TechImpact

OCTOBER 13, 2014

According to Blackbaud’s 2014 M+R Benchmark Study , a nonprofit’s social media audience on Facebook and Twitter grew by 37 and 46 percent respectively in 2013. Your Twitter and Facebook feeds should not be used to simply regurgitate information, statistics, and content that’s you’ve created on your blog and newsletter.

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NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

Register for our Event Fundraising Newsletter to receive monthly content and resources specifically for event fundraising professionals. Make it easy for them by providing samples of everything they’ll need. Include a sample script of what to say to team members. Join Today. Providing Resources. And I mean everything.

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Causes Sample Script Support 202

NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Here’s a sample for NetWits that I ran a few months back that will give you an idea of what to expect. Start a regular (weekly, monthly) newsletter where you deliver content that your supporters need, want, find useful. Share what you do and ask for enewsletter subscriptions on social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc).

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Kindful

APRIL 12, 2021

Thank them in your email or print newsletter. One way you can recognize your donors on social media is to consider making room for a “donor of the week” and/or a “volunteer of the week” post on Facebook or Instagram. Thank them in your email or print newsletter. Host a live streamed event.

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Virtual Donor Ideas Newsletter 64

NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Register for our Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Newsletter. Teach Them to Fundraise and Provide Samples. As Anthony Sicola’s recently mentioned, fundraisers who use who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube increase fundraising results by up to 40%. Provide samples of everything.

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Support Fundraising Sample Raise 270

NetWits

JULY 18, 2011

Encourage participants to engage their social network by updating your Facebook status 3 times in the next week. In communications to your participants be sure to provide participants with directions on how to update their Facebook status. And for good measure give them a sample update. Encourage a timely action.

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Contest Fundraising Support Ideas 167

NetWits

JUNE 6, 2011

Think about the websites you most visit: Facebook , Google’s Gmail , Calendars and Docs , Yahoo , Netflix , NYTimes , Friendster –what, you don’t use Friendster anymore? These could be included online or in email newsletters. Well, my point is that all of these sites have user logins.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2014

Amy Sample Ward. The internet might be everywhere, but where are you? Amy makes the case for making your website your digital home. For all this effort to create content and spark conversations, we won''t be successful if our online presence didn''t have a home. Our website is that home, and being a home is a difficult but important role.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. For example, the community map may have identified facebook as a platform that one group uses. And in the content map you may list a facebook page as well as facebook events as you can create an event that’s tied to your page but publicizes and manages RSVPs for a one-time event.

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Metrics Community Map Template 219

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Consider these two sample audiences: “Canadian women” or “18 to 30-year-old women in BC or Alberta who live in cities with more than 100,000 people” Of course, most NGOs can’t afford to hire the kind of market researchers you’d need to produce a sophisticated work-up of who your core audience is.

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NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

Include a sample email and talk about the impact of gifts ( Did you know just raising $25 can provide sick kids with a toy this holiday?). Register for our Event Fundraising Newsletter and immediately get access to the 5 whitepapers referenced in this post. I haven’t received any gifts and frankly don’t have the time. Looking for more?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

Positive reinforcement is one of the best leadership development practices you can build into your work across the board, whether it’s online or offline, on your facebook page, newsletter, annual fundraiser or neighborhood events. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Lastly, be active in sharing your toolbox.

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Community Build Organization Case Study 253

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Beth Kanter, Amy Sample Ward, Katrin Verclas and John Haydon are among the familiar names in the nonprofit tech sector who are part of the effort. A Causes widget that points to charitable actions and donations on other sites such as GlobalGiving and Facebook Causes.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

Your nonprofit needs you working in your strengths , not setting up your newsletter in Mail Chimp or scheduling your next Facebook post. Ask for VA referrals on NextDoor, Facebook, and other platforms. Be sure to ask for work samples if appropriate for the work you are requesting. Nor should you. How Much Does a VA Cost?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

However, if you’re posting on social media or sending out a newsletter, small talk should just be warm and fuzzy talk, plain and simple. In writing a newsletter, this should be a short paragraph. In writing, a great lead-in is “If you are reading this post/newsletter/email, I know you care about the children as much as we do.”.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2020

Digital fundraising, specifically on social media channels, provides a way for nonprofits to connect to younger generations who do not have the time nor desire to receive lengthy appeal letters or printed newsletters. Facebook alone has 2.41 The benefits of using digital tools such as social media are plentiful.

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Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In addition to the methods listed above, with Marketing Cloud’s Advertising Studio tool, you can utilize your existing constituent data to find “lookalikes” (other social media users who share similar demographics or interests) for you to target with ads on Facebook. Engagement. One-Time to Sustainer Journey.

