Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

Pin your own website and blog content, but only if it pulls up a good photo! Tap into that power by pinning your own website and blog content, but only if it pulls up a good, visually appealing photo. So, for example, I am going to pin a blog post from the Nature Conservancy Blog : Step One :: Use Good Photos on Your Website and Blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Enter your nonprofit’s tagline and upload your square avatar. Add an “Introduction” and upload at least five photos. You need to then visit your new Google+ Page and select “Edit Profile” to add an introduction and upload five of your best square photos: 5. e-Newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2014

Google+ isn’t for all nonprofits, but for those that have actively adopted a pro-social media policy, it’s worth the time investment to experiment with Google+. Prioritize uploading photos over sharing links. Upload a larger version the photo and then share. Google+ is a visual social network.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

” Beyond that, only add information and photos that you’re comfortable sharing with others: Again, to re-iterate Google Profiles are public and the information you add to your Google Profile can be viewed by others when you are participating in various Google Products. Upload at least five photos to your Google+ Profile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. If your nonprofit has yet to get on Google+, now would be a very good time to start. Photos and slideshows. Powerful stats. Inspirational quotes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. Over time and through implementing the best practices listed below and those yet to come, you will find your Google+ voice. Photos and slideshows.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

Pin your own website and blog content, but only if it pulls up a good photo! Tap into that power by pinning your own website and blog content, but only if it pulls up a good, visually appealing photo. So, for example, I am going to pin a blog post from the Nature Conservancy Blog : Step One :: Use Good Photos on Your Website and Blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Whether you’ve been using social media for years, months, or days or you have yet to get started, the information and strategies in this chapter can save you a lot of time and frustration. If your nonprofit is on the right track with social media, then you’ll notice an increase in the metrics from month to month over time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Upload your avatar/logo (250 x 250), a cover photo(1128 x 191), add a description and website URL, your company/organization size, industry, and city and country. If your nonprofit has a large following on LinkedIn and a signature program that is well-known to the public, then a Showcase Page could be worth time and effort.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

In the past, most nonprofits have set up groups without requiring approval or made their group an open group, thinking that this is an easy way to have a presence on LinkedIn without having to invest a lot of time. Use a Horizontal Avatar. If not, you’ll need to enlist a designer who can create one, or you can use a photo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. Groups currently are maxed at 25 members, but in time will likely grow and perhaps even enable one-to-many group texting for free or at a very low-cost. IconsPedia :: iconspedia.com/pack/social-me-1467.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. Cinchcast is ideal for nonprofits that are advancing their communications into real-time reporting while on location from fundraisers, conferences, protests, etc. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

Once your nonprofit has mastered the intricacies of Tweeting, ReTweeting, Mentioning, and Lists, it’s time to move your Twitter campaigns up a notch. allows you to see the most favorited tweets across Twitter at any given time. on their Twitter avatars, and then spread them throughout the Twitterverse. Bit.ly : Bit.ly

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? Here's the update I received along with the photo above. I also tracked down the avatar in Second Life and did an interview with the people from NGO involved in this campaign. What are the logistics of working the avatar?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

My last full-time, Monday-through-Friday job was as an outreach director for a small international development organization in San Francisco. The successful use of social media requires a significant time investment. You need a good avatar. Here are five reasons why: 1. Social media is not free!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

Brand pages are expected to be launched some time this fall. Beyond that, only add information and photos that you’re comfortable sharing with others. Add a your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google Profile picture. Currently Google+ is only available to invited individuals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling. It’s for this reason that your avatar should be well-designed, not include text that is too small to read in the News Feed, or show any obvious errors in cropping.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). My mind wanders after a couple of paragraphs even when reading New York Times Bestsellers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

It will automatically pull in your avatar, apply your Twitter username to your Pinterest account (such as pinterest.com/nonprofitorgs ), and sync your account with Twitter in case you occasionally want to share Pinterest Pins with your Twitter community. That said, there’s no time like the present! Go mobile with Pinterest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

