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How Nonprofits Can Use Behavioral Science to Engage Supporters on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Some social media sites such as Facebook shows you a list of people who have engaged in your campaign, and you can invite them to like your profile page to become followers. Broadcasting supporters’ actions to their social network matters because of the human desire to belong and to present our best selves to people we care about.

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HOW TO: Tweet for an International Audience

Nonprofit Tech for Good

I do not believe in using HootSuite to broadcast the same message to multiple social networking sites with one click (worst practice alert!), Social Media Webinars for Nonprofits in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. @ AmnistiaEspana translated from Spanish: To English: 3) Schedule Tweets using HootSuite.

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You Can Stand Up for Health Care on Twitter and Facebook, What About On Google +?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Apps allow citizens to use their zip codes to look up their elected officials and voice their concerns or support on a policy issue are not unique to Twitter as I learned from posting about the App on Google+. Voice for America’s Children has a similar app on Facebook. G+ is very very cleverly designed.

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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. At SXSW, there…. I’ve been….

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many of your supporters are becoming overwhelmed with tweets, status updates, emails, texts, and print and broadcast media and because of that it’s getting more difficult for your “Thank You” message to stand out from all the noise. America didn’t seem like such a mess in the foreign media.

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NetSquared Volunteers Help Nonprofits Like You Master Technology

Tech Soup

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Central and South America. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Transmedia — Making Change Across Mediums

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When I started out, the “broadcast, festival, and screenings” model of distribution dictated community engagement strategies that were more linear, and limited. My latest project is called @home , which explores homelessness in America through the story of Mark Horvath (aka @hardlynormal on Twitter).

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