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11 LinkedIn Group Management Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As with most other communities, the magic number when you no longer need to actively promote your group and it grows on its own hovers around the 5,000-member benchmark. Requiring approval to join forces you to be engaged in your group on a regular basis and take responsibility for monitoring spam. Use a Horizontal Avatar.

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HOW TO: Use Facebook Questions for Your Nonprofit

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On Quora you have to be a person, but Facebook Questions uses your nonprofit’s Page and avatar as your Facebook Questions identity. Unlike the Q&A site Quora, Facebook Questions allows brands to ask and answer questions. Step One :: Add Questions to Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Page. Subscribe :: Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It will help you centralize all your efforts and reduce the amount of spam and notification e-mails sent to your work e-mail account. Use a Square Version of Your Organization’s Logo as Your Avatar on Social Media Sites. You should also never automate content using these tools, or spam each community with the same message.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. 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. Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs.

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10 Popular #Hashtags for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

There is such a thing as hashtag spamming. I use it to call people to action to benefit a nonprofit/charity: Example Tweet: #CharityTuesday :: Add a “Cause&# Twibbon to your Twitter Avatar: [link]. If you use hashtags too often, then you dilute their usefulnesses by fragmenting the conversation. link] || #SanFrancisco.

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling. It’s for this reason that your avatar should be well-designed, not include text that is too small to read in the News Feed, or show any obvious errors in cropping.

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Second Life: Issue Awareness Raising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rik wrote a great post this called Global Poverty Death Counter: good cause, @!#(*@() implementation (Rik used another word in the headline, but I don't any trackback spam). " He goes on to offer some advice: Get to know the community first. Rik visited the homeless avatar: I decided to pop into SL to check it out.