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11 Obvious Signs Your Nonprofit Needs Social Media Training

Nonprofit Tech for Good

1) Your avatar is cropped, shrunk, blurry, or too small to make an impact. Your nonprofit’s avatar is the brand identity upon which your social media campaigns are built and resources should be allocated to ensure that it’s visually compelling and memorable. 3) Your YouTube Channel is absent of customization and branding.

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11 Nonprofits That Excel at Social Media

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Your nonprofit can learn a lot from the 11 (mostly large) nonprofits listed below by simply following, liking, and subscribing to their e-newsletter, blog, Facebook Page, Twitter, YouTube Channel, etc. A small selection of that criteria is as follows: Consistent use of a visually compelling square avatar across all social networks.

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Social Media for Social Good :: Your Nonprofit Tech Checklist

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Hire a graphic designer to design a square avatar(s). Add “Donate Now” button to your home page. 3) “Donate Now” Fundraising. Select a donate now vendor. Create a “Donate Now” landing page with your nonprofit’s branding inside of your website. Add a “Donate Now” button to every page of your website.

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12 Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

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. +1 the content posted by others to increase the exposure of your nonprofit’s avatar. Merge your YouTube Channel with your nonprofit’s Google+ Page. Regularly “+1″ the content of other to increase exposure of your nonprofit’s Google+ Page and thus grow your followers.

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

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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. 1) Implement Donation Page Best Practices. Add a pop-up!

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New Software Donations from Autodesk

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This new philanthropic program will provide software donations to nonprofit organizations in the U.S., They were used for visual effects, for instance, in the James Cameron film, Avatar. If you are selected for the donation, the software is download-only. Autodesk YouTube Channel – free demonstration videos.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Also, as you’ll see in Chapter 5, you will need a Google account to set up a YouTube Channel properly. Use a Square Version of Your Organization’s Logo as Your Avatar on Social Media Sites. To begin branding your nonprofit on social media sites properly, start with an avatar that is a square version of your logo.