Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

The “Nonprofit Organizations” brand was launched in February 2005 on Myspace. At the core of the brand is the Nonprofit Organizations avatar which has been used consistently since then to build a visual brand across many social networks ( Facebook , Twitter , Pinterest , etc). A graphic, not an image. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2013

How Your Nonprofit Can Make the Most of Its LinkedIn Profile – Guest Post by Victoria Michelson. Since then, the site has slowly developed its page content, and nonprofits have caught on, using the site to promote their organizations by gaining individual followers and joining LinkedIn Groups. What has been your experience?

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

It’s important to engage with them all to drive member loyalty and keep your organization thriving. Plus, housing key content in your online community is an effective way to create conversations around your content, get feedback, and improve member engagement in an organic way. and keep your organization thriving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2016

Introducing the New GuideStar Nonprofit Profile – Guest Post by Jacob Harold, Guidestar. I am happy to officially debut our completely redesigned GuideStar Nonprofit Profiles. Our reorganized profiles offer a clearer view of each nonprofit organization. Tell us what you think by leaving a comment below!

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Greater Giving

MAY 14, 2024

Divvying Up Your Thank-A-Thon List Create a Comprehensive Call List Include everyone who has supported your organization: Donors (of all contribution sizes) Past volunteers Partner organizations Sponsors Anyone you’ve wanted to connect with Distribute the Call List Strategically Divide the list strategically among your volunteers.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 25, 2023

That fresh-start feeling is also palpable at social good organizations. Your $10-a-month donor could be someone who is just dipping their toes into supporting your organization and who has much more to give. Then stay at the top of their minds by liking and commenting on their posts, or even sharing their posts with your network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2011

How to Back Up Your Facebook Profile Data from Emily Garman on Vimeo. That’s about when I also started following folks who were doing social media for animal welfare organizations, like colleagues Carie Lewis and Jon Dunn – and when I discovered ASPCAPRO. It’s where I found the above really useful screencast.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2012

in schools, libraries, local governments, and nonprofits, it was tough to choose just one to profile this week, but I chose YouthBuild Boston because of my fondness for green tech. Like most of us in in nonprofitland he does several other jobs in addition to taking care of the money at his organization. TechSoup is a great.”

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Candid

APRIL 4, 2023

How to find the right people to connect with When looking to network with funders, it helps to know who holds the purse strings and has decision-making power at their organization. When engaging nonprofit funders, it’s important to show mutual alignment between their organization and yours. So, be sure to do your homework.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2023

Question: I am preparing to take on a leadership role in DEI for a large organization. Answer: The approach your organization should take depends entirely on its goals. Answer: To add NTEE codes to your organization’s profile on Candid, you will need to claim and update your organization’s profile on the Candid website.

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Candid

AUGUST 22, 2023

Candid uses machine learning to automatically tag new grants, request for proposals (RFPs), and mission statements to our Philanthropy Classification System (PCS) taxonomy—or our way of organizing and enriching data to make it usable. We constantly look for ways to make it easier for nonprofits to claim and update their Candid profiles.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

AI tools are already being used by many organizations to brainstorm ideas, find efficiencies, and explore new ways of working. Successful organizations are leveraging the power of AI and social media to create more meaningful connections and foster community engagement. Drafting inbound message and comment response templates.

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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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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2021

If you’re part of an organization or business, or even just an individual with a blog, chances are you know that you need a presence on Facebook. If you want to have one spot to share posts from a business or organization, make a Business Page. Pros: You need a personal profile to join Facebook at all. What is a Facebook Group?

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Candid

JULY 7, 2022

(your handle doesn’t need to be the same, but the name should be to ensure people know they’re interacting with the correct organization). . Are you using the same logo or image as a profile picture? Once your post is live, ask staff, volunteers, and friends if they are willing to like, comment, and reshare. Is it accurate? .

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 11, 2022

While both Facebook and Twitter have fairly robust built-in scheduling tools, in this post we’re listing the top platforms that let you plan and schedule social media content for all your social media profiles from one place: 1. Let us know in the comments. The only ingredient missing now is your story !

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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? Just like identifying an ideal donor profile is useful for fundraising, your social media presence should cater to your defined target audience. Use your logo as your profile picture.

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Media Cause

MAY 30, 2023

TikTok has emerged as a powerful platform for advocacy and social justice, enabling individuals and organizations to build large followings and drive meaningful change. 4 You need a lot of resolve Just like any online forum, trolls and nasty comments abound—and it gets particularly heated in the political space. Also, TikTok.

