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What’s the Secret to Social Media Success? Cute Animal Theory

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What will it take to get the climate some attention? org is using Sam to call attention to the environment and harness puppy power on behalf of the climate. Several years ago I created the Cute Dog Theory, a node to a Nicolas Kristof quote about how puppies get more attention than dry statistics about Darfur.

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One Small Step: What’s Your Twitter Elevator Speech?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by wurges. It grabs attention and says a lot in a few words. YOUR ORG NAME] helps [TWITTER FOLLOWERS] to [BENEFIT/VALUE YOU. Whenever I teach a workshop or give a presentation, I ask the audience the question above and jot it down on a 3×5 card. Here’s one for Twitter. DELIVER ON TWITTER FEED].

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Nonprofit Blog Carnival Roundup: How to Create a Juicy Nonprofit Blog

Have Fun - Do Good

I've never seen another org consistently recognize supporters in a blog like we do. This balance between 1 and 3 -- deflecting praise but also driving your org's strategy -- simply works. This balance between 1 and 3 -- deflecting praise but also driving your org's strategy -- simply works. Flickr photo credit: Juicy!

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Nancy Schwartz, Guest Post: Don't Even THINK about Social Media until Your Web Site and E-news Are Working Well

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Courtesy of Nancy Schwartz, publisher of Getting Attention. Even though we can assume every org has a range of target audiences, members have to be a priority for every arts and culture organization. For more, subscribe here to the Getting Attention e-update! We joined for the first time this year. Make it easy for them (i.e.

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Everybody Loves a Tagline: A Contest for the Best

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Flickr Photo: Paraflyer. It's the only complete guide to building your org's brand in 8 words or less, filled with how-tos, don't-dos and models. Tags: Getting Attention nancy schwartz NPTech NTEN tagline Communications. I was in DC last week with the famous Anna Richter getting our 11NTC ducks in a row.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: July 24th 2009

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Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg: Can you idnetify the NTEN superstars? The 1300th submission to the Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards is the Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations (LANO). The 1300th submission to the Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards is the Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations (LANO).

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The Power of the Newbie

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" bring attention to a post " The Power of the Newbie." But just the other day, someone left me this comment on my flickr set of compression settings. I am the director of communications for agros international, and will soon be launching a media rich blog for our org. and fyi - I do love your blog.

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