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6 Ways to Grow Your Nonprofit’s Following on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Heather Mansfield , founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good The average growth rate for social media pages and profiles ranges from 0.% As a best practice, the links to the m2m social media profiles open new browser windows to avoid sending their website visitors off their site completely.

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Instagram working with schools to take action against bullying, gossip accounts

Mashable Tech

The Schools Partnership program will launch with a pilot that's open to all middle and high schools in the U.S. The program requires schools to have an Instagram account and provides them with a profile banner to indicate that they're an official platform partner.

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The Brexit deal calls for DNA profiles to use a 20-year-old email app

The Verge

The mention occurs in a series of regulations concerning “encrypt[ing] messages containing DNA profile information” between countries, which must be done using a specific set of encryption protocols. The open standard s/MIME as extension to de facto e-mail standard SMTP will be deployed to encrypt messages containing DNA profile information.

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10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the Open Data Project , of the 89% of nonprofits worldwide that use social media in their digital marketing and fundraising strategy, 75% of those use Instagram. 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.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the last few years, Microsoft has rebuilt LinkedIn working out many of the kinks and bugs that made it frustrating to use, and has launched a suite of new tools and functionality for LinkedIn Pages , Profiles , and Groups. LinkedIn Profiles. Strangely, nonprofits have been slow to embrace LinkedIn.

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

1) Set up your nonprofit’s Twitter Profile to maximize followers. Before you follow any account, ensure that your profile is complete with (1) a well-designed profile photo and header image; (2) a bio that expresses clearly your organization’s mission; and (3) a link to your website.

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[DATA] 14 Must-Know Stats About How Nonprofits Use Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The Open Data Project [ español , français ] seeks to gain a better understanding of how nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use technology for digital marketing and fundraising. To access the complete data, please take the Global NGO Technology Survey and then visit the Open Data Project Hub. Why the Open Data Project?