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Content Curation: Are You A Fire Hose or A Focusing Lens?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is a great technique to keep up with your field. If that headline caught your attention, thank Robin Good , a virtuoso content curator, who will join me remotely from Italy when I do a talk on content curation at the next Social Media 4 Nonprofits Conference in January.

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Transparency, Social Media, and Dealing with Criticism

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charback's witty post describes a fictional (but ripped from the headlines) situation of a corporate blogger who has to address a customer's negative, vocal, but accurate criticism on the customer's blog. Do you ignore them - saying don't feed the trolls? The criticism was that Owyang's advice was not sophisticated enough.

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What's Your Content Gathering and Filtering Workflow?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Anyway, I noticed that Sonny had his "Read/Write" lists as RSS feeds going down the left side of his blog. I put a "Cambodian Blogosphere Headlines" into the lower right side of Cambodia4kids Blog. Now I have found way too many.). I asked Sonny if one could do that sort of thing without being an ubergeek.

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10 Fast Tips to Boost E-newsletter Performance - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Headlines should be short. Never miss a post by subscribing to frogloops RSS feed.

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How to Maximize Success Stories Across Your Nonprofit’s Digital Channels

Nonprofit Tech for Good

WFP USA has posted a nearly 650-word story of Rani on their blog with a big headline, full-size photos, large text, and bold quotes. This technique grabs readers’ attention by putting them in Dustin’s shoes. Included is an image of Dustin on tour in Iraq, wearing an ambiguous expression and surrounded by a dusty landscape.

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NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tis the Season These sites may not be of interest to participants of " Buy Nothing Day ," on November 23, but what better way to feed your consumer urges and desire to good by shopping for charity! Perhaps there is a lot to learn from headline writing skills. A new entry into the charity shopping category , is MAATIAM.

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A Nonprofit’s Legal Counsel Is The Social Media Manager’s Best Friend!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That headline isn’t a lawyer joke. Establish Good One-on-One Working Relationship: Dan Michel who is responsible for social strategy at Feeding America says it is important to establish a good one on one relationship. That headline isn’t a lawyer joke. Flicker Photo By Mike Willis. Being proactive is also important.