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The Importance of Branding Your Nonprofit on Social Networks Through Graphic Design

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The were active on Myspace, YouTube, and creating Facebook Groups long before most of the companies that are often praised for being the pioneers of social media. The Internet users of 2013 expect polish and professionalism across all your online channels not only in their appearance, but also in how they are managed.

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Using Social Networks to Recruit Employees

NetWits

At Blackbaud, we have turned to sites such as LinkedIn ®, MySpace ®, Facebook ™, and Spoke to build social networks designed to attract candidates that may not be actively looking for a job. LinkedIn® users create profiles and build their networks by inviting friends and past and present colleagues to join their social networks.

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Online Alumni Communities in the Age of Social Media

Robert Weiner

What we see as a benefit is the thought that perhaps using the Net Community, it might be a little more professional than having a group on FB or MySpace. You can also set up a Facebook page and/or group, and a LinkedIn group. FYI, here's an article on using LinkedIn for alumni groups: [link]. How will you measure them?

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What are your tips for using your social networking profile for professional work?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I think of Facebook as a middle ground between business and pleasure, sort of MySpace for post-adolescents or LinkedIn for professional late adopters like me. Like many of us, Wendy uses her Facebook presence for both personally and professional reasons. What professional value has your Facebook profile brought you?

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Taproot Foundation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

LinkedIn: taproot-foundation. Megan: MySpace was probably our first introduction to social media, but not sure the year we created the account. Megan: We currently have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Jumo, YouTube and Vimeo. Facebook: facebook.com/taprootfoundation. Twitter: twitter.com/taprootfound. Jumo: [link].

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Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Hire a Social Media Manager

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To manage multiple social networks, create visually compelling photo and video campaigns, and blog regularly is a minimal 20-hour a week investment into a skilled communications professional. On top of that nonprofit’s need to invest in good graphic design. The era of winging it is over.

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Social Media Nonprofit Benchmarks

Care2

LinkedIn (largely used by education institutions and professional associations) and YouTube usage remained steady over the last year. in 2010, and LinkedIn stayed steady at 32.9% Not surprisingly MySpace suffered a 45% drop in popularity. In 2010 nonprofits average close to 1800 followers. in 2009 to 48.1%