Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

At the end of the Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits is a nine-page “Nonprofit Tech Checklist” which I have copied and pasted below. That was my number one priority when writing the book… to create a comprehensive, useful social and mobile media how-to guide for nonprofits. 2) Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 9, 2021

College friends, grandparents, colleagues, even the kids you used to babysit can all be found using social media in our current day and age. Facebook aka Meta, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok have become integrated into how people communicate with one another and access culture. METTWINNING. Art Fund “See Everything”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

allow individuals and brands to launch their own Web-based “TV&# channels. Currently, these channels can not easily be viewed on the digital TV sets in our living rooms, kitchens, and bedrooms, but it’s just a matter of time. Start building your channel and live-streaming communities now. Websites like Ustream.tv

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Truth be told, I much prefer the anonymity of being “Nonprofit Organizations” online ( Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , etc.) Truth be told, I much prefer the anonymity of being “Nonprofit Organizations” online ( Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , etc.) ” Functionality!

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The world of social media is constantly evolving, and understanding social SEO is imperative for your nonprofit to make the most of organic content. Organic social is considered free, non-paid content created, uploaded, and shared within social platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 11, 2014

Social media will remain a top priority for nonprofits in 2014, but 2013 helped solidify social media as a mandatory set of communication tools. That said, both Facebook and Twitter are working on launching their own digital payment systems which could radically transform online fundraising via social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

In this article we’ll discuss video engagement for social media, what it is and why it’s important. Video engagement on social media is the measurable action that viewers take after watching. High video engagement should be your goal because social media algorithms prioritize content that get lots of reactions, comments and shares.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 19, 2011

While writing Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , I visited over 500 nonprofit homepages looking primarily for links to their social networking communities. A rough guesstimate would be that less than 30% of those homepages included links or icons to their Facebook Page, Twitter Profile, YouTube Channel, etc.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 13, 2020

3) Send to Social Media. Include links to your active social media channels like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Invite them to take their passion for your cause a step further by linking to a volunteer form or page on your website with volunteer opportunities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

One of the coolest functions of Gmail and iGoogle is the ability to create a Social Media Dashboard using Gmail, iGoogle, Gadgets, and Themes. Additionally, Google Reader allows you to Share content on your various social media sites directly from your Google account. iGoogle Home > Twitter. iGoogle Home.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/nature_org. YouTube: youtube.com/natureconservancy. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. I know our YouTube channel started in 2007. Who maintains your social media campaigns?

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Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 2, 2022

Social media channels (such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram). Paid media (examples: digital banners, commercials, pay-per-click advertising). Before investing too much time and money in various recruitment channels, your organization needs to have an online volunteer registration process. Email campaigns.

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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 YouTube is the second most used search engine in the world. Twitter is different than Facebook, and Facebook is different than LinkedIn. Claim your land.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

It’s commendable, but after four years of recession and the likelihood that you generously added social media to your already packed job description without compensation, it’s not sustainable and being overworked and underpaid will only lead to burnout and resentment. Despite popular memes that social media is “Free!”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2013

Social media has forever changed how nonprofits and journalists distribute and consume news stories, yet the format of nonprofit press releases has not evolved at all. Almost every communication medium out there has been impacted by the rise of social and mobile media, but not press releases. 3) Include a photo on your press release.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Just like social media transformed the nonprofit sector and how it communicates with its supporters, so will the Mobile Web (even more so). The best new media managers, online community builders, bloggers, and activists will be connected and communicating with their supporters from anywhere, at any time when the need arises.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

Title: Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Chapter 2 Getting Started with Social Media. Deciding What Social Media Tools to Use. Eleven Qualities of an Effective Social Media Manager. Chapter 4 Twitter and Twitter Apps. Introduction to Twitter Profiles.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/BigCatRescue. YouTube: youtube.com/BigCatRescue. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Who maintains your social media campaigns? Who maintains your social media campaigns? com/savethecats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. For the last 4.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. There’s definitely a math to social media synergy, and those that start early have both time and math on their side. Social media is not a fad.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2010

From now until April 30, all social media and mobile technology webinars are 2-for-1. Topics include Facebook and Facebook Apps, Twitter and Twitter Apps, YouTube, Flickr, Animoto, LinkedIn, FourSquare, mobile technology, blogging on WordPress, as well as online fundraising and e-newsletters.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

Ten years ago there was no Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. But now over 300 million people log-in to Facebook daily, Twitter supports over 50 million tweets per day, and 2 billion videos are watched every day on YouTube. Social media for social good is grassroots organizing, fundraising and impact in the digital world.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

TechSoup has an extensive global reach operating in 35 countries globally and with our geographically dispersed network, social media has made it even easier for us to connect with all of our communities. We are delighted to have connected with so many of you in our network via our social channels. You can't break bread on Twitter.

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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

JULY 25, 2012

That’s the tweet that showed up in my Twitter stream last week it caught my attention. 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. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Title (s): Manager, External Affairs and Associate, Social Media & Recruitment. Twitter: twitter.com/taprootfound. YouTube: youtube.com/thetaprootfoundation. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Jumo: [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Topic : Nonprofits & Social Media. With so many channels, it can be hard to know where to start or if you’re doing it well. Social media has fundamentally shifted the way we communicate, personally and professionally. Event highlights on twitter. Date : April 27, 2011. Description : Facebook? Foursquare?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. Many of those texts are being sent via Tweets on Twitter and Status Updates on Facebook. 2) Mobile Websites: When I said social media is going mobile, I meant literally. The Web and how people use it is transforming quickly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

People are often surprised when I say that if given the choice, I would choose 10,000 e-Newsletter subscribers over 10,000 Followers on Twitter, 10,000 Fans on Facebook, or 10,000 Friends on Foursquare… combined. That said, here are five ways to do so using social media: 1) Blog, blog, blog!

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2009

is that it's easy to watch my YouTube subscriptions. While preparing to teach a social media webinar recently, I discovered quite a few environmental/green nonprofits that have YouTube channels. YouTube green environment nonprofit One of my many favorite things about my new iPhone (wahoo!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

Maybe you are muttering to yourself ”Who can find the time to do social media?” What are your strengths and preferences and what is the best match in terms of social channels? Says Stram, “Without that openness, I don’t believe he would be having nearly as much fun with Twitter as he is now.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

Those 27,000+ subscribers produce more return on investment (ROI) in terms of bringing in new clients and webinar attendees than my 600,000+ Twitter followers and 40,000+ Facebook fans combined. integration of social media, mobile-optimized donate pages, text-to-give donate pages, and the ability to donate via mobile wallets.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

After all, in the increasingly online world in which cause-related organizations prosper or fail it can be difficult to understand how to allocate limited resources, especially towards a solid social media presence that translates to dollars and cents. For one hour a week upload video, manage playlists and subscribe to channels on YouTube.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

How can social media campaigns be engaging, inspiring – and effective? Social media is the future of nonprofit outreach. These outstanding examples are social media campaigns that have expertly used the platform to further their cause. Make-A-Wish’s YouTube Channel. WATERisLIFE: #firstworldproblems.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Title: Social Media for Social Good: How Digital Charity is Changing our World. Join us as we talk about the latest social good initiatives underway at Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and YouTube while also seeing how non-profit organizers are using these tools to change the world. Follow Frank on Twitter.

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