Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

Participants at FFL Training Doing Content Strategy Brainstorm. And, if you want to dive deeper into content marketing for nonprofits, go subscribe to Kivi Leroux Miller’s blog. Nelson offers more insights on CompassPoint’s experience here on Kivi Leroux Miller’s excellent blog nonprofitmarketinggiude.com.).

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NTEN

JUNE 7, 2012

When our editorial committee decided on “Content Curation” as the overall theme of this issue when planning back in 2011, we knew that it would be an important topic for the nonprofit sector, but we didn’t anticipate that, in some ways, 2012 would turn out to be the year of content curation , as Beth Kanter predicted in January.

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AUGUST 15, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from a feature article in the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Read the rest of article, and the complete issue on "Content Curation" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ]. By Beth Kanter, Beth's Blog.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 at the 92nd Street Y’s Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact in New York City. Giving Tuesday has come a long way since its inception in 2012. One last pro tip: Make sure you have a reliable text fundraising tool to make your text campaign successful! Use the hashtag #GivingTuesday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

(You can get a discount of $20 off the registration by entering the code “Beth” when you sign up ). This year, since content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching , I’ll be doing a conversational presentation on the topic.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. By Laura Quinn, Idealware Odds are good that your organization is using multiple communications channels to reach people, from social media to direct mail and email to websites and blogs. Let’s look at them one at a time.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2012

This is a guest blog post from Dave Greenberg, on the CiviCRM Team. tips and tricks for customizing CiviCRM and building your own reports? so, there are sessions for you at CiviCon 2012! CiviCRM integrates directly with the popular open-source content management systems – Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress. Registration.

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 13, 2022

Generation Z (or Gen-Z for short), represents individuals born between 1997 and 2012. The average person who is a part of Generation Z uses social media for a variety of reasons including connecting with others, consuming multimedia, sharing content, playing games, and learning about organizations and brands. Who is Generation Z?

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 7, 2024

Lisa Greer learned this first-hand when she and her husband became part of the 1% virtually overnight in 2012. Offer Exclusive Content: This might include regular webinars, newsletters, podcasts, or articles that are specially designed for your recurring donors. This blog post is based on a podcast interview with Lisa Greer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2019

Speed Enhancement – WP Engine uses a content delivery network (CDN) that boosts your website’s overall page sped and load time. Tip: U se the code wpe3free on checkout and take 10% off all plans. Next up is Flywheel ( now part of WP Engine ) which has been around since 2012. Also, a great collection of resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

As a content curator, I’m not just on the hunt for learning and sharing snippets of the new or what’s buzzing. Content curation is ultimately organizing, synthesizing, presenting, and maintaining your resource collections. Ten Inspiring Nonprofits (2012) on Instagram by Mashable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In this post, I’m sharing my slides , resources , and practical engagement tips with a higher purpose. Celebratory interactions should be a consistent part of your engagement and content calendar, so set up systems to capture and share alumni personal, social, and professional news. pic.twitter.com/PXdIUl0IIQ.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

” My colleagues at Momsrising, the poster child for Networked Nonprofits, offered this amazing guest post filled with great tips on how to get your blog noticed. Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed, Guest Post By Elisa Batista, Donna Norton, and Monifa Bandele from Momsrising. It’s every blogger’s nightmare.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Where creating content was once labor-intensive (for instance, taking photos with a digital camera, uploading them to your computer, and then posting them), nowadays the whole process can be done on your smartphone anywhere, anytime (assuming you have a data plan). It's purely emotional content that adds value to people's lives.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Well, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for…our choice for the best Connection Cafe blog posts of 2011. 50 Social Media Content Ideas – keep your nonprofit’s social media presence alive and healthy all year long. Author: Sara Spivey. Happy New Year from all of us at Convio!!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

If you weren't able to join us in San Francisco last week for the Nonprofit Technology Conference , we've got a recap of some of the happenings here on our blog. 12 Nonprofit Technology Conference - An Outsider's Perspective from Alicja Peszkowska out of TechSoup Global's Warsaw office, writing on the NetSquared Blog.

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NTEN

MARCH 27, 2012

We're down to the wire, with one week left before the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. The NTEN staff is so excited that we're blogging our favorite tips throughout the week. Just drop your web links in the "web content" section to link your profile to your Twitter, Blog, and more. Step 3: Map Out Your Agenda.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Also, since Google+ Business Profiles will launch after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. Finally, I will be offering a Google+ and Google Products Webinar for Nonprofits on February 28, 2012. Sign up for a Google Account.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

" In addition, we'll be blogging here, tweeting updates on Twitter , and posting updates to Facebook , so stalk us for links to golden nuggets of tech wisdom. Come share your challenges, learnings, great tips, and plans for global expansion. Tips and Tools for Technology Planning. your cause - without leaving your desk."

