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APRIL 16, 2010

Twitter just had a conference, for people who develop applications for Twitter, called Chirp. from the music group Black Eyed Peas discussing how Twitter allows him to engage with his constituents through social media. Tags: Microblog Tools chirp ev twitter Video will.i.am.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I was fortunate enough to serve on a committee of AFP International that brought together some social media gurus to hash out guidelines that nonprofit organizations can use to craft their own social media policies. Social media policies provide details on how to interact with your customers.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Recently I gave a presentation on privacy and social media for ACHIEVA’s free webinar series. Posting private information on social media sites takes that to a whole new level. Tags: Education and Training Facebook Microblog Research social media twitter facebook privacy.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

I led roundtable discussions to fund raising professionals today at an Association of Fundraising Professionals meeting on the topic of Social Media. I was limited to discussing only three social media tools, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube, because of time. Here are my slides that I wanted to share with you. >

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

The Chronicle of Philanthropy hosted an online forum led by Claire Diaz Ortiz , Twitter’s top person working with nonprofits on social innovation. The forum focused specially on how to use Twitter as an advocacy tool. Here’s a link to the forum with the transcript of the proceedings. Have you found them effective?

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

Twitter recently announced that they were going to start allowing people who follow your account on Twitter, regardless if you follow them back, to send you direct messages on Twitter. It’s also been reported that you cannot have and weblinks in your Twitter direct messages. What about Facebook?

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Back in November, I wrote about the introduction of Twitter lists. I wanted to share this helpful video on Twitter lists. Now that Twitter lists have matured over 3+ months, people are finally figuring out their true impact. Are you on any Twitter lists? Do you use them?

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NCE Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Twitter unleashed its lists to the general public last week. You can also see who has placed your Twitter feed into a list. John Haydon , a social media nonprofit expert thinks that Twitter lists will positively impact your nonprofit. Twitter lists will add an additional social proof element to all Twitter users.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

A new report from Semiocast came out stating that half of all messages on Twitter are not in English. I believe this proves the increase in global use of social media. Tags: Education and Training Tools language rosetta twitter. This is a drop from 69 percent during the same period in 2009.

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NCE Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

Today, Twitter was shut down by a denial of service attack. This got me thinking, what if you couldn’t use social media to talk to your constituents. Are you using more than one type of media? How many of you are using more than one type of social media? Do you have a back up plan in place?

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

This week there has been quite a flurry of news for Twitter and Facebook. Bing , Microsoft’s search engine, announced a deal with the two social media tools to include their feeds in search results. Also, Google just announced a new social media search feature. Bing, Facebook and Twitter now together.

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2010

So you think you’re a Twitter guru. Here’s a nice brief video from Mashable that demonstrates how to use Twitter’s Advanced Search Tools. Do you know how to use their Advanced Search Tools to find what you seek?

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NCE Social Media

APRIL 29, 2009

John Haydon is a Boston-area social media marketing guru. He has one of the best websites I’ve seen that gives a step by step of tools, tips, and suggestions that you can use to dramatically improve your Twitter knowledge, and thus your Twitter presence.

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NCE Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Here are two tools that you can download and will allow you to post updates to your Twitter and Facebook feeds. Tags: Facebook Microblog Tools adobeair facebook seesmic tweetdeck twitter. Tweetdeck is a nice tool that allows you to see your various tweets, posts, what people you follow are tweeting or posting, etc.

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NCE Social Media

APRIL 16, 2009

Here is a list of chapters that I’ve come across today that are using Twitter. These are in addition to the Arc Hamilton and The Albany Arc , which I have mentioned previously. The Arc of the US @TheArcUS. The Arc of Dallas @arcdallas. The Arc of Minnesota @TheARCofMN. The Arc of Monroe @ArcofMonroe. The Arc Solano @TheArcSolano.

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NCE Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2009

Here’s a nice story with detailed instructions on how to get started on Twitter. Tags: Education and Training Microblog Tools CIO mcdonell twitter. Hat tip to Steve McDonell.

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MAY 25, 2012

Let’s talk about spam and social media. But social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. A story by Bloomberg Business Week states that as many as 40% of all social media accounts are spam. Why would spammers target social media – because they can.

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APRIL 3, 2009

Would you like to have a Twitter-like service that only your board or staff could view? Unlike Twitter, Present.ly Let me introduce you to Present.ly. allows individuals to post short, frequent updates that are tracked or “followed&# by others.

