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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The first “Donate Now” button was released in 1999 by a project of the Tides Foundation called Groundspring (acquired by Network for Good in 2005) and for the next two decades, nonprofit professionals have embraced the study of inspiring people to give online to good causes. This can be easily done at a low-cost through any domain registrar.

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10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

After a supporter follows your nonprofit, your avatar is how they will mentally and visually connect your brand to your Instagram posts. In most cases, your avatar should not include text as it would be too small to read in the Instagram feed on a smartphone. 6) Utilize Instagram Charitable Giving Tools.

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NPTechTag Roundup: Election Debriefs and Wikis in Your Kitchen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Meanwhile Randal Moss gives us some food for thought about turnover in Social Network sites. Tagging and Social Bookmarking Social Bookmarking Showdown is a quick overview/review of the major social bookmarking services. For some context, check out this timeline of social networking sites from Dannah Boyd.

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Two Tagging Projects that Make Sense

Museum 2.0

If you think about it, there are two reasons to tag things: to bookmark them for yourself so you can use them later to describe them for a large group of users who might find them helpful in finding things later I tag things on the Web all the time using Delicious. is scarily true. Here's how it works. Step 1: join the posse.

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Social Media Glossary: 34 Terms to Know

Whole Whale

Bookmark this handy glossary and have no fear. For instance, you’d do this if you wanted to give credit to that true friend who took that photo of you from all your best angles. Not to be confused with James Cameron’s famously blue avatars. The social media landscape is ever-changing, so remembering what’s what is no easy feat.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Vinepeek gives you a glimpse of Vine’s potential for visual storytelling. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Twibbon is a tool that allows your supporters on Twitter and Facebook to add a micro version of your nonprofit’s avatar to their profile pics.

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100 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A must-bookmark list of special days that acknowledge social good events and cause campaigns. Clipix makes bookmarking a.k.a. Nonprofit staff often need to manage and organize large quantities of web links for later viewing, and bookmarking via browsers is becoming cumbersome. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org.

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