Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Though Facebook had gone public nine months previous, Facebook Groups were only just beginning to be used as community-building tools by nonprofits and Facebook Pages didn’t exist yet. Compile stats to share with executive staff. At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A directory of quotes by famous people, this websites list thousands of inspirational quotes useful for Tweeting and Facebook Status Updates. This site provides an incredibly useful breakdown of Facebook users by age, gender, and location.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A directory of quotes by famous people, this websites list thousands of inspirational quotes useful for Tweeting and Facebook Status Updates. This site provides an incredibly useful breakdown of Facebook users by age, gender, and location.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

Well, I’ve got some eye-opening stats that might make you reconsider where to channel your communication efforts. Well, here’s another mind-blowing stat: Radicati Group reports that there are over 4 billion email users worldwide, and that number is projected to reach 4.6 The numbers don’t lie! billion by 2025.

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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

DECEMBER 31, 2018

M-Changa also makes it easy for NGOs to account for funds coming in from multiple paymnet channels with automatic reporting and statements. By far, those two stats are higher than any other country surveyed. Of those inspired by social media, Facebook (47%) has the largest impact, then Instagram (23%) and Twitter (20%). ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

12seconds : 12seconds allows users to easily record videos with your laptop camera or cellphone, and then upload them to your 12 seconds video channel in order to easily post them to Twitter. Big Cat Rescue was a pioneer is using YouTube and they also have 12seconds channel: 12seconds.tv/channel/BigCatRescue. channel/BigCatRescue.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), Related Links: 12 Must-Know Stats About Social Media, Fundraising, and Cause Awareness. There is also a science to social and mobile media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

They will Tweet from location, break news on Facebook, send out group text calls to action, document in real-time photos and videos, and blog report backs live from events as they unfold. Facebook has a mobile site ( m.facebook.com ), a touch site ( touch.facebook.com ), and Apps for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Palm, Sidekick and many more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), Related Links: 12 Must-Know Stats About Social Media, Fundraising, and Cause Awareness. There is also a science to social and mobile media.

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

But are these stats meaningful? Do these stats show your boss about how your organization is meeting its mission and making an actual impact? Social media is just one of several channels that you should be using to connect with constituents, build community, and mobilize people to work toward your goals. Is it positive?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

While multi-channel outreach such as action alerts, microsites, social media, fundraising appeals, direct mail and telemarketing are good strategies to have in your toolbox to fundraise and market your organization; it’s simply not enough anymore. However, just today a.ly shortener called vb.ly And now this has all.ly

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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? percent of the entire American population is on Facebook. With usage stats like that it’s probably safe to assume that a large portion of your followers use at least one social network, right? Make introductions on Facebook.

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Care2

APRIL 30, 2014

Do you know what types of content or campaigns resonate with your audiences on your website, email list, and social media channels? Wildfire Monitor : This is a great tool for historical comparisons of the growth of your organization''s social media following vs. other organizations on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

When a good story is shared, scientific research shows our brains connect to storytelling can have on us: Stories are remembered 22x more easily than data, facts, and stats. It can: Make your organization more memorable – stories are proven to be more easily remembered than stats and facts! Prompt action from your audience .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2011

Imagine a community of practice of nonprofit organizations working together to learn and improve their tactical execution on social media channels – would something like this inspire group motivation? I shared a link to the site on my Facebook Page with a question about its usefulness (perhaps minus one of the bogus metrics).

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2012

Over the last eight years he’s led Facebook from a scrappy startup to one of the most powerful and influential companies. Both channels are important and should be a part an integrated communications strategy to reach activists and donors. Check out these email stats: There are an estimated 2.9 billion email addresses.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Create a content calendar for the month including the target publish date, channel (Website, Facebook, Twitter, etc) topic or related initiative, call-to-action, and the staff person responsible for producing each piece of content for the month. Test 3-4 new Facebook Ads: Test different ad types (promoted post, sponsored story, etc.),

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

What kind of content should they be sharing over Twitter and Facebook? So why would anyone on a “social” platform like Facebook or Twitter want to read boring tweets or updates? Communications should be Multi-Channel. How do you engage millenials who have “limited attention spans?” Probably not.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Some common metrics to monitor are website traffic, blog traffic, e-newsletter subscribers, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, online dollars raised, volunteers, and event attendees. Also, as you’ll see in Chapter 5, you will need a Google account to set up a YouTube Channel properly. Learn Basic HTML. </strong> 8.

