NetWits

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Did you notice something toony about Facebook last weekend? In an effort to raise awareness for child abuse, thousands of Facebook users changed their profile photos to one of their favorite childhood cartoon characters (full disclosure: mine was Underdog.) Stimpy, Smurfette, Foghorn Leghorn, Betty Boop – they’re all there!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy. 1) Set up your nonprofit’s Facebook Page to make a good first impression.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

If you're a seasoned digital marketer, you've probably noticed Facebook's organic reach has been declining steadily over the last four years. As a result, more and more content is being produced; Facebook says on average, 1,500 stories can appear in someone's news feed when they log on. percent in March 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The parade of bad news: gun violence, hurricanes, earthquakes, nuclear war, fake news, and more. Quit Facebook or other social media? You could go on a new diet and consume news mindfully. Anita Jackson, Momsrising, shared the above apology from NPR on its Facebook. What to do? The reaction went viral.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2015

The Dress became one of the most quickly viral memes that the Internet has ever seen. Meme Me Up, Scotty. Newsjacking is the practice of "hijacking" or leveraging a current news story to help your messages get the attention of a wider audience. As communications tactics go, memes are cheap and easy to make.

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Care2

JANUARY 27, 2014

Remember, you are not a viral news sharing startup. What about Facebook? Upworthy is a great example of how compelling content can generate a lot of shares and comments on Facebook too. Should your organization adopt a similar model and share popular memes and videos with your audience on Facebook to generate more engagement?

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

The good news? For text-heavy platforms like Twitter and Facebook, link sharing may be a major part of your social media presence. When she’s not helping build content strategy for world-changing clients, you can find her in the garden—scrolling memes and growing veggies. Link Sharing. Reach out at rjones@mrss.com. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

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. Make up your own nostalgia meme. 5. Images, Questions, and Comments Inspire Facebook Engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Despite popular memes that social media is “Free!” Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.),

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

Roots of Change is a fairly small nonprofit, while Danielle’s job is full time, she estimates that only 15% of her time is allocated for social media. She juggles tweeting and Facebook with other communications tasks such as managing the web site and other communications channels. So, they started a fun meme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Via Facebook updates, I learned from Tharum that Preetaim Rai, the Southeast Asia Editor for Global Voices, posts a roundup of protests and prayer vigils in neighboring countries. Mean Lux points to an excellent post that summarizes the all the online support in addition to the Facebook activity.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Your organization is awash in data, but (while we hate to be the ones to break the news) nobody wants one more boring spreadsheet. XKCD has finally updated its Map of Online Communities , showing the size of Facebook relative to its smaller brethren. Can we all collectively promise to let that meme drop? At least, we hope so.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Most of the research on digital advocacy is focused on the new types of speech we now see online. Between the hashtags, the Facebook groups, the online petitions, the blog posts, and the constant emails, there’s just an overwhelming amount of advocacy communication online today. Start reading Analytic Activism.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

If you are using Facebook, share your blog's feed in your Facebook news feed with the Notes application. If you are using Twitter, share links to new blog posts (you can shorten the urls with bit.ly ). it's not just about you) You could write about: Breaking news in your field. Organizational/project news.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Do you have the news clippings of major events in your files? News release mentioning the benefactors. Does your organization stream live on Instagram, YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook? Text or attractively designed images on Twitter, Linkedin, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, Clubhouse, etc. Invitation-only Slack Group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

NpTech Conversations Convio Opens Up API Jason at DIA summarizes the posts and the bigs news in the nptech field this last week - Convio Releases An Open API. As bloggers and others give it closer scrutiny, we're hearing a debate about which Facebook App is better? Dave Winer describes in detail why Why Facebook Sucks.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Industry news and upcoming events. Facebook Applications for Your Non-Profit Page. How to Set Up a Non-Profit Facebook Page. General News. New releases. How web masters and administrators can do more with less. and Social Media trends. Ease of use - technologies that delight you and those that frustrate you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2014

