Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy. 1) Set up your nonprofit’s Facebook Page to make a good first impression.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

If you're a seasoned digital marketer, you've probably noticed Facebook's organic reach has been declining steadily over the last four years. As a result, more and more content is being produced; Facebook says on average, 1,500 stories can appear in someone's news feed when they log on. percent in March 2014.

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Association TV

MARCH 16, 2022

when Kathy’s had her second cup and is dying to find the right Facebook article to forward off to her dedicated crew of colleagues who rely on Kathy for the perfect morning meme or share-worthy article. This is a great example of what we call a microlearning video. This is a killer example of knowing your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2008

Alex Steed is a self-described millennial activist and he has just announced his Millennials Changing America: The Next Generation of Organizing where he will visit over 30 cities across the United States to meet, interview and report how young people are using the Internet to leverage their social and political power. What's that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Recent research suggests that taking and posting too many selfies on your Facebook profile (or other social channels) can be damaging to your relationships.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2015

The organization visits hospitals, hospice programs, and children who have experienced traumatic events. Besides being an amazing charity, Gentle Carousel has a monumental Facebook presence for a completely volunteer-run operation. The Gentle Carousel Facebook page has more than 202,500 likes. and 2x, respectively.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

With a couple friends at Green Memes, we're trying to create a new resource for the #nptech community - a free guide for the next generation of online organizers. We hear from community organizers all the time: How do I break through on Facebook? What's a meme? I don't tweet - why should I?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

That purpose, of course, is to build a life-long relationship with alumni of your nonprofit’s program or school so that they are a donor and champion for your organization. Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. pic.twitter.com/PXdIUl0IIQ.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2015

The Dress became one of the most quickly viral memes that the Internet has ever seen. Meme Me Up, Scotty. Memejacking is simply a type of newsjacking that connects your communications to a meme — that is, a pop culture trend. As communications tactics go, memes are cheap and easy to make. Engagement. … 2.

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Care2

JANUARY 27, 2014

Just because this tactic works for Upworthy (who is driven by a ton of testing on their own website) does not mean it will work for your organization. What about Facebook? Upworthy is a great example of how compelling content can generate a lot of shares and comments on Facebook too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

This weekend, I got to spend some time at a beautiful conference center on Falling Leaf Lake with 140 grassroots environmental organizations, all grantees of Patagonia, at the Tools for Grassroots Activists Conference. The Hold A Sign Meme. The “Hold A Sign” meme has been around for almost ten years.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2014

Our donors are being solicited on every channel from numerous organizations multiple times a day. For example, tell them how their $5 went to purchase vaccines or a pizza pie for 5 volunteers who were canvassing around a campaign in your neighborhood. Surprise them and thank them publicly on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

This could be as simple as “If we post more links on Facebook with the embedded link tool, we will increase our reach” or any of the items that Mari Smith suggests you measure on Facebook. In the example above, you would test posting the same link with the embedded link tool and without it. Don’t just guess.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

They’ve just published this terrific, free e-book with lots of tips and planning templates to help your organization decide whether to participate. The guide offers a few examples, and a reminder that you don’t have to use them all: Dollars to be raised. Facebook Groups are great for this! Number of donors.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Blackbaud guest bloggers share expert fundraising tips and simple steps for creating a Facebook page that rocks. Learn how to become a social organization with tips from Yammer 's director of community. arts organization , and a Canadian wildlife organization to better fulfill their missions. From NetSquared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

Roots of Change is a fairly small nonprofit, while Danielle’s job is full time, she estimates that only 15% of her time is allocated for social media. She juggles tweeting and Facebook with other communications tasks such as managing the web site and other communications channels. So, they started a fun meme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago. For the event, I used the Facebook Insights, Rowfeeder, and Storify. Approximately 85% of the donations were converted from my personal profile on Facebook. Fundraiser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

Dave Webb said "I have always had a problem forcing something that is organic by nature into a mechanical straightjacket. Combining this with the advent of socialmedia tools such as blogs, Facebook and Twitter has made an individual???s Maybe the phrase "meme lurker" is better? someone like me???

