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Don't Just Post, Post a Story

Tech Soup

Are you shocked to find out that uploading photos is the number one activity on Facebook, or that Pinterest is the number one growing social platform these days? Storytelling is about inspired imagination, and there's nothing that inspires action more completely than a photo or video. You shouldn't be. Harness that!

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The Challenges of Protecting Intellectual Property on Social Networks

NTEN

By Geoff Livingston, Principal & Co-Founder, Zoetica Facebook and to a lesser extent Twitter and LinkedIn have become the interstates of the social web. Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities states, ".you Consider the many data abuses Facebook has been embroiled in.

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Will Robots (and bots) Replace Nonprofit Staff and Interns in the Workplace?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That technology is already here and is used on Facebook to tag photos of people). Robot lawyers probably won’t dispute the finer points of copyright law or write elegant legal briefs just yet. In fact, some of the new technologies can do tasks that surpass human capacity. More about that scary scenario here ).

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How Sticky is Facebook? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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60) Search « Converting New Activists into Donors | Main | Five Tips to Engaging New Online Activists » Thursday Jun 11 2009 How Sticky is Facebook? Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 01:28PM | by Allyson Kapin Facebook is the 5th most trafficked site in the United States. Do you think Facebook is sticky?

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Does Your Nonprofit Need Legal Counsel About Using Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How do the rules on lobbying play into our social media strategy? What if we’re asking people to take action on Facebook, does that constitute lobbying? What if people ask for referrals or help on our Facebook page? What do we need to understand about copyrighted material and our content strategy?

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Social Media Usage Guidelines: Don't moon people with cameras (or at least hide your face when you do)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I can't share the specifics because of copyright issues, but it was informative to hear the lawyer's perspective and it has prompted some important insights for me. I did some additional research on Facebook to look at how different nonprofit people fill out their individual profiles. Beth: What about social media usage guidelines?

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Convio Open – Why the Convio Facebook Application blows away Causes

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I will write more about the API later, but everyone is really there to see the Facebook opportunity. Convio has built a Facebook application builder as part of their Open initiative. For organizations on the Convio platform, the Facebook application is a no-brainer and a HUGE improvement from Causes. Day 1. [.]

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