Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

So, as part of getting back into my blogging routine or rather establishing a new one, I'd like to reflect a little on TWT20 interview experience. Jay Baer is a blogger and social media consultant who has been doing Twitter 20 interview series with social media. I first discovered him when he was interviewing David Armano.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Tag friends in a post or comment on one of your posts. Tag your account in a story. Offer engaging content through your story such as exclusive behind-the-scenes interviews with talent or teasers about a surprise performance. Share that your event is over and thank all attendees, donors, and sponsors.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

Part of the early development of an event marketing plan includes determining the target audience and considering how to best engage your donors with relevant information. Also existing nonprofit mail channels, newsletters or PS in mailed donor communications or letters. What marketing channels should we use?

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Did you know that most donors check out your web site before they make a gift? – whether they are giving on line or through the mail. A Kellogg Foundation study found that potentially up to 50% of your donors are going to want to check you out before they give, whether they give online or not. www.gailperry.com ). .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

Interview experts, volunteers, donors and board members. Do a 10-question-and-answer interview and then post it on your blog complete with a photo of the person being interviewed. Tags: Blogging. Google “nonprofit social media success story&# and you’ll see what I am driving at.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Or if you want to diversify your donor and volunteer base and attract younger supporters, TikTok could be a great tool for your organization. United Way has repurposed images of their volunteers and video interviews of their staff to create several TikToks that raise awareness of their work. Check out the examples below!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Worldchanging: Bright Green: Worldchanging Interview: Jean Russell on Thrivability - Great interview with Jean Russell at Worldchanging! After that talk (which you can hear via the above link), I asked Jean to join me in a brief but enlightening Worldchanging interview." Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2009

This database has more than 43,000,000 (million) donation records in it — where you can search for individuals, corporations, and foundation donation records to see who they've supported in the past, how much they've given, and look for those donors who may be likely to also support your cause. The special discount ends today at 5 p.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? New Blogs Yes, Tobias Eigen blogs and we've just discovered his blog in the NpTech Tag stream. Privaterra blog showed up in the tag stream. nonprofit technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

For Next Week's NpTech Tag Summary. Or more specifically, the limitations of using tagging in managing large collections of photographs in institutions. and Classroom 2.0 ) Here's an interview Robert Scoble did with the Gina Bianchini where she demos how to set up your own social network. Technorati Tags: stopcyberbullying

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Andy Carvin and Jonnie Goldstein interviewed a person from one of two projects based in Cambodia. There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated. is definitely worth checking out - like this interview with Christina Arnold from Project Hope. NTC 2007 Pipe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

Not attending the NetSquared Conference but want to follow the tag stream? The conference tag is n2y2. His most recent update lists campaign donors. Marnie Webb has been too busy to blog much this past month, but she finds time to tag ! Marnie tagged more than ten really good useful resources, including FullCodePress.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Know What You’re Looking For: 2 Types of Fundraising Apps There are two types of fundraising apps you should be aware of: nonprofit-facing, and donor-facing. Donor-facing fundraising apps are those downloaded and used by the donor themselves in order to make giving to your nonprofit easier. Let’s dive right in!

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Do you see these segments as changing the way members are encouraged to move up the donor ladder? For example, is the "philanthropic" series seen as more likely to become high-level donors than others? Projects interview membership. Tags: marketing Museums Engaging in 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Second, we're hearing from most organizations that despite the huge membership of MySpace and Facebook, only 5-15% of their current donors are on either site. So nonprofits that focus exclusively on these sites are failing to fully engage 85% of their existing donors ??? So, I have no idea why this page was tagged with NpTech.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 16, 2010

The new Miradi 3 release offers a powerful work planning interface that lets users forecast expenses, develop budgets, and export project data to donor reports. The program guides users through a series of step-by-step interview wizards, based on the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 15, 2020

Maximise SEO through tags and titles. Use tags wisely, these are what Youtube uses to determine what your video is about and what other videos it’s related to. Use tags wisely, these are what Youtube uses to determine what your video is about and what other videos it’s related to. Get In Touch. Related Articles.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

HOW TO: Turn Slacktivists into Activists with Social Media – "Throughout the non-profit world, organizations struggle with social media’s impact on the volunteer and donor cycle. It seems that everyone is trying to bring younger donors into the fold. These are some of the common refrains I hear from nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

Nonprofit insiders are watching and debating how ALS will use the money and the donor retention strategy. And, of course the valid concern of wasting water in a drought. 6) Social Proofing the Call To Action: Another reason is the social proofing element or social validation , where friends tag their friends on social network.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