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NTEN

APRIL 11, 2011

As we talked through all the stats – how many nonprofits are on Facebook, what they're doing there, and so on – a great questions came from the crowd. The crux of the problem it addresses: Member communications and touch points that were once linear and predictable, are now multi-channel, two-way, and peer-to- peer.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2017

To understand how people think about issues and candidates, it is not only important to analyze how they respond to posts on your social media channels, but it is equally, if not more important, to analyze what they are saying on their own across social media. They know their actions are being monitored. Why does this matter?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Instead of trying to learn every feature of every channel at once, you can learn the basics and decide where you should be spending your time. In part one of this article, we’ll cover the big dogs of social media: Facebook Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. Facebook is the catch-all of every social media channel.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

embedded in a powerful photo, you want an image that you can upload to send out in Facebook status updates, link to in tweets, upload to Flickr, and so on. Get creative in integrating your text-to-subscribe keyword and short code pitch into photos, slide shows, or even your YouTube Channel banner. Use Bit.ly

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

I don’t have time to get out of the office… I have spent lots of time posting our request for funds on our Facebook page and I have created a new, cool Donate section of our website.”. “We don’t want to offend our participant families – we don’t want them to feel guilty about using our services if they can’t give.”. “I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

Trying to provide all the proper links and information within our microsite and Facebook application proved too cumbersome, and so we chose to go with a user flow that included a pledge, followed up with an e-mail offering all the details and links to get the precise information needed for a participant’s location.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

" We'll also cover the Internet slowdown protest, Instagram's new Hyperlapse app to make easy time-lapse videos, and the first-ever charity TV shopping channel. The Battle for the Net site lists some powerful stats like: Over 40,000 sites participated. The campaign got over a million Facebook shares.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

Can mobile drive volunteers activists, to engage across other media channels? In this case, we were talking about how to integrate the use of mobile technology into multi-channel campaigns with an emphasis on social. Allyson Kapin shared some stats about the use of email on mobile devices.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 13, 2013

This week, Tony focused on Millennials and some of the tips for engaging different demographics on social channels with guest Derrick Feldmann of Achieve. Here’s a short list for posts that have both commentary and data: Facebook stats and leading brands. Interesting data on Facebook usage from Slate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

a slowing down, making mindful choices about what channels are truly effective and slowing down and being intentional about practice – so good practice becomes a habit. There was applause from the audience. Leng Sopharath has graduated, has a job, and now we’re even connected on Facebook where I learned she also got married.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Multi-channel donors can be 212% more valuable for your organization than offline-only donors. Multi-channel donors have a 56% higher retention rate than offline-only donors. You can download the full study for more ideas, examples, and stats here. Retention increases by 29% for offline donors when you have their email address.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

Remarketing uses email as the channel of communication. Google and Facebook now let you target ads to specific email addresses. And the efficacy of retargeting and remarketing is not limited to just hypothetical examples and research stats. Those who bought A also bought B.”. How is it different from retargeting then?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Post by Michael Beahm, Channel Marketing Manager at Blackbaud. While these stats show that this national day of giving has struck a chord in people internationally, it’s the stories from #GivingTuesday that truly inspire us. He’s a husband, father of two, and coffee-holic. Connect with him on Twitter! in 2012 to $142.05

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Post this same message to your social media channels. Post a reminder on your social media channels that day letting people know what you are raising money for, the goal, the match, and, finally, the link for those who want to give early. Post the video on your social media channels. This teaser email is important!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 19, 2019

They follow you on social media, donate to your cause, rally their Facebook friends, and participate in your events. And take “thank you” a step further by showing these donors the real, impactful results of their continued support with powerful images and meaningful stats. Your most loyal donors are your multichannel donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

So, thought I'd take an opportunity to query my network via Twitter and Facebook and see what's new. I was particularly interested in examples using blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, and Facebook. There are many museum professionals active on Facebook - step one is to create an individual profile and then go find your colleagues.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Offer to promote them and their work or product by featuring them on your website or sharing on your social channels. You may want to outline a target number of Facebook posts, Tweets, or blog posts about the campaign. That being said, you don’t want to just put out a Tweet and Facebook post and call it a day. Be specific.

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