Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. Argues for engaging in adaptive strategy given the data rich and rapidly changing environment for solving complex social problems. I got to facilitate a deep dive with a dozen folks and here are the takeaways from the discussion.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Develop a following on popular social media channels by posting informative articles and highlighting your organization’s work and impact. Acquiring new donors through digital advertising frequently involves channels like paid search, paid social, display, and video advertising. Use social media to drive traffic to your website.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

Here’s a few examples: Telling a story in. a fundraising email Using a story in a social media post Writing a press release with a personal story Adding a story to a donation page Showcasing a story on your programs page You might have other examples of how you use stories at your non-profit.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

However, it’s easier than you think to build a prospering online community of your own, and doing so will help you engage members , retain them in the long term, and attract new ones. For example, what if someone they connect with through your association ends up interviewing them for a job at their dream company? Networking events.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

For example, Barack Obama reaches over 100 million people with each tweet. The 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report shows that, regardless of generation, online is now the preferred channel for donations. For example, the Children’s Society in the UK used an NLP chatbot to deliver fundraising information to potential donors.

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DipJar

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Target the right communication channels. Then, you can use what you know about them (like their channel preferences) to create a fundraising appeal that ticks all of their boxes. Target the right communication channels. To easily target donors through the channels they prefer, segment by communication preference.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Social media for nonprofits is one of the best ways for organizations to reach out, engage with the community, and promote the work they do. SMART goals are the foundation of your social media strategy and should be tied to building brand awareness, increasing engagement with your community, or raising more funds. Engagement.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

For example, you might start a staff book club and use Christian books as a valuable resource for establishing essential team ethics. For example, you can subtly make your beliefs known by adding a Bible verse reference to your email signature. However, you can still do your part to practice transparency when communicating with others.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2021

It’s like participating in a panel about a topic that you are deeply interested in with experts and engaged audiences from around the world — and you don’t even have to change out of your sweatpants. The potential here goes beyond the average marketing or communication channel. A New Way to Engage and Fundraise.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2023

To raise the bar in digital innovation, nonprofits can explore new ways to drive more engaging, impressive, and effective digital experiences by coupling modern tools to work together through composable architecture. We’ll discuss the shift from monolithic systems to composable architecture, highlighting real-world nonprofit examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The NetTalks series , which includes five sessions, is intended to spark a meaningful conversation around alumni engagement and supporting a broader community practice of effective alumni networks. The description: Using Social Media to Engage and Inspire Your Alumni Network. Register here.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ethical Storytelling for Nonprofits We’ll cover how to craft engaging stories and where to share them, but let’s start with Storytelling Ethics 101. This is just one example of how storytelling impacts engagement and why it’s so crucial to build storytelling into your nonprofit’s strategy. These tips will help you do it!

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CauseVox

APRIL 13, 2022

After seeing thousands of organizations raise millions of dollars with peer to peer fundraising campaigns, we have put together this quick guide to show you how you can engage with your community to run a winning peer to peer fundraising campaign in 2022. An Example of a Personal Fundraising Page Using CauseVox. Quick Overview.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

Here’s an example: Say you spend an average of $40 acquiring each new donor you recruit on GivingTuesday. That positive experience will make them more likely to engage with you after their gift, engage with future communications, and give to you again in the future. After reading a Facebook post? Through direct mail?)

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Studies show that around 72% of consumers only engage with marketing that is personalized to their unique needs and interests, and those preferences can carry over into communications about fundraising. In response, many nonprofits are refocusing their efforts to engage major donors who make contributions exceeding $7,500 in a given year.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

Their systems and processes help them pivot when an unexpected turn of events (a global pandemic or a tidal wave of social activism, for example) turns their operations upside-down. Do we deliver personalized, meaningful engagement for both supporters and recipients of our programs and services? I’d love to see what you can create.”.

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Forum One

JUNE 29, 2021

While sometimes seen as a necessary task amidst other priorities, your annual report is both the moment to tell your nonprofit’s story of impact over the last year and a major opportunity to increase engagement and excitement in your mission for years to come. . Is it one that is rooted in deep and complex datasets? Girls Who Code.

