Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy. How can your organization apply this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Note from Beth: Is Facebook Live or posting videos part of your nonprofit’s strategy for 2018? Using a tool like Animato can make it easy for your nonprofit to create DYI videos, but to be successful you need to develop a strategy and use compelling storytelling. This article shares insights from nonprofit marketers. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. Here’s how to create a Stories ad using Facebook Ads Manager : .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2015

The 32 nonprofits were bookmarked for a donation and selected because they were effective at grabbing my attention and sparking an inspiration to give through their tweets. The last time Nonprofit Tech for Good donated to a large volume of nonprofits – $25 to 28 nonprofits – 27% of the donations failed due bugs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 8, 2012

This 90-minute social media how-to webinar is ideal for nonprofit communications and fundraising staff. Sponsored by Microsoft Corporate Citizenship and presented by Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech 2.0 , attendees will gain practical knowledge about how to successfully integrate your nonprofit’s Web 1.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

By Scot Chisholm , CEO and Co-founder of Classy ––a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. That’s partly because underlying trends that have been driving the nonprofit sector for years have completely changed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

Nonprofits like Invisible Children and To Write Love on Her Arms were born from Myspace. At a time when Facebook was primarily used by college-educated individuals from the middle and upper classes, Myspace was open, diverse, creative, and seemingly the epitome of an online grassroots community.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 2, 2010

Carol’s been studying Idealware’s Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide – the latest in a line of Idealware’s terrific research-based publications – and she’s kindly agreed to share her top “take-aways” from this new publication.( Tags: General non-profit interest nptech Social networking Facebook Twitter research social media.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 5, 2021

For the last two years, I’ve been studying the impact of identity on prosocial behavior; it’s the topic of my doctoral dissertation. This idea informs the fundraising copy that I write for our clients at Turnkey. Last week, I saw an interesting example of how identity influences attitudes.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, the organization’s mission and values are at the core of your career. And whether or not faith is a part of your nonprofit’s story , it can be incorporated into what you do. Be transparent An obvious overlapping value between nonprofit work and your faith is honesty.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 11, 2014

How many mistakes could you possibly have made at a nonprofit? I have (tried to) run a nonprofit at my college, a campus magazine set up with attached 501(c)3 entity so as to give us financial flexibility and maintain independence from our student senate and Board of Publications. You can learn from my mistakes instead.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 8, 2012

After our last Nonprofits Live event on gaming, our social media team received many questions and requests — many of you in the TechSoup community are excited about the future of creating games for nonprofit causes! Nonprofits Live! A Selection of Strategic Game Design Lessons for Nonprofits. Game Audiences.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

People are often surprised when I say that if given the choice, I would choose 10,000 e-Newsletter subscribers over 10,000 Followers on Twitter, 10,000 Fans on Facebook, or 10,000 Friends on Foursquare… combined. 2) Convert Facebook Fans into Subscribers. Twitter has taught me a valuable lesson about social media ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2010

I am writing a book about social media for nonprofits. The book will be a very comprehensive social media how-to guide that will be based on the lessons I have learned from spending over 10,000 hours utilizing social media for social good over the last five years. It will of course discuss Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.,

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Nonprofit storytelling refers to a specific way of communication that organizations use to personalize their mission. Let’s just be honest right up front: in the case of many nonprofits, the staff is small and the time is limited. How can storytelling improve your nonprofit’s communication strategy? Act Three – Resolution.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Six best practices for small ways your nonprofit can lead great change. When I began a food drive for folks who had been affected by the pandemic, I did not think it would lead me to a career change, a 501(c)(3), and a lot of incredible lessons and knowledge. Lesson 1: Find & divert resources being wasted.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 17, 2024

2003 People: We can just upload all these party pictures to Facebook for fun. Special thanks to Eric Antebi from the California Health Care Foundation for this one Bigger is Different The high-level lesson across these stories is that bigger is different and that data/plastic from the past doesn’t just disappear. Bigger is different.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2017

Are you a small nonprofit trying to make the most of social media? If you’re responsible for your nonprofit’s social media, you probably know about how many Facebook fans you have. In our 2017 M+R Benchmarks study , we found that on average, a nonprofit will reach just 8% of its fans with a post that isn’t promoted. .

