Robert Weiner

JANUARY 9, 2009

Today I received spam from a site called Frens Zone that will allow me to make money off my social network. You are rewarded with valuable points whenever you post photos, videos, blogs, comments. earn instant cash by just referring your friends. The more you referred, the more you earn.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Getting involved in a social network, whether it be something like Facebook or Myspace, or a content-connected social network like flickr or delicious (I’m starting to get used to writing that without the dots,) is pretty easy. LinkedIN : The professional, serious, network.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2013

3) Include a photo on your press release. Press releases rarely get shared, retweeted, liked or +1′d and that’s likely due to the fact that the traditional format of press releases do not include photos. People on social networks ignore links that do not pull up thumbnails and are heavily text-based.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Subscribe to social media and mobile technology blogs. Get the necessary training (HTML, digital photography, video, social media, and mobile technology). Define metrics of measurement and create a social media ROI spreadsheet. Create an e-mail signature that includes your website, blog, and social networking links.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Please be open to the idea that you may need social media training. The vast majority of logos are horizontal and when uploaded to social networks they either get cropped or shrunk so small that they are visually illegible. They just think of YouTube as website where the can quickly upload and host their online videos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

It’s very common for nonprofits to assume that volunteers and interns can effectively manage their mobile and social media presence simply because they are young and came of age during the rise of social networking. Photo and Video Editing Ability. Multitasking.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2014

Faded (iPhone; $0.99) is a photo editing app that includes 34 free filters and 36 premium filters that you can purchase within the app. It also has a simple import feature so you can share your creations to all of your various social networks. TouchRetouch: Make Your Photos Shine. Which was my favorite?

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 23, 2012

Why not preserve your profile, playlists and photos by deleting your friends and changing your privacy setting to "Only my friends?" That way, you can still enjoy using Myspace Music and Video and if you ever want to come back, it's here waiting for you! We will not cancel your account unless you follow this instructions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

Pinterest remains one of the fastest growing social media platforms, reportedly closing in on 250 million users, the majority of whom are women. . As a general trend, women make up more of the population on social networking sites than men do – but on Pinterest, they make up a whopping 81% of active users.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. LinkedIn Pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

1) Choose the right fundraiser images and videos. Interesting and informative content can truly set your fundraiser apart from the rest, and the right photos can help tell your story in a unique way. Here are a few tips about choosing photos that can lead to fundraising success : Stay away from using grainy or unclear images.

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M+R

JULY 6, 2023

Posts can be up to 500 characters, and they can include links, photos, or videos up to 5 minutes long. Post what you’d normally share on Twitter: A witty quip, a photo or video from an action, a link to your op-ed, or a meme about being the first to the party. We think Threads can fill that gap. Take it for a test drive.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2011

Causes and associations provide status updates on the networks, post links, publish content via tools like Facebook Notes, groups on Linked In and Facebook, and ask questions on all of the services. Yet, while the social networks hold tremendous benefit for nonprofits that successfully engage their stakeholders, there are also dangers.

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Care2

JUNE 19, 2012

According to research conducted by Social Media Today , pictures are also worth a lot of “Likes” on Facebook too. Both “Likes” and comments on photos are a lot more popular then posts that have links, status updates, and video. Take a look at the chart below.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

Pitch to “Follow” on social networking sites in every issue. Link to video on the HRW YouTube Channel. Pitch to “Follow” on social networking sites in every issue. Capability to share the e-newsletter on social networks in every issue. Integration of Instagram photos.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

When you're building a movement, video is an indispensable storytelling tool. By appealing to a wide range of our senses, videos capture our attention and activate our emotions, unlike any other medium. The original DIY video platform, YouTube, is now the world's second largest social network and search engine.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Posts can be as little as 250 words with a featured image or as long as a 5,000-word photo essay. For example, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network makes wise use of their sidebar by prominently featuring a call-to-follow on social networks and an e-newsletter opt-in. Embed images and videos that are consistent in size.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly. Facebook is the largest social network in the world and is becoming increasingly integrated into the Social Web with every passing second. It is highly trafficked and should be the foundation for your nonprofit’s video campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. It’s a throwback from social networking circa 2006.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Super-short videos have become one of the coolest (and easiest!) Free video services like Instagram and Vine that feature short videos now attract millions of users, offering nonprofits, charities, and libraries an opportunity to connect with new audiences. Why Super-Short Videos? Fundraising videos. Really short.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2008

