Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 8, 2011
Using a horizontal logo for your avatar. Your nonprofit’s avatar is your visual identity on social-networking sites, and with the exception of LinkedIn Groups, all social-networking sites require a square avatar. If your nonprofit is location-based (zoos, museums, health clinics, food banks, etc.)
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 30, 2012
A small selection of that criteria is as follows: Consistent use of a visually compelling square avatar across all social networks. There’s always room for improvement since social media best practices change as often as the tools themselves. Field Museum :: fieldmuseum.org. Hint, hint. CARE :: care.org.
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 24, 2011
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.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 5, 2021
After a supporter follows your nonprofit, your avatar is how they will mentally and visually connect your brand to your Instagram posts. In most cases, your avatar should not include text as it would be too small to read in the Instagram feed on a smartphone. For example, Greenpeace Canada and No Kid Hungry : Story Highlight Covers.
Museum 2.0
MAY 9, 2007
In January, I interviewed Sibley about the potential use of virtual worlds and Second Life by museums, but in the four months since then, the virtual world platform--and the hype around it--has exploded. It seems that Second Life is both the closest and farthest thing from many museum professionals' minds.
Museum 2.0
DECEMBER 11, 2007
This is not an analytical post (primarily); it's an announcement and invitation to join the new project I've been working on with The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. But this is not just for The Tech; our grant mandates that this project be a service to the museum community at large. A contractor, Involve Inc.,
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 19, 2006
That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. Several avatars were also in "real life" in New York City. That's Danah Boyd in RL who was also live blogging the event.
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