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. In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube.

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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. Not relevant to the vast majority of nonprofits and (whew!) If your nonprofit starts pinning, be sure to follow me and I’ll follow you back.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/thenatureconservancy. My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites. Mobile: m.nature.org. Blog: blog.nature.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. If your nonprofit has yet to get on Google+, now would be a very good time to start. e-Newsletter. Now, onto setting up your personal profile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. It is clearly not a fad, and yet the vast majority of nonprofits have zero budgets for social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/humanesociety. We’re using Facebook primarily, Twitter for feedback, dabbling in Foursquare, and starting our LinkedIn presence. We don’t use it like we use Facebook, for advocacy, fundraising, and relationship building. Organization: The Humane Society of the United States. Name: Carie Lewis.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

He's spent close to ten years helping nonprofits be more. We recently released the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. Key 2011 Online Giving Trends Include. of online giving happened in October, November, and December of 2011. 5 Tactics Your Nonprofit Must Implement Today.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

For all the buzz about new media in the nonprofit sector, it is somewhat surprising how few nonprofits have integrated their new media campaigns into one of the most important pages on their website – the “Thank You for Your Donation!” ” landing page. That is, the page your donors land on after making a donation.

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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. Organization: National Wildlife Federation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/taprootfoundation. Megan: We currently have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Jumo, YouTube and Vimeo. Twitter and Facebook have been crucial in recruiting new pro bono consultants and connecting with nonprofits that could benefit from our Service Grant projects. Jumo: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Note from Beth: Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating two workshops on becoming a Networked Nonprofit: Effective Social Strategy for nonprofits in Santa Barbara hosted by the Fund for Santa Barbara. In order to help focus their online communications, I recommend every nonprofit have an editorial calendar. Great idea!

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Qgiv

JUNE 15, 2022

When nonprofit organizations need help with fundraising, they hold many “beliefs” that you need to find people you trust, and people you think can deliver for you. We value our relationships and are proud to connect our nonprofit friends to our partner network in hopes this helps increase your nonprofit ‘s effectiveness and success.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 1, 2011 Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving? As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. More newsletters?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Note from Beth: I’ve been looking for good examples of nonprofit mobile strategies. 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. is by far the number one question we get by email, Twitter and Facebook when we talk about our app.

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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. below are 33 of must-read updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Replace the “Web 1.0:

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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.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2015

In 2011, YouTube started letting people post their videos with Creative Commons licenses. Instagram is a popular photo and short video-sharing service that is owned by Facebook. Can I Use That Image for My Website or Newsletter? Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video and Guide for Creators. " The Rules for Instagram.

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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. below are 33 of must-read updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Replace the “Web 1.0:

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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. here are 22 of must-read updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits : 1. Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. I had a really wonderful time, and the Community-Driven Social Impact session was terrific! Now for the Social by Social game!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2011

Written for the March 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. * * * * * * * * * * *. Rather, they needed to be presented with a great, big, flashy exit sign to “Donate Now,&# which gave rise to the all-powerful e-newsletter.

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NetWits

AUGUST 2, 2012

Nonprofits – small and large – were scurrying to create “meaningful” corporate partnerships NOT sponsorships. In fact, in a 2011 report, consumers spoke very loudly that they expect companies to drive social and environmental change and that they will reward these efforts. Newsletters. # Facebook Friends. # Facebook logo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

With 90% of your nonprofit’s supporters and donors now accessing the Internet on multiple devices every day , nonprofits really need to prioritize mobilizing their Web content. If you choose to hard-code your own mobile website, the standard width for a mobile website (as of 2011) is 320 pixels. Limit the Use of Images.

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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 ). For your nonprofit to succeed on social media sites, make sure that your social media manager (a.k.a.

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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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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Since the ABI research preceded the MySpace announcement, we may see even faster growth.

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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. Recent tests from our 28,000-name newsletter list found that the folks we'd added within the prior month were up to 25% more likely to open the first message. in 2010, but have bumped that up to 23.5%

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NTEN

AUGUST 20, 2010

I was happy to see that one of NTEN's newest members, Mat Heggem of The Bookkeeping Center , was so inspired by the recent 501 Tech Club NYC event that he vlogged his take-aways and shared on our Facebook page. The case study about nptech in Israel will be featured in our August newsletter.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

So, I was obviously excited to see the 2011 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report from Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com land in my inbox. Email marketing and websites will be the most important communications tools for nonprofits in 2011, followed by direct mail, in-person events, Facebook, and media relations/PR.

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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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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014. Marnie Webb.

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