Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Please be open to the idea that you may need social media training. The vast majority of logos are horizontal and when uploaded to social networks they either get cropped or shrunk so small that they are visually illegible. 3) Your YouTube Channel is absent of customization and branding. 5) You are ignoring Google+.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Sure, you’ve heard of TikTok, but does your association use the massively popular social media platform? What about YouTube or Instagram? The Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study found 69% of Generation Z prefer connecting on TikTok, 82% on YouTube, and 82% on Instagram. Gen Z prefers using their mobile devices.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2016

That said, there are proven strategies that can help your nonprofit quickly grow your e-mail list, such as: Create an e-newsletter subscribe page on your website that describes your e-newsletter and how often it will be sent and promote this page on your social networks. Add e-newsletter opt-in forms to online event calendars.

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Forum One

JULY 15, 2010

The conference is held every two years, and is always an eye-opening and innovative event. The theme of this year's conference is “Rights Here, Right Now,” and the objectives of the event are many. Share your own events/news through them for extended reach. Tags: Influence Social Media. I would hope so!!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly. As a starting point, all nonprofits should be investing time and resources in the “Big Three”: Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube. YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world, behind only Google. Flickr and Digital Photography: 5 Hours Weekly.

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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? YouTube is the second most used search engine in the world. Google recently made a big social medial play by introducing Google+. This helps build your social-network fan base in two ways.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

It’s very common for nonprofits to assume that volunteers and interns can effectively manage their mobile and social media presence simply because they are young and came of age during the rise of social networking. Being behind the camera takes confidence and a familiarity with digital equipment. Multitasking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Title: Social Media Manager. YouTube: youtube.com/StopPancreaticCancer. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Who maintains your social media campaigns? 1) Using Google Analytics to track referrals to www.pancan.org from social networking outlets. (2) gid=104492.

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NetWits

JULY 18, 2011

It’s a great time to start fundraising contests if you’re managing or helping run a fall fundraising event. Encourage participants to engage their social network by updating your Facebook status 3 times in the next week. Guest post by Amy Braiterman from [link]. In fact, I bet you’re already planning a few.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

My guess is as we enter 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events As more nonprofit explore the possibilities of location-based social networks and fundraising , the distinctions between online/offline fundraising will melt away. This wasn't just an online petition, it was a new form of solidarity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, YouTube, Google+, Vine, Tumblr? Social media is in a weird transition right now. As a result of this temporary decline in social media ROI, web and email campaigns are being rejuvenated and very soon digital payments within social networks will revitalize online fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Other social networks used by global NGOs are YouTube (55%), LinkedIn (51%), Google+ (28%), and WhatsApp (16%). 52% have used social media to report live. Of those, the top three live reporting tools are Facebook (79%), Twitter (56%), and YouTube (23%). Only 5% have been using social more for 10 years or more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

Foursquare is a location-based social network.      Think of it as a social network where your status up is not what you're doing, but where you are.   " I like the idea of leveraging a networked effect of the swarm badge.   Photo by Neatonjr. A 3 day walk).

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

There are a ton of great activities, networking opportunities and sessions focused on the non-profit space this year – one of which Blackbaud will be moderating. It should be a great conversation between (check out the panelists below) social networking providers and their non-profit users. Follow Frank on Twitter.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

I doubt that anyone had Facebook, Google, Twitter or YouTube on their mind when the early internet was being formed. Social Networking. The ability to manage events, raise money, mobilize volunteers, and so much more! Internet Topics for Nonprofits. So what’s all this have to do with Internet Topics for Nonprofits?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

You should also add a “Mobile” field to your donation forms and event sign-up sheets, and add your keyword and short code subscription information to your print newsletters. Finally, there are icons for SMS that you can download and integrate with your social networking icons on your website and your blog. event announcements.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2015

Cause awareness days can be very powerful for fundraising because social network communities are highly likely to promoting your nonprofit on cause awareness days. Experiment with at least one new social network. Also, now ten years into social networking, online communities are becoming more niche-oriented and mobile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

