Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

“ Here’s a few answers: To disseminate short stories that are unique to the fan page, as well as to link to articles on our websites. I have been wanting to test a poll app to see if having close-ended questions or running a poll might encourage engagement. So, sometimes, the simple approaches work better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. Also, be sure to read Sean's summary of a recent article in the Wall Street Journal about how a new generation is reinventing fundraising. young people???

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2014

That's why, at the start of any workshop, after the first poll of the room or the webinar attendees, I offer my definition of virtual volunteering: Volunteers completing tasks, in whole or in part, off-site from the organization being assisted, using any Internet-connected device (computer, smart phone, etc.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

Neylon’s answer was one of the links in Brian Kelly’s article on Quora. Geoff’s posts were removed because they were to yes or no oriented, and Quora does not allow for polling types of questions. Here we connect to the information and others who have an interest in it.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 15, 2009

Step two is that the wikimaster takes active responsibility for getting the first fifty articles on the site. He can poll users frequently to get them to send him any material that would be apporpriate for inclusion. Tags: nptech socialmedia training. This barrier can be reduced by "priming the pump."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2006

I entered "blog hype" as a search term and came across a recent article on WSJ online. The article points out some recent articles and polls that suggest a cooling off in the hype around blogs. " Technorati Tags: 06ntc Are blogs a vanishing fad? Are blogs this year's digital Pet Rock? February, 2006.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. Consider setting up a weekly yes-or-no poll question that you send out every Thursday, or leave it open-ended and invite followers to message you with their replies.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Is it your homepage, a standard landing page, or deep-linking to a press release, article, or transaction page (e.g. Don’t confuse visitors by linking to your homepage, for example, and then letting them search around for that article you told them about. next to individual media like articles, photos, and videos.

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Care2

JANUARY 14, 2009

Dig Into Your Data: Look at your statistics and find out which subject lines are generating the highest open rates, and which articles and subjects are generating the most clicks. Get Interactive: Ask people to take a poll or share a story. Tags: E-newsletters Email Marketing. by age, interest, activism level).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g. Of course, that would assume a broader use of networks than just fundraising and marketing, take for example this recent article about social networks and nonprofits from USAToday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

Sometimes that's all you need - making a donation, sending petitions, affecting website ratings, flooding online polls, etc. Tags: guest blogging social media socialnetworking. IMO, social media tools are pretty poor at changing anything that takes more than one or two mouse-clicks.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2005

But just two months after the terrorist attacks, nearly half of charities polled reported a decrease in funding. Tags: nptech , fundraising -based Association of Fundraising Professionals, half of the charities had experienced an increase in revenue through August 2001.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Polling capabilities enable quick decision-making between and leading up to meetings. Plus, tag expenses for fundraising, programming, and administration in order to make filing your Form 990 at tax time that much easier. Get our tips in this article. Compliant reporting. Learn to create your own in this guide!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

Darn, wish I found this excellent article in Guru's Handbook sooner. Note to self, look for a 2-3 minute video about one of the steps) The poll feature was great way to engage people and I wish I had thought though some more of those to incorporate along the way. These are shorter sessions focused on tagging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

What is your sense of how these social networking tools, tagging, blogs and the like ??? Blogging an article or a book helps me to go one step further because I push myself to formulate what I really learned from it. I'm too shy to do an online poll. are they relevant to the people you work with in developing countries?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Polling tools will allow you to gauge opinions on everything from serious strategic decisions to more lighthearted decisions like the theme for your annual gala. No need for board members to rely on lengthy email chains or to play phone tag with one another! Discuss important topics and make timely decisions using polling tools.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

For example, their article about a group of women who started a coffee cooperative in Vietnam does an excellent job telling the women’s story and setting the scene before mentioning how the nonprofit gave its support. If your nonprofit has an environmental focus, nature photos can also be captivating.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

In both articles, Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes is quoted saying that though the anti-Obama page “may be considered distasteful and objectionable to some,&# it doesn’t violate Facebook’s policies. Tags: Facebook ROI (Return on Investment) Social Media. Facebook continues to delete breastfeeding photos. To reassess.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

They don’t have to be, and not surprisingly, "interactive" runs a continuum, but essentially, this means more staff or volunteers with wider skills can report, write, edit, and publish news and other articles; it doesn’t just have to be a technically trained communications specialist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

" and points to this article about MobileActive in the Economist. According to a recent national poll , when price and quality are equal, 77 percent will choose a brand that supports a cause. This article summarizes new research from Forrester detailing "The Seven Tenets of the Information Workplace."

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