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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

1) Set up your nonprofit’s Twitter Profile to maximize followers. Before you follow any account, ensure that your profile is complete with (1) a well-designed profile photo and header image; (2) a bio that expresses clearly your organization’s mission; and (3) a link to your website. Upload powerful photos and videos.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the last few years, Microsoft has rebuilt LinkedIn working out many of the kinks and bugs that made it frustrating to use, and has launched a suite of new tools and functionality for LinkedIn Pages , Profiles , and Groups. Tagging corporate sponsors and partners. Strangely, nonprofits have been slow to embrace LinkedIn.

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My Birthday Cause: Free Geek!

Amy Sample Ward

I have a birthday coming up and over the weekend I received an email from Causes, the social change application in Facebook. Instead of just writing on your wall, or giving you something you don’t need, what if they had a chance to help a cause you believe in? Select your Birthday Cause today: Get Started - Learn More.

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Bookshare International’s Viji Dilip Profiled in Magazine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Washington Square Magazine, which is published by Viji’s alma matter San Jose State University, included a profile of Viji in their most recent issue. She was told that a brain tumor was pressing on her optic nerve and may cause her to become blind. Tags: book famine accessibility Viji San Jose International Bookshare Dilip.

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10 Brilliant Social Media Content Ideas for Nonprofits

Bloomerang

Share stories of your fundraising campaigns and the cause that you’re promoting. Profile Your Supporters & Volunteers You have your volunteers supporting your cause. Among other strategies for volunteer engagement , creating a profile on your volunteers and giving them a shoutout is an ideal way to engage and thank them.

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How Nonprofits Can Use Behavioral Science to Engage Supporters on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

They are more likely to donate to a cause, attend a virtual event, or volunteer when they are invited by people they know and trust. This is also why campaigns that involve tagging friends and encouraging them to pass on the message are effective. Social media makes participating in campaigns easy and fun.

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Twibbon: A Twitter Tool That Puts a Ribbon on Your Profile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He is using a tool called " Twibbon " that makes it easy for people to change their avatar to incorporate a visual for a particular cause. Two years later, changing your Twitter icon in support of a cause (even though some call this " slacktivism "), is a techniques being used. Tags: twitter. What do you think?

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