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Great reads from around the web on February 1st

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). – "The rise of social media has led to an exponential proliferation of content online and widespread demand for tools to filter that information.

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Google + for Social Change Activists: Dive in Early or Wait?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner co-founder of Momsrising and Bruce Lesley, President, of First Focus. (I learned so much that I enough material for several blog posts, my first post is here – it is about content curation.). I am avoiding spamming all three networks with cut and paste streams.

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Social Media Adoption: The Line Between Individual/Personal and Organizational

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Technology providers also try to avoid getting seduced by the hype cycles. As Jon Stahl notes, in reaction to the recent Overbook Foundation Report , I wonder how much of this anxiety is the product of nonprofit sector consultants and pundits hyping Web 2.0 How short was the hype cycle of MySpace? tool after Web 2.0 Of YouTube?

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10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The research is based on brands with a large following, a vast array of visual content, and a significant budget for advertising. That’s good news for nonprofits that don’t have a lot of visual content. Post Content That Inspires Engagement. then your organic reach will significantly decrease.

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Giving the Gift of Technology

Museum 2.0

In most cases, the hype that precedes a tool is so overwhelming that its functional value is lost in its charm appeal. When hype is the driver, the essential step of evaluating a given technology for its functional value is lost. The technology, like other gifts, is evaluated, not hyped or coerced. We don't think "gosh!

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The Ultimate Guide to Promoting Your School’s Giving Day

sgEngage

Your options for developing creative content are endless, from branded animated gifs to graphic updates and even hype videos. An engaging landing page lets you offer content unique to the initiative and keeps donors focused on the task at hand—making a gift within a specific time frame. Create a Unique Giving Day Page.

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The Ultimate Guide to Promoting Your School’s Giving Day

Connection Cafe

From branded animated gifs to graphic updates and even hype videos, your options for developing creative content are endless. The landing page lets you offer content unique to this initiative, and keeps donors focused on the task at hand—making a gift within a specific time frame. Create a Unique Giving Day Page.

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