TechImpact

MARCH 5, 2015

When it comes to Twitter, it’s not uncommon for fake accounts to clog up your social media channel. The post How To Find (And Remove) Fake Followers On Twitter appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. They might be following you or you could even be following them without realizing it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

With so much noise on social channels during this global day of giving, you may be wondering how your nonprofit can stand out and more effectively fundraise for its mission. To stay at the top of your social page indefinitely, you can easily pin a post on your Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

How much effort are your social media channels really worth? Twitter engagement rates for brands are actually higher on the weekend. According to this Mashable study , Pinterest actually drives more traffic to publishers than Twitter, LinkedIn and Reddit combined. By Sacha Evans. And you shouldn’t be either.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2014

Twiplomacy aims to identify the extent to which world leaders use Twitter and how they connect on the social network. Only 32 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia-Pacific, do not have any Twitter presence. Pope Francis ( @Pontifex ) is the most influential world leader on Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2010

Nonprofits and their adoption of social media has created an interesting, albeit interdependent relationship with large companies like Google, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr. As the owners of YouTube, the company also offers a YouTube Nonprofit Program , and launched the YouTube channels Agent Change and Video Volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2014

I listened in to a Twitter chat with Helen Clark, head of UNDP , answer questions about the Millennium Development Goals , including the overarching goal of cutting poverty in half by 2015. Nonprofit CEOs , World Leaders, and others see social as an important engagement channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2014

He camped outside her door and not only told her about how nonprofit CEO’s were using Twitter, but showed her how easy it was. Here’s a story about the CEO of the ACLU of New Jersey and how he uses Twitter to reach out to the press and policy makers and the questions he and his staff answered.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

I am in Brasil to keynote the Social Good Brasil Conference (had to vote early), but I can still watch democracy unfold in real-time through my friends updates on Twitter, Facebook, and other social channels. I love seeing these photos of polling places where my friends are voting. Features include: Easier reporting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

This morning on Twitter, Farra, from Big Duck, pointed me to a guest blog post titled " What Story Are You Telling Your Donors, Where Are You Telling It ?" to hear presentations about multi-channel campaigns , including the deck above from Rebecca Willett of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

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Care2

JANUARY 28, 2013

Sometime we can’t help ourselves and feel compelled to measure some of our successes through vanity metrics such as FB Likes or Twitter followers. ” And here was my advice to them and every organization that is looking to be more influential across multiple channels. Another client said “Our Klout score is terrible.

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NetWits

AUGUST 3, 2009

Some time has passed since Twitter and Facebook integrations were released for Blackbaud Sphere Events. In a previous post we asked “Is Twitter important for Event participants?” and found that it likely was a feasible channel to cultivate and solicit donors.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

As you can see, the design is a bit edgy – and its part of new multi-channel campaign that hopes to activate activists and ignite conversations. Of course, the infographic alone is not enough – it’s part of a multi-channel campaign. This infographic is part of a multi-channel campaign.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2018

In a sea of channels, the best way to stand out is to ensure you’re showing up where your audience is most likely to be. But navigating information channels is trickier than navigating TV channels, especially if you don’t have the right information. Here are a few key takeaways: Direct mail still brings in the most money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

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? How do bridge or connect the face-to-face interaction and back channels to leverage learning? The Back Channel.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

We studied 778 nonprofit organizations’ video posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram from January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019 to establish benchmarks, identify trends, and uncover insights. We analyzed the Top 100 Most Engaging Nonprofit Videos Per Channel and found that the most engaging content types were: Animals, kids & cuteness.

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Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 2, 2022

Social media channels (such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram). Before investing too much time and money in various recruitment channels, your organization needs to have an online volunteer registration process. What are the top social media channels for nonprofits? Word-of-mouth marketing. Email campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

For the past few years, I’ve been teaching a workshop called “ Leading on Social Channels ” for nonprofits that want to leverage the personal brands of their leaders. There are many nonprofit leaders using social channels — take a glance at the list of lists of nonprofit CEO on social media. Demonstrate impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

Leveraging the networks and personal brands of your staff as champions can help your organization’s communications strategy have more impact. With a few guidelines and a little training, employees can use social channels effectively in service of your organization’s mission AND their own learning.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JULY 7, 2011

