Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. If your nonprofit has yet to start a blog or already blogs but struggles with ideas for fresh content, then hopefully the 11 blog content ideas listed below will help. That said, mix it up!

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

While we are definitely not experts (every day we discover something new), we wanted to share what we have learned over the past year doing social media video. While video views are nice, we measure our success by engagement—using likes, comments, saves, or shares as our metrics. We tie our videos to our blog posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2014

Meal Sharing (@MealSharing) May 13, 2014. In an earlier blog post , I shared a framework from Jeremiah Owyang that describes the different sub-sectors of this economy – from sharing homes to sharing food to crowdfunding. One of the categories is “food swapping” or “food sharing.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

This is the eighth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. For example, Plan International’s website : 2) Post 2-3 times weekly to your LinkedIn Page and respond to your followers. For example: 1.

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Candid

MARCH 14, 2024

At the Nonprofit Marketing Summit earlier this month, I shared how we do this—from how we rethought why we are on social media and our process for repurposing content (without getting too repetitive). We highlight trends in the sector, drill down into nonprofit data, offer tips for fundraising and grantwriting, and share free resources.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Plain Language Example #1 . Plain Language Example #2. For example: yourwebsite.org/impact. Feature your landing page on the right bar of your blog. Add an opt-in form to your website and blog. Segment Your Email List > Example Email Schedule. For example: yourwebsite.org/tribute-gifts.

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

"You should get back to blogging." I love blogging. I miss blogging. One of the many reasons I let this blog get stale was the amount of time I now spend on iOS. Other than that, I'm on an iPhone or iPad and I blog best first thing in the morning. Tagged: Blogging , Poster , WordPress.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

She shared a few highlights from Microsoft’s recent nonprofit sector research. You can watch the video here as well as the human curated resources shared and a Copilot created summary transcript here. These examples of micro productivity examples can applied easily to working.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Blog: pancan.org/blog. Comments and Likes on Facebook and LinkedIn postings, retweets and replies on Twitter, and comments on YouTube videos), (3) increase in fan base on the social networking outlets. Averaging 200 interactions per post on Facebook (this includes comments, likes and wall posts). gid=104492.

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Candid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Last year, we shared our crowdsourced list of red flags that funders look for in grant proposals—the things that immediately reveal the weak points in an application and raise questions about the organization’s credibility. Not surprisingly, the question we got most in response to that article was: What are green flags for funders?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 2, 2010

blog posts asking for your feedback, each with a specific topic and options. blog posts and conversations. case studies or examples. Please share your responses in the comments – that way others can respond/reply to your feedback as well as leave their own. Please share your ideas and feedback!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. If your nonprofit has yet to start a blog or already blogs but struggles with ideas for fresh content, then hopefully the 11 blog content ideas listed below will help. That said, mix it up!

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 10, 2010

As readers of this blog know, I often mention the idea of “movement building.&# In those conversations, we realized that we probably had some good examples to share and case studies to provide; but we also realized that there were many, many more people we wanted to be having the conversation with! Join & Contribute.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 9, 2010

As I recently announced , I’m collaborating with Matt Chevy on a redesign of this website to freshen up the design, make presentations, resources and case studies all easier to find, and surface the rich conversations taking place in the comments. Thanks to everyone who shared opinions and those who I know will continue to weigh in.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

We’ll share more after the session and dive into some of the questions we’ll tackle here: Everything’s changing so fast, is everyone already using AI? For example: I want you to act as an average college student in the Midwest. Drafting inbound message and comment response templates. If you aren’t attending NTC, don’t worry!

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Before kicking off your #GivingTuesday (on November 28 th this year) and year-end giving campaign, send fun social media posts, emails, or postcards thanking your supporters and sharing an impact story to remind them what their contributions made possible. Host a holiday appreciation event—not a fundraiser—in the midst of Giving Season.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Blog: wfwnotesfromthefield.wordpress.com. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and the Notes from the Field WordPress blog. That is the essence/purpose of social media to me: sharing our stories or experiences in hopes that someone else will relate, reach out or spread the word. Title: Multimedia/Online Coordinator. Book Tour ?. ?

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Candid

APRIL 4, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll not only explore the importance of building strong networks and how to find the folks with whom to prioritize building relationships. Consider leaving positive comments or resharing funders’ content with your social network to increase your visibility—and theirs.

