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Social Media: What To Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Get It

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011. At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even.

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10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

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Written for the June 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Craziness!

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

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In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long. Enter The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart : VIDEO: 2011: A Look Back. The Daily Show remembers the important stories of 2011 so you don’t have to. . e-Newsletter.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

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Facebook: facebook.com/womenforwomen. The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and the Notes from the Field WordPress blog.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

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Facebook: facebook.com/thenatureconservancy. My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites. What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

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Facebook: facebook.com/nationalwildlife. Back in 2006 when I joined the organization we had a MySpace page with 25 friends. From there I signed us up for various Facebook groups and profiles and continued experimenting sites like Change.org and Care2. What is on your To Do List for 2011? Website: www.nwf.org.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Humane Society of the United States

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Facebook: facebook.com/humanesociety. MySpace, back when it was cool. We’re using Facebook primarily, Twitter for feedback, dabbling in Foursquare, and starting our LinkedIn presence. We don’t use it like we use Facebook, for advocacy, fundraising, and relationship building. Title: Director of Emerging Media.