Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Reading, reviewing, commenting, writing, and editing content. So, it is important for us to incorporate techniques in daily work life that reduce the chances of this happening. What are your tips to help you focus in an age of distraction? Are there tips not on the mind map?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

How can you help them go all out for #GivingTuesday? Can you make room to share community perspectives to help inspire more donations? Let us know in the comments. Corral Your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Team Captains. Think special toolkits and new incentives. Include Your Community in Your Campaign. Image 1: Jenna Sauber.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

No personal attacks ad hominem comments. It’s also helpful to have a dedicated recorder who captures all ideas, making sure none are overlooked. Even using charts and graphs can help a lot. You can view a couple of visual idea generation and sharing techniques in a video by Jack Elkins (The idea “T” and the “Story Board”).

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

hint: it’s very helpful if you can make your “character” a specific person/animal or small group of people/animals that you can attach names to). What are you planning to do to help alleviate the conflict and help the hero overcome the problem? Characters: Every story needs a hero, and it’s probably someone you serve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

As someone who loves to play with analytics, visuals, maps, and other geekery, I've been wanting to explore in more depth the how-to and the techniques. To take my learning deeper on social network analysis and mapping techniques and how they can be applied them to a social media strategy, I took a workshop with Marc Smith.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

UK-based breast cancer awareness charities, have consistently used innovative marketing techniques to educate and empower people about the importance of early breast cancer detection. The aim of the campaign was to help those who feel “silenced by the stigma of suicide.” Share below in the comments!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

What are the techniques and strategies that nonprofits use to find free agents? There are over 200,000 professional artists in the US — and a bunch of them have problems the techies could help solve. What should we be building to help artists make and sell art, engage their audiences, and connect to other artists?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Using these three components together in the right ways can help you see real results in your donor acquisition program. Let’s walk through some practical ways that you and your team can use data, content, and technology to attract new supporters (and I’ll even toss in some pro tips to help you with execution).

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 12, 2017

But it’s important nonetheless: when you generate content based on trending topics you can be assured that said topics are already on reader’s minds, and speaking to these topics can really help you build a loyal following and assist you in honing in on your target audience. Comment Sections.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It also requires strategic planning, effective communication, and innovative marketing techniques to reach your target audience and inspire them to take action. Then, show you’re working to solve that problem with the help of your supporters. This will help you build credibility and inspire potential supporters to take action.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2021

Some key elements for a successful online member community: A modern online member community platform – Look for technology that supports a modern experience, with tools that help you share information, including: A quick announcement area – to highlight important information, such as newly-available industry reports.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

If you are trying to incorporate more exercise into your day, walking and moving is a very productive form of procrastination because it helps your brain concentrate (and you burn calories not to mention it being more healthy than sitting for 8 hours). Still, you have to get stuff done.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

If you want to a chance to win, leave a comment on this post sharing something that you’d like to learn about Impact Leadership or some wisdom from your experience about practicing impact leadership! ” The brainstorming techniques from the previous day will yield many, many insights and ideas.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2024

Here are some tips to help fundraisers push past the psychological challenges: Reframe asking as inviting – Focus on including others in a collective effort rather than putting them on the spot. Events also help tell the story behind the cause. The key is to replace hesitation with proactive enthusiasm and authenticity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

The film helps kids see and understand that families can different shapes today. So, when we talk about social media and being open and embracing the conversation, one of the most comment questions that comes up is: To what extent do you need to moderate the discussion in a socnet space or blog so it isn't antithetical to your mission?

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

When using Facebook, invest in using high-quality graphics to help make your page stand out from the rest. Keep in mind good storytelling techniques. For a full list of Facebook best practices, see this helpful list by Nonprofit Tech for Good. Share your knowledge with our community in the comments!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Here I used a classic, simple technique of asking people to share burning questions in small groups and generated a list of the themes/questions with the full group. I’m always relieved when the questions match the content, but you also have to point out where you will go deep and what may not be addressed.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 16, 2016

