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11 Obvious Signs Your Nonprofit Needs Social Media Training

Nonprofit Tech for Good

1) Your avatar is cropped, shrunk, blurry, or too small to make an impact. Your nonprofit’s avatar is the brand identity upon which your social media campaigns are built and resources should be allocated to ensure that it’s visually compelling and memorable. 3) Your YouTube Channel is absent of customization and branding.

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The Most Common (Yet Completely Obvious) Mistake Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

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Yet everyday on Twitter and (especially) Facebook nonprofits are sending out hundreds of thousands of Tweets and Status Updates with completely wrecked avatars. The visual appeal of your social media avatar is very important to the success of building your online brand. The sooner you start using an square avatar, the better.

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

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On July 7 YouTube announced the launch of their new YouTube Channel design experiment cleverly named Cosmic Panda. Although it is still in beta, rumors of a dramatic new look for YouTube Channels have been floating around the blogosphere for a few months now. 2) YouTube’s Nonprofit Program has dramtically changed.

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12 Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Google+ Pages have a vast tool set and Google’s quest to integrate Google+ into their most popular products, such as Search, Gmail, YouTube, Local, and Wallet, is paying off as active monthly users continue to grow. 1 the content posted by others to increase the exposure of your nonprofit’s avatar.

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Social Media for Social Good :: Your Nonprofit Tech Checklist

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That was my number one priority when writing the book… to create a comprehensive, useful social and mobile media how-to guide for nonprofits. Subscribe to social media and mobile technology blogs. Get the necessary training (HTML, digital photography, video, social media, and mobile technology). 3) YouTube.

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[TV Interview] Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

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Truth be told, I much prefer the anonymity of being “Nonprofit Organizations” online ( Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , etc.) Social Media and Mobile Technology Webinars for Nonprofits. ” Functionality! Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

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For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Using a horizontal logo for your avatar. Unfortunately, many nonprofits upload horizontal logos to serve as their avatars, resulting in the obvious cropping of the images.