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Is the New Facebook “People Talking About” Metric As Meaningless as Number of Likes?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mari Smith pointed to this blog post from All Facebook explaining the metric and how it has been implemented in apps. I’ve never run an ad for more fans, or done silly contests or anything else, you know? Size has never mattered to us.

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7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How about Flash Back Friday ? It does have a Star Wars theme, but he created a fun caption contest. Here are some tips for games and giveaway contests on Facebook. Don’t like Throw Back Thursday? Make up your own nostalgia meme. Engage Alumni in Professional Conversations Related To Their Careers.

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Congrats to Mazarine Treyz - The First Wiki Contributor to WeAreMedia Module 5

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Brains On Fire blog tell us why it is so important to be prepared before you launch an online community effort: Online communities are popping up everywhere. So they have contests. s long-term and sustainable instead of another flash in the pan. The question was : How do you get prepared for an online community?

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm creating a powerpiont for the Webinar and an accompanying wikispace, but wanted to put out this blog post for any feedback. Extension programs track blog conversations and respond. Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. Use Technorati , a blog search engine.

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Nonprofit Technology News for March 2014

Tech Soup

News flash. NPTech Contests and Awards. She also invites us NPTechies to discuss Rifkin’s vision on the Nonprofit Quarterly blog. In either case, both Wello and the The Hippo Water Roller Project are searching for creative ways to make these devices affordable to the people who need them now that the technology is ready.

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