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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MARCH 14, 2022

You probably want a News page for your blog (if you plan to have one), which will help you keep your site fresh. All About Your Brand: Logo, Typography, Colors, Photos, and Tone What do you want the look and feel of your site to be? and it is communicated through your logo, typography, colors, photo style, and tone or voice.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

They push info out to donors and they forget that communication is a two-way street. If all your communications are one-sided (you pushing info at them), that gets old fast and the relationship starts to fall apart. Regular updates for your blog, including heart-warming stories, photos, and video showing your mission in action.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Something in the photos and the language on the page pulled me in and made me care. A photo accompanied by a concise story or a short video with an attention-grabbing headline should be right there to introduce your visitor to the essence of your organization’s work. Don’t lead with a photo from your latest fundraiser.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

How do think your target audiences will prefer to get info for this initiative? Plan for any additional staff and budget needed for technology, design, content, online advertising, and other implementation costs for the year. Plan for any meetings needed to solicit content or input from departments and outside support contractors.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

As we can see, the most widely used social media site is Facebook, and in last, blogs. The 140-character limit to each post means that content has to be concise and much more in "the now," than say, a blog post. Here are the results of one of the live polls conducted during the webinar: Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

Click To Play I've been exploring about how a teacher or parent might seek out video blog content that is educational for kids not yet ready to mix their own. It was one of a number of videos created for the Halloween Video Blog Festival. Imogen Heap Info For Remixers. Later, I went and looked over at blip.tv

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Participants were a mix of CEOs and senior staff. This blog post is a summary of my notes from the day. ” Chelsea took a photo with her Smartphone and posted it on the Reddit, a community aggregation site where content is ranked and rated. He said that photo sharing is really social grooming. Digital Trends.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 25, 2006

To inspire more Have Fun * Do Good readers to start their own blogs, I asked one of my fav do * good women bloggers, Siel, or Greeen LA Girl , why she started blogging. Why did you start blogging? Once I did the research, I knew I couldn't let that info disappear without letting others know about it. Thus, the blog.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 7, 2007

Nik inquired as to how I feel about museum blogs. what's your take on museums that keep blogs? In general, yes, I think that museums maintaining blogs is an effective, cheap way to get changing content out to the public frequently. However, there are many different approaches to take--as there are with blogs in general.

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MARCH 4, 2009

It’s about the content and how it’s written—and sadly it’s usually the piece of a website that gets the least amount of attention. Remember, content is still king. Here’s a list of 10 best practices you can follow when working on your site content.

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APRIL 28, 2021

In addition to the info-packed sessions and workshops, these conferences provide invaluable opportunities to connect with other fundraisers, share ideas, and encourage each other. . We’ve seen fun games, raffles, photo booths, coffee stations, and more! One of the best ways to do that is to attend occasional nonprofit conferences.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

What makes a Twitter chat different than a blog post, for example, is that the conversation is 1. A blog post has, like this, one person writing it and sharing it at the end for comments. I’m a huge proponent of blogs (obviously) but didn’t want to give up on the chat when Twitter was misbehaving. real time, and 2.

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APRIL 27, 2009

Photo and video uploading. Google shared these pearls of wisdom to the crowd for best practices when using the free blogging service: Custom domains are preferable to FTP so use the URL of your choice. Syndicate your content using Feedburner. Free domain mapping. 41 languages. Scheduling posts to be published at a future date.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

This is the sixth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

Audience size, breadth, and depth: If your organization has big lists, lots of traffic to your website or blog or social media pages, or big crowds at events, there are many ways to turn this into a donor benefit. A dedicated blog post about the sponsorship. Photo and Bio. News release mentioning the benefactors.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

Select the file blog-generic-nonprofit-logo.eps and click Place. Bonus: Photoshop is the ultimate photo-editing program, so it's the best for editing photos and other rasterized images. Bonus: We chose 1,200 as the pixel value because it's the maximum width for content on Facebook and Twitter. Place the Logo.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

Select the file blog-generic-nonprofit-logo.eps and click Place. Bonus: Photoshop is the ultimate photo-editing program, so it's the best for editing photos and other rasterized images. Bonus: We chose 1,200 as the pixel value because it's the maximum width for content on Facebook and Twitter. Place the Logo.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

Flickr Photo by Chi King The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to draft America's national broadband plan. Read the quick facts below, see Free Press for more info, and comment today ! (If Without effective deterrents, Internet providers will continue to discriminate against lawful content.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

There have been lots of blog posts about Spock, mostly negative. communities, from LinkedIn to Flickr to … Amazon.com, keeps track of your contacts content. communities, from LinkedIn to Flickr to … Amazon.com, keeps track of your contacts content. Then, for the creepy part. I joined Spokeo. tool to jump in.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

An editorial calendar is basically just a content map or a guide that helps you map out your nonprofit’s content (including social media) for the year. Whether your content is original (you’ve created it yourself) or shared from someone else, the goal is always to get your followers to interact and have a conversation with you.

