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How Libraries Use Social Media

Tech Soup

Eighty-one percent of Americans have social media accounts , and that number is expected to grow each year. Nearly all brands have a social presence, and libraries are no different. Libraries are using social platforms now more than ever before. The New York Public Library has 2.2 More than half (55.7

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How to Make This Your Most Successful Library Giving Day

sgEngage

Library Giving Day is an international one-day fundraising event that could significantly boost your library’s fundraising potential. How can you plan a more successful Library Giving Day? In 2022 alone, Library Giving Day reported 12,168 total donations adding up to $1.6 Check out what other libraries have done.

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Free Webinar for Nonprofits in Asia Pacific! How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media Successfully and Build Their Digital Libraries

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This 90-minute social media how-to webinar is ideal for nonprofit communications and fundraising staff. Next, the webinar highlights the need to create a video and digital photography library and demonstrates how to use Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Live Movie Maker to create videos and slideshows for YouTube and Flickr.

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Social Media Resource Library: Just Launched from Idealware

Amy Sample Ward

We all know that there are hundreds, thousands, even an infinite (at least seemingly) number of social media resources for nonprofits or social impact groups. Well, Idealware has just taken it a step further by launching a Social Media Resource Library! Go dive in!

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Social Media Resource Library: Just Launched from Idealware

Amy Sample Ward

We all know that there are hundreds, thousands, even an infinite (at least seemingly) number of social media resources for nonprofits or social impact groups. Well, Idealware has just taken it a step further by launching a Social Media Resource Library! Go dive in!

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Social Media in the time of Crisis

NCE Social Media

Many took to social media to share news quickly to say that they were okay, instructions on how to find help and how to give help. News from individuals, media, and authorities was pushed out quickly. Mostly benign, the social media posts can make one look uncaring, unfeeling, and uninterested.

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From 2005 to 2015: The Radical Effect of Social Media on Nonprofit Web Design

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The average person worldwide has five social media accounts and spends an average of 1 hour and 40 minutes browsing these networks every day. Today, social media consumes the most time spent on the Internet and the majority of that browsing occurs on a smartphone or tablet. Nonprofits pioneered social media.