It has many of the virtues of Twitter and Facebook , without the annoyances. It's a new social media channel. It's fun, it's interesting, it has relatively simple functionality, and it offers users a lot of control over who sees what they post. But let's get a grip, people. It's not an achievement on the order of world peace.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 21, 2022

When a contribution is made, it’s a good idea to publicize gratitude by posting the name of the donor with a special message of thanks on social media applications like Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. 3) Give something real. Giving funds is easier and more satisfying when a contributor knows exactly what their donation will cover.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 7, 2013

The Internet users of 2013 expect polish and professionalism across all your online channels not only in their appearance, but also in how they are managed. Twitter Background :: 1920 x 1080 pixels. Twitter Header (Fixed) :: 520 x 260 pixels. Twitter Header (Color) :: 300 x 300 pixels. An Avatar :: 200 x 200 pixels.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Elliot Harmon will be hosting TechSoup's social media channels, answering any Creative Commons questions you have on Twitter and Facebook. Next Wednesday, September 17, Creative Commons communication manager (and former TechSouper!) Don't know what to ask?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 8, 2021

It’s important to determine goals and objectives , understand your audience , and develop a coherent message as first steps because having these pieces in place will help you identify the best medium or communication channel for each nonprofit message. . Your channel is the vessel in which you choose to share your content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2015

My most engaged follower on Twitter this past week is Jennifer Preston. SocialRank is a tool that helps you understand your followers on your Twitter and now Instagram. Do you know who your most engaged or influential followers are on social channels? Jennifer was observing and tweeting during the session. (If

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

One of their newest experiments is a Twitter campaign, #150jobs. I interviewed Arlene to learn more about they’re measuring their Twitter campaign and what they’re learning. What is the objective of the Twitter campaign? We identified two quantitative success measures, Twitter impressions and content sharing.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 15, 2011

And all of this happens fairly seamlessly - to the two of us, it's just one big long conversation even though each piece of it happened using eight different communication methods - or "channels.". Your supporters might be in one of these channels, or a subset - or all of them. Such as: email. direct mail. text message. face to face.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

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. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I got an email from hosts Chris Uschan and Tony Veroeven who shared some numbers, "We had 190 attend and ask 140 questions in a back channel that looked like Clark Griswald 's House at Christmas!". It's a live chat during a workshop or presentation and these days, it mostly taking place on Twitter.

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sgEngage

JULY 18, 2023

The functionality is just like Twitter, focusing on short, written exchanges and timely discourse. While Threads is the “new kid on the block,” we can look to its competitor, Twitter, to see where the benefits might lie for fundraising. Sound familiar? How Can It Be Useful for Fundraising?

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

TechSoup continued its Social Media Mondays in May with a discussion on Twitter to expand on the resources offered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki. The second installment of the weekly TweetChat series offered some useful advice on nonprofit Twitter use, a tool that can be difficult to understand for many nonprofit leaders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

Twitter App Looks Up Zip Code to Tweet Your Legislator. They are integrating social media tactics to their online advocacy tool box with this Twitter tool. You just type in your zip code , and their Twitter handles are displayed with buttons that allow you to easily Tweet them about not cutting Medicaid.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Unless you study Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. 2) You are rarely retweeted on Twitter. People follow nonprofits on Twitter to learn about your cause or because they care about the work you do. 3) Your YouTube Channel is absent of customization and branding. Many nonprofits are neglecting their YouTube Channels.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

There is a lot of hype around new digital channels, but little evidence is published to back this up. Here is the evidence from one global campaign in 2010 to demonstrate how different digital channels compared. Should we use Twitter and Mobile?" "Is I hear the questions every week: "Should we start with Facebook or email?"

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TechImpact

MAY 8, 2014

Too many social media channels. Twitter, Vine, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Instagram. Each one of these very different social media channels has the potential to help your nonprofit achieve its mission. Use a social dashboard to consolidate your social media channels into one place and manage from that central nexus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2009

Twitter has been used during the G20 protests , election monitoring and crowd-sourcing the location of a torch when it was passing through San Francisco. Once this is in place, it is important to understand how the tool can or can't be use to reach that goal, what the limitations are, and how to take a "multi-channel" approach.

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