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Five Ways Nonprofits Can Transform Their Social Media ROI (Return on Investment)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You need to know basic HTML to utilize the Static FBML App on Facebook, to correctly design your Twitter and MySpace profiles, your YouTube channel, and to create and maintain a blog that is visually appealing and professional. I launched this blog in September 2009. For the last 4.5 My Top Five are below: 1. Learn basic HTML.

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Businessweek Names Four Social Media Innovators for 2009: Scott Monty, Noah Brier, Eric Brown and Me!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

BusinessWeek innovation blog reached out to its readers on Facebook, Twitter, and its blog asking for suggestions for social media innovators for 2009. I was selected as "eyes to the world." The profile is here. They got a lot of suggestions and decided to create four different categories (see below.)

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Great reads from around the web on September 19th

Amy Sample Ward

There’s More to a Millennial than Updating Your Profile « - Here is a great response to a recent PRSA blog post that, in my opinion, took the premise that Millennial staffers are great as tools for social media but, gasp, heaven forbit they represent your organization! These are some links I wanted to share from September 19th.

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Back to School, Back Online

Amy Sample Ward

This post originally written September 8, 2009. The newest report, out today, focused on the use of social networking platforms by young people who are/aren’t also involved with charities. It also shows that those young people who are engaged or involved with charities are also those using social networking tools. The Research.

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101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits: A Field Guide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The book is based on their wildly successful presentation and deck, “ 50 Social Media Tactics ” at the BlackBaud Conference in 2009. The book is a collection of time saving tips for using social media organized into the following categories: set up, communicate, engage, fundraise, and measure.

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The State of Online Fundraising

NTEN

Charities that have traditionally focused on offline fundraising have also learned in recent years the importance of online giving. billion was given in 2008 to US charities, exceeding $300 billion for the second year in a row. billion was given online to US charities in 2008. The Online Donor Profile. in 2008.

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I'll Comment for Food Donations, Ten Cents for Woman's Shelter, and Other Interesting Social Media Charity Trends

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tyson Foods has perfected a social media strategy that leverages blog comments for food donations as noted on the Fast Company blog , (part of its innovative giving series which included a profile of me !) Tyson's strategy has inspired bloggers and other companies to use this technique to give to charity. Here's a few examples.

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