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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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Upworthy Type Headlines: To Like or Dislike?

Care2

Just because this tactic works for Upworthy (who is driven by a ton of testing on their own website) does not mean it will work for your organization. However, trying to amp up your creativity with headlines and testing them to see if they resonate with your audiences is something you should always be investing resources into.

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Is Your Nonprofit Too Old To Barf Rainbows on Snapchat?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, why another social network, especially one where the focus is to create content, not consume and the culture of it is rather secretive? But before you do anything, take this advice from Laura Girardin about brave experiments with emerging social media.

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Google+, QR Codes and Second Life?

Care2

Yes, nonprofits should test new technology…after they have done the following: 1) Website – is there a donate button on every page that leads directly to a donation form? And please, remember the technology hype-cycle. (I’ve Can people easily sign up for your email list? I’ve included it here in fact).

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The Math Is Starting to Add Up: The Promise of Mobile

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Mobile phones have gotten to a price point where even the most poor can afford them -- and GSM networks, financed a dollar at a time through prepaid scratch cards, are increasingly ubiquitous. . The ability to communicate freely connects families, strengthens social networks, reduces travel, overcomes illiteracy and provides safety.

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Giving the Gift of Technology

Museum 2.0

I’m not talking about plastic fish that sing along with your iPod (HIGHLY annoying), electric knives, or a subscription to the latest web-based social network cum parallel reality. If they pass the internal test, we keep, use, and treasure them. The technology, like other gifts, is evaluated, not hyped or coerced.

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. 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.

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