Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

There’s no shortage of year-end-and-beginning blog posts about social media, but I thought I’d throw mine into the mix as well. I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Last week I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Throughout the conference, I posted notes from sessions and other highlights from the hallways – and you can get all of the posts from the Nonprofit Times! Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits.

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Care2

APRIL 3, 2012

I have been waiting to get my hands on the latest 2012 Social Networking Benchmark Report because it’s one of the only comprehensive surveys that provides a good overview of how nonprofits are utilizing social media to brand themselves online, connect with new supporters, and raise money. for a follower on Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2015

The average person worldwide has five social media accounts and spends an average of 1 hour and 40 minutes browsing these networks every day. In 2005 Facebook was only open to college students and professors, Twitter didn’t exist, and the iPhone was still in concept mode. Nonprofits pioneered social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 15, 2011

Lately I have been receiving a lot of requests from nonprofits in New Zealand, Australia, and East Asia for recorded versions of my social media webinars. August 25: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn (2 Hours). This is likely a one-time webinar series. This is likely a one-time webinar series.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

SXSW 2012 session voting is nearing the end. If you’re not familiar with the process The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March, 2012 in Austin, Texas) is a huge new media event. Let the voting begin … Making Social Media Measurement Sexy. When Social Good Goes Bad. –> Vote Now !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

GiveMN 2012 by the Numbers by Jeff Achen, GiveMN Digital Strategist. To get there, we employed a number of strategies, but chief among them was social media. Social media has always been a key communication tool for Give to the Max Day. Check it out: Click for our full Give to the Max Day 2012 results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2013

3rd, the GivingTuesday logo was blazing in neon on Times Square. The hashtag, #GivingTuesday, was trending on Twitter. As some nonprofit insiders complained, #GivingTuesday making too much noise. That’s an average of 11,208 tweets per hour, 186 times per minute. million processed on #GivingTuesday in 2012.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2012

Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. The Social Web has dramatically changed how nonprofits communicate with supporters, donors, and volunteers. Many nonprofits are making simple mistakes that are draining their social media ROI, but fortunately these mistakes can be easily fixed. Cost: Free.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 12, 2012

Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Time: 8-9:30am :: New York, Toronto. Many nonprofits are making simple mistakes that are draining their social media ROI, but fortunately these mistakes can be easily fixed. The Social Web], and Web 3.0 [The The Social Web], and Web 3.0 [The 1pm-2:30 :: Dublin, London.

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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? Empathy is an excellent marketing strategy tool.

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TechImpact

MARCH 17, 2014

If the numbers do not support a sustainable growth for a program, or campaign, it may be time to make a change to your strategy. 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.

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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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TechImpact

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Started in 2012 by Henry Timms, chief executive officer (CEO) of the 92Y: Cultural Institution and Community Center. This novel idea becoming increasingly popular among other nonprofits, growing on social feeds such as TWitter with the hashtag #GivingTuesday (you’ve probably seen it). Pre-Campaign Action. Set Your Goal.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Last week, I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Throughout the conference, I posted notes from sessions and other highlights from the hallways - and you can get all of the posts from the Nonprofit Times! Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Description : When it comes to social media, email marketing, or even online engagement in general, we often have a feeling when things are going well or when they aren’t. The next time your leadership staff ask why you’re spending all that time on Twitter, you’ll be able to show them why it matters!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

That time was earlier this month. Along the way, I united my passion for social media and nonprofits, training, fundraising with Cambodia. Along the way, I united my passion for social media and nonprofits, training, fundraising with Cambodia. Beth Kanter (@kanter) August 4, 2012. p/N5Kf7LlZpl/.

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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. Have a strong call to action – It’s obvious but we like to hammer this point home every time.

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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. By: Rebecca Shore.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

Social media can be a useful (though often overlooked) tool for frontline workers in social service agencies to engage with youth, according to Jason Shim, a Program Facilitator at the Canadian nonprofit, Mosaic Counselling & Family Services. For Pathways to Education, social media turned out to be the right tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

When colleague Dan Cohen told me of his recent experience using guided imagery in a social media workshop, I thought it was definitely valuable to share with others. Seeing Social Media Success Before It Happens by Dan Cohen. Flickr Photo by El Dave. A powerful lesson hit home during a recent two-day training.

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AUGUST 21, 2023

It’s that time of year to start your 2023 GivingTuesday prep! Created in November of 2012, GivingTuesday is a global movement to inspire generosity around the world. Many organizations use GivingTuesday as a social media campaign to increase fundraising and spread awareness for their cause.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 23, 2023

GivingTuesday participants worldwide also volunteered, performed countless acts of kindness, and gave their voices, time, and goods. In times of crisis, donations surge : Don’t be afraid to ask for support this year. And don’t expect that percentage to level off any time soon—participation in GivingTuesday continues to grow every year.

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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. Using Facebook and Twitter, signers have shared this petition with their followers and friends. The time to wait has come and gone. Plan, plan, plan.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. 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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Care2

DECEMBER 30, 2012

As you have probably experienced yourself, raising money for your nonprofit campaign on social media is like pulling teeth. According to the 2012 Nonprofit benchmark Social Network Benchmarking Report, 98% of nonprofits didn’t raise a dime on Facebook, which is second most trafficked site on the web in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

KD Paine and I had the pleasure of interviewing the Arlene McCrehan social media team at Goodwill for our soon to be launched book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Goodwill uses measurement and learning in its evolution into a networked nonprofit. One of their newest experiments is a Twitter campaign, #150jobs.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2012

Only 11 weeks to go until the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! Here are a couple of ways to connect and share at the 2012 NTC: Social Event Survey. NTC attendees love to meet over dinner, coffee, or drinks to socialize and learn from each other. myNTC and Social Media. We can’t wait to see you there.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. 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 14, 2012

Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2012. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Click-by-click, attendees will learn how to use themes, widgets, and basic HTML to design a blog that matches your website and helps recruit new e-newsletter subscribers, online donors, and supporters on Facebook, Twitter, etc. Cost: $50 or Summer Webinar Special.

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Care2

MAY 5, 2012

Up until January 2012, Pinterest had been slowly gaining momentum and growing a user base over 22 months. Then suddenly, boom, Pinterest became the social media world’s new darling. To connect with your audiences who are using other social networks besides Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Pinterest Facts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

On January 30th, I’m speaking at the Social Media for Nonprofits in New York City. I also think that 2012 will be the year of content curation. Q: What is your best time saving tip? You want to spend your time sharing your content when your audience is in the process of consuming it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. 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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TechImpact

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Giving Tuesday started in 2012 by Henry Timms, chief executive officer (CEO) of the 92Y: Cultural Institution and Community Center, to remind shoppers this the holidays are a time of giving, not just getting. In 2012 alone, Giving Tuesday saw participation from 2,500 organizations and processed almost $10 million dollars in donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

2) 29% of donors worldwide say that social media is the tool that most inspires them to give, however, email is a close second at 27%. 3) Of those donors inspired by social media, 56% say that Facebook inspires them the most. 20% say Instagram, and 13% say Twitter. 20% say Instagram, and 13% say Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Salesforce had acquired collaboration tool company Stypi in May 2012, as well as social media monitoring platform Radian6 in March 2011."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

For those of you who have read Social Media for Social Good and have taken my webinar on how to launch a social and mobile media strategy for your nonprofi t, you know that the core of the strategy that I advocate for is tracking and proving your success. 11 Obvious Signs Your Nonprofit Needs Social Media Training.

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