Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

I’ve only been away for 10 days and in that short amount of time Facebook has launched Timeline , Twitter has been redesigned , and YouTube Channels have a whole new look and functionality. It will definitely make me a better social media practitioner and advocate for nonprofits worldwide.

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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

Those are definitely not the qualities of a good social media manager. I’m also reading the Guardian more often and occasionally check Asian, African, European, Canadian and Australian newspapers for a more well-rounded perception of the world and the United States. VIDEO: HTML All Writers Need to Know. e-Newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

Of course, I am not suggesting nonprofits turn a blind eye to the problems of the world, but some more good news on the Internet definitely couldn’t hurt. I can’t tell you how much I am dreading the next 15 months of 2012 election coverage and its potential impact here in the United States.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

There are more than 65 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices and that number grows daily. Many of those texts are being sent via Tweets on Twitter and Status Updates on Facebook. Tags: Facebook Flickr LinkedIn Mobile Technology MySpace Twitter YouTube.

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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

Your organization is not running for the President of the United States. According to the Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report by Blackbaud, only 2% of nonprofits raised between $10K and $25K on Facebook in a 12 month time period. Social media is definitely not free. They raised millions of dollars.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

They also Tweet and post on Facebook: Text SEIU to 787753 for mobile updates! Definitely a best practice! Not only that, after you subscribe from their website you are sent to a page that prompts subscribers to then follow the ASPCA on Twitter, fan them on Facebook, make a donation, etc. DoSomething.org :: Subscribe.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Please Note: All nonprofits in the United States that have an entry in GuideStar.org are also on Change.org. are also branded which definitely results in more donations and action participants. icons from your Admin Dashboard and post them on your Web site, Blog, Facebook Page, etc. Now on to the best practices: 1.

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Qgiv

JUNE 24, 2021

For example, you might include sharing icons on your event registration page, and you’ll definitely want to encourage sharing in emails and social media posts. Simply put, direct mail is a form of marketing that uses mail services (often the United States Postal Service) to send marketing materials to your target audience.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

60) Search « Converting New Activists into Donors | Main | Five Tips to Engaging New Online Activists » Thursday Jun 11 2009 How Sticky is Facebook? Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 01:28PM | by Allyson Kapin Facebook is the 5th most trafficked site in the United States. Do you think Facebook is sticky?

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We held 33 virtual focus groups (via Zoom) with 181 CVAs in the United States and Canada. A lot of them have older equipment, or they only have a phone or maybe a tablet, and so trying to figure out how to troubleshoot their technology issues across a wide range of devices has definitely been challenging.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday is a day of global generosity and charitable giving that takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. Explore this definitive guide to learn more about Giving Tuesday, get great campaign ideas, and soak up some best practices. When is Giving Tuesday 2021? Request Demo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

Red Shoe Ramblings points to The Free Rice website , an interactive online game that will donate rice to the United Nations World Food Program when you click and play the game. You get a vocabulary word and you must choose the correct definition to make the donation. If you are correct, they give you a more difficult word.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

If you haven't yet downloaded the free eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , released in April in partnership with M+R Strategic Services , you should definitely do that now. You can find a more recent update that focuses on the Facebook fundraising efforts of the Red Cross since Haiti on Inside Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The Facebook of February 2010 is quite different from the Facebook of 2009 especially when it comes to Facebook Fan Pages. More are seemingly showing up in the News Feed > Most Recent view, but definitely not all. More are seemingly showing up in the News Feed > Most Recent view, but definitely not all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

tools from outside the United States that help digital activists evade Internet censorship and promote human rights issues to a wider audience. However, based on observing nonprofits that have been effective - there are definitely some patterns of success for social media adoption.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The book is an expanded version of their seminal article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review from 2007, “Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition.” Whether it’s Microsoft transforming the PC software industry, or Google or Facebook, it’s clear that the world is different because these companies exist.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 10, 2010

Now eight months later, with the exception of Facebook, Twitter and Pandora, I rarely use Apps on my iPhone anymore. For those 5-10 nonprofits that are my personal favorites, I would definitely download their Apps (if they were free) and use them when I have a moment to spare while I am out and about. I browse mobile websites.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This is definitely what happened for our story: we started with a simple idea and then were incredibly surprised at how helpful an extra bag of groceries could be to a lot of households. We also started to notice just how many elders and families are affected by food insecurity: more than 34 million people in the United States alone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

For the United States as one example, the organization must have filed with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Ones that every nonprofit should definitely try to use are: Sitelink Extensions where your ad includes links to specific pages of your website. What Organizations Are Eligible for Google Grants?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2009

This was the culmination of the summer long initiative to help raise money for four charities, Humane Society of the United States , World Wildlife Fund , Oxfam , and LIVESTRONG. Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook delivered the opening keynote. She also included some practical advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2014

” The e-book, which at 32 pages, is definitely long-form content provides context, best practices, examples, tools, and resources. Research firm Millward Brown’s recent AdReaction study found that more than 40% of 16- to 45-year-old multiscreen consumers in the United States use devices simultaneously.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Timmy and Betty were the winners in June 2017 and when we posted on Facebook for the first time, the whole world took notice. Felicity: We definitely achieved our initial goal. Timmy as naughty penguin of the month especially captured special interest. Helen: Did you achieve the goal? Did your goals change as the program matured?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

We're in the season for charities to brush off their video cameras to tell their story and it's looking like the other Facebook (Google+) is starting to become a more useful tool for community organizing. Definitely check those out if you're new to nonprofit video making. You can have a look at current submissions.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

You’re not Angry Birds or Facebook. I would also argue that a petition to the phone carriers to increase the $10 limit on text-to-give in the United States would have much greater impact on the nonprofit sector. The Right International Options Supporting donations in the United States is one thing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

We've been successful at that, but it's definitely taken a lot of rigor and thinking. AD: I definitely have had very similar experiences to Melinda in terms of my professional history. I remember being seven years old and learning about the Vietnam War and writing a letter to the President of the United States.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

So this is what you’re going to spend on a copywriter, what you’re going to spend on printing, what you’re going to spend on, you know, social media ads, like all your printing, your design, your ads, your Facebook fundraising. nonprofits in the United States? What does it say when they share on Facebook?

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

For instance, there are a few foundational nonprofit web development strategies your team should definitely implement. This site encourages visitors to connect on other platforms by placing quick links to their Facebook and Twitter page in their navigation bar. Even better, they have a real-time Facebook feed widget on every page.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 14, 2021

And we’ve emerged from the most divisive election year in the history of the United States. Take a peek into any nonprofit Facebook group and you’re likely to see posts like this: Talked with a nonprofit that doesn’t want to send thank you letters for each small gift. And it definitely leads to happier donors.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Facebook As the fifth-most trafficked site in the United States, Facebook is a great social network for nonprofits to build a community and brand their campaigns. In most cases on hosted social networks such as Facebook or Youtube use tags or keywords to gather ads and content that may be related.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

So for this post, I'd like to share 5 fundraising trends that we saw emerging in 2009 related to fundraising and social media and that will most definitely continue to have impact in 2010. Last year, Facebook Causes added its birthday wish feature and we saw more peer to peer fundraising unfolding on social network sites.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2007

We tried to create a new definition of leadership on the progressive end of the spectrum, one that focuses on people's humanity, connecting with people on a personal level, and being very focused on very specific goals and objectives. We have a Facebook group called Rockwood that people talk to. We saw a lot of people get hired.

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