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MARCH 17, 2009

Here is a great story from CIO.com that details how to launch your presence on Twitter. Tags: Marketing and Awareness Tools twitter CIO twitip business. It includes a definitive reading list, examples of how others have done it. Also, read the reader feedback about launching your presence for smaller organizations and companies.

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Shortly after posting someone posted the photo to Twitter. She asked the person to remove the photo from Twitter. It leads me to point out that even if you don’t post information to social media – others will on your behalf. What do you expect from social media in 2013? Boy was she wrong.

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NCE Social Media

MAY 25, 2011

1) Twitter has started to email account users when someone retweets your tweets. 2) Twitter is buying Tweetdeck. 3) Who has rights to photos you post on social media? 3) Who has rights to photos you post on social media? A woman posted a photo of the latest shuttle launch on a social media site.

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NCE Social Media

JULY 3, 2013

Since it’s the 4th of July tomorrow, here are four things that are trending in social media right now. Earlier this summer Instagram released it’s video component to compete with Twitter’s Vine. 2) Countries again want to block social media because of the political unrest they cause.

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2011

I wanted to share some social media tools and nuggets I’ve come across recently. Roost – this social marketing platform allows you to create a marketing campaign. Wildfire – allows you to track and monitor social media mentions. manage your social media campaigns, and manage social media pages.

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2013

In the past week I’ve given two talks to two different groups on the same subject – social media and fundraising. A couple of key questions that arose with both groups were: Should you schedule future posts to social media? How do you measure success using social media? It depends.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Here are 10 stories related to social media and nonprofits that I think you should review. X) Seven Deadly Sins of Social Good. IX) How Diverse are Social Networks. VII) Animals given voices through Twitter. VI) Mobilizing Charitable Efforts on Social Media. V) Ways nonprofits leverage blogs.

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NCE Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

I posted a Vine video to Twitter. The Governor’s Twitter account writer, surely the Governor doesn’t tweet on his own, retweeted my video. Retweeting and reposting is what we aim for when thinking of viralness of social media. You want your information to go viral. You’ve got 60 minutes.

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2009

It details the noticeable lack of nonprofit organizations that are in the top 100 list of Twitter users. Social media tools, such as Twitter are free resources that allows you to post information, news, comments and links in real time. Here are some key questions to consider when looking at how you use social media -.

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NCE Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Open APIs and deals between social media sites. News organizations that continue to use social media even though there isn’t revenue in it. People are still trying to figure out how to raise money through social media. Twitter lists. Building my agency’s brand through social media.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

A new study by Experian found that Americans spend 2 hours and 12 minutes on Twitter each month. If so what are you saying via social media? The study also projects that the amount of time people spend on Twitter per session will drop so your time to potentially engage others online will also decrease.

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NCE Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Will we see pre-university students connect their Twitter and Facebook feeds to LinkedIn? Does a student, or parent of a student, really want to let their child have a professional account connected to their other social media accounts that are for fun? Perhaps, but time will tell.

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NCE Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

They could be one of your best friends on social media sites and you may not know about them. According to the Twitter Fan Wiki , they are defined as: “a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. Tags: Education and Training Tools # facebook hashtag search twitter.

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NCE Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

If you need help seeing when people retweet your posts, check out our past post on tools that can help you post to social media. Tags: Microblog Research twitter Sysomos Retweet. These tools allow you to see retweets, too. You've only got 60 minutes - image from Sysomos.

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NCE Social Media

MARCH 7, 2011

Buttons are little icons that can take people to your social media pages, or to a a tool that allows the viewer to share the page to their friends on their own social media sites. Twitter Tweet Button. A share bar is a bar that goes on the side or bottom of your webpage. It usually has several buttons all together.

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MARCH 13, 2009

In fact, there was a small brouhaha when legislators twittered during President Obama’s state of the union address. To see if your legislators use Twitter visit www.TweetCongress.org. This site has a list of congressmen who use Twitter. Please note that the site also includes the YouTube webpage links for the legislators.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

The study found that charities adopted social media faster and the adoption was more widespread than for-profit use. Other facts uncovered in the study: 90% of charities had Twitter accounts. 65% had blogs. 36% had LinkedIn pages. 30% had MySpace pages. So are you part of the 93% with a page or 7% without?

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NCE Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

However using social media directed towards cell phones can be a way around it. Do you send out text messages or use other tools such as Twitter or Facebook for consumers and families with cell phones? Is your website and your social media tools optimized for people who use mobile tools?

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Did you know that The Arc’s convention will have a session on Social Media from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM on Friday, November 13? Embracing Social Media (C). This presentation will cover an overview of the top social media sites (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube) and answer the question “Why bother?

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