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. Despite popular memes that social media is “Free!”

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Storytelling and social media – these terms have certainly been thrown around a lot this year! Great storytelling and successful social media campaigns are completely interconnected. You can manage 10 social media accounts, but if you are not telling great stories and cutting through the online clutter, your audience will not engage.

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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. It’s very difficult to find a new media manager that encapsulates all the skills listed below. Expert new media managers have the ability to anticipate the impact of emerging trends in mobile and social media.

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TechImpact

JUNE 10, 2014

Social media, mobile technology, and fundraising are unequivocally attached at the hip in contemporary nonprofit marketing. Facebook refers 29.4% Twitter sent 700% more visitors to Canadian donation pages on Dec. 55% of those who engage with nonprofits via social media have been inspired to take further action.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 7, 2013

The were active on Myspace, YouTube, and creating Facebook Groups long before most of the companies that are often praised for being the pioneers of social media. The Internet users of 2013 expect polish and professionalism across all your online channels not only in their appearance, but also in how they are managed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Many nonprofits need social media training - they just don’t know it. There’s always room for improvement and unfortunately overconfidence in social media skills prevent many nonprofit staff from getting training that could significantly increase their social media ROI (Return on Investment). Google, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 15, 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. 2013 Digital Persuasion Report :: Download. 2013 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study :: Download. Social Media: An Ongoing Series of Reports :: Download.

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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. Today I''m digging into the the social media and mobile portions of the study. Facebook : You may be wondering, how often do other organizations post on Facebook ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2012

To better accommodate nonprofits located in Asia Pacific, each fall I offer a series of social media webinars scheduled for nonprofits located in the Asian Pacific Time Zones ( View Webinars for Nonprofits in the U.S. October 23: Facebook Pages and Twitter. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 20, 2016

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. Social Media: An Ongoing Series of Reports :: Download. 2013 Online Giving Report :: Download. 2012 State of Social Media Use in Australian Nonprofits :: Download.

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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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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

We've started into February already, which means we are well into 2013 and already looking ahead to the Spring. Throughout the last month, we've asked the NTEN community just what was on their list for resolutions and goals for 2013. We are also running a 3-part series about building community on Twitter through organizied chats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. 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 is also a science to social and mobile media. Blog Unique Visitors.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Should you change your nonprofit’s Facebook profile image to show support of a hot political issue? As they say, “With any social media profile, comes great responsibility.” Having a social media policy in place will help you answer these questions, and inform you or your social media manager on what to do in similar situations.

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2012

First, not even the former marketing director of Facebook knows how the privacy policies at Facebook work. Randi Zuckerberg is the sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg found out the hard way. On Christmas Day Randi posted a family photo on Facebook. Shortly after posting someone posted the photo to Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2013

Nonprofit Tech for Good offers a series of social and mobile media webinars ideal for training social and mobile media managers, communications and fundraising staff, and volunteers and interns. Facebook Fundraising Google Plus LinkedIn Mobile Media Pinterest Social Media Twitter YouTube Blogging Webinars'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Nonprofit Tech for Good offers a series of social and mobile media webinars ideal for training social and mobile media managers, communications and fundraising staff, and volunteers and interns. Facebook Fundraising Google Plus LinkedIn Mobile Media Social Media Twitter YouTube Blogging Pinterest Webinars'

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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. 2013 Digital Persuasion Report :: Download. Social Media: An Ongoing Series of Reports :: Download. 2013 Social Charity Index :: Download. Published by Blackbaud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Social media promotion of the event was in full swing. Thousands of Minnesota nonprofits and schools were lighting up Twitter and Facebook with posts about the need for support and requests for donations. And we were looking forward to having fun on social media celebrating giving during the fifth annual Give to the Max Day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 5, 2013

Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013. 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. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT.

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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. integration of social media, mobile-optimized donate pages, text-to-give donate pages, and the ability to donate via mobile wallets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2013. 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. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. The much-heralded wearable computing era arrived with a crop of smartwatches during 2013. Social Media. Social media is now officially the most common thing we do online.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2014

In 2013 online giving grew 13.5% Create donation impact graphics for social media. The ideal size for Facebook/Pinterest/Google+ graphics is 500 x 500 pixels. The size necessary for Twitter is 500 x 250 pixels. Fundraising Mobile Media Social Media' Have a “More Ways to Give” page.

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Care2

JANUARY 20, 2014

It''s the end of January and that means organizations social media and marketing plans for 2014 are off to a running start. As you begin to execute your campaigns, take a look at these social media stats from 2013. For example, did you know that there are 250 billion photos posted on Facebook daily?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2013

Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013. 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. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2013

Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2013. 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. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 5, 2017

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. Social Media: An Ongoing Series of Reports :: Download. 2013 Social Charity Index :: Download. Most of the reports listed are based on U.S. Published by mGive.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2013. 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. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2013

Date: Tuesday, August 20, 2013. 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. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2013

Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2013. 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. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2013

I spent a year co-writing on a book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” with measurement guru KD Paine because I felt strongly focusing on vanity metrics such as follower counts or Facebook likes was a waste of time. I didn’t get asked ”What are the best tools to measure followers on Twitter?”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications. It’s also worth noting that social media, not even blogging, is not yet integrated into their website. World Wildlife Fund :: Today. View: worldwildlifefund.org.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2014

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). The short version is, Facebook has the ability to make you feel good or bad, just by tweaking what shows up in your news feed.” – eMarketer -.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

This guest post was authored by Ritu Sharma, Social Media for Nonprofits executive director and co-founder. Profiles: Many smaller nonprofits have yet to make the jump from a Facebook profile, personally managed by their founders or executive directors, to an organizational page. Shorter Is (and Isn’t!)

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BoardAssist

JUNE 24, 2014

Not all social media channels are created equal. Read on for more about what every board member needs to know about social media. 3 Things Every Board Member Should Know About Social Media. Not a board meeting goes by where one of my board members doesn’t tell me about some cool new social media tool they are using.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2013

The hashtag, #GivingTuesday, was trending on Twitter. As some nonprofit insiders complained, #GivingTuesday making too much noise. Using statistics only from highest-level influencers, #GivingTuesday had a reach to over 425 million individuals on Twitter, and over 300 million on Facebook. On Tuesday,Dec.3rd,

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