Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2015

Your nonprofit could have a wide variety of excellent blog content , but if your blog’s design doesn’t make a positive first impression, then few will read it – much less share it with their followers on social networks. First, the body text column is wide enough to feature photos and large font.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Another topic that is of interest and can serve as a valuable launch pad for conversations and information, both for Romanian NGOs and organizations around the world, is a blog. But blogs can help your organization in a few key ways: Central Communication Hub. Think blogs are boring? How To Start a Blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

Five Status Update Content Ideas for Nonprofits. The Big Picture: Storytelling through Video and Photos. Chapter 7 Blogging. The Big Picture: Creating and Distributing Content for the Social Web. Selecting a Blogging Platform. Eleven Blog Design Best Practices for Nonprofits. Facebook Community Pages?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Give them retweetable content ! If you are not getting retweeted, you are not giving your followers the content they want. Google has been slowly merging Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, Blogger, Wallet, Photos, Location, Mobile, Videos, etc. And of course, only post visually compelling content. into Google+.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. Tip: Nonprofits may consider specifically tailoring their Pinterest content to the female segment of their donors and supporters. It’s not about what you are eating in the moment or your current vacation photos.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 22, 2010

Have you started a blog for your nonprofit organization and then got stuck trying to come up with content? Here are some ideas for content: Tell stories about people you are helping. Invite guest bloggers in – clients, staff, Board, volunteers, and donors. Ask questions in blog posts and invite readers to comment.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

A big thanks to everyone who contributed a post to this month's Nonprofit Blog Carnival! In her post, Nonprofit blogs: why this one works , Lisbeth of Nonprofit Execs on the Edge points to 2 keys to a juicy blog: a focus on storytelling and blog posts that aren't staff-generated. Nonprofit 2.0 Nonprofit 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Flickr Photo by Vox Photo. They recently held a blog carnival and are sharing some reflections. They recently held a blog carnival and are sharing some reflections. With our blog firmly established as a valuable source of content, we are now developing strategies to further leverage our blog to support our policy goals.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 24, 2012

A couple weekends ago I facilitated a 3-hour Tea, Cupcakes and Creative Bloggers workshop at Teahouse Studio. Cupcakes by Batter and Dough Here are some of the nice things that the ladies who came for tea, cupcakes and creative blogging said about the afternoon: "Thanks so much for the wonderful workshop - it was a realdelight."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Last year, I marked the date with the above photo and a post with tips for cultivating bloggers and how it was like a long term relationship. from Esquire Magazine's Awkward Wedding Photos . This morning I got a pitch a from someone who wanted me to blog about one of their programs. or perhaps evening reading the blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2014

Photo by Notemily. That’s what we’d like to discuss in this January’s blog carnival. Wondering what a blog carnival is? Here’s the most recently published blog carnival hot off the press. Here are some more examples ). You write anything you want as long as it is about measurement and learning from your data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2015

(Having 300 people and doing a participatory style of teaching gave me an opportunity to use some of my facilitation techniques for large groups that are in my tool set – and because colleagues have asked me to share tips about it, expect that in another blog post next week.). Content Assets: Organizing and Archiving Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Flickr Photo by alshepmcr. ” My colleagues at Momsrising, the poster child for Networked Nonprofits, offered this amazing guest post filled with great tips on how to get your blog noticed. .” Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed, Guest Post By Elisa Batista, Donna Norton, and Monifa Bandele from Momsrising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2010

Welcome to the new and improved Beth’s Blog ! After almost a decade of blogging and most of it at the same place, I’m starting over with a new platform and look thanks to Allyson Kapin and Jared Seltzer of Rad Campaign. Moving to this new blog put me in a reflective mood. 3129: Total Posts. 7641: Total Comments.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Nonprofits Live: User-Generated Content Thursday, November 17, 10 a.m. Are you considering a photo or video campaign for your organization? RSVP now to join us for the next episode of Nonprofits Live on user-generated content and explore the process of creating media opportunities with your community.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 21, 2017

Whether you’re a simple weekly WordPress blogger or a seasoned webpage administrator who updates and edits every day, having a video component on your site is a stellar way to draw readers and keep them coming back again and again.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

Pune Dracker, Director, Website Content & Editorial Services, ASPCA. Photo: Pune Dracker Everything I know about the editorial process I learned from Teddy Bear Review. That sounds like a no-brainer—but not all blogs do it. You can apply the technique to blogs, too. scale—but, ahem, bear with me—it works. Ask For It!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

The estimates below allow for the time required to research and create content for your social media campaigns, the actual time spent engaging and participating in your nonprofit’s online communities, and the time necessary to monitor and report ROI. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

One of the biggest concerns nonprofits express to me about launching or maintaining their blog, is lack of staff time to update their blog with compelling posts. For nonprofits that are short on staff resources, could empowering your volunteers to regularly guest blog (weekly or bi-weekly) be a solution? Offer Stipends.

