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Top 5 Social Media Tactics Every School Should Implement

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Launching in February 2004 for students at Harvard University it quickly became a popular site and expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy Leagues, and Stanford University. Based on our research we know that Facebook and Twitter are the top sites used by nonprofits and the social networks with the largest user base.

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22 Ways to Stay Connected with Your Schools Alumni on Facebook

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The other 12 are in the slides - Social Media for Schools: 22+ Ways to Stay Connected with Your Alumni on Facebook - located at the very bottom of this post. Make sure to check out the slides below for a bunch more. You’ll find 10 of the 22 tips right here. Make sure to check them out.). Get “Likes” from Students & Families.

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Great reads from around the web on June 11th

Amy Sample Ward

I use it for all my presentations and it even allows me to share my speaker notes since most of my slides are usually just pictures. " Tags: roundup bookmarks casestudies community communitybuilder communitymanagement fundraising howto list mobile nonprofits postalicious presentations research resources.

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My Notes from Next Generation Evaluation Meeting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Kathy Brennan, Research and Evaluation Advisor, AARP gave primer about developmental evaluation – what it is, how it is applied, how it different from other methods, and why it is useful in evaluating complex systems projects. You can l isten to the video or view her slides here. Here are my notes. Based on a logic model.

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Back to School, Back Online

Amy Sample Ward

New research out today from nfpSynergy shows that organizations who serve youth may want to be going online to reach them. The Research. First, what the research does not mean: Don’t jump into Facebook immediately! Tags: otherblogs reports data engagement facebook nfpsynergy research socialmedia ssir uk. What It Means.

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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. The lab does research on the relationship between physical fitness and cognitive function. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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Social Media Snack Facts: 74% Use Social Networks To Manage Peer-to-Peer Relationships

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Universal McCann International Social Media Research Wave 3 The PDF Version is available here. bites I've screen captured from research studies about social media over the past couple of years. Take a minute to cruise through the slides. I have a collection of social media snack facts misc. What struck you?