Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! The tool will allow hackers and coders to get up to speed before the hackathon by reading problem statements written from the perspective of the people who are working to solve social problems on the ground: NGOs and activists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

Photo Credit: Tristan Hanson. It is the dominant form of content we all engage with – on our desktops, our tablets and now our phones. And so it continues to surprise me that nonprofits invest far too little in video content, as if they are somehow exempt from this general trend. Aberdeen Group and Brightcove ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In this Twitter example below, the school is also encouraging the alumni network to RT this alum’s accomplishment. Be sure to use compelling photos and other visuals. This has an added benefit of increasing your “people talking about” metric which gets the content into more newsfeeds. pic.twitter.com/PXdIUl0IIQ.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

” While selfies are easy to do , they can also go horribly wrong. As CNET sees it, “If you’re one of those people who posts pictures of yourself to the Corn Flakes fan page, you are yourself a corn flake.” Flickr Photo - NYPL Photo Booth. Family is Familia.

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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. We want our donors to be advocates. How can your organization apply this?

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. Ginny's Pick: Environmental Mobile App of the Month in Honor of Earth Day 2013. Accessibility. Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

Effective learning that creates results and transfers to action over time starts with unleashing people’s existing knowledge – they need to pull forward pre-existing information. Too many times I have observed trainers simply launching into the new content without honoring what participants already know. Walking Debrief.

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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. Free Measurement Tools for Instagram (2013) Waxing Lyrical. Instagram Overview.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

Snapcha t is a mobile app that lets users exchange text messages, photos and videos that disappear in 24 hours. So, why another social network, especially one where the focus is to create content, not consume and the culture of it is rather secretive? Instagram is for jealousy-inducing photos. This is called disposable media.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2013

Unfortunately, the old rule - good content is still king, seems to have been forgotten by many organizations on social media, particularly on Twitter. They mocked up a great photo with text overlaid that said “Calm down dears. It’s no secret that social media has experienced incredible growth over the last couple of years.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

TechSoup has been running international video and photo competitions for some years now. The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge received many many entries from 12 different countries. The Freedom To Dream video by Dalit Freedom Network in Vancouver, BC, Canada was the grand prize winner in 2013. The Winners in Their Own Words.

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Care2

APRIL 24, 2014

While the data''s comprised of both aggregated and anonymous data from retail, media and entertainment, and travel websites during 2013 - 2014, the data is also useful for nonprofits to examine. Photos and videos have increased in popularity on Facebook. The information from the study includes: 260 billion Facebook ad impressions.

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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). What If I Don't Have Naturally Engaging Content?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 6, 2021

According to one of Google’s surveys released in 2013, online videos are the most influential type of content that helps drive donations. With that in mind, there is no wonder why all skills related to online video content creation, moderation, and distribution are highly sought-after by employers in this sector. Tech Skills.

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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. Engagement: Readers engage with their content. Register here.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Our goal is to help each other solve our tech challenges, find a tribe of people who share our passions, and have a ridiculously good time while we’re at it! Naples, FL: Photos Online 501 TechClub SWFL Netsquared. San Francisco, CA: Let’s Go to the BSR Sustainability Hackathon 2013! Newest Net2Local Groups.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2013

On Hubspot’s blog they list the 10 Nonprofits That are Totally Nailing Pinterest Marketing to inspire your organization to leverage the photo-sharing site to grow support. People give to people. It’s preached that in order to successfully raise funds you must truly know your supporters- your people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

There were 2o people in the dining party, and AppleBee’s policy is to add the 18% tip automatically to any parties over 6. The bill was divided up and Alois Bell wrote on her receipt, “I give God 10% why do you get 18%?” He described two types of online behaviors – content creators and curators.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Early is the time to plan a “babies of the Class of 2013 photoshoot.” If homecoming has a theme, you can source the stories, people, and photos that will convey it in an exciting manner. When you’re finally ready to post, you’ll be focused on getting people to attend the event. Feature Online-Only Content.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

Your mission is all about helping other people. Don’t worry, it’ll help people understand the real ‘you.’ It’s a social bookmarking tool that comes with annotated notes, tags and links so you can save, organize and discover new content. How it works for nonprofits: This makes your content gathering easy. Basically, About.me

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

This will allow the organization to spread the load of content creation and distribution evenly across all employees and to provide the opportunity for each employee to inject their own passion into the personality of the brand.

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Care2

JANUARY 20, 2015

Let''s flashback to 2013 when Facebook announced in a blog post that they''d start autoplaying videos: Since September, we’ ve been testing a way to make videos more engaging on Facebook , and as a result we’ ve seen views, likes, shares and comments increase more than 10 percent. It''s increased 3.6x year-over-year.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

TechSoup's Global Content and Community Coordinator and resident digital storytelling expert Ale Bezdikian says: If you're just embarking on your journey into social media visual storytelling using photos and videos, it's easy to become overwhelmed by the depth of information out there. That's how it works!

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

Facebook shifted its design to focus on photo and video-sharing in response to data showing that this content is shared way more frequently than text and links. Visual content motivates more responses than text, engages younger participants, and is often cited as a major trend of 2012 and 2013. Museums Engaging in 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Flickr Photo by Kevlar. The survey was reviewed by several social media and research experts then released to the public January 29, 2013. At last month’s Social Media Week Washington, DC 2013 , the SM4GH leadership team presented Benchmarking: Stop Comparing Apples to Potatoes.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

NTCwinning 1: The Community Photo by Trav Williams You. Getting to know so many wonderful people in the non-profit sector - it simply amazes me everyone's so passionate about what they are doing! It’s also a success that you see and know there are really people out there grappling with the same issues you are. 1772 to be exact.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2014

Start by offering a call to action, an option for people to engage with your organization. Remove all barriers, allowing people to take action and provide contact information.  Information Request: Ask for your visitors’ information so you can stay in touch. So why would people complete your call to action?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013. Social Media.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). million tweets and 914,000 photos shared, the Movember movement did something right.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2012

If you are a FB Page administrator, you probably noticed the new metric Facebook has on the bottom of every post showing how many people it reached. ” This brave group beta tested not only the content in the book, but also the workshop curriculum that I will be teaching during 2013. To Promote or Not to Promote?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Yet surprisingly, now 14 months after its release, 90% of the content still rings true. My greatest hope for 2013 is that nonprofits evolve beyond the “free” mentality to a strategy that gives the time and financial investment necessary to make the Social Web work for your nonprofit. Upload more photos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

With 90% of your nonprofit’s supporters and donors now accessing the Internet on multiple devices every day , nonprofits really need to prioritize mobilizing their Web content. A basic banner at the top, nonimage links for navigation, and text pages with few photos were all that the Internet could handle.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Upload more photos. ” As discussed in the book, Twitter Lists are a powerful way to organize the chaos of following a lot of people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Upload more photos. ” As discussed in the book, Twitter Lists are a powerful way to organize the chaos of following a lot of people.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Examine the data on individual posts to determine which status updates and which photos have been shared the most. Use social media to share rich content. The people behind all the great work at your nonprofit organization are your greatest asset. Respond to people who comment on your posts and encourage a community dialogue.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

If your list is 14,000 people, you could expect 10 gifts per email. It may take several messages before people give your campaign a look, especially with their inboxes being so crowded, but a well-planned series of emails allows you to connect with and convert more people. Scannable” Content.

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NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

We know this is a little unusual, but so many people walked up to us to thank us for this. “I We heard from so many people about how they found their dream vendor at the NTC, or weren''t even sure how to get started on a critical project until they had a conversation at a booth. I couldn’t decide which session to attend!,”

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