Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. In a peer learning situation, people may make stronger connections with others and develop working relationships that may go beyond the learning experience. If appropriate, an networking activity that encourages people to interact with people they don’t know.

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In 2020, the pandemic and its resulting social distancing guidelines led nonprofits to experiment with virtual events (many of them for the first time). For example, it’s more difficult to experience catering and an attractive venue digitally. Plan Engaging Virtual Activities and Performances. Activity coordinators.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

One of my goals for 2011 is to better track the amount of time I spend on social media posting, planning, etc, and measuring that against actual engagement, as measured by: donations (via special source codes) and engagement (comments, reTweets, etc). What is on your To Do List for 2011? Please summarize your ROI. Book Tour ?. ?

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

You probably spent your time struggling to keep your eyes open throughout these less-than-engaging experiences. But after hosting many events over the years, how can your organization change up its approach and plan more engaging activities? Gather this information by sending pre-event surveys and conducting social media polls.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

That said, in reference to the social fundraising apps, according to Network for Good social giving is on the rise with an average donation of $52 (as of Q3 2011). Most nonprofits that are active on Facebook know about Facebook Causes. Cost: 4.75% donation processing fee. Donation Processor: Network for Good. Website: causes.com.

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Achieve

JUNE 11, 2021

You can engage guests after your events by asking them what they thought of the experience. Surveys show that you appreciate receiving feedback and that your nonprofit is making continual strides to improve each guest’s experience. However, they’re all phrased to reflect a guest’s experience of what they did and didn’t like.

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Qgiv

MARCH 29, 2023

Since 2011, Give Back Nation’s Google Certified Ad Grant Manager team has helped over 5,400 nonprofits manage their Ad Grants. To keep the grant, nonprofits must follow the program details, show successes, and stay active optimizing and improving their ads. First, organizations can check eligibility.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2011

In the Games for Change Festival opening keynote speech, Former Vice President Al Gore jokingly admitted that his last video game experience was playing Pong , though he acknowledged the power of games, observing that "Games are the new normal for hundreds of millions of users.” But is this enough?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2012

The report suggests that "besides education and experience, the ability of nonprofit managers to make accurate financial and economic decisions depends on the information and tools that nonprofit organizations can access." The Moody’s Foundation, 2011. Sources: ^ [1] " Financial Literacy for the Long Term ," Philanthropy Matters, Vol.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The best ever resource and template for an editorial calendar comes from my colleague, Holly Minch at LightBox Collaborative who has been sharing her template in a google document since 2011. A must for any organization of any size.” – Erin Fogg, 2011. The 2014 version – new and improved has arrived! Great idea!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Salesforce had acquired collaboration tool company Stypi in May 2012, as well as social media monitoring platform Radian6 in March 2011." The price is lower than the recently reported $800 million figure, but still a formidable investment from the enterprise software giant, which is on a seemingly never-ending acquisition spree.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

That’s right, the session selection process is open for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! Participants will walk away with a set of guiding principles and tactics to develop media, events and activities that encourage connections and local leadership among your stakeholders to increase your organizational reach and impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long. Enter The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart : VIDEO: 2011: A Look Back. The Daily Show remembers the important stories of 2011 so you don’t have to. . Guaranteed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

From there I signed us up for various Facebook groups and profiles and continued experimenting sites like Change.org and Care2. There are definitely tools that I spend less time with, but that’s because I may not have found our audiences very active on them or I may just be spending time on other sites. Book Tour?. ?Book

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn has many years of hands-on experience working in the trenches of nonprofit fundraising across Texas and beyond. Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser. My mind was a sponge.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. My latest post on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog is now up. You can read it and join the conversation on the SSIR blog , or read the copy below.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2012

Facebook has 901 million active users; 500 million people use Twitter; 8 years worth of content is uploaded to YouTube every day; Pinterest has 4 million unique views daily. What was their favorite experience there? Social media has revolutionized the way tech savvy arts and cultural organizations communicate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Leave a comment on this post explaining what your organization’s singular, most important activity will be in 2011 that will at-once drive social impact, engage supporters and increase revenues. Note from Beth: Carol Cone was kind enough to offer several copies of her a book as a giveaway. Deadline: December 23rd.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Shirkey also said, “Now is the time for experiments, lots and lots of experiments.” The session was facilitated by Susan Feeney, Partner at GMMB , and explored the range of new media models and venture journalism experiments. “As He later suggested, “Create an interactive experience [with data]; data can change the conversation.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Our LinkedIn group for Active pro bono consultants is a great place where these people can connect based on a current interest—giving back using their current skills. Did you experience resistance from higher ups in the organization initially utilizing about social media, or were they supportive? What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

