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Four Creative Uses of Facebook Profile Pics by Nonprofits on Facebook Pages

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Beyond the obvious graphic design work, what’s exceptionally clever is that they have created long vertical profile pics that when cropped in Status Updates produce a solid, square avatar that’s seen by their Fans in their News Feeds.

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Eight Common Mistakes Nonprofits Make When They First Join Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

1) Following others without having yet uploaded an avatar. A 2009 study study by HubSpot found that not having uploaded an avatar decreases your followers by up to 80% and my guess is that the data from that study still speaks true today. Many will also think you’re a spammer and will simply ignore your profile or block you.

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Five Things Your Nonprofit Needs To Know About YouTube’s Cosmic Panda

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The last time YouTube rolled out a new design you could toggle back and forth for a few months while they worked out bugs and tweaked design based on user feedback, but the days are numbered for the current design that we have become accustomed to. That said, the avatars of your subscribers can now be found only under “Community.&#

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11 Obvious Signs Your Nonprofit Needs Social Media Training

Nonprofit Tech for Good

on a regular basis you may not realize that the best practices that worked six months ago have evolved and some simply don’t work anymore at all. 1) Your avatar is cropped, shrunk, blurry, or too small to make an impact. Social media best practices are constantly in flux as tool sets change and algorithms are modified.

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Donor Personas: How to Identify Your Unique Donor Audience

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Let’s dive in and explore how creating donor personas can help us engage and resonate with our target audience better, so that in turn, we can create more impact in our areas of work. Persona Development Now that you have a lot of really insightful data, it is time to create the avatar of who your ideal donor is. It Is A Win/Win!

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11 LinkedIn Group Management Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It doesn’t work, however. Use a Horizontal Avatar. LinkedIn Groups are the only community discussed in this book that uses a rectangular avatar instead of a square one. If you name your group after your nonprofit, then your horizontal logo is fine for your LinkedIn group’s avatar. Don’t Use News Feeds.

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Encouraging Networking at Your Virtual Event

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Because you are not present in person to take in the mood in the room, and people no longer have body language cues to work from, you will need to help people get into the networking spirit. . Show them how to develop their avatar, fill out their profile, or use the text and video chat features. Advertise the Opportunities.

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