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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. People who are active on Twitter tend to be plugged into current events and trending news. Twitter is not for every nonprofit.

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“Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations” LinkedIn Group Reaches 40,000 Members

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group reached 40,000 members today – a benchmark that took three years, 323 days, and countless clicks of “Flag as Promotion” and “Block & Delete” to keep the group as spam free as possible and on its trajectory of growth.

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11 LinkedIn Group Management Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As with most other communities, the magic number when you no longer need to actively promote your group and it grows on its own hovers around the 5,000-member benchmark. Requiring approval to join forces you to be engaged in your group on a regular basis and take responsibility for monitoring spam. Subtlety is an art on the Social Web.

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11 LinkedIn Profile Tips for Nonprofit Professionals

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You should add a brief, succinct bio to the summary field. More than likely, the person is just busy or not that active on LinkedIn. You’ll also probably start receiving more requests to connect, and possibly a recommendation or two, if you are active in groups. Fill out all fields until you reach 100 percent.

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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To control spam, Facebook makes it impossible to email more than 20 people at a time, so to email your friend list, you must break your list down into groups of 20. Chase also created an “activity” page where you could see who was voting for which nonprofit. Well…sheer hustle, an inspiring video , and a supportive network.

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11 LinkedIn Profile Tips for Nonprofit Professionals

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You should add a brief, succinct bio to the summary field. More than likely, the person is just busy or not that active on LinkedIn. You’ll also probably start receiving more requests to connect, and possibly a recommendation or two, if you are active in groups. Fill out all fields until you reach 100 percent.

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Google + for Social Change Activists: Dive in Early or Wait?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s quick summary of points from the discussion: Nonprofit folks are exploring Google + as individuals and talking about their organization’s work and building relationships with influencers like technologists and journalist early adopters on the platform. A few activists for privacy rights have had active conversations.

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