Last month, I put out a call for posts about fun ways nonprofits are using Pinterest for the Nonprofit Blog Carnival. Below are links to some examples, plus additional info and inspiration. Enjoy! Susan Chavez shared 4 ways she's using Pinterest with The Association of Junior Leagues International. Pinterest - What's It Good For? Tweet MORE >>

My Return on Investment (ROI) from using Pinterest to promote Nonprofit Organizations is somewhere between minimal and better-than-expected, but using the site on a regular basis has fundamentally changed how I think about social media and the people who use it. You are going to need to know where to find photos online and how to source them. MORE >>

Google’s over 1 million computer servers in data centers around the world handle over  1 billion searches per day. That amounts to 7.2 billion daily page views, 620 million daily visitors and 87.8 billion monthly searches. Making Google the largest traffic driver on the web. Oh, and they own 85% of search traffic on the web. MORE >>

Kevin Wolfe. Social Instigator. DonorDrive. For a nonprofit, the real question is not “Should we engage Millenials?”, it’s “How do we engage them?”. Whether you call them Millennials, Gen Y, Generation Next or Echo Boomers, today’s high schoolers, college students, and young professionals are proving to be the most important generation for causes. MORE >>

Many social benefit organizations rely on events to raise funds and connect with current and future supporters. Pulling off a successful event requires many different tools – not the least of which is social media. For little to no cost, social media can help organizations meet attendance and fundraising goals. Make it Social. MORE >>