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! This is an astonishing technology for good in which large numbers of ordinary people analyze photos of cells cultures to identify irregular shaped cancer cell cores. This project aims to speed up cancer research.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends. The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. You can also link a Pinterest account to a Facebook or Twitter profile.

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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. 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. You can see how much video dominates YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. It’s obvious to anyone who spends time online that video is taking over the internet.

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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. Share Behind the Scenes Photos of Your Staff. For comparison, during that same time we gained half as many new Twitter followers.

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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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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. There’s been a lot of talk about the results of the 2013 Fundraising Effectiveness Project Survey. Find me on Twitter and lets keep sharing.

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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.

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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. It is also important to be mindful of how different generations use online social networking and the trends.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's time to catch up on some of the nonprofit technology trends and news once again. I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy new infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends for the sector. Here's the latest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

Based on the content and social networks that you have chosen to make a priority in your content strategy, you can adjust current job descriptions or craft a new one for hiring a new media manager: Blogging (4 hours): To write an average of two short posts weekly which includes the time necessary to find, edit, and insert photos and integrate video.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

As we prepare for our leap into 2014, let’s learn from 2013′s ups and downs – triumphs and flops – and make this next year one for the record books. Here’s Your 2013 Nonprofit Roundup: THIS – thanks to Marc Koenig of Nonprofit Hub: Nonprofits, 2014 is the Year of the Blog. And I want more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Based on the content and social networks that you have chosen to make a priority in your content strategy, you can adjust current job descriptions or craft a new one for hiring a new media manager: Blogging (6 hours): To write an average of two short posts weekly which includes the time necessary to find, edit, and insert photos and integrate video.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

That said, the following excerpt from Chapter 9 of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits will help your nonprofit get started with launching a mobile website or at the very least get the idea percolating and higher on your priority list for 2013. This is a trend to monitor closely. This is a big one!

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Care2

JUNE 28, 2013

A Twitter Chat is one of the best tools that nonprofits can use to communicate in realtime with your constituency. On June 11, 2013, TweetChat.com confirmed that the service would shut down due to Twitter''s API changes. Social Networking Trends Web 2.0' What''s going on with TweetChat.com?

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Care2

JUNE 28, 2013

A Twitter Chat is one of the best tools that nonprofits can use to communicate in realtime with your constituency. On June 11, 2013, TweetChat.com confirmed that the service would shut down due to Twitter''s API changes. Social Networking Trends Web 2.0' What''s going on with TweetChat.com?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

It's time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends. The Internet in 2013. Now, here's the latest.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Here’s what the buzz seems to be for 2013 from a nonprofit technology viewpoint. Andrew Cohen of Forum One did one called 12 Big Trends in Nonprofit Technology for 2012. In other words, it's the "bring-your-own-device" trend in which employees and volunteers supply their own computing devices.

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