” Charity Jacking is similar to brand jacking and news jacking , defined by David Meerman Scott as the process by which you inject your ideas or angles into breaking news, in real-time, in order to generate media coverage for yourself or your organization. Charity Jacking goes one step beyond “Social Media Meme Morphing.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Chad graciously agreed to write up a guest post — and start a meme asking nonprofit and social media folks to add their favorite social media tactic in the comments below or using the hashtag #50smt and aggregated here. Below you’ll find 10 tactics to help you get started: Make your content shareable on Facebook by adding a Like button.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Analyze your nonprofit organization using Facebook Insights data to understand your core audience and its wants and needs. Make sure to use Google’s Social Value graph to learn more about the correlation between your nonprofit’s Facebook and Twitter traffic with your sales and donations. Use Facebook Efficiently.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2011

HelpAttack.com is a way to give to nonprofits with each Tweet and Facebook update. Today, #londonriots is clearly driven by events in the news, while #WhyAreYou and #ImTheTypeOfPerson are what we call “Fill in the blank” topics, where people answer a question, participate in a meme , or give their 2 cents.

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Care2

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Earlier this week on Frogloop, we discussed how social media channels like Facebook and Twitter were flooded with people discussing (ok there was a lot of bickering too) the Presidential debates. It's where the hashtag and meme Binders Full of Women erupted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

Kevin McSpadden, Facebook. Kevin McSpadden is the director of marketing and brand strategy at Facebook, joining the company 18 months ago. He is working on a social good strategy for Facebook. They post a photo of the recipient on their Facebook page and tag the donor as a way to say thank you. Boundless communities.

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CauseVox

JUNE 5, 2023

In a world where billions of people spend hours each day scrolling through their news feeds, social media is ripe for cultivating generosity. This could include memes, videos, or quizzes that provide a break from serious topics while still aligning with your cause or mission. It can feel like a daunting task but it’s necessary.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 13, 2022

Memes about goals are EVERYWHERE. The good news is, you’re not alone…and we can help. See if you can set one overall SMART goal for your entire fundraising effort for the year, like this: “Raise $153,000 this fiscal year using appeals, grants, events, monthly donors, Facebook fundraisers, and major gifts.”. Goals, goals, goals….

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Care2

JULY 2, 2009

Think of it like eye-witness reports of breaking news, photos and videos from big events, and links to the hottest memes of the day. It also will also notifying you of your new follows and unfollows on Twitter. link] It tracks Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn. August 3, 2009 | yovkov Hi!

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Facebook, LinkedIn) Blogs offer a human voice, newsworthy information and experiences, and a forum for feedback -- and empower supporters to engage with and share ideas around your stories and news. Get them on Facebook and Twitter. When you need resources or want to try something new, they'll "get it"!

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 9, 2023

And as New York City Ballet co-founder George Balanchine once said, “ My muse must come to me on union time.” Be a curator Make a Twitter list (hidden or not) of influencers like bloggers, journalists, news sites, and partner organizations who may share information that’s useful to your audience.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

And it far surpasses the next one, which is Facebook Messenger. So it’s WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, a close third, but it surpasses all of the ones. And here’s some headlines of some news I found. So no Facebook, no Twitter, they have their own version. So first I have on the left, this just a funny meme.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Let’s start with the big question: is Facebook worth it? But for organizations themselves, organic Facebook outreach (posting content and hoping that followers will share it) hasn’t always yielded much in the way of results, at least in the short run. Take advantage of Facebook’s emphasis on video.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

When it comes to the internet, you can of course find lots of examples where twitter or facebook or email have been used by governments or corporations or regimes. Youtube and facebook are just the new tools for political change. They work like memes, the speed people react and join in. It’s about scale.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2012

Facebook literally puts a human face on the LGBT civil rights movement. Facebook acts as more of a community hub where supporters can engage with Equality California directly, and allows the organization to target specific information to specific geographic regions. The friend of my friend is.gay?

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