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Five Pinterest Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Pinterest definitely requires more subtly and creativity to build and maintain a following. So, for example, I am going to pin a blog post from the Nature Conservancy Blog : Step One :: Use Good Photos on Your Website and Blog. Add your logo or avatar to your images. Here’s an example from Amnesty International : 4.

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Five Things Your Nonprofit Needs To Know About YouTube’s Cosmic Panda

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Here’s an example a Nonprofit Partner with the new design: WITNESS :: youtube.com/witness. Beyond accruing a lot friends to distribute your avatar throughout the YouTube community, it’s was never clear what the benefits of having friends were. 3) YouTube Channels no longer feature Friends and Subscribers. Not a great loss!

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11 LinkedIn Group Management Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Use a Horizontal Avatar. LinkedIn Groups are the only community discussed in this book that uses a rectangular avatar instead of a square one. If you name your group after your nonprofit, then your horizontal logo is fine for your LinkedIn group’s avatar. It needs to be a strong avatar that makes a solid first impression.

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10 Popular #Hashtags for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Hashtags and their usefulness are definitely open to interpretation. Example Tweet: Nice use of Animoto by United Cerebral Palsy: [link] || #nonprofit. I use it to call people to action to benefit a nonprofit/charity: Example Tweet: #CharityTuesday :: Add a “Cause&# Twibbon to your Twitter Avatar: [link].

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7 Online Fundraising Tips I Learned By Participating in Movember

NetWits

I could post photos on my giving page, via the Movember iPhone app, and we were definitely encouraged to use them on Twitter and everywhere else. These examples really helped get the ball rolling in early November, and I was very thankful they were there. Being a Tease Helps.

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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She is also saying that virtual worlds are not for everyone which is definitely true. Six worlds, avatars, lots of chat and even then screens receiving video for. web geeks and cardboard cutout avatars. For example, I get more out of remote attendance in Second Life that via an IRC chat line. way to the future?

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NPTechTag Roundup: Election Debriefs and Wikis in Your Kitchen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

An interesting point about using MySpace: "It can definitely be used for recruitment and as a mass communications tool, particularly for younger voters who tend to use email less. " These are examples of vlog or blog raising - raising money from people via your blog. Its part of the " Have Money Will Vlog."

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