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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Often, the central issue is a specific policy or a cultural phenomenon that the organization seeks to promote or eliminate. For example, a local nonprofit working on educational issues may raise awareness about specific school board policies with the aim of making them more inclusive.

Advocacy

Advocacy Generation Strategy Awareness

Newest Changes to Twitter and Facebook

NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Twitter recently announced that they were going to start allowing people who follow your account on Twitter, regardless if you follow them back, to send you direct messages on Twitter. It’s also been reported that you cannot have and weblinks in your Twitter direct messages. What about Facebook?

Twitter

Twitter Facebook Change Spam

Social Media for Social Good :: Your Nonprofit Tech Checklist

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

At the end of the Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits is a nine-page “Nonprofit Tech Checklist” which I have copied and pasted below. That was my number one priority when writing the book… to create a comprehensive, useful social and mobile media how-to guide for nonprofits. 2) Twitter.

Social Media

Social Media Social Media Tech

Webinars

How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets. Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. Staff the organization’s social media account inboxes and repeat the above. Be Informed. Cultivation.

Fundraising

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How Your Organization’s CEO Can Use Social Media for Thought Leadership

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Many nonprofit CEOs use their social media profiles to extend the reach of their thought leadership and connect with professional colleagues, media, and policy makers. Using social media isn’t just a distraction, it amplifies and enhances the work your CEO is already doing.

Social Media

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Case Study: How Human Rights Watch Leverages Employee Personal Brands on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

I interviewed Jim Murphy , Senior Online Editor, about how Human Rights Watch ’s integrated social media strategy leverages the personal brands HRW 197 employees to get results. The organizational strategy is to impact policy change. Policy makers, another target audience, were also using Twitter as a communications channel.

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Is Clubhouse the Right Application for Your Social Media Plan?

Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

Three things happen every spring: March Madness, spring cleaning, and social media plans need a refresh. As the application continues to gain popularity, it now seems like the right time to ask: is Clubhouse the right application for mission-driven social media plans? More: Clubhouse’s full privacy policy. Time sensitivity.

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How Multi-Chapter Nonprofits Can Create a Consistent Brand on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 3, 2015

All medium and large nonprofits with multiple chapters eventually experience a unique, but common problem in their mobile and social media campaigns. Doing so requires a significant time investment, but it can and should be done: Step 1: Create an email lists of chapter mobile and social media campaigners. It will help melt resistance.

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How Much Time Should Your Nonprofit Invest In Different Social Media Channels?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Note from Beth: Many nonprofits do not have dedicated teams for social media and social media strategy and implementation is typically only a part of a someone’s job. Nonprofits nowadays invest serious resources to keep pace with the latest social media trends. Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. By Sacha Evans. Simply Measured.

Social Media

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Social Media and Governance: Reflections from BoardSource

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Last week, I had the honor of doing a mini workshop at the annual BoardSource Conference called “Governing the Networked Nonprofit in An Age of Social Media &# where I had an opportunity to share some ideas on social media culture, transparency, and simplicity from the Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine.

Social Media

Social Media Government Reflection Media

4 Quick Tips to Remember When Planning an Advocacy Campaign

Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

If you’re a new organization without many resources or contacts, you may have more luck working first at the local level. Plan for when you’ll begin to contact volunteers, when you’ll reach out to the broader public, and when you want to accomplish your goal. Personalize your messages to every contact.

Advocacy

Advocacy Campaign Tips Storytelling

Social Media Usage Guidelines: Don't moon people with cameras (or at least hide your face when you do)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

Yesterday, I attended a webinar about social media policies called " E-Privacy: Can You Legally Monitor MySpace, LinkedIn, E-mail, & Blogs? The Webinar was mostly focused on the privacy concerns and the Human Resources side of Internet/Social Media Policies. Beth: Do you have a social media policy at your foundation?

Guidelines

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Have you read your legislator’s tweet yet?

NCE Social Media

MARCH 13, 2009

In fact, there was a small brouhaha when legislators twittered during President Obama’s state of the union address. To see if your legislators use Twitter visit www.TweetCongress.org. This site has a list of congressmen who use Twitter. Please note that the site also includes the YouTube webpage links for the legislators.

