Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

The first “Donate Now” button was released in 1999 by a project of the Tides Foundation called Groundspring (acquired by Network for Good in 2005) and for the next two decades, nonprofit professionals have embraced the study of inspiring people to give online to good causes. Related Webinar: Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 6, 2019

Your experience and advice on how to counteract the negativity and trolls on social media. In a year that social media scandals and negative stories were becoming more relevant, there was also a growing need for a focus on the positive side of social networks. History of #ReclaimSocial.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Packed with practical advice and customized for small NGOs on a limited budget, this webinar will stress the importance of engaging website design, strategic email marketing, and current trends in online fundraising and social media. . • Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2019. Time: 1pm EDT / 10am PDT.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 28, 2012

Networking. It’s simple: networking is necessary to progress at any level in business and is especially paramount for nonprofit leaders. It’s simple: networking is necessary to progress at any level in business and is especially paramount for nonprofit leaders. Luckily, the Valley has no shortage for opportunities to network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2009

Tveskov from the United Way of America letting me know that UWA has caught social networking spring fever! My favorite part is advice on how to respond and a story about how a negative comment was an opportunity. March comes in like a lion and goes out like lamb, especially true in New England.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Niche networks are smaller, more specific networks that can provide you with targeted, passionate audiences ready and waiting to hear what you have to say. The trick is to balance working with larger networks and some of the more specific networks to create a very useful and strategic approach to community building.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 1, 2008

Nonprofits looking to start using social media as a marketing tool with find a wealth of sound advice online, but putting the pieces together into a solid strategy? That's the real challenge. No one simple strategy will work for every nonprofit group. (In

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

There was a great question about social networking and representing one's organization posted on the Social Networking Affinity Group at NTEN by K.E: re becoming popular on Digg and a number of the other big social news networks regularly because of the strength of our content. re doing offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

We know that professional relationships are moving from the Rolodex to the social networks. LinkedIn is designed for specifically for business professional networking, while Facebook is a bit more casual. Yet, I do professional networking on Facebook and I'm noticing a number of colleagues are too.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2019

Your experience and advice on how to counteract the negativity and trolls on social media. In a year that social media scandals and negative stories were becoming more relevant, there was also a growing need for a focus on the positive side of social networks. History of #ReclaimSocial.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

The other day I wrote a post called " Social Not Working and Other Social Networking Challenges " riffing on a post by Jeremiah Owyang who summarized the challenges - the flip side of social networking exuberance and really just a normal part of the technology hype curve. Social not -working???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2015

I’ve just finished teaching an online course for The Knight Digital Media Center @ USC Annenberg for community foundation leaders on practical networked leadership skills. But having a core isn’t enough, with online social networks there is the power of weak ties. Is it okay to clean out your connections?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." " So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. Katya Andresen has written a fantastic five minute guide to social networking tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2013

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. These reports are, however, some of the most valuable in terms of insight, useful and practical data, and how-to advice. View: All M&R Reseach Labs Reports.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

But when we scoured the Web for the worst wedding-day outfits on record, there was no recourse: time to right these hilarious wrongs and call in the Fashion Department for some much-needed advice. How are you cultivating relationships with people in your professional or organization’s network or movement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2007

Ivan Booth has an excellent post about outcomes for Social Networks - it's organizing, not mobilizing. But if you need an active, educated and effective movement, organizing through social webs has the potential to create much more lasting change.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

That’s good because recent data from Network for Good indicates that 6X more money is raised through branded “Donate Now” pages. Whether not having a default donation amount set improves or hampers results – sorry, I don’t have that data, but Idealware has some advice on the subject.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

King also recommends you develop and benefit from three information networks : Informal Advice Network – the people you go to for advice regarding a challenge or problem you are experiencing at work. Information networks enable teamwork and a sense of belonging at work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

Pinterest remains one of the fastest growing social media platforms, reportedly closing in on 250 million users, the majority of whom are women. . As a general trend, women make up more of the population on social networking sites than men do – but on Pinterest, they make up a whopping 81% of active users.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 10, 2007

I have a personal request for all you Ning and social networking experts out there. They are using Ning to build a social network and need some help setting it up to meet their needs, for example, they'd like to incorporate LinkedIn on the site. They are looking for general social networking advice as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Come join me in a discussion about how to effectively pump up your professional network with social networking tools over at Social Edge beginning on September 23rd. Professional networking --meeting and connecting with people who can help you get things done-- is an indispensable skill for social entrepreneurs.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Here’s a list of the top reasons volunteers keep coming back, according to volunteer consultancy company , Software Advice : 27% convenient scheduling. 15% Social / Networking events. 24% Proof of work’s impact. 23% Professional development. 12% Discounts to local businesses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

I'm going to riff on Ivan's advice, " You Don't Have To Be Everywhere" (like Mastercard) After an organization has identified an audience, objective, and strategy, a question that often comes up: What social networks should we establish our presence on? How many social networks should we participate on?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2013

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. These reports are, however, some of the most valuable in terms of insight, useful and practical data, and how-to advice. View: All Blackbaud Reports.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The nine reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. These reports are, however, some of the most valuable in terms of insight, useful and practical data, and how-to advice. Published by NTEN. Published by NTEN.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

At the core of the brand is the Nonprofit Organizations avatar which has been used consistently since then to build a visual brand across many social networks ( Facebook , Twitter , Pinterest , etc). but rather as the profile/person/two hands cradling earth account that promotes nonprofits and provides nonprofit tech advice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

The eight reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. These reports are, however, some of the most valuable in terms of insight, useful and practical data, and how-to advice. Thank you. Published by NTEN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The book offers lots of great advice on using many of Facebook features like Events. What is your best advice about moderation and dealing with spammers or trolls? There are lots of free (and paid) social media monitoring tools. This book was definitely a labor of love, but in a good way. Do you have to respond to everyone?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

Wendy Harman, American Red Cross According to Wendy Harman, employees at the Red Cross were blocked from accessing social networking sites, like Facebook, from work. What have you learned about social media strategy for fundraising that could be broadly applicable to other nonprofits? What was your strategy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2010

This morning Allison Fine and I got up extra early for a Bagels and Books Event for The Networked Nonprofit at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service here in NYC. At book events, one of the most common themes we hear from nonprofits is about the fear that organizational leaders have about social media. Opening up [.].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

In April, I blogged about HSUS "Stop Canada's Cruel Seal Hunt" campaign over at blogher and my blog and last December on my blog as part of a roundup of articles on using social networking spaces for campaigns. How much staff time did it take to incorporate the social media tools? tools for online advocacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I first came across their thinking and work on building social networks for social change via the resources section on the Barr Foundation web site back in 2006. Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor co-wrote " Net Gains ," one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ raised over $10M in one day by Jeff Achen of GiveMN.org. “Do Do what you do best and network the rest.”. That’s simple, but wise advice from the definitive nonprofit social media strategy manual, “ The Networked Nonprofit.” Leveraging our network.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

It’s estimated that by late 2014 or early 2015 the majority of adults will get their information from social networks rather than search engines and that social networks will become the primary source of referral traffic to your website and blog. The effective use of social networks is a skill not to be underestimated.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2018

When you could look online and your social network started to ‘shame and blame’ that was the significant shift.” Please also share what bit of great advice you’ve received as you built your purpose-driven career. When companies could do anything, communication was one way.

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