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Social Media for Social Good :: Your Nonprofit Tech Checklist

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Define metrics of measurement and create a social media ROI spreadsheet. Write social media and mobile technology policies. Create a Flickr account. Upgrade to Flickr Pro. Set up Flickr Profile. Get the necessary training (HTML, digital photography, video, social media, and mobile technology). Create galleries.

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Guest Post on Care2 Frogloop: Designing Campaigns for Impact

Amy Sample Ward

Start with Metrics. When building a campaign and exploring your options for the structure, actions and engagement pieces, look first at your organizational metrics. Those metrics and goals are the best resources for identifying the focus and the calls to action for your campaign. Photo credit: Flickr leehaywood.

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Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Rebooting Your Digital Community Building

NTEN

Jacobwith Flickr: jenny8lee When it comes to building community and increasing brand awareness, some organizations hire communications, marketing, and engagement staff to handle these activities. Social media policy - Make sure the organization has a social media policy in place and that it is a positive, encouraging policy and not punitive.

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How Much Time Should Your Nonprofit Invest In Different Social Media Channels?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. If you need a specific metric for your reports, ask outside software providers to build a tool that can give it to you. Luke’s, StoryCorps, NPR, and Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. Often developers look to their customers for software ideas.

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Taking Baby Steps with Social Media Measurement: Defining a Small Pilot

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The first stage was to look at increases in metrics if all staff added social media tasks to their jobs. This gave them the confidence to invest in a social media staff person and they saw more results. Flickr Photo by Kai Hendry. Case study is here ). Watch Out for Office Politics.

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My New Year's Resolution: Use Social Media Efficiently - 52 Tips

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by RedRaspu Convio invited me to share my number one New Year's resolution as part of its "Now is the Time" campaign. Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Do you have a friending policy ?

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Alligators and Roller Coaster Rides: Getting into the Flow

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jeremiah Owyang posted this case study about how they used YouTube and Flickr to share their media and encouraged the community to create content. What are your key metrics for success? Fun with Metrics: Measuring Success and ROI. What are metrics, measurement and ROI? American Coaster Enthusiasts ???

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