  (WE'll be announcing this week's winners late on Friday) Photo Sharing tools are Internet sites where anyone can upload, share, and organize their digital photos with friends, family, colleagues, and the rest of the world. Video sharing sites have social networking features.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. It’s a throwback from social networking circa 2006.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

Marketers from the nonprofit sector and the for-profit sector alike are attempting to harness the power of social media to connect with these audiences. But what social platform are they on the most? And what’s this I hear about teens leaving Facebook for other social networks, is this true?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

The successful use of social media requires a significant time investment. To be successful on the Social Web, nonprofits need to have a presence on mutliple social networks and should be consistently creating content that can be shared on the Social Web, such as blog posts, photos, and videos.

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Care2

JANUARY 20, 2015

Let''s flashback to 2013 when Facebook announced in a blog post that they''d start autoplaying videos: Since September, we’ ve been testing a way to make videos more engaging on Facebook , and as a result we’ ve seen views, likes, shares and comments increase more than 10 percent. And, they''re being watched more often.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Part-blogging, part-social networking community, Tumblr makes an interesting choice for blogs that are specific to a campaign or cause – especially if you have a lot photos and videos to share. The best Tumblr blogs tend to focus less on text, and more on visuals and re-blogging content from other Tumblr blogs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

By 2010 the World Wildlife Fund had launched a much larger, longer website with more color, larger photos, and a larger font. Multimedia :: The World Wildlife Fund now embeds video (from YouTube) and slideshows into their website. Rotating home page photos take center stage and navigation is much simplified.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Particularly if you emphasize specific #hashtags, you can guide live Tweeters to target your primary audience or break ground with a new network. Encourage your volunteers to create videos and photos to post to either their social networks or your nonprofit’s social sites. Share Multimedia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Photo by Fensterbme on Flickr. Note from Beth: I’m planning a year-end campaign for one of my favorite charities and wanted some good tips on incorporating video. Video Can Help Boost Donations in End-Of-The-Year Fundraising by Michael Hoffman. How big is video online? Explore Personalized Video.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

For nonprofits, the ROI of e-newsletters translates into online dollars raised through “Donate Now&# technology, event attendees, website and blog traffic, and paradoxically new Followers, Fans, and Friends on social networking sites. 4) Add “Subscribe&# Pitches to Video Overlays.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Most nonprofits distribute the original source of the story to their communities (the New York Times , for example), but while that is generous, it does not help build the nonprofit’s brand recognition, e-newsletter list, or social networking communities; rather, it builds those of the New York Times. Provide Organizational Updates.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

Set up a chatroom on your website or through a “messenger” feature on your most active social networks for your community to be able to connect with each other. Post an image, video, or graphic to get the conversation started and assign the same person to monitor it who will be working the chatroom during the event.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. .

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

Following the first successful Nonprofits Live (NPLive) event on the Future of Fundraising , the second edition of TechSoup’s NPLive covered the topic of social video. ” The hour-long discussion featured nonprofit video experts, examples of effective nonprofit videos, live chat and questions from the audience.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Flickr Photo: Luc Legay You use social networks at work, right? In fact, we want you to tell us all about it in a survey about social network use by nonprofits that we're running with Common Knowledge and ThePort. > The Nonprofit Social Network Survey is a joint project of NTEN, Common Knowledge and ThePort. >

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Week three of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays in May focused on use of video for nonprofits and libraries. A topic covered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , video can be a powerful tool for. The chat began with the most important question of what makes a video effective? organizations. professionals.

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