Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

This is the fourth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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JUNE 9, 2021

Online virtual fundraising is one of the most popular ways for nonprofits to raise money. Maybe your nonprofit hasn’t yet developed an online fundraising plan. Either way, it’s time to brush up on your peer-to-peer fundraising chops and check out some online fundraising ideas that you can use to attract donors to your nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

How can nonprofits learn from one another across borders without the barrier of translation, particularly online? How can create a back channel or other social media tools that can engage people in the room, but also around the world with an interest in the topic? SXSW: Free Agents and Nonprofits in a Networked World.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. Be to search for your nonprofit to know how and where your brand is buzzing in the blogosphere! 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Many nonprofit CEOs use their social media profiles to extend the reach of their thought leadership and connect with professional colleagues, media, and policy makers. This post covers the benefits and provides some ways to effectively cultivate thought leadership through social channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Back in November, someone in Senator Dowd’s office made this epic Twitter mistake. Here’s a play by play of the Twitter Faux Pas. The hashtag #gettingslizzerd , a reference to drinking too much, trended on Twitter. Twitter mistakes are going t happen. They apologized and moved on.

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Greater Giving

MAY 25, 2022

You’ll quickly learn that you likely have more than one audience and must address their specific needs with targeted marketing that adjusts for both content and channel. According to Getting Attention’s guide to Google Ad Grants , the program “gives eligible nonprofits $10,000 in free advertising credits every month. Email streams.

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2012

On Twitter The NTC conversation on Twitter is already picking up speed. We’ll show the Twitter stream as we play the music in the Grand Ballroom before plenaries and lunches. On YouTube Did you know we have a YouTube channel ? Insider Tip: There’s already great NTC content on our channel! It’s a photo booth!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

The puzzling feeling reminded me of my first experience on Twitter ten years ago and that made me feel old.Plus, it takes more patience than doing Sudoku to figure out and use regularly, although it i s a snap for 14 year olds. Twitter is for keeping up with news and live events. ” Nonprofits and SnapChat.

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JULY 2, 2019

Obviously, I was flattered, but also anxious to deliver a lecture that could bring true value to nonprofit professionals. . Now I recognize that many nonprofit organizations may not be able to send their team to conferences, so I’ve rounded up an overview of the ten social media mistakes discussed at Planet Philanthropy: . was born.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

A champion is an individual that supports a nonprofit organization or cause. Nonprofit staff members, volunteers, and board members are some of your best champions. Many nonprofits have limited capacity and staff resources when it comes to implementing marketing and communications strategy, especially social media.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Just take a look at twitter for a small example of what people are thinking and saying. The nonprofit industry has some lessons to learn from their mistakes, which is why I take a moment to highlight this today. As a constituent, I rely on the nonprofits I am involved with to work towards fulfilling their mission, which I support.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Notes from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference for: Who : Speakers: Susan Tenby | TechSoup Global; Janet Fouts; Kira Marchenese. Mixed Reality events – conference going on in Second Life with a live streamed video into Second Life, it expands the audience exponentially. Multi-channel conversations. Communities.

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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.), There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. There is also a science to social and mobile media. Blog Unique Visitors.

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Achieve

AUGUST 18, 2020

By now, your nonprofit has likely already taken steps to pivot more fully towards. While engagement events like discussions, parties, and announcements can be easily adapted to live-streamed settings and can generate donations, more strategically incorporating fundraising into your virtual events has probably proved to be more challenging.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

And so, too often, the magic of mid-level giving is lost, especially in digital channels. For one nonprofit we work with, individual donors who give between $1,000–$99,000 make up less than 1% of the overall donor base, but they contribute an amount that is equal to the entire small donor program. And it’s a big loss! MASS EMAIL.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Last night, Razoo, the social fundraising platform that is hosting a giving competition as part of Giving Tuesday hosted an event for SF nonprofits. Leaving the dinner, I checked my Twitter feed and started seeing tweets like this one from my colleague, Tal Frankfurt. I asked my Twitter friends exactly what he said.

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Media Cause

JUNE 22, 2021

In fact, depending on a 501c3’s annual expenses, a nonprofit could spend 5% – 20% of it’s annual resources on direct advocacy or lobbying. Introducing advocacy messaging and campaigns directly into Pathfinder’s communications streams did more than drive actions, cultivate donors, and lift overall fundraising results.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Virtual fundraisers can be a great way for nonprofits to raise crucial funds without spending a lot on renting a venue to host an in-person event. With the right technology and a solid strategy, hosting a virtual fundraiser can be extremely lucrative for nonprofit organizations. What is a virtual fundraiser? Open registration.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Revenue increases were widespread, but not uniform—some nonprofits saw an influx in mid-level and large gifts, while others grew their low-dollar conversions. That was wholly evident in our 2020 EOY fundraising numbers: supporters stepped up when nonprofits asked for help. . SMS was 2020’s hottest not-so-new channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

In February 19th, Joel Comm has organized an event called " Tweetathon " on Twitter to promote and sell copies of his new book, Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time and help a nonprofit that supports children in Africa, China, and India. Fundraising events should be fun!)

