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The June #4Change chat topic focused on Challenges/Competitions for Social Change. Early on in that online chat, the request emerged for a compendium or other list of “all” the Challenges and Competitions focused on social benefit. Such an overview would let those interested in participating or facilitating a competition review the full landscape of options, […]
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Video tutorial: How do I Twitter my Flickr photos?
I caught a post on Twitter from Ian Wilker about feeding your Twitter stream with your Flickr activity. This is a great approach for businesses or non-profits that communicate their impact with images, but have limited time for social media marketing. This process seemed so easy, I decided to screencast (above) while I connect my […]
SEO: 9 tips for optimizing a nonprofit site
Search Engine Optimization isn’t black magic, so get your site to shape up Guest post by Dennis Yu CEO, BlitzLocal Most people treat Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as black magic. While there are unethical methods to inflate your search engine rankings — cloaking, doorways pages, link farms, “google bombing,” dupe content poisoning, keyword stuffing, and […]
How Convio uses social media
How Convio uses social media from JD Lasica on Vimeo. The name Convio is a well-known brand in the nonprofit sector. The company offers online fundraising and marketing software and donor database and CMS solutions to its more than 1,200 nonprofit clients, ranging from a seven-person nonprofit with remote staff to large institutions like the […]
Tweetcamp: Online network moves to offline community
This past Saturday, I participated in an experiment: Tweetcamp! The combination of a Tweetup and a BarCamp. (Those links are to definitions!) What this created was a chance for people who use Twitter to come together offline to create community. There is no agenda to the conference as it is co-created by the participants throughout […]
