Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2014

We'll get your creative circuitry amped up and stop by a few sites to show you what other nonprofits are doing with Instagram. These are some of the reasons Facebook decided to buy Instagram back in 2012. They think of Instagram as a storytelling tool. No one has more important stories to tell than nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! Are you a nonprofit? The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st. So what do the winning nonprofits get for participating? Organizations are more video savvy than ever.

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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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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

In this year's Third Annual Digital Storytelling Challenge , powered by Lights. more than 200 nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs from 25 countries submitted one-minute videos and five-photo slideshows to showcase the impact they are making on their respective communities. >> RSVP on Meetup or Facebook ! Pacific time.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2012

In this year's Third Annual Digital Storytelling Challenge , powered by Lights. over 200 nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs from 25 countries worldwide submitted one-minute videos and five-photo slideshows to showcase the impact they are making on their respective communities. RSVP on Meetup or Facebook !

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

One of the most frequent questions I hear at events from nonprofit professionals in the field is how to coordinate teams to produce compelling media across offices, time zones and countries. Our ability to collaborate effectively in the cloud and create meaningful media together is quickly evolving as more nonprofits expand their borders.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2015

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of some of the research available to nonprofits on the subjects of online fundraising and social media. The data can be used to help your nonprofit craft a technology and fundraising strategic plan. For Nonprofits in the United States: 1. Published by Nonprofit Marketing Guide.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

To be alerted of when new best practices are posted, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Also, since the Google+ Pages launched 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. Add your nonprofit under “Employment.”

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2014

We'll get your creative circuitry amped up and stop by a few sites to show you what other nonprofits are doing with Instagram. These are some of the reasons Facebook decided to buy Instagram back in 2012. They think of Instagram as a storytelling tool. No one has more important stories to tell than nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) was the 12th conference that I have attended (it had earlier reiterations). Every year it is like attending a family reunion. I have some many friends and colleagues that I only get to see once a year at the NTC.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

I constantly hear from nonprofit organizations struggling with how to effectively leverage the attention of this digitally-immersed audience. Below are some of the primary issues I see from nonprofits when trying to tell their stories through online videos: What? YouTube, Facebook, and Snapchat, oh my!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy. How can your organization apply this?

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2012

The 30-minute “Kony 2012” video produced by the nonprofit Invisible Children , which generated over 70M views on YouTube over the past week, has caused a firestorm in the nonprofit community. This video is what we believe to be the first part of a multi-pronged approach for their 2012 campaign to lobby the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Earlier this month, when Instagram announced its user community had grown to more than 400 million, it reminded me that I needed to update my curated collection of Instagram for Nonprofit resources. Nonprofit Examples and Getting Started or Rebooting A Strategic Approach. Ten Inspiring Nonprofits (2012) on Instagram by Mashable.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

In previous years, we called it our Digital Storytelling Challenge. We thought we’d ask some past winners to tell us about how they’ve been using their videos and how important storytelling is to their organization. The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge received many many entries from 12 different countries.

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Care2

JANUARY 10, 2012

Advocacy Rising In 2012: What this Means for your Organization? The Social Media Strategy Summit is packed with some great sessions where attendees will learn how to: Optimize your organization’s Facebook presence. Frogloop has a 15% discount code for nonprofits. When: February 7-9, 2012. The code is Mike15.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The curriculum is based on the ideas in the Networked Nonprofit and includes social media strategy development as well as practical skills training. The E-Mediat team in Jordan created this wonderful thank you video to Cisco as part of mastering their video storytelling skills. I’ll be Jordan and Morocco in March, 2011).

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! Are you a nonprofit? The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st. So what do the winning nonprofits get for participating? All nonprofits are welcome to enter their video.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Lasa, a UK-based technology and welfare charity (and content partner of TechSoup's), published a crowdsourced report on how charities and nonprofits can engage with technology to build a stronger connection with their constituents. " Social media can help nonprofit leaders connect directly with audiences and stakeholders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Last week, I was in Sao Paolo for the ABCR Festival, the leading conference in Brasil for fundraising for nonprofit organizations. I delivered a keynote for Social Good Brasil in 2012 and for a conference on volunteering hosted by Fundação Telefônica in 2014. This was my third visit to the country. Everyone loves a good story.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

TechSoup hosted its first ever Nonprofits Live. A session at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference, recounted on the TechSoup blog, offers advice on using storytelling for fundraising. Does Facebook Work for Fundraising? on the Future of Fundraising back in 2011. Only one year later, much has changed.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Free video services like Instagram and Vine that feature short videos now attract millions of users, offering nonprofits, charities, and libraries an opportunity to connect with new audiences. You can also share Instagram videos on Facebook, Twitter, and other channels. Here's what we learned. Fundraising videos.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

In 1999, Blackbaud pioneered the nonprofit technology market by introducing reliable, secure, and donor-friendly online donation forms. The last three years, in particular, have shown how online giving continues to be a growth engine for fundraising in the nonprofit sector. Stop, Start, and Continue. It’s in our org charts.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

nonprofits for three years. As part of the marketing campaign for the 2012 ZERO1 Biennial , it also functioned as a professional development program in arts administration. Using Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, Facebook, and WordPress, she cross-promoted The Nutcracker by offering special seats to contest winners.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Video Making for Nonprofits. Read more about storytelling for nonprofits here. Facebook does not play sound automatically, and these captions can pull in a lot more viewers. September Campaign 2012 Trailer: Rwanda from charity: water on Vimeo. Have a great nonprofit video?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

Using SMART objectives for nonprofit communications strategies is not new idea. Spitfire’s useful SMART chart planning tool has been used by many nonprofits and was adapted for social media for nonprofits by NTEN’s WeAreMedia project several years ago. Acquire 100 new donors through Facebook Causes by June 30, 2012.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 22, 2021

This annual “Global Day of Giving” event takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving (this year it’s Nov 30 which might feel late but is sneaking up fast) and has helped to amplify year-end fundraising efforts for nonprofits and charitable causes since 2012. On GivingTuesday 2020, over $2.47 But that’s not the case.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Believe it or not, young donors are not the only ones that want to access nonprofit websites on their phone. In 2012, 58% of the Millennial population said they used the mobile Internet, and this number is only increasing. Storytelling is a huge part of convincing potential supporters to donate to your cause. Powerful pictures.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

Designing nonprofit experiences can be quite different from designing retail or commercial experiences. Nonprofits aren’t selling a product or a service; they’re selling a cause and a set of values. I like to compare the nonprofit design world to small town fashion. nonprofits). Borrowing For-profit UX.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Mix Up Your Storytelling Methods. Bryant finished up the webinar by sharing Black Girls CODE's tale of storytelling success: "Infusing storytelling and story making throughout our journey over the past three years has really made our community feel bonded to us, feel like they are a part of our story of success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

The number of low-cost or free online resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

It's time to catch up on some of the nonprofit technology trends and news out in NGO-land. We're in the season for charities to brush off their video cameras to tell their story and it's looking like the other Facebook (Google+) is starting to become a more useful tool for community organizing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 23, 2014

Here are this week’s nonprofit highlights: In 2013, an estimated $5.1 That’s a 60% growth since 2012. Nancy Schwartz calls Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation a 5 Star Storytelling Success Story. A year ago, they were proud to have 408 Facebook followers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2018

He makes his thesis, arguments, and proposed solutions with data and entertaining storytelling. I first heard him speak in September, 2012, at the Stanford Nonprofit Institute where he shared some of his research and ideas on the social sector economy. I have been following Rob Reich’s research and work for sometime now.

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