Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2012

NONPROFIT HULK (@NONPROFITHULK) July 20, 2012. Hulk (fill in the blank) Twitter accounts are popping up all over Twitter, the latest Twitter meme. The HULK meme has many variations and spotted easily on many social media channels like pinterest and YouTube to name a few. . NONPROFIT HULK (@NONPROFITHULK) July 25, 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Recent research suggests that taking and posting too many selfies on your Facebook profile (or other social channels) can be damaging to your relationships.

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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. The Hold A Sign Meme.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2015

When a question about the color of a dress went viral, several nonprofits joined the conversation to help their messages spread along the viral wave. Did these nonprofits use a sophisticated communications tactic, or did they just jump on a vapid bandwagon? Meme Me Up, Scotty. Memes travel within all age groups.

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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. For the event, I used the Facebook Insights, Rowfeeder, and Storify. Approximately 85% of the donations were converted from my personal profile on Facebook. Fundraiser.

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JUNE 30, 2014

I feel like there is a lot of donor fatigue happening right now in the nonprofit community. Our donors are being solicited on every channel from numerous organizations multiple times a day. These types of donors are the lifelines of your nonprofit. Surprise them and thank them publicly on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

This could be as simple as “If we post more links on Facebook with the embedded link tool, we will increase our reach” or any of the items that Mari Smith suggests you measure on Facebook. You could pick any channel, social or otherwise to set up an a/b test hypothesis. Words : Language is tricky.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

That purpose, of course, is to build a life-long relationship with alumni of your nonprofit’s program or school so that they are a donor and champion for your organization. Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. Make up your own nostalgia meme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

After spending a year facilitating a peer learning community of Knight Foundation grantees hosting giving days, one of the most factors for success for local no nonprofits participating is having about 6-9 months timeframe to develop a plan. NetworkforGood to the rescue! Facebook Groups are great for this! Fundraising'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

Daniela shared that she works with volunteers and interns and that she does several short bursts during the day to tend to respond or post content Twitter or Facebook. This allows grist.org to have the capacity to implement a “maven strategy” – that is be on multiple channels where Hanna serves as the community manager.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

If you want people from your social media to support your nonprofit’s activities, you need a nonprofit social media plan. You already know this: In the nonprofit realm, social media is life. The most successful social media presences (nonprofit and otherwise) are in fact the result of a strong nonprofit social media plan!

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

billion to nonprofits on Giving Tuesday in 2021. On Giving Tuesday, donors who might normally give $25 may step up to give $100 and people who have never given at all may give to two or three nonprofits in a single day. Sadly, some nonprofits don’t see the opportunity. Post this same message to your social media channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Pimp My Nonprofit Panel at SXSW. Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Not True! Blogging Behind the Nonprofit Firewall: ROI Approach. The What, Why, and How of Facebook Fan Pages. Nonprofit Blogging Policies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Chad graciously agreed to write up a guest post — and start a meme asking nonprofit and social media folks to add their favorite social media tactic in the comments below or using the hashtag #50smt and aggregated here. 50 (More) Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits by Chad Norman.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

Disaster Girl Meme ” (sold for $500k). Some platforms even allow you to set the payment address as a nonprofit’s crypto wallet address if you want sales donated directly to a nonprofit. Who is connected to your nonprofit that would be interested in creating a media moment through the purchase of or donation of NFT profits?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 13, 2022

Memes about goals are EVERYWHERE. The reality is this: goals ARE vital to success —especially when fundraising for new nonprofits. Fundraising goals help a nonprofit fulfill its mission. Fundraising goals help a nonprofit fulfill its mission. Goals are powerful tools that help channel resources towards solutions.

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MAY 8, 2020

Maybe you’re setting up a Facebook campaign for the first time, or maybe you just can’t remember the difference between a meme and a GIF. Chatbot is also very prevalent on Facebook Messenger. You may reach out to someone who liked a competitor’s post or to someone who wrote something positive or negative on your channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2011

HelpAttack.com is a way to give to nonprofits with each Tweet and Facebook update. We’ve recently added the ability to give each time certain #hashtags appear on Twitter, and Beth invited us to discuss what that might mean for networked nonprofits. They can use a username and password or their Facebook account too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

I also facilitated several workshops for London-based nonprofit CEOs and communications directors on developing a strategy for their leadership profiles on social and internal champions (board, staff, and volunteers). Kevin McSpadden, Facebook. He is working on a social good strategy for Facebook. Charles Wells, JustGiving.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So I’m a communication consultant, a communication strategist for nonprofits, mainly. I work mainly with nonprofits and social enterprises that want to have a bigger impact, that wants to increase their audiences, and that want to interact with diverse communities. And it far surpasses the next one, which is Facebook Messenger.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

We know that social media is discussed at every tech conference, in every workshop, and within nonprofit organizations, but no matter how much we talk about it, the trends are always shifting, changing, and growing. Here are a few key points from the infographic that you should note: Infographics and Internet memes are still performing well.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2017

We learned a lot at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference — so much that one post couldn't contain it all! He showed how nonprofits can benefit from powerful, mostly free tools to communicate big ideas in simple ways. To see the whole presentation, check out our Facebook Live video.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 18, 2018

Every nonprofit relies on their supporters to take action, volunteer, and donate. Facebook and Twitter are even more powerful when they are directly connected to your digital campaigns: Add social media registration and sign in to your event forms. Encourage peer-to-peer participants to create their own Facebook fundraising campaigns.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

This article is the first installment of a four-part series examining digital challenges and opportunities for nonprofits in 2018. Let’s start with the big question: is Facebook worth it? For nonprofits, the problem is inherent in the platform — “engaging” content usually isn’t challenging content.

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MAY 15, 2012

Facebook literally puts a human face on the LGBT civil rights movement. Equality California, for example, uses different social media channels to engage different audiences. YouTube is often underutilized by nonprofits and is frequently viewed solely as a repository for videos about the organization.

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