NCE Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

A recent study done by researchers from the Sauder School of Business found that people who like a post Facebook or retweet something are less likely to give you a donation. Here’s a video describing the study’s findings and what it means to us who work at charities who use social media to drive people to donate and to action.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Recently I gave a presentation on privacy and social media for ACHIEVA’s free webinar series. Posting private information on social media sites takes that to a whole new level. Tags: Education and Training Facebook Microblog Research social media twitter facebook privacy.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

I led roundtable discussions to fund raising professionals today at an Association of Fundraising Professionals meeting on the topic of Social Media. I was limited to discussing only three social media tools, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube, because of time. Here are my slides that I wanted to share with you. >

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MAY 14, 2010

Facebook has been taking some heat about their privacy policies again. Users are concerned about Facebook’s new open grid and how it links and shares your information with others. Facebook just wants to make the web a more open and social place. Tags: Facebook Tools diaspora facbook hipaa privacy.

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

Back in April I posted about a new social media platform, called Jumo , which was being created by one of Facebook’s founders to provide a social media tool to connect individuals with nonprofit organizations and social change. On November 30, 2010 Jumo launched to the public.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Mashable has a nice story about why you should have a Social Media Policy at your agency. As more of your employees are likely Tweeting, posting to Facebook, and uploading videos and photos, you need to make sure they aren’t posting information about your agency without your agency’s permission.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

Facebook also made news by announcing that it has changed its privacy policy…again… that will allow all users to be discovered using Facebook Graph (it’s search tool). What about Facebook? Tools facebook privacy settings twitter' Will you follow people on Twitter just to send them direct messages?

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NCE Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Okay, so you haven’t set up your agency fan page on Facebook just yet. A previous post of the NCE Social Media Blog discusses how to embed fan pages. Here is a 2 minute video with easy to understand instructions on how to do it. Once you’ve set up your fan page, you can embed them on other websites.

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MARCH 20, 2013

In the past week Facebook anounced two changes that I think you should take note of: 1) they are going to start allowing hashtags to be posted in status updates and 2) they changed the news feed again. You would then be alerting people that the theme is autism and at the same time helping search features of Facebook, Google, etc.,

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Facebook has updated its News Feed algorithm again. Almost one third of people use Facebook to get their news. Almost one third of people use Facebook to get their news. So, Facebook wants to make sure more people can see the “newsworthy” posts first. Facebook Algorithm facebook fomo'

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NCE Social Media

APRIL 28, 2009

Yesterday I stumbled across a group page on Facebook for my agency’s camping and recreation program. By creating a group on a social media platform like Facebook, they have demonstrated that they have a strong link to our agency that continues even after they are no longer a summer counselor.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

This week there has been quite a flurry of news for Twitter and Facebook. Bing , Microsoft’s search engine, announced a deal with the two social media tools to include their feeds in search results. Also, Google just announced a new social media search feature. Bing, Facebook and Twitter now together.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

This week Facebook rolled out a revised Groups feature. I wrote about Facebook groups previously. Thanks to consideration of past privacy setting issues , Facebook set the default to closed, i.e. only people in your group can see and post in the group. Facebook Groups Logo. Did you use groups previously?

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NCE Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

This week Facebook launched new changes. You can tag people who you’re with, geographic tagging for your posts, and how to separate posts to your groups. Here’s a video explaining these changes. If you’ve begun using the new tools, please share your reaction in the comments section.

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Did you know that Facebook changed their privacy policies in the past week? Also, Google and other search engines are starting to index Facebook posts and information. Also, Google and other search engines are starting to index Facebook posts and information. Tags: Facebook Tools facebook privacy.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Adam Ostrow from Mashable has written a nice article about a new feature Facebook is rolling out – it is called charity gifts. Basically, Facebook is opening up their gift store software – so you can buy a gift which is a $5 or $10 donation for a charity. Until then, you can use Causes on Facebook to collect donations.

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NCE Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Here are two tools that you can download and will allow you to post updates to your Twitter and Facebook feeds. Tags: Facebook Microblog Tools adobeair facebook seesmic tweetdeck twitter. Tweetdeck is a nice tool that allows you to see your various tweets, posts, what people you follow are tweeting or posting, etc.

