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5 Benefits of Deploying a Volunteer Time Off (VTO) Policy

Volunteer Hub

Creating and implementing a volunteer time off policy can provide much-needed support to the community, help develop skills for employees, and boost morale. For organizations that are on the fence regarding creating a volunteer time off policy, here are 5 additional benefits that VTO has to offer. VTO Can Attract New Talent.

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Why Nonprofits Need a Values-Based Social Media Strategy

Non Profit Quarterly

Image Credit: dole777 on unsplash After more than a decade of dominating the social media landscape, Big Tech platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are in flux. Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation.

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Got Social Media Policy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The other day, Matt Sharp shared this link to a social media policy generator called the Social Media Policy Tool. It asks you 12 questions mostly having to do with control and then spits out the biolerplate for your policy. Here's the social media policy I created for Beth's Blog.

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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

.orgSource

According to a 2020 Edelman study , 89% of decision-makers surveyed believe that thought leadership improves their perceptions of an organization — yet only 17% of them rate the quality of the information they read as very good or excellent. A social media following doesn’t guarantee that exclusive pedigree. This is critical.

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Social Media Integrated Campaign Case Study Slam: SSIR Social Media on Purpose Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I had the pleasure of designing and facilitating the ultimate social media practitioner panel at the Social Media on Purpose Conference hosted by Stanford Social Innovation Review. James Nickerson , Social Media Strategist, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. kanter best rhyming intro ever.

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It’s 2013: Where’s your nonprofit’s social media policy?

ASU Lodestar Center

As they say, “With any social media profile, comes great responsibility.” Having a social media policy in place will help you answer these questions, and inform you or your social media manager on what to do in similar situations. What’s in a social media policy? Just kidding, no one really says that.

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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

Often, the central issue is a specific policy or a cultural phenomenon that the organization seeks to promote or eliminate. For example, a local nonprofit working on educational issues may raise awareness about specific school board policies with the aim of making them more inclusive.

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