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Digital Strategies for Community Foundations: COF Knight Digital Media Center Workshop Notes

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The project is a hyperlocal source of information about living green–powered by network of environmental activists, nonprofits, and grassroots organizations. It celebrates the natural beauty of the area while educating the community about a green life style. Cara talked about the network formation phase of the project.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

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For example, the Latin America Work Group’s website is www.lawg.org , but when the organization was setting up its profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, “lawg” was not available on all three sites. Use a Square Version of Your Organization’s Logo as Your Avatar on Social Media Sites. Get Buy-in from Executive Staff.

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What color is your nonprofit's blog?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And your organizational web site isn't enough because. Examples:  C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition Un Dispatch Easter Seals Autism Blog Indiana Art Museum. Green: Aggregate Content Blog. Lime Green:  Community Blog. So, I thought I'd take a stab at remixing it for nonprofits.  Red Cross Chat Blog.

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What color is your blog?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

  But after reading  the post by Laura Whitehead and how she turned her blog pink for the month of October to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I was inspired.    And, of course, finding a cure for breast cancer takes more than virtual pink ribbons and color schemes for your blog. 

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Nonprofits & Gaming: Playing Your Way to More Funds, More Volunteers, and Solving the World's Problems

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57,000 gamers have outperformed supercomputers in the task of folding proteins in new ways that could lead scientists to cures for Alzheimer's, cancer and more. DISNEY PROJECT GREEN: Play games, donate points and help a charity win $100,000. Gamers are already helping tackle real-world problems, just by playing games.

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Listening Literacy Skills: What keywords or phrases have brought you some insights?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

URLs for your blog, web site, online community. If you are using an analytics software program like Google Analytics, run a search engine referral report and see what words people are actually typing into search engines to find your site and try using some of these. Program, services, and event names. Your brand or tagline.

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The Young and Generous: A New Research Report from Network for Good

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Flickr photo from: Just Me Robin Photos "Fried Green Tomatoes anyone?" " My first thought when I opened this email from Katya Andresen , VP Marketing, Network for Good , pointing me to some new research, " The Young and the Generous " (you have to register to download) was about fried green tomatoes.