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12 Not-So-Great Realities About Nonprofits and Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For more than a decade the blogosphere has touted the power and promise of social media (this blog included) , but there is also a downside to using social media for your nonprofit. Nonprofit social media managers are bombarded with depressing content. The Next Big Thing in social media has no tangible ROI.

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How Online Fundraising, Gamification and Social Media Helped Raise over $2 Million Dollars in One Day

NetWits

And because fundraising continues to shift from offline to online nonprofits are faced with a growing need to find new and innovative ways to do fundraising through online sources. The move towards a multichannel fundraising approach (online and offline) is becoming more and more critical to long-term success.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Taproot Foundation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Title (s): Manager, External Affairs and Associate, Social Media & Recruitment. Twitter: twitter.com/taprootfound. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Megan: MySpace was probably our first introduction to social media, but not sure the year we created the account.

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Social Media 101 TweetChat: Twitter

Tech Soup

TechSoup continued its Social Media Mondays in May with a discussion on Twitter to expand on the resources offered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki. One participant said, "A good tweet is something that elicits action offline, for example, a laugh or a conversation.

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9 Ways Nonprofits Can Excel Using Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I started my talk with a story about why I liked Twitter: It allows me to connect with people in my professional field and have a great conversations or ad hoc collaborations that improve practice. He works for an NGO in Australia and we met on Twitter (via Eddie Harran ) prior to his visit to America to attend the Wisdom 2.0

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Twitter Community Organizing Rules for Non Profits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I love when I discovered folks who are community organizers and successfully transfer what they know about community organizing offline to the online world. Robin shared some of her thoughts in the comments of a recent blog post, and I invited to share her community organizing rules for Twitter. Twitter is social.

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Top tips for Efficiently Measuring Social Media ROI & Getting Strategic with Your Data

Connection Cafe

How much is your online fundraising augmenting offline efforts? Was the social media plan you implemented worth the time you spent running it? While the area of social metrics continues to evolve and grow, there are five main tips all organizations should follow when measuring social media activity for ROI: 1.

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