Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. If your nonprofit is already on Google+, then the best practices below are meant to help you better learn how to tap into and inspire the Google+ community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Finally, I will be offering a Google+ and Google Products Webinar for Nonprofits on February 28, 2012. Add a your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google Profile picture. Sign up for a Google Account. A Google Account is different from a Google Profile. Add Google’s +1 button to your desktop and mobile websites and blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Finally, I will be offering a Google+ and Google Products Webinar for Nonprofits on February 28, 2012. Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. Circles also help you organize your stream(s).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Windows Live Writer is primarily known as tool to help you better format and publish blog posts to the Web, but it’s also a very useful, simple, and free tool that can be used to easily generate HTML code. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Twubs :: twubs.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

While it’s not a fundraising tool built specifically for nonprofits, if your nonprofit works with individuals and communities who are in financial need and in crisis, HopeMob has a large community of supporters that can help. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

It combines everything a good social media manager knows to maximize on the Social Web in 2012 i.e., graphics, images, statistics, and inspirational quotes. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. Infogr.am :: infogr.am. Instagram :: instagr.am.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Named one of the six start-ups to watch in 2012 by Mashable, it’s unclear at this point whether mobile wallets, QR codes, texting, or a tool yet to be released will dominate mobile fundraising in the near future, but all nonprofit fundraisers should be watching the rapdily-evolving mobile payment technology very closely.

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