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Be Sparkly and Other Tips to Rise Above the Social Media Clutter

Dawn Crawford, Colorado Children's Immunization Coalition

I was honored to be part of a panel for the Colorado Nonprofit Association’s Leadership Luncheon on social media in September. I presented with Holly Ross of NTEN, Alyssa Kopf of Community Shares of Colorado and Adeeb Khan of the Mile High Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Take-aways from Voluntweetup Event

Peg Giffels, NPower Seattle

Yesterday I attended “Voluntweetup”, a nonprofit social media conference produced by Comcast. There were a couple of hundred people there from nonprofits around the region, all in various stages of figuring out what Facebook and Twitter are, and how being more “social” would help their organizations. I thought I’d share some of my take-aways, and make this available for others who attended to chime in. Comments? Additions?

As Location is to Real Estate, Timing is to Social Media

Kim Cubine, Adams Hussey & Associates

The nonprofit industry is all abuzz about social network - is the buzz worthy?

Raise Money on Facebook: Four Strategies You Need to Know About

Peter Deitz, Social Actions

When it comes to online fundraising, an obvious tip is to meet your current and potential donors where they are. With 300 million active users, Facebook is a natural starting place. Moreover, the company reports that people who are 35 years and older make up the fastest growing user demographic, which corresponds to the demographic mostly likely to make a donation online.

To help tech-savvy nonprofits make use of Facebook, this brief guide looks at four strategies:

Raise Meaning Before Money
Money Is Not the Only Metric
Your People Are Your Impact
Be Specific and Timely

It's Not About You: Lessons From Colorado

Flickr Photo: rakkaI love public speaking.

My husband would swear it's because I love the sound of my own voice, but really, I like it best when I get to hear the questions and comments from the crowd. Truth is, I'm no expert. I learn as much as I share at any speaking opportunity.

Case in point: I spent the beginning of this week in fab-tastic Denver, talking with members of the Colorado Nonprofit Association about -- what else? -- social media.

The funny thing about telling people what they should be doing is how often you notice you aren't following your own best advice. This became patently clear to me in a small group session we did.

Hone Your Social Media Strategy

Remember those "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, where you determined the plot arc by deciding which page to turn to? Well, our upcoming 3-hour online We Are Media event will debut our "Choose Your Own Expert" format. The best part: any path you choose will be a good one.

We've gathered some of the top nonprofit social media experts to help you devise a solid organizational strategy, as well as learn the secrets of a variety of social media tools.

> You should register for this fantastic event here.

Gear Up for Giving with the Case Foundation

Remember America's Giving Challenge, that great test of online fundraising sponsored by the Case Foundation and Parade Magazine a couple of years ago? With more than 80,000 people contributing $1.7 million, it went a long way toward proving Jean Case's assertion that "Small amounts of money given by large numbers of individuals can be combined to do great things."

August Communications Roundtable

You know that we're always trying something new here at NTEN, especially if it means that it will bring our members closer together. We recently launched a couple of roundtable discussions - phone calls with an online chat component - for IT Staff and communications/marketing folks. Today we met up with the marketing folks and had a great discussion about social media policies, facebook, communicating within your organization, and lots more.

Transcript of the chat portion is below. Feel free to join us in September for our next Communications Roundtable or IT Staff Roundtable!