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Blogging to Support Policy Goals: MomsRising Shares Lessons Learned

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Vox Photo. Regardless of the tool we’re using, the team at MomsRising is committed to deepening and broadening the conversation around public policy issues that impact families in our country. MomsRising Health Reform Blog Carnival – September 2010. To build capacity for social media in policy partners.

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Great reads from around the web on January 25th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). As ImpactMax writes so beautifully, tying individual stories to overall contextual problems and societal issues can really change policies.

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Raise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The photo above is Leng Sopharath. I raised money through my blog and later on Twitter to help send her to college from 2006-2010 through the Sharing Foundation’s program. The photo above is Keo Savon with me this summer in Cambodia. Why girls ? Why is this all important? She graduated from college and is married.

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Two Examples of Nonprofit Social Media That Will Make You Smile (and learn a best practice or two)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Blogger Vu Lee, who wrote the forward to The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , offers up 9 tips for self-care , including downloading a chrome plugin that replaces 45 with photos of kittens. And, of course, tons of photos of kittens and cats. Photo Source: Rebecca Reppert-Klich. You could go on a new diet and consume news mindfully.

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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. If the program staff posted Facebook photos of the successful food drive? Check out this link for a comprehensive list of social media policies.

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How Much Time Should Your Nonprofit Invest In Different Social Media Channels?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. Twitter engagement rates for brands are actually higher on the weekend. According to this Mashable study , Pinterest actually drives more traffic to publishers than Twitter, LinkedIn and Reddit combined. Sometimes there’s no getting around a staff increase: since 2010, the U.S. Government.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

NTEN

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. We have a robust social media presence on all the sites you'd expect: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and our blog. "One person can take a photo. social tools + people = lives saved. .