Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/humanesociety. Twitter: @ HumaneSociety , @ cariegrls. We’re using Facebook primarily, Twitter for feedback, dabbling in Foursquare, and starting our LinkedIn presence. Twitter is the one that surprised me the most. For us, Twitter is primarily a public relations/customer service tool.

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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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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

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Organic social is considered free, non-paid content created, uploaded, and shared within social platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube. Imagine extending SEO principles to social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. That’s Social SEO at work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be aware of key accomplishments, metrics, testimonials, and milestones. Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. For example, accepting gifts of stock by opening a brokerage account, accepting Venmo donations, accepting cryptocurrency , and accepting donations from Alexa (Amazon devices).

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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. Try hosting a Twitter (now known as X) Q&A relevant to your mission or service or a livestream on Twitch, Instagram, and Facebook. Fundraising The Top 5 Best Nonprofit Social Media Examples 7 min read Read Now 2.

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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

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/taprootfoundation. Twitter: twitter.com/taprootfound. Megan: We currently have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Jumo, YouTube and Vimeo. We use Hootsuite and Sprout Social to manage our accounts and track metrics. Website: www.taprootfoundation.org. Blog: taprootfoundation.org/blog.

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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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Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

Here are a few examples: Increase awareness and expand your audience: success is measured by an increase in followers, but you could also track things like shares, reposts, and retweets. Here are two experiments we’ve shared as examples. Set the destination First, you need to know where you want to end up.

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

That’s why you need to change the way you measure social media and declare a war on vanity metrics. For example, the only real way to measure sentiment and how people are feeling about your campaigns, your content, your work, and your impact is to analyze the conversations yourself. Why is Social Media Data Important?

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

You’ll find their mission statements, creative fundraising examples , and how to connect with each of them below. million metric tons of electronic waste was produced globally in 2019 alone, but only 11.4 Twitter: @Energy_Leaders. Facebook: @CleanEnergyLeaders. Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram: @calparks and @REI .

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

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.), That said, below is selection of metrics to track and a brief explanation as to why. Other Metrics.

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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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TechImpact

JUNE 19, 2014

If, for example, you want to increase the number of Twitter followers your nonprofit has, or the number of donors donate to your organization per year, start there. Other easy first metrics to report on include the number of visitors landing on your website per day, or the number of clicks your Twitter account receives in a given week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I've been asking myself how can we leverage the addition of nonprofits and charities on the Twitter Suggested User List? I followed the ant trails to the Chronicle of Philanthropy blog post today asking the question, Should Twitter Recommend More Charities? saying that Twitter was now a “king maker”. Room to Read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2008

Ironically, I read a post from a month ago by Stowe Boyd called " Beyond Blogs: The Conversation Has Moved Into Flow " where he stats that conversation is moving from blog comments thread which is slow and static to a more fast form of conversation - the flow in Twitter, Friendfeed, and other places. Conversations are fragmenting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. You might also consider setting up a Facebook Group just for alumni and encourage them to share this information.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Define Your Metrics and Create a Social Media ROI Spreadsheet. In the far left column of the spreadsheet, list the metrics that you want to monitor. Finally, pick a day of the month to begin and enter the baseline metrics for the first month, then enter your progress for that month on the same day of every month thereafter.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2010

Everybody's on Facebook, so clearly your non-profit should be there, too, right? Probably, but given limited resources it's important to get a better handle on the specific value your organization's investment of time and resources on Facebook is delivering toward your bottom line. or Twitter, or Foursquare, or Tumblr, etc.).

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

For example, you might find that your annual fundraising 5K is well-attended, but you have a hard time maintaining supporters’ attention in the aftermath. Also, review your fundraising metrics and data from previous campaigns. For example, you might recruit some of your board members to meet with current or prospective major donors.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

Build your case for support around individual stories and compelling examples of how your nonprofit is making an impact. For instance, you might send most of your communications using email and Facebook, while posting only occasionally on your less-popular Twitter account. Round up metrics such as your: Fundraising total.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. So, thought I'd take an opportunity to query my network via Twitter and Facebook and see what's new. see for example the post about blogging policy ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2011

My colleague, Devon Smith, a self-described data nerd who loves benchmarking pointed out this glorious example from the museum world from Sean Redmond , a Web developer at the Guggenheim. To avoid data error and ease the data collection chore, Sean created an automated version with data collected automatically via Twitter and Klout APIs.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

For example, if your entire demographic is on the social media platform Instagram, then your marketing budget should start with that, and then branch out to other avenues or pipelines depending on costs. Reward attendees for sharing the Facebook event page with awards, VIP packages, and more. Use Free Event Promotion Tactics.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

But lately, I've noticed an interesting trend: I post something on Facebook that I think is fascinating, hilarious, or some deep revelation into the mysterious world of Miriam Kagan, and my social sphere reacts in.dead silence. So we start with the industry-wide best practices: How many people like you on Facebook? How many should?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

For example, if you are looking for volunteers or young assistants, then you can use Instagram. If you want to attract people with more experience and expertise, then you should focus on Facebook. For example, Instagram requires a visual trigger, while Twitter implies short but informative text messages.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

A prime example of what APIs can achieve with relative ease is optimizing content for web visitors based on location. Twitter Twitter has long been a tool for organizing and bringing people together around topics of interest. HelpAttack.com is a prime example of building on top of Twitter and other APIs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I have been thinking a lot about actionable social media measurement strategies that are fit and trim and light on their feet! Inspired by the Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? , I thought I'd share how I look at my Facebook page data. Your Facebook Page is like a garden that needs regularly tending.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

Last week, I had a fun time moderating the June #4Change Twitter Chat on Online Community Building. Note on platform : During last week’s Twitter chat, not unlike previous chats, we dealt with some major issues around lag and load time. real time, and 2. co-created. From @neddotom: recap 1. overall goal 4. action oriented 5.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2014

This is one of the first reports using “Personal Health Data” in aggregate, using data points around sleep tracking to look at a natural disaster. As Jacob Harold mused on Twitter, “In such a moment of something so powerful and scary as an earthquake, technology can only observe.” louisgray impressive!

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

My point is that it CAN happen (In fact, I saw some examples today of non-profits achieving results like this), but a lot of non-profits shoot them selves in the foot by forgetting to do the basics of email marketing correctly. In fact, I’d probably not get much traffic or have many people share it on Twitter or Facebook. “5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2011

Yesterday, I blogged about the &# Valid Metrics Framework &# from the AMEC that provides a suggested guide post for selecting the right metrics to measure social media in the context of an integrated communications campaign. . Source: HBR = Branding in a Digital Age.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For example, if a mailed appeal with a matching gift incentive consistently outperforms others, keep using that format. The lessons went beyond just copy length and media slots, but those were prominent examples of the difference in mindset. There are tons of ideas that you can shop on Meta (Facebook) Ads Library.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. The right metrics. Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. funders of a 20th century mindset - what metrics speak to them. pick the right metrics.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

A great example of this is when we talk about working with our communities. Some are using tools like Twitter or Facebook to invite listeners to a post-segment conversation with reporters, moving them from a passive action (listening) up the ladder of engagement to an active action of commenting and discussion. Metrics Template.

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