Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

Written for the June 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. Using a horizontal logo for your avatar. Unfortunately, many nonprofits upload horizontal logos to serve as their avatars, resulting in the obvious cropping of the images.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will. In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long. Subscribe to receive text alerts from the early adopters in the nonprofit sector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

When Mashable first started buzzing about Pinterest in December 2011, I took a quick look at the site and thought to myself, “Shopping, crafters, and foodies. Business always underestimate the fact the nonprofits are some of the most active early adopters on the Web. Not relevant to the vast majority of nonprofits and (whew!)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

Launched in 2011, Snapchat is an image and video messaging app that is very popular with tweens and teens and increasingly Millennials and Gen Xers. As we have learned in the past with Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram the early adoption phase is when new communities grow the fastest. Do not make snap judgments about Snapchat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2007

By the end of 2011, 80 percent of active Internet users (and Fortune 500. Second Law: Behind every avatar is a real person Third Law: Be relevant and add value. this adoption approach sounds familiar? Hat tip to Jay Moonah for the pointer to this Gartner article about virtual worlds. enterprises) will have a ??? second life, ???

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

Launched in 2011, many nonprofits have been hesitant to experiment with a mobile social network where content disappears and where no traditional “Follow” functionality exists. Snapchat is a mobile app where users share snaps with one another, but unlike other visual social networks, the snaps disappear once they are viewed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly.

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