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Threads for Nonprofits: 5 Tips for the Early Adoption Phase

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit Tech for Good launched in 2005 as a Myspace page and in the 18 years since we’ve been through multiple early adoption phases of new social media — first Facebook and Twitter and then on to LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr. There are no direct messages, bookmarks, polls, or ads on Threads (yet).

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Phase Adopt Tips Social Media

9 Fundraising Tools to Watch in 2015

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2015

Over the last six months Nonprofit Tech for Good has bookmarked over 50 fundraising tools to prepare for this blog post. When the time came to write the post, at least 25% of the fundraising tools had shut down. That said, the nine fundraising tools listed below are good ideas whose time has time come. SnapDonate.

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Tools Fundraising United States Bookmarking

10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Today, nonprofits worldwide have access to online fundraising tools that could not have been imagined at the turn of the millennium, and current best practices are shaped by 20+ years of innovation and experimentation. birthday campaigns ( Facebook Fundraisers ), and for timely, news-driven events (Black Lives Matter).

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Practice Online Fundraising Nonprofit

Webinars

How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

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Lists As Part of Your Content Strategy: A Short List of Tips and Tools

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

X Number of Tips, Resources, Tools, Things, Shortcuts Lists : Anytime you can create content that has a headline like X number , it screams easy to skim and useful. Take for example, John Haydon’s ” 8 Ways To Get More Reach With Your Facebook Page.” Short List of List Making Tools for Content Curation.

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Content Tools Bookmarking FAQ

10 Essential Tools for the Nonprofit New Media Manager on the Go

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

They will Tweet from location, break news on Facebook, send out group text calls to action, document in real-time photos and videos, and blog report backs live from events as they unfold. A smartphone or tablet will be their primary tool. There’s a good chance that much of this content will be viewed and read on “TV&# sets.

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Blackberry Tools Media Management

Sping Cleaning: Taking Inventory of your Social Media Tools

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

But what about taking an inventory of your social media tools? Twitter Karma is a great tool to use if you want to inventory your Twitter community, clean up any nonreciprocal followers, or simply evaluate your lists. Do you have a group or use a fan page to create a community space for your organization on Facebook?

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Social Media Tools Media Ning

Senior-Friendly Tools To Get Grandma Wired

NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

She now uses Google Search, reads her news online, sends and receives email, and even uses Facebook to check-in with family and friends. That said, she understands the power of these tools, and relishes the opportunity to learn more. These are the tools that I used to get my Grandmother started: Google Search - So simple!

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Tools Skype Netsquared Bookmarking

Great reads from around the web on October 25th

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 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). Chris Anderson explains how this new paradigm reflects the inevitable course of capitalism.

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Web Romania Indiana San Francisco

Great reads from around the web on November 16th

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 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). It's a smart idea, but you should think twice before you consider ditching your current email address for Facebook email. Here's why."

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Web Bookmarking Pledge Facebook

Great reads from around the web on December 22nd

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 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). But in almost all cases, it turns out, the humble Facebook wall itself steals the show.

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Web Bookmarking Beginner Social Media

Great reads from around the web on January 25th

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 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). There are so many other tools and platforms that are exciting, innovative, incredibly engaging, and beautiful. " Check it out! ."

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Web Bookmarking Contest Storytelling

Great reads from around the web on May 17th

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 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). "Welcome to the pre-release version of Aspiration's eAdvocacy Readiness Tools. Well, the folks at facebook have put it all in one place for you!

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Web Bookmarking Charity Facebook

Great reads from around the web on September 16th

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 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). Thanks, Debra, for a thorough guide!

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Web Bookmarking Social Media Delicious

Great reads from around the web on March 2nd

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 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). Or are social media ranking tools an example of more kool-aid mix being added to the overflowing punch bowl? Are you a leader or a follower?

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Web Plugin Influence Award

Great reads from around the web on June 13th

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). That's the first time Facebook has lost U.S. users in over a year. The site also posted losses in Canada, the U.K.,

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Web Norway Russia Mexico

Great reads from around the web on April 21st

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 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). " Tags: roundup bestpractice bookmarks campaigning community list lists nonprofits nptech organizing postalicious resources socialmedia sxsw tools.

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Web Bookmarking Social Media Austin

Great reads from around the web on January 15th

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 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). …That means setting aside our shiny online tools and tactics long enough to ensure that we're using them to deliver real impact."

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Web Haiti Bookmarking Lesson

Great reads from around the web on December 2nd

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 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). ReputationOnline » Blog Archive » Jonathan Waddingham on ‘Can you turn fans into consumers?’

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Web Bookmarking Metrics Twitter

Great reads from around the web on October 18th

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 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). Some people say we're in the midst of a revolution where the new tools of social media are reinventing social activism in vital ways.

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Web Bookmarking Copyright Photography

Crazy for the Tools

NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

By Steve Backman, President, Database Designs To close out our month-long look at some of the best tools for nonprofits, Steve Backman tells you about some of his favorite day-to-day software. Favorite software tools are all about managing processes fluidly. Central Deskop has also added a tool.

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Tools Synchronous Doc Jing

Great reads from around the web on August 15th

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 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). Like ‘how many times can I invite my Facebook friends to a fundraising event before it’s considered spam? Doing Good.

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Web Wikipedia Bookmarking Facebook

Three Cheap Tools to Measure Blogs and Social Media

Care2

APRIL 18, 2011

Want to know how big organizations like the National Wildlife Federation track some of their social media social bookmarking? It provides a: Breakdown of networks (Delicious, Digg, Facebook, etc) and you’re super users for these sites as well as tips on how to engage the audience.

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Social Media Measure Tools Media

Great reads from around the web on November 24th

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 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). Now, John is looking to replicate the process but focus on Facebook. Have you always wanted to be a 'climate insider'?

