Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Use a Square Version of Your Organization’s Logo as Your Avatar on Social Media Sites. It’s very important that you invest the time and resources needed to designing a visually distinct, square avatar that matches the overall branding of your nonprofit. Share only content that is meant for public consumption. Learn Basic HTML.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

The next step is to follow the instructions to “Create a public profile.” 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.

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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. Consistent publication of fresh content to a blog or website. Custom-designed Twitter and YouTube Channel backgrounds. Their website, e-newsletter, and blog all include links to their social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

Spearheaded by the Public Interest Registry – the not-for-profit operator of the.ORG domain, the new .NGO A featured avatar and header image. NGO Global Directory will be launched in conjunction with the release of the new.NGO and.ONG domains. ONG Profile Includes: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

The next step is to follow the instructions to “Create a public profile.&# It’s worth noting that beginning July 31 Google will delete all private Google Profiles (this best practice will then be revised to reflect the new sign up process), so at the very least your first name, last name, and profile picture will be public.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 15, 2020

Some things you should consider when elevating your virtual trade show experience: Custom Avatars: Allow attendees to build their own avatar that can be used to navigate the virtual environment. Personalization: Beyond the avatar, the virtual trade show experience should be personalized as much as possible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Hire a graphic designer to design a square avatar(s). Reserve your LinkedIn Public Profile URL. Create a 6- × 6-inch hard copy of your nonprofit’s avatar for photo check ins, if applicable. Create a Google account. Sign up for Google Alerts. Experiment with social media dashboards. Purchase a smartphone and/or tablet.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

As gamification evolves beyond badges and avatars, nonprofits can institute game play to tell their story in a moving and convincing way. And I believe voters would be better educated if we all played American Public Media’s Budget Hero. As Al Gore put it, “cooperation beats out competition.”. Gamification Evolution.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

Your nonprofit has a visually compelling avatar that is used consistently on all social networks. Tools like Canva and Pablo make it super easy. This is Social Media 101, but a best practice still not widely adopted by most small nonprofits. The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report. 2,780 NGOs • 133 Countries • 6 Continents.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

A public search has a way of getting in front of new eyes, thus new donors and sponsors. Be sure to embed your avatar or logo and embed hashtag for the campaign on the images and graphics. You may be surprised, however, that actively seeking matching gift donors and sponsors publicly works as well.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

Social media is a space where the individual reigns, relationships are required, and conversations are public. What’s most interesting to me within the nonprofits-in-social-space is the difference between organization-driven and individual-driven fundraising (and other promotion) campaigns.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With this technology, guests can create an avatar and move into different digital spaces. . For example, if your nonprofit fundraising campaign is hosting a big virtual concert as its main event, then be sure that the concert is on the public page. Perhaps they want to socialize around the “holiday punch”.

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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.), 50 a month there really is no excuse to be using.gmail.com,yahoo.com, or.hotmail.com as your email handle when communicating with donors, supporters, volunteers, and the general public.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

It’s also worth noting that these time estimates do not include website maintenance, e-newsletter publication, donate now campaign management, or group texting and text-to-give campaigns, so pick and choose carefully based on what your resources allow. It’s better to utilize a few tools very well than many tools poorly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2006

(Click through to the larger version to read the poster) I've been going to meetings on information island at the TechSoup area in Second Life where a small group of avatars interested in nonprofits and Second Life have been busy working on some exciting plans lead by Susan Tenby of TechSoup. Next meeting is 10:30 a.m.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

The particular issue that concerns Hiroshi right now is the Second Life problem, 3D avatar immersive environments. When the entities involved are public entities like governments or groups with a mandate to serve the entire population (BBC in UK, schools), the standard is higher than for an individual or a tiny business.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Avatar - Square image up to 700k, consistently branded. One background I love is KBEM Public Radio. Make sure that your organization is using its name, or a commonly used nickname/acronym. You can list your full organization name in the bio section, allowing people to search for you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2007

public role,??? MacArthur Foundation becomes the first foundation to leave behind the limitations of physical space and fly into virtual worlds. vote with their feet,??? these folks can simply fly away. It would also be a great way to test out the virtual philanthropy simulator ideas I wrote about earlier; or.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With this technology, guests can create an avatar and move into different digital spaces. . For example, if your nonprofit fundraising campaign is hosting a big virtual concert as its main event, then be sure that the concert is on the public page. Perhaps they want to socialize around the “holiday punch”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2007

