Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Many nonprofit CEOs use their social media profiles to extend the reach of their thought leadership and connect with professional colleagues, media, and policy makers. There are significant benefits to both the organization and the leaders themselves by building a thought leadership profile on social.

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

For example, a local nonprofit working on educational issues may raise awareness about specific school board policies with the aim of making them more inclusive. Depending on the organization’s size and locality, there may be specific local issues or pieces of legislation that are most important for them to make supporters aware of.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

Here’s an example of a Senator showing his support for veterans through participation in the #gosilent pledge: Tracking silence. Sharing across platforms – Twitter. IAVA didn’t confine their own use of social tools to Facebook and Twitter, as their supporters would be using other tools, too.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 27, 2013

For example, the National Wildlife Federation was an early adopter of Google+ and now they have more followers on Google+ than on Facebook and Twitter combined. Pheed :: pheed.com :: pheed.com/nonprofitorgs.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

develop donor personas Donor personas are fictional, yet data-driven profiles that represent your ideal supporters. Based on your research, create profiles of your ideal donors. For example, you might label a segment “Young Environmental Activists” or “High-Income Arts Patrons.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2015

My most engaged follower on Twitter this past week is Jennifer Preston. SocialRank is a tool that helps you understand your followers on your Twitter and now Instagram. It pulls in your followers and their profiles and you can do sorts for most engaged, most influential, most followers, and alphabetical.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

“ 72% of the 209 respondents describe their approaches to personal/professional use of social media as either ‘blended’ or ‘segmented by channel’ ” Facebook friends aren’t created equal; or, rather, Facebook gives you the options to treat your friends differently. Be a social recommender!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. For many organizations, we provide guidance or goals for using social channels to our staff, but this session was for the volunteers who want to make a difference from outside of the organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

Nonprofit Examples of Excellence and Google This! . Nonprofit Examples of Excellence and Google This! . Chapter 4 Twitter and Twitter Apps. Introduction to Twitter Profiles. Eleven Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits. Eleven Twitter Apps for Nonprofits. Twitter for Fundraising?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2013

The social channels you set up are the various rooms in the house where guests gather, certain groups sticking together in certain rooms just as your community naturally segments across the web. to check for those sharing your website or campaign uRl on Twitter and then see what the tweets say.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

If it is still available, create an account that matches you social media profiles. Second, while logged into your new account, add the Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , MySpace , Flickr , etc. If your nonprofit has a YouTube channel, but doesn’t actually upload videos then use the YouTube Sidebar Widget. iGoogle Home.

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NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube? Twitter has more than 16 million users, and 42.3 Fill out your profile completely. Twitter is different than Facebook, and Facebook is different than LinkedIn. percent of the entire American population is on Facebook.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

TechSoup continued its Social Media Mondays in May with a discussion on Twitter to expand on the resources offered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki. The second installment of the weekly TweetChat series offered some useful advice on nonprofit Twitter use, a tool that can be difficult to understand for many nonprofit leaders.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. I just didn’t see how a Facebook Group could ever compare to a MySpace profile in terms of power and ROI (Return on Investment). At the same time I created the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel. Five Lessons Learned.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

For example, offer a free branded t-shirt to volunteers who bring a friend to a volunteer opportunity, or to donors who invite a loved one to a fundraising event. Build up your presence on social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Nonprofit Strategic Planning: The Ultimate Guide + Examples.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Pursuing a multichannel marketing strategy using a variety of channels, from social media and email to direct mail, will allow you to expand your reach and promote your cause to the widest possible audience. Your nonprofit CRM helps you store and manage donor information within robust donor profiles. Online fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

For example, this year several cities, like Baltimore, are launching city-wide campaigns. Leaving the dinner, I checked my Twitter feed and started seeing tweets like this one from my colleague, Tal Frankfurt. I asked my Twitter friends exactly what he said. Conan O’Brien was talking about me? And about your hat.

