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Four Creative Uses of Facebook Profile Pics by Nonprofits on Facebook Pages

Nonprofit Tech for Good

First impressions are very important online, and the four nonprofits listed below have gone out of their way to make a strong one upon potential new Facebook Fans. The consistent use of a square avatar is necessary for successful online branding on social networking sites. We’ll just have to wait and see.

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10 Facebook Page Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

With more than 1 billion active users, Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt your nonprofit’s supporters use Facebook on a regular basis. Therefore, Facebook Pages should be your first priority and entry into social networking. Experiment Facebook Events.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. LinkedIn Pages. For example: 1.

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Is it illegal to give away social networking profiles in exchange for a donation to charity?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

When I first started DIOSA Communications I also offered social media training to small businesses, but my background and interest was much more aligned with the nonprofit sector so I stopped offering small business services in 2010. Social Media' The company would also get a tax write-off for their donation. vimeo.com/smallbusinesses.

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Mastering Social Networking as a Volunteer

Amy Sample Ward

The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. On Facebook , as a volunteer you will need to consider the options of using your personal profile, creating a page, or starting a group. Mastering social networking as a volunteer.

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Pheed and Sulia: Two New Social Networks for the Nonprofit Early Adopters

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Followers tend to grow the fastest during the early adoption phase and being one of the first nonprofits to have a presence on a new social network tends to solidify their popularity on the social network over time. Pheed: The Next Social Network for Teens? Pheed :: pheed.com :: pheed.com/nonprofitorgs.

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Social Networking Communities Are Migrant Communities

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Social networking communities are migrant communities. They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. Social media skeptics often say that it’s a waste of time to utilize social networking sites because they are here today, and then gone tomorrow.