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

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

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The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. One of my goals for 2011 is to better track the amount of time I spend on social media posting, planning, etc, and measuring that against actual engagement, as measured by: donations (via special source codes) and engagement (comments, reTweets, etc).

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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.

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

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My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. I would say MySpace has dropped off the most for us. Of all the mass communications tools your organization is using (website e-newsletters, social networking sites, mobile), which is resulting in the most online dollars being raised (directly or indirectly)?

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

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Back in 2006 when I joined the organization we had a MySpace page with 25 friends. While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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

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MySpace, back when it was cool. Of all the mass communications tools your organization is using (website e-newsletters, social networking sites, mobile), which is resulting in the most online dollars being raised (directly or indirectly)? What is on your To Do List for 2011? Twitter: @ HumaneSociety , @ cariegrls.