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How Nonprofits Can Use Behavioral Science to Engage Supporters on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Michelle Chen is an independent scholar with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. While social media is now a common part of every nonprofit’s communication strategy, a common sentiment is that interacting on social media is a poor substitute to in-person interactions.

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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. For example: 1.

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A Short, Recent History of Nonprofit Website Design and Online Fundraising

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Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications. It’s also worth noting that social media, not even blogging, is not yet integrated into their website. World Wildlife Fund Website :: March 15, 2008.

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How Social Media Influencers Fuel your Fundraising Goals

NetWits

Every fundraiser knows the role that social media users played in delivering dollars to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in Haiti and to Planned Parenthood for mammogram screenings in the wake of the Komen Foundation’s withdrawal of funding, but actually how social media delivers such results has been a bit of mystery.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Title: Social Media Manager. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Who maintains your social media campaigns? Averaging 3,000 referrals per week to www.pancan.org from social networking outlets.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Humane Society of the United States

Nonprofit Tech for Good

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? That was in the fall of 2006, when I was hired at The HSUS to manage their online marketing presence such as pay per click and banner ads. I identified a trend forming with social networking, and set up our very first profile.

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The Truth About Social Media and Nonprofits: A New Perspective May Be Required

NetWits

You may have noticed: Social media seems to be the talk of nonprofits for the past few years. A quick scan of nonprofit-focused publications and websites, as well as the session topics at nonprofit conferences, will confirm that organizations are interested in how to use social media. Nonprofits and Social Media?