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2010

Think your friends spend too much time on Facebook? of all time spent online in the US during the month of November was on Facebook. As Facebook expands past 300 global million users , the online giant is also adding new services to keep people on its site. What does this new marketplace mean for nonprofits?

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

As those in the nonprofit world realize, few things are as effective—or as time consuming—as fundraising events. Unlike the lesson from “Field of Dreams,” just because an event is built, doesn’t mean that contributors will come or that donations will flood in. But they can also consume resources.

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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. Facebook also gives others the ability to share their affinity to you with their friends, family and co-workers. Google) of Facebook. Create a Page not a Group or Cause.

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Qgiv

MARCH 1, 2023

Who they are: Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed. The inspiration piece comes from community volunteers who not only deliver lessons to young students, but also share their professional experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 8, 2012

This 90-minute social media how-to webinar is ideal for nonprofit communications and fundraising staff. Sponsored by Microsoft Corporate Citizenship and presented by Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech 2.0 , attendees will gain practical knowledge about how to successfully integrate your nonprofit’s Web 1.0

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Qgiv

JANUARY 30, 2023

Who they are: Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed. The inspiration piece comes from community volunteers who not only deliver lessons to young students, but also share their professional experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

The week we launched TwitCause , TechCrunch called us a “ Causes for Twitter ,” today our platform for supporting nonprofit causes on Twitter has surpassed 500,000 followers , spotlighted dozens of nonprofits , raised tens of thousands of dollars, and won the hearts of celebrities, nonprofits, and caring Twitterers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. Most nonprofit Thank You’s are still long, text-intensive messages which more often than not these days feel cumbersome and overwhelming to supporters.

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Candid

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We interact with more than 200 platform partners like Amazon.com, Facebook, and PayPal. In this post, Candid shares the mistakes it, too, has made along the way, the things that keep our team up at night, the fixes, and our hard-won lessons learned. We have seen our share of mistakes made in collecting and sharing data.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

I’m tired of reading and hearing about about social media and nonprofits, and I’m annoyed that social media is taking up so much of the air space in the #nptech world. I’m a fairly active user of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and some other social networking sites, and have been for years now. Can it be demoted now?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

I discovered there were rich lessons in the "white space" of class. Unintended) Lesson #1: Marketing means making friends. Unintended) Lesson #2: Say less, people will remember more. Unintended) Lesson #3: For Pete's sake, say it with feeling. Unintended) Lesson #4: Listen, then be relevant. What about you?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A big part of being a nonprofit leader is creating and maintaining a fruitful relationship with your board. And when it comes to creating a nonprofit business plan for your organization, that’s a task that generally falls to the board—a situation that can create a big disconnect between what you need and what you actually get.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. I first got on MySpace in February 2006 when I created a portal to Nonprofit Organizations on MySpace. This is when the MySpace vs. Facebook debate began to rage in the blogoshphere. I was very reluctant to move over to Facebook.

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Candid

APRIL 19, 2022

Like most nonprofits, we have limited staff and bandwidth and wanted to pursue efforts that had a good chance of success. Lessons learned . To learn more follow us on Instagram , Facebook , TikTok , and YouTube. . . Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue is a proud 2022 Platinum Seal of Transparency owner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. I might audit their Facebook best practices and other social media channels. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Keo Savon, the young Cambodian woman supported by Measuring Networked Nonprofit book royalties. The money went to support students like Maneth, an IT major who now teaches computer lessons in the orphanage where my children lived. Buy a Copy of the Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2015

Many nonprofit fundraisers know about and have specific strategies to reach, cultivate, and solicit baby boom donors, Gen X donors, and Gen Y donors. These potential donors are teens (and pre-teens) with a passion for social change and who grew up not knowing what it was like to not to have a cell phone or be connected to Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2016

But the GivingTuesday spirit still continues until the end of the month with #MyGivingStory , a contest where your nonprofit organization could receive a grant up to $10,000. The winners’ featured nonprofit organizations will receive $2,500-10,000 grants! Comprehensive Resource Sites focused on Nonprofit Storytelling Best Practices.

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