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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. Carmen left me a follow up comment. 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. staff and volunteers.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2021

If you’re part of an organization or business, or even just an individual with a blog, chances are you know that you need a presence on Facebook. But navigating the best way to share your message on Facebook can be…overwhelming. Here’s the long and short of it: if you want to share personal information, make a Facebook page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

Note from Beth: We featured Momsrising in our book, The Networked Nonprofit , as an example of a nonprofit that was born as a Networked Nonprofit. Using Social Media to Leverage Family Stories: MomsRising Shares Lessons Learned. Dawn was invited by the White House to fly to Virginia to share her story in person with President Obama.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 1, 2022

In today’s post, I’m sharing 10 engaging non-profit newsletters ideas that you can use in your next newsletter campaign. As long as the issue or the cause of the news is aligned with your organization's efforts, then it would be a great idea to make a newsletter commenting on the news. 10 ENGAGING NON-PROFIT NEWSLETTER IDEAS 1.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

i This year, we asked survey respondents to share how much of their total giving in fiscal year end 2021 and 2022 was awarded as general operating support. Some commented that they were sharing a “very rough number” or a “best guess.” Every year, Candid surveys large U.S. Candid’s U.S.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Do you analyze it, report it, or share it with your stakeholders? Consider anonymizing the comments before you share them to minimize any unintended bias. Are organizations of a certain size more likely to abandon an application or submit it late, for example. For example: Does your application represent your mission?

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Candid

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Find the posts from the last year that had the most likes and comments. This is a great way to get some easy content ready to share, while also reminding your audience of the amazing things you’ve done over the last year. Whatever you do, make sure you’re always responding to comments. Just make sure you get permission!

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Maybe you’ve also taken the next step of strengthening your stakeholder community by engaging in back and forth dialog online – whether in existing social spaces like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, or in a custom built online community. Consider how you can support more robust knowledge sharing. Knowledge is a lofty word.

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Candid

AUGUST 30, 2023

While I am happy to share my perspective, trends are, by nature, always changing and have varying impacts depending on your nonprofit’s function. For example, a growth or decrease in individual giving might be vitally important to your nonprofit but totally irrelevant to others (like those primarily funded by government sources.)

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

Here are a few examples: Increase awareness and expand your audience: success is measured by an increase in followers, but you could also track things like shares, reposts, and retweets. Create an engaged online community: success is measured by an increase in engagement, particularly comments and re-shares.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

So, I asked by Madeleine Hammond, who wrote a guest post about 7 Nonprofit Videos on Vine and Instagram , to take a look at a few stellar nonprofit examples. 5 Examples of Non-Profits Using Cats… And a Dog guest post by Madeleine Hammond. Here’s just 4 of the best examples who have done just that….

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

From sharing your mission to advertising fundraising campaigns, social media offers plenty of opportunities to help you boost your fundraising efforts. And it’s a direct line where you can share the work you do with your supporters to provide transparency and motivate your community for action. Engagement. Transparency.

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NTEN

AUGUST 19, 2011

One of the most prominent attributes of NTEN members is the willingness to share: ideas, tips, lessons learned. This week we saw some great examples of members sharing their smarts and their suggestions - and have pulled some of the best together in this round up. Have more news to share? Anything we missed?

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Candid

JUNE 29, 2023

i (See previous blogs from the 2022 and 2021 surveys.) ii This year, because we received so much rich information about foundations’ giving practices and priorities, we will share the findings in a three-part blog series. In this first blog, we outline what we learned about annual giving and payout in 2022.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2011

We know that there’s a real person actually writing the blog posts or the tweets, so let us see who they are. Share interesting stuff. Share photos and video. I’m a big believer in finding a good example to go by and I have a good one to share with you. Leave a comment and share your favorites.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 15, 2011

When I give talks about nonprofit blogging, I often use the Case Foundation's blog as an example of a juicy blog. It's easy to share. . It's easy to share. Each post has buttons at the top for people to share it on Facebook, Twitter, via email, etc. It has a blog roll. It's easy to subscribe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

.” 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. It’s every blogger’s nightmare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2012

And that’s just what happened to the HSUS Farm Animal Protection campaign, an effort to call attention to and reduce the suffering of farm animals raised for eggs, meat, pork, and milk. The above photo and statement was posted on Friday and within 48 hours was shared over 21,000 times, 18,000 likes, and thousands of comments.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 26, 2024

For example, nonprofits with technical expertise or that work with technology consultants may create optimized online spaces for donors that make giving easy and teach supporters about their nonprofit through interactive content. A few examples of these are: Social media ads. Dedicated supporters may want to fundraise on your behalf.

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