Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Facebook is an ever growing force in the internet space and it looks like it will be for a while. Facebook is also a great tool for nonprofits. It’s free, it gives you an immediate way to build a tribe and engage people in online community. Facebook pages give you a ton of great features that Groups and Causes do not.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

" AGC Coversational Case Studies: Students for a Free Tibet: A mindful social media strategy for campaigns or contests – Beth Kanter and Allison Fine are evaluating the second America's Giving Challenge and are sharing case studies from the winners. Here are my top trends in sustainable social media (hat tip to Reuters)."

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

NetSquared groups are holding free events all month. This series of four free webinars will follow the path of our Storymakers short course for video preproduction, production, and postproduction, and you can also join for the final webinar on photo storytelling. Then RSVP for our series of free training webinars instead!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Creative Commons Licensed Music from CCmixter. After the workshop was over, my hosts took on a tour of Free Geek, a truly unique nonprofit organization in Portland. I've decided that I'll be wearing my FreeGeek t-shirt this month on my blog and Facebook profile. Maybe Free Geek has a franchise plan? I love that idea.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

This epic battle between Open Source software (or Free software) and proprietary software is coming to a close. There is no way that the kind of inexpensive cloud architecture could have developed if everyone had to have depended on proprietary, licensed software. Some might argue that FOSS won the battle. The Desktop.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

Use social media Depending on your target audience, social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter can be powerful tools for promoting your merchandise. Encourage board members, staff, and volunteers to wear and showcase items from your shop for some free promotion.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2015

Here's the scoop: open source basically means that the software was built by a community of volunteer developers who made the source code available to all who license the software. Nominal or no licensing/subscription fees. Flexible implementation, thanks to unlimited licensing. Free isn't really free.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

A Free Photos Directory , Free Video Directory and Free Music Directory that offers nonprofits, cause organizations and Web publishers a guide to hundreds of online resources for adding legal, high-quality content to their own Web sites, blogs, podcasts, newsletters, printed materials or online presentations.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

" film music | mobygratis.com – Are you looking for music to use for free in your nonprofit's video? If you want to use it for a commercial production, that's okay: they have an easy license for that as well ("with any money that's generated being given to the humane society.").

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Care2

DECEMBER 26, 2011

We email them, text them, tweet them and tag them on Facebook. Businesses aren’t just sending households coupons anymore they are offering daily deals on sites like LivingSocial or sending out discount codes on social networks after you “like” them on Facebook or follow them on Twitter. And guess what?

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2015

In 2011, YouTube started letting people post their videos with Creative Commons licenses. The standard YouTube license is restrictive. CC BY is the most permissive CC license. The easiest way to find Creative Commons licensed YouTube videos is through the Creative Commons Search Tool. " The Rules for Instagram.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

To facilitate the use of that data, the city hosted a contest to motivate the development community to make use of more than 100 types of datasets it had released — everything from aerial photographs and business licenses to parking meter information, liquor license applications, and street-sweeping routes. Shutterstock.

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AccelEvents

JULY 21, 2021

Integrate your Stripe account for seamless ticketing sales, and then integrate your live stream with a connected Youtube account, LinkedIn account, Facebook, or Twitter profile. With Teams, you can easily host up to 100 people for the basic license and 500+ attendees for large virtual events. . Book a free demo today!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Fast Company reports that the fastest growing age group using Facebook and Google+ are people over 45. Social Misfits Media and Aegis Media in the UK have just launched a new free online social media guide for charities to help relieve our perplexity. I like their new free publication, Cloud Computing for Nonprofits.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

on ProBlogger Why Data Smog May Be Making You Depressed by Dr. Andrew Weil on Time.com (hat tip to Beth Kanter for tweeting this) Mindmap of How to Focus in the Age of Distraction (hat tip to whomever's Facebook page I found this on. I can't remember!)

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2017

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Tips and Tools to Doll Up Your Data | Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (Free). Nanaimo, British Columbia: "Free Money" (Microsoft Volume Licensing and Google for Nonprofits). Cleveland, Ohio: How to Remarket to Website Visitors via Facebook and Twitter. Thursday, July 6, 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

Flickr Photo by Roberto Ferrari - Creative Commons License Some Rights Reserved. A few weeks ago, I started a thread on my blog’s Facebook Page, “What are the best tips and tools for saving time managing your nonprofit’s Facebook Page?&# I summarized the tips shared in this earlier post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Today we have proudly announced that we are releasing our entire database of volunteer opportunities to outside developers under a Creative Commons license to expand the non-commercial use of our free service. With our decision to open our database of opportunities , we are stepping proudly into a new era of change for VolunteerMatch.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Music is great for enhancing the mood of a video and nonprofits and libraries interested in low-cost music licensing can check out Magnatune 's music library or Frog Music Licensing. Numerous applications exist, many of them free and with very simple editing capabilities, to upload smartphone videos to the Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

