Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I caught up with Danny Alpert at the NTC Conference in Minneapolis, MN where he briefed me on how he is using a “Transmedia” strategy to raise awareness and funding to support homeless services. He graciously agreed to pen this guest post while I was in transit to “down under.” ” Enjoy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Of those inspired by social media, Facebook (47%) has the largest impact, then Instagram (23%) and Twitter (20%). ? 7% have donated directly to an organization using Facebook Fundraising Tools. Of those, 100% said they are likely to donate through Facebook again. ? 78% of donors in Kenya volunteer. 83% regularly vote.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 28, 2010

That may not seem like very many compared to Facebook’s 465 million users, but Foursquare is only one year-old and growing quickly. Part social networking site, part smartphone App, Foursquare is a tool meant to be primary used on the go on your smartphone. Food banks and homeless shelters: St. Foursquare now has 1.6

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2017

An NFP participant was so amazed by the organization’s robust feedback loop that she posted this on Facebook: “The request for feedback about the program is cool, but after a big survey, having them reply and say, ‘We hear several of you want and we’re doing to accommodate that,’ for each major item is unlike any organization I’ve heard of!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. At SXSW, there…. Tech Talk at SXSW.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2018

Despite her lack of comfort using online tools, she was interested in anything that her children were involved with, even if it wasn’t her cup of tea. She took selfies with me and I taught her how she could use my phone to look at her children and grandchildren’s Facebook profiles. She was also an arts lover.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

You can use Atomic Training to help your organization maximize its tech tools and software products. Job training for at-risk youth, veterans reentering the workforce, or even homeless populations. Build your social media presence with training on Twitter and Facebook. to see how organizations are putting these tools to work.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Though originally focused on advertising, Ogilvy’s wisdom contains enduring truths around driving action and results that can aid any cause, even with today’s new tools and platforms. A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The cute animal theory has not gone unnoticed by nonprofits, even those that are not animal welfare organizations, zoos or aquariums are sharing content featuring cute animals on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Michelle’s project was focused on measuring engagement through multiple channels, but especially Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This is a facebook page where many organizations across the environment, climate and animal welfare sectors came together to share news, updates, action alerts, and much more after the BP Oil Spill. If you ask people to like your facebook page, and they respond, what they are saying isn’t that all they ever want to do is like your page.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. Select and set up software systems: Choose the right tools to help you get the job done right and as efficiently as possible. Avoid jargon, acronyms and insider talk.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

This year''s conference will be devoted to exploring the power of innovation, delivering skills to stimulate opportunity and grow new strategies, and to empowering you with tools to build an innovative organization. Invisible People is hitting the road with Virgin Mobile, Sevenly, and Ford to bring awareness to youth homelessness.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

This year''s conference will be devoted to exploring the power of innovation, delivering skills to stimulate opportunity and grow new strategies, and to empowering you with tools to build an innovative organization. Invisible People is hitting the road with Virgin Mobile, Sevenly, and Ford to bring awareness to youth homelessness.

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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. See how one organization plans to bypass the crowds by teleworking during the Olympics (and the tools they’re using to do it). This July, we’re celebrating web conferencing.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. We've all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics "going viral" online before our eyes - the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. At SXSW, there…. Tech Talk at SXSW.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2017

Since your nonprofit is fulfilling a particular need in society, you should begin by focusing on the needs of your target audience and what your readers will be searching for on various search engines like Google, Bing and Facebook. There area lot of free video editing tools you can use. It is best to keep these reviews on your site.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

They may not want to give you a grant if they see your animal welfare nonprofit is living off of your adoption fees or your homeless shelter is solely running on a large government grant. If you’re applying for grants (or planning to apply soon), funders want to see that your nonprofit is stable and well managed. See how that works?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

You can use Atomic Training to help your organization maximize its tech tools and software products. Job training for at-risk youth, veterans re-entering the workforce, or even homeless or transitional populations. Building your social media presence with training on Twitter and Facebook. Train on Over 150 Products.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

TechSoup has some tools that may come in handy. It's reasonably easy to upload videos to Facebook or YouTube even without the phone being on a data plan. They're a homeless services and neighborhood revitalization nonprofit that serves West Philly. " May well be. Storytelling with Mobile Video.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2011

