Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Now that nonprofits are officially in the throes of peak fundraising season, upgrading to the new Twitter profile design launched on September 18 is likely low on the priority lists of many nonprofit communications and fundraising staff. 11 Nonprofits Utilizing the New Twitter Profile Design.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Upload your avatar/logo (250 x 250), a cover photo(1128 x 191), add a description and website URL, your company/organization size, industry, and city and country. Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs. Once you have claimed or created your LinkedIn Page, the set up process is straightforward.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

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. It needs to be a strong avatar that makes a solid first impression.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Exciting news! If you are new to Google+, then first please read carefully my Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits to become familiar with Google+ so that you make sure that you set up your Google Account and Google+ Profile correctly before following the instructions below for creating a Google+ Page for your nonprofit.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Upload an avatar, and fill out a short blurb about your nonprofit in the bio. Industry News Mobile Social Tech nonprofit nonprofit technology npTech social media technology twitter' Completely fill out bio. If you’re interested in reading more you can check out the original article by Julia Claire Campbell of JC Social Marketing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Some of those Twitterers who are exposed to your avatar and your smart, useful and inspiring content for the first time will then be compelled to “Follow” you. Some of those Twitterers who are exposed to your avatar and your smart, useful and inspiring content for the first time will then be compelled to “Follow” you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 4, 2011

On Quora you have to be a person, but Facebook Questions uses your nonprofit’s Page and avatar as your Facebook Questions identity. When your nonprofit posts a Facebook Question to your Fans it will appear in their “Most Recent&# and “Questions&# News Feeds.

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Even more so since we are lucky to have a great artist on our team, Denis Fokin, who is not easily stupefied, even when ask him things like, "Can you please create an avatar for Jim, Fluid Apricot?" or "Can you come up with a play on the Wild Apricot logo with some Thanksgiving flavor?", not mentioning easy things.( read more ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

Until then, below is a draft design of the new profiles ( submit your feedback ) that will be launched in conjunction with the new.NGO Global Directory. A featured avatar and header image. A section to feature recent news and blog posts. ONG Profile Includes: 1. A “Donate Now” button.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? I also tracked down the avatar in Second Life and did an interview with the people from NGO involved in this campaign. If SL commercial activity gets in the news, why not our social cause? What are the logistics of working the avatar?

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 8, 2017

If your site takes the style of a magazine or news outlet, check out Cool Stuff. It includes very cool features such as a custom login form and avatars for your users that appear in the menu bar as well as in submitted posts and the authors list section. If your site is content rich, consider Sufia as a theme option.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Add a your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google Profile picture. Even though Google Profiles must be individuals, you can still help brand your nonprofit by adding your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your profile picture: 5. Add Google’s +1 button to your desktop and mobile websites and blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

While embracing a comprehensive, long-term breaking news and crisis communications strategy is challenging for many nonprofits, all nonprofits, regardless of their size, can tap into the power of cause awareness days. Be sure to embed your avatar or logo and the hashtag for the campaign on the images and graphics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

However, to stand out from the other nearly one hundred million Facebook Pages vying for likes, comments, and shares, your nonprofit needs to excel at Facebook to ensure News Feed exposure. Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

An algorithm is necessary to weed out boring content from the Facebook News Feed, but 1%? Your nonprofit has a visually compelling avatar that is used consistently on all social networks. Their Twitter following is 5X that of Facebook and 18X their following on Instagram and thus on Twitter is where the bulk of their effort is spent.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Good news, I have some of the answers. The good news is you don’t have to be a designer to do it; you just need Canva. Some features are: Versatile logos – (Great for avatars, email subject lines, business profiles listings, and website headers). Make it easy for your donors with donation software. Instantly downloadable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will. Diversify your news sources. The best social media managers have a voracious appetite for news and current affairs. Since I have returned from Asia I have cut my consumption of broadcast news by 95%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. CheckFacebook :: checkfacebook.com. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

A heavily commented photo will show up in people’s news feeds (because of all the activity), which can really help promote the message. For instance, I promised to change my Facebook avatar to one featuring my baby mustache if I hit the $250 mark by the end of the day – it worked. Being a Tease Helps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2008

