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5 Tips for Social Media Success from Bok Tower Gardens

NetWits

I was recently able to get some advice from Bok Tower Gardens’ Martin Corbin on how they manage such a successful social media strategy: Pictures are worth a 1,000 words. Be vocal and encourage visitors to check-in at your property with reminders on welcome signs, maps and brochures. Asking never hurt. Point 4 above is crucial.

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To Strengthen Democracy in America, Think Tech

Tech Soup

This new free online data visualization and mapping tool demonstrates the value of applying technology to philanthropy, in this case, creating a place to find out how and where foundations are supporting U.S. Foundation Center's new Foundation Funding for U.S. To quote an overly used advertising tag line: know the gaps.

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Five Tools for Engaging Your Members Online (Easy, Inexpensive Ways to Make Your [Virtual] World a Better Place)

NTEN

People love pictures and videos, and they can be easier to create and control than blogs. Polling widgets are a fun and simple way to interact with visitors on your site. If you are in the social media space, let people know by providing a Twitter feed or YouTube promotion on your website which can update automatically.

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NCVO and TAG Conference Presentations and Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The idea: The online social graph is the map being constructed by social networks of every person on the Internet and how they are connected. technologies using an audience poll comparing the TAG audience to an earlier study by conducted by Eric Matteson and Nora Barnes covering web 2.0 at the big picture level.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: The cockroach under the refrigerator.

ASU Lodestar Center

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Picture This: A Look Back at This Year's Spring Fo.

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Simplifying nonprofit strategic planning for beginners 

Get Fully Funded

Nonprofit strategic planning often gets a bad rap, but time spent mapping out your organization’s future can save you from spinning your wheels, being busy but not effective. Here’s how to do nonprofit strategic planning in a way that will give you a clear picture of where your nonprofit is headed and how to get there.

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9 Captivating Content Ideas to Enhance Your Nonprofit Blog

Get Fully Funded

Photos of people are particularly compelling, so gather pictures of volunteers, beneficiaries, and community members. This could include: Games Quizzes Polls Maps Petitions Ensure your interactive content is directly related to your nonprofit’s mission.