Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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Social Media and Cute Dogs Go Mobile And Other Cute Animal and Nonprofit Tales

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This gave Michelle and her team an idea: What if they had a cute animal mascot for their holiday turkey donation drive? Throughout the month of November and leading up to Thanksgiving, they used Perky the Turkey to promote food donation efforts. Perky the Turkey’s popularity continued into December.

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Happy Thanksgiving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Hopefully, it will only be my turkey that is tweeting on Thursday ! Rather than sharing photos of o ur food on Facebook , we’ll share our gratitude for this year and in anticipation of #GivingTuesday how to give back. And don’t forget to join me on Dec.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There was a lot of turkey art work in our house this week! Harry performed a song called "Albuquerque Turkey" which is about having a turkey for a pet, not Thanksgiving dinner. If you're getting a hankering to draw one, here's a useful guide. Download drawturkey.pdf. Here's the video. Download turkey.wmv.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, if you want a quick how-to for how to draw a turkey, here's one that Harry brought home last year. There's so much paper that comes home from school and so many work products. I hate paper clutter. So, I typically cull the best stuff and scan it. And, it is nice to look back at last year's thanksgiving post.

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Getting Insight from Facebook Insight Requires Sense Making Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the example above, I discovered a turkey in the canyon. I immediately go to the low points, the canyons and the flat lines. Then I look at the date and carefully review what type of content and topics were posted. Or should I post automatically even though it is likely to not get noticed as much as hand posting?

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Congrats To Maureen Mayer, Feeding Broward County

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

s largest food pantry and community kitchen, and they do so much more than just hand out turkeys on Thanksgiving to the homeless. Maureen Mayer is the Finance, Information and Technology staff person at The Cooperative Feeding Program in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. It's the county???s

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How your organization's IT department can help support your social media strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Almost two years ago, I gave up Outlook cold turkey, went into rehab, and switched to gmail , so now I will be using both systems to manage different portions of my work. Mary Watson, IT Manager Mary Watson, IT Manager, gave me my orientation to the different IT, phone, and security systems at Packard.