Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

There are no better champions for your organization’s communication’s strategy than your staff. The organizational strategy is to impact policy change. Policy makers, another target audience, were also using Twitter as a communications channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

Twitter App Looks Up Zip Code to Tweet Your Legislator. Families USA is an organization fighting for affordable health care for all Americans. Families USA is an organization fighting for affordable health care for all Americans. Use the “ Valid Measurement Grid &#.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

As you quickly grow and engage your audience , it can be easy to lose track of your campaign plan. As a best practice, use a constituent relationship manager (CRM) such as those included in EveryAction’s guide to picking a nonprofit CRM to help organize and monitor your campaign’s success. Be clear on: Your target audience.

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sgEngage

JULY 18, 2023

Threads, a new app released by Meta, is rushing into the space left by Twitter’s constantly changing policies. The functionality is just like Twitter, focusing on short, written exchanges and timely discourse. If you already have an Instagram for your organization, you can sign up and keep your username. Sound familiar?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Many nonprofit CEOs use their social media profiles to extend the reach of their thought leadership and connect with professional colleagues, media, and policy makers. There are significant benefits to both the organization and the leaders themselves by building a thought leadership profile on social. How To Be A Chameleon.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Make a one-time or monthly financial contribution to the organization. Give in-kind support to the organization in a way that actually helps. This could be done annually or just one time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. Do any nonprofits have a formal blogging policy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Infusing Social Into Social Justice Organizations – Guest Post by Daniel Jae-Won Lee, Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation. As courageous citizens connected with each other to express dissent and organize public actions, social media tools spurred activism and social change in unprecedented ways.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Deanna Zandt (DZ): How long have you been on Twitter? What inspired you to join?

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

You want to put more deposits in than you take out, and it’s really about how you show up for your audience week after week after week. Another tip, especially for small organizations, is to create monthly or weekly themes. So you look at them as a big connect-the-dots for your organization. Also you can ask your audience!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Organization: Women for Women International. Organization Size: Approximately 70 DC/stateside employees; more than 100 field staff employees in eight countries in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. Twitter: twitter.com/womenforwomen. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when?

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M+R

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Developments out of Twitter have been coming in fast and furious since our last blog post providing initial guidance on Musk-era Twitter. Here are some top recommendations for organizations wondering what to do right now , and considerations for how to think long-term. What is your audience saying? Read time: 5 minutes.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 3, 2020

Nonprofit advocacy campaigns are becoming increasingly popular to help advance the mission of organizations. However, many organizations are under the impression that they must divide their attention between their advocacy campaigns and their fundraising efforts. In this case, many decide to ignore advocacy altogether. . Congressmen.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. A story that compels includes a protagonist your audience cares about, important problems that must be overcome, a solution that overcomes the problem (something to root for), and (4) an ending—hopefully a happy one. . 5 Ways to Organize.

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APRIL 1, 2021

Why is Clubhouse interesting for mission-driven organizations? Clubhouse enables organizations to take a new approach to how they communicate their missions and engage with their audiences. . For nonprofit organizations, we know that community building is important. More: Clubhouse’s full privacy policy.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

With widespread cancellations and postponements of large events, event organizers have been operating in crisis mode and scrambling to save their events any way they can. Virtual events have allowed planners and organizations to proceed with their planned events in a way that allows everyone to participate from the safety of their own homes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

If you want to reach a broader social media audience, post about topics outside of your specific issue area. Look to attract crossover audiences who don’t only follow other organizations like you. Bedsider’s audience, for example, also follows Jimmy Fallon and Katy Perry, not only other groups that promote birth control.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

We knew that if our film was compelling, we could break through to the people in the audience — and maybe they would help get the word out about the film and the issues it explored. Knowing your audience remains essential, because each platform is a new arena for expression, and a new avenue to engage different targets and users.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

And when it comes to creating a nonprofit business plan for your organization, that’s a task that generally falls to the board—a situation that can create a big disconnect between what you need and what you actually get. The input you send back will be well-received if you can connect it to the organization’s mission.

