic Number

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The larger your communities, the higher your ROI. Large national and international nonprofits have little problem reaching this benchmark, but small and some medium-size nonprofits will. Some will say that the number of likes or followers that you have doesn’t matter, but it does. Work toward that goal of five thousand.

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Great reads from around the web on February 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Social Media Today | ROI: How to Measure Return on Investment in Social Media – A great post from Brian Solis on Social Media Today discussing the ROI of social media.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The estimates below allow for the time required to research and create content for your social media campaigns, the actual time spent engaging and participating in your nonprofit’s online communities, and the time necessary to monitor and report ROI. LinkedIn is a powerhouse in ROI. All nonprofits should also experiment with Twitter.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

2008 SXSW Panel: Pimp Your Nonprofit Cause photo by Ed Schipul. In 2008, we wore funny hats to go with the theme of our panel. The following year, I organized an Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam where panelists delivered their presentations as poems. In 2010, did a crowdsourced session on crowdsourcing.

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Social Media: What To Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Get It

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It was the optimal time for early adoption of social media by nonprofits, and it’s no coincidence that the nonprofits that embraced these new tools in 2006 through 2008 are today the most successful nonprofits on the Social Web. Executives have come a long way in understanding the Social Web. Find your competitors the Web.

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Qgiv Partner Showcase: Achieve

Qgiv

Achieve was founded in 2008 and started off working in the nonprofit sector primarily in research, strategy, and fundraising. Given that they were the children of the financial crisis of 2008-2009, they didn’t have the income to support significant giving. Qgiv has been fortunate to make wonderful friends over the years.

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Social Media and Grantmaking Session at Council on Foundation’s Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Council on Foundations ROI Panel. I participated on a panel called Face, Tweet, Link – Socia Media, Grantmaking & A True Social ROI. This started in 2008, and as Kathy notes, “We didn’t know what we would learn, or how it would change our own work and our work with grantees. ″ philanthropy.