Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

I happened to mention that I was seeing reports from nonprofit folks about the recent change in the Facebook Algorithm and Megan Keaney Anderson offered to write this guest post. How Nonprofits Can Use Measurement to Adapt to the Facebook Algorithm Change – guest post by Meghan Keaney Anderson, Hubspot. What has changed?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/womenforwomen. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and the Notes from the Field WordPress blog. Name: Lauren Shopp || lshopp@womenforwomen.org. Title: Multimedia/Online Coordinator.

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NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

Although the findings of the recently released 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report haven’t changed much since the last edition three years ago, its release has (re)fueled the conversation fire in the #nptech community. flickr.com/photos/mikebaird.

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TechImpact

MAY 6, 2014

Mobile Marketing Association Asia, 2011) It takes 90 minutes for the average person to respond to an email. CTIA.org, 2011) Mobile coupons get 10 times more redemption rates than that of traditional coupons. Morgan Stanley, 2012) 44% of Facebook’s 900 million users access Facebook on their phone. xAd, 2012).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011. Though Facebook had gone public nine months previous, Facebook Groups were only just beginning to be used as community-building tools by nonprofits and Facebook Pages didn’t exist yet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

Diversify your news sources. The best social media managers have a voracious appetite for news and current affairs. The best social media managers have a voracious appetite for news and current affairs. In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 16, 2014

Facebook is for “old people”. According to Time, Facebook has lost over 11 million young users since 2011. Industry News Mobile Social nonprofit nonprofit technology npTech social media technology' Vine and Instagram have built in features for sharing, commenting on, and liking content. That’s a big number.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It's high time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! This time I’ll review some new developments in privacy and security, social media, cloud computing, digital inclusion, gaming for good, and the new tech blog, Re/code. There’s lots of interesting NPTech news this month.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/JointheFight. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Averaging 3,100 Facebook page views per week. Organization Size: Medium.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Date : February 19th, 2011. Tools like mobile text/sms, facebook, twitter, and even Wikipedia have permeated the global community and in times of crisis are natural outlets for updates, news, and even cries for help. Location : San Antonio, TX. Topic : Social Media in Disaster Response. Related Links : Conference website.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from an article that first appeared in the June 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] We mostly do in-person follow-through, but we’ve had success recruiting through Facebook.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/BigCatRescue. In the past year we have raised over $47,000 in an online Razoo contest and $25,000 as prize money in a Facebook contest sponsored by Chase. What is on your To Do List for 2011? Organization Size: 125 exotic cats, 9 paid staff, 107 volunteers, 80,000 supporters. Name: Carol Baskin.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

So how do you make the fact that you’re doing a 5K or walk into news that’s going to get reported? The fact that you’re doing a 5K for a worthwhile cause by itself is not news. The world of journalism and news publishing is changing rapidly. Write your posts like a news story. Photos that help tell your story.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

One thing that did ring true is that Facebook is constantly changing, and not every change is award-winning. The latest changes came February 10, when the non-fiction Facebook staff deployed a range of changes to Facebook Pages, including substantial changes to the Pages layout. View your Page’s News Feed.

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Tech Soup

JULY 27, 2011

Beginning today, July 27, 2011, organizations now have more flexibility regarding when they can request Microsoft software donations and in the product donations available. Requests placed before July 27, 2011, will not count against your new Microsoft software donation allotment.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2011

” DeVigal spoke about the importance of interactive storytelling and leveraging innovations in technology in order to engage news readers and find the “sweet spot” between journalistic truth and game play. Show me something and I will remember. Involve me and I will understand.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Facebook: facebook.com/nationalwildlife. From there I signed us up for various Facebook groups and profiles and continued experimenting sites like Change.org and Care2. And for that event, Facebook Causes helped us raise the most money we’ve ever raised on social media. What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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NetWits

MARCH 22, 2011

I just got back from the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , where listening was top of mind: Listening to the amazing speakers, listening to the #nptech community , and listening to all the great ideas floating around the halls of the Washington Hilton.

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NetWits

MARCH 11, 2012

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has been doing incredible work for over 100 years and, while content marketing isn’t news to them, they’re using content along with social media to make sure the online world knows about their work. He’s the 2011 March of Dimes National Ambassador. Go find out what your dog match looks like !

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 18, 2011

<br /> <br /> Forty-four percent of communications staff members said they spend up to 10 percent of their time “posting content, interacting with audiences through interactive media, adapting content, producing media, and developing new-media campaigns.&# " It also offers group text messaging and video chat."

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Care2

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Between Digg’s redesign, Founder Kevin Rose leaving the company, and other dud product launches like Newswire , Digg just can’t compete with other social networks where people go to share news these days – Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Google+, Care2, etc. visitors in October 2011, according to Quantcast.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Marketing to Media-Savvy Gen Y: Transparency, Authenticity – Advertising Age – News – "They entered the consumer market during the stormiest economic climate since the Great Depression. And now this has all.ly url shorteners on high alert.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. Strange News. Available on news stands now, so check one out if you see a new issue while in line at the grocery store. This is technology for good news from India.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Newark Schools Start to See Impact of 'Facebook Money' - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : Newark Schools Start to See Impact of ‘Facebook Money’ September 27, 2011, 9:46 am After a year in which the Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s $100-million grant to Newark, N.J.’s

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

" Conversation is the New Attention – "This article is adapted from their SXSW 2011 talk, Toss the Projector: Redefining the Speaker/Audience Dynamic. " 2011: The Year the Check-in Died – "Early last year, "checking in" was the cool new craze.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 16, 2011

If you aren't familiary with Zanby, I encourage you to read the news and check out the platform today! "As "As of May 13, 2011, we are releasing the code for our community software platform, the Zanby Enterprise Group Family System, under a GPLv3 license.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.), Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. The era of winging it in social media is over.

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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. Don’t stop there; also check Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Are you new or seasoned at social media marketing? Read Mashable.com and other social media news outlets. Do your homework.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 11, 2012

As a nonprofit, your message is most likely tailored toward a specific cause, whether it’s through news, links, or photos. If you have a news update or link, take or find a photo that fits with your nonprofit’s mission and enhances the update. Isaac also posts news, videos, photos and more at www.isaackiehl.com. Get another!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2012

As a social media specialist at MomsRising.org and a Latina who has published a blog for seven years, has two Facebook pages, a Twitter account, a LinkedIn page and now a newly opened Pinterest account, easily the biggest misconception I have encountered is that Latinos are not online. As of August 2011, an astounding 8.1

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Meaning, as print news becomes obsolete, nuanced approaches to information-sharing will emerge that will meet the intended goals of journalism; consumption of information will change; and reporters will no longer be the only ones who are breaking news. The news cycle is really short,” explained Chan. million in 2009 to $687.6

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2011

We'll probably share the link to this round-up on Facebook. Are you looking to get Facebook engagement up in your community? Speaking of Facebook , NTEN member and partner when it comes to all things analytical Idealware has put the focus on how organizations measure success (and failure) on Facebook. Will you comment?

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Care2

APRIL 9, 2014

Check out the email list growth over the last few years of different sized nonprofits (orange: 2011, yellow: 2012, and blue: 2013) -. This is great news for your organization. Nonprofits who participated in the study grew their number of Facebook fans by 37%, and Twitter followers by 46%. What''s going on there?

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches a class in strategic philanthropy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and has advised Facebook founders Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz and Hewlett-Packard chief Meg Whitman on giving. the property developer credited with transforming a patch of California farmland into the world’s technology hub, Ms.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 26, 2012

Besides a website, the musts of nonprofit social media include a Facebook page and Twitter account. The Facebook and Twitter pages had already been set up, but they were scarcely used. Within a year, both the Facebook and Twitter followers more than doubled, and engagement increased almost 300%. Like this article? Get another!

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

The organization I helped found as Colorectal Cancer Coalition in 2005 officially became Fight Colorectal Cancer on Monday, March 6, 2011. Yes, that's Farra in the video doing a lot of the talking at the conference room table: Our annual Call-on Congress event had long been scheduled for March 8-9, 2011.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2011

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