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Facebook recently announced a new tool designed to give individual users the power to fundraise on Facebook for their favorite verified US-based 501(c)3 nonprofits, directly within the platform!

According to Facebook officials, this has always been their intended vision.

In 2015, more of your supporters will visit your website from a mobile device than from their desktop computer.

Here are just 8 things your nonprofit needs to understand about Facebook as we enter 2015. Do you have any to add?

http://jcsocialmarketing.com/2014/12/facebook-2015-nonprofits-need-know/

In my conversations with nonprofits using social media, I always ask them one question first – What do they want to get out of using Facebook?  

Love it or hate it, the holiday hysteria is upon us!

Thankfully, there are quite a few ways you can give back and pay it forward this holiday season. Here are just 21 ways to give back through your holiday shopping.

Nonprofits – It’s your fault.

Yes, it is.

When donors can’t figure out how to donate on your website;

The American Red Cross has not yet responded to allegations it botched the Sandy & Isaac relief efforts. Here are my ideas.

Nonprofits tend to lump all of their constituents into just a few boxes – staff, volunteers, donors and clients.

Within that box, these groups of constituents often get lumped further into just one category. “Our donors aren’t online!” “Our clients don’t want to receive text messages.” “Our staff is not tech-savvy.”

Sadly I wasn’t able to attend the Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits (#bbcon) in person this year, but just by following the Twitter hashtag, I have learned a lot!