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10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Using a horizontal logo for your avatar. Your nonprofit’s avatar is your visual identity on social-networking sites, and with the exception of LinkedIn Groups, all social-networking sites require a square avatar. Also, people can’t direct message you on Twitter if you don’t follow them.

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Encouraging Networking at Your Virtual Event

AccelEvents

Show them how to develop their avatar, fill out their profile, or use the text and video chat features. Start a live feed with a video that talks about the opportunities at your event, ask the audience specific questions, and encourages them to respond in the comments. Does your platform allow for virtual business cards?

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Encouraging Networking at Your Virtual Event

AccelEvents

Show them how to develop their avatar, fill out their profile, or use the text and video chat features. Start a live feed with a video that talks about the opportunities at your event, ask the audience specific questions, and encourages them to respond in the comments. Does your platform allow for virtual business cards?

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Upload your avatar/logo (250 x 250), a cover photo(1128 x 191), add a description and website URL, your company/organization size, industry, and city and country. As discovered in the Global Trends in Giving Report , the.org domain is by far the most trusted domain for nonprofit website and email communications.

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Debbie Laskey On Social Media, Brand Audits And Leadership Books

Eric Jacobsen Blog

This week, Debbie was kind enough to answer the following three questions about social media and marketing : Question 1. Therefore, take the time to make sure there is brand consistency among all social platforms (logos, avatars, business "about" descriptions, etc.). Question 2. Question 3.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Comments and Likes on Facebook and LinkedIn postings, retweets and replies on Twitter, and comments on YouTube videos), (3) increase in fan base on the social networking outlets. Averaging 200 interactions per post on Facebook (this includes comments, likes and wall posts). I track the ROI a few ways. (1) Summary of ROI.

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7 Engaging Virtual Networking Ideas For Your Online Event

AccelEvents

Create the group and ask leading questions that will increase audience engagement and overall participation levels. Attendee avatars or personas had the option to chat with one another while awaiting the next session or the address from the keynote speaker. going long after the event has ended. Facebook is perfect for this idea.

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