article thumbnail

Five Pinterest Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Pinterest definitely requires more subtly and creativity to build and maintain a following. Add your logo or avatar to your images. In terms of branding, it’d be wise to add your logo or avatar to some of your photos. My first impression is that 20% or so instinctively get it. Their content is good.

Practice 238
article thumbnail

11 LinkedIn Group Management Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the era of social media, LinkedIn Groups have been one of the most underutilized and overlooked tools available to nonprofits. Use a Horizontal Avatar. LinkedIn Groups are the only community discussed in this book that uses a rectangular avatar instead of a square one. Definitely utilize the templates feature.

Linkedin 195
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites.

Fun 276
article thumbnail

22 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, there are some resources and tools that I continually refer to and use again and again, and others that I am still experimenting with that may (or may not) become integral to my communications routine.

Fun 236
article thumbnail

How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s important to note that the time requirements for each tool are fluid and are always changing from week to week, but the estimates do provide a framework that will help you draft a realistic social media manager job description and decide what social media tools your nonprofit can utilize based on your capacity.

article thumbnail

11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will. Those are definitely not the qualities of a good social media manager. In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long.

article thumbnail

NPTechTag Roundup: Election Debriefs and Wikis in Your Kitchen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Election Day Debriefs What we can learn about online politics from the 2006 Campaigns from e-politics offers some lessons and takeaways about social networking and other traditional technology tools deployed for political campaigns. Here's a clip of Joe Trippi explaining how web media tools are impacting political campaigns and movements.

Wiki 50