Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Create a list of donors who have not donated in 18 months and point them toward an upcoming event, or other activity. Solicitation (Passive and Active).

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Media Cause

JUNE 1, 2024

Always, always, always speak like a human rather than a brand, and interact in the comments like one! It serves your needs but allows people to showcase that they identify with your movement online and offline. We also knew that youth ages 13-17 would be less active on email, a channel typically used for longer-tail campaigns.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 26, 2024

While allocating marketing resources to various offline promotional strategies is perfectly fine, abandoning your nonprofit’s digital outreach is almost always a mistake. This provides prospective supporters who click on your ads or research your organization with evidence that your nonprofit is active and trustworthy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

How do we activate the online activists to take action offline?" I was not presenting, but decided to use Twitter crowd source some suggestions, screencapture them, and put those into my presentation later in the day. jeffshuck @ kanter I'm biased, but events are a powerful way to move online advocates offline.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

. —– I recently posted about Jumo with reflections, notes from my experience using the new platform, and questions – this post has also generated a great deal of valuable conversation in the comments (over 70 thoughtful comments so far). On & Offline Engagement. Online is great for organizing.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 20, 2010

Last night was the first in what will now be a monthly chat for community builders or those interested in learning more about building community, on and offline. tools and tactics that build a loop between offline and online activities. Visit: Launch the Chat (not active until the 16th). This time we’ll explore 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Keep doing the offline stuff for the offline people! ' There are two responses I usually give here. ' There are two responses I usually give here. .'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

There's quite a buzz right now about whether or not " Slacktivism " doing activism online, all the time - can effect change. And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 2200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. How do you balance online action with offline engagement?

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NetWits

JUNE 2, 2011

He talked about the importance of motivated players, challenges, rewards, levels and incentives in our everyday activities. Please share your ideas or current incentives in the Comments section below. At this year’s SXSW conference, keynote speaker Seth Priebatsch said the next 10 years will be the decade of games.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Black users have long been at the center of digital culture as trendsetting social media influencers, content creators, and key drivers of online racial justice activism, as seen by hashtag movements such as #BlackLivesMatter and #SayHerName. Are they resourced and protected during cases of harassment?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

You can read it and the comments on the blog here , it’s copied below. But to many people active in online social action communities, these events had deeper meaning. There are many who approach the online landscape with very different views than their offline business decisions. To some, these events were unimportant.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

In the end, the site cataloged and accepted YouTube videos, plus allowed users to share and comment. USMHM employed Facebook Comments to insure maximum exposure for each individual photograph in the hope that people might recognize an old friend or family member and let them know. More Than Sharing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

NGOs, activists, and even governments have used bots to automate positive social change activities: Pregnancy and newborn care education. The potential for an army of bot trolls to disrupt an activism campaign. A policy for how to respond to negative comments or social media workflow. Please share in the comments.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

The people who donate, listen in, connect with our programs by calling in, reading or commenting online, and coming to our offline events are our community. Just because you have your own profiles now, doesn’t mean you can stop listening to the community or replying and commenting. Start Joining.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

In this post, Jasper shares some lessons learned from a recent experiment to design a more social comment station. He will respond to comments here and can also be reached on his blog (where this post first appeared). translated this online game to an offline activity around everyday objects.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Whether you are working on a campaign, a program or a service; whether it is online or offline (though I would argue it should probably touch both!); My level of activity will certainly impact the network, but so does how I act when I connect. Temporary versus Permanent Networks. And engagement requires people. People are networked.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

We are all so excited that Julia Smith has found a new opportunity to advance her career that allows her to work offline, in a real office, with other humans in Chicago. She will continue to be an active NTEN Member, so it’s not goodbye! She will continue to be an active NTEN Member, so it’s not goodbye! Leave a comment below!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

I shared the video on my personal profile and it prompted quite a heated discussion in the comments between my colleagues. The controversy on my Facebook wall boiled down to those who felt the emotional pull of the story and those who had an alternative view. And so the debate on my Facebook wall continued with very thoughtful comments.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. The tool is meant to openly share and visualize the operations of World Bank financed activities down to as local a level as possible and compare these with actual need and monitor the effects over time."

