Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

As soon as Facebook launched Community Pages , I knew this day coming. The Facebook Team. Link to your Facebook Page from your official website. Put a Facebook Badge on your website or blog. [ Done - even though I think it looks messy! ]. Please use the following link to authenticate your Page.

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TechImpact

JUNE 24, 2014

But with over 2 billion users, everyone’s audience is on Facebook. Facebook is one of the most important social media channels for almost every nonprofit in operation today. With new features being added to support nonprofits and their missions, Facebook’s usefulness to the nonprofit sector will only grow.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In today’s digital-centric world, your organisation has plenty of choices when it comes to marketing your organization —from generating content on social media accounts like Instagram and Facebook to your nonprofit website. Let’s jump into how you can realize these benefits and successfully connect your social media with your site.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 29, 2021

Facebook fundraising can get a bad reputation, especially when organizations fail to see the opportunities to engage and retain a new generation of supporters. However, Facebook fundraising is much more than a helpful boost to your organization’s online donations. When it comes to Facebook Fundraising, we wrote the ultimate guide !

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TechImpact

MARCH 10, 2014

Search engine result pages are difficult to grasp and take complete control of, while social media feeds become more saturated with our peers, Even more difficult and mysterious, especially to many of us in the nonprofit sector, is the search engine and where it places our websites and social media outlets on those first few pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager, Feeding America Twitter: @dpmichel. Social Media Measurement is this month’s theme on the Zoetica Salon hosted on my blog Facebook page. The conversation was fast and intense on Facebook, so that’s why I’m taking the time to summarize out here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy. 1) Set up your nonprofit’s Facebook Page to make a good first impression.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

There seems to be a new social media tool or channel every week. But when Facebook comes out with a new app, you should probably pay attention to it. Facebook Paper, released in February for the iPhone, is a whole new way to browse the social media network. So what does Facebook Paper mean to nonprofits? How Paper Works.

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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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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

After Hours Posting Timing is important for a communications channel like Facebook. According to a recent study , posts outside of business hours and posts at the end of the week actually increase Facebook engagement. You'll also lose the spontaneity that is important for this type of conversational channel.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2018

A question I have often heard: should nonprofits focus on email or Facebook? ” In fact, the two channels work best when they work together — email and social CAN play as a team. In practice, email appeals have among the highest action rates of any digital channel. Facebook Strengths: . High action rates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets. Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. Help the organization get authorized for receiving donations on Facebook. 50 helps us feed one child for a week.”). Be Informed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

For two of the peer learning groups , we explored best practices for using Facebook strategically as part of an integrated communications plan based on this content ( [link] ). Building Your Subscribers for Your Facebook Individual Profile. Engaging photos, especially of local places and animals work well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

In early October we made the rounds to promote the book in Boston and I had a chance to meet Brooke Freedman and Brian Halligan at Hubspot. I happened to mention that I was seeing reports from nonprofit folks about the recent change in the Facebook Algorithm and Megan Keaney Anderson offered to write this guest post. What has changed?

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Byte Technology

JUNE 10, 2015

How much of your staff’s valuable time to you devote to managing all your accounts, from Facebook to Twitter to LinkedIn and all the rest? Should you be putting more emphasis on some social media channels over others? Post Planner helps you to seek out articles by listing relevant results based on their success on Facebook.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

It’s an online-fundraising-friendly environment out there, with everything from donate buttons for your Facebook page to crowdfunding sites that leverage the power of relationships. You’ll need to write several versions of your Ask for several different channels, and you’ll need to write several different posts. Write your copy.

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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.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 12, 2017

You’re probably already aware that Facebook Live lets any nonprofit live-stream fundraising events , breaking news, impact stories, and more, directly from their Facebook Page. But did you know that Facebook now lets some nonprofits add a donate button to their Facebook Live broadcast ? You can apply here.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

She knows what strategies work on social media, what strategies fail, and how nonprofits can use social channels to make a big impact on their community. So, if someone was looking to put together a monthly calendar for their social media channels, what are the types of posts they should look to include in that plan? Summarize it!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Facebook Changes: A Complete Guide – by Mari Smith. Also, a few insights about the what the changes mean for Facebook pages. I don’t really feel comfortable sharing the fact that I took my kids to Chuck Cheese with all my professional colleagues who are friends with me on Facebook.” Sharing Philosophy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Unless you study Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. 3) Your YouTube Channel is absent of customization and branding. Many nonprofits are neglecting their YouTube Channels. Many nonprofits don’t even bother to upload an avatar or channel background, or add links to their social networks or website. Google, etc.

