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Top 5 Social Media Tactics Every School Should Implement

NetWits

Launching in February 2004 for students at Harvard University it quickly became a popular site and expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy Leagues, and Stanford University. Based on our research we know that Facebook and Twitter are the top sites used by nonprofits and the social networks with the largest user base.

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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the meantime, nonprofit staff can prepare for the launch of the new brand pages, also known as Google+ Entity Profiles , by creating a Google Account and then setting up your personal Google Profile (which then also becomes your personal Google+ Profile when you get invited to join Google+ or the site comes out of beta). e-Newsletter.

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Federal Hurricane Response Widget

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Federal Hurricane Response widget is a web tool designed to help share information during a major emergency with links to authoritative federal government sites on how to get help; finding friends and family; health and safety information; how to donate and volunteer; and a summary of what the government is doing. Learn more here.

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Who's Knocking at My Firewall Door? Simple Security for the Nonprofit IT Professional

NTEN

Social networking sites are the next and prime targets for cyber do-no-gooders. After logging in for the first time, they are instructed to change their temporary password. They may be infected. Remember the malware scare surrounding free downloads a decade ago? Well, it's back. Are my staff members sharing too much information online?

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What Tools Are You Using for Listening, Engaging, and Social Media Management?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Based on the discussion threads in my Facebook page , I’ve updated my mega list of tools in my social media listening and engaging instructional wiki. The sources include Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Saves you time logging in and checking or getting separate notices in email from the social network site.

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Does Immersion In Social Media Change Our Brain Functions? This Is Your Brain On Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

in her post " Your Brain on Facebook " Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, LinkedIn and Orkut are all popular and powerful social networking sites. But the granddaddy of all social networking sites — by a long shot — is your brain. I have found posts where brain researchers equate the how the brain functions to social networks.

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Using Google Analytics to Track a Nonprofit Website (Part 1) - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

In tough economic times - and with a potentially bad holiday donation season fast approaching - tracking the success of your site in converting every lead possible will be more important than ever. This first post in a series on web analytics for nonprofits will show you how to correctly install Google Analytics on your site.