Photo by Ed Yourdon on Flickr Make classwork go smoother with tools like Share Your Board, Pulse, Exam Support & Diigo Target audience: Students, educators, nonprofits, social change organizations, mobile enthusiasts, education organizations. Guest post by Angela Santiago Digital Marketing Coordinator, McGraw-Hill Education With the fall semester about to get underway, here at McGraw-Hill Education […]
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How to use your social networks to create impact
If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area next Wednesday, I hope you’ll stop by this free presentation I’m giving on July 20 at the Foundation Center, one of the world’s top sources of information on philanthropy, fundraising and grant programs. Here are the details: Topic: 12 Steps to Mobilize Your Social Network When: Wednesday, […]
How to wade into the social media stream
One solution: a one-minute video about the BroadCause platform for nonprofits. Make your social voice heard by simplifying the process Guest post by Dupe O. Ajayi Taproot Foundation Last month I attended the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New Orleans and noticed a major trend. Workshop after workshop focused on social media for […]
A reality check on social media
Social Media for Social Good It only works when it’s connected to the real world At the National Conference on Volunteering and Service — which some folks call “the Super Bowl of nonprofit conferences” — George Weiner and I teamed up on one of the most successful Social Media for Social Good Bootcamps that […]
Hope Institute shows how nonprofits can get strategic
When nonprofits roll out a social media program, their tendency is to launch a presence on Facebook or Twitter and then treat them simply as new communication or marketing channels. No, no, a thousand times no! Of the 1.5 million charities in this country, perhaps 99 out of 100 go about using social media the […]