Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit Tech for Good launched in 2005 as a Myspace page and in the 18 years since we’ve been through multiple early adoption phases of new social media — first Facebook and Twitter and then on to LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr. You can re-post, love, and comment on Threads including your own.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/PanCAN , twitter.com/Advocate4PanCAN. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. gid=104492.

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APRIL 10, 2011

That got me thinking more about how we, in the non-profit space, should look to learn from examples, trends and best practices found outside of our sector. I’d love to hear your thoughts, examples, experiences in the comments below. So here’s another great bit of learning for us.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

This month, we're thinking about the way we do work in museums. I'd ask questions on Twitter before. But this one resonated clearly, as I got 75 retweets and 61 comments. Also, being flexible about work times, as both Jennifer Foley and Emily Lytle-Painter amongst others mentioned. We all need help to do this better.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

For example, some people might regularly use forums to meet with others online. This will give you a good idea of what works and what doesn’t. For example, you’ll be able to respond directly to any questions. This will give you a good idea of what’s working and what you might need to change. on Twitter and $5.26

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Media Cause

JANUARY 26, 2024

I was in an Instagram Live from the Netflix account that was supposed to broadcast the show, and the comments were going off. Included in the comments? This TikTok of staff naming sea otter facts and Reel on training a baby fish are great examples. This is why, for example, Duolingo found such great success on TikTok.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2008

Chris Brogan reminded us that he declared today as World Comment Day. Boyd goes on to describe how Twitter and other similar apps are based on the web of flow - where information of interest comes to you, not the other way around. I'm thinking, for example, of the roundup of Arts 2.0 Well, off to comment on some blogs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/BigCatRescue. We have two full-time, paid people working on social networking along with me. Chris then spends about 8 hours per week responding to comments an building relationships with our viewers. Organization Size: 125 exotic cats, 9 paid staff, 107 volunteers, 80,000 supporters. Name: Carol Baskin.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/womenforwomen. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and the Notes from the Field WordPress blog. Name: Lauren Shopp || lshopp@womenforwomen.org. Title: Multimedia/Online Coordinator.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Image Credit: dole777 on unsplash After more than a decade of dominating the social media landscape, Big Tech platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are in flux. For example, shortly after Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, the company’s entire accessibility staff was laid off.

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

Here are a few examples: Increase awareness and expand your audience: success is measured by an increase in followers, but you could also track things like shares, reposts, and retweets. Create an engaged online community: success is measured by an increase in engagement, particularly comments and re-shares.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar for Social Media and Nonprofits, I’ve been working with grantees on a variety of capacity building projects – from coaching to workshops to peer trainings. But one thing I’ve always wanted to try is a Twitter Chat before the session and use it as a focus group.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I love twitter, which in some ways surprises me, and in some ways doesn’t. Sure, why not.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2009

Enter Twitter. Twitter has created the most up-to-the minute archive of conversations around the world. We can see, through using Twitter Search , the public timeline , or Trending , what topics are popular, what links are being shared, and more. But with Twitter, it isn’t static. Because it’s all conversation.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 1, 2022

Comment on a news cycle story that relates to your non-profits work A great way to connect with your organization’s community is to comment on any ongoing issue or news that might be happening at a current time and that might be related to your organization’s cause. 10 ENGAGING NON-PROFIT NEWSLETTER IDEAS 1.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 22, 2015

Follow her on Facebook and Twitter to read all of her latest posts. _. One example of their success happened recently when Make-A-Wish partnered with Mustang parts company CJ Pony Parts. The foundation works on web-related issues through advocacy, mobilizing volunteers and organizing events. ChildFund International.

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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. What is the objective of the Twitter campaign? Because of the project’s scale, we opted to use Twitter as our communications channel instead of Facebook. We identified two quantitative success measures, Twitter impressions and content sharing.

