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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, organic reach has been dropping slightly for LinkedIn Pages over the last year and will likely continue to do so, but the recent growth in its popularity, the demographics of its users, and the ability to connect with donors and engage corporate sponsors and foundations have made LinkedIn a must-use social network for nonprofits.

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Tagging

Tech Soup

The final installment of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays tweetchat series, an interactive companion to its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , covered the topic of tagging. Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches.

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What are the most effective ways Nonprofits/Foundations can use Twitter #hashtags?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Mansikka. They're like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post. A Brief History of Hash Tags Chris Messina ( @chrismessina) is credited with starting hashtags and has written about how to make them most useful. That's, of course, if the tag used is unique enough. What is a #HashTag?

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5 Tips for Planning A Fundraising Campaign Around a Holiday

sgEngage

Your campaign message will serve as the foundation for all of your outreach efforts, marketing copy, and donation appeals. Using an online platform, set each volunteer up with their own campaign page , which they can personalize with a photo and description of their connection with your cause.

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Turning Crisis into Community: How to Make Emergency Donors Lifelong Supporters

The Modern Nonprofit

Preparation is key To effectively retain emergency donors, you must have a solid foundation in place. This emergency response communication sets the foundation for building lasting relationships. Tag and thank them. Include impact stories and photos showing how their support made a difference. This builds a connection.

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#Foundation Week Summary from a Netizen's Perspective

Tech Soup

As you may have noticed, Daniel Ben-Horin (one of TechSoup's CEOs) @DBenHorin and thirteen of the TechSoup crew were in Brussles from May 31 until June 4 for Foundation Week and posted a lot of great info from the sessions to this blog as well as other social media. Tags: Event Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Four Characteristics of High Impact Giving: Takeaways from PhilanthropyMatters

ASU Lodestar Center

Following, Dr. Robert Ashcraft, ASU Lodestar Center's Executive Director, facilitated a conversation with Kat, Partner Jacky Alling from the Arizona Community Foundation and me, where we discussed the high impact philanthropy ecosystem in Arizona. See more photos from the event on our Facebook page. Blog Tags: Philanthropy Matters.

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