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Achieve

MARCH 16, 2022

However, they also present their own unique challenges, like the difficulty of digitally engaging attendees or the tricky technical process of setting up your event activities. Fortunately, event technology and our understanding of virtual event engagement have vastly improved over the past few years.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

However, no matter the theme of your virtual event, you need to develop interesting virtual event ideas so that your attendees are engaged, excited, and continue to think about your event and brand long after the event is done! This will engage the audience but also provide the speaker (and you, as host!) Not sure what to do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The discussion about the recent changes on Facebook has focused mostly around what it means for individuals, particularly the tension between openness and privacy. Many people are wondering what it means for nonprofit brands using Facebook as one of their marketing channels. Focus on Engagement That Leads To Action.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

This interactive panel will showcase nonprofit case studies about advanced social media campaigns with multi-channel marketing strategies linked to CRM services. The session will strip away the mystery of measuring engagement, donor conversions, and on the ground social change. Boost Fundraising & Engagement w/ “Gamification”.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

For example: . To help with consistency, a good first step is to take inventory of your social channels: Which social channels is your nonprofit on? How often are you posting on each channel? Hint: I typically recommend posting 3-4x per week per channel as a starting point. What about relevant days/weeks/months?

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M+R

JUNE 22, 2021

June 24, 2–3:30pm ET: “2021 M+R Benchmarks: A Deep Dive” with The Nonprofit Alliance. For the past 15 years, the annual M+R Benchmarks Study has been a trusted deep dive into nonprofit digital programmes. But while it’s nice to be out of the house a bit more this summer, we’re still rocking the virtual webinar experience.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2021

To get a deep and diverse talent pool, we recommend beginning by building a list of credible lead sources. Then, proceed to share the project outline and description through multiple channels: Nonprofit consultant directories – Using a nonprofit consultant directory is the best thing you can do to get a big pool of qualified candidates.

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NetWits

JULY 27, 2011

I’ve been deep in the world of email marketing for the past few months. Greater engagement from you list and, in the end, a better feeling on your part about the work you’re doing. This will help you determine the effectiveness of each channel. Here’s an example of clicks per day on a bit.ly

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

What a passionate, amazing group of people who are running these small and mid-sized nonprofits, many in remote and rural wilderness locations in the US. I learned of two terrific examples of small nonprofit leveraging social media and user created content for their campaigns. This is an example of “SMARTer Social Media.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

Leveraging the networks and personal brands of your staff as champions can help your organization’s communications strategy have more impact. With a few guidelines and a little training, employees can use social channels effectively in service of your organization’s mission AND their own learning. There’s another benefit.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2020

T ypical marketing channels used at this stage are PR and advertising. The most important thing to remember is to find channels to reach your target visitors : the people most likely to visit your zoo, museum or aquarium or to attend a performance. . Communication channels to use include email and social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

It is also serving as a focus group, producing deep insights and stories for my next book on social media measurement, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , that I’m co-authoring with goddess of measurement, KD Paine. The content was on all channels, not just social media. Examples of Social Media Measurement Pilot Projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2014

Humberto Kam , Director, Online Engagement & Marketing, Monterey Bay Aquarium. Humberto Kam talked about how they engage with influencers and let them spread and remix their content. ” Tips via @humbertokam : pre-package stories, let talent speak for itself, optimize for the channel and be authentic.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

You can make a video with your smartphone and share it on your social channels without spending any money. As you get more comfortable with sharing videos on your website and social media channels, you will see how effective nonprofit fundraising videos are at bringing in donations. We don’t have the budget for videos.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

We were seeing examples of amazing results and also groups who were struggling to catch up on all the latest developments. We could tell that some of the confusion and resistance we were seeing around adoption was due to organizations’ inability to look past the technological nature of these new channels.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 24, 2021

Creative Engagement is Key. Attendee engagement and omnichannel communication that fosters creative communication will be essential. Virtual events offer several unique advantages that can improve engagement, drive leads, and grow your brand. . Create content that seeks to create deep engagement centered around value delivery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Deep pockets: Pepsi can reach elbow deep into pockets for a large marketing budget --and plenty of funding for agency partners to initiate. . Advocacy Reach: Overall spread of campaign through social channels beyond the branded channels to gauge how far this campaign spread. Overall impact towards helping communities.

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CauseVox

JUNE 22, 2021

Why you should attend: This session will help you best chart out your social media strategy specifically to help drive donor engagement. Plus you’ll see some real life examples that help you see it in practice. We’ll go deep in understanding what stress us out and how to deal with it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Alison Carlman, Director of Impact and Communications at Global Giving, offers a deep dive into some Global Giving data to find the answer. We haven’t seen any decrease in email engagement rates (nor an increase in unsubscribes!) Provide safe and easy ways for people to engage in a way that feels significant to them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

Yet, many conference panels are designed to accommodate only one or two styles of learning and go shallow instead of going deep. Would participants learn more and have greater impact if panel designers incorporated different techniques such as visual learning and if they designed for more audience engagement? How much do you retain?

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