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Web Bookmarking Interview Delicious

Great reads from around the web on July 8th

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 8, 2009

" Facebook Users Are Getting Older. Much Older. - "Analytics company iStrategyLabs has examined the demographics stats from Facebook (Facebook)’s Social Ads platform, and they’ve reached some very interesting conclusions. Facebook’s userbase, as a whole, is getting much older very fast."

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San Francisco Camera Web Bookmarking

Great reads from around the web on April 12th

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 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). Twitter, Facebook and Google tools have already been used for market research, sales predictions and targeted advertising.

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Web Bookmarking Google NTEN

Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 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). " The US will use Twitter and Facebook to issue terror alerts – "The U.S. What does it mean for community change?"

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Web Disaster Japan Org

Great reads from around the web on December 2nd

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). Our intent is to provide a space for just-in-time answers and share best practices at no charge." " Have you tried Jumo? ." " Have you tried Jumo?

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Web Bookmarking Facebook Hunger

Great reads from around the web on January 26th

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 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). We know that tools (aka tactics) are what help us implement a strategy, not what it is built around. Well, I wish you lots of luck and good fortune."

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Web Contest Philanthropy Bookmarking

Great reads from January 8th

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 8, 2009

Are you using the tools in the right way to meet these three questions? There’s nearly unlimited tools out there, take the time to think it through." Tags: roundup bookmarks. how was technology changed? what’s your goal? If so, have you considered or chosen a Group or Page? What are the differences?

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Bookmarking Delicious Journal Social Media

Great reads from around the web on June 19th

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 19, 2009

Study: Nonprofits flocking to social media - Fall River, MA - The … - "The study, conducted by CMR Director Nora Ganim Barnes and marketing consultant Eric Mattson, found 89 percent of charitable and nonprofit organizations are using some form of social media: blogs, Facebook, Twitter and others. Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Portland Web Bookmarking Kiva

Great reads from around the web on July 29th

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 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). on Twitter and Facebook. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Web Bookmarking Twitter Social Media

Great reads from around the web on February 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 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. … But that was then and this is now.

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Web ROI Bookmarking Phase

Great reads from around the web on October 27th

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 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). For many nonprofits, it’s far more obvious that such tools can be useful than how to use them. Event management? How about fundraising?

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Web Bookmarking Social Media Advocacy

Great reads from around the web on April 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 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). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Web Map Bookmarking Conversation

Great reads from around the web on May 17th

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 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). For those who are not converts it does seem to be the latest in a line of social media tools that everyone thinks you should be using.

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Web Wikipedia Bookmarking Wiki

10 Tools and Strategies to Market Your Nonprofit on a Shoe-String Budget

Care2

JULY 14, 2009

If your nonprofit is not taking advantage of free tools like Add This , a widget that encourages users to share your organizations articles or webpages on the most popular social networks or branded toolbars like FreeCause , then your nonprofit is missing out on some big marketing opportunities. Bonus points!

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Marketing Widget Adwords Listserv

Great reads from around the web on October 9th

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Mobile phones, texting, facebook, and Twitter are just a few of the ways in which relationships are being redefined, established, and maintained by technology. Tags: roundup bookmarks. This kind of behavior could be what solidifies the relationship as a long-term contribution (from both sides). "Of You tell us, we add to the map."

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Web Map Bookmarking Offline

Great reads from around the web on June 12th

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 12, 2009

Case Study: World Vision’s ‘Week For Children’ | Bright One - Check out this case study of World Vision's "Week for Children" - World Vision is a UK charity, and this case study discusses the use of various social media tools (include Facebook, Flickr, Yoube, Twitter, and Blogs) for the Week for Children campaign.

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Case Study Wiki Web Bookmarking

Great reads from around the web on January 24th

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 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). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Web Indiana Case Study Bookmarking

Great reads from around the web on March 30th

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 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). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

Web

Web Journal Children Global

Great reads from around the web on March 3rd

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 3, 2009

Facebook | we20 - the best reason to get your friends together this year - Do you know about the we20 project? " Check out the Facebook Group for more information. " Tags: roundup bookmarks. These are some links I wanted to share from March 3rd. Find me on Delicious for more! Members of we20.org

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Web Bookmarking Delicious Org

Guest Post by Allyson Kapin: Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

If your nonprofit is not taking advantage of free tools like Add This , a widget that encourages users to share your organizations articles or webpages on the most popular social networks or branded toolbars like FreeCause , then your nonprofit is missing out on some big marketing opportunities. Bonus points!

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Track Social Media Tools Widget

Great reads from around the web on June 6th

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). Salesforce had acquired collaboration tool company Stypi in May 2012, as well as social media monitoring platform Radian6 in March 2011."

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Web San Francisco Bookmarking Search

Web Analytics Resources for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2013

There are also analytics tools that look at your social media presence, such as how many people are visiting your site from Facebook, Twitter, etc. Google Analytics is the most popular web analytics tools out there due to its easy-to-access web interface and fairly straightforward features. Please share in the comments below!

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Analytics Web Resource Tutorial

Threads for Nonprofits: 5 Tips for the Early Adoption Phase

9 Fundraising Tools to Watch in 2015

Webinars

Trending Sources

10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Webinars

Lists As Part of Your Content Strategy: A Short List of Tips and Tools

10 Essential Tools for the Nonprofit New Media Manager on the Go

Sping Cleaning: Taking Inventory of your Social Media Tools

Senior-Friendly Tools To Get Grandma Wired

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Crazy for the Tools

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Three Cheap Tools to Measure Blogs and Social Media

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10 Tools and Strategies to Market Your Nonprofit on a Shoe-String Budget

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Guest Post by Allyson Kapin: Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools

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Web Analytics Resources for Nonprofits

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