Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In this age of Google Ad Grants and inexpensive Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter targeted advertising, one can drive traffic from what is a primary relationship-building platform to an organization’s website or to a lead or landing page. Different segments can be placed into different “donor journey” streams for more intensive cultivation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Check out these social media post templates for ideas of post themes and content format for your Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds. Proceeds will help us [YOUR MISSION]. Proceeds will help us rescue and rehome dogs in need throughout our community. FILL IN THIS CAPTION: Your date makes a big difference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Are we actually making a difference? What are the right tools to help measure success? Earlier this month, the Ad Council hosted a webinar on the topic of social media ROI with three great social media minds to help us navigate these and other thorny online issues. Mobilize the people who already do.

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Kindful

MARCH 8, 2021

So, while marketing automation can help speed up the recurring tasks, it does not replace the human component of nonprofit work. In fact, if you think about it, automation frees you up to improve the ways your nonprofit connects with people on a human level. Be sure to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and our blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

By Paige Kutliek , SEO Manager at GoFundMe ––a free fundraising platform for charities, people, and the causes you care about. Crowdfunding helps you raise money for issues that are central to your organization and offset any costs not covered by your budget or other fundraising efforts. Help Me Feed Hungry Kids!

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

There are lots of different fundraising systems your nonprofit can (and should) have in place: A prospecting system. Systems bridge the gap and allow few people to do more work with less financial investment. First, wherever possible, automate your processes by taking people out of the equation. A cultivation system. Every week?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Whether your nonprofit already has a devoted following that likes and shares your posts, or you’re still building your presence on social media, here are some tips will help you expand your social audience and, ultimately, your donor base. Facebook will ask you, “What website would you like to send people to when they click this button?”

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

We’re here to help! To make posting easier, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite time-saving tools to help you create the best nonprofit social media campaign ever. In addition to analytics, Loomly offers an interactions hub where you can see and reply to engagement on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. The good news?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

Robin shared some of her thoughts in the comments of a recent blog post, and I invited to share her community organizing rules for Twitter. As a community organizer, Twitter makes a lot of sense. Organizing is about building relationships and mobilizing people around a cause. Twitter does exactly that. Twitter is social.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

We studied 778 nonprofit organizations’ video posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram from January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019 to establish benchmarks, identify trends, and uncover insights. Now consider all of the different ways you could tell that story, including narrative voice, structure and imagery. The Nonprofit Video Index.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

. —– Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people’s minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. You do need a Twitter account to use it.

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Why LGBTQ+ advocacy is always-on from here on It’s more important than ever for LGBTQ+ organizations to effectively advocate on behalf of LGBTQ+ people. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) declared a national state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people on June 6, 2023, the first state of emergency ever declared in its history spanning four decades.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

What are AR and VR, and how can you use these advances to help support your own organization? The difference is that with VR, the user is immersed within the virtual environment, while with AR, the virtual aspects are overlayed onto real-world places. Look into these new fundraising tools and see how much of a difference it makes.

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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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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 20, 2017

You might be wondering what exactly it is and how it makes a difference in the world. The United Nations has defined slacktivism as when people “support a cause by performing simple measures” but “are not truly engaged or devoted to making a change.” People joined in because they like the feeling of being a part of something.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2009

to learn more about the methodology) of your twitter friends with search. Marshall's post will shows the top five people I'm having conversations with on Twitter and who respond to me: 1. Gahran has a lot of conversation with a lot of awesome people. Here's a mosaic: Get your twitter mosaic here. Jonathon D.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

When you’re fundraising online , your nonprofit donation page is often one of the first interactions people have with your organization, so it’s important to create an effective donation experience. Include your mission statement on donation pages to inform people exactly what your nonprofit does to help the community.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

But whether people will donate or not is another topic altogether. You have to define your needs; you have to put those needs into words packed with passion and emotion; you have to lead up to your fundraiser and get people interested before it even launches. An online fundraising campaign is different than a simple online fundraiser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2015

People who know me well, know that I have an obsession with pens and magic markers. So, when this viral fundraising campaign – #BuyPens – to help Syrian refugee came across my radar, it immediately caught my attention. He didn’t stop there – he wanted to help this refugee. ” .

