Care2

JUNE 4, 2012

Earlier this spring, NTEN surveyed readers of the NTEN:Change Journal (a quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders) to find out how they were using their various communications channels (like their website, Twitter and Facebook profiles, as well as direct email).

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 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 much of the citizenry isn’t able to broadcast themselves, their stories are being told and amplified by reporters.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

After enduring social distancing during the past year, social media is now a primary channel for connecting with friends, family members, and nonprofits alike! Focus on building one-on-one relationships, rather than simply broadcasting information. For example, you can: Create Facebook groups. Create Twitter groups.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

With millions surfing the web at any given moment, social channels have proven to be super valuable as a way to keep in touch with friends and family ? Like any other marketing channel, you have to know what you’re working towards to promote your cause effectively. Run interesting Twitter polls. Consider this example from St.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 13, 2021

For example, if you are running a virtual conference and you want to live stream each of the presenters, then you will need a video and audio source, encoder, and all of the other connectivity resources for each in order to stream them simultaneously. . For example, someone might slip on the audio and accidentally say a swear word.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Social proof is particularly powerful when famous people are setting the example. You can then make each testimonial a piece of content for your social channels by quoting the best parts in an image. Identify Your Unique Value Proposition & Broadcast it to Your Audience. Harrison has over 61.5k

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

nonprofitorgs and Twitter username. Having multiple hashtags for different sessions, for example, tends to work against your event and makes it less likely that your primary hashtag will trend and gain followers. On Periscope your streams will only be viewable on your channel for 24 hours. Film close-ups during interviews.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2013

If you're unable to attend, TechSoup will be on the scene covering events in the Bay Area and broadcasting via Twitter ( @TechSoup ) and other social media channels. This post breaks it down for you and lists examples of different types of hackathons. More Resources. Want to learn more about hackathons?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Not just about Pepsi: Playing to cause marketing, this engages passion from communities to improve other people's lives, rather than shoving a pop singer's associative branding in a broadcast 30 second spot. Additioanily, they've gotten celebrities like Twitter-god Aplusk.

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NTEN

AUGUST 3, 2011

Games for Change spoke with Darren about their work with Channel 4 Education in the UK, how they approach creating innovative and immerse games, and the difference in experience between creating commercial titles and "games for change.". Bow Street Runner was one of the first projects out of the gate for Channel 4 Education in the UK.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

Sending broadcast SMS messages. This is similar in concept to broadcast email – you send text alerts, calls for action, or updates to a list of mobile phone numbers. For example, you can send a message saying " Can you volunteer next weekend? For example, Blue Ocean Institute's FishPhone. Photo: Alex E.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Note from Beth: I’ve been looking for good examples of nonprofit mobile strategies. I wanted to find out more about how Seafood Watch integrates its mobile strategy across its communications channel, including social media. Can you tell me how the channels support and enhance each other?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2008

are sending me broadcast emails and generic private messages on Facebook asking me to donate. We have an ongoing relationship and he only has to ask me through one channel. Dr. Mani points to some good examples (including Roger) - but also Anne Mitchell who helped raise money for the desperately poor in Tajikistan.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 19, 2018

Many organizations have jumpstarted their engagement rates on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram by sending emails asking supporters to share a specific post. Usually, the ask is to amplify something you’ve already posted on your own page or feed, since both Facebook and Twitter emphasize content that’s widely shared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. Its true impact has yet to be measured, but Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and every other social media platform have already caused a revelation in how people want to communicate. They want to connect.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2007

drug that’s caught on hot and heavy in the last six months: twitter. If you’ve never seen twitter, take a moment and check it out. There's twittervision , twitter's most popular mashup, which shows tweets (twitter entries) real-time on a global map. to their phones or on the twitter website). There’s a new 2.0

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Bloomerang

JULY 30, 2021

An M+R benchmarks study found that nonprofit text messaging audiences grew by 26% in 2020, outpacing growth for other popular channels like Facebook and email. For example, if you collect a name from a contact, you can auto-fill the next text in the opt-in sequence with their name. Immediate alerts with text broadcasts.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Here’s an example from a small local event: We posted this story to the “Trib Local” (a Chicago Tribune local news blog). Create a “surround sound” effect with Facebook and Twitter. Social media channels are essential tools for extending your reach. Use relevant hashtags.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The second example creates a sense of urgency for donors to give, while clearly stating the goals of the campaign. For example, Play Pumps , a nonprofit that provides clean water to developing nations, uses a water tank as its website's donation thermometer. Use Offline Channels to Drive Online Action.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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!" In the words of Vinay Bhagat, CEO of Convio : “Donors increasingly prefer online channels.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

For example, a website can be used to share educational and scheduling information, social media can be used for broadcasting updates widely, and text messaging and email marketing software can both be used to share specific information with individual supporters. This differs from the digital communication channels outlined above.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. You can either broadcast live (think of it as your own radio station) or host the messages on the Cinchcast server for later listening. A must-download for nonprofit Twitterers! Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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!" In the words of Vinay Bhagat, CEO of Convio : “Donors increasingly prefer online channels.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

For example, if your event is part of a capital campaign, you might host it toward the beginning of your campaign to kick off the fundraising and inspire major donors. For example, if you hope to attract publicity in the community, you might want to host a large, accessible event (like a walkathon or fun run) rather than an intimate gala.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

I’ll keep an eye on Twitter as well, but don’t sit on those hands. So people right now are on WhatsApp and we can use it as a way to start a new channel of conversation with people that is complimentary to how we already communicate with volunteers, with donors, with, you know, our support base. You can send us a tweet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2009

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. As Lucy Bernholz noted, this might be one more example that fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Social channels continued to show strong growth over the past 12 months, with top social networks adding more than 135 million new users in the course of 2013. Benchmark Studies and Examples. This study shows that Twitter has become a formidable communication tool allowing the broadcast of short messages to millions of followers.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 2, 2009

Many museums are experimenting with “back channel” platforms that allow visitors and staff to chat and share content while onsite at the museum. Their pithy opinions of the exhibits broadcast live in the lobby? The back channel isn’t just a social space. addresses use #1 and #3) Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

I've also been looking at examples from the corporate sector like the POST method from Forrester and thinking about adaptions for nonprofit. Build Relationships and Issues Awareness: You’re interacting with key audiences on the social media channel in order to build awareness for your organization's brand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2009

The NpTech Community has been early adopters of social media and social networks like Twitter. So, while I may not see my colleagues face-to-face more than once a year, Twitter helped strengthen ties and created a sense of ambient intimacy. Since I had access, I decided to start tweeting his key points out to my Twitter network.

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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!" But on MySpace, it is kind of tricky to get it there.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 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!" But on MySpace, it is kind of tricky to get it there.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

To see a live example, view the Wibbitz Demo. An online database of what is #trending on Twitter with user-generated definitions of related hashtags. Vine is Twitter’s mobile app that can be used to create and share 6-second videos on Twitter. What The Trend :: whatthetrend.com. Vizify :: vizify.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. You can either broadcast live (think of it as your own radio station) or host the messages on the Cinchcast server for later listening. For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. You can either broadcast live (think of it as your own radio station) or host the messages on the Cinchcast server for later listening. For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. You can either broadcast live (think of it as your own radio station) or host the messages on the Cinchcast server for later listening. For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2011

We have a myriad of interaction channels to choose from when engaging with company x, y or z – online, direct mail, email, text, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Call it multi-channel. But online is now the fastest growing fundraising channel, growing at approximately 40 percent year-over-year. To put it simply, no.

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