Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

At the beginning of each of my webinars, I poll my attendees: “Where did you first find out about this webinar?&# Every so often a supporter will testify to your good work via a wall or blog comment. Facebook/YouTube/MySpace Comments and Twitter Mentions. If your nonprofit is already blogging, plot your stats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2010

I do occasionally give thumbs up, and sometimes I’ll even comment. And when I poll my webinar attendees about where they first heard about the webinar… the results are always the same: 1) Referral from friend 2) My Blog 3) My e-mail newsletter 4) Twitter 5) Other 6) Facebook. Thumbs up and comments are difficult to inspire.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Screenshot of a poll from Philanthropy 2173 Still time to register your opinion! NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. She proposes several different times, leave your preferences in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

Holly Ross simply ignores it and track the number of comments and likes on individual posts. That particular wall post had 31 comments and 15 likes, way higher than other types of posts. I have been wanting to test a poll app to see if having close-ended questions or running a poll might encourage engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

Survey Apps: Doing polls and quick surveys are great ways to engage your audience and there are apps for that. Poll Daddy Polls does simple polls (yes / no, three choices). Please share in the comments and you could win a copy of John’s book. Mari Smith, The Big List of Apps.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

To encourage further interaction with your content, try these methods: Ask for comments, then reply directly to your followers in the comment section. to start polls or Q&As. Ask for followers to tag you in their posts about your nonprofit, then share those posts on your main accounts. Instagram story stickers.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2009

Just leave a comment with your recommendations and I’ll add it! I think it’s a great way to poll together the most recent posts from blogs and new sources around the web in a customizeable and shareable way. Tags: community resources networking blogs Blogroll rss. Why am I using Alltop?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 31, 2019

Simple things like polls and surveys or Q&A sessions can go a long way to increase social media engagement with your brand. If people have questions or comments, respond and make them feel personally recognized. If people have questions or comments, respond and make them feel personally recognized. Make them feel special!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Before I even set up this quick flash poll , I received an email from a colleague who had already compared and benchmarked their page with peer organizations using ”PATP” – dividing the total People Talking About number by the total of Facebook likes. Checking in at a place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook! Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. " I agree. Are there others?

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2012

Based on research done by Buddymedia and official comments from Facebook, we know that what you post on your page only lasts for about three hours and shows up to a skimpy 17 percent of your audience. Building weight — Comments have a higher value than a like. Polls: Ask poll questions using the poll features.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

At level three, the visitor is polled about the issue and sees her result compared to the cumulative aggregate. At level four, the visitor has some awareness of how other distinct visitors respond to the issue and can access their comments and opinions. When you take a poll alone, there’s no suspense about how you voted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The back-channel had a poll feature and one of the questions about change agents inside of nonprofits. If you participated and wrote up a post or have some takeaways, leave them in the comments. Tags: nten. She recommended a book from the HR perspective called Brand Inside Essentials.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2014

That's why, at the start of any workshop, after the first poll of the room or the webinar attendees, I offer my definition of virtual volunteering: Volunteers completing tasks, in whole or in part, off-site from the organization being assisted, using any Internet-connected device (computer, smart phone, etc.). Is it Facebook?

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Forum One

MAY 7, 2009

As the meeting begins, provide some guidance on how participants can ask questions or comment during the meeting. using the chat window, responding to a poll, writing names on a whiteboard, and of course speaking via a teleconference or VOIP. Tags: Collaboration. Some ways for users to participate are: raising their ?hands?,

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Then afterward, they can relive the good times, post new pics, un-tag themselves from the dance party candid pics, and hopefully make plans to attend again next year. Do your social followers have any comments about the event? Run an online poll to find out what people liked and what could be different.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

Promote cross-platform: FB, LI, Twitter, email>blog>online poll/petition >offline events. joewaters @ kanter Re: @ mary_joyce comments. Please leave a comment. Tags: network effectiveness. Karma points for being good. carlainsf @ kanter. Make action practical, easy. bigguyd has details.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 15, 2009

He can poll users frequently to get them to send him any material that would be apporpriate for inclusion. In Step four might the wikimaster to encourages people to comment on exisiting articles - reminding them of this capability, and having existing champions comment to prime the discussion on this forum.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Consider setting up a weekly yes-or-no poll question that you send out every Thursday, or leave it open-ended and invite followers to message you with their replies. I’ve thrown out some ideas below—feel free to add others in the comments. Please share in the comments. Retweet others. Learn more or sign up”. How To Retweet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Kristiansen captured the drama on this video clip of Mena Trott's Keynote calling for more civility in blog commenting. Mena got angry at the comments because they were not so civil - particularly those from Ben MetCalfe who Mena called out publically. Tags: backchannel. Warning she says the F-word on the clip.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Microtasks could be tagging hundreds of images or cleaning up hundreds of database entries. In terms of feedback, this is much more subjective, and there is a fuzzy line between surveying, polling and questioning a lot of people or your constituents and actual crowdsourcing for input. Is different better?