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

It’s hard to be an expert in any one social media platform, yet legitimate businesses and nonprofits are expected to maintain several different accounts. However, just because your nonprofit has an active Facebook doesn’t mean you can automatically utilize Twitter or LinkedIn effectively. Get People Talking on: Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Back in November, someone in Senator Dowd’s office made this epic Twitter mistake. Here’s a play by play of the Twitter Faux Pas. The hashtag #gettingslizzerd , a reference to drinking too much, trended on Twitter. Twitter mistakes are going t happen. They apologized and moved on.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

SEO , short for “ search engine optimization, ” boils down to enhancing your website to boost visibility on search engines such as Google, Microsoft Bing, and others—ensuring your content appears when people search with relevant keywords. Social Media’s Impact on Google Search How does In-Platform Social SEO differ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2015

My most engaged follower on Twitter this past week is Jennifer Preston. But, with so many opportunities to connect on so many different platforms, how do you manage it all? SocialRank is a tool that helps you understand your followers on your Twitter and now Instagram. You need some analysis tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

Twitter App Looks Up Zip Code to Tweet Your Legislator. They are integrating social media tactics to their online advocacy tool box with this Twitter tool. You just type in your zip code , and their Twitter handles are displayed with buttons that allow you to easily Tweet them about not cutting Medicaid.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 26, 2024

People were baking bread and making whipped coffee (oh, those were the days), and we didn’t want to see a Kardashian partying on a private island. People no longer want curation and something to look up to— they want to see real portrayals of people living life the same way they do. And this is true for brands, too.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. Once you understand the basic elements of a good story and a few different ways to tell them, the rest is just practice, practice, practice. Your donation of $7.32

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. The people with skills are out there. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube? Twitter has more than 16 million users, and 42.3 With that in mind, here are 12 tips that will help you succeed no matter what social-networking site you apply them to. The social Web is no different. Claim your land.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The second part of the morning was designed around the Principles of Social Media Strategy and used a new version of the Social Media Game intended for a large group of people. With shorter sessions with half as many people and a decent room layout, you can run the mic yourself. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Twitter Lists: A Natural Evolution of Internet List Culture. As the Web started to explode in 1995ish, I remember the dance links getting so plentiful that I started to organize volunteers who could self-organize different sections on their servers. (I This gives us a number of ways to look at Twitter lists and their potential.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

While Facebook and Twitter may be waning a bit in popularity and usage, visual storytelling platform Instagram keeps growing in engagement and daily time spent on the site. . The site shows no sign of slowing down, with 1 billion people using Instagram every month, 71% of them under the age of 35. Well, it depends! Design your ad. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2010

One of the best principles I learned was from Valdis Krebs who suggests following fewer people to get to the many in his classic post “ So Many People, So Little Time.&#. It isn’t about following thousands and thousands of friends on Twitter. Sort the information to find people to get to know.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

Founded by the United Nations , WHD advocates for the "safety and security of humanitarian aid workers, and for the survival, well-being and dignity of people affected by crises.". Get Involved | Twitter | Facebook. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 30, 2020

To help you ensure that your fundraising event is a winner, here are ten major components that you must incorporate into your event plan, regardless of the specific fundraising event ideas you use: 1. Hosting a virtual event can help keep food, space, and materials costs from getting out of control and allows for a lower registration fee.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Let’s look at the ones that allow you to see the current relationships and potential ways to weave them on social media and social networks like Twitter. There are many tools to visualize your Twitter network. The 5K Visual Browser is one tool that help you see connections between the people you interact with on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

Leveraging the networks and personal brands of your staff as champions can help your organization’s communications strategy have more impact. With a few guidelines and a little training, employees can use social channels effectively in service of your organization’s mission AND their own learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2009

It got me thinking about managing multiples: multiple twitter accounts, multiple people tweeting from one account, and how do you tweet a network of affiliates or a movement. There are no official rules, although there is some great advice in the O'Reilly Twitter Book on this topic for corporate examples. A Few Tools.

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