Executives at nonprofits should put community engagement via social media as a top priority in performing their jobs. They need to get their hands dirty. But more often than not, they don’t. Usually, staffers do the “dirty work” with social media while management gets a debrief on return on investment. This is like having a […]
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Social media: Who will do the work in your org?
No matter where I’m speaking or teaching workshops, the same questions come up: • How much time does it take to do social media effectively? • Who in our organization is going to do the work? • How are ever going to find the time to do social media? Social media does take time even […]
5 top online survey tools for nonprofits
Wufoo, SurveyGizmo & Google Forms are among your best bets Target audience: Nonprofits, social change organizations, citizen publishers, educators. By Jessica Haswell Socialbrite staff Surveying made easy: We took a look at the five of the best survey tools on the market that can help nonprofits and other organizations get to know your users’ opinions and […]
WeAreVisible: A new social media literacy site
Ifirst met Mark Horvath on Twitter and later face-to-face last December during a trip down the California coast during the holidays. Mark is a free agent championing the cause of homelessness. A free agent is a person — many times a GenY, but not always — who is a passionate about a social cause but […]
Catchafire: Connecting nonprofits & professionals
Jane Slusser: Connecting nonprofits & volunteers from JD Lasica on Vimeo. At the Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp held Aug. 21 in Berkeley, Calif., I met tons of cool people, but none were more interesting than Jane Slusser, chief service officer of Catchafire. Catchafire is a new online marketplace that connects professionals who want to volunteer […]











