Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2014

And, typically today, for marketers to reach the broader American audience, they also need to speak in these blurbs – which makes the new Twitter layout such a welcome update. Twitter Gets a New Do. Best Tweets – In Twitter’s defense, THIS is definitely an original idea… And a good one. Pinning things… What a novel idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

This was also about the same time as the flood in Nashville. All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Two donors were former colleagues who also have Twitter accounts. However, most of the donors were definitely social media contacts with whom I have had more in-depth conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

This is the first time I ran it for people all from the same organization, with a limited amount of time, and mix of experience. I was also reminded by one very smart colleague that the Twitter audience card had out-of-date information. At that time, the audience skewed younger. Twitter is where the stalkers are."

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Is it simply the number of followers you have on Twitter, or how many people "like" you on Facebook? The definition of engagement that most resonates with us is Jeremiah Owyang ’s definition: “the level of authentic involvement, intensity, contribution, and ownership.”. Be timely and relevant. Plan ahead.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Other reality: I don’t have the time or money for your cause. Many microgiving websites make it outrageously simple to donate, and with mobile giving on the rise, we can definitely expect an increase in the number of smaller donations. In other words, it’s worth your time to get into the microgiving spirit. Rescue dogs?

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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

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The best new media managers, online community builders, bloggers, and activists will be connected and communicating with their supporters from anywhere, at any time when the need arises. Twitter has a mobile website ( m.twitter.com ) and its own official Twitter App for iPhone, iPhone Touch and iPad. 12Seconds.tv. 12Seconds.tv

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 20, 2013

Topics include understanding how much time social media requires, how to track return on investment (ROI), and how to craft a social media policy for your nonprofit. Very impressed by all the non-profits featured in your presentation who are doing an amazing job on Social Media most of the time with very limited resources.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 19, 2017

Liberal female Gen Xers may not be the majority of online donors, but they definitely are the demographic participating most in the 2017 Global Trends in Giving Survey. We need more diversity in our survey respondents (!!) in terms of gender, age, political and religious affiliation, and geographical location.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 23, 2012

Google+ is definitely a work in progress. Most nonprofits are still experimenting to discover their Google+ voice and hone in on a frequency of publishing content to the stream that makes Google+ both viable long-term and worth the time spent exploring Google+. To me, the Google+ Stream feels like a mixture of Twitter and Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

While mobile websites, group text messaging, and text-to-give campaigns may be looming large on your To Do List, making that transition from desktop communications to mobile is a crucial and timely evolution in your nonprofit communications practices. Download a Twitter app. Take your smartphone to your next event! On location!&#

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

That’s a wasted use of time and resources and that’s how many nonprofits are feeling these days about Facebook. Nonprofit social media managers have to deal with weird, random mean people on Twitter. If you’ve been using Twitter for awhile, then you know the best response is to block and ignore. Don’t.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2008

twInfluence uses social network analysis techniques to analyze your Twitter followers. Here's the description from the site of the various metrics, but would really like to get a sense of how to use the numbers to improve Twitter presence - and what the scale/range is for some. Definitions. The Twitterer is the.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 19, 2012

For years I have been completely baffled by LinkedIn’s partnership with Twitter to allow a mass automation of tweets to be published the LinkedIn News Feed. At long last, the new LinkedIn News Feed is here! Also, you might want to start publishing status updates from your nonprofit’s company page.

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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. Are they paid, full-time, part-time? Yes, we definitely are.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

It’s that time again. Date/Time : 9:30 AM Monday, March 14. 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. Blackbaud @ SXSW 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2009

This is one book that I'm definitely taking with me on the big move, but I'm also giving away a copy too. (I Anyway, this small book about Twitter is packed with simple, practical advice for getting you up to speed quickly. It's the most easily digestible, least complex technical book I've read in a long time. Conversations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 16, 2016

The general sessions are definitely worth tuning into (Kofi Annan and Kumi Naidoo) and the education sessions will no doubt provide some valuable new insight into fundraising trends. Follow #AFPFC on Twitter. That said, here are four ways to participate in the conference online if you can’t attend in person.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

I joined Google+ a few months ago as an individual, but it hasn’t been until the recent launch of Google+ Pages that I began investing time in the exploring the Google+ community and tool set. It’s definitely been worth the time investment thus far. New York Times. Foundation Center. Google for Nonprofits.

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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. It will definitely make me a better social media practitioner and advocate for nonprofits worldwide.

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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

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Jay Cross is making a point (couldn't resist) about Twitter by referring to the art work of Georges Seurat who was a pointillist. Twitter is like pointillism. Stepping back and seeing patterns is an important skill when you use Twitter, particularly as a listening tool. type of Twitter user. mememememe???

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 3, 2010

The January #4Change Twitter Chat will focus on the use of Twitter and other social media tools in campaigning. Join the Twitter chat: If you want to contribute to the conversation, you’ll need to have a twitter account (it’s free). Jump in to the conversation by adding #4Change to your Twitter message.

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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. Social media skeptics often say that it’s a waste of time to utilize social networking sites because they are here today, and then gone tomorrow. At the same time I created the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel.

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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. Are they paid, full-time, part-time?

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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. If you’re not updating your website regularly, they will assume you A) don’t have anything new to say or B) aren’t putting time and energy into communication. Users have short attention spans. Tweet, blog and post.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

If used correctly, #hashtags can be very useful to nonprofits on Twitter. The problem is that there so many hashtags floating around on Twitter, that’s it tough to keep track of which hashtags work best and reach the most individuals. Hashtags and their usefulness are definitely open to interpretation. That said: 1.

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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

JUNE 27, 2011

It takes time, patience, great content, and a commitment to integrated online communications. The vast majority of online donations come from a click in an e-newsletter, as do most new Facebook Fans, Twitter Followers, and text alert subscribers. Nonprofits that do not publish e-newsletters are definitely at a disadvantage.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2015

Email is definitely not dead and in fact it raises a heck of a lot more money than any social media platform. A study conducted by Forrester found that posts from top brands on Facebook and Twitter have a an awful engagement rate. So it''s now 2015 and guess what? Only 0.07% of followers actually interact with those posts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2015

The last time Nonprofit Tech for Good donated to a large volume of nonprofits – $25 to 28 nonprofits – 27% of the donations failed due bugs. Throughout the donating process I kept wishing there was a mobile app where I could donate to each nonprofit with just a couple of taps and in a fraction of the time I spent donating online.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

People are often surprised when I say that if given the choice, I would choose 10,000 e-Newsletter subscribers over 10,000 Followers on Twitter, 10,000 Fans on Facebook, or 10,000 Friends on Foursquare… combined. Thanks to blogging, my e-newsletter list tripled in size in half the time. 3) Ask your Twitter Followers to Subscribe.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Of those, only four are texting me regularly (2-3 times monthly). Linking to a desktop site in text alerts is definitely not a best practice. It will surely stretch into 2011 and beyond, but 2010 is definitely the year to reap the benefits of early adoption. Here are four reasons why: 1. To improve your text alert campaigns.

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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. Are they paid, full-time, part-time? Name: Lauren Shopp || lshopp@womenforwomen.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Facebook launched in 2004, YouTube in 2005, and Twitter in 2006. Now is a good time for nonprofits to pause and reflect upon the success of their social media and nonprofit technology campaigns thus far, to determine how they can be improved, and most importantly, to invest in their future. Twitter is working on $Cashtags.

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