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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), Now I am lucky if I can get through a first chapter much less read an entire book in less than 6 months. Before Myspace then Facebook and then Twitter, I was a voracious reader.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Chapter 1 :: The Importance of Selecting the Right Donate Now Vendor. Chapter 1 :: Network for Good. Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. Chapter 2 :: Deciding What Social Media Tools to Use. Chapter 2 :: What About Myspace? Chapter 3 :: Find Your Facebook Voice. However, defining Web 1.0

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As an outside observer, the lessons that I took away from this effort were: Having people change their avatar to a pea photo gave a visual clue to the campaign and helped it spread. It also has to be a universally human theme that many people can related too. I'm sure there will be a lively chapter about nonprofits and twitter.

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9 Must-Know Best Practices for Distributing Your Nonprofit’s Content on Social Networks

Nonprofit Tech for Good

There are universal best practices that can be applied to all social networks. To avoid being repetitive by listing these best practices in each of the chapters dedicated to social networks, those universal best practices are: 1. Prioritize storytelling over marketing.

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Second Life Education Programs in NY Times, Goes Open Source, and other tidbits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over fifty avatars attended. There's still time to catch this opening happening tommorrow, January 10th: European Young Professionals (EYP) To Launch 2007 London Chapter Simultaneously. If you look at the photo closely, you'll notice that Alex replicated her Mac sticker cover for her laptop. The event took place today.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Chapter 1 :: The Importance of Selecting the Right Donate Now Vendor. Chapter 1 :: Network for Good. Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. Chapter 2 :: Deciding What Social Media Tools to Use. Chapter 2 :: What About Myspace? Chapter 3 :: Find Your Facebook Voice. However, defining Web 1.0

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Chapter 1 :: The Importance of Selecting the Right Donate Now Vendor. Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. Chapter 2 :: Deciding What Social Media Tools to Use ( View Excerpt ). Chapter 3 :: Find Your Facebook Voice. Chapter 3 :: Send Facebook “Updates” at Least Once or Twice a Month.