Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Note from Beth: This post was written before the New York Times article describing a misstep with the Pepsi Charity Contest. If they don't a dollar, at least the contest has helped inspire them to dip their toes in the social media waters. Unfortunately, we can’t measure click-throughs on Linked-In or Facebook.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 21, 2010

A List Apart: Articles: Web Fonts at the Crossing – a solid description of new web font technologies making substitution by other means obsolete. Contesting the Death of Traditional CRM: Social CRM is a Process and not a Technology – worth a read. Installing Force for Facebook – developer.force.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

While I was offline today enjoying Mother's Day and the beautiful weather (as much as I could with seasonal allergies), Target launched its version of an online contest. on Facebook, Network for Good, Global Giving and Parade Magazine in 2007. on Facebook, Network for Good, Global Giving and Parade Magazine in 2007.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore the top platforms you can leverage to get the word out about your business, including: Your Website Social Media Mobile App A well-designed marketing plan can give your business the fuel it needs to bring attention to its services, products, events, campaigns, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Note: I've had this blog post in a draft for about a week and was reminded about it when I saw this post over at the NTEN blog asking Is Facebook A Bust or Is Obama's Model the Future ? But the denominations of the donations remain small, and it's not clear that one-off contests will lead to more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

Users can share them on Instagram while also choosing to share them to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare. It was created in 2010 and purchased by Facebook in 2012 (more history here ). Also, here’s a post I wrote about how early adopter nonprofits have used Instagram for contests. Instagram Cheat Sheet.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

If you’re not sure where to start, this article will provide some festive virtual holiday fundraiser ideas so you can keep your community connected and audiences engaged. . Promote the silent auction items early on social media, like in a Facebook group, and via email. . Online Voting Contest.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In this article, we’ll discuss a few ways to encourage visitors to share their positive arts and culture experiences with their networks and go over some ways for you to make the most of those posts when it comes to marketing for your organization. . . Add their content to your story on Instagram or Facebook, . Selfie stations .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

(If you use the hashtag #SaveMarinsCoho on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with your photo , they will add your image to the album. Instagram Contests and Hashtags. They use a variety of channels for their communications messages, including these three social media channels: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nativefishsociety.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This locked content might be a download PDF ,or just the rest of the article. Be careful with these types of contests as the motivation behind joining the email list may not be as aligned with the organization, and can lead to lower donation conversions as well as higher unsubscribes. Paid: Facebook lead ads. Lead magnets.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

You can use a Facebook event, Eventbrite or a simple campaign site like splashthat. Or host a rib, pie, or hot dog eating contest and have your own tip jars for people to support their favorite competitors in the form of donations. Canva is a great tool for designing images. Website or event page so people can find it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. You might also consider setting up a Facebook Group just for alumni and encourage them to share this information. You’ll also notice that the comments have many likes and many of those come directly from the Facebook admin for the page.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

For more tips, check out the “Ask Questions” section on Beth Kanter’s post, “ What the Research Says About Increasing Facebook Engagement ”. Unlike a magazine or newspaper article, blogs get instant reader feedback. It’s along the lines of a weekly caption contest, but there’s an educational component to it. What If They Ask ?

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Host a contest or giveaway on your social platforms to gain traction and increase engagement. If possible, post daily on Facebook and Instagram, and two or more times per day on Twitter. This article was originally published in Nonprofit Hub Magazine. Consider writing a short blog post about your #GivingTuesday campaign.

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

It is fueled by easy-to-use blog software, social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and the online video phenomenon of YouTube, and a thousand other video sharing sites. One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. A common form of contest among companies is the “create a commercial&# contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Users can share them on Instagram while also choosing to share them to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare. It was created in 2010 and purchased by Facebook in 2012 (more history here ). Here’s selection of articles to build your toolbox. As of September, 2015 , Instagram had 400 Million users.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

To facilitate the use of that data, the city hosted a contest to motivate the development community to make use of more than 100 types of datasets it had released — everything from aerial photographs and business licenses to parking meter information, liquor license applications, and street-sweeping routes. Have you done it yourself?

