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Becoming A Social Media Savvy Nonprofit, Nurturing A Social Culture Through Personal Use

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The first steps are simple once you have policy/philosophy in place and the right mix of bottom up/top down adoption or acceptance of social media. Here's how the Red Cross handbook states it: Step 1: Get Social Media Savvy Initiate personal social media use: Explore the tools you’d like to adopt by using them in your personal life first.

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Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Rebooting Your Digital Community Building

NTEN

However, when it comes to building communities online, often the first place an organization starts is with social networking accounts -- creating organizational Twitter and Facebook accounts. Social media policy - Make sure the organization has a social media policy in place and that it is a positive, encouraging policy and not punitive.

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The Future of the Nonprofit Office: Working from Home v2.0

NTEN

We have challenges to overcome, including interpersonal and management issues around working remotely. There are also cultural, social, and interpersonal challenges that will go along with this transition. HootSuite and Tweetdeck are organizational tools that help users manage their social media channels.

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This week I lead a full-day workshop for 300 nonprofits and foundations on social media strategy and tactics. The day was designed as a one-day interactive strategy session in the morning and intensive mini-workshops on tools and tactics in the afternoon lead by a cadre of local social media specialists and experts.

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If You Had 300 Words in NTEN's Online Journal.

NTEN

In 2009, we started the NTC Ignite tradition at our annual conference. Past topics have included Facebook engagement, PCI compliance, boosting IT staff morale, and tips for developing personal social media guidelines. We told attendees they could have 5 minutes and 20 slides in front of the captive nonprofit technology audience.

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Who Sits at Your Leadership Table? A Case for Senior Technologists

NTEN

Under his leadership, the organization has become an innovator in social media, mobile technologies and cause. years at DoSomething.org, he oversaw the complete overhaul of the site (cms, architecture, skin, etc) in 2008, landing a People's Choice Webby Award in the Youth in 2009 and nomination in 2010. During his 4.5

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Blackbaud Grantmaking: Examining the Past, the Present, and the Future

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MicroEdge was established back in 1985 and released their Grants Management Software “GIFTS Online” in 2009. As a trail blazer in the social impact space, Blackbaud had already been serving a wide array of nonprofit and public sector organizations. In 2020 Blackbaud Grantmaking made the full transition to Blackbaud SKY.