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10 Tips for Managing Social Media Burnout

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Six months ago I came pretty close to complete social media burnout. I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. I am now down to 7 profiles, 5 days a week, and a 45-50 hour work week. Here’s a few tips on how to deal with it: 1.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They need your help to bring back Ranger Rick's profile that was recently taken down by Facebook Staff. Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook! Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To lay a strong foundation for the successful long-term branding of your nonprofit on the Social Web, you need to define your primary goals and objectives. Are you using social media primarily to raise money? To build your online brand? To foster social good and create social change? To secure new volunteers?

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Can Social Media Create and Spread Revolution?

Care2

Similar discussions surfaced last year during Iran’s Green Revolution, when many people on social media overlaid a green shade to their avatars and profile pictures to show their solidarity with the people of Iran. Yet due to old fashion organizing on the ground, the protests have escalated.

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Generating Buzz: Using Social Media to Drive Website Traffic

NTEN

I spend a lot (and I mean a lot) of time trying to figure out how to use social networking, bookmarking and news sites to enhance the National Wildlife Federation's online presence. My co-worker, Anne Keisman, recently came to me for advice on how she could get started using social media to promote web content.

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Wiser Earth: A (free) Platform for Networks of Networks and Communities of Action

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning Peggy Duvette and Angus Parker from WiserEarth spent some time at the Foundation sharing their experiences in building successful online communities of action and networks of networks on the WiserEarth online platform. When you set up an account, it is much like setting up a profile on a social network.

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Hello, Washington Post: Dolllars Per Facebook Donor Is Not the Right Metric for Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." Steve MacLaughlin points out "If the reason why you want to use social networks is just to raise money, then stop now. Flickr Photo by Vaguely Artistic.