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Social Media for Social Good :: Your Nonprofit Tech Checklist

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Hire a graphic designer to design a square avatar(s). Find your Facebook voice. Find your Twitter voice. Create a Flickr account. Upgrade to Flickr Pro. Set up Flickr Profile. Create a 6- × 6-inch hard copy of your nonprofit’s avatar for photo check ins, if applicable. Create a Google account.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Not everyone is a natural-born Twitterer, and it may take time to find the right person at your nonprofit to be the voice(s) behind your Twitter avatar, but it’s worth the investment of resources. Flickr and Digital Photography: 5 Hours Weekly. All nonprofits should also experiment with Twitter. Blogging: 10 Hours Weekly.

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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. Over time and through implementing the best practices listed below and those yet to come, you will find your Google+ voice. A unique, authentic Google+ voice.

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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. Over time and through implementing the best practices listed below and those yet to come, you will find your Google+ voice. A unique, authentic Google+ voice.

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Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Hire a Social Media Manager

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You need a good avatar. Finally, if they need to spend $50 for a premium Tumbler design or $25 a year for Flickr Pro, they have the green light to do so. It’s the number one, first-voiced complaint in every webinar and social media training that I give.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

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Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.), and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ).