2011, Facebook, News and Newsletter

Boost Online Fundraising with Mid-Year Revenue Spikes

NetWits

JUNE 7, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Staggering, but not news. Promotion is ke y - Donors will not know about new happenings without advertisement and promotion.

Online

Online Fundraising Benchmark Report

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

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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Social Media International Interview Examples

10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

Written for the June 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Not following on a 1:1 ratio on Twitter.

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

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. However, as I learned from spending two weeks in Asia this past December , the news sources you watch and consume can dramatically effect your consciousness and ultimately your social media voice. e-Newsletter.

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Social Media Media Management Social

Social Media: What To Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Get It

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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Using Twitter to Build Support Among Latinos for the Affordable Care Act

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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Twitter Support Build Newsletter

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

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?

Social Media

Social Media National Interview Examples

10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

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.

Social Media

Social Media Management Media Social

5 Ways to Increase Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

NetWits

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Tell them your initial plans for 2011 and listen to their feedback. So how can you cultivate new peer-to-peer donors and get them to give again? Here are a few ideas: On the donation form, ask donors if they would like to opt in to your organization’s newsletter. Ask them what can be improved, and what they would do differently.

Fundraising

Fundraising Raise Gift Registration

ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Disclaimer Friday, April 1, 2011 Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

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Research People Giving Arizona

Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Integrated Mobile Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

We launched a mobile site , in 2007 aimed at feature phones, and we’re developing an Android version of the app for release in 2011. Our website , is the hub for all in-depth information and news. But we can’t rely on people to come to our site wondering what’s new, or to find us by chance. How will you measure success?

Mobile

Mobile Integration Strategy Green

Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. This is a facebook page where many organizations across the environment, climate and animal welfare sectors came together to share news, updates, action alerts, and much more after the BP Oil Spill. Difference.

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Build Community Technology Action

33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

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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Social Media Social Chapter Media

33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

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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Social Media Social Chapter Media

11 Qualities of an Effective Social Media Manager

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The following is an excerpt from the newly released Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits and was published in the September 2011 edition of Fundraising Success Magazine (@ frsuccess ). Old news is not share-, like- or retweet-worthy. Has experience in online communications. Please get training!

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Social Media Effective Management Media

How to Create Enough Good Content

NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

As nonprofits have flocked to the e-newsletter as an inexpensive and timely way to communicate with stakeholders, the number of newsletter tips has also proliferated. While subject lines, “from” addresses, and your template design are all important, they aren’t the biggest challenge to putting out a quality newsletter.

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Content Create Newsletter NTEN

22 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

On the day that I submitted the final manuscript of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits to McGraw-Hill, Facebook launched Timeline for Pages. and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0: However, defining Web 1.0

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Social Media Social Chapter Media

Mobile Social Networks Get a Boost - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

60) Search « Care2 Stats for December 2006 | Main | New Studies Reveal Important Trends Facing NPOs » Thursday Dec 28 2006 Mobile Social Networks Get a Boost Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 12:33PM | by Hatef Yamini In the world of social networks, the end of 2006 represented a major milestone: MySpace went mobile!

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Social Network Mobile Social Media Network

11 Mobile Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits

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. From there, do not use images for navigation, and limit news articles to one image. Link to your Facebook Page, Twitter Profile, YouTube Channel, Flickr Photostream, etc. Limit the Use of Images.

Mobile

Mobile Websites Design Practice

NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: August 20

NTEN

AUGUST 20, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Allyson Kapin offers some good reminders/tips for engaging your supporters. The case study about nptech in Israel will be featured in our August newsletter. Members are in bold.

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Fourteen Ways to Improve Your Open Rate

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

We're on pace to deliver more than 1,000,000 messages in 2011, so our data is beginning to amount to something meaningful. We've made list growth a continuing concern – not just to fight the inevitable churn , but because new subscribers open our messages at a much higher rate. in 2010, but have bumped that up to 23.5%

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Rate Open Spam Test

Nonprofit Technology News Celebrity Forecasts for 2014

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

He got the NTEN Award IN 2011. Facebook will still dominate. New mobile money tools will be bigger in 2014, things like peer to peer payments, perhaps like the new free service called Square Cash that I covered in our November NPTech News , that lets you email cash to anyone with an email address.

Celebrate

Celebrate News Technology Nonprofit

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: WITNESS

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

Facebook: facebook.com/witness. WITNESS currently utilizes the following social media tools: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and “Video for Change” (blog). The blog has been the key standardized staple that helps to regularly generate content for readers, which then is further shared via Twitter and Facebook.

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Social Media Examples Interview Media

Nonprofit Technology

Boost Online Fundraising with Mid-Year Revenue Spikes

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Trending Sources

10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Social Media: What To Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Get It

Using Twitter to Build Support Among Latinos for the Affordable Care Act

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

5 Ways to Increase Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Integrated Mobile Strategy

Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

11 Qualities of an Effective Social Media Manager

How to Create Enough Good Content

22 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Mobile Social Networks Get a Boost - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

11 Mobile Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits

NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: August 20

Fourteen Ways to Improve Your Open Rate

Nonprofit Technology News Celebrity Forecasts for 2014

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: WITNESS

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