Meaningful corporate use of public virtual worlds/platforms will lag. Second Law: Behind every avatar is a real person Third Law: Be relevant and add value. By the end of 2011, 80 percent of active Internet users (and Fortune 500. enterprises) will have a ??? second life, ??? Ah, but what about ROI? Fifth Law: This is a long haul.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

One of the most highly publicized campaigns is the screening of the documentary about three women changemakers, A Powerful Noise , on Thursday, March 5th in select theaters. The organization is asking supporters to change their Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook avatars at 1:10 on Friday, March 6th to the "oneten" avatar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

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. For context, see the event announcement and today's New York Times article.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

What seem to work was: Some influential people responding publically that they had donated. My friends responding with public questions about what else was needed or suggesting fundraising strategies. Private, personalized messages, not mass emails. This was the first time I observed the use of "retweeting" a fundraising message.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Over fifty avatars attended. Father and daughter have been co-teaching a Harvard Law School course in Second Life this past semester, called CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opnion. If you look at the photo closely, you'll notice that Alex replicated her Mac sticker cover for her laptop.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

Using facial morphing software to change a player''s avatar to a different ethnicity, we fed the game with hundreds of photos that were judged in a "hot or not" type interface and gave players a view of how intelligent, attractive, and trustworthy others perceived them to be as two different ethnicities. as a part of Experimonth: Race.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. Here are at least five reasons why: - They tend to be donor-driven; no one likes to be told to shuck and jive in public. View the list of people who contributed their smarts, hearts, and souls to this campaign. Their novelty quickly wears off; results are often invisible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

We created a wiki full of sample avatars, banners, widgets, videos, audio clips, etc. We've used our online channels to keep the public updated on the campaign. that are easy to grab and use. The campaign's home page has all the links you'd need to help out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

ve ever read a post, blog entry or article in a major publication that suggested we were pushing towards divorcing ourselves from reality and physicality, and moving entirely into these immersive virtual spaces. Six worlds, avatars, lots of chat and even then screens receiving video for. web geeks and cardboard cutout avatars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Games for Social Change gaming and libraries was recently published and the author is the Shifted Librarian and My Avatar Wears Tight Jeans and 4 Other Things I learned from Internet Librarian 2006 is worth the read from Michael Stephens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Social Web and PR/Marketing An excellent post from Chris Andreson on Long Tail PR: How To Do Publicity Without A Press Release (or the Press) Nancy Schwartz of the Getting Attention Blog is hosting next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. The topic is " How do Nonprofit Communicators Compete for Audience Attention? " Web 2.0,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

In fact, I'll be arriving in a Jetson like transportation and my avatar will probably look a lot like Jane Jetson. . How can we support innovation, invention, and adoption of transformative technology for the public good? If you'd like to participate, I have 10 FREE PASSES to give away.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

My background is in public health, with an interest in using the mass media to help bring about healthy behavior change. ve been teaching a course on social marketing at the UCLA School of Public Health, which has been a fun experience for me. ve been exploring Second Life and avatar marketing ??? I see that you???ve

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

public information??? why does someone spend so much time in a game world customising their avatar???? She shares some of the internal conversation her colleagues on staff and their differing views: It took a little more work to convince my co-workers [about web 2.0 For me, the web and 2.0 For others, the concept of ???public

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Publishers still need to market new releases and promote book publications and virtual events are one way in which this can happen. . Users might have an avatar that can represent them as they move around the virtual space. . Augmented reality in digital spaces.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

The Broadcast Web i.e., one-to-many communications defined as broadcasting outward with complete control of the message and no public interaction or feedback. It increases your generosity score and the exposure of your avatar in the Twitterverse and in the “Interactions” module and thus results in more new followers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

The Broadcast Web i.e., one-to-many communications defined as broadcasting outward with complete control of the message and no public interaction or feedback. It increases your generosity score and the exposure of your avatar in the Twitterverse and in the “Interactions” module and thus results in more new followers.

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