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Social Media ennui

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’m a fairly active user of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and some other social networking sites, and have been for years now. I certainly have followed and friended lots of organizations on these networks (particularly on Twitter, but also some more personally relevant to me on Facebook.)

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy. First impressions are important on social media.

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Hype vs. Reality: What digital channels are the most effective in 2010?

Care2

There is a lot of hype around new digital channels, but little evidence is published to back this up. I hear the questions every week: "Should we start with Facebook or email?" Yet it wasn't just endorsed but them, they were actively seeking ways to support it through their available networks and with their available assets.

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Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin: Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Submitted by Steve MacLaughlin, publisher of Connections For a while now I've been talking with a lot of nonprofits about using social media and social networking in their organizations. Will people give through Facebook? Hope from the Hype So why does social networking matter? Lots of buzzword bingo.

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Are You Going To Adopt Google+ for Professional Learning/Networking? Why or Why Not?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

3 Curate What You Share: I’ve always try to be careful of doing too much one-click sharing. Don’t share everything, only the best stuff. Don’t get into the bad habit of clicking the share button – similar to lazy retweets or share on Facebook. I usually try to set up a small learning project.

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Article Published on TechSoup: Eight Secrets of Effective Online Social Networking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The other day I wrote a post called " Social Not Working and Other Social Networking Challenges " riffing on a post by Jeremiah Owyang who summarized the challenges - the flip side of social networking exuberance and really just a normal part of the technology hype curve. Social not -working???

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New on SSIR: First and Foremost Know Your Community

Amy Sample Ward

You’ve probably heard of Facebook ; you may even have set up a group or a fan page there for your organization. But did you do that because you heard of Facebook in the news, or from a friend? Maybe you’ve never heard of those platforms, but for some large demographics they are the hot spots online, not Facebook.

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