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

He offers courses, consulting, and coaching to transform your organization and your leadership. Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Some organizations use donor perks or benefits to do this. Don’t forget the legitimizing effect of being a part of a nonprofit organization.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Your organization is awash in data, but (while we hate to be the ones to break the news) nobody wants one more boring spreadsheet. XKCD has finally updated its Map of Online Communities , showing the size of Facebook relative to its smaller brethren. Can we all collectively promise to let that meme drop? At least, we hope so.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 10, 2021

The key to picking the right fundraiser for your new nonprofit is to come up with something unique but familiar, something no other organization in your area is doing but also something that your prospective guests will feel comfortable with. For example, if your community is already into cornhole, then a Cornhole Tournament might make sense.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Analytic Activism is a book about how advocacy organizations can make better decisions in the digital age. Between the hashtags, the Facebook groups, the online petitions, the blog posts, and the constant emails, there’s just an overwhelming amount of advocacy communication online today. Communication isn’t just about speech.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

But before, during, and after the fun, your message and the voice of your organization need to come through. Schedule in any organization events. Find the ones that mean something to your organization or that tie into the work you are doing and those you are serving. That’s what keeps things fun and engaging! JUST for fun!

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

and the good feeling you get when you contribute to an organization you love. Then they see other organizations raising $10,000, $15.000, or $25,000 and feel left out. For organizations that go into Giving Tuesday with no plan, I say they’re right! Donors gave an astounding $2.7 billion to nonprofits on Giving Tuesday in 2021.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

By Melissa Russom , a communications strategist who helps nonprofit organizations clarify their brand and message to engage more meaningfully with the people who matter most to them. Facebook doesn’t try to hide its overwhelming favor for personal posts over branded content. We trust people more than we trust companies. Share that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

If your organization Tweets, will they donate? Your Organization's Social Networking Strategy Doesn't Have To Be Like Mastercard. The What, Why, and How of Facebook Fan Pages. How To Share the Social Media Workload in Your Organization. Is Facebook Causes A One Night Stand? Twitter Demographics. Giving Good Poke.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. is vital to any nonprofit organization. The messenger is the person, group, or organization that delivers the information to the audience. and more precisely, the effective transfer or exchange of knowledge â??

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Convio asked me to prepare something for organizations that are just getting ready to embrace social media. This can take place in a variety ways, including brown bag lunches "Facebook Friday," presenting examples from other organizations experiences, sharing market research data about consumer trends and social media.

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M+R

AUGUST 11, 2021

Some well-known examples of NFTs are: . Disaster Girl Meme ” (sold for $500k). Ten percent of the profits from the sales go to the organization, making it a partner in this auction rather than just the once-off end recipient. . Tiltify is the fundraising platform that can be used with Twitch, YouTube, Facebook Live, and Twitter.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 13, 2022

Memes about goals are EVERYWHERE. We can’t set goals, because we never know how many people (or animals, organizations, etc.) For example: “acquire 100 new donors this year” or “write 10 grant proposals before March.” Goals, goals, goals…. The word shows up everywhere! So why all of this hoopla about goals?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2014

.” Charity Jacking is similar to brand jacking and news jacking , defined by David Meerman Scott as the process by which you inject your ideas or angles into breaking news, in real-time, in order to generate media coverage for yourself or your organization. Charity Jacking goes one step beyond “Social Media Meme Morphing.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Chad graciously agreed to write up a guest post — and start a meme asking nonprofit and social media folks to add their favorite social media tactic in the comments below or using the hashtag #50smt and aggregated here. Below you’ll find 10 tactics to help you get started: Make your content shareable on Facebook by adding a Like button.

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CauseVox

JUNE 5, 2023

Leveraging targeted ads, strategic partnerships, and compelling storytelling, you can attract potential donors who align with your organization’s mission and vision. Seek their feedback, ask about their motivations for supporting your organization, and gather insights into their platform preferences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2011

HelpAttack.com is a way to give to nonprofits with each Tweet and Facebook update. For example, SalesForce.com practitioners often #askforce. Intentional / Campaign Tags: #livestrong , #movember , #spoonie , and other tags are long running #hashtags that are suggested by, or organized around, certain groups or causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

Kevin McSpadden, Facebook. Kevin McSpadden is the director of marketing and brand strategy at Facebook, joining the company 18 months ago. He is working on a social good strategy for Facebook. They post a photo of the recipient on their Facebook page and tag the donor as a way to say thank you.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

And it far surpasses the next one, which is Facebook Messenger. So it’s WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, a close third, but it surpasses all of the ones. So this is really important in areas that, so, for example, in Latin America, in certain parts of Asia, in Sub-Saharan Africa, that the internet is not as fast.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2018

We send out action alerts, blog passionately, share petitions on Facebook and upload videos highlighting the stakes involved in our various policy fights, all intended to spark people to take action. Digital tools give all of us the power to organize campaigns on short notice – all we need is time and passion.

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