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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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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Is Quora Yet Another Social Network (YASN) or Something Different?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Prior to the holidays I ignored them because I just couldn’t stomach “yet another social network.” So, what made me go check it out? Ironically, it was my post “ Reflection on Networked Professional Learning &# where I linked to a post on Social Networks from Stephen Downes.

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6 Fresh Ideas for Your Nonprofit’s “Thank You” Landing Page

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Add a poll asking donors what prompted them to give. Add large, colorful social network icons. Enable donors to share their donation with their social networks. Donate: Oxfam America. Donate: World Wildlife Fund. Use images to bring attention to calls-to-action. Donate: World Wildlife Fund.

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Infographic: How Do Social Network Users Lean Politically?

Care2

As political campaigns and nonprofits gear up for the election cycle, I thought I would share this infographic that attempts to map the politics of social media properties like Facebook and websites like Wikipedia. Predictive modeling was then used to map the politics of the social web.

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Nonprofit Social Media Smarts: Internal or External Social Networking Tools?

NTEN

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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12 Ideas for an Unforgettable Virtual Fundraiser

Greater Giving

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 simple recipes for cocktails (rename them to fit the theme for more fun) and share a music playlist you’ve created for the event with your attendees. Fun and games.

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15 Lessons Learned from Donating Online to 32 Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ten of the 32 nonprofits (31%) included a call-to-share the donation on social networks on their “Thank You” landing page. Zero featured a visually compelling call-to-follow on social networks. Doctors Without Borders: 11. Greenpeace. World Wildlife Fund. Women for Women International. Mercy Corps.

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