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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Facebook has been a highly effective tool and is the strongest in communicating the message of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, but also allows people to connect and offer support to each other. Organization Size: Medium. Name: Allison Nassour. Title: Social Media Manager.

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Five Nonprofits That Have Found Their Twitter Voice

Nonprofit Tech for Good

They have personality and its obvious that there is a human being behind the avatar. Pancreatic Cancer Action Network :: @ PanCAN. That said, the nonprofits below have discovered a nice balance of tweets, retweets, and mentions. They vary their content – it’s not all just about them. MobileActive.org :: @ MobileActive.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Use a Square Version of Your Organization’s Logo as Your Avatar on Social Media Sites. It’s very important that you invest the time and resources needed to designing a visually distinct, square avatar that matches the overall branding of your nonprofit. Learn Basic HTML. Komen for the Cure excel in online communication.

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7 Online Fundraising Tips I Learned By Participating in Movember

NetWits

For the past 30 days I have been participating in Movember : a worldwide team fundraising campaign to fight men’s cancer. The mustache becomes the ribbon for men’s health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for cancers that affect men. was the most effective, and what type of message generated the most giving.

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Twibbon: A Twitter Tool That Puts a Ribbon on Your Profile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He is using a tool called " Twibbon " that makes it easy for people to change their avatar to incorporate a visual for a particular cause. Remember the sea of green avatars last summer in support of the Iran ? What do you think?

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Leah Jones Is Taking A 3-Day Journey To Fight Breast Cancer and Social Actions Can Help You Find Other Related Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last December, Susan Reynolds , an artist and social media maven, was diagnosed with Breast cancer. She announced on her blog, " I use Twitter to fight Cancer " and without any formal blogger relations campaign, well-known and influential bloggers blogged about her situation and changed their avatars to include peas.

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Donate $5 (the cost of Frozen Peas) To Support Breast Cancer Research and Susan Reynolds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. Watch and listen to Connie Reece explain what this campaign is all about and why it is important to her. Read Susan Reynold 's statement. View the list of people who contributed their smarts, hearts, and souls to this campaign.

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