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The Secret to Going Viral: Harnessing the Kevin Bacon Effect

NetWits

How can each of you take your cause viral, whether it’s an exciting announcement, a newly released YouTube video, or the nonprofit you represent? Make sure to follow Darian Rodriguez Heyman on Twitter. But what does that mean, anyway, and what’s the key to unleashing the immense word-of-mouth power that is the allure of social media?

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Reflections from Independent Sector and Blackbaud Conferences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit and Social Media workshop at the Independent Sector Annual Conference “ Forging A Stronger Future Together &# in Atlanta. The downside to virtual presenting is that you don’t get to see your friends face-to-face ! Most [.].

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Is Your Nonprofit Too Old To Barf Rainbows on Snapchat?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The puzzling feeling reminded me of my first experience on Twitter ten years ago and that made me feel old.Plus, it takes more patience than doing Sudoku to figure out and use regularly, although it i s a snap for 14 year olds. Twitter is for keeping up with news and live events. My first experience was “What?”

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C + C + C = C? The Secret to Viral Marketing

NTEN

So how can you take your cause viral, whether it's your proposed session, a newly released YouTube video, or the nonprofit you represent? Follow Darian on Twitter at www.twitter.com/@dheyman. The answer is simple, yet confounding: C+C+C = C. Compelling: Never mind the what ; the key is sharing the so what with your audience.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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5 Questions: Anatomy of a Video

NTEN

Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? Twitter: @michael_hoffman. Speaker: Michael Hoffman, See3.

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Accountability 2.0: Putting Data to Work for Your Cause

Tech Soup

Gone are the days of the megaphone-the era of the top-down broadcast approach to big advertising is slowly fading away, as evidenced by the fact that more people saw Volkswagen's Darth Vader commercial on YouTube than at the Superbowl, by a longshot. Follow Darian Rodriguez Heyman on Twitter at www.twitter.com/@dheyman.

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