As an activist and evangelist for creative commons ' values and tools, I want to play a major role in helping to ensure that our culture remains as free and accessible as possible. Here's what it looks like on Facebook and Twitter. Here's what it looks like on Facebook and Twitter. I taught him the four different licenses.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 30, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Free Design Resources for Nonprofits. Luckily for you, there are more free tools available today than ever before to help you create powerful images, marketing campaigns, and brand awareness. Below are a few of our favorite free tools. If Your Nonprofit Needs: Free Online Image EdIToRS.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2011

Your organization might have PCs with illegal, free, or basic operating systems — either from accepting donated machines or buying the computers at bargain-basement prices. You can find more on Facebook and follow via Twitter @mfstcitizenship. Home Premium, Home Basic, or Starter editions of Windows 7 or Windows Vista.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Building your social media presence with training on Twitter and Facebook. Eligible organizations can request up to 100 user licenses per year. Watch more than 70 free webinars on everything from social media, to marketing and outreach, to technology planning at TechSoup webinar archives. Learn more.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review the Nominet Trust 100 nominations for the very best technologies for social good, the big TechSoup/ Guardian Technology for Good Report, The soft launch of Hacker Helper, a new free service that sends money over email, the world’s most popular websites, and two new Netflix style subscription services for eBooks.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Every month I bring you a roundup of free technology training events that will help nonprofit staffers like you build their skills. But maybe you're skeptical and you're wondering: "How can a free event organized by a volunteer be any good?" IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2009

VounteerMatch , the web’s largest and most popular volunteer network that helps people find local volunteer opportunities with over 65,000 nonprofits is opening up its network to outside developers under a Creative Commons license to expand the non-commercial use of its free service. Receive monthly updates.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. If you're not ready to migrate to Office 365, you can learn more at TechSoup's free one-day forums. Seattle, Washington: Facebook Strategies for Nonprofits. Mukono, Uganda: Get Free Email for Your Domain with Office 365.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Hosting included) WordPress.org: [link] (Free software. You have to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting) MovableType.com: [link] (Higher Education & Non-profit license for 5 authors, $195. 42 on Amazon Skype Podcast Recording Software Skype [link] (Skype to Skype is free. Includes support for first year. . $42

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year. But what that really means is that nonprofits in more than 75 cities have access to free training and networking events every month! You like numbers? Wednesday, May 3, 2017.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared meetups will bring local nonprofits free digital storytelling workshops in more than 40 cities between August and October. Cleveland, Ohio: How to Remarket to Website Visitors via Facebook and Twitter. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Optimizing Your Communications for Mobile | Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (Free).

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

The site also features recommendations on things like which privacy settings to use on different devices, the ins and outs of parental controls , and basic rules for appropriate sharing for children on Facebook and other social media sites. LFP also points to a free basic class on online privacy that is hosted on the Internet Archive.

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Tech Soup

JULY 27, 2011

Also, there is no longer a five-seat minimum requirement, so an organization can request just one license if that is all it needs. Then, join us on August 4, 2011, for a free webinar Microsoft Donation Program: How Does It Work? You can also follow @msftcitizenship on Twitter to hear more or find them on Facebook.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Honolulu, Hawaii: Free Ruby on Rails Workshop for Women (and Their Friends). Naples, Florida: Social Media Surgery: Twitter, Facebook, Google+. Image Name: Author / License. Victoria, Canada: Storie­s from the Rare Sightings of Women in Tech. Arlington, Virginia: NTEN September 2014 Happy Hour. Friday, September 26, 2014.

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NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

ClientTrack is announcing a Give-Away : one lucky social service organization will be selected to receive a full use license of ClientTrack Express for one (1) year, including the server space you require at their secure data location. They're using a combination of free online tools and crowdsourcing to tag and aggregate information.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Facebook Advertising for Nonprofits. Decatur, Illinois: Free and Low-Cost Resources for Nonprofit Software.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts? Vancouver, British Columbia: Intro to Setting Up Your Free Google AdWords Account. Naples, Florida: Spreading Ideas on Facebook. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License. Well, there are!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

As summer starts, we’ll report on what happened to Facebook Causes, some big developments in cloud computing including the launch of Salesforce1, a big partnership between Salesforce and Microsoft that bodes well for charities, and the launch of Box.org, free cloud storage for nonprofits. The Demise of Facebook Causes.

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