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Donate to Hurricane Sandy Relief

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Hurricane Sandy has crippled the East Coast is this morning’s New York Time’s headline. But the story is personal for me. You can only look at the photos for so long before you want to do something. ACBoardwalk #Frankenstorm #Sandy twitter.com/ChrisBonanni/s….

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News Media: Take Responsibility for Your Influence

Have Fun - Do Good

I''m tired of the news. Browsing the headlines on The New York Times , CNN , USA Today , and Google News'' sites is one long litany of horror: Murder. According to a Pew Research study, Americans are spending more time following the news. Photo by cloudzilla. Selfishness. Fighting in Congress.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. Anything else?

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). My mind wanders after a couple of paragraphs even when reading New York Times Bestsellers. Posting status updates and photos while backpacking through Central America or from a cafe in Paris is their normal mode of travel.

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NetSquared Gets Down to Business This Summer

Tech Soup

Actually, that headline is a lie. New York, NY: GEO Tools and Google Maps for Nonprofits. Photo by [Geeking Chen]([link] -->. NetSquared is taking it easy this summer! There are just twenty events scheduled for August, but we’re deep in planning mode for a HUGE fall. Thursday, August 21, 2014. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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How Facebook Changes Are Impacting Engagement on Brand Pages and What Nonprofits Should Do About It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here are some patterns of success: To expand reach, new, recycled, and interesting content is key, but posting too frequently can cause people to hide or unlike you. The art of writing good teaser headlines is critical to getting more interaction. Engaging photos, especially of local places and animals work well.

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Lady Gaga & Celebrity Philanthropy

Connection Cafe

Photo credit: lady gaga galore.com. She released a video statement explaining her views on the policy where she actually picked up the phone and called New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and then asked her fans to do the same. Notice the operative word here: energy. Fleeting flame. The risk of scandal.