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

Online: On the backend, this system was nearly identical to the Call-In option, as the two were just different input options for the same Precision Polling system. Either leave a comment here or you can send an email to karl@nten.org. Tags: 10NTC Data Mobile NPTech NTEN IT Staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

NpTech Tag Talk If you couldn't make to the NpTech Conference call this week, there are notes here. Many useful observations and questions raised about how to analyze the tagging data we've collected and how to move from a folksonomy to a taxonomy. I think the NpTech tag helps provides a needle and thread to sew these patches together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

This way, people can comment on or start a discussion about a certain item directly within the document – both asynchronously or in real-time. In some cases, you may also need to have people in the room wear name tags. There are also options as discussed in this video. 8: Hybrid Meeting: Specific Facilitation Tips.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Here are some post-gala strategies to spark engagement : Relive the Memories, Fuel Excitement: Photo & Video Power Unleash the Photo Power: Tag, Share, & Contest Your Way to Engagement Capture the night’s essence through captivating photos and videos. Leave them in a comment below.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Turn on commenting to stimulate group dialog around your posts. . Tags: jeff patrick Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Web Sites Communications. Remember, you can switch “Like” to “Recommend” if appropriate -- and because folks can’t “Not Like” your content, you don’t have to worry about managing unflattering ratings. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

One of the comments on Joe's blog post was from Texans Against Hunger. Sometimes that's all you need - making a donation, sending petitions, affecting website ratings, flooding online polls, etc. Tags: guest blogging social media socialnetworking. Perhaps you've been feeling it too -- or come across others with a similar vibe?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I used the chat as a backchannel and invited people to add questions or comments as we went along. Note to self, look for a 2-3 minute video about one of the steps) The poll feature was great way to engage people and I wish I had thought though some more of those to incorporate along the way. I had too much content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. The tagging community that lies beneath the npdigg structure has taggers, consumers, aggregators, and meta aggregators. There is now a poll to vote on names suggested by people. here , using the ICT4peace tag.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I have a poll question for you. I’m going to end the poll, if that’s all right. It will come up in their feed either on Instagram, or Facebook, or even on LinkedIn, and then they will start to comment, or like, or share, or do some of that engagement. I’m going to end the poll and will share the results. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

What is your sense of how these social networking tools, tagging, blogs and the like ??? Sometimes I think I have an important post, but it does not get comments, so I don't know what people think (and if they even read it :)). I'm too shy to do an online poll. PersonallyI see a huge potential for web2.0 Practical examples.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

I knew this change was coming and I had read that Status Updates that receive a lot of comments and thumbs up would at the very least show up in the News Feed > Most Recent, but that’s just not happening. On that day I polled fans asking if they read Updates anymore, and the overwhelming response was no.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 9, 2019

You can tag generic words like “#nonprofit” or “#fundraising,” but they’ll likely end up lost in a vast sea of other posts with the same hashtag. You can also create fun tags that tie back to your brand without directly mentioning it. Take it to the comments! But how do hashtags work, and how often should you use them?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

So send in your questions and comments along the way. I’m going to be kicking things off in a couple minutes with some awesome polls to get to know you better. And I’m going to start off by doing some polls, and I’m going to launch this poll right now. Take my poll, fundraising friends.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 21, 2008

Maybe a comment card or book. While many museums are still far from seamless technology-based ways to allow visitors to rate exhibits real-time while in the museum, there are some no-tech ways to do this using post-its or penny polls. Tags: Book Discussion: Groundswell marketing membership.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

Poll your constituency to see what they are already listening to to find themes that are appealing etc. ID3 tags - can use itunes for this, drag album art and file over. let’s you listen to mp3 format before you upload it to be sure it sounds right, add tags, etc. Tags: liveblogging 09ntc ntc podcasting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Do you write blog posts that inspire lots of comments? For example, linking a poll to a post on the topic. One of the most used widgets by nonprofits are the audience poll widgets. Polls are a great way to get reader feedback too. I used the Vidzu poll to get feedback on a blog post here. Group 1: Interactivity.

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