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This guest blog post continues the discussion of nonprofit collaboration, but from the funder’s perspective. Guest contributor Ed Nicholson, who manages corporate philanthropy for Tyson Foods, offers his perspective on why collaboration and coopetition is good for the cause and the funder.

26 Feb, 2010

Guest Post: Staying In Control of Social Media

Posted by: Debra Askanase In: guest posts| time management

Social media takes so much time! Why does it always seem to take us away from work tasks, or so hard to manage effectively. Hannah Katzman offers her thoughts on how to stay in control, and why it’s so difficult to manage social media in this guest post.

What happens when your cause is “brandjacked?” When you find out that a for-profit, unaffilitated entity is trying to make money off of your donors? That’s exactly what happened to Trees for Troops in mid-November. Guest blogger Steve Drake, of Trees for Troops, tells how Trees for Troops fought back, lessons learned and the ROI of social media.

Wonder what it takes to create a dynamic and growing Facebook Fan Page? The California State Parks Foundation’s fan page grew from 517 fans to over 45,000 in a few short months. In this guest post, Brenna Holmes, of Adams Hussey and Associates, shares the multi-channel effort that created the Fan Page’s growth and how they worked to save the California state parks.

Want to know how a Flickr campaign originates, evolves and grows? In this interview with Georgina Goodlander, of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art, she explains the history of the innovative “Fill the Gap” campaign, its progress, and how it will evolve.



  • Shuey Fogel: This post and your previous post on Feb 16 "Nonprofit Collaboration: Doesn’t It Make the Pie Bigger?" has really brought the topic of collaboration
  • chiropractic social media : Yes I agree but they are also effective even in a large business especially when promoting products to get more customers and visitors.
  • Debra Askanase: Hi Jeff,I, too, am curious where this all will go. I was part of a collaborative project funded by The Boston Foundation years ago that was of a s

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Debra Askanase is an experienced community organizer, non-profit executive and business consultant. She advises small/medium-sized businesses and non-profits on social media strategy. She holds an MBA in International Business. You can follow her @askdebra on Twitter, too.