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Nonprofit Employee Q&A: To Write Love on Her Arms’ Graphic Designer Shares How Design Can Strengthen Donor Relationships

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TWLOHA originally started out by accident by the founder writing a blog post and selling t-shirts to help a friend pay for rehab, and the MySpace page he started really grew from there into what TWLOHA is today. Do you have any advice for them? What role does design play in TWLOHA’s history and present-day work? How do you work?

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What advice would you offer Working Films about measuring the impact of their social media strategy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

this will be launched by the end of the month) Keeping an updated blog about what we are working on and to show the diverse voices of our staff. MySpace - to stay connected / reach out to potential supporters. What advice you offer? Building an online presence on Social Networking / Web2.0

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Before Myspace then Facebook and then Twitter, I was a voracious reader. If you need to pop in to an Internet cafe to connect every other day or so, please do… but my advice to you as social media manager and a fellow traveler is to leave the gadgets at home. In 2013, I am focused on changing that.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? Blog: wfwnotesfromthefield.wordpress.com. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Anything else?

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11 Blog Content Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It was much more traffic than I would have ever thought possible, but thanks to the burgeoning “Nonprofit Organizations” communities that I had built on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, launching a blog was much easier in 2009 than it was when I tried and failed in 2004. A first-person voice is best.

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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

Yesterday, I attended a webinar about social media policies called " E-Privacy: Can You Legally Monitor MySpace, LinkedIn, E-mail, & Blogs? Maybe all that's needed is to insert the word and definition for social media. (I'm not a lawyer, so this isn't legal advice and I'll leave that question to the legal department!)

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A change from top down to bottom up

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The second was "we can't let them do that" - which meant that within the culture of the organisation it would not be conceivable to help customers develop their own voice, except within quite tightly controlled circumstances. Jay Dedman and Michael Hoffman offered some excellent advice.). Show them the money.

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