Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

That’s part of the key to success when using Twitter for a Global conversation. Using hashtags lets you mark your message as pertaining to a certain topic, then automatically include that message in a stream with everyone else’s that include the same hashtag. What do those # mean? Build a landing pad. Consider your time.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2010

As a tech guy who also plays a social entrepreneur, I often get asked by my SE buddies about what are the practical use of a tool like Twitter. But rather than making this an extensive essay on the glories of social media, I just want to give some examples from my UK trip, just from Twitter. Working the exit options to get home.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Twitter really shines as a communications tool when you use it with hashtags. Hashtags are words or phrases prefixed with the hash symbol (#), #justinbeiber for example. You can make up your own hashtag – #ihateitwhenthathappens for example – but that’s more of a sentiment than a communications strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Nonprofit Tech for Good experimented with Periscope for live streaming for the first time during the 2015 Independent Sector Conference. Streaming from events is an obvious fit for Periscope, but site visits and interviews with communities served, that’s where the real power of Periscope will unfold. Our Periscope use was basic.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The current technology of live-streaming on the Web has been around for a few years, but only recently with the launch of smartphone Apps that convert phones into video cameras and social media integration, has the technology started to reach mass adoption by Web users ( its up 600% in the last year !). For example, www.ustream.tv/user/nonprofitorgs.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

Here’s an example of a Senator showing his support for veterans through participation in the #gosilent pledge: Tracking silence. Sharing across platforms – Twitter. IAVA didn’t confine their own use of social tools to Facebook and Twitter, as their supporters would be using other tools, too.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The result is a win-win situation where donors feel like they are more tapped into the impact of the organization, and the organization itself is creating a more predictable revenue stream that powers them through uncertain times and sets them up for scale. Livestreaming is also an area to explore in 2021 given the trends we saw this year.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

X, formally Twitter, has also had a lot of changes that may affect your strategy for the platform. Host a live stream with your fundraising thermometer When starting your GivingTuesday prep, consider options to make your campaign more engaging for your donors.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 30, 2022

For example, you’ll want a set marketing budget , you’ll identify the channels through which you can market, how much staff or personnel you have to help you, and how early you will be promoting the event. Some examples of those include: Speaker fees. Product launches. Career fairs. Fundraisers. Virtual Events. Event registration fees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2009

It got me thinking about managing multiples: multiple twitter accounts, multiple people tweeting from one account, and how do you tweet a network of affiliates or a movement. There are no official rules, although there is some great advice in the O'Reilly Twitter Book on this topic for corporate examples.

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Forum One

JULY 11, 2023

Meta launched its response to Twitter last week, Threads. To put this into perspective, this growth rate makes it the fastest-growing app ever (even faster than ChatGPT, TikTok, and Instagram), and this massive rush of users brings Threads’ audience size to nearly 30% of Twitter’s total audience of around 330 million.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Finally, once you have either logged in to your Gmail Account or created a new one and selected the “You+” link, do not be tempted to convert your new personal Google+ Profile into brand (for example, first name “Amnesty” and last name “International”) to avoid being on Google+ personally.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

My Google+ profile automatically includes a Google Buzz tab to see the stream from that space. For example, people are talking about viewing their Google+ circles in Tweetdeck or Hootsuite where they can already view Twitter and Facebook. Google integration across all of the Google-owned spaces is pretty seamless, naturally.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Amidst the constant stream of news updates, social media advocacy campaigns offer people a relevant way to make a difference on the issues they care about. The best time to drive action is when an issue is in the news or trending on Twitter. For example, banning neonics has been an evergreen campaign for NRDC for years.

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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

MARCH 20, 2009

Why Twitter Matters View more presentations from Laura lee Dooley. Check out blog for in-depth posts on Twitter tools, for example this one about url shorterners. I'd like to point a few examples that were not on his list and share some good nonprofit Twitter resources. Cohen titled " 26 Charities That Tweet."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Finally, once you have either logged in to your Gmail Account or created a new one and selected the “You+” link, do not be tempted to convert your new personal Google+ Profile into brand (for example, first name “Amnesty” and last name “International”) to avoid being on Google+ personally.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Here are some promotion tactics that we recommend: Pre-event live streaming. By promoting your event through a live stream, you will be speaking directly to the type of crowd that would be more inclined to attend your event simply because it is a virtual video event. Sponsored event speech. Prioritize one over the other.

