Like you, my heart and head are heavy in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15. Especially since I feel so helpless. Here are my right-now recommendations for your organization’s response to this crisis and to others that,...
A long overdue follow up to my post on 29 Nonprofit Bloggers to Follow on Twitter, below are 29 nonprofit resources that tweet regularly on subjects ranging from fundraising to social media to mobile communications. Of course, there are many...
If you have little to no video editing experience or don’t have access to editing software, the YouTube Video Editor is a perfect solution.
This feature (honestly, did you know about this?) lets you edit your YouTube video from...
When we look at the state of the world today, we see a mixed picture. Rapid innovation in an increasingly connected society is transforming the way we work, play, and live. But we also see global economic woes, civic unrest, and political stalemates...
In the desire to be perceived as thought leaders, many businesses are focusing on a curatorial approach to their social media presences. But if you work in a creative team, an approach to social media that leverages your creativity can deliver...
There are now more than 500,000 businesses on Foursquare. We’ve already shared with you how to start marketing on Foursquare and how to set up a special — now we’re giving you a handful of campaigns that can inspire your own marketing initiatives....
A provocative conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sheryl WuDunn, Laura Pincus Hartman of Zynga.org, and Pierre Guillaume Wielezynski of the UN World Food Programme representing perspectives from entrepreneurs, philanthropists, academics...
Unlike, say, the email that keeps piling up in my Inbox, available time for social media is not an ever-expanding commodity. Which means that even though engaging with readers on social networks is a key part of my job, it's getting close to triage...
The term meme was first coined back in 1976 by Richard Dawkins in his book "The Selfish Gene". He defined a meme as "a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of immitation". As a scientific theory it's had a bit of a rocky road with many prominent...
For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. I’ve watched the early adopters of MySpace in 2005 propel themselves into the national...
If used correctly, #hashtags can be very useful to nonprofits on Twitter. Hashtags allow your organization to participate and inspire conversations (and in the process get new followers) and organize the Twitterverse around campaigns (#climatechange...
Social media, as many have said time and again, is only part of your campaigning, part of your fundraising, and part of your communications. It isn’t something that lives in its own department, nor does it have staff that are separate from the rest...
Today information isn’t broadcast. It flows. No medium lets communications professionals see and enter the flow of information better than Twitter. A new Fenton guide shows you how to use Twitter as yourself and on behalf of your organization.
According to Facebook, more than 30 billion pieces of content are shared on the social networking site each month. Trying to filter through this content and get your message to the forefront is often difficult. You've probably asked yourself "When...
Social media has become one of the hottest topics in the nonprofit sector for organizations of all sizes and across verticals. What started out as a way to reconnect with friends and family has grown into a means for nonprofit organizations to...
A step-by-step guide on creating active and appealing business pages on Facebook, brought to you by the HubSpot team. For more information, download our free guide on Facebook Timeline.
The Case Foundation highlights the ways nonprofits and foundations can use social media and technology to make an impact on our world for good -- online and offline. Are you ready to get started?
This Flip for Good video is the first in a series of video making tips for nonprofits. Get an introduction to why video is important for nonprofits through great example of engaging video.
Here are some of the latest tweets in real time from those we follow. We’ve used popular hashtags (keywords) to find specific tweets about this subject.