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Care2

JUNE 19, 2012

According to research conducted by Social Media Today , pictures are also worth a lot of “Likes” on Facebook too. Interestingly, answering questions on Facebook are also quite popular, which signals that people still like to be engaged in more social ways and offer their opinions. Take a look at the chart below.

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TechImpact

JUNE 18, 2014

But as we’ve detailed in previous blogs , with all the increased competition online, getting noticed through the typical social media feeds and through your website is becoming increasingly difficult. Social media feeds are powerful tools that are just waiting to be effectively utilized. Attract volunteers steadily. Make it easy.

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NTEN

JULY 5, 2012

Over 450 people joined us for the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook webinar we co-hosted with NTEN and the Ad Council last week. Combine all this knowledge with your free copy of the Benchmarks Extra: Facebook study , and you’ll be rocking your organization’s Facebook page in no time! Once again, you’ve amazed us! A: Of course!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today was the big announcement at the F8 Conference about the new dramatic, life altering changes in the Facebook Platform. The big change will be how Facebook profiles are becoming fuller “timelines” of a one’s life. The average Facebook user has 150 friends, any of whom could be your next top supporter!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Tailor your most compelling narratives for different channels to share them widely. WFP USA shared their blog post of Rani’s story on Facebook for Literacy Day on September 8. The Facebook post included two hashtags , #LiteracyDay and #AHandUp. They used the same photo and most of the same text from their Facebook post of Rani.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 22, 2023

Once you have a few rough bullets, you can feed them into a generative AI tool to workshop different phrasing, even tailoring your message to donor levels. Revise the messages to fit your brand or continue to feed the AI information to narrow in on a campaign message you can carry across your platforms.

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NetWits

JUNE 8, 2012

Try these easy steps to showing your timeliness: Utilize automatic feeds. Integrating the social experience into your organization’s web site will help promote the channel, engage supporters, and provide a constant source of dynamic content …” - Melanie Mathos and Chad Norman “101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits: A Field Guide.”.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The impact of social fundraising has dramatically increased in the last 18 months, giving nonprofits new channels to create reach and drive engagement. . And that’s just on one channel; think about Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, and more. On Instagram alone, the average person has approximately 150 followers.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 22, 2010

So folks at the Department of Health and Human Services also recently spruced up their presence on Facebook. Given that over 100 million Americans have Facebook accounts and half of those log in daily, this is a smart move. The first two are standard for Facebook Pages — no programming required. The Page includes six tabs.

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OneCause

JUNE 15, 2023

What channels are you using to connect with your audience? Platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram make it easy for P2P supporters to share details with more people than ever before, taking end-of-year campaigns to new heights. Giving walls, social feeds, and leaderboards create excitement to carry you to your goals.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

With Loomly, you cannot only draft, schedule, and publish your social media posts but you can also draft Facebook and Instagram ads! In addition to analytics, Loomly offers an interactions hub where you can see and reply to engagement on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Facebook Payments and Charitable Giving Tools.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 27, 2017

There’s a lot of talk about the ways nonprofits can use Facebook to raise money — live streaming fundraising events, breaking news, impact stories, and more, directly from their Facebook Page. Facebook’s live streaming platform is empowering nonprofits to quickly engage supporters around the causes that matter most to them.

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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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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

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. Is it too often? Too infrequent? pencilsofpromise.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 13, 2021

Many people live stream through popular social media platforms, like Facebook Live, Instagram Live, and Youtube Live. Think of your video source as a live feed that is funneled directly to the internet. You can send out promotional ads on your Youtube channel or create an event as a Facebook event page.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Knowing what channels to use—like whether you need to email donors versus posting on Facebook—is one thing. But that doesn’t mean analog channels aren’t valuable! Online spaces are noisy; analog channels can be easier to navigate. But knowing how to do so in a way that helps you stand out from the crowd is another.

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