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10 Signs Your Small Nonprofit Excels at Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

One obvious sign that your nonprofit is on the right track is that you have added calls-to-follow to your “Thank You” landing page and follow-up “Thank You” email. Your nonprofit has a visually compelling avatar that is used consistently on all social networks. The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report.

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More about that Homeless Avatar in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? I also tracked down the avatar in Second Life and did an interview with the people from NGO involved in this campaign. What are the logistics of working the avatar? I try base my opinions on research. The homeless.

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Metrics for Virtual Worlds: Can you measure engagement?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

via the Mind Blizzard Blog I learned of a new Dutch NGO island, called "Goede Doelen eiland" ( good causes island ). Rik Riel is has also written about this and has described it as "avatar engagement." For companies looking to use virtual worlds for marketing, avatar engagement is the Holy Grail.

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling. It’s for this reason that your avatar should be well-designed, not include text that is too small to read in the News Feed, or show any obvious errors in cropping.

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Second Life: Issue Awareness Raising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to my colleague Rik Riel, this campaign is sponsored by the Spanish NGO Mensajeros de la Paz , which is leveraging various new media to draw attention to their work. Rik visited the homeless avatar: I decided to pop into SL to check it out. Rik visited the homeless avatar: I decided to pop into SL to check it out.