Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

None of them had heard of Twitter, let alone used it. In this recent New York Times article, " If You Can't Let Go, Twitter " the writer talks about the difficulty of getting her three digital natives and early adopter users to switch from mobile phone texting to using Twitter and without success. Maybe Twitter isn???t

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

Channels such as social media can really help with this. Let that inform your decisions on what channel(s) to use to reach your audience. To learn more about the 2014 MFOM Conference visit the conference website , and check out the conference hashtag on Twitter: #MFOM14.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Higher education giving has traditionally relied on major gifts, annual funds, and direct mail as the primary means of engaging new donors. While that worked for decades, the Information Age has taken university giving online in a big way, with email, text to give, social media and general online giving quickly taking the place of mailers.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Find Ken on Twitter at @kenhomer. Pierre holds a Master's degree in engineering from the University of Michigan and has completed several executive education programs at the Stanford Graduate School of Management. Pierre Khawand can be contacted via e-mail at pierre@people-onthego.com or phone at 415.503.1649.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The six primary communications channels used by nonprofits are websites, email, traditional social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn), in-person events, print marketing, and media relations/PR. About two-thirds of nonprofits still send a print newsletter or direct mail, with one-third not sending anything by mail.

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NTEN

JUNE 25, 2010

Did you mail them or e-File? Now, they've sent a battalion of lobbyists to Washington to convince the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to abandon Net Neutrality and maintain only minimal oversight over our most important communications channel. This past April, how did you file your taxes? Find your last job?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Here is a short list of innovations that happened after online giving began in 1999: Airbnb, Android, Bitcoin, Chrome, Dropbox, Etsy, Facebook, Github, Hashtags, iPod, iPhone, iPad, jQuery, Kindle, LinkedIn, MySpace, Netflix, Oculus Rift, Pinterest, Reddit, Slack, Tesla, Twitter, USB Flash Drive, Venmo, Wii, Xbox, YouTube, and the Zettabyte.

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Forum One

APRIL 2, 2010

Alan Rosenblatt from the Center for American Progress, who referenced a Wall Street Journal story indicating that worldwide more internet users communicate via social media channels than email. cannot be ignored by the government and military.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

Was the recent direct mail you sent worth the investment? For instance, if you are using Twitter as a key tool in your strategy Twitter followers, references to your organization and number of new followers each week demonstrate awareness growth. Author: Jordan Viator. Rather than trying to measure everything, start small.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 27, 2011

And while youre at it, check out some of our other forum videos on the ASU Lodestar Centers YouTube Channel. What Next — Charles Best is "Character Approved" Twitter Updates Powered by Blogger. Take a look at the video below in which participants answer the question, "What does the forum mean to you?" Central Ave.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram not only provide you with new ways to share stories about your organization and how you use donations, but each platform also offers new fundraising opportunities as well. Explore and experiment with alternate channels! while telemarketing can cost $.63 New tools for donors.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 13, 2011

So, I was immediately interested when a link to an article, titled " Good Intentions vs. Good Results ," popped up on my Twitter feed. What Next — Charles Best is "Character Approved" Twitter Updates Powered by Blogger. Its a fascinating read, and I highly recommend it. This is key. Central Ave.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2016

We hired a research team from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School of Communication to design the evaluation metrics for the project. Via these different channels, we reached a huge number of viewers. We reached 135,961 people on Facebook and 92,918 on Twitter. It was an incredibly moving experience for all of us.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Don’t forget about direct mail! When you use your donor data strategically, you can set attainable goals, identify new donor pools, choose effective communication channels, and personalize your appeals. Don’t forget about direct mail! Update your website. Make sure everything is mobile-responsive. Use social media.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

You can also do that on Twitter. Mary’s University of Minnesota. But the one universal global thing is that data, data is just bad. Many mail houses and data systems. Now, 50% of people pay more attention to direct mail than to any other marketing channel. So don’t be shy. And I’m an MFIA.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2021

We thought we’d just drop them at places since we can’t afford to mail them.”. Might you be able to get mailing lists at some of the places you think the volunteers you’re looking for hang out? Since you weren’t planning to mail the brochures, this could be a way to reach folks already inclined to volunteer.”. There’s email.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 24, 2011

Ready to dive into how to convey messages using specific marketing channels, and ultimately, how to measure the results of your work? Use Your E-mail Signature. A fast and super easy way to market your organization's mission and upcoming events/programs is to make the most of your e-mail signature. Keep reading.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 11, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). And now more than ever, people are reaching out to their members of congress through online channels to voice their concerns about some of these very issues.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 13, 2018

Multichannel fundraising can take place across a variety of communication channels , commonly categorized as online and offline. Tip 1: Master your direct mail fundraising. For over a century, direct mail has been a fundraising staple. In short, direct mail is still an effective way to reach certain audience segments.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Send us a tweet if you’re a Twitter type person, I’ll be looking at those as well. So if you treat all your actions as if I wouldn’t want this on Twitter, or the front page of “The New York Times,” then that’s a pretty good way to behave in life. . So respect is earned. will do this.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

I’ll keep an eye on Twitter. And I have the honor of teaching the fundraising courses for both Temple University and their 10-week online certificate program and Messiah University for their undergraduate courses. You don’t have to be the one putting mailing labels on those kinds of things.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Don't waste time with channels that might be the next big thing (or a past big thing) if your target is using the old standby. and hootsuite.com allow you to post to Twitter, Facebook and more at the same time. A regular Twitter stream is more effective than 3 posts a week, all at the same time. Cross post. Tools like ping.fm

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

I’ll keep an eye on Twitter every once in a while, but bottom line, don’t sit on those hands. Third thing, back to your technology inventory, mapping your universe of all the stuff you’ve got. And my mail tool has to be set up in a way where it can share data and use data from my fundraising system. We love it.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

OpenSSL is nonprofit open source software that provides security on e-commerce and other websites by creating an encrypted channel between your device and the website. For the public, or anyone, his @ecoconsumer Twitter feed curates green articles and resources difficult to find all in one place anywhere else.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

You can even send us a tweet, I’ll keep, you know, half an eye on the Twitter feed as well. There really isn’t a clear definition that is universally accepted in the sector. They know, for instance, “Are these people likely to be on Facebook or TikTok or Instagram or Twitter?”

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

We’ll also keep an eye on Twitter if you want to send us a tweet. Well, that 80%, 60% of that money goes to large institutional organizations like hospitals and universities, and large cultural institutions, like museums, zoos, and libraries, and religious organizations. But basically, we would love to hear from you.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

I’ll keep an eye on Twitter. I’m a big believer about putting things into the universe. Are communication channels clear? So let folks know, this is the current structure, this is the current communication channels, and then we’ll check in with you to make sure it still works for you and adjust as we need.

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M+R

DECEMBER 23, 2021

From absurdly long voting lines , to the USPS removing mail collection boxes for mail-in ballots, voter suppression was rampant in 2020. Stories that honed in on a state’s efforts to block our freedom to vote had people paying attention, driving up engagement on social channels. We pulled articles from a universe of 100 outlets.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

She also cites the MOOCs being offered from Harvard, Yale, MIT, Columbia, Stanford and equally prestigious universities in other countries. As Twitter and Google Plus still adopt their more business-focused strategies, nonprofits will benefit from the added functionality. Nonprofit fundraising in 2014 will be multi-channel.

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