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 4, 2012

In January of this year, nonprofit organization Invisible Children released “Kony 2012,” a video about Joseph Kony. Here are some helpful tips that will get you organized and help build a strong community online. By planning ahead and creating a content schedule, you will save your nonprofit time and money. Plan, plan, plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Then I build out the content and discussion questions. In reviewing the data and themes from the audience input, some terrific questions about engagement popped out: How can we become better at using social media so that our channels experience more engagement and convert people to get involved? The common tip? Craft good headlines.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

TechSoup Blog. Michael offers some suggestions for developing Your Tech Game Plan for 2012. Get great content curation tips in Susan's recap of the TechSoup and TechSoup Romania's tweet chat. Alicja rounds up upcoming 2012 European conferences. TechSoup Canada is growing and looking forward to 2012.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 22, 2012

Below are a few tips for your electoral organizing efforts. Yes, 2012 is a presidential election year. These will also have lasting impact and receive state and local media and blog coverage. Unless you've been on a long term digital detox , you have likely noticed it's an election year. Get some counseling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2013

Note from Beth: This resource has lots of useful framework and design tips for designing and implementing convenings which can also be applied to designing workshops, meetings, and other gatherings. He tweets at @noahflower and edits the Monitor Institute blog. How to make convenings count: a new hands-on guidebook. Guest Post'

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

They seek advice from experts who tell them that they need to “engage” more, or have more “engaging” content, or build more “engagement” strategies. It has been described as the ladder of engagement, and has been used to famous effect by the Obama campaign in 2012. How do you create high-quality content worth consuming?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

Our guests will talk about consistency, production quality, distribution tips and ways to work effectively together to achieve the greatest impact with your nonprofit stories. Driven by a desire to make a game-changing difference in how people consume content, Tom comfortably resides at the junction where media and technology collide.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2011

When we performed a Google search on "nonprofit social media integration" to find a few more links for this section, the top results were posts on our blog this month. The formula we used is simple: Good content = good SEO. And you, too, blog reader. Watch out for anybody who says otherwise. But you gotta be careful on Twitter.

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NTEN

JULY 5, 2012

[Editor's note: this is cross-posted from the M+R Research Labs blog ] By Ezra Billinkoff, M +R Wow! Over 450 people joined us for the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook webinar we co-hosted with NTEN and the Ad Council last week. Learn more about best practices for a “like drive” from our blog post. Once again, you’ve amazed us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

In our guide, you will find a straightforward summary of what to listen for, as well as tips on engaging the users who mention them. They knew that was the time to strike and and responded by creating a page on their website ( [link] ) and Yemen-related blog posts. What Should You Listen For?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

Our guests will talk about consistency, production quality, distribution tips and ways to work effectively together to achieve the greatest impact with your nonprofit stories. Driven by a desire to make a game-changing difference in how people consume content, Tom comfortably resides at the junction where media and technology collide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

I think Adora Svitak, a 16 year-old education activist, whose 2012 Ted Talk, “ What Adults Can Learn from Kids , has almost 4 million views said it best when describing the impact that these “kids” will have and why we should pay attention to them: “New generations grow and develop and become better than the previous ones.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 27, 2013

In fact, they may outperform new participants by over 6x according to Blackbaud’s 2012 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Benchmark Study. Focus on mission and impact-related content. The Idealware blog offers recommendations on “A Few Good Online Survey Tools”. It’s a busy time. Online survey tools are readily available.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

She is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media , one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits. They are not content to just sit and click. Tips for Engaging Gen Z on Social and Mobile Channels. Communicate more frequently in shorter bursts of “snackable content”.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

blog, we’ve put together this second toolkit based on what fellow nonprofits told us their biggest concerns were. TechSoup’s Elliot Harmon has great articles on developing your first website and how websites work , full of tips, advice, and in-depth information to help you make the best choices.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Whether it’s your first year participating in this wildly successful global day of giving or your ninth year, follow these tips to spread awareness about your organization and maximize those donations. Create content for social media ahead of time, with brief but powerful information about your organization’s mission and impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

Capacity: People, content, work flow, learning. Increase website traffic by 25% by adding social media content starting posting by November 1, 2012. Acquire 100 new donors through Facebook Causes by June 30, 2012. Increase email list sign ups through social media channels by 500 names by June 30, 2012.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

YouTube has over 1 billion unique viewers each month, 6 billion hours of content viewed each month, and 100 new hours of video uploaded each minute. YouTube's annotation feature provides a space for links to more content and calls to action, such as inviting viewers to watch more videos or subscribe to your YouTube channel.

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