One great technique of viral marketing is to take advantage of user generated content, which relies on your audience to create and share information for you. And when you do comment, include links to similar pages as well as your own. Build in a feature to your posts that gives users something free if they refer others to your site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Instead, content curation helps us keep focused. platform and started following and learning from some of best curators on the planet and in particular, Robin Good. Jarche describes some techniques on how to do the most important, but sometimes difficult step of sense-making.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Tyson Foods has perfected a social media strategy that leverages blog comments for food donations as noted on the Fast Company blog , (part of its innovative giving series which included a profile of me !) Tyson's strategy has inspired bloggers and other companies to use this technique to give to charity. Here's a few examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Offer Training in Conflict Management To Social Media Professionals: The book describes techniques for conflict management and how to respond in various situations, but organizing a training for staff that includes role play and simulations to practice these skills is also important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

I read Beth’s post, Help! I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. I call these “housekeeping skills” because these techniques keep my data neat and tidy. Ask for help. By Ann Emery.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 14, 2020

While nothing could prepare the event industry for the changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, there are plenty of things that can be done to help prepare for life after the virus. . Here are some things to consider and some steps to take that can help you in meeting your expectations for the event as well as those of your attendees: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2011

While the timeline has the potential to embarrass some users who might have inappropriate photos buried along their timeline, the cover image is a great opportunity for nonprofits to engage their champions to help spread the word about the organization. Leave a URL in the comments. The Ocean Conservancy has done just that!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Nostalgia is much more than mere reminiscing; it’s a warm, fuzzy emotion that we feel when we think about fond memories from our past. In a 2012 study, researchers discovered that nostalgizing helps people relate their past experiences to their present lives in order to make greater meaning of it all. 4. Make it Buzzworthy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2007

I was most curious about ChaCha - a search engine that lets you search with human help. A guide appears in the chat and asks how they might help. I asked him to help me find a list of conferences that people who work in nonprofits might find valuable to attend. re not searching alone. My first guide was JaredT.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The skill, of course, is hosting a Giving Day and we are now looking at processes, techniques, and ideas for follow up and assessment. Storytelling or rather story sharing isn’t just for presentations , it can help build your nonprofit’s capacity. Share your examples in the comments below.

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Socialbrite

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

With the importance of mobile marketing in mind, consider these fundraising techniques using a smartphone. Even the messages that aren’t strictly asks can be beneficial in the fundraising process because they help you build rapport with donors that you don’t see face to face on a regular basis. Text-to-donate campaigns.

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CauseVox

APRIL 25, 2022

this is one of the best fundraising techniques to use. Don’t forget to ask supporters to comment, share, and interact with you online to promote the organic growth of the campaign. or comment on your posts. If you’re looking for more inspiring ideas to help you fundraise year-round, we’ve got you covered.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

You can also invite Alums to share what they’re up to as part of your engagement strategy on social channels, either as a dedicated post or part of the conversation in the comments. Notice the engagement in the comments, with people tagging each other. 5. Images, Questions, and Comments Inspire Facebook Engagement.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

In addition, if you’re personally facing these challenges, you can use the book to better understand how you can ask others for help and support. For the last scenario, it can be as simple as “I think Kristen got cut off there and I’d like to hear the rest of her comment.” The key is to use our voices and choices to elevate others.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

Within 30 minutes, I registered a domain name, launched a fundraising site on CauseVox , and seeded it with key influencers on Twitter to help build momentum. What were successful techniques or elements of SXSWcares? At inception, seeding the half-baked campaign with key influencers helped determine if the campaign had traction.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Use pre-scheduling tools to help you keep engagement up over the weekend, say, or to post when you'll be away or unavailable for a period of time. Always Be Commenting This one is simple, and comes from a wonderful post by Guy Kawasaki. You need to comment quickly, often, and respond to everyone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Here’s 5 infographics that will help you get up to speed about using visualization processes to generate insights from data. ” An infographic (short of information graphic) is a picture that blends data with design, storytelling, and insights that helps nonprofits concisely communicate messages to their audiences.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

How do you write a question for a comment board that will generate authentic, on-topic, diverse, interesting visitor comments? I find it to be really useful because it helps people quickly see that there IS a difference in how people respond to different questions, and that designing better questions can yield more interesting results.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Scientist / Data Analysis Engineer / General Techie Want to help save the world with your code? Want to help assemble evidence used to convict dictors of war crimes? We help the human rights movement speak truth to power, because we believe each story of human rights abuse is a tool for justice.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 2, 2009

This is my favorite technique for raising money and building relationships. So, I created this Mentoring Course to help. Plus, I’ll review and comment on a letter for you that you can use this Fall to raise money for your nonprofit! (It’ll I’m a self-proclaimed direct mail geek and proud of it!

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