Her testimony was part of today's hearing: "Online Virtual Worlds: Applications and Avatars in a User-Generated Medium" Transcript and video here. Mercury News Washington Post Coverage also on the TechSoup Second Life Blog ( here ) for nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

There are times I learn of new social media outlets, 3 rd party technologies or methods, and if I want to apply something new to the organization, I do my due-diligence and experiment with it, strategize how it can add value to the organization, and lastly I propose it to our executive team.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), However, for social media managers in particular, disconnecting while traveling provides an absolutely necessary break from technology and the 24/7 news cycle.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. CheckFacebook :: checkfacebook.com. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com. Twitter Mosaic :: sxoop.com/twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

birthday campaigns ( Facebook Fundraisers ), and for timely, news-driven events (Black Lives Matter). Be sure to embed your avatar or logo and embed hashtag for the campaign on the images and graphics. First-time fundraisers raise an average of $222 while return fundraisers raise an average of $501.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. Here's where Jason learns about the latest trends and news in technology: In nonprofit marketing, I enjoy Beth Kanter's Blog , as well as Kivi Leroux Miller’s Nonprofit Marketing Blog. I frequent Hacker News as well as TechCrunch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2008

She announced on her blog, " I use Twitter to fight Cancer " and without any formal blogger relations campaign, well-known and influential bloggers blogged about her situation and changed their avatars to include peas. Even at 31, I have waited outside of hospital doors for peers who were getting the news (so far, all clear).

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. Here's where Jason learns about the latest trends and news in technology: In nonprofit marketing, I enjoy Beth Kanter's Blog , as well as Kivi Leroux Miller’s Nonprofit Marketing Blog. I frequent Hacker News as well as TechCrunch.

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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. Post Eye-catching Photos.

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See3

MAY 10, 2007

He was participating via SecondLife as an on-screen avatar. Two-thirds of our panelists were in the top 10 of all evaluations (Steve Daigneault / Amnesty International and Tim Fullerton / OxFam America) and the overall evaluation of our session was very high. You can read more about it on Barry’s blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

We also encouraged people to change their avatars (see above). Our Rock River, IL chapter communicator was able to get a 2 minute piece about the roadblock on their NBC affiliate's evening news that Thursday night , which was uber exciting for us. I'd try to figure out how in the world to measure how many people changed their avatars.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Time then to ping mainstream news sources, image search and his Wikipedia page to check for updates. Ted Roden, the founder of artsy social sharing site Enjoysthin.gs , says that ever since he started pushing new shared items live to the browsers of people on his site - the time people have spent on Enjoysthin.gs Real-Time Discovery.

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Care2

APRIL 24, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

60) Search « M+R and NTEN CMS, Email, Fundraising Benchmarks Study | Main | 51% of Donors Not At All Interested in Social Networks » Monday Apr 21 2008 EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life Monday, April 21, 2008 at 02:56PM | by Caitlin Ochs Imagine having the ability to translate virtual reality into actual reality.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

Tap into breaking news and current affairs. Regardless of whether your nonprofit is local, national, or international, nonprofits need to be ready to respond to breaking news and current affairs. If your avatar, banners, and backgrounds are professionally designed, then users are much more likely to become followers.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

60) Search « M+R and NTEN CMS, Email, Fundraising Benchmarks Study | Main | 51% of Donors Not At All Interested in Social Networks » Monday Apr 21 2008 EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life Monday, April 21, 2008 at 02:56PM | by Caitlin Ochs Imagine having the ability to translate virtual reality into actual reality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

(Pop through your read to check out the new look for the blog too, although there are vendor ads via Google) Sundance, the Oscars, and Nonprofit Technology? Democracy in Action has invited everyone into the NpTech Oscar Pool Katya Andresen from Network for Good gives us the lastest celebrity news (what no gossip?) " Web 2.0,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 25, 2012

You’ll need to invest in a photo-editing software or app that will allow you to edit, crop and insert text or your nonprofit’s logo or avatar into your photos. Photos with Your Nonprofit’s Logo or Avatar. You are going to need to know where to find photos online and how to source them. ”Oh, Wow” Photos.

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