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Social Media for Social Good :: Your Nonprofit Tech Checklist

Nonprofit Tech for Good

At the end of the Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits is a nine-page “Nonprofit Tech Checklist” which I have copied and pasted below. That was my number one priority when writing the book… to create a comprehensive, useful social and mobile media how-to guide for nonprofits.

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Social Media in the Nonprofit Workplace: Does Your Organization Need A Social Media Policy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective.

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Online Privacy and Social Media: Nonprofits Live Recap

Tech Soup

The proliferation of social media has left many organizations playing catch up with their communications and privacy policies. Guarding Your Privacy on Social Media. Ross began the discussion by covering the personal side of social media use. Guarding Your Organization on Social Media.

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How Mature Is Your Nonprofit’s Social Media Practice?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Click Through to Flickr for Attributions. In our book, Networked Nonprofit , we describe the principles for becoming a networked nonprofit – a nonprofit that is simple, agile, transparent, and works more like a network than an isolated fortress. The Networked Nonprofit Practice Model.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Lee Haywood. Over the holidays, I finally visited Quora , a social learning site focused around asking and answering questions founded by an ex-Facebook employee. 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?

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Katya Andresen, Guest Post: How to convince your skeptical boss social media has merit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Courtesy of Katya Andresen, publisher of Getting to the Point I am asked almost weekly how to convince nonbelievers in an organization give social networking efforts a try. Change the subject: If you’re having a debate over the value of social media, you’re having the wrong discussion. That day is already here.

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Silos Culture Inside the Walls of Nonprofits Prevent Effective Social Media Use

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Eqqman. Sam shared a story that illustrates the barriers that many nonprofit organizations face in adopting social media and harnessing its power leading to successful outcomes. I asked about a SM policy when I started a new position in a nonprofit institution about seven months ago.