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Creating a Killer Facebook Presence

Tech Soup

Profiles: Many smaller nonprofits have yet to make the jump from a Facebook profile, personally managed by their founders or executive directors, to an organizational page. This jump is crucial since Facebook can shut down profiles used for organizational purposes , plus profiles are capped at 5,000 friends.

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Four Social Media Fundraising Tools

NTEN

That leaves a relatively small sliver raised via the third party tools typically available on social media. I give them credit for sticking with it and pivoting to a very compelling tool [wishes.causes.com]. per Facebook update. It's immediate (your birthday is a deadline, after all) and it uses established relationships.

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Make your cause more like Austin, Texas

Connection Cafe

If you have visited Austin, Texas you may recall that we love to talk about Austin. The first session I attended at SXSW Interactive was 'Why Austin is the Killer App' moderated by Heather McKissick and Bijoy Goswami the founders of Austin Equation. Author: Joey Martin. There is something special about this town.

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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

Last week I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts.

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Great reads from around the web on July 8th

Amy Sample Ward

is a new nonprofit in Austin, Texas and it’s bringing you the first world wide film festival only for nonprofit and cause-driven organizations. " Facebook Users Are Getting Older. Facebook’s userbase, as a whole, is getting much older very fast." These are some links I wanted to share from July 8th.

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I Live Here, I Give Here: Place-Based Charitable Giving Hubs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Or, if they want, they can launch their own fundraiser for an organization. For nonprofits, GiveMN offers simple, secure tools to achieve their goals. 2.) This site, " I Live Here, I Give Here " is to draw attention to giving to local nonprofits in Austin, TX. According to the site: Austin is no doubt a caring community.

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Great reads from around the web on April 21st

Amy Sample Ward

Twitter’s beta advertising model via "Promoted Tweets" and Facebook’s new Fan Page “Like&# button (which is replacing the “Become a Fan&# button) is buzzing with critics’ opinions. Are these changes good for nonprofits bottom line too? It was a few weeks late but better than never!

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