Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2010

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in Twitter chat series #socialmedia. Can social help this & how?). This helps builds anticipation and excitement for the event. Best definition I’ve seen. Backstory: we know they have time and need money / sometimes volunteers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I love twitter, which in some ways surprises me, and in some ways doesn’t. Sure, why not.

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JUNE 20, 2017

If your friend Sue shares an article on Twitter about helping kids in your community who are on reduced lunches, your inclination might be to ask Sue how she got connected and what you can do to help. Though it may be a form of slacktivism according to the UN definition, it still gets people asking, “what’s this all about?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2009

Click to see larger image Flickr Photo By @briansolis and @jess3 Last October, Brian Solis created the definitive list of Twitter Tools , a handy list of Twitter helper applications by key categories. Tags: twitter. Thanks Brian and Jesse for a terrifically useful map to the Twitterverse. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Two donors were former colleagues who also have Twitter accounts. I counted most on Twitter followers to spread the word. Definitely. Here is what he learned.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

With the release of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy this summer, we're particularly interested in how our partners are using new and traditional media to help implement the goals of the Strategy. Is it simply the number of followers you have on Twitter, or how many people "like" you on Facebook? Make it known.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 20, 2013

We have taken many of your other webinars, so it was very helpful and interesting to see how they can all be integrated together in one media strategy! This will for sure help our organization! Businesses can definitely learn from non-profits. Michaela via Twitter. Ashley via Twitter. Hacer via Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

It is also a Twitter term that describes a keyword, prefixed by that symbol, that helps people track conversations on Twitter. The HashTags site, a centralized directory of hashtags on Twitter, also offers a good definition: Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/nature_org. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. For tools specifically, we use CoTweet to manage our Twitter communications and MBuzz for monitoring our social media mentions. Now that it’s so popular, there’s definitely interest from the higher ups.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Twitter has a mobile website ( m.twitter.com ) and its own official Twitter App for iPhone, iPhone Touch and iPad. Twitter Apps for Android and Blackberry are also available. TwitPic.com allows you to easily share photos on Twitter in real-time. 12Seconds.tv. 12Seconds.tv is like TwitPic, except for video.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Join us as we talk about the latest social good initiatives underway at Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and YouTube while also seeing how non-profit organizers are using these tools to change the world. Follow Frank on Twitter. Her second book, exploring how causes can excel using Twitter, comes out in the summer of 2011.

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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. Ultimately their goal is help nonprofits become better equipped at fulfilling their mission by building their technological capacity.

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NetWits

JUNE 8, 2012

We can’t help you with the effort and persistence, but we can definitely give you a little web design know-how. Gather user-generated content via blogs, forums or posts and let your audience help keep content fresh! It’s not enough to have a Facebook page or a Twitter account. The world of social media is changing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

If you use the hashtag #SaveMarinsCoho on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with your photo , they will add your image to the album. Twitter: https://twitter.com/nfswildfish. Thanks @kanter @patagonia for the #keepemwet love at #patagoniatoolsconference. Their overall communications goals include: Engaging our supporters quickly.

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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. Definitely integrate your blog posts with your e-newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Nonprofit social media managers have to deal with weird, random mean people on Twitter. Twitter is making a concerted effort to cut down on Twitter trolls , but nonprofit social media managers who spend their days (and some nights) tweeting their hearts for the greater good are sometimes targeted by nonsensical, ranting weirdos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Twitter: twitter.com/nwf. While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. Twitter was the most useful for connecting with individuals. Organization Size: 400 employees.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. While it is definitely true these sites could be here today, and gone tomorrow, your supporters will indeed migrate with you on to The Next Big Thing. Then in June 2008 I launched the @ NonprofitOrgs profile on Twitter.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

We're back again this year with all-day coverage of the best #UNselfie posts from around the web - send us your favorites on Twitter and check back here for updates! Help youth in #fostercare graduate and pursue their dreams! Join the #GivingTuesday movement & help change lives by saving sight! November 28, 2016.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/womenforwomen. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and the Notes from the Field WordPress blog. Name: Lauren Shopp || lshopp@womenforwomen.org. Title: Multimedia/Online Coordinator.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 19, 2021

What do you recommend a leader do to help ensure home-based employees are engaged and feel a part of the company culture? According to Dan Cable (@DanCable1 on Twitter) of the London Business School , “As leaders, it falls to us to build a sense of collective purpose. How do you define employee engagement?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Disclaimer Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Twitter Dashboards and the Dark Side of Tweeting posted by Kayla L. How does it go about restoring credibility with existing funders and position itself with possible new funders to help "bring them back" and make the organization stronger than before? Scandals have been all-too-common on twitter.

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MAY 17, 2022

Each team member is committed to obtaining at least one certification and/or working on a personal goal to help them grow their skills and knowledge that contributes to the value we bring internally and externally. We help clients implement, support, extend, and integrate CRM software. Caring for our clients but also each other.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Facebook launched in 2004, YouTube in 2005, and Twitter in 2006. Throughout 2016 Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have seen declining engagement and reach. In truth, email is resulting in more online donations than ever – definitely more than social media – and by 2019 the total number of email accounts worldwide will grow from 4.35

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Provide helpful information : If the blogger is going to write up a post, make sure you have a good "blogger" mini site or easily content. Some of this applies to twitter as well. I get a lot of DM and while I'd love to retweet all of them, I'm only one person. Saying thank you Twitter is easy with a retweet.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you’re an event planner and need to market your event, you might want to take advantage of some free marketing techniques that can really help promote your event. . You’ll have help with this software, but you won’t need to hire a social media marketer to do all this work for you. Sponsors are a huge part of event success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

At Donadora, work with NGOs to help them tell simple, but impact-full stories in order to inspire donors to give. Donors outside Mexico can definitely give to campaigns on Donadora, by credit card and Paypal (whereas in Mexico donors can also give through online transfer and cash deposit).

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

It was interesting seeing which platform (Facebook, Twitter, email, face-to-face, etc.) So now that it’s over, I wanted to share some thoughts that might help you and your nonprofit. A heavily commented photo will show up in people’s news feeds (because of all the activity), which can really help promote the message.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Here at Twenti, we specialise in helping SMEs optimise their online presence, bringing everything from website design to social media expertise together in one place. To help you cover as many bases as possible, we’ve chosen the top five social media platforms by audience size: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2010

FourSquare is definitely starting to catch on with enterprising techie folks that love to be early adopters. Add their address, phone and Twitter ID (search their website and Google to see what their Twitter ID is). That’s a good a sign. Make sure you spell out the name of the nonprofit. Don’t use acronyms.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

There is also the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter profile , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , and the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. I am definitely not spamming my fans with useless content, and use the site to promote and help nonprofits and social causes.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Here at Twenti, we specialise in helping SMEs optimise their online presence, bringing everything from website design to social media expertise together in one place. To help you cover as many bases as possible, we’ve chosen the top five social media platforms by audience size: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

This will help build trust with supporters, making them more likely to give again. When you’re communicating with your supporters, be sure to include the following data from this helpful solution: The donor’s preferred name. Personalized outreach definitely makes a huge difference in building your relationships with your supporters.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I discovered it because of a charity challenge they're running on Twitter to raise awareness of their book, plus raise some money to help Room To Read. And of course, if you want to help out Room to Read, send this tweet. The definition of Inbound Marketing is marketing focused on getting found by customers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 10, 2016

Essentially a digital payment system that allows 2-tap giving by using a donor’s saved credit card information in their Facebook account, we are definitely entering a new era in online and mobile fundraising. Or a Twitter Sign in if Twitter could get it together with offering verified digital payments and $Cashtags for nonprofits.

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