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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The 50 nonprofits listed below are tackling some of the most important economic, social and political issues of our time. Feeding America :: @ FeedingAmerica. National Parks Conservation Association :: @ NPCA. Ocean Conservancy :: @ OurOcean. politicians follow any nonprofits on Twitter. Crisis Group :: @ CrisisGroup.

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Three Ways Social Media Has Negatively Affected the Nonprofit Sector (and What We Can Do About It)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Even the most challenging issues have stories of success. If your nonprofit assists the poor, share a story of someone who finally secured employment or got a raise and can now feed their family and buy their kids new shoes for the school year. If your nonprofit works in disaster relief, share a story of survival.

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Facebook Advertising Experiment for Nonprofit Organizations :: The Results

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Purchasing advertising did not increase my fan base or help my Status Updates show up in the News Feed > Top News. Additionally, purchasing adverting did not appear to have any effect on getting my Status Updates to show up more often in the News Feed > Top News. Those Status Updates that did had lots of Comments and Likes.

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6 Types of Nonprofit Video Messages

Greater Giving

They educate and entertain viewers quickly, feeding information to them in a comfortable, effective way. There are several approaches that can be taken to achieve this goal, but it is important to remember the main issue that matters most to your organization. If they are millennials go for a youthful look and feel in the video.

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How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What lies beneath a request for technology capacity or skill building or the rush to adopt the newest social or mobile tool? Are there other more pressing organizational issues that should be addressed first such as poor program quality or lack of a overall communications strategy or leadership issues. Guest post by Paul Connolly.

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Social Networking Inside and Out

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The technique is to illustrate the issue through the experience of an individual. " I used the technique two years ago for a presentation at the first netsquared conference called " I Tag the Hand that Feeds Me " or what I should retitle "Meet Sally. Here's another one called " Meet Charlie."

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Social Media Case Study Slam Panel at NTC 08: Danielle Brigida, NWF - A Case Study on Traffic

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Slide 2: The National Wildlife Federation is one of the largest conservation organizations in the U.S. We are such a big tent organization that covers so many issues that we are looking for ways of broadening our audience. When something goes popular on digg it is picked up in a number of dig rss feeds that feed into blogs.