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Five Social Media Best Practices for Small NGOs in Developing Countries

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The photo essay should be published on your website or blog and ensure that a donate button, e-newsletter subscribe option, and social network icons are prominently featured. Finding refuge just across the border in Hartha, Jordan, the family now lives in a meager one-room shelter. Photo: Jeremy Barnicle/Mercy Corps.

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The Real Housewives of Social Media: Measurement Tips

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Media Measurement Tips View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I had a lot of fun doing a panel with colleagues Jordan Viator, Carie Lewis, and David Neff called " The Real Housewives of Social Media." Our task was to present practical and tactical information about social media using metaphors that related to housewives.

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New Study: Investing in Facebook is a Waste of Time

Care2

Many social media strategists and the media told nonprofits and businesses that email was dying and that FREE social networks like Facebook would be king of communications. Email is definitely not dead and in fact it raises a heck of a lot more money than any social media platform. Online Fundraising Social Networking'

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What can you learn by visualizing your Twitter network?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Let’s look at the ones that allow you to see the current relationships and potential ways to weave them on social media and social networks like Twitter. There are many tools to visualize your Twitter network.

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Time to think.SXSW

Connection Cafe

I recently started going to the Interactive part of the conference and it has been an exciting learning experience every time. I love the fact I can talk about emerging technologies, social media, video games and new innovations with people just as excited about it as I am! Here's the panel description for more info and to vote.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People!

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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is very difficult to talk in social networks with people who think the opposite of you.” Hanafi, AhmEd Hamaza, Chema Gargouri, and Nada Hamzeh who I had the pleasure of working with closely on the e-mediat project shared their ideas – especially a sense that training is so important to building networks.

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