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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. LinkedIn Pages.

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Is Quora Yet Another Social Network (YASN) or Something Different?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Prior to the holidays I ignored them because I just couldn’t stomach “yet another social network.” So, what made me go check it out? Ironically, it was my post “ Reflection on Networked Professional Learning &# where I linked to a post on Social Networks from Stephen Downes.

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Learning is the Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She pointed out that an individual’s knowledge and skills will be out of date within 5 years and a college degree will be out of date long before the loan is paid off. This means we need to build the skill of learning the new and this means building online social network competence.

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TechSoup Global Summit: Inspiration Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I spent the last two days at the TechSoup Global Summit getting inspiration overload about social media, networks, social network mapping, networks of networks, global peer learning, building a sector, nonprofit technology, and many other ideas I’m passionate about.

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What Pokémon Go Means to the Learning Industry

Gyrus

These pre-existing applications though cool were unable to break the walls down and collect a universal adoption of the technology. Pokémon Go, on the other hand, came in like a wrecking ball and tore down the walls inhibiting acceptance. It’s all sort of been a lot of excitement.

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What Nonprofits and Libraries Can Learn from Zappos Culture

Tech Soup

When you walk into Zappos, the first thing you notice is the unique structure of the building. They even make job candidates join their specialized social network. Here’s what I think libraries and nonprofits can adopt into their own organizational culture: A Mentorship Program. Key Takeaways.

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Silos Culture Inside the Walls of Nonprofits Prevent Effective Social Media Use

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Sam shared a story that illustrates the barriers that many nonprofit organizations face in adopting social media and harnessing its power leading to successful outcomes. Source: Working Wikily Sam's story illustrates the tension between working as an organization versus in a networked way or working wikily.