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On Vacation. Offline. In Nature. Viewing Wildlife. Will Reconnect on August 27!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Back in 2009 I wrote up 10 tips for managing social media burnout and taking my own advice, I am going offline for three weeks. A very busy one and shockingly I still manage to make a living from blogging, social media, and training. No smartphone. Just a camera, a couple of good books, and a journal, a pen, and a glue stick.

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Eight Common Mistakes Nonprofits Make When They First Join Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Most of these mistakes can be avoided by simply spending 10 minutes setting up your Twitter Profile or by getting some Twitter training. Many will also think you’re a spammer and will simply ignore your profile or block you. 1) Following others without having yet uploaded an avatar.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The training event, which will be live streamed starting at 9:00 am , will feature fundraising and social media gurus Katya Andresen, Danielle Brigida, Tracy Equality Viselli, Jocelyn Harmon and more. Image by Codilicious from Flickr. as a first time donor.

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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. Brown, 49, has no training in social media. Congratulations to the other three folks who received recognition.

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Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I was profiled on Linux.com. I come across a lot in my varied net wanderings, and people send me stuff, so it’s a nice way to talk about some of it, without having to go into too much detail. That’s kinda fun! I “live the open source lifestyle.&# That must have been before the iPhone. This blog is rated 8.2

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Facebook Ad Platform

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

That shows up in user’s news feeds, and in their profile. Social Ads are sponsored advertisements that are linked to users profile data, social graph, and activities. Ads can be targeted by profile data. Individuals can become “fans&# of that product or organization. That, of course, can spread virally.

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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. I was honored to be invited to write the foreword for this book.