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JULY 3, 2013

Since it’s the 4th of July tomorrow, here are four things that are trending in social media right now. Chalk it up to another Facebook imitating what is popular elsewhere instead of creating their own new innovation. 2) Countries again want to block social media because of the political unrest they cause.

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NCE Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Here’s a great “How To&# on how to post a Facebook status update on the walls of other Facebook pages as a nonprofit administrator. on Facebook Blogging. Tags: Facebook facebook tagging @. Blog Post from Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2012

First, not even the former marketing director of Facebook knows how the privacy policies at Facebook work. Randi Zuckerberg is the sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg found out the hard way. On Christmas Day Randi posted a family photo on Facebook. What do you expect from social media in 2013?

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Facebook changed things up a bit in the past few weeks. Google has a great web page on how to add +1 buttons for your website. If you’re already using Google+ you really should consider adding these to your website, too. You now don’t have to ‘like’ something to be able to comment on a page.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Facebook changed their layout today. It’s different and in my opinion seems to be a knee-jerk reaction to Google+. Here’s a nice 7 point story on what the changes are and mean. What are your thoughts on the changes?

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2013

In the past week I’ve given two talks to two different groups on the same subject – social media and fundraising. A couple of key questions that arose with both groups were: Should you schedule future posts to social media? How do you measure success using social media?

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MARCH 18, 2010

Here’s a video that explains how to set up an event on Facebook at a fairly basic level. Tags: Education and Training Facebook Video events facebook. If you’ve done this previously with with success, please feel free to share your experiences in the comments section.

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MAY 25, 2012

Let’s talk about spam and social media. But social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. A story by Bloomberg Business Week states that as many as 40% of all social media accounts are spam. Why would spammers target social media – because they can.

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DECEMBER 21, 2011

NCE Social Media is no exception. Social Media Etiquette. Facebook’s EdgeRank. Social Media as a Fundraising Tool for 2011. Setting Up Facebook Fan Pages. New Facebook Groups. It would be the end of the year without another Top Ten list. 10 Commandments of Posting Online.

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JULY 9, 2009

Facebook Fan Boxes: Embeddable Facebook Pages. Posted using ShareThis.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Did you know that 93% of charities have a Facebook page? A new study by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research also found that 97% of large charities have a Facebook page as of 2009. The study found that charities adopted social media faster and the adoption was more widespread than for-profit use.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

All of the games on Facebook. Open APIs and deals between social media sites. News organizations that continue to use social media even though there isn’t revenue in it. People are still trying to figure out how to raise money through social media. Tags: Tools facebook top10 twitter.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Facebook recently added a feature called Places. It is a geo-location application similar to Gowalla and Foursquare in that it allows you to share where you are with your friends via social media. Tags: Facebook facebook gps geolocation places gps pen. Here’s a link to the whole story behind it.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

Social media tools, such as Twitter are free resources that allows you to post information, news, comments and links in real time. Here are some key questions to consider when looking at how you use social media -. Why are you using social media like Twitter, Facebook, etc.?

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JUNE 4, 2009

Here’s a nice story from DIOSA Communications compiling nine best practices for Facebook. What are your nine best practices for social media? If you haven’t signed up for Facebook, or other social media sites, tell us why in the comments section.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Will we see pre-university students connect their Twitter and Facebook feeds to LinkedIn? Does a student, or parent of a student, really want to let their child have a professional account connected to their other social media accounts that are for fun? Perhaps, but time will tell.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

If not, then perhaps you should use those energies in your other social media efforts. If you want to revisit one of my previous posts on the launch of Facebook Places, visit it here. Tags: Facebook Marketing and Awareness Tools check-in facebook fourquare gowalla location-based pew places. image from NY Times.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

John Haydon , a social media strategist for nonprofits and small businesses, has a great video explaining how to embed a social or fundraising widget into your Facebook page. Tags: Education and Training Facebook Tools Video embed facebook haydon john widget.

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APRIL 1, 2010

There is a new social media tool coming out that aims to connect individuals with charities. Jumo is the brainchild of a co-founder of Facebook and mybarackobama.com alum Chris Hughes. His goal is to connect individuals with the social changes that interest them the most. Tags: Tools cuil facebook jumo.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Have you checked to see if your legislator is using Twitter, or Facebook, or YouTube, or any other social media or networking site to connect with their constituents? If they are are you following them or communicating with them through their social media contacts?

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