Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Hurricane Sandy has crippled the East Coast is this morning’s New York Time’s headline. But the story is personal for me. You can only look at the photos for so long before you want to do something. ACBoardwalk #Frankenstorm #Sandy twitter.com/ChrisBonanni/s….

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. Anything else?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). My mind wanders after a couple of paragraphs even when reading New York Times Bestsellers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Here are some patterns of success: To expand reach, new, recycled, and interesting content is key, but posting too frequently can cause people to hide or unlike you. The art of writing good teaser headlines is critical to getting more interaction. Engaging photos, especially of local places and animals work well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

We view our social media channels as a fun on ramp to our ladder of engagement. Another example comes from grist.org’s food and sustainable agriculture coverage sparked by commentary about an article in the New York Times that younger farmers are more likely to shun industrial farming techniques and embrace more sustainable practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2013

Flicker Photo By Mike Willis. That headline isn’t a lawyer joke. The session will focus on exploring how nonprofits are expanding their efforts to influence public policy through social channels and understanding the legal issues and how to evaluate the work. (I’ll That headline isn’t a lawyer joke.

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