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Care2

MAY 31, 2013

Because engaging people and mobilizing supporters to advocate for social justice and policy change is how we help move the needle. Just because you have 500,000 followers on Twitter doesn’t mean your organization has 500K people who are advocating for your issues. Focus on Target Audiences. Focus on Influence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Over the last six years since our founding, MomsRising has worked with hundreds of bloggers and has learned how to strategically use social media to ensure that key audiences don’t miss compelling posts. Here are seven lessons we have learned along the way: Lesson #1: Publish compelling content that will appeal to your target audience.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Custom Facebook Audiences. Custom Facebook audiences are an effective way to leverage your existing email lists. They work by matching your database with Facebook, creating a custom audience. Environmental activists divided donors into audiences based on time spent as an activist: 0-6 month activist. 6-12 month activist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

What surprised me though, was the share pair report out exercise, “What are the conversation starters about concerns that your organization needs to have to build a social media policy?&# I was surprised that most of the topics were tactical and how to questions. Perhaps I didn’t ask the question well. What did you learn?

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

— My diligent research has proven that the word “viral” will come up within 42 seconds of talking with any nonprofit organization interested in marketing their cause online. Compelling: Never mind the what ; the key is sharing the so what with your audience. Make sure to follow Darian Rodriguez Heyman on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org has succeeded in connecting with a younger audience that not only reads its content but is also inspired to take action. grist.org’s ladder of engagement is elegantly simple and illustrates how their audience makes this journey from passive consumers of information to sustainable living champions.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Jacobwith Flickr: jenny8lee When it comes to building community and increasing brand awareness, some organizations hire communications, marketing, and engagement staff to handle these activities. And that makes sense -- someone needs to be charged with keeping a close eye on the organization’s community growth. and on and on.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If your organization falls in this range, you may be interested in free, discounted, or affordable software solutions to help carry out your strategies while staying within budget. which will make it harder to organize and sync your data. Accessibility: It may not be easy to share the sheet with others at your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

More importantly, it unpacks any skepticism or opposing points of view about the topic you’ll be addressing in the peer learning. It is a good idea to include a fun question appropriate to the audience to illustrate the technique. How To Convince Policy Directors. We used: I love grass-fed beef. Living Case Study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Marcelo expertly wove in audience interaction – which was quite impressive given that there were over 1,000 people in the room. It delighted and surprised the audience because the singer, Chris Griffin, entered from the rear of the room and it wasn’t until the spotlight landed on him that we realized it was live.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

I republished the post on my blog and offered a free copy to a nonprofit who left the best comment about how their organization is applying these principles. We started using You Tube, FB and Twitter – saw the positive impact it had in getting our message out and then told senior management about it. Yes, we do.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

With widespread cancellations and postponements of large events, event organizers have been operating in crisis mode and scrambling to save their events any way they can. Virtual events have allowed planners and organizations to proceed with their planned events in a way that allows everyone to participate from the safety of their own homes.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Although they are not an IRS requirement, compelling annual reports can sway potential donors and show current donors how their money is helping your organization to make an impact. Your annual report should communicate the success of your organization and its financials in a concise, visual way. Pencils of Promise.

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BoardAssist

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

This is an easy program that your nonprofit can take part in to help raise its profile and reach a wider audience. First, your nonprofit must hold a current and valid charity status, this means you are a recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)3 organization. You can follow Lincoln on Twitter at @NPLincoln. Application. And that’s OK.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2014

I kicked off the session by reciting my favorite poem, Joyce Kilmer’s Trees and shared the rules of audience interaction and format in Iambic pentameter. While Cindy pointed to impressive quantitative results, she also pointed out how they listen to the individual responses on Twitter and share those quotes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010. Who is the target audience? Is mobile the best way to reach your target audience? What is your objective?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2010

It takes place at The MaRS Discovery Centre in downtown Toronto (a hub for science, technology and social entrepreneurs) and there are fourteen events, each with a unique focus and target audience. We also had wireless hand mics in the audience. Using Twitter To Research The Audience Before, During, and After.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach.

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