Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Using a horizontal logo for your avatar. Unfortunately, many nonprofits upload horizontal logos to serve as their avatars, resulting in the obvious cropping of the images.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2013

Seemingly less than 1% of nonprofit have upgraded to YouTube’s new One Channel design , but even fewer appear to be utilizing YouTube’s new InVideo Programming option. Step 2: Select “Feature your channel” to add your avatar to all your videos. Social Media YouTube Video'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2014

Google+ Pages have a vast tool set and Google’s quest to integrate Google+ into their most popular products, such as Search, Gmail, YouTube, Local, and Wallet, is paying off as active monthly users continue to grow. 1 the content posted by others to increase the exposure of your nonprofit’s avatar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 9, 2011

They have personality and its obvious that there is a human being behind the avatar. Five Nonprofits Maximizing YouTube’s Nonprofit Program. That said, the nonprofits below have discovered a nice balance of tweets, retweets, and mentions. They vary their content – it’s not all just about them. Tate :: @ Tate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

Your nonprofit can learn a lot from the 11 (mostly large) nonprofits listed below by simply following, liking, and subscribing to their e-newsletter, blog, Facebook Page, Twitter, YouTube Channel, etc. A small selection of that criteria is as follows: Consistent use of a visually compelling square avatar across all social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

Add your logo or avatar to your images. In terms of branding, it’d be wise to add your logo or avatar to some of your photos. You’ll need a photo editing tool to drag and drop your logo or avatar onto your images, but the extra step is worth your time. One hashtag per pin is enough!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Hire a graphic designer to design a square avatar(s). 3) YouTube. Create a YouTube Channel/Google Account. Design your YouTube Channel. Apply to the YouTube Nonprofit Program. 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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Also, as you’ll see in Chapter 5, you will need a Google account to set up a YouTube Channel properly. Ideally, your social media vanity URLs should match your website URL, but if your website URL is not available on the big three (Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube), then you may need to get creative. Learn Basic HTML.

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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. We will start to train someone in Mensajeros de la Paz who's gonna be responsible for the avatar if the action works.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, YouTube, Google+, Vine, Tumblr? Your nonprofit has a visually compelling avatar that is used consistently on all social networks. Digital payments are coming to social networks ( YouTube and Google launched them first ). Yeah, right. Social media is in a weird transition right now. Get ready!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly. As a starting point, all nonprofits should be investing time and resources in the “Big Three”: Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube. YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world, behind only Google. Flickr and Digital Photography: 5 Hours Weekly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Your nonprofit’s presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Google+, and other social networking websites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

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. “+1″ other’s posts as your nonprofit to increase exposure of your avatar and to foster good will. Add your nonprofit under “Employment.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 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 links to your website, blog, and social networking communities to your Google Profile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

Add your logo or avatar to your images. In terms of branding, it’d be wise to add your logo or avatar to some of your photos. You’ll need a photo editing tool to drag and drop your logo or avatar onto your images, but the extra step is worth your time. One hashtag per pin is enough!

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Gyrus

MAY 31, 2016

Video-Based Training: Video streaming has been around for quite some time, however, the new millennium has seen a sudden upsurge in the online streaming space, with YouTube becoming the second popular search engine after Google. It’s estimated that the mobile learning industry will grow to over $37 billion by 2020.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Your nonprofit’s presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Google+, and other social networking websites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

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. “+1″ other’s posts as your nonprofit to increase exposure of your avatar and to foster good will. Add your nonprofit under “Employment.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

on their Twitter avatars, and then spread them throughout the Twitterverse. Big Cat Rescue was a pioneer is using YouTube and they also have 12seconds channel: 12seconds.tv/channel/BigCatRescue. Favstar.fm : Favstar.fm allows you to see the most favorited tweets across Twitter at any given time. Alternatively, there is TweetPhoto.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

YouTube: youtube.com/StopPancreaticCancer. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Averaging over 400 video views per week on YouTube. Name: Allison Nassour.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Your nonprofit’s presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Google+, and other social networking websites.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

The team at TechSoup has brewed up a select menu of tools and strategies to provide a social media curriculum to conference attendees on how to explore Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and applications for engaging volunteers and supporters around the world. Get in Touch Via Twitter. Will you be at the NCVS?

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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.), Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.), The era of winging it in social media is over.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. 4096 Color Wheel :: ficml.org/jemimap/style/color/wheel.html. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com. Twitter Mosaic :: sxoop.com/twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

You need a good avatar. You need Twitter and YouTube backgrounds that make a strong first impression. Blogger, LinkedIn and Myspace launched in 2003, and yet nine years into the Social Web the vast majority of nonprofits have not invested any financial resources at all into graphic design for their social media campaigns.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2010

At NCVS we had an extra laptop available to allow newcomers to create their Second Life avatars and demonstrate how to work together as we welcomed a new volunteer youth social media tech Markese to the team. We captured a few of those stories on our YouTube channel — special thanks to Josephine for the quick uploads!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC).

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2013

They were used for visual effects, for instance, in the James Cameron film, Avatar. Autodesk YouTube Channel – free demonstration videos. Autodesk entertainment products have won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for several years. This suite has five programs. This software even creates crowd simulations.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 17, 2011

And they’ve added YouTube and Klout: Still rather useless for finding someone with a common name since you can’t see anything other than name and avatar: What have I missed? But it’s better than it was before, and since it’s social, it will likely get continuous attention. Tagged: pre-release , Salesforce.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 22, 2010

They have also taken care to ensure that their logo scales well in avatar form (whenever their photo appears alongside one of their posts in a timeline). Videos: This custom tab simply embeds videos from their YouTube channel. They took advantage of YouTube's Playlist feature to create a browser of consumer-oriented videos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. YouTube Nonprofit Channels Now, even the Queen of England of has her own The Royal Channel on YouTube. Commentary here ) Maybe that's why we've heard rumblings in the blogosphere and on listservs that the YouTube Nonprofit Channel was backlogged on accepting applications.

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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. The video(s) does not need to be highly-produced or expensive, but it should be positive, on the short side, and integrated into all your nonprofit’s communications: VIDEO: Thank You from Operation Smile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

There's YouTube video here. Rik visited the homeless avatar: I decided to pop into SL to check it out. I found a bedraggled looking avatar sleeping in a cardboard box with a crude sign asking for donations. They have sponsored 296 foster homes housing 2,300 children!

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2006

The you that writes blogs, creates podcasts, shares open source applications, creates entries on Wikipedia, posts videos on YouTube, meets friends on MySpace and chats with avatars on Second Life. By now you've probably seen the announcement that TIME has named "you" the person of the year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly. 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. Chapter 5 :: Introduction to YouTube Channels.

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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. From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m.

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