Care2

AUGUST 17, 2011

You convinced the bigwigs to let you start a blog for your organization, you recruited peers to join you as staff bloggers, you’ve set clear guidelines , and shared some creative blog post ideas for your staff to draw from. Your Email Newsletter. Blogger List. While you’re at it you send it to your blogger contacts.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

This week guest blogger Gail Perry is back with her top tips to help us all raise more money by mail. 112 Tips to Raise More Money by Mail. I’ve updated my annual list of Top Tips to Raise More Money by Mail with the latest 2014 research and recommendations from my favorite mail gurus. Thanks Gail! Tom Ahern).

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

In addition to her own insights, tips, and tricks, Claire curates the weekly “Clarity Click-It,” a hand-picked selection of the best articles on the web about philanthropy, fundraising, social media, and more. Learn all about how to tell stories that inspire action on the blog , or follow her on Twitter @VanessaEChase. TECHSOUP BLOG.

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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. It’s every blogger’s nightmare. million readers, hundreds of thousands of others have viewed the stories as well.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 10, 2007

Here are five of the tips I most frequently give: 1. Being an organization's blogger involves not only writing for the blog, but also building relationships with other bloggers by reading them, linking to them, commenting on their blogs and inviting them to comment on your blog. Image Credit: Tidy Tips by Cliff Hutson.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Blogger and LinkedIn both launched in 2003. All that said, as social media managers, we need to read in order have moments when we are completely immersed in a story using our brains to process words, sentences, story structure, and plot lines – not just soundbites, headlines, tweets, and pins. Good luck.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

She’s a blogger, trainer, coach, and consultant. What’s your story; how did you get started with nonprofit marketing? Stories are the best way to bring to life for people what it is you do. Stories provide the examples and the context for what nonprofits are doing.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2012

Susan Chavez is a blogger for TechSoup's Online Community team. The best advice is to take a tip from libraries and museums and curate all that information. Tweet chat participants were in near agreement in their definition of content curation: judicious selection of information to tell a story. The Human Element.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

In the comments, Sue Waters ( who was nominated for a Best Blog at Edublog ) points to some tips she wrote on her excellent blog in response to Michele's query. I got to Allan's post because of the Stephen's daily email newsletter pointing to a different post). I also wanted to link the screencasting tips in my Screencasting Primer.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2009

PostRank is a fun tool that can show a blogger which of their posts their readers engaged with the most. 3 Answers for a Young Activist Play is the Mother of Social Innovation 8 Benefits of Having a Nonprofit Blog Record Your Grandma's Stories: StoryCorps' National Day of Listening is Nov. Thanks so much for reading and sharing!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

A lot of nonprofit blogs have come on the scene in the year between these events and I feel like it is time to revise and update my "10 Ways" post to include not only ways that nonprofits can use blogs, but also engage bloggers to support their cause. 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause 1.

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See3

JANUARY 21, 2008

Beth Kanter , friend and blogger, is raising money for the Sharing Foundation, which supports kids in Cambodia. 21 Jan 2008 Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. Very much appreciate your help!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

If you've worked for a nonprofit, you know how painfully long it can take to put together a newsletter. Tip: If you're going to use your blog as a regular communication tool, please allow readers to subscribe by email as well as rss. Just because you have a blog, doesn't mean you should stop having an e-newsletter, or print newsletter.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

As part of my preparation, it seems like a good time to update my 2006 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Us Blogs , and my 2007 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause. Example: The Case Foundation's Blog includes posts from multiple staff members , including Jean Case , and guest bloggers.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 25, 2012

Author: Guest Blogger. In the nonprofit events world, we’re great at sharing mission information or providing fundraising tips like how to raise $500 in a week. In your next email or newsletter, include a story about an individual’s or teams’ fundraising success. I had an epiphany the other day.

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Care2

APRIL 14, 2009

Here are a few tips to make sure the online landscape is your friend, not your foe, even when facing a PR crisis: 1. Make sure you are hooked up to an RSS reader such as Google Reader or Netvibes to monitor everything from Twitter to Blogs to what stories hit the front page of Digg. Keep your ear to the ground at all times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

If you've worked for a nonprofit, you know how painfully long it can take to put together a newsletter. Tip: If you're going to use your blog as a regular communication tool, please allow readers to subscribe by email as well as rss. Just because you have a blog, doesn't mean you should stop having an e-newsletter, or print newsletter.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

Ask them for success stories that you can share with your boss. In general, a blog is a different communication tool than say, a newsletter. Provide rss feeds to the whole blog, and to individual bloggers' feeds so readers have a choice of how they want to subscribe. There isn't one code of ethics that all bloggers follow.

