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11 Tips for Making Nonprofit Press Releases Social and Shareable

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Social media has forever changed how nonprofits and journalists distribute and consume news stories, yet the format of nonprofit press releases has not evolved at all. Almost every communication medium out there has been impacted by the rise of social and mobile media, but not press releases.

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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

First, blogging allows your nonprofit to have a consistent stream of new content use in your e-newsletter and share on social media which increases traffic to your website and awareness of your nonprofit’s brand. The first blogging platform, Blogger , launched in 1999 and it signaled the birth of the Social Web.

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10 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Use Twitter

NetWits

Press Releases. With the social age of the web so large, sending press releases and news announcements to media outlets simply isn’t enough. Use Twitter to make new announcements, link to press releases and share other important news you want to both inform your community about, and get the larger word out on.

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5 Steps To Increasing Your Facebook Reach

TechImpact

Where it was as simple as pressing publish, and you were guaranteed to reach over 100 people, Facebook has since changed their algorithm , making achieving a high reach increasingly difficult. However, reaching a large number of people with your posts has become increasingly difficult within the last few months. Theme,” and “Category.”.

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12 Ideas for an Unforgettable Virtual Fundraiser

Greater Giving

Set up a chatroom on your website or through a “messenger” feature on your most active social networks for your community to be able to connect with each other. Encouraging connections on social networks. Connect with your attendees through your social media networks. Fun and games. Make giving a game!

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Big Cat Rescue

Nonprofit Tech for Good

We have two full-time, paid people working on social networking along with me. In addition to filming everything, he then creates the finished products, with a goal of one completed video per week, and then posts it to all of our social video sites. Chris Poole is our full time Videographer and Media Producer.

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Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Exaggerated! Challenges can be addressed with outcome-based thinking.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I agree that it means organizations need to think strategically about how they use social media, but I'm not sure I agree with social networks are becoming "old" technology in a hurry. ( First, it's okay to just say no to social networking , particularly if there are more pressing organizational needs.