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Byte Technology

MAY 4, 2017

So before you write another post or post another pic, grab an automatic backup plugin such as BackupBuddy (the most popular premium choice), UpdraftPlus (a good solid free choice) or VaultPress (which was built by one of the creators of the WordPress content management system).

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Basically, they want people to return to their page again and again, whether it’s to buy their merchandise or engage their services, read the latest blog or just comment on topic-specific trends. It also works to drive readers to your site over and over by analyzing user’s interests and detailing the content they like.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

After all, running a site—a successful site—takes a lot of time: there’s a constant need to make updates, post new content, respond to user comments and more, and our present go-go climate doesn’t allow for as much static and dedicated “office” time as it did in the past.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

These are two photos of me and Tharum Bun , a Cambodia blogger I met via our blogs back in 2003. In 2005, we got a chance to meet face-to-face in London at the Global Voices Blogging Summit after I transitioned from being the Cambodia bridge blogger.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today is Blog Action Day and this year’s theme is Climate Change. What’s Blog Action Day? Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2008

Flickr Photo by Veesees Elise Bauer , a food blogger who writes Simple Recipes. She looks at traffic building in three elements: content, community, and technology that you use to support. She looks at traffic building in three elements: content, community, and technology that you use to support. Why do you want traffic?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. While the photos and videos within each Story are never out of order, the accounts that get the most interaction and views on their Stories rise to the top of the pile. . 2) Go live on Instagram.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2021

Check out the business press in your hometown, the local college’s newspaper, and alumni magazine, localized online websites and blogs, specialty publications, and freelance writers. Once a reporter or blogger knows about you, the first thing they hit is your website. Writers, bloggers, and reporters work on deadlines.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

To be successful on the Social Web, nonprofits need to have a presence on mutliple social networks and should be consistently creating content that can be shared on the Social Web, such as blog posts, photos, and videos. The popular misconception that the tools themselves i.e., Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, blogging, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2009

One of the most important decisions you'll be making is selecting a photo to use. Nick O'Neill, blogger at AllFacebook, has a post that dissects the different styles of photos you commonly see on people's Facebook profiles. It's called " The 30 Standard Facebook Profile Photos." What's your photo style?

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Byte Technology

APRIL 11, 2017

It’s amazing to think that, when it was first launched, WordPress was a fairly simple and intuitive content management system designed to help the beginning blogger get their feet wet in the virtual world. It also has sections where you can insert a portfolio, staff biographies and photo galleries for your products and services.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Also, since the Google+ Pages launched after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. Post quality content to the Google+ Stream. e-Newsletter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Photo by Mythicaldude. The Cambodian Blog community has many facets, including an active group of "ex-pat" bloggers. Details Are Sketchy is an anonymous blogger who writes about life in Cambodia. John Weeks (aka jinja ) has lived in Cambodia for a long time and has been blogging for many years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The best new media managers, online community builders, bloggers, and activists will be connected and communicating with their supporters from anywhere, at any time when the need arises. There’s a good chance that much of this content will be viewed and read on “TV&# sets. 12Seconds.tv. 12Seconds.tv

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Also, since the Google+ Pages launched after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. Post quality content to the Google+ Stream. e-Newsletter.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 13, 2017

As wonderful as the WordPress content management system is, by its very nature—capable of supporting hundreds of different themes, thousands of plugins and so much more—it can be quite slow at times. The post The Fast Lane: More Ways to Speed Up Your WordPress Site appeared first on Byte Technology’s Web Design Insights Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

On June 25, 2009, I announced on my blog that I was five days away from a cross-country move and knew it would disrupt my routine, including my blogging routine. I didn't want the stress of writing posts or the stress of having a blog go dark and disappoint loyal readers. I've even lived blogged my vacations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Winner of the Creative Commons 2006 Photo Schwag Contest I believe in setting my content free. People can add and embellish your content and if you have access to the remix, it can give you new ideas. My photos and blog posts have traveled around the world! It provides a huge return on investment.

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