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See3

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

A common story is one where a blogger posts something and then regrets it. Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. Here’s what Yahoo! They take the post down.

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See3

AUGUST 31, 2007

It has the petition right on the home page, a URL that’s easy to remember and fits the content, the video as the center of attention right next to the form, only a few links on the page, clear and concise content, a push to get bloggers like me to host the video to get more views, and a coordinated strategy with multiple organizations.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

Care2 has achieved this by providing healthy lifestyle tips and articles through their blog and news feature, the Care2 News Network. The Care2 News Network allows users to submit news stories and vote for content that should be featured more prominently.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

Earned media is media you dont “buy” but earn the old-fashioned way - by taking the time to properly engage reporters, bloggers, and influentials about your issue. Also, when appropriate tailor your pitches to broader topics that are generating news and frame your story in a similar context. Have some more handy tips?

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See3

MAY 25, 2007

And this pressure from the bloggers acts as a feedback loop to the press, a loop that we never had before. Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. You can watch MAPLight’s video tour here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. Here's another low cost email list tool, an email newsletter application just for bloggers called Zookoda.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

I also got some great video shooting tips from Nick Booth and observations from David Wilcox which will be coming soon.). In this session we'll explore some uses for screencasting, the tools you'll need to create one, and tips and tricks for making them work. Tips and tricks to make your screencasts successful.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

I was turned on to this blog by a friend and then given it to review as part of the Nonprofit Blog Exchange , which introduces nonprofit bloggers (like me) to other nonprofit bloggers through our work. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Is Facebook and MySpace a trend?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

Let People Take Ownership "Messages are more effective if you let people develop the stories themselves, in their own words, using their own experiences." These are more tips on sending out your message, not necessarily generating it up from bottom up. Or publish them on your Web site and ask bloggers to link.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

When it comes to online fundraising, an obvious tip is to meet your current and potential donors where they are. Nonprofit bloggers including Alison Fine , Beth Kanter , Steve MacLaughlin , and Brian Reich were quick to point out that donating money on Facebook is just one of many actions people can take in support of a nonprofit or cause.

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

A good tip Brian mentioned was to deputize people to grow your network for you. Her take-aways from that activity are that internally, people love the feedback from bloggers, and externally, people love to know that you care. He said it’s important to start with stories and to have a strong call to action.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Resolution One: "I resolve to empower our supporters to tell our story, reach new people and raise funds." This section has great tips on peer-to-peer applications and discusses its benefits such as the ability to grow your database, build community and constituent loyalty and expand fundraising.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

We talked to Jeanette about her tips for what kind of impact a social media influencer and influencer-driven campaigns can make for your nonprofit. Her first tip? Media are the everyday bloggers, local groups and traditional media. That social media influence, that was the tipping point. True celebrities.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Webstats alone do not tell the story and to look at them without some knowledge about what we do and how we do it, is silly, as even Allan would concede. Other metrics we look at include: What are our sign-ups for our newsletter? Webstats alone only tell a tiny fraction of that story, if at all. What content does the best?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Check out the post for tips on how you can inspire Batkid moments at your next event. In Marc Koenig’s NPhub post, 7 Tips on Asking for Donations – It’s Intimidating, We Get It , he reminds fundraisers that asking isn’t about convincing donors to give. So get out your journals and start taking note.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

Let me explain by telling the story of how it got started. And then, in April 1997, I became a blogger. The reason I think this is a classic Internet story is that 90% of the ongoing cost of publishing that blog is my own cost of staying informed and reflecting on what I learn. Q: The blog, To-Done, has a great set of tips.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2014

What happens when 14 nonprofit experts come together to share tried-and-true donor retention strategies, tips and ideas? Chapter 5 : Donor Retention is All about the Stories You Tell. Chapter 6 : Five Steps to Newsletters that Keep Your Donors Close. On Twitter. On Twitter. Joyaux Associates. I write on @NPHub. On Twitter.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 7, 2016

She is a blogger, marketer and communications coordinator for Qgiv , an online fundraising service provider. However, the tips that we’re going to discuss in this very article are general enough for any nonprofit that is looking to move toward a more multichannel fundraising approach. What about your nonprofit?

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