WordPress

WordPress YouTube Advocacy Policy

New on SSIR: Effects of Joining the Conversation

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

—– It’s not a surprise to any of us that social media is changing the way our organizations work, not just communicate. The lessons in social media are especially important for organizations working with the public, whether it’s public service or opinion. Joining the conversation really means conversations.

Conversation

Conversation Effective PDF Social Media

Successful Organizations On Twitter: Wellstone Action - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Deanna Zandt (DZ): How long have you been on Twitter? What inspired you to join?

Social Media

Social Media Twitter Action Advocacy

Social Media for Volunteer Managing and More

Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

Recently, TechSoup hosted a webinar discussing how to use social media to acquire and support volunteers. The webinar explained how each social media tool can be used effectively, how to use the right medium to reach your target audience, and how to manage social media policy for your organization.

Social Media

Social Media Volunteer Media Management

Four Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Question Facebook’s Integrity, Longevity, and ROI (Return on Investment)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Facebook would do well to follow the lead of Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. 4) Twitter 5) LinkedIn 6) Facebook. Most of it comes from Twitter and LinkedIn. I have been working social media sites daily for 4.5 Facebook contacted the Admin and told her that she needed to “authenticate&# the Page. Not even good.

ROI

ROI Integration Question Facebook

Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

The good news is this is completely avoidable in the Age of Social Media. Over the last six years since our founding, MomsRising has worked with hundreds of bloggers and has learned how to strategically use social media to ensure that key audiences don’t miss compelling posts.

Blogger

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How Advocacy Fits Into Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Strategy

NonProfit Hub

JULY 3, 2020

When you reinforce your mission and publicly support the policies that impact your cause, it provides an additional platform to discuss your organization with potential supporters. You may ask them to stop something in their policies that is actively harming your mission or to incorporate a new policy that would help.

Advocacy

Advocacy Strategy Fundraising Influence

27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Dropbox Sign Platform overview: Nonprofits may need to share important documents and agreements, such as employment contracts or conflict of interest policies. This tool enables users to build forms in just minutes, collaborate with team members to add questions, and share the forms on a website or social media.

Software

Software Free Tools Adobe

grist.org: Measuring Along the Ladder of Engagement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. Erika Croxton, the grist.org staffer who oversees social media strategy, says. “We

Measure

Measure Policy Social Media Green

What Will Be The New Normal For The Event Industry?

AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

It is also a good idea to make sure that all parts of the venue are set up to enable social distancing and consider implementing a mask policy. Leveraging Social Media. Social media plays a powerful role in event marketing but it can also be an integrated part of your virtual event. Connecting Local Events.

Industry

Industry Virtual Platform Broadcast

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

MAY 27, 2009

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

Newest Changes to Twitter and Facebook

Webinars

Trending Sources

Social Media for Social Good :: Your Nonprofit Tech Checklist

Webinars

100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

How Your Organization’s CEO Can Use Social Media for Thought Leadership

Case Study: How Human Rights Watch Leverages Employee Personal Brands on Twitter

Is Clubhouse the Right Application for Your Social Media Plan?

How Multi-Chapter Nonprofits Can Create a Consistent Brand on Social Media

How Much Time Should Your Nonprofit Invest In Different Social Media Channels?

Social Media and Governance: Reflections from BoardSource

4 Quick Tips to Remember When Planning an Advocacy Campaign

Social Media Usage Guidelines: Don't moon people with cameras (or at least hide your face when you do)

Have you read your legislator’s tweet yet?

New on SSIR: Effects of Joining the Conversation

Successful Organizations On Twitter: Wellstone Action - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Social Media for Volunteer Managing and More

Four Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Question Facebook’s Integrity, Longevity, and ROI (Return on Investment)

Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed

How Advocacy Fits Into Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Strategy

27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

grist.org: Measuring Along the Ladder of Engagement

What Will Be The New Normal For The Event Industry?

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Funding Faith: Raising Money For Religion-Based Organizations

Crowdsourcing Your Professional Learning With Social Media: An Example

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Tapping Small and Local Donors on Twitter: A Girls Inc. Case Study - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

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