Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 20, 2020

To flip the gala table sponsorship on its head and think about social media channels as new revenue streams? For the example below, we’ll be building out a sample Facebook Live co-branded series. If you’ve been watching Facebook or Instagram recently, everyone is going LIVE. . Phase 2: Content, Cost & Creation.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

For example, a clothing store puts out a new line of clothing; they want to know how that line is performing. An example of a KPI could be the number of surveys completed after an event. You may be tracking the number of likes on a Facebook post. Think about what metrics you will use.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The world of social media is constantly evolving, and understanding social SEO is imperative for your nonprofit to make the most of organic content. What Is Social SEO and Why Is It Important for Your Nonprofit? Now what exactly does it mean when we talk about social SEO? That’s Social SEO at work.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Today, at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, I had a ton of fun leading a session and discussion around making the most of social media in just 30 minutes a day. Here are the slides from the session and links to get you started: Social Media in 30 Minutes a Day. Metrics Template: [link]. Social by Social.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/humanesociety. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? I identified a trend forming with social networking, and set up our very first profile. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Who maintains your social media campaigns?

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Image Credit: dole777 on unsplash After more than a decade of dominating the social media landscape, Big Tech platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are in flux. Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. Like all social media today, organic reach is very low.

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

Creating a social media strategy can feel overwhelming. The problem is, this advice is often aimed at organizations with dedicated social media folks, or even teams of them. So, how can your nonprofit create a social media strategy that you can sustain? Here is how you can craft a road map to social media success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

By Tereza Litsa , Social Media Manager at Lightful , a simple social media management platform for nonprofits. A new year brings new goals and now is the perfect time to plan your social media content calendar for 2019. A content calendar is the link between posting daily on social media and a social media strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Facebook Changes: A Complete Guide – by Mari Smith. Also, a few insights about the what the changes mean for Facebook pages. It is a judgement call. For example, a colleague recently said to me, “I have a mix of people who are my friends – my family and friends as well as professionals in my field.

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

If you manage social media for your organization, you probably face incredible pressure to show growth and success. That’s why you need to change the way you measure social media and declare a war on vanity metrics. Why is Social Media Data Important? What are people saying to you on social media channels?

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2024

Some examples of online communities include a LinkedIn or Facebook group where industry professionals connect. How online community platforms differ from other virtual networking communities A major difference between virtual networking communities like LinkedIn or Facebook and an online community platform is why they’re used.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In our report, Unlocking Generosity with Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Giving ( ai4giving ), Allison Fine and I identified examples of where the algorithms and data are used to provide recommendations for philanthropic investment – whether everyday donors, program officers, or major donors. Source: GiveDirectly Facebook Page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Go to your nonprofit’s Facebook Page, select Insights > Posts, and ensure that “Reach: Organic/Paid” is selected. If your nonprofit does not pay for advertising on Facebook, your nonprofit can keep it simple and use the rounded-to-the-nearest-hundred numbers. 3,990 ÷ # of Facebook Fans Your Page Has (100,178). =.0398

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), There is also a science to social and mobile media. Website Unique Visitors.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Of course, we’ve spent the year sharing tips and tricks to get your virtual fundraising to the next level all year long, but let’s be real: few things are as helpful as seeing real examples of real nonprofits doing it right. So here it is: our favorite 7 crowdfunding and peer-to-peer website examples from 2021. Let’s take a look.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Title (s): Manager, External Affairs and Associate, Social Media & Recruitment. Facebook: facebook.com/taprootfoundation. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Megan: MySpace was probably our first introduction to social media, but not sure the year we created the account.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), There is also a science to social and mobile media. Website Unique Visitors.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Social media can be an extremely effective way to reach new audiences for your nonprofit and secure more donations for your cause. Nonprofit outreach should balance donor acquisition with donor engagement, so how do you utilize social media for both efforts? Create connections between your site and social profiles. Just like.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets. Be aware of key accomplishments, metrics, testimonials, and milestones. Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. Be Informed. Then help implement these tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is now up – you can read it and join the conversation on the SSIR blog , or read the full post below. The good news is that the nonprofit technology community is rich in sharing, and there are lots of online tutorials about this latest wave of updates on Facebook.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We’ll also be sharing the important metrics you need to keep an eye on to measure your performance. Use Social Media to Create an Online Community The average internet user spends roughly 151 minutes (that’s over two and a half hours) online every day. Fundraising The Top 5 Best Nonprofit Social Media Examples 7 min read Read Now 2.

