How people use social networks in other countries [infographic]
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JustTextGiving YouTube Video Competition
JustTextGiving has just been launched to all individual fundraisers – each person with a JustGiving fundraising page will now be able to create their own unique text codes, allowing them to share the text code and fundraise creatively on the go. T…
My presentation for the Glasgow Third Sector Forum launch
For the launch of the new Glasgow Third Sector Forum I gave a presentation on social media myths and misconcpetions, followed by a workshop where participants created the world’s quickest social media strategy. A few attendees have asked for the s…
10 Facebook guides & blog posts every non-profit should read
My 10 must-read Facebook resources for non-profits was a pretty popular post but as it’s now a year old I’ve decided to search 10 fresh new links, well people do love a good list… Five Nonprofits That Have Found Their Facebook Voice If you are s…
Ten tactics for engaging the public
Hat tip to @NPquarterly for sharing this PDF grabbed from ‘Using Online Tools to Engage – and be Engaged by – The Public’ by Matt Leighninger, Executive Director of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium. The full report is available on the IBM Cen…
Want to help a Scottish charity and get a £10 Amazon voucher?
We’ll be carrying out some user-experience testing on an arts charity website soon and we need your help. If you’re over 18, can travel to Edinburgh or Glasgow and have 45 mins to spare then we’d love to hear from you. Ideally we’re looking for pe…
Glasgow-based third sector org? Interested in social media?
Tuesday May 31st, 1pmGCVS, The Albany Learning and Conference Centre 44 Ashley Street, Glasgow, G3 6DS The Glasgow Third Sector Forum invites voluntary sector organisations, volunteering organisations and social enterprises to participate in an in…
Help @BIGscotland shape their new website & get a free lunch
The Big Lottery Fund are organising events for applicants and stakeholders around the development of a new BIG website. They’ll be hosting a workshop in their Glasgow office (host venue for the last Be Good Be Social) on Thursday 26th May from 10….
Be human – the first rule of social media for organisations has now been proven
Unless your social media presence is an unashamed RSS feed of your ‘news’ (something pretty much only the BBC, weather forecasters and sports results types get away with) it’s pretty obvious that you should be using a human voice when connecting w…
Peer-to-peer fundraising dissected [Infographic]
via sylwiapresley.com Tasty infographic from Blackbaud. Thanks to @presleysylwia for sharing.