Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long. Learn basic HTML.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Who maintains your social media campaigns? I am a full-time employee of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and as the Social Media Manager I manage all the social networking efforts for the organization. 1) Using Google Analytics to track referrals to www.pancan.org from social networking outlets. (2)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? YouTube: youtube.com/womenforwomenintl.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

Note from Beth: In 2014, digital marketers predicted the rise of ” niche social networks ,” as it becomes increasingly harder to reach your audiences on general social networks like Facebook, these highly targeted online social networks are going to become more valuable. million divers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Donors pay a lot of attention to this page because it confirms their donation has been processed, so as we enter 2011 fundraising season, strategically adding some fresh content to your nonprofit’s “Thank You for Your Donation!” That is, the page your donors land on after making a donation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The most recent Pew Internet Project Internet and technology use studies show how immersed teens and young adults are in the online environment and how tied they are to the mobile and social sides of it. Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Recent research findings by Christopher Einolf and Susan Chambre (2011) provided empirical evidence of the strong influence of both formal and informal social networks on volunteering. As part of a. Sources: Bekkers, R. Political Psychology, 26, 439-454. Einolf, C.

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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. Add links to your nonprofit’s website, blog, and social networking communities. Create your nonprofit’s Google+ Page.

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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." So today I’m really excited to launch the Knowledge Graph, which will help you discover new information quickly and easily. Take a query like [taj mahal]. The full report is here.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2012

Nonprofits are taking advantage of this technology; according to the Nonprofit Social Networking Survey by NTEN, Common Knowledge & Blackbaud, the average nonprofit’s fan or follower base grew by 30 percent on Facebook and 81 percent on Twitter in 2011. They don’t just convey information; they have conversations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

But in order for your Facebook or Twitter stream to impact your organization, those fans and followers need to act on the information you are sharing. This mix of information about the community, as well as your organization, will make your social networking efforts a success. Click here to register. Like this article?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

Benchmarking is the process of comparing your organization’s practices and results with a group of peer organizations. It can be an informal study and fairly simple to do. You identify a list of similar organizations and collect specific metrics to compare. Benchmarking Study by Devon Smith.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

The 2011 Millennial Donor report , the second in an annual series, focuses on engaging Millennials in fundraising. As Allyson Kapin wrote recently on the Care2 Frogloop blog , “Activists and donors rely more on their personal and social networks today, not celebrity endorsements.&# The data says we should move on.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The power of social media really proved itself for us when the Gulf oil disaster first hit mainstream news, it was our web and social media presences that helped disseminate news and information to keep people up-to-date in real-time with our work on the ground. It’s very useful when proving a point for social media.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Best of all, there's still time for you to use the information they've put out there to help your end of year campaigns. Best of all, there's still time for you to use the information they've put out there to help your end of year campaigns. They've examined $381 million in online giving over a period of 7 years.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. My experience searching for Bob is concrete evidence of the helpfulness of various social networking sites (SNS) like LinkedIn and Facebook.

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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. Tip: It truly is amazing what information Google and Bing.com holds. Are you new or seasoned at social media marketing? By Erica Grigg, Chief Marketing Officer, Carbon Outreach.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

It’s there that we recognize, inform and direct. Finally, we are beginning to measure how many volunteer applications come by way of our social media channels as well as using marketing sites like Klout to measure our influence online. What is on your To Do List for 2011? The least effective—probably Friendster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Donors are frustrated by difficult donation forms, lack of receipts and a dearth of information on the impact of their gifts. In addition, the top reason donors cite for ceasing their giving to a charity is how they were treated by the organization. It’s the most important time of year to remedy these kinds of mistakes.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

Though the social networking behemoth continues creeping toward 700 million global users, six million Americans quit the site in the month of May. This is well and good for the information-consuming public; however, these results can spawn curiosities that are fun to dig into. That's the first time Facebook has lost U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference will take place on March 17-19, 2011 in Washington, DC. I proposed two panels You Can’t Recycle Wasted Time on Social Networks and I’ve Found My Free Agent, Now What? Nonprofit Technology #FAILS: How to “Fail Informatively”. Please vote for it. Serenity Now!:

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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. Your nonprofit must always be proactive and reserve your username on social networks. The same can be said of the new legally verified.NGO domains. Sign up for Snapcash.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

If you are not already familiar with their work, you will learn a lot about online collaboration, knowledge management, informal learning, and networks by following them. Jane Hart: Jane has been blogging for many years and writes about informal and workplace learning. Jason Adam Young (@jasonadamyoung) March 27, 2014.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Facebook in Online Privacy Breach; Applications Transmitting Identifying Information – WSJ.com – "Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. Really looking forward to hearing your responses!

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NTEN

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Best of all, there's still time for you to use the information they've put out there to help your end of year campaigns. Giving on social networks is significant, but donor loyalty is highest on charity websites that build strong connections with donors. They've examined $381 million in online giving over a period of 7 years.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Nonprofits need to find a way to capture this information, to build a bridge from its commercial social network to something it owns to ensure against data loss. But what happens if the development team is functioning independently of the social media team? How can the programs department use that information?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

They may have the ability to post links on their webpage to further inform about the cause. These days, each personal pledge page has to have social networking widgets giving participants easy-to-use tools to spread the word and promote their fundraiser. Provide Contact Information. Communicate throughout the process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. Actionable Social Media Listening for Nonprofits. Watech4good Summit.

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NTEN

APRIL 4, 2011

For those of you who have read Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard , by Chip and Dan Heath – or if you were at the 2011 NTC and saw Dan's Plenary – you've probably already started thinking about the Direct-Motivate-Shape the Path triumverate for helping people change their behavior.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

While a lot of nonprofits working on similar issues such as Animal Welfare and Veterans, have been doing social media for a while, we wondered if certain nonprofits issues areas were doing social media better than others. Disaster Relief. Environment. Veterans & Military.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

In our session on Community Voice at NTEN’s 2011 Nonprofit Techology Conference, Arthur provided a case study of the LikeMinded program and how it was built based on engagement with the community. Peggy shared her experience as the Executive Director of WiserEarth , the Social Network for Sustainability.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

You turn to NTEN Connect for the information that will help you do your job better -- the articles in this very issue prove it -- but also for those brief sanity breaks that let you keep pushing ahead toward realizing your vision of a better world. You'll see a lot more on that from NTEN in 2011. Happy holidays!

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

You turn to NTEN Connect for the information that will help you do your job better -- the articles in this very issue prove it -- but also for those brief sanity breaks that let you keep pushing ahead toward realizing your vision of a better world. You'll see a lot more on that from NTEN in 2011. Happy holidays!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

I’m at the Innogive 2011 Conference today. I just finished moderating a panel on the topic of social and mobile integration. Here’s the description: Where and how do mobile and social strategy intersect. The challenge will be how social networks migrate to “tactile&# media.

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Care2

JANUARY 21, 2012

That takes staying in touch with your donors all year, cultivating and deepening your relationships with them, and making sure your supporters have the information that inspires them to donate. So how did you do in 2011? Use that information to deliver the content most relevant to them.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Safer Internet Day is an annual Microsoft sponsored public service campaign to take practical steps to protect ourselves against identity and data theft, email phishing scams, cyber bullying, social media over sharing, and other perils of life on the Internet. The game is a free app for Apple. and Android. Image 1: Microsoft.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

Mobile is the Needle, Social is the Thread: How Information Today is Woven Into Our Lives. “ Mobile is the Needle, Social the Thread ” is the name of a presentation from Pew Internet data that illustrates the rapid growth of mobile connectivity and social networking in the U.S.,

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