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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. Delete content that is off-topic or inappropriate in character.

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Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Hire a Social Media Manager

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To be successful on the Social Web, nonprofits need to have a presence on mutliple social networks and should be consistently creating content that can be shared on the Social Web, such as blog posts, photos, and videos. You need a good avatar. The successful use of social media requires a significant time investment.

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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Pinterest

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It will automatically pull in your avatar, apply your Twitter username to your Pinterest account (such as pinterest.com/nonprofitorgs ), and sync your account with Twitter in case you occasionally want to share Pinterest Pins with your Twitter community. If you have a Twitter account, sign up with your Twitter username and password.

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Ten Useful Examples of the Real-Time Web in Action

NTEN

With an effective User Interface, a flowing river of news can be a very compelling way to consume content. It includes presence information (your avatar glows green if you're online) and chat while doing things like watching YouTube or Netflix videos. has jumped substantially. Real-Time Discovery. The Real-Time Web of People.

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[VIDEO] The Board’s Role in Fundraising & Resource Development

Bloomerang

You will get exactly the same amount of content and your questions answered in the time that you have allotted for this training. Each board member had a give of 500, a give of 5,000 and if it was in the green for that quarter, that meant they were on track. So I thank you for that space and grace, and I do say, I will honor your time.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

In Iran the regime hasn’t yet shown itself to be as savvy as the green movement. I think underlying slacktivism isn’t enough – you can’t just turn your profile green. Susan Pointer: Majority of our advertising is contextual – the search you made and the content on the page.

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NpTechTag Summary: NpTech Blog Buzz, NGOS at Demo 07, and Moulin

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lotusmedia posts about the RootsCampSL's Smashing Success -- Avatars Against War in Second Life. Perhaps a better title, a "Crashing Success," given that so many avatars showed up that it exceeded the server's and crashed! A reminder from Democracy in Action about accidental email spamming. It's called Moulin.

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