Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

By Wendy Mercurio , Content & Education Specialist at Qgiv — an online fundraising platform empowering 20,000+ nonprofit fundraisers to raise money for their causes while keeping costs low. Fundraisers can create social media posts, promotional calendars, and other helpful resources to amplify the celebrity’s time and support!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Holly did a fantastic session on integrated content strategies. It’s not every day that you come across high quality content shared freely with the community – it helps life all the boats. I was honored when Holly agreed to do this post about the 2012 Editorial Calendar. Earned Media is Dead. Content is King.

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Candid

OCTOBER 12, 2022

GivingTuesday is a “global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity” that began in 2012. 10x our footprint on social media and grow our email subscriber base from 15,000 to 18,000. Assets are the materials and content of your campaign. Secure a match. There’s nothing worse than a broken link! .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

I also wanted to learn what their techniques would be for using social media ambassadors and experience it as a social media ambassador first-hand so it could help me advise nonprofits. What is a social media ambassador? They involve their ambassadors in the content and promotion around the campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

According to a recent survey by OTX , 43% of respondents say they have shared content on social media sites because it is funny. There are tips for using humor successfully and methods for creating funny content as well as how to avoid a big fail. Big Scary Fortress Nonprofit with a Command and Control Culture.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. The Center wanted to expand its reach, connections, and impact using social media and received grant funding in 2011 for social media planning and implementation through 2012.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Fall Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield. View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. Related Links: Fall Webinar Special for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The Mobile Web is often discussed as a future trend that nonprofits have time to prepare for, but the reality is that by the end of 2014, the majority of your supporters and donors will be viewing your website, email communications, blogs, and social media content on smartphones and tablets. Mobile email is on the rise.

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TechImpact

MARCH 17, 2014

These ten statistics about nonprofit technology, fundraising, and social media offers us insights into the effectiveness of our strategies, and can help us redesign strategies in the future. Source ) 25% of nonprofits professionals have a documented content strategy. Source ) 6.4% Source ) 18.2% Source ) 6.4% Source ) 18.2%

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

What if you could repurpose your event content to continue serving your mission, even after your event’s grand finale? A rough schedule for posting content. Your content schedule should be more of a general guide so you know what kinds of materials you should prepare to collect. Encourage user-generated content on social media.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

What if you could repurpose your event content to continue serving your mission, even after your event’s grand finale? A rough schedule for posting content. Your content schedule should be more of a general guide so you know what kinds of materials you should prepare to collect. Encourage user-generated content on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The project is training 300 NGOs in Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia , Morocco , and other Arab countries to become networked ngos and use social media for civil society goals. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund. I’ll be Jordan and Morocco in March, 2011).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

Participants at FFL Training Doing Content Strategy Brainstorm. Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I will be in the USA from doing a training in Tunisia for NGOs and trainers who will deliver training to women entrepreneurs as part of the WES program and also improve their NGO’s use of social media.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Last week, I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups - whether nonprofit organizations or not - to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 4, 2012

posted by Carly Rowe , Social Media Specialist. In January of this year, nonprofit organization Invisible Children released “Kony 2012,” a video about Joseph Kony. Is your organization using social media, or are you still trying to figure it all out? The first of which is Hootsuite , a social media dashboard.

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 13, 2022

Generation Z (or Gen-Z for short), represents individuals born between 1997 and 2012. Be Active and Authentic on Social Media. For many Gen-Zers, social media is an integral part of their lives. As of 2021, the most used social media platforms by Gen-Z users are TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Does your nonprofit do content curation as part of its content strategy? Content curation is the organizing, filtering and “making sense of” information on the web and sharing the very best pieces of content that you’ve cherry picked and shared with your network. It is a great technique to keep up with your field.

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Care2

JANUARY 14, 2013

Don’t worry though, we have taken care of the heavy lifting at Frogloop and summarized our favorite “best of” lists that highlights strategists favorite trends and strategies from 2012. Nonprofit Marketing P osts of 2012. Best of 2012: Tops Apps for SmartPhones and Tablets. Full article here. ”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. Once you’re steady, you walk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. Flickr Photo by Kevlar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), Social Network Followers. eNewsletter Subscribers.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

While generational cutoffs aren’t set in stone, Gen Z includes individuals born between 1997 and 2012. Members of Gen Z are digital natives growing up with tech, social media, and information available at their fingertips. Cut out the fluff – if you’re writing a text appeal, keep your content around 300-500 words.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012. Next, an in-depth tour of the Admin Dashboard, Circles, and the Google+ Stream is presented as well as an exploration of what kind of content works best on Google+. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. How to Register: Sign up !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Also discussed are low-cost or free photo-editing tools that allow nonprofits to create images that not only work well on Pinterest, but also on other social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012. Also discussed are low-cost or free photo-editing tools that allow nonprofits to create images that not only work well on Pinterest, but also on other social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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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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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

What started in 2012 has exploded into the biggest giving day of the year, inspiring hundreds of millions of people worldwide to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. Create a Communication Plan – Social Media is a key part of #GivingTuesday. Get creative with social media. In 2020 approximately 34.8

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Date :October 24-25, 2012. Topic : Community-Driven Planning: Creating a Social Media Strategy. Description : This all-day workshop starts with the real foundation of social media engagement: community and content. Topic : Social Media Boundaries: Personal/Personnel Policy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), Social Network Followers. eNewsletter Subscribers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2012. The webinar then closes with a discussion of 15 blog content ideas so you’ll never struggle from writer’s block, thus enabling you to maintain a consistent and effective blog for your nonprofit. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Much more than a site for pushing news, Twitter is very much about participating in online conversation, being authentic, having personality, and knowing what content your followers want from you on Twitter. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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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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NTEN

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

Users can share them on Instagram while also choosing to share them to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare. It was created in 2010 and purchased by Facebook in 2012 (more history here ). Ten Inspiring Nonprofits (2012) on Instagram by Mashable. Five Marketing Management Tools (2014) Social Media Examiner.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2021

What started in 2012 has exploded into the biggest giving day of the year, inspiring hundreds of millions of people worldwide to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. Create a Communication Plan – Social Media is a key part of #GivingTuesday. Get creative with social media. Last year approximately 34.8

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Yesterday was the 2012 New York Cares Leadership Conference , and I had the distinct pleasure of presenting a session to volunteer leaders and inspiring community members. The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. Creating Buzz.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Greg Ligon, our guest blogger for the Social Media for Nonprofits conference, is an online communications professional with experience in building a brand via online channels, social media communications, and website content development. Think Strategically About Your Social Media Presence.

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