Over the course of several weeks, ReadyWoof team members actively raised money from friends and family, utilizing targeted email and Facebook campaigns and held an irresistible company-wide bake sale to raise $2,615.00. ReadyTalk's Charitable Contributions Committee played an important role in the fundraising. More About ReadyTalk.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Denver, CO: Lighten Your Load with Online Tools. New York, NY: Facebook for Nonprofits: Moving Your Marketing Beyond the Like. San Francisco: Let’s Learn About Project Homeless Connect SF: Discussion and Brainstorming. San Francisco, CA: Let’s Go to the BSR Sustainability Hackathon 2013! Friday, November 8.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I used this an opportunity to reflect on my experience as a free agent over the years and while the tools have changed, the principles effectively using social media to fundraising for a cause have not. And while the small nonprofit, The Sharing Foundation , benefited from the prize money, there were also other benefits.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The participants were tasked with developing digital tools to help nonprofits and government agencies work better together. The projects varied from educational tools for children to energy efficiency. Another interesting concept was a mobile tech shop for homeless shelters. Burlington, VT Day of Civic Hacking. ReWrite Oakland.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The tools we use to do this work are not immediately obvious. We’re repurposing a commercial tool to monitor an issue, but using it in a very different way. Listening to that is very different than just plugging your organization’s name and the most common misspellings into one of these tools and watching the graphs move.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Your online donation tool is one of the quickest and easiest ways for supporters to give to your cause. Leverages common tools. For instance, top nonprofits will now accept debit cards, credit cards, electronic checks, and even tools like Apple Pay or Venmo. Take Advantage Of Video Conferencing And Streaming Tools.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

For example, an animal advocacy organization with the goal of homing more pets than they did the previous year might have a mission statement like, “We work to reduce the number of homeless pets in the community by offering free rescue services and housing animals with volunteer foster homes.” Spread the word on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The day was designed as a one-day interactive strategy session in the morning and intensive mini-workshops on tools and tactics in the afternoon lead by a cadre of local social media specialists and experts. My Zoetica colleague, Kami Huyse , suggested a tool called rowfeeder. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.).

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

Facebook Live and YouTube Live are free options that your participants will be used to. John Center for Homeless Men recently added some engagement to their Raisin’ the Rent event with virtual house parties ! Here are our favorite tools to use when promoting virtual events: Email. Text m essage marketing. Social media.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

This can be as simple as a Facebook post or tweet that says, "Thank you to all of our supporters. There are plenty of tools out there - that are free - which help do just this. Homeless Prenatal Program 20 Years in Action - thank you video. You may be planning an email to go out as a follow up and thank you message.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One last pro tip: Make sure you have a reliable text fundraising tool to make your text campaign successful! Social media is a great tool for supporters to share their personal fundraising pages, so make sure you encourage them to post their pages. Plus, your supporters can make a difference from wherever they may be.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 29, 2013

For the next few days I became familiar with runaway and homeless youth issues. This gave me the tools to develop the steps to get the program going. To learn more about his experiences connect with him through Facebook, LinkedIn, and Warrior Hike. The next big challenge was researching how to open an emergency youth shelter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

Facebook doesn’t try to hide its overwhelming favor for personal posts over branded content. Do you say homeless people or individuals experiencing homelessness?… 5) Provide the necessary tools. These are your social media ambassadors. . Social media aims to connect people with people. But, take it offline, too. .

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

We got nearly 2,000 mentions of the challenge on Facebook and Twitter in 25 countries. It was filmed on location outside our free medical clinic for the homeless in the heart of Melbourne. Our story challenges get lots of attention. The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge received many many entries from 12 different countries.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Facebook Advertising for Nonprofits. Naples, Florida: Tools for Effective Email Communication. Mason, Ohio: Help Create an App for Homeless to Manage Money More Effectively. Yaoundé, Cameroon: Learn How You Can Use Adobe Spark and Other Storytelling Tools to Tell Stories.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Call2Action's Spark™ combines video with action tools in one shareable widget. Stop by Booth 88 at the Science Fair and film your own video for your limited edition NTEN Spark™ to syndicate your Tweets, share on Facebook with friends, and create your own Pledge. Call 2 Action in booth 88. Learn more at www.call2action.com. Spinx, Inc.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Call2Action's Spark™ combines video with action tools in one shareable widget. Stop by Booth 88 at the Science Fair and film your own video for your limited edition NTEN Spark™ to syndicate your Tweets, share on Facebook with friends, and create your own Pledge. Call 2 Action in booth 88. Learn more at www.call2action.com. Spinx, Inc.

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NTEN

JANUARY 8, 2009

The good news is that the thoughtful, well-researched way you put technology strategies and tools to work is going to help your organization get beyond "weathering the storm", ensuring it thrives during this crisis. Facebook: Holly Ross. NTEN members: you're in the perfect position to make it happen. You can find me at: .

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