Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

Holly published the 2013 version back in December, but you can never have too much of a good and incredibly useful resource!!! It’s Not Too Late To Set Your Communications Agenda with LightBox Collaborative’s 2013 Editorial Calendar – Guest Post by Holly Minch, Lightbox Collaborative.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

Link to video on the HRW YouTube Channel. The problem of lower donor response rates via email could be attributed to that fact that most nonprofits and email service providers are not evolving quickly enough or taking into account that most email will likely be read on smartphones and tablets by the end of the year. Bottom of e-Newsletter: 1.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

21, 2013), with a step-by-step guide to creating an organized and successful Giving Day Campaign. The Knight Foundation gives the example of engaging over 500 donors to contribute and increase the total raised by 25%. Image courtesy of Coordinating Public Relations. What would your nonprofit like to gain from a Giving Day?

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APRIL 9, 2014

For example: Fundraising messaging response rates were down 11% from 2012 levels to 0.07%. Monthly giving revenue grew 25% in 2013, and accounted for 16% of total online giving. Monthly website traffic for study participants grew by 16% in 2013. Where did you see the most decline and the most positive growth in 2013?

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APRIL 13, 2013

If you’re at The 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference we’d love for you to join us > [link]. Does social media work as a direct response fundraising channel? Do you have examples of nonprofits doing exceptionally well using social to raise money? It’s going to be a great time! What about in fundraising?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

Based on the her book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit, winner of the 2013 Terry McAdam Award, Beth Kanter will share frameworks, strategies and practical tips for engaging with your network in ways that lead to measurable results. In the book, we share a couple of case studies and examples of engagement models. Register here.

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MAY 13, 2014

They have deemed email a dying communications channel, which is absurd. Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. Online giving increased 14% in 2013, mainly due to email communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Recent research suggests that taking and posting too many selfies on your Facebook profile (or other social channels) can be damaging to your relationships.

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JUNE 24, 2014

Not all social media channels are created equal. If that’s the case for your organization, here are some realities you should be aware of before you ask them to take on that new social media channel. 1) Not All Social Media Channels Are Created Equal. Each social media channel (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc.)

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MAY 13, 2014

They have deemed email a dying communications channel, which is absurd. Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. Online giving increased 14% in 2013, mainly due to email communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

I just spent two amazing days at the Social Innovation Summit 2013 , a cross disciplinary crowd of people who work on social good in the areas of technology, investment, philanthropy, international development, and business. Tweeting Cow (@Cow1321443) November 20, 2013. With Dave Evans - Futurist At Cisco.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

million in a day on #GivingTuesday 2013. The guide offers a few examples, and a reminder that you don’t have to use them all: Dollars to be raised. You’ll find lots of creative examples of how organizations have incorporated their branding with Giving Day slogans, taglines, and logos. Number of donors.

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APRIL 18, 2014

Loyalty, donation levels, and fundraising performances is just some of the data unveiled in Blackbaud''s 2013 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising study. The study looked at peer-to-peer giving across 39 organizations over the last 3 years (from 2011 to 2013). Ask people on both channels. The average Cycle gift is now $73.42. Does it work?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

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.), There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. Track the number of monthly donations and the total given. Other Metrics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

However, this type of community giving (known as Harambee in Kiswahili) usually goes towards individuals rather than organisations, common examples include medical bills, funeral costs & weddings. M-Changa also makes it easy for NGOs to account for funds coming in from multiple paymnet channels with automatic reporting and statements.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

Last week Blackbaud along with partners HJC, Sea Change Strategies, and Edge Research released findings from the 2013 Next Generation of Canadian Giving study. The study looked at the following: What are the preferred giving channels for Generation Y (18-32); Generation X (33-48); Baby Boomers (49-67); and Civics (68+) ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. Sharing memories from Seminar 2013 at the #icnola reunion! RamahSeminar (@RamahSeminar) December 24, 2013.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

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.), There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. Track the number of monthly donations and the total given. Other Metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

TechSoup wrote up this post based on some very early innovators in 2013, but still only a handful of nonprofits had established a presence. For example, I noticed this in One Campaign’s Instagram Feed and started following them. Does your nonprofit need to be on an emerging social media channel beyond Facebook and Twitter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2013