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NetWits

JANUARY 25, 2012

Make fundraising easy by including sample Facebook posts or emails they can forward to friends. Register for our Event Fundraising Newsletter and immediately get access to the 5 whitepapers. Remember, 1 in 4 emails result in a donation. Those who use Twitter raise 10x more than those who don’t. Tell them you know they’re busy.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Many participants were interested in using facebook as a communication platform for local campaigning and I created a session all about it. The social media/technology landscape in Romania is very interesting – with a diverse set of issues, struggles and opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Once the blog carnival went live, we provided sample tweets and Facebook updates about the blog carnival to our bloggers and partners and encouraged everyone in the coalition to share the links with their networks. We also sent individual thank you e-mails to our bloggers, and included sample tweets and Facebook posts they could share.

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Blogger Lesson Childhood Poll 111

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 2011

." How to collect email subscribers on your Facebook Page – Have you added a custom welcome page and/or email sign up form to your Facebook Page? Collecting email subscribers on your Facebook Page takes a lot more than simply adding an opt-in form to a tab — you’ll learn how to do that in just a moment."

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

For Facebook : Edgerank for measuring the efficacy of your Facebook page , although, frankly, I've never had any luck raising serious money with. Facebook and I think there's so much noise there for the average person that you might have a hard time being heard. " For Your Emails : Your e-newsletter software.

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Netsquared Tools Poll Online 56

NTEN

JUNE 4, 2010

Nancy Schwartz asked our community and other nonprofit communities a few weeks ago about their favorite nonprofit email newsletters. She was nice enough to share back this great slide deck about email newsletter best practices and strategies. She also provides a link to a sample dashboard one nonprofit is using.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more. Facebook General Growth data: More than 200 million active users.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins. If youve missed the launch of Facebook Apps Platform almost two months ago, youre already way behind the times.

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Causes Facebook Social Media Advocacy 48

NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Perhaps you already provide them with relevant content through a website, e-newsletter, e-mails, or social media channels. Although it has its own blog, and most of the members are on Twitter and Facebook, all of the action takes place on Friendfeed. Some are medium sized and open, but still centered around a discipline.

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins. If youve missed the launch of Facebook Apps Platform almost two months ago, youre already way behind the times.

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Causes Facebook Social Media Advocacy 48

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Now that you understand what to include and what to leave out, let’s look at some sample thank you letters. The event shows up on my Facebook page daily. If the story you want to share requires a lot of context, save this story for your newsletter. Thank you for caring!’ I am aware!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

She now uses Google Search, reads her news online, sends and receives email, and even uses Facebook to check-in with family and friends. Once she got a hang of those tools, I introduced tools with more functionality than email that we could use to connect: Facebook - Whether we like it or not, Facebook is the gateway drug to the internet.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Give them pass-along content like short videos and sample email text that they can share with their friends. When they mention you on Twitter, comment on a Facebook update, or reply to your email newsletter, respond with a thanks or some other kind of encouragement. You Never Know Who’ll Come Clicking.

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Websites Content Create Newsletter 79

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Positive reinforcement is one of the best leadership development practices you can build into your work across the board, whether it’s online or offline, on your facebook page, newsletter, annual fundraiser or neighborhood events. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. View more documents from Amy Sample Ward.

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Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

No wonder our constituents’ inboxes and mailboxes are stuffed with action alerts, appeals, and newsletters with similar messaging from several nonprofits vying for attention. This involves disrupting the nonprofit sector as we know it today. 2:15 to 3:30. Tuesday, October 1 st. 9:15 to 10:30.

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Advocacy Storytelling Social Media United States 58

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. 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. Remember the action-focused facebook page? You can read her poem, Untitled, here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Donors could be featured in your email newsletter 1x or multiple times. 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 Facebook group. Touch the work.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 29, 2016

Give them a sample thank-you script, background on the donor, details on their gift and a few discovery questions they can ask to learn more about them. They can write letters to the editor, a series of blog posts or use social media like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Instagram to raise awareness.

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Money Classroom Fundraising Script 28

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Some things currently in the works include: Newslist and newsletter management. The ability to connect to Facebook accounts. You can visit their roadmap to see what’s in the pipeline of development and share your ideas about what you’d like the platform to do for you. Email MPs/MEPs/Councillors and other influential people.

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Collaboration Platform Campaign Module 111

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

On a practical level, having an attitude of gratitude means putting higher priority on getting your fundraising thank you letters out to your donors than on producing a newsletter that goes to your entire list. From there, I write a weekly e-newsletter and I blog a couple of times a week. NonprofitMarketingGuide.com is the home base.

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