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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

JUNE 9, 2009

Last week I wrote a post called " 8 Nonprofit CEOs Who Tweet " and the number quickly grew based on the responses in the comments. It got me thinking about managing multiples: multiple twitter accounts, multiple people tweeting from one account, and how do you tweet a network of affiliates or a movement.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 18, 2021

As a nonprofit, you can use this concept to your advantage to motivate action for the benefit of your work. Testimonials are perceived by many potential supporters as the most reliable source of information about the work of an organization and its impact on the community. The long and the short of it is, testimonials work!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

In order to do this, they need to work with free agents, hyper-connected individuals who are passionate about social change, but don’t work within institutional walls. Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. What works?

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 10, 2019

If you’re skeptical don’t be because the strategy works. This tactic still works today, but it’s not nearly as effective as it once was. Further, Rand Fishkin shared a recent study of business engagement rates on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. This means commenting, liking and sharing DAILY.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned. I'm drawing from my experience using Twitter drawing and those of others. I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2021

It breaks my fundraising heart each time I read about hard-working fundraisers spending hours crafting a donor-centered appeal only to find their CEO had “fixed it” by: . Think about including 15-20 minutes of fundraising education at every board meeting and pass on worthwhile studies, articles, and winning examples of fundraising appeals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. For example, accepting gifts of stock by opening a brokerage account, accepting Venmo donations, accepting cryptocurrency , and accepting donations from Alexa (Amazon devices). For example, could people who donate every year be cultivated for a larger or monthly gift?

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 3, 2019

If you’re skeptical don’t be because the strategy works. This tactic still works today, but it’s not nearly as effective as it once was. Further, Rand Fishkin shared a recent study of business engagement rates on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. This means commenting, liking and sharing DAILY. Guess what?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

How networked nonprofits use twitter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you work with youth or are a youth-service organization, TikTok could be a terrific way for you to reach teenagers and young adults. You can create videos that talk about your work and how your nonprofit meets needs in your community—you just have to keep it short. Check out the examples below! TikTok’s user base is young.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Why Twitter Matters View more presentations from Laura lee Dooley. Check out blog for in-depth posts on Twitter tools, for example this one about url shorterners. I'd like to point a few examples that were not on his list and share some good nonprofit Twitter resources. Cohen titled " 26 Charities That Tweet."

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

If someone was scrolling through their social media account and came across a post from your nonprofit, would they like, comment, or share it? For example, Gen Z and Millennial audiences are active Instagram users, while older generations tend to be more active on Facebook. What should you post?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. The event also had a hashtag which makes it easy for those on Twitter to find and connect.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Take for example Big Warm Up , a campaign by Lands End to encourage people to donate winter coats to homeless people. Cindy wrote: "A couple of months ago I was reading an article about Twitter and went to your blog. I set-up a Twitter account , forgot it, figured a waste of time, until now. Tags: twitter.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Organic social is considered free, non-paid content created, uploaded, and shared within social platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube. That’s Social SEO at work. By understanding what works and what doesn’t, you keep providing quality content that gets results. #5

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The Storytelling Non-profit

MAY 3, 2022

Are you working on your year-end campaign or building up a new seasonal campaign?Let I worked on one year in a campaign for several years that raised over $5 million in the month of December. Some examples of fundraising and marketing assets you may use in your campaign include: direct emailing , radio ads, bus ads, mail drop, etc.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

As part of that work we get to connect with and learn from organizations using new media in the field -- and this summer we hit the road, attending the International AIDS Conference , CDC's Health Communication, Marketing, and Marketing Conference , the Ryan White All Grantee meeting , and the U.S. What is "online engagement"?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Facebook aka Meta, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok have become integrated into how people communicate with one another and access culture. In his one jam-packed day, the American filmmaker saw a total of 140,000 works of art and walked 22 miles on his expedition yet only saw 1% of the art in London. METTWINNING. Key Takeaways.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

If your nonprofit is lucky enough to find exceptional volunteers or interns, you should still consider paying them for their work, especially if they are recent college grads struggling to find a job. To effectively work with image and video content, your new media manager must be adept at using photo and video editing software.

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