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Frozen Pea Fund Friday

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" Without any formal blogger relations campaign, well-known and influential bloggers blogged about her situation and changed their avatars to include peas. There's no trick, tip or shortcut to get there. Susan Reynolds , an artist and social media maven, was diagnosed with Breast cancer. It's spreading like wildfire.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Blogger and LinkedIn both launched in 2003. Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), 10 Tips for Managing Social Media Burnout. We’re now 10 years into the Social Web.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Not everyone is a natural-born Twitterer, and it may take time to find the right person at your nonprofit to be the voice(s) behind your Twitter avatar, but it’s worth the investment of resources. All nonprofits should also experiment with Twitter. To blog effectively, a nonprofit must allocate a minimum of 10 hours per week to blogging.

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Social Media Roadblock: An Interview with Wendy Harman, Red Cross - Social Media Strategy Case Study

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For the WeAreMedia Module 4: Spreading Awareness and Buzz With Social Media , the community has built an awesome resource - lots of tips, resources, and ideas from people's experience. We also encouraged people to change their avatars (see above). I'd try to figure out how in the world to measure how many people changed their avatars.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you know of campaigns and lessons learned that haven't been included, please leave a comment: August 2007 I launched a campaign to raise money and get t-shirts donated for the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. site where folks are contributing ideas and tips to help write the book. Who can't relate to Trick or Treat?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

why does someone spend so much time in a game world customising their avatar???? There are other nonprofit bloggers who do not use their real names. Britt Bravo wrote a post called "Ten Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers" a while back. social media rather than try to develop their own (competing) ones.

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How Networked Nonprofits Use Facebook

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was my most memorable virtual presentation as my avatar was June Jetson and I made a flying entrance into the auditorium to the tune of the Jetson’s theme song. Here’s some examples and tips. How Networked Nonprofits Use Facebook. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Introduction. Museums on Facebook [link].

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