You also want to get a sense of how to create a video for these short form platforms. Madeleine Hammond did some scanning on Vine and Instagram, and came up with these stellar examples mostly from the UK. If you’re still unconvinced that Vine & Instagram are right for your brand, then the following seven examples should be of interest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Social proof is particularly powerful when famous people are setting the example. You can then make each testimonial a piece of content for your social channels by quoting the best parts in an image. Adam Braun , the founder of Pencils of Promise , is another example of a founder who is a very effective brand evangelist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

For inspiring examples we need only look at Doug Ulman, Melinda Gates, and Beth herself, each of who provides the shoulders on which others stand to reach greater levels of social impact. Order your Social Branding Blueprint now and receive an extra online access pass FREE to give to a non-profit colleague.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

A benchmarking process can be as simple as finding a handful of similar nonprofit organizations and comparing your key performance metrics. Take this example comparing nonprofits performance in pinerest. The survey was reviewed by several social media and research experts then released to the public January 29, 2013.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2013

Get your world-changing ideas together and warm up your programming fingers because the National Day of Civic Hacking is happening across America on June 1 and 2, 2013. If you're unable to attend, TechSoup will be on the scene covering events in the Bay Area and broadcasting via Twitter ( @TechSoup ) and other social media channels.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2014

This past January, Steve MacLaughlin analyzed 320 emails sent to him from 55 nonprofit organizations between December 1 st and 31 st of 2013. Real-world examples of successful fundraising appeals. Best practices in designing fundraising appeals that work across multiple channels. Click here to download!

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013. hjc, Blackbaud, Edge Research, and Sea Change Strategies recently studied the giving habits and communication preferences of four generations of Canadian donors and published their findings in a report called The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013. The value of some channels (e.g.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The session was pretty successful, in that the Committee called for an extraordinary general assembly meeting in December with the aim of calling a diplomatic conference to finalize the Treaty for the Visually Impaired in June 2013. The rest of this post looks at this draft treaty in its current form.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Use your most powerful images to create galleries that you can post to your website or social media channels. Check out the winners of SlideRocket's Nonprofit Presentation Contest for great examples. PowerPoint 2013 can be used to create image slides and animations like nonprofit Trickle Up did.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2013

on November 14, 2013. When the site went down and the complaints and questions started flowing on social media, our social networks provided us with channels to communicate directly to individual donors and nonprofit and school staffers. To check some great examples on Twitter, click here. 404 errors abound” read one tweet.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Since 2013, NPCA has experienced…. For example: A campaign contacting the Bureau of Land Management to preserve Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument reached roughly 9,000 advocates and generated more than 10,000 actions. Last year, the association decided to up its technology game. 124% growth in sustainer donors.

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MARCH 4, 2019

Studies done by Dunham+Company in both 2013 and 2018 reveal that even many leading nonprofit organizations have struggled to implement common best practices. For example, 65% of charities still do not pre-select a mid-range gift on their donation forms even though the data shows this approach performs better. Mobile is the New Normal.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

In this webinar, Doug Barker (Principal and Co-Founder of Barker & Scott Consulting) and Amy Ganderson (Digital Marketing Director at The Nature Conservancy) will share their ideas, examples and key strategies for making your supporters feel appreciated – and more tied to – your mission and organization.

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JULY 18, 2018

Bonus: some helpful examples and templates to put this into action now. ). Examples include goals for implementing new fundraising channels or techniques, top prospects you hope to engage, check-in points along your timeline, and any limitations that could keep you from adjusting the plan as necessary to account for challenges that arise.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

For example, in post-earthquake Haiti, Dd trained and empowered local women to track and document incidents of gender-based violence. In January 2013, Dd also hosted a hackathon mainly comprised of local students and programmers, further cultivating ownership and sustainability in the process. Key Challenges in Working in Remote Areas.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

For example, if you know I’m interested in lung cancer issues, send me a lung cancer project or research to fund. Note: The 10 percent/10 percent/80 percent example works best for 10,000+ email lists. I cover more —mobile, channel integration, messaging, structure—in a recent AFP webinar, which you can watch here.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

hjc, Blackbaud, Edge Research, and Sea Change Strategies recently studied the giving habits and communication preferences of four generations of Canadian donors and published findings in a report called The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013. LinkedIn use rose 24% from our 2010 study to 48% in 2013. Highly Active on YouTube (95%).

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

I just returned from BBCon 2013 where one of the most frequent questions I was asked by my clients was about CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) systems. For example, do you know how many of your advocates are donors, or vice versa? By: Rachel L. Jackson, Client Success Lead, Blackbaud. Does it sound too good to be true?

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