Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. Thus, for 2013, please: 1) Ask for a raise. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. Too often new media managers are bogged down by a strategy or content approval process that saps them of their creativity. Photo and Video Editing Ability. Some campaigns will fail, and some will need revision.

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Care2

APRIL 11, 2013

A few days ago, I reported some of the juicy details from the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study that was just released showing data from 2012. For every 1,000 email subscribers, groups in the Benchmarks Study have 149 Facebook Fans, 53 Twitter Followers, and 29 Mobile Subscribers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

Here’s the basics if you are getting the C-Suite up to speed: Instagram is a free application for iPhone or Android that lets people take photos, apply filters to change the look of the photos and then share them. 15 Tips for Nonprofits on Instagram (2013) by Giftworks. Vintage Photo Editing Apps (2012).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

Those 27,000+ subscribers produce more return on investment (ROI) in terms of bringing in new clients and webinar attendees than my 600,000+ Twitter followers and 40,000+ Facebook fans combined. Middle of e-Newsletter: News content that can be shared on Facebook and Twitter. Integration of blog content.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

What do you do if someone comments with a racial slur on a photo of your volunteer? Also in this section are the types of content that should be posted on Center profiles, and which of our values this content matches up with. Connect with Colleen on Twitter and LinkedIn. ASU Lodestar Center. Like this article?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Photo by Gary Clark. The template has been adapted by others, including this version for small organizations created by John Haydon. I also suggest that you pick up a copy of Kivi Leroux Miller’s “ Content Marketing for Nonprofits “ to also help you in your content strategy for next year. Great idea!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Even better if you can tag the individual or do their Twitter handle. 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. Sharing memories from Seminar 2013 at the #icnola reunion!

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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. Kiosked and Brightcove ).

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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. There is also a science to social and mobile media. Social Network Followers.

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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! After that we hope lots of people will contribute content to it. We will be launching the full version of the site in March at NTC, at a hackathon we are co-producing with Code for America. Technology for Good Report.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2017

At the Lupus Foundation of America , we’ve been active on Instagram since 2013, though until recently, it was not a central part of our organization’s social media strategy. We had no baseline data to help us determine what types of content would work best on Instagram , or what actions our followers could be encouraged to take.

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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. Include photos of the donors or the company logo whenever possible.

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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. In addition, almost all nonprofits have a social media presence. It’s only a phone.”

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. Twitter followers increased dramatically, with 264 percent growth over the past year. Pinterest is a social media photo-sharing website that allows users to create online image collections around specific events or subjects. Social Media.

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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. The puzzling feeling reminded me of my first experience on Twitter ten years ago and that made me feel old.Plus, it takes more patience than doing Sudoku to figure out and use regularly, although it i s a snap for 14 year olds.

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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 Cheat Sheet.

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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. We got nearly 2,000 mentions of the challenge on Facebook and Twitter in 25 countries. Our story challenges get lots of attention.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

And Twitter? 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. Other users can then chose to repin that content, allowing your content to circulate the site.

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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

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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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. It’s crucial to content creation. There’s been a lot of talk about the results of the 2013 Fundraising Effectiveness Project Survey.

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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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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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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

NTCwinning 1: The Community Photo by Trav Williams You. It felt as though I was backstage at a rock concert - everywhere I turned there were the experts I learn from and follow on Twitter or blog posts. Sarah had the marvelous idea of doing Twitter song requests during breaks and meals. The community showed up for the 2012 NTC.

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Connection Cafe

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

While this is possible, it does require a concerted effort and cooperation among all staff that content be distributed effectively and consistently. Twitter (4 hours): To tweet and retweet an average of four times daily, to respond to messages and mentions, to organize followers into lists, and to strategically follow others.

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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. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly. Upload more photos.

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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. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly. Upload more photos. The tide in social media is currently turning against automation and I think that’s a good thing.

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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. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly. Upload more photos.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

While this is possible, it does require a concerted effort and cooperation among all staff that content be distributed effectively and consistently. Twitter (5 hours): To tweet and retweet an average of four times daily, to respond to messages and mentions, to organize followers into lists, and to strategically follow others.

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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. Make sure to use Google’s Social Value graph to learn more about the correlation between your nonprofit’s Facebook and Twitter traffic with your sales and donations. Use social media to share rich content.

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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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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

will be using smartphones and the mobile web in 2013. Social networks and media applications like Twitter, Vine, Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, and Reddit, among others, put an emphasis on visual media, over textual content. eMarkerter predicts that more than 50% of the 76.4 million Baby Boomers in the U.S.

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NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

Ignites In 2013, you told us loud and clear that these talks were placed too late in the day and stacked against too many other offerings. With all of your check-ins and photos, work email and online agenda checks, there''s never enough bandwidth. We recognize, though, that we can continue to improve here. as last year.

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