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AccelEvents

JULY 23, 2021

When done right, events are valuable and can be an extremely effective marketing channel. . For example, if the goal of your next event is to get more leads , you would need to implement a lead capture strategy. Profiling: As attendees start to sign up, begin to organize them based on profiles or segments.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

. —– Google+, the social network launched by Google nearly 5 months ago, has recently opened up the platform to organizations and brands with a profile type akin to the options for individuals and Pages on Facebook. Are you using Google+ now and have you set up a profile for your organization? What do you think?

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

This post includes four examples of how you can raise funds and why they might work for your nonprofit. From membership to recognition societies, here are seven ideas to consider—examples included! Our Favorite Giving Tuesday Email Examples for Nonprofit Professionals. Check out these examples that we loved!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2010

Make sure that you have social media icons connecting to your various profiles in your website template. On your social media profiles, include links back to your home page and your newsletter archive and subscribe pages. Where you can, embed your email signup form into your social media profiles. Step 2: Share Across Channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. So, thought I'd take an opportunity to query my network via Twitter and Facebook and see what's new. see for example the post about blogging policy ).

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 1, 2012

If you are interested in working for a particular organization, follow that organization on Twitter, like it on Facebook and try to make a connection on LinkedIn. Monitoring the organization's social media profiles will also keep you up-to-date on any open positions within the organization. Clean up your profiles. Get another!

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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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M+R

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Developments out of Twitter have been coming in fast and furious since our last blog post providing initial guidance on Musk-era Twitter. This should be the first thing to do given the volatile situation at Twitter. We recommend waiting for Twitter to roll out this update and not paying for Verification.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

For example, Alley Cat Allies’ Cat-alyst Society – Monthly Giving Program : This page should have a URL that can be easily promoted in print newsletters and postcard campaigns, such as alleycat.org/givemonthly. For example, the Nature Conservancy offers both honor gifts and memorial gifts – each with their own donation page.

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M+R

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Consider holding weekly check-in calls where stakeholders can trade intel and coordinate, and think about other virtual channels that make it as easy as possible to share thinking in real time, like Slack. Consider ensuring board members, major donors, and other high-profile surrogates in your network are getting updated messaging regularly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago. 8% of donors were “weak ties” or people that I know online only who may read my blog, follow me on Twitter or Facebook. Only a small percentage 2% had met my Dad.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

These outstanding examples are social media campaigns that have expertly used the platform to further their cause. You should also make sure you are tapping into the possibilities of the multiple channels, with their different content types and audiences. Make-A-Wish’s YouTube Channel. WATERisLIFE: #firstworldproblems.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

In addition to analytics, Loomly offers an interactions hub where you can see and reply to engagement on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. More engagement results in higher visibility for your content, so it’s worth creating video content for your social channels. View the example from The Carousel Center below!

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

While there is an increasing number of youth-facing nonprofits that employ organizational Facebook pages and Twitter accounts, the usage of separate, professional, Facebook profiles and Twitter accounts can be a more meaningful way to engage young people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

Ag Grantees Twitter Webinar. For this webinar, I incorporate some instant polls so we could get a quick reading on who was on the call. In addition, I wanted to explore TwitChimp, a tool for making Twitter lists, that Robin Good dubbed, “ the ultimate Twitter list curation tool.” Most Frequently Tweeted Words.

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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! For example, you can: Create Facebook groups. Create Twitter groups. We’d guess that part of your strategy for Giving Tuesday involves leveraging social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The art part includes all the ways nonprofits and schools can engage and connect with alumni of their programs through social channels. It is also about reconnecting with those who have already graduated. Social media is an important channel for both these groups. Networked Nonprofit and Social Media Maturity of Practice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Make sure you link to your Periscope Profile, such as periscope.tv/nonprofitorgs 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

In addition, during a roundtable on social media at the conference, I was fortunate to meet social media experts in India ( @ nirav @ amnigos @ pranavbhasin @ paritoshsharma and @ avinashraghava ) who shared some examples. There are definitely some benefits to having your executive director or CEO being present on social media channels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Whether it is a custom graphic designed in Photoshop or simply your text-to-subscribe keyword and short code pitch (for example, “Text PETA to 73822 to sign up for text alerts!”) Get creative in integrating your text-to-subscribe keyword and short code pitch into photos, slide shows, or even your YouTube Channel banner.

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