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

If you’re not sure where to start, this article will provide some festive virtual holiday fundraiser ideas so you can keep your community connected and audiences engaged. . Promote the silent auction items early on social media, like in a Facebook group, and via email. . Online Voting Contest.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2016

Because Snapchat doesn't have the large user base of Facebook or Twitter yet, I encourage nonprofits to follow a variety of Snapchat users — even the ones that you might not be personally or organizationally interested in. Beyond the ones listed in that article, I couldn't find any others (nor could Beth Kanter ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago. For the event, I used the Facebook Insights, Rowfeeder, and Storify. Approximately 85% of the donations were converted from my personal profile on Facebook. Fundraiser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

. “Let’s make the process of experimenting fun – let’s start with a Facebook Friday.&# Their experiment is going to be focused on deepening and improving their Facebook presence for the Arts Council and getting everyone on staff to participate. Facebook Strategic Objectives.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. How did they do it?

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Choose a day and actively encourage donations and sharing through all your social media channels, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Snapchat. Considerations: have an impartial umpire or judge for the games so that its a fair contest for all. Livestream fundraisers can be done with Facebook Live and Instagram.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In this article, we’ll discuss how you can incorporate text-to-give into your fundraising strategy to boost impact. Ambassador fundraising mobilizes your loyal supporters to conduct their own personal fundraising in the form of contests, challenges, campaigns, and more for your event.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

Use the 3 steps below and the 1-Page Fundraising Plan template you can download at the end of the article to get started. You might get really excited about restaurant nights, candle parties, t-shirt sales, or voting contests. And you need a decent-sized audience before you’ll raise decent money from Facebook. Are you ready??

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. How did they do it?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 16, 2018

This article is part of the bbcon 2018 Speaker Series on npENGAGE. For example, create a contest/game via social media that leads to prizes or discounts. This program uses Facebook Messenger to connect with participants and monitor their attendance. Like it or not, technology is everywhere.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2014

The term "virtual volunteering" is a contested term. " We find that many organizations have an easier time accepting that five volunteers are working from their home, or work places, or coffee shops writing articles for the upcoming blog than accepting "We've introduced a virtual volunteering scheme!"

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See3

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

In today’s NY Times is an article about Facebook and the difficulty of getting your data removed. So to really delete my entire life on Facebook would mean deleting data from many individual accounts. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Once it goes up, it’s up.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

In case you hadn't heard , Convio is sponsoring 50 NTEN memberships to nonprofits nominated in their NPHero contest. Chase's top 100 charities voted on Facebook (who will be getting 25K!) TechBridge and GCN are also partners in the Day of Service and mentioned in the article. Jordan Viator explains. Thanks, Convio!

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

They even utilized Facebook Ask to engage with donors and tied the asks directly to their mission. This is a type of event where donors pay a fee to be a part of a contest where the “last person standing” receives some sort of prize. Contestants lasted as long as 70 hours before MrBeast decided to end the competition himself!

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2009

I also celebrated my 40th birthday by setting up a Birthday Wish using the Causes application on Facebook, and raised $580 for Women for Women International with my Facebook pals. You can enter a contest to win a copy of Half the Sky on Kristof's blog, On the Ground ). Why am I so focused on this organization?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2008

birthday in true social media style with flickr 50th photo birthday card remix contest and I donated 50 bucks to the winner's favorite charity. Anyway, I'm using my status on Facebook to tell everyone what I want for my birthday later this month. I'm glad we're friends on Facebook and that he reads my status.

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

I will write more about the API later, but everyone is really there to see the Facebook opportunity. Convio has built a Facebook application builder as part of their Open initiative. For organizations on the Convio platform, the Facebook application is a no-brainer and a HUGE improvement from Causes. Day 1. [.]

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Along with 3 colleagues, we volunteered to develop an entry for the Apps for America 2 contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. You may be reading this article right now thinking, “Yeah, I get it.

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

Social media contests. Social media Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest all offer paid advertising space, and with over 3.6 Native ads don’t really look like ads – they might look like advertorials, “recommended articles,” or “promoted content” on social media and websites. Learn more here. What does that mean?

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