Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI. If your nonprofit is making five or more of the 10 mistakes below, odds are that training and a re-examination of your social-media strategy are required.

Social Media 277

Social Media Avatar Media Ratio 277

TechImpact

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Twitter’s most recent update now allows thumbnails of images to appear in feeds. People around this time are taking a load off and are relaxing with some social networking over the lunch table. Twitter’s information turnover rate is extremely high and its users only want to follow accounts that are active. Tweet pictures.

Twitter 254

Twitter Tips Nonprofit Avatar 254

TechImpact

JANUARY 28, 2014

Subscribe to our blog for daily tips and information to help streamline your nonprofit’s tech growth. Here are 5 changes that social media experienced in 2013 that your nonprofit may have missed according to Resource Media. Instagram is quickly catching the two social networking giants and is not expected to stop.

Social Media 263

Social Media Media Social Nonprofit 263

OneCause

JUNE 15, 2023

At its core, Peer-to-Peer fundraising (also known as peer-to-peer or Social Fundraising) refers to any fundraiser that uses supporter networks to raise money for your cause. Yep, your fundraisers’ social networks are here to help at year-end! Update Progress: Have ways for individuals to see the collective impact.

Campaign 52

Campaign Giving Fundraising Social Network 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

Social networking communities are migrant communities, but that’s another blog post. Those that read my blog regularly know I am annoyed with Community Pages , but Facebook redeemed itself a bit for me by authenticating the Page. and in the News Feed of your Fans. and in the News Feed of your Fans.

Facebook 202

Facebook Poll Myspace Offline 202

Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Known as the largest professional social networking platform, LinkedIn is the go-to resource for millions of job-seekers, professionals, and businesses to network and connect. For nonprofits, LinkedIn can be a valuable tool to add to your social media toolbox. Network and create an outreach strategy.

Linkedin 52

Linkedin Social Media Practice Media 52

Greater Giving

AUGUST 27, 2021

While they may have less giving capacity, Millennials and Gen Z donors are highly capable peer-to-peer fundraisers, with broad social media networks information can travel quickly. Activate young donors’ social networks to spread your story and encourage collective action. Embrace small donations!

Trend 105

Trend Donor Giving Social Media 105

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. IconsPedia :: iconspedia.com/pack/social-me-1467. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.

Fun 236

Fun Resource Stats Wikipedia 236

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

What reading level is your blog? Most NpTech blogs are high school level. Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits.

Social Network 50

Social Network Nptech Tag Network 50

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc.

Fun 277

Fun Resource Audio Stats 277

TechImpact

JUNE 24, 2014

Whether to make us work harder, or make a little bit of extra cash , Facebook’s new algorithm has made the social network a pay to play model, making it difficult for nonprofits to penetrate their Likers’ news feeds. Inform the community? Here are 5 ways your nonprofit can start to increase its reach starting today.

Facebook 142

Facebook Meme Social Media News 142

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

This year, it has become increasingly clear to me that the barrage of incoming electronic information, and the ways I engage and respond to it is causing me to lose my way. Reading or posting on any other social network (Twitter, Google+, Diaspora, etc.). Reading RSS feeds or Google News. Blogging or reading Blogs.

Laptop 161

Laptop Movie Game Phone 161

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Also, since Google+ Business Profiles will launch 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. Under “Contributor to” enter your nonprofit’s blog and social networking profiles if you contribute to them.

Google 204

Google Practice Profile Avatar 204

Wild Apricot

APRIL 16, 2010

You've got bookmarks for websites you need to check daily, online tools, news alerts for tracking your nonprofit's keywords and issues, email, social networks, RSS feeds for favorite blogs… It's all too easy to miss vital information, or to waste a great deal of time checking for updates. read more ). read more ).

Web 68

Web Time Widget RSS 68

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

If your nonprofit assists the poor, share a story of someone who finally secured employment or got a raise and can now feed their family and buy their kids new shoes for the school year. Other ways that social media has negatively affected the nonprofit sector that we need to be aware of and deal with? Information overload?

Social Media 248

Social Media Media Social Internet 248

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

The “leaderless” organizing of the Occupy Wall Street movement has helped avoid strategic arrests or censorship but has also prompted a powerful use of social technologies. Over the past few years, the use of social technologies during disaster response has become a central component to news and information delivery.