YouTube: youtube.com/womenforwomenintl. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 15, 2021

This platform offers FREE donation buttons, event ticketing, fundraising pages, text-to-give and peer-to-peer fundraising solutions for progressive nonprofits. Hosting an event and know you’ll be running around all day? Fundly is a mobile crowdfunding app that feels like a social network. GiveLively. transaction fee.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

It was also my duty to organize four fundraising events each year and manage an average six volunteers in any given week. Adding social media to that already packed job description just would not have been possible. The successful use of social media requires a significant time investment. Social media is not free!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

YouTube: youtube.com/natureconservancy. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. I know our YouTube channel started in 2007. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Twitter: twitter.com/nature_org.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Needless to say, without good SEO, you’ve got a very slim chance of being found by people searching for things you offer (events, fundraising opportunities, volunteer opportunities, programs, etc). Do you run fundraising events? Social media is no longer seen as a fad or waste of time or thing that young people do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Social media promotion of the event was in full swing. As the event organizer, we allocated a few thousand dollars to paid promotion of posts on Twitter, Facebook, Google and YouTube. And we were looking forward to having fun on social media celebrating giving during the fifth annual Give to the Max Day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2010

Here are five reasons why: 1) To update social networking profiles on the go. You can send out Facebook Status Updates, Tweets, and even record videos and upload it to your YouTube channel while on location at events, fundraisers, conferences, or protests using a smartphone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

For nonprofits, the ROI of e-newsletters translates into online dollars raised through “Donate Now&# technology, event attendees, website and blog traffic, and paradoxically new Followers, Fans, and Friends on social networking sites. Once a month is best… more than that and people begin to tune you out on Twitter.

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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. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. IconsPedia :: iconspedia.com/pack/social-me-1467. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.

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NetWits

APRIL 17, 2009

So, your nonprofit is socially networked. You’re on MySpace, you use the FaceBook Causes application, you keep constituents informed on Twitter, you show your event pictures on Flickr, you share videos on YouTube, and you know the power of blogging tools like WordPress or Blogger. Now what?

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

For example, The Ride For Roswell event has seen an increase from $330,000 to $2.8 Encourage them to use their social network. As Anthony Sicola’s recently mentioned, fundraisers who use who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube increase fundraising results by up to 40%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2012

Facebook has 901 million active users; 500 million people use Twitter; 8 years worth of content is uploaded to YouTube every day; Pinterest has 4 million unique views daily. When checking out our Altru user’s social media pages, one garden caught my attention: Bok Tower Gardens. They have 1500 Twitter followers and tweet daily.

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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. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. It’s a throwback from social networking circa 2006. Based in the U.K.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Increasingly, online donors are giving through portals and social networking sites, so you must make sure that your nonprofit is properly listed in GuideStar. Business Master File (BMF), thus limiting their capacity to receive online donations from giving portals and social networking sites.

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Kindful

APRIL 12, 2021

Post on social media. Host a live streamed event. Post on social media. One way you can recognize your donors on social media is to consider making room for a “donor of the week” and/or a “volunteer of the week” post on Facebook or Instagram. You can use each social network for unique purposes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Add links to your nonprofit’s website, blog, and social networking communities. There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling. To earn return on investment (ROI) from using social networking sites is a skill that requires an instinct for subtlety.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

As part of Social Media September (#SocMedSep), we've been tapping into the wisdom of our global TechSoup and NetSquared communities as well as experts in nonprofit technology. The best thing about these community-driven events is that you end up learning a lot just by talking to other nonprofits and listening to their experiences.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Most nonprofits distribute the original source of the story to their communities (the New York Times , for example), but while that is generous, it does not help build the nonprofit’s brand recognition, e-newsletter list, or social networking communities; rather, it builds those of the New York Times. Provide Organizational Updates.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Posted on Stanford Social Innovation Review’s Opinion blog. It’s back-to-school time for many countries and that means a switch from summer programs, outdoor community events, and many youth campaigns. Read the full press release here or download the Social Media data slides here.) Visit the original post here.

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