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Social Media for Social Good :: Your Nonprofit Tech Checklist

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Experiment with social media dashboards. Write social media and mobile technology policies. Create an e-mail signature that includes your website, blog, and social networking links. Add social networking icons. Add e-newsletter subscribe functionality to your social networking communities.

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Guest Post by Aspen Baker: Friend or Foe? UC Berkeley Investigates the Legal Landscape of Social Networking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I really wanted to attend the " Social Networks Friend for Foe? "at who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. Fortunately, my colleague, Aspen Baker, was attending.

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How Your Organization’s CEO Can Use Social Media for Thought Leadership

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are the respected voices who others turn to understand sector social change issues. Many nonprofit CEOs use their social media profiles to extend the reach of their thought leadership and connect with professional colleagues, media, and policy makers. Balancing Personal and Professional: Worlds Collide.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

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What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. That is the essence/purpose of social media to me: sharing our stories or experiences in hopes that someone else will relate, reach out or spread the word.

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Social Media Usage Guidelines: Don't moon people with cameras (or at least hide your face when you do)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, I attended a webinar about social media policies called " E-Privacy: Can You Legally Monitor MySpace, LinkedIn, E-mail, & Blogs? The Webinar was mostly focused on the privacy concerns and the Human Resources side of Internet/Social Media Policies. Beth: Do you have a social media policy at your foundation?

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Transforming Nonprofit Staff Into Champions on Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are most likely already sharing great stories about your organization on their social media streams and making suggestions to their friends and followers about how awesome your organization’s programs are. Or, maybe your organization is using social to recruit for talent. Social Media Policy: Building Good Judgement.

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Study: Nonprofits Score an "F" in Online Fundraising Scorecard

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Save your press releases for the media, and your “talking points” for policy makers. There are two main ways nonprofits can build lists: Organic Cultivation: via your own website, events, social networking sites, direct mail, etc. Build A Great List You need invested people on your list to fundraise.

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