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Threads for Nonprofits: 5 Tips for the Early Adoption Phase

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good launched in 2005 as a Myspace page and in the 18 years since we’ve been through multiple early adoption phases of new social media — first Facebook and Twitter and then on to LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr. Traditional marketing and fundraising threads are not getting much traction.

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Google+ and Nonprofits: No Worries If You Have Not Yet Been Invited!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

My guess is that 99.99% of nonprofits (or more) have not yet been invited to beta test Google+ ( sign up here ), but if you are a regular reader of Mashable, TechCrunch, or The Next Web, you might be feeling like your missing out on the fruits of being an early adopter (before the site is even out of beta – craziness!). Sign up here !

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Subscribe to receive text alerts from the early adopters in the nonprofit sector. I have always been an advocate of following, liking, and subscribing to the large organizations who are known for being early adopters. Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace). WWF Mobile. WWF Desktop.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. It was the optimal time for early adoption of social media by nonprofits, and it’s no coincidence that the nonprofits that embraced these new tools in 2006 through 2008 are today the most successful nonprofits on the Social Web. Yes, yes… I know.

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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Snapchat

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Similar to the early days of Myspace and its users mastering HTML hacks and widgets, Snapchat has an equally dedicated user base of young people that pride themselves on becoming skilled at Lenses, Filters, Stickers, and other Snapchat tips, tricks, and hacks. Do not make snap judgments about Snapchat.

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33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. Chapter 2 :: What About Myspace? A New Myspace has launched. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly. Blogging: 10 Hours Weekly. Upload more photos.

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33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. Chapter 2 :: What About Myspace? A New Myspace has launched. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly. Blogging: 10 Hours Weekly. Upload more photos.