If you do issue an RFP, you should not assume all proposals you get back will be similar in scope, so that all you have to do is compare price tags. Once you begin interviewing, a nonprofit should relax and allow the agency to guide the process. Expertise and time cost money. As with any product or service, you get what you pay for.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 2010

Nonprofits Take Note: Donors are what they tweet | Social Citizens Blog – "As with many new technologies and developments, social media is being used in surprising and unintended ways to analyze and reveal unexpected data and trends. ." " Be sure to watch close for cameos of myself and many others.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 8, 2010

I interviewed Kivi Leroux Miller today about her new book “The Nonprofit Marketing Guide.&# There were several nuggets of wisdom that popped out of our conversation, and I thought I’d share them with you. Your donors don’t know your industry slang and acronyms. Tell stories. Lose the jargon. Get yours at Amazon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Marshall goes on to quote an interview he did with Peter Cashmore from Mashable on Netsquared who questioned whether MySpace was a place for "social media for social good.". Those other options are a CRM where you own your relationships and donor data like email addresses. Tags: facebook.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Different roles may have different requirements, and some might require an interview. If a photographer or videographer will be onsite give the volunteer a name tag in a different color, and let the photographer or videographer know to avoid those people. Signing up: What is the procedure for signing up as a volunteer?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2022

If your fundraising plan doesn’t include a strategy for finding, cultivating, and asking major donors for a large donation, you’re missing out on some big gifts for your small nonprofit. It’s the old 80/20 rule at work: Over 80% of all funds come from about 20% of donors. Why Focus on Major Donors? Here’s why: 1.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 31, 2009

I've split my interview with John and Beverly into two parts for comfortable reading. It seems like collections-oriented art and history museums potentially have the hardest time picking a particular community to serve because they serve two—the donors who support them financially and the visitors who walk through the door.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Feature donor stories. Start gathering stories, statistics, videos and pictures that you can tag for reuse on #GivingTuesday. It is possible for multiple giving days throughout the year to build upon each other rather than creating donor fatigue. Make sure all your employees know your #GivingTuesday strategy.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2010

Nonprofits are utilizing Salesforce CRM to manage donors, activists, community members, contacts and more. Tags: Acquiring Technology Databases Donors Donors E-Learning Grant-Management Databases Grants for Technology Online Seminar Reporting Running Your Organization Software Volunteers. Thursday, March 25, 11 a.m.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Most directors are not accustomed to attaching a firm price tag to their organization's activities, preferring to adopt an attitude of "donate what you can." Now that you have your "pricing" set correctly, it's time to present incentives to your donors. Determine your "pricing" strategy. Conduct a survey. Segment your constituents.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This is the second part of a two-part interview with John Falk and Beverly Sheppard on their book Thriving in the Knowledge Age: New Business Models for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions. I love this idea, but I often find that museum staff are really nervous about making any changes that might alienate current members/donors.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Find out how these 8 nonprofits cracked the code with engaging campaigns that turned thousands of followers into donors. . Make-A-Wish is all about personal stories and experiences, which makes compelling content that people really want to know about, as well as being powerful to convert supporters to donors. by Zoe Allen.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

also has a list of post topics in their post 10 Blog Content Ideas for Nonprofit Organizations which includes, " interview experts, volunteers, donors and board members." • Sandra Sims of Cause Blogger says to have a juicy blog you need to have an attitude of gratitude. Tags: blog. Nonprofit 2.0 Flickr photo credit: Juicy!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

webinar with one of our donor partners, Acteva , to discuss the features and answer questions about their event-registration, ticketing, and management tool. Tags: Donors Fundraising Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Online Seminar Reporting Running Your Organization Software Using the Web and Internet.

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Care2

JUNE 11, 2009

But, does your nonprofit have a solid strategy to engage these new recruits and potential donors? Frogloop interviewed Madeline Stanionis and Jenn Smith of Watershed who discussed their top 5 tips to engaging new recruits. Tags: Email Marketing Online Marketing Online Organizing. Check them out! Give them love – fast!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Scott Anderson from ClientTrack , a software solution aimed at increasing the impact of social benefit organizations and their work by “integrating people, processes, and technology.&# You can learn more about Scott and the work ClientTrack is doing in the interview below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

In a brief interview with Ann, she shared some of her philosophy and passion. "I Socap 09 Conference brings together a mix of the world's top social innovators, investors, donors, entrepreneurs, and thought-leaders, today's leading catalysts of change from across the globe. I also interviewed Shara Karasic who was in the audience.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Their approach centers around engagement – both of your donors and your organization’s leaders – and sustainability, leading to lasting growth that will carry your nonprofit forward for years to come. Meyer Partners also provides: Donor cultivation and upgrade campaigns. Data analytics services, including donor file audits.

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