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NTEN

JULY 5, 2012

Over 450 people joined us for the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook webinar we co-hosted with NTEN and the Ad Council last week. Combine all this knowledge with your free copy of the Benchmarks Extra: Facebook study , and you’ll be rocking your organization’s Facebook page in no time! Once again, you’ve amazed us! A: Of course!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2019

Direct Relief , a humanitarian aid organization, turned to Facebook messenger bot when the organization’s 1.5 person social media team could not keep up with requests for aid during Hurricane Harvey two years ago. It’s available for free to other nonprofits through BotsForCharity.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2012

The post summarized why it may be important, best practices, and a few nonprofit examples. One of my blog readers, Sarah Mowry, Outreach Director for the Deschutes Land Trust pointed me to Nature Conservancy’s Instagram contest , an image scavenger hunt. Encourages social content creation from network.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Do you know what social media posts they like or share? For example, retention rates tend to be higher for mid-level and major donors. Here are some of the questions you might ask in order to understand what metrics to track: . You identify key metrics by which you’ll determine if your programs are successful.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It’s an important metric that will help you gauge how effectively you’re engaging new supporters, and it can also give you insight into which of your fundraising and marketing campaigns are most effective. One valuable metric will be your donor acquisition rate for the month of December. Do you set donor acquisition goals?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

I am leading a #Nettalks Webinar on “ Leveraging Social Media to Engagement and Inspire Alumni Networks ” at 2 PM EST today. On Monday, I shared a post about some network and strategy concepts. Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Note From Beth: Here’s some quick tips on using Facebook Ads. The most important thing to remember is that being successful, especially with ads, depends on using measurement and metrics to learn as Taryn’s point number for suggests. Ads appear on the right hand side of the Facebook newsfeed. 2.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Let’s look at the Red Cross mission statement as an example. That’s a perfect example of a nonprofit mission statement because it succinctly conveys the organization’s purpose of preventing and alleviating human suffering. For example, maybe one of your board members works in the tech sector.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore the top platforms you can leverage to get the word out about your business, including: Your Website Social Media Mobile App A well-designed marketing plan can give your business the fuel it needs to bring attention to its services, products, events, campaigns, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2011

If you want extract value from your social media strategy, you need to use measurement. That means setting measurable goals, collecting the right data, making sense of it, and transforming it into actionable decisions. In the example above, I discovered a turkey in the canyon. Found it via Curata’s collection ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

The act of writing a comprehensive social media fundraising strategy is an essential first step in being successful on social media. Step 2: Write a Social Media Fundraising Strategic Plan. Template 2] Your Social Media Fundraising Strategic Plan. Template 3] Your Social Media Fundraising Budget.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2011

This post summarizes some findings from a recent research report about increasing engagement on Facebook and a couple of conversations about applying the research over on my blog Facebook page. Don’t Automate All Your Facebook Posts. Facebook gives less weight to posts made via third party apps.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

This week, as part of Member Appreciation Month, we're talking about technology that supports communications and information, so I thought I'd share some of the metrics we use to track our effectiveness that don't really warrant a complete blog post in-and-of themselves. We'd also love to hear about your favorite metrics. Social Media.

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sgEngage

MAY 27, 2021

Key fundraising metrics like donor retention rate, donation frequency, and fundraising return on investment (ROI). These metrics provide a comprehensive, bird’s eye view of your organization’s fundraising and outreach efforts that you can use to craft a new strategy. The characteristics of your donor base.

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