Technology 189

Technology Learning Audio New York 189

Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

They educate and entertain viewers quickly, feeding information to them in a comfortable, effective way. Information that is delivered in an impact video should resound with a level of importance and urgency that goes beyond your other types of videos. Impact Videos. This is the power player in your video message toolbox.

Video 87

Video Nonprofit Images Awareness 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

I'm moving beyond monitoring the NpTech tagged items and meta feeds to incorporate nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, friend feeds, and networks. The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. t make for a good party game?

Summary 50

Summary Social Network Nptech Practice 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But a good CMS can also facilitate constituent relationships in a number of other ways, including facilitating comments, blogs and social media. Allowing visitors to sign in using their Facebook and Twitter accounts can make it easier for them to share your nonprofit’s information with their networks and followers.

Websites 104

Websites Social Facilitation RSS 104

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

From there we were inspired to scale social good through technology. Here’s our blog post that explains our story. In the age of the social network, new sites want to be “the hub” for information/engagement and the non-profit space is no different. It works similarly to your Facebook feed.

Interview 213

Interview Public Uganda Profit 213

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

Here are some live blogging notes from the SXSW session. The creation and communication of this knowledge occurs in social networks of relationships, empowered by social media. What is social media? - Blogs, wikis, social network platforms, forums, chats: aka user generated content, conversations, communities.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Social Green 100

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Amazingly enough, the description of the patent sounds, well, pretty much like any social network we’ve seen over the years, including Facebook."

Web 105

Web Netsquared Bookmarking Amazon 105

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

If after asking yourself the 10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project, you've decided that a blog is good tool for you, consider incorporating the following 10 elements of an effective nonprofit, or do-good blog into your blogging strategy: 1.

Effective 41

Effective Blogher Technorati Blogger 41

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Come join me in a discussion about how to effectively pump up your professional network with social networking tools over at Social Edge beginning on September 23rd. Professional networking --meeting and connecting with people who can help you get things done-- is an indispensable skill for social entrepreneurs.

Social Network 50

Social Network Network Discussion Professional 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? era websites.

Social Network 50

Social Network Nptech Tag Summary 50

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Have you tried Jumo?

Web 117

Web Bookmarking Facebook Hunger 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while is review my blog content for the year and select the "Top 10" posts or the "best of" posts. Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. You can actually go back and review your entire feed. Harry: A Green Geek.

ROI 50

ROI Widget Metrics Cambodia 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

The work involves sifting, sorting, arranging, and publishing information. But, with so much information available and coming at us from many sources, we often don’t know if it’s the right information or if it’s current. Content Curation Provides Value from the Inside Out.

Content 139

Content Skills Feeds Tutorial 139

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

This year, it has become increasingly clear to me that the barrage of incoming electronic information, and the ways I engage and respond to it is causing me to lose my way. Reading or posting on any other social network (Twitter, Google+, Diaspora, etc.). Reading RSS feeds or Google News. Blogging or reading Blogs.

Laptop 100

Laptop Movie Game Phone 100

NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

" The blur between our personal and professional identities on social networking sites may seem all too obvious, but the issue is becoming more prevalent as we use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as professional networking tools. Personal Information. The answer: it's a huge gray area. Know the Risks.

Social Media 100

Social Media Professional Personal Practice 100

Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2013

For content creators, a news story can inspire a moving blog or article. Social media and community staff rely on RSS readers to find interesting and share-worthy articles for Facebook or Twitter. praised Digg Reader for its clean, minimal design and rich social media features. More Resources.

RSS 52

RSS Digg Feeds Bookmarking 52

Care2

JULY 17, 2007

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!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

Social Network 74

Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). MyBlogLog is a service that shows blog writers and readers the faces and profile information of other MyBlogLog users that visit their sites."

Wikispaces 111

Wikispaces Wiki Web Unconference 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

I was lucky enough to attend a breakout session called "The Fritz and Sauce Method For Dealing With Information Overload" conducted by Stuart Jones from the Old Milang School House Project. Stuart gave a great presentation on how to avoid that awful overwhelmed feeling we feel from dealing with digital information.

Method 50

Method Conference Australia Skype 50

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Though the social networking behemoth continues creeping toward 700 million global users, six million Americans quit the site in the month of May. ."

Web 114

Web Norway Russia Mexico 114

Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

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!" So, which one social network should you consider for your next campaign?

Demographics 28

Demographics Social Network Social Media Network 28

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). So today I’m really excited to launch the Knowledge Graph, which will help you discover new information quickly and easily.

Web 117

Web San Francisco Bookmarking Search 117