1) Maximize your Instagram Profile Photo and Bio. First, make sure that your nonprofit uses a well-designed, visually-striking profile photo a.k.a. After a supporter follows your nonprofit, your avatar is how they will mentally and visually connect your brand to your Instagram posts. Post Eye-catching Photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The profile picture in the upper left of the Page is cropped and scaled perfectly to fit that space and includes a photo of the same representative health care consumers from the parent site. But they do respond from time to time as another way to answer popular questions received through the Page or on the parent site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2006

(Click through to the larger version to read the poster) I've been going to meetings on information island at the TechSoup area in Second Life where a small group of avatars interested in nonprofits and Second Life have been busy working on some exciting plans lead by Susan Tenby of TechSoup. Next meeting is 10:30 a.m. I reserved my seat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2007

The photo above is from the poster session and shows what my screen looked like logging in remotely from in the Boston area. You can see the back of my avatar in the green skirt, the male avatar is Josh Knauer , and my colleague, Susanne Nyrop from Denmark who we bumped into while wandering around Boracay Island.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 29, 2006

Examples: Users' Earthday photos and the LGBT photo pool • YahooGroups , "Start a new group or join an existing group. Yahoo Messenger Avatars , "Your Yahoo! Messenger Avatar has a huge wardrobe of clothes to choose from. Messenger Avatar has a huge wardrobe of clothes to choose from. Discuss issues and events.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 25, 2012

To get started, nonprofit social media managers need to learn and feel comfortable with taking a lot of photos at events, on the street, in the office, and on site visits. You are going to need to know where to find photos online and how to source them. Photos with Powerful Statistics: Posted on Facebook by the One Campaign.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Best AI Video Creation Tools for Corporate Learning Creating engaging training videos has always been a time-consuming process. Synthesia One of the leading AI video creation platforms, Synthesia , allows users to generate professional training videos using AI-generated avatars. Multilingual support enhances global training.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Tough economic times mean fewer donations. What may be just one fun photo of a staff member can destroy the professionalism of your office. Should you have a dress and behavior code for staff and others who become "friends", including their avatars? Except the door you opened was to your social network space.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2018

They turn on the system, choose their avatars, and are suddenly transported into the video game. Once inside the world of Jumanji, the students assume the form of their chosen avatars. Bethany tried to portray her perfectly taken photo as authentic. Instead, the Instagram photo was staged and posed. JustWokeUp.

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JUNE 27, 2011

To date , iCivics has been played over two million times in all 50 states and Washington, DC. The ability to play and replay scenarios, choosing different actions and benefiting from an expert avatar counseling you along the way seemed really well done. Photo: corley may. At-Risk: Supporting Families of Returning Soldiers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. local time). Several avatars were also in "real life" in New York City. "We are in a moment of time where 57% of teens produce and share media. It starts in the home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

The photo above was taken at last night's TechSoup Mixed Reality Event. The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. Second Life requires a significant time investment to appreciate the potential.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

campaign's objective was to encourage social media activists to show solidarity with the Red Cross by displaying Red Cross PSAs, videos, photos, widgets, on their online spaces. We also encouraged people to change their avatars (see above). That was useful considering our time crunch. What would you do differently next time?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Photo by Spike 55151 I read recently that the reason for "senior moments" - you know when you can't quite recall someone's name in an instant - is because the aging brain is simply taking in more data and trying to sift through a clutter of information.     (See above).    More here.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

We recruited folks and designed software that texted them five times a day for thirty days, asking one question, "Rate your mood 1 (low) to 10 (high)." There''s something magical about the cognitive surplus most of us have at this point in time and then applying that to the challenge of doing something for 30 days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

For context, see the event announcement and today's New York Times article. Jonathan Fanton, above next to my Second Life avatar, engaged in a discussion with Philip Rosedale (Linden) of Linden labs about the role of civil society in virtual worlds and answered questions from the more than 200 avatars that packed the space.

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