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The Most Common (Yet Completely Obvious) Mistake Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In many cases, supporters will recognize your avatar on social media sites long before their brains even begin to register the name of your nonprofit. The visual appeal of your social media avatar is very important to the success of building your online brand. That said, it’s time for some nonprofits to ramp it up a notch or two.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

One of the biggest downsides for me personally from being connected to the Social Web 50-70 hours a week is that my brain has a hard time reading for extended periods of time. Before Myspace then Facebook and then Twitter, I was a voracious reader.

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10 Tips for Managing Social Media Burnout

Nonprofit Tech for Good

My brain was completely fried and those around me were getting pretty fed up with the fact that I was never present, only connected… online, all the time. Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. Tags: Uncategorized Facebook MySpace Twitter.

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Game Friday: Shuffle Your Brain

Museum 2.0

In other words, Amy is the brain behind how and why we game. The first presentation explains the five game mechanics and gives examples of how they are used to make Netflix (personalized feedback), MySpace (friending people as social exchange), Ebay (leveling up via those little colored stars!), and other software tools more appealing.

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Graphing Social Patterns: Add the Words "with your friends"

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" This is how you might be envisioning your the future for your organization's social web presence and wrap your brains around Open Social. Benjamin Ling/Facebook - from Nick O'Neill - All Facebook MySpace Developer's Platform - from Jeremiah Owyang. Notes from DigitalPodcast and analysis/notes from Jeremiah Owyang. gspwest08.

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Does Immersion In Social Media Change Our Brain Functions? This Is Your Brain On Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by JTLowery The title of this post is play on the famous PSA " Brain on Drugs " from 1987 to raise attention to the harmful effects of drugs. The memorable tagline : This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Does growing up digital evolve young people's brains? Any questions? That's impressive.

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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. Ask for a show of hands, who has heard of Myspace? She was the first one to contribute something to the WeAreMedia Module 5: Online Community Engagement Strategy and Skills.

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