Launched in 2011, Snapchat is an image and video messaging app that is very popular with tweens and teens and increasingly Millennials and Gen Xers. Snapchat’s navigation and design is tailored for Gen Z – the mobile-first and mobile-only generation, but Millennials and Gen Xers are also becoming more active on Snapchat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The new algorithm also factors in negative feedback and penalizes posts that have been actively hidden by viewers or reported as spam. Tactic 2: Post at the optimal time to drive activity. Because so much of the new algorithm depends on early activity, timing is just as important as content. See what kind of activity you get.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Time Magazine provocatively named “The Protester” as its 2011 “Person of the Year” for its riveting influence on last year’s social and political events. As courageous citizens connected with each other to express dissent and organize public actions, social media tools spurred activism and social change in unprecedented ways.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 12, 2023

Imagine sitting at an event, impressed with all of the activities and entertainment options, then being asked to give back. Leveraging his software background, he built most of the tools his charities used, and in 2011 he launched Handbid at his own fundraising event. Announce your text-to-give number at events.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

When Mashable first started buzzing about Pinterest in December 2011, I took a quick look at the site and thought to myself, “Shopping, crafters, and foodies. Business always underestimate the fact the nonprofits are some of the most active early adopters on the Web. Not relevant to the vast majority of nonprofits and (whew!)

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 30, 2017

According to a study conducted in 2011, 86 percent of nonprofit board members are Caucasian (Schwartz, Weinberg, Hagenbuch, & Scott, 2011). Clients often feel more comfortable with people who share similarities, as Cecala (2016) notes from her experience. Schwartz, R., Weinberg, J., Hagenbuch, D., & & Scott, A.

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NTEN

JUNE 2, 2011

As Facebook reaches 600 million users in January 2011, social media continues to attract attention from nonprofits internationally. Doing this effectively ensures more active and connected users. Constantly improve your donor experience online through good design principles. Register for complimentary beta versions here [link].

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 15, 2011

through oral tradition, cultural activities, and culture-specific behaviors), developing a sense of membership within an ethnic group, and (hopefully) developing positive feelings about the self and the group. [5] Writing from personal experience, I am certain that positive ethnic identity has been a key factor in my resilience.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

HOW TO: Create Custom iFrame Tabs on Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Page – "In March 2011 Facebook disabled the popular Static FMBL App that many nonprofits had used to create custom tabs on their Facebook Pages. ' There are two responses I usually give here. . | Basic elements that should be considered in any campaign.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2012

When the American Diabetes Association made the decision to focus on promoting self donations in their 2011 Tour de Cure fundraising campaign, they increased the number of participants contributing to thier own fundraising efforts from 2% in 2010 to more than 37% in 2011. Manage Autoresponders -> TeamRaiser First Follow Up).

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Some of this increase can be attributed to earlier retirement, leading senior citizens to be more active. 1 For nonprofits, understanding the dynamics of senior volunteerism can help organizations utilize seniors in a way that furthers their mission while offering a positive volunteering experience. Energize, Inc.,

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 1, 2011 Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving? However, we know from previous research — as well as collective experience — that it is our connections with people that are most powerful. April 1, 2011 4:47 PM Stephanie La Loggiasaid. April 5, 2011 11:07 AM Mark Rubin said.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the September 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Measuring your activities is as important as what you’re posting, or how many times a day you post. To succeed you must be willing to experiment and continue the practices that work while abandoning those that don’t.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

To avoid stakeholder resistance, or action caused by dissatisfaction by organizations’ responsiveness to stakeholders, nonprofits must actively pursue opportunities to gain the trust of their donor base (Meiksins, 2014). Fernanda Torres Maqueda is a native of Phoenix, Arizona and has over 5 years experience in the nonprofit sector.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

"So I'm especially thrilled to see Groupon announce the launch of G-team, an experiment in complementing Groupon's deals with The Point-type campaigns. Check it out! "So The sky is clearly the limit in coming up with creative ways to tack social actions campaigns onto Groupon deals. You can find that online here.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

7 Social Media experiments we tried with the 99% Power Coalition | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – Joe Solomon does a great job sharing the tools, tactics, and mini-campaigns used in the recent 99% Power Campaign. " Now that's a different question, one that's not as simple to answer for most of us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

Millennials – We know they are young, tech savvy and well-educated-but they are also some of the most active when it comes to donating and volunteering. Download the complete 2011 Millennial Donor Study findings and recommendations by visiting millennialdonors.com.

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