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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2022

For example, you can pair a virtual walk-a-thon event with a crowdfunding or peer-to-peer campaign. . Consider where your audience spends the most amount of time — whether that’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or somewhere else — and develop engaging content on your chosen platform(s). . Create a marketing plan.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Choose a day and actively encourage donations and sharing through all your social media channels, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Snapchat. You can also use services like Discord to host a video chat to allow participants to game together, or Twitch to stream games. Live-Streaming. Recurring Giving Blitz.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Most nonprofit leaders have to keep up with their sector, field, or issues anyway – and openly sharing what they are reading – useful content and news with some analysis helps contributes to thought leadership – especially on social channels like Twitter where many reporters use it to source leaders for stories. Managing Boundaries on Social.

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Greater Giving

MAY 25, 2022

For example, with segments in hand, you might decide to focus your digital marketing strategies on a younger, tech-savvy audience by combining targeted ads on Google with organic social media posts on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Email streams. Leverage free advertising opportunities. Geofencing.

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

For example, it’s more difficult to experience catering and an attractive venue digitally. For example, smaller nonprofits sometimes have volunteers or project managers handle marketing responsibilities. Set up a live stream to allow guests to tune in to music throughout your gala. Live-streaming functionality.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The Real-Time Web: it's more than just immediate delivery of Twitter messages to an always-on mobile device, disrupting the concentration that civilization is based on and bringing a rush to crazed social media addicts obsessed with the hottest new buzzwords. Twitter as Trigger. You can pre-order the report here.].

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

For example, Gen Z and Millennial audiences are active Instagram users, while older generations tend to be more active on Facebook. For example, recent studies have found that an effective time to post on Instagram is Mondays from 10 a.m. What should you post? Compare this research to engagement data from your previous posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

The ComcastCares Twitter account is an example of how businesses are using Twitter and other social web tools for customer support and service. It made me wonder if any nonprofits have started to use Twitter in this way. You can read more about what they are doing at Valerie Maltoni's Conversation Agent or Chris Brogan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2008

She also mentioned how they were beginning to experiment with Twitter. They are setting up twitter accounts linked to programmatic areas and affinity groups. For example, here's the arts programming account. I'm sure we'll see more particularly as Kevin Dando urged stations to get a twitter account with their name.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Check out the examples below! Check out Giving Tuesday’s TikTok for great examples of reposting UGC! The examples below include a TikTok featuring random acts of kindness. Next, you’ll be prompted to create or upload a cover photo for your live stream and a title. Similar Sensation (Instrumental) – BLVKSHP.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

For example, when I travel to a new neighborhood or city, I open the app as I walk down the street to explore photos and stories of my exact location across history. There are terrific examples I’ve seen, like Epic Change’s Tweetsgiving campaign video , and you can previous more examples on the Animoto website.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

No matter how you curate this event, one aspect you should include is live streaming. . Live streaming is where an event streams live video feeds so that viewers can see what’s going on. Live streaming is one of the best ways to connect with virtual attendees but pulling it off can be a little complicated. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

An excellent example is last year’s “ Thank You from all of us from Ocean Conservancy ” video: 2) Add social networking pitches to your landing page. Your donors are your most committed supporters and very likely to also follow you on Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Tumblr, etc.

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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

JULY 22, 2009

There were a number of questions related to tools and tactics that I couldn't answer off the top of my head - so I decided to crowdsource them on Twitter asking for answers in the comments. This is an example of how you can use social media to crowdsource your professional development and learning. Thank you Kevin! Is that true?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

For example, this year several cities, like Baltimore, are launching city-wide campaigns. Leaving the dinner, I checked my Twitter feed and started seeing tweets like this one from my colleague, Tal Frankfurt. I asked my Twitter friends exactly what he said. Conan O’Brien was talking about me? Mocked your hat).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

We've gotten some excellent "user generated" content (for example, check out the tips ). If you have five minutes, and your nonprofit has a blog, podcast, youtube channel, or flickr stream that you think is an awesome example of sharing your story social media style -- add a link to it and tell us why it is awesome.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring. If you have a Twitter account, sign up with your Twitter username and password.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Here are some promotion tactics that we recommend: Pre-event live streaming. By promoting your event through a live stream, you will be speaking directly to the type of crowd that would be more inclined to attend your event simply because it is a virtual video event. Sponsored event speech. Prioritize one over the other.

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