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JANUARY 14, 2009

How are standard links at the top (such as Tell A Friend) and content areas (such as a Letter From The Editor area) performing? Gather demographic info if you don’t already have it. For example: “5 Things You Can Do To Break Your Bottled Water Habit.&# [Did you notice the title of this blog post, by the way?

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APRIL 9, 2009

Flickr Photo: amanky It makes me really happy when folks set up their own events inside the NTC. If you're planning anything for the NTC, let us know so we can highlight it here on the blog. If you're planning anything for the NTC, let us know so we can highlight it here on the blog. And don't forget to follow 09NTC on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2007

Photo from John Kenyon. Readers of this blog might recall that John and I got a chance to do some training session in the UK last January and I did a video blog post interview with him. His post would be the perfect blog post. s NTC in content and structure with a variety of topics and demonstrations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 4, 2015

At a minimum include these event details, typically called Race Info , on your promotional pieces and on your website. If you're planning a half-marathon or marathon event, your FAQ Section will need to include additional categories and content. These are in alpha order, but you'll want to organize them in the order or importance.

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MARCH 2, 2021

Facebook has its merits, but it might show your organic content — the content you don’t pay for — to only 3 to 5 percent of your followers. . Facebook is loud and crowded with content competing for attention. Include a compelling photo with this post — and every post — to attract more attention! Share a blog post.

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MAY 26, 2021

Add a high-quality photo to your online donation form. One of the simplest changes you can make to your online donation form is adding a great photo to the top of your page. But how do you know which photo will work? Keep the overall tone of your picture happy or positive—uplifting photos generally outperform sad ones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

campaign's objective was to encourage social media activists to show solidarity with the Red Cross by displaying Red Cross PSAs, videos, photos, widgets, on their online spaces. Our key objective was to make a viral splash, to spread dynamic content, to increase donations to the ARC Disaster Relief Fund. The Social Media Roadblock.

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AUGUST 21, 2022

You hustle through it, making up whatever content comes to mind just so you can click “Send” and move on to the next thing on your never-ending list. And don’t worry about sending too much – as long as the content is valuable to the donor, they won’t mind. Show photos from the front line.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

How are standard links at the top (such as Tell A Friend) and content areas (such as a Letter From The Editor area) performing? Gather demographic info if you don’t already have it. ” [Did you notice the title of this blog post, by the way? 60) Search « What Makes A Campaign Go Viral?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

As part of TechSoup's do-it-yourself month, Nonprofits Live (NPLive) featured a discussion of blogging. Blogging is a great way for organizations to communicate and establish themselves as thought leaders. Thurman has been blogging about leadership, nonprofits, and social media since 2007. Sources of Content.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

But Wally Wood inspired this post, and got me thinking about how we approach the task of content creation. Report back from colleagues Your organization is full of people with inside info — field staff, development officers, policy experts. Photo courtesy of US Forest Service This photo was taken just yesterday.

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AUGUST 1, 2022

Full contact info. Comment on your blog post. Use graphics, charts, photos, and video to break up the text and give the reader some eye candy. It’s like a flare, warning donors that the contents will be just as bland as the subject line. Social media links. Sign up for monthly giving. Buy an event ticket. Good images.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

If life is a chessboard, content is still king. He is talking about on the Web, in terms of content, but I think that also, it works in terms of life. We've done audio, we've done video, we've done text, and we've done some photo slide shows. I would love to do an info. I often say that, "Collaboration is queen."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Session Content 1. link] wildlifewatch Not only that, but it shows how we took our return from this experiment and placed it within the programs website to show more dynamic content and interaction possibilities. Spay Day Photo Contest Page LOL Seals 4. Who knew that there were poets on Twitter? Oh my god, take a look.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2005

While checking my links in Technorati last month, I came across a link from a blog named "Darkstar.org" and wasn't sure who it was. Are you maintaining a personal or organizational blog? I still keep a blog. Darkstar.org and a surfing blog. (BK Do you think there is a value in blogging for nonprofits?

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

We soon agreed to the strategy below, Tumblr agreed to promote the blog through its communication vehicles, and we launched MCONideas.tumblr.com in late June with high hopes. Share info from MCON 2013. Post-MCON engagement: Promote event videos/photos. Share educational and inspirational content. Debut videos/films.

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