article thumbnail

10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), One of the biggest downsides for me personally from being connected to the Social Web 50-70 hours a week is that my brain has a hard time reading for extended periods of time.

article thumbnail

Guest Post by Amanda Rose: Reflections on Cause Fatigue

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Volunteers around the world feel empowered when asked to use their skills, not only to bring people together at an event, but contribute to something positive. There is a huge opportunity here to bridge the gap between donors and volunteers. I don’t have a Livestrong band on my Twitter avatar because it is the cool thing to do.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Meet Budley Omegamu/Sombit Mishra

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I met an avatar named Budley Omegamu who turned out to be Sombit Mishra who is a Technology Associate at GlobalGiving. If you're curious, skeptical, or trying to wrap your brain around the possibilities of nonprofits in Second Life, put July 18th 6:00 PM PST on your calendar. Details will be available soon!

article thumbnail

The NMC Symposium for the Future: Prepping for Virtual Keynote about Nonprofits in 2020

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In fact, I'll be arriving in a Jetson like transportation and my avatar will probably look a lot like Jane Jetson. . Last year , I heard Jerry Michalski use the metaphor of the global brain in talk about the future. The former was led by volunteers and the latter is done by partner organizations with decades of experience.

Virtual 84
article thumbnail

If we’d had Twitter on 9/11

Connection Cafe

Or, more recently, how the native population in Avatar are connected to one another through a planetary-wide nervous system. Because nonprofit leaders and board members and volunteers who earn and keep the attention of their communities via social media are just a click away from leading me when my involvement is needed.

Twitter 36