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Five Types of Nonprofit Tweets Guaranteed to Get Retweeted

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Some of those Twitterers who are exposed to your avatar and your smart, useful and inspiring content for the first time will then be compelled to “Follow” you. Whether others retweet your tweets in the old school style or new school has a huge impact on the power of getting retweeted – as does your decision to use Bit.ly

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Use a Square Version of Your Organization’s Logo as Your Avatar on Social Media Sites. It’s very important that you invest the time and resources needed to designing a visually distinct, square avatar that matches the overall branding of your nonprofit. HTML allows you to format text and insert links and images on Web pages.

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Be sure that your pitch is visual whether that’s a graphic or image in the body of the email, or a header or footer banner. If a nonprofit is not actively promoting thus growing their email list, then there’s a knowledge gap at that organization. Email: In e-newsletters, regularly include a pitch to become a monthly donor.

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Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Hire a Social Media Manager

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You need a good avatar. A good social media manager will have have basic graphic design and editing knowledge and know HTML, and thus will be able to do much of this work for you, but if not, they have the budget to hire someone who can. You need Twitter and YouTube backgrounds that make a strong first impression.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

Restless Knowledge Sharing. One thing I’ve noticed about the NTEN award winners is their restless knowledge sharing in an array of subjects all over the place – not just in their own organizations. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. Images: Jason Shim, NTEN.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

Restless Knowledge Sharing. One thing I’ve noticed about the NTEN award winners is their restless knowledge sharing in an array of subjects all over the place – not just in their own organizations. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. Images: Jason Shim, NTEN.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I got to sit behind Sir Ben Kingsley: imagine sitting within touching distance of an avatar of Gandhi! Sir Ben described Jeff as a "living Silk Road," invoking the image of the original Silk Road making connections between Asia and Europe and bringing trade and knowledge. eBay to Participant Productions.

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