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Charity and Technology in the Online Universe This infographic from Mashable and Shane Snow puts social good into better context with donation numbers, growth charts, and some comparisons to its offline counterparts. If you’ve seen some other good nonprofit infographics, then leave a comment.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 10, 2019

If you want people to take you seriously on LinkedIn then you need to be active on the platform. This means commenting, liking and sharing DAILY. Here’s the real hurdle, though: Not only do you need to be active on LinkedIn, but you need to provide thoughtful insight that starts, adds to, or continues a conversation.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

If your community meets offline at a local watering hole to share opinions and make plans, don’t bother setting up a Twitter account with the purpose of influencing them. By last month, the user ratio between male and female had come up to about 70/30 and the country with the second highest number of users was India at about 13 percent.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 3, 2019

If you want people to take you seriously on LinkedIn then you need to be active on the platform. This means commenting, liking and sharing DAILY. Here’s the real hurdle, though: Not only do you need to be active on LinkedIn, but you need to provide thoughtful insight that starts, adds to, or continues a conversation.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Do to the lack of activity on MySpace, we’ve decided to focus our efforts on the Causes Application on Facebook.&# (To read the full message, click here.) Causes’ About statement says, “The goal of all this is what we call “equal opportunity activism.&# First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Do to the lack of activity on MySpace, we’ve decided to focus our efforts on the Causes Application on Facebook.&# (To read the full message, click here.) Causes’ About statement says, “The goal of all this is what we call “equal opportunity activism.&# First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Yesterday, I spent most of the day offline at the Wisdom 2.0 When I shared the photo with my network, I received comments from people who had supported my fundraisers over the years — comments that made me think that everyone felt good about being able to make a small donation and really change someone’s life.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. What if you then had access to one of the leaders in the not-for-profit world who would show you how to take these principles and apply them to your day to day activities? What if all of this was free, every month?"

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

As organizations or community builders active online, working to practice and create quality engagement, we are often trying to guide, collect or herd conversations and interactions into spaces that we have created or monitor closely. Join the conversation on the SSIR blog or share your ideas in the comments below. Let’s discuss!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

Post your comments in the form of a question. Respond to comments. The part that's still very tricky for most is measuring the impact of these activities. Try calculating a ratio of how many people comment and/or like and/or share your posts divided by how many like your page. You should use certain key words. Pin things.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Create opportunities and events that bring people together online and offline - these activities can help move people up the ladder of engagement, get them volunteering or advocating for your organization, using your services or helping promote them. Comment here, or visit the original post at SSIR here. What do you think?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Make a calendar – outline all activities you want to share, plan activity that integrates with overall organization messaging and schedule them in advance (tip: make a calendar). Integrate – as in, integrate social media with other channels such as email, direct mail, web content and offline activity to maximize success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

Click to see larger image I'm very tempted to start using Results On Insights for ROI thanks to Barb Chamberlain's comment in yesterday's post " What Are The Best I-Words For Nonprofits To Think About Social Media and ROI? " But what does that really mean? That happens when leaders model and encourage it.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. That said, our home currently has 5 Macs in active use and 2 iPhones. . I'll accept if we've had a conversation I can remember, on or offline. Leave a comment »

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. That said, our home currently has 5 Macs in active use and 2 iPhones. I'll accept if we've had a conversation I can remember, on or offline. Leave a comment »

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

This was designed as a peer learning activity – so it was the participants who were mostly the presenters. So, for these organizations, their content pyramid also includes integrating offline w/online channels. Synergistic Collaboration: Who are you aligned partners online/offline? Content Curation on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

.” For nonprofits, some app developers, like Causes, are already envisioning types of nonprofit supporter actions on Facebook, such as Give and Pledge, which will allow them to prominently feature higher-value actions amidst the sea activity posted to Facebook everyday. And, that is how they measure success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

User generated content is also at the core of citizen journalism, the notion that amateur users can perform journalist-like functions (accidentally or otherwise) by reporting and commenting on news. Collective action can take the form of signing online petitions, fundraising, tele-calling, or organizing an offline protest or event.

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