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5 Book Recommendations for Nonprofit Networking and Data Nerds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Also, if you are looking for a last minute gift for the nonprofit networking and data nerd in your life, here’s some book recommendations. Online social networks and the Internet are a part of our everyday life, work, and even death – whether we embrace it or not, we need a good guide to navigating this world.

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Fundraising Meets Social Networking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What happens when fundraising meets social networking? Social Fundraising? Socially-Networked Fundraising? While analyzing our orchestra's "social network," I discovered that someone attended high school with Garrison Keilor. I wonder if we need a new term to describe this approach?

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Insta-what? Pin it where? Why should arts and cultural organizations use Instagram and Pintrest?

Connection Cafe

Admittedly, when these social networks first launched, I thought these tools would never really catch on. Arts and cultural organizations have an advantage over other nonprofit organizations : they have things to take pictures of. Are you using Instagram or Pintrest at your arts and cultural organization?

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Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. now hear from homegrown social networks and what they have to offer local nonprofits. The majority of the room had experience in social networking sites and tools, both personally and for their organization. All live blogging disclaimers apply.

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Social Media Best Practices: 12 Tips for Making the Best of Any Social Site

NetWits

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube? Google recently made a big social medial play by introducing Google+. With usage stats like that it’s probably safe to assume that a large portion of your followers use at least one social network, right?

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Great reads from around the web on June 13th

Amy Sample Ward

Unfriended: Six Million Americans Fled Facebook Last Month – Culture – GOOD – "I told you last month why I thought everyone should get off Facebook, and it turns out people listened. The site also posted losses in Canada, the U.K.,

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Notes About Mobile, Digital Trends, and Social Media Leadership from Knight Digital Media Center Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was part of the first-day that featured mobile expert Amy Gahran and Lee Raine , Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. 1: Broadband Internet (Expansion of broadband). #2: 3: Social Networking. He said that photo sharing is really social grooming. Trying to get a head.