Nonprofits: Avoid Those Social Media Silos! - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

Nonprofits: Avoid Those Social Media Silos! - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: Staff of nonprofit organizations may find themselves working in social media silos. For example, three different programs might operate three different Facebook pages, and no one talks to one another. It’s easy: Just bury your head and do your work. That is, after all, what staff is paid to do.

But the days of social media silos may be coming to a close.

Changes to European rules could reduce text giving, Institute warns

Changes to European rules could reduce text giving, Institute warns: Potential changes to European rules on mobile payment processing could hinder SMS donations, according to the Institute of Fundraising.

If This Then That for Non-Profits | npENGAGE

If This Then That for Non-Profits | npENGAGE: If This Then That (IFTTT), offers a creative, unique, free and practical alternative to keeping up with your multiple social media initiatives. This tool has so many mind-blowing applications for non-profits that I just had to share it with the world.

Looking Beyond the Membership Numbers: Associations Now

Looking Beyond the Membership Numbers: Associations Now: Let’s step back, though, to ask a different question: Do free online community members count the same as paid association members? The answer depends on what exactly an organization is doing with those members and what those members are doing. In other words, it depends on your mission.

Latest global social, digital, mobile data for ya

Latest global social, digital, mobile data for ya: his report presents all the key statistics, data and behavioural indicators for social, digital and mobile channels around the world. Alongside regional pictures that capture the stats for every nation on Earth, we also present in-depth analyses for 24 of the world’s largest economies: Argentina, Australia, Brazile, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, Thailand, the UAE, the UK, and the USA. For other reports in this series, please visit http://wearesocial.sg/tag/sdmw  H/T to Social Fish

Why Is Facebook's App Asking To Read Your Text Messages? | Fast Company | Business Innovation

Why Is Facebook's App Asking To Read Your Text Messages? | Fast Company | Business Innovation: Over the last month or so, a few keen-eyed Android users may have been startled by some peculiar permission requests when they tried to update their Facebook app. One request asks to "read your text messages (SMS or MMS)."

14 Great Tools to Create Engaging Infographics and Images for your Social Media Posts - The Buffer Blog

14 Great Tools to Create Engaging Infographics and Images for your Social Media Posts - The Buffer Blog: t wasn’t long ago that Twitter added inline image previews to its official apps, including the web view.

Now, Twitter is including more image focus in the latest redesign, as you can see above. On the left-hand side of Twitter’s new web view, your profile and header images are now visible.

Content: Guided by Voices | FeedBlitz - Email Marketing and RSS

Content: Guided by Voices | FeedBlitz - Email Marketing and RSS: So as I moved into doing more social media work, I found people clamouring for “better content”, “content marketing,” “being a content creator,” and a million other words. Heck, I even teach a course called “Creating Compelling Content.” But a lot of organizations aren’t. And I think it’s because there are a lot of people who aren’t hearing the right voices.

Sure, you’re saying, it’s easy to have a speech that’s written in a “voice” — it’s meant to be spoken.

Nonprofits and Social Media: Where to Next?

Nonprofits and Social Media: Where to Next?: You may have seen the report this week about how Facebook will be dead in three years, and the counter punches about why that’s a silly claim. Who knows what Facebook’s lifespan will be? What we do know is that you can’t put all your communications and community engagement eggs in one basket.

We don’t even know what new communications “baskets” are being weaved right now!

Study Reveals How to Rein in Rude Online Commenters: Associations Now

Study Reveals How to Rein in Rude Online Commenters: Associations Now: It can be tempting to ignore rude comments made in online spaces, but a new study found that interacting with commenters may decrease the chances for incivility.

Conducted by the Engaging News Project of the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at the University of Texas at Austin, the study analyzed roughly 2,500 comments made on a Texas TV station’s Facebook page.

How to Truly Show Your Online Community Manager Appreciation #CMAD

How to Truly Show Your Online Community Manager Appreciation #CMAD: The following pyramid lays out a composite view of meaningful moves that you can make today and their relative importance to community managers.

It also illustrates the flip side of appreciation with a reverse pyramid of things that frustrate online community managers.

Nonprofits flunk online fundraising test � Philanthropy North Carolina

Nonprofits flunk online fundraising test � Philanthropy North Carolina: he inaugural Online Fundraising Scorecard, a study by Dunham Company and Next After, reviewed the websites of 151 organizations over nine months in 2013, signed up to receive emails, and made an initial $20 gift.

The study looked at 56 key indicators in four key aspects of online fundraising, including email registration, email communication, the donation experience, and the gift acknowledgement process.