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Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Hire a Social Media Manager

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You need a good avatar. A good social media manager will have have basic graphic design and editing knowledge and know HTML, and thus will be able to do much of this work for you, but if not, they have the budget to hire someone who can. You need Twitter and YouTube backgrounds that make a strong first impression.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. Several avatars were also in "real life" in New York City. That's Danah Boyd in RL who was also live blogging the event. It was the ultimate digital media multi-tasking experience. local time).

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Live Blog Post from MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jonathan Fanton, above next to my Second Life avatar, engaged in a discussion with Philip Rosedale (Linden) of Linden labs about the role of civil society in virtual worlds and answered questions from the more than 200 avatars that packed the space. Fanton: MacArthur is a knowledge network. A report about the event from Hastac.

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. Politics, and Activism If you can't be in DC this weekend to remind Congress that you voted against this war , Ruby Sinreich suggests that you head to the Progressive Island on Second Life for the Avatars Against the War sponsored by RootsCampSl.org Hillary Clinton is using Drupal.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Twibbon is a tool that allows your supporters on Twitter and Facebook to add a micro version of your nonprofit’s avatar to their profile pics. Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and others are coming soon. Twibbon :: twibbon.com.

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100 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter. CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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60 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter. CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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