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10 Things You Can Do Right Now – Part 2

By on January 13, 2010 in Facebook, Hot Tips, Nonprofits, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW

Put a Donate button on your site It’s free and easy to put a “Donate” button on your site. Make it as easy as possible for people to give you money! You never know what they may see or read on your web site that spurs them to make a donation, and you want that […]

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10 Things You Can Do Right Now – Part 1

By on January 2, 2010 in Blogging, Facebook, Hot Tips, Nonprofits, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW

Sometimes you don’t know where to start…so you never do. Here are 10 things you can do right now—this very moment—that will help you jump start your organization’s social media effectiveness in 2010. You can do all these things in less than one hour! Think how productive you’ll feel when you’re done! 1. Define a […]

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Social Media For Dummies: Top 10 Guides to Getting Started

By on July 30, 2009 in Blogging, Hot Tips, Nonprofits, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW

At the recent TAFA Conference in Washington, DC, several people asked me for some guidance on where to find more information for beginners on how to get started in social media. Of course, I think The Social Animal is going to be your best bet because it focuses specifically on animal welfare issues, but we […]

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Twitter in Plain English

By on July 8, 2009 in Networking, Nonprofits, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW, Twitter

So it seems like the tool you all most want to learn about is Twitter. There’s still a lot of mystery (and even animosity) surrounding Twitter, and I’m not entirely sure why. I think it’s easy to dismiss as something frivolous, faddy, and many people don’t see how it can benefit their nonprofit organization. In […]

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What The Social Animal is All About

By on July 4, 2009 in Social Media

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Hello to new friends!

By on April 8, 2009 in Blogging, Facebook, MySpace, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW

I had a great time today presenting at the Humane Society of the United States Animal Care Expo in Las Vegas! I was so glad to see so many people attending the Web 2.0 tools seminar. I could see a lot of confusion on peoples’ faces, though, so I know that all your questions were […]

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Welcome! Social Media Demystified for Animal Welfare Folks

By on March 31, 2009 in Blogging, Social Media

Welcome! The World Wide Web today (also known as Web 2.0) is all about niches (among other things). This blog exists to fill a very particular, very narrow niche.  I’m passionate about animal welfare in the United States and I am evangelistic about social media. My experience with my local organization, the Central Oklahoma Humane […]

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