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Candid

MARCH 14, 2024

Rethink why your organization is on social media It’s likely that your audience logs on to social media expecting to be entertained, educated, or informed. Yes, once in a while, we promote Candid nonprofit profiles or an upcoming webinar, but the bulk of our social media content is designed to help you do more good.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

This is not groundbreaking news, yet many nonprofit organizations (Candid included) have hesitated to jump in for a variety of reasons. As a bonus, we also saw an overall boost in engagement with our social media profiles and other content types. The bigger takeaways: What does this mean for your organization?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

Now, your sharing and connecting settings apply to much more of the web than just your social networking profile. Circles are how you organize your contacts. You are also given the option to disable comments on something and/or disable the option for others to share/reshare what you post.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

You can read the full post and comment on the SSIR blog or be part of the conversation below. Last month, I presented at the NCVO Foresight seminar: Changing ICT – what does it mean for your charity with a focus on the future of online revenue generation for nonprofit organizations.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

To start establishing yourself as a world-changing, impactful organization on the platform, here are a few best practices to succeed on LinkedIn. When people search for your organization on LinkedIn, the first thing they’ll see is your company page, so it’s important that your page is as informative as possible. Optimize your photos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 26, 2010

Thousands of nonprofits haven’t logged into their MySpace profiles in months, or even a year or more. I created the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace in 2006. There are lots of friendly activists and comment fairies on MySpace that do care very much about social causes and nonprofits. Comments are up.

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Media Cause

APRIL 2, 2021

Be sure to interact with community comments by liking or commenting back. Be sure to keep a careful eye for comments that are inflammatory. Depending on your capacity and goals, you should set a regular cadence for checking comments and direct messages. Don’t just copy and paste the same response to all comments.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

Research and identify potential donors Begin by identifying individuals who have demonstrated a strong commitment to your organization. I usually start my research with the board, volunteers, and staff members of the nonprofit to see if any of them meet the profile for a legacy gift.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

As more organizations are relying on social media for their communication, it is becoming increasingly harder for nonprofits to attract and hold a prospective donor or volunteer’s attention. The nonprofit Charity: Water does this exceptionally well by inviting their supporters to create their own fundraising campaign for the organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2019

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) increases your organization’s visibility in organic (not paid) search results, making your organization easier to find and driving people to your website. The way to get a higher ranking is to use the right keywords… not words your organization uses but words people use in searches.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

That said, my Pinterest Profile for “Nonprofit Organizations” ( pinterest.com/nonprofitorgs ) will only follow nonprofits. Sign up for a Pinterest Account and set up your Pinterest Profile. Surely Pinterest learned from the mistakes of Google+ and Foursquare which launched without brand profiles/pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2017

The Humane Society of the United States is an organization regularly in the habit of early adoption of new social media tools and trends. You can’t post a “Thank you” comment as your page on Facebook Fundraisers. Then, post your event to Facebook and pin it to the top of your page.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 2, 2020

So, just as you might comment on someone’s photo in your Facebook feed, you can comment on the status of an event registration record. Through Nimble AMS, your organization can use Salesforce Process Builder to automate complex business processes , saving valuable staff time. Free up staff time. Schedule automatic reports.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 11, 2012

Admins can use the app to post to their Pages, comment, get notifications of activity, manage Admins, and view Page Insights: 3) Ability to Schedule Status Updates in Advance. I have noticed a significant drop in engagement on the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page over the last month.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Engage with your audience by responding to comments Participate in conversations Be authentic and avoid highly polished replies Track your top 10 or 20 followers and tag them to help share your content Ask followers to opt in to your email list for more direct communication, Pro Tip: Befriend the algorithms with inspiring content.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

To successfully implement changes to your grantmaking application, you need to communicate the benefits of data-driven and user-centered design to your leadership, tie the benefits to your organization’s overall goals, and involve your leadership in the decision-making process. For example: Does your application represent your mission?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Now that Google+ is open to everyone, all nonprofit staff can start experimenting and familiarizing themselves with Google+ before the brand pages, also known as Google+ Business Profiles , are launched later this month. A Google Account is different from a Google Profile. Create a Google Profile. Set up your Google Profile.

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Candid

JUNE 2, 2021

For years, we’ve seen too much lip service paid to organizing our philanthropic response in a more systematic and equitable way, and there hasn’t been enough adoption of cohesive, data-driven practice. Consider updating your GuideStar profile and asking your potential and current grantees to earn a Gold Seal of Transparency.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

. —– Google+, the social network launched by Google nearly 5 months ago, has recently opened up the platform to organizations and brands with a profile type akin to the options for individuals and Pages on Facebook. If they’re not, it’s OK to wait—especially if time and energy are scarce. The Price of Early Adoption.

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