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As vacations end, students return to school, and the final days of summer approach, your nonprofit is busy gearing up for your year-end fundraising strategy. You’ll want to host creative fundraisers alongside the giving day to attract attention to your nonprofit and maximize donations. Create Twitter groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

One of the reasons I made a commitment to blogging about professional topics regularly was because I was inspired by Marnie’s nonprofit technology blog, ext. He works for an NGO in Australia and we met on Twitter (via Eddie Harran ) prior to his visit to America to attend the Wisdom 2.0 Connecting With New Colleagues.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

Since it’s impossible to know which communication channels your supporters prefer simply by guessing, it’s prudent to ask them. During the pandemic, many nonprofits discovered the potential of live streaming digital content and virtual events. Take a look at where you’re telling your story. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2010

It was a special launch day for our book, The Networked Nonprofit , thanks to you! During the peak, it was ranked as the #1 nonprofit bestseller, #3 for general industries , #19 in the overall business segment , and # 108 overall in America ! Strategies for Being A Networked Nonprofit. Tags: Networked Nonprofit.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 19, 2018

Many organizations have jumpstarted their engagement rates on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram by sending emails asking supporters to share a specific post. Usually, the ask is to amplify something you’ve already posted on your own page or feed, since both Facebook and Twitter emphasize content that’s widely shared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

The focus is how to effectively integrate social media channels and measure and learn. My colleague Geoff Livingston says that “Shiny Object Syndrome&# makes nonprofits and individuals to adopt the latest cool social tool based on peer pressure, buzz, or a strange desire to be one of the first.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

You may be wondering if that means that your executive director and CEO needs to write a blog or have their own Twitter account to share their wisdom. There are definitely some benefits to having your executive director or CEO being present on social media channels. He is using Twitter for donor accountability.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

As we all know, the nonprofit tech community is loaded with smart and thoughtful organizers who give their time and efforts to help the rest of us do the good work we do. This was one of our most interactive webinars - it was filled with community organizers, after all - the Twitter stream and chat channel were delightfully out of control!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Please join me on June 21st from 1-2 PM PST for the virtual launch of The Networked Nonprofit. These are my notes for webinar about Nonprofits and Slideshare , a social site where community members share presentations, documents and pdfs. Networked nonprofits are simple and transparent organizations. 6) Training.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

By Grant Howe, VP Research and Development, Nonprofit Solutions, Sage Business Solutions. What will the nonprofit office of the future look like? Corporations and nonprofits alike are rapidly embracing the practice of letting employees work remotely. Probably like your own home. FYI: it doesn't work over 3G.) What do you think?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Promote your video in a variety of social media channels. If your video lives on Youtube, for example, shorten that link and share it on Facebook and Twitter, then encourage supporters to continue to grow the conversation. Include a stream alongside the video player for discussion. Post on multiple video sharing sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2010

Networked Nonprofits know how to close the loop between social media and offline actions. Whatever channel they use, they’re building a bridge from online to onland. Take Twitter for example. It is an in-person meeting of Twitter users. They understand that it is a scaffolded process. What’s A Tweet Up?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2015

The main focus of PewDiePie’s videos is his commentary and reactions to various video games as he plays, captured on video and shared on his YouTube Channel. PewDiePie’s channel is the most subscribed channel on YouTube,and reaches over 34.8 Currently, the PewDiePie channel has received over 8 billion video views.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

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. How Nonprofits Can Use Measurement to Adapt to the Facebook Algorithm Change – guest post by Meghan Keaney Anderson, Hubspot. What has changed?

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 17, 2017

GivingTuesday is approaching fast and we want nonprofits to be prepared. Nonprofit donors are nearly 70% more likely to give a second donation if they used a branded page the first time they made a contribution. Capitalize on those first-time #GivingTuesday donors to create a future fundraising stream. Sponsored by Give Lively.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Photo by Marcopolos I'm a few weeks away from SXSW where I'll be leading a session called " Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam " which will incorporate a lot of audience interaction. The tool of choice has changed from IRC or Meebo to Twitter and the use of hashtags. Robert Scoble calls this taking a twitter break.

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