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Mastering Social Networking as a Volunteer

Amy Sample Ward

Your tools are defined both by the goal of what you want to do, but also by the people – are they tools that that audience uses and likes? Mastering social networking as a volunteer. The people you want to talk to are closely connected to the goal and if one changes, the other may react. What do you think?

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Top 5 Social Media Tactics Every School Should Implement

NetWits

Here’s how some of the top educational institutions are using Facebook to engage, inspire and build lasting relationships with their students and their families ( Includes slides below ). Top 5 Social Media Tactics Every School Should Implement. Remember, great content is the key to successful social media. Your home base.

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Social Networking IRL (In Real Life) at the NTC

NTEN

These session will focus on social networking without a formal agenda, presentation, or takeaways. There’s only one catch: you're limited to twenty slides which advance automatically every 15 seconds, for a total of five minutes of presentation time. The format keeps you on your toes, and your audience engaged. >>

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Social Network Demographics: Is there a middle ground between email is for old folks, social networking sites are for young people?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A question I'm often asked is " What are the demographics of social networking users ?" " and what is behind that question is the need for some information to decide what social media strategy is right for their organization's goals and audiences and further, social networking or not?

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A reflection from two talks

NCE Social Media

It depends on your intended audience. Just like some people prefer email to phone calls, others preer Facebook to Twitter or Tumblr to Facebook or something you may not have heard of before like BlueLine (a social network for cops). Just because one network is best of agency X doesn’t mean it will be the same for agency Y.

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How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Facebook is the largest social network in the world and is becoming increasingly integrated into the Social Web with every passing second. Many people today are overwhelmed by text, and photos and slide shows can often do better at communicating your message than text-heavy articles or blog posts.

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Teaching Online Safety: Building Curriculum

Tech Soup

Online safety quizzes can help you assess how much your audience already knows and what topics they might need more training in. Slide Decks and Activities. Here are a few slide decks and activities to get inspired by: The slide deck Austin Stroud uses for teaching online safety at the Monroe County Public Library.

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