Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Granted, the positives do outweigh the negatives, but it is important to step back occasionally and take a critical look at how social media is impacting nonprofit technology at your organization as well as your digital staff. Nonprofits have spent years promoting Facebook and get rewarded with a 2% organic reach.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Organization: The Nature Conservancy. Organization Size: +1 million members, +3800 staff. Facebook: facebook.com/thenatureconservancy. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. Name: Amy Ganderson.

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Care2

JUNE 23, 2012

.” So while social media may not be rocket science, good data, such as the best times to post updates to Facebook, can better inform strategy. Zarella’s study had similar results to the Social Media Today study that showed Photos Get the Most "Likes" on Facebook than any other status updates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 26, 2010

The majority have moved on to Facebook and Twitter. Traffic has definitely sloooowed, but the site still has 57 million monthly visitors in the United States ( as of December 2009 ). They just don’t tend to be the same folks that regularly visit Facebook and Twitter. I created the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace in 2006.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. Like all social media today, organic reach is very low.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Note from Beth: Alison Zarella is the co-author of the recently published “ The Facebook Marketing Book.&# I received a review copy from O’Reilly. Alison will join the Zoetica Salon today and answer your nitty gritty Facebook questions. This book was definitely a labor of love, but in a good way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Source: Nielsen Online The We Are Media Festival of Tools is starts the last week of work on the Nonprofit Social Media Toolbox with a focus on social networking tools and widgets and apps. So for today, our focus is on social networking sites.  Office Life : How To Befriend The Boss On Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. Though Facebook had gone public nine months previous, Facebook Groups were only just beginning to be used as community-building tools by nonprofits and Facebook Pages didn’t exist yet. Social media is not a fad.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

If your budget is limited, you can distribute the responsibility for using various tools among different staff members, but implementing an effective social media strategy that is dispersed among multiple staff members will require strict organization and disciplined leadership. The era of “winging” it in social media is over.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A directory of quotes by famous people, this websites list thousands of inspirational quotes useful for Tweeting and Facebook Status Updates. IconsPedia :: iconspedia.com/pack/social-me-1467.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Organization: Women for Women International. Organization Size: Approximately 70 DC/stateside employees; more than 100 field staff employees in eight countries in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. Facebook: facebook.com/womenforwomen. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Care2

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Does senior leadership at your organization ask “why can’t we raise money on social media? Your organization is not running for the President of the United States. Second, the majority of nonprofits have not raised a dime on social media. 72% of nonprofits have no dedicated social media staff.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2015

For the past few years, nonprofits have spent a lot of resources on building their Facebook page presence. Many social media strategists and the media told nonprofits and businesses that email was dying and that FREE social networks like Facebook would be king of communications. So is Facebook still worth it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2011

Over the last 18 months I have subscribed to over 50 nonprofit text alert campaigns from a wide variety of organizations, but it wasn’t until this past April 28th that I finally received a text alert from a nonprofit that linked to a mobile website: That the text came from the Humane Society of the United States was not surprising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. The best social media managers have a voracious appetite for news and current affairs. Those are definitely not the qualities of a good social media manager. WWF Desktop.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

So, to simply for the nonprofit masses, I present and frame very simple definitions and interpretations of Web 1.0, is one person or organization pushing content out to many people via websites and e-mail newsletters. Web 2.0 = Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites. and Web 3.0 It’s one-way communication.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

There are a ton of great activities, networking opportunities and sessions focused on the non-profit space this year – one of which Blackbaud will be moderating. It should be a great conversation between (check out the panelists below) social networking providers and their non-profit users.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2010

Desktop and laptop computers have become essential tools for nonprofit communicators over the last decade, and now we are entering the era of smartphones – a tool that nonprofit communicators should definitely be writing into next year’s budget for key communications and development staff. 10 Nonprofit Mobile Websites.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

Without constituents, your nonprofit organization wouldn’t be able to positively impact your community and drive your mission forward. However, with a few ideas and implementation tips, you’ll be able to retain donors, steward them to the next level, and strengthen your organization as a whole.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Facebook Connect was announced a few days ago, and, of course, it’s the talk of the Web 2.0 Just a quick definition: the “social graph&# is, basically, your data about who you are, and who is connected to you - who your friends are. Beth Kanter, as always, has a nice overview of what it is, and what it might mean.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

I spent sometime reviewing what Planned Parenthood was doing on social networks as well as their online presence - so it was good to get the inside story. Social media is described in terms of the mission, not the tools. While the board wasn’t against technology or social media, it was a little bit of a mystery.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2011

Guest blog alert: The following post is from Andy Streggles, chief operating officer and social strategist, for Convio technology partner , Higher Logic. In the past year an onslaught of social networking platforms have emerged targeting the association and nonprofit market, leading many associations to wonder which is best for them.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

I finally watched the Oscar-nominated film “The Social Network” this past weekend. It was an entertaining movie, but it definitely took real events and twisted them for dramatic effect. One thing that did ring true is that Facebook is constantly changing, and not every change is award-winning.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

Nonprofits pioneered social media. They were on Myspace and organizing via Facebook Groups years before corporate brands, higher education, and broadcast and print media. If your nonprofit works with teens and young people, this is a mobile photo-sharing community that you should definitely explore.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

It's definitely worth the read. Now that Causes removed itself, its content, and any related data from MySpace, organizations cannot connect with their supporters who were using Causes. To connect with supporters, organizations and individuals working on projects will need to be sure that data gets back to them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

, but after four hours of testing and coming up against numerous brick walls and errors on Justin.tv (primarily with their Facebook and iPhone Apps), I went with Ustream. Unfortunately, Ustream’s Facebook App is limited to brands with large numbers of viewers. summary of your organization and a profile picture.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Organization: National Wildlife Federation. Organization Size: 400 employees. Facebook: facebook.com/nationalwildlife. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Name: Danielle Brigida.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

It was much more traffic than I would have ever thought possible, but thanks to the burgeoning “Nonprofit Organizations” communities that I had built on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, launching a blog was much easier in 2009 than it was when I tried and failed in 2004. That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Care2

JUNE 13, 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!" Over 179,000 nonprofits utilize Facebook Causes but just how sticky is Facebook?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Brand your organization’s profile on Change.org. Nonprofits can easily design their profile on change.org to match their website and other social networking sites. are also branded which definitely results in more donations and action participants. Now on to the best practices: 1. See Compliments ].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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MAY 26, 2021

Many organizations, including schools, use a peer-to-peer platform to create personal fundraising pages for school staff and board members. Our first event idea is definitely appropriate for school groups. Giving fundraisers a designated giving page ensures their social network knows who they’re giving to and why.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2014

Our donors are being solicited on every channel from numerous organizations multiple times a day. For example, do you have donors who have donated $25 to your organization every month for the last five years? They will probably be even surprised by this gesture because very few organizations take the time to call their donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The idea is to harnesses the collective power of the social good sector ecosystem which includes charities, families, businesses and individuals. The first is easy – dollars raised, # of volunteers, etc. What is the definition of success? What is the change that will result? What about you?

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

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!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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