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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

million. And critics, with a scarcity mindset, talk about slacktivism (“Not everyone who did the challenge donated or even mentioned ALS”) and fundraising cannibalism (“People won’t donate to other charities because they will be tapped out”). The numbers speak for themselves.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Humane Society of the United States

Nonprofit Tech for Good

I identified a trend forming with social networking, and set up our very first profile. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? We don’t use it like we use Facebook, for advocacy, fundraising, and relationship building. Who maintains your social media campaigns? Are they paid, full-time, part-time?

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Upworthy Type Headlines: To Like or Dislike?

Care2

Please do not run out and start using Upworthy like subject lines on your online advocacy and fundraising appeals. Just like you were never the Obama campaign when their fundraising tactics were all of the rage. However, memes and videos should not be your only source of content.

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5 Ways To Make Your Donors Feel Loved

Care2

Today I received at least 10 fundraising pitches. If you have a social CRM and have done social media appends, you have access to where your donors are on social networks. If you have too many donors to thanks on social media, make a fun meme and tag them on different social media channels.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Even if it is only a small raise, this is the year that all nonprofit social media managers (female and male) should ask for a raise. Despite popular memes that social media is “Free!” and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). The era of winging it in social media is over.

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How a Few Tiny Horses Bucked the Facebook Algorithm

Tech Soup

You can also post memes that relate to your cause. And yes, cute animals have serious social media power. Holidays, pop culture events, memes (there's a blog post coming early next week about this), or even just plain old Friday are good excuses to post humorous or engaging posts. social media social networking facebook'

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Around the TechSoup Global Blogosphere

Tech Soup

Blackbaud guest bloggers share expert fundraising tips and simple steps for creating a Facebook page that rocks. Learn how to become a social organization with tips from Yammer 's director of community. Learn more about networking hardware solutions from Brocade and online store creation and management from Shopify.

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