Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

One of the fun exercises I facilitated is a “Fishbowl” where a small group of participants go through the process of generating ideas for an editorial calendar based on their key goals and audience definition. A must for any organization of any size.” – Erin Fogg, 2011. The 2014 version – new and improved has arrived!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

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. We are definitely working more in that direction. What is on your To Do List for 2011? Who maintains your social media campaigns?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Of all the mass communications tools your organization is using (website e-newsletters, social networking sites, mobile), which is resulting in the most online dollars being raised (directly or indirectly)? What is on your To Do List for 2011? Dupe: At present, Taproot is unique in that we don’t raise money in this way.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 1, 2011 Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving? More newsletters? It is the relationships people form with each other that resonate and provide feelings of connection — much more than that weekly e-newsletter. April 1, 2011 4:47 PM Stephanie La Loggiasaid. More YouTube videos?

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2015

It's definitely easier to grab great videos off the Internet to put on your website or blog than to make them. In 2011, YouTube started letting people post their videos with Creative Commons licenses. Can I Use That Image for My Website or Newsletter? The Internet has gone "video." " People just like it.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Reprinted from Feb/Mar 2011 issue of Convio Connection : interview with Dave Hart, Chief Technology Officer, Convio. But this definition starts to diverge when you examine what types of information are of interest to different people within a nonprofit. What is your definition of "true integrated marketing?" Author: Jill Ward.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

The study concluded that by 2011 the mobile social networking population will reach 170 million, up from today’s 50 million. Let’s consider some of the implications of increased mobile social networking to online communications and advocacy: 1) We have to expand our definition of “on-line.” 2) Make it simple.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

If you choose to hard-code your own mobile website, the standard width for a mobile website (as of 2011) is 320 pixels. Feature Group Text Alerts and E-newsletter “Subscribe” Functionality. Be sure to feature the ability to subscribe to your e-newsletter and group text campaigns on every page of your mobile website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0:

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 6, 2012

I love getting their newsletter and quarterly journal, "Change." Idealware recently published their 2011 Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits , an exhaustive resource for discovering the best software solutions for your organization. NTEN is a great resource for best practices information and resources.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Lynn Flinn of EWF International in Tulsa, OK wrote the following in a recent newsletter. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Its so powerful I wanted to pass it along.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 6, 2010

They're raising about $500 a month just from their email newsletters to their friends. So we're looking at ways that we can expand the definition of a member. In 2007, we went to India, and we visited a program called Matrichaya , which we'll be supporting again in January of 2011. Did you say where you're going in 2011?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Back in 2011, I started collecting all the emails that nonprofits sent me during the month of December and reviewed what was in my inbox. Be sure to check out 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 too. They definitely stood out, but my fear is that too many nonprofits jump on the emoji bandwagon and ruin a good thing. following up.

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