Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Nonprofits have a significant advantage on Facebook. I am not just talking about the fact that Facebook has teamed up with Blackbaud integration partner ActionSprout to give away $2M in Facebook ad credits. To be more precise, content that Facebook users want to be seen engaging with does far better on the social network.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 18, 2016

Facebook Live is a feature that lets any Page live-broadcast events, breaking news, interviews, and more. Nonprofits like The Met and Best Friends Animal Society are using Facebook Live to engage donors in powerful and very creative ways. Use Facebook Live to support and enhance your current strategy.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2010

If you’ve been paying attention to the news in the past week , you’ve most likely heard about the new changes making their way into Facebook to make sharing interests across the web easier. And the nonprofit community is an exceptional example of a group that thrives from people.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

We asked some of our favorite nonprofit tech friends to share ideas for how organizations can use social media to build meaningful relationships with their supporters—donors, influencers and activists—and what that looks like on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Using Facebook: Nick Passanante, President of BOULDERSTRATEGIES.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Shana has been working in event fundraising for national health nonprofits for the past ten years. Jonathan has been working in the nonprofit sector for the past ten years but has been a lover of all things tech (aka geek) his entire life. Find her on Twitter: @npshana. Want to take it a step further?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 6, 2014

In her Nonprofit Information post, Donor Retention: 5 Recommendations to Make New Friends and Keep the Old , Haderlein provides detailed suggestions for building a program that cultivates new donors and keeps long-standing supporters gratified. Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest – oh my. Then, success will follow.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2019

This list is comprised of tools, research, fundraising ideas, and other reading material to give you insight into how the sector as a whole is doing and what your strategic focus should be going forward. The Nonprofit Summer Reading List. Are you on course to reaching those optimistic January goals and resolutions? Include a shareable.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2017

Regardless of where your nonprofit falls on the political spectrum (and whether it falls on the spectrum at all), our current political climate is new and different. For the savvy nonprofit, that means approaching traditional marketing tactics— like email list building— in new and different ways. Rapid Response. Diverse Content.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 19, 2018

One of email’s strengths is its flexibility: you can use it to deliver a wide variety of “asks” and to link to content such as videos, tweets, Facebook posts and photo galleries. Many organizations have jumpstarted their engagement rates on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram by sending emails asking supporters to share a specific post.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2012

This morning I have the good fortune to be presenting to a sold-out crowd at the Social Media for Nonprofits Conference in NYC. Social Media for Nonprofits Excerpt on Prezi. To be really and truly proactive with you social marketing, you need goals, a plan and the tools to do it. Author: Cheryl Black. Not so my friends!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 24, 2014

She specializes in nonprofit strategy, and engaging communities across networks. This can be an overwhelming field, but we’ve found that defining clear goals, and laying out an executable plan, is a great way for nonprofits to effectively navigate the social landscape. Heather manages everydayhero’s international social media presence.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 4, 2020

Listen in to hear Robyn talk about why livestream fundraising can be an important fundraising tool, the main platforms organizations can use for livestreaming (such as Twitch and Facebook Live), and some of the ways that organizations can leverage livestreaming to reach a larger audience.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

This list is comprised of tools, research, fundraising ideas, and other reading material to give you insight into how the sector as a whole is doing and what your strategic focus should be going forward. 4 Signs You Are a Burned Out Nonprofit Fundraiser : Even if you have a vacation on the horizon, make sure you’re not burned out.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Provide numerous ideas, but do emphasize the most efficient methods such as sending email through a tool like everdayhero. Tools like everydayhero will even send automated messages when 50% or 100% of the goal is reached.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

When it comes to nonprofit marketing , I cringe every time I hear the words “engage”, “engaging” or “engagement.” These terms have been so overused that they’ve lost their meaning, and I’ve found that many organizations still struggle to elevate their nonprofit websites to be more than just online brochures.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 24, 2013

Listening to how your nonprofit is portrayed in the marketplace is a critical component of your overall marketing and communication strategy. You may think your nonprofit communicates initiatives and priorities clearly, while constituents see something totally different. Step Two: Implement Listening Tools. Step Three: Listen.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

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. Analytic Activism documents how nonprofits are using analytics to listen, experiment, learn, and thrive in the digital era. pages 5-11 of chapter 1).

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Let’s take a look at some fundraising ideas – the fifteen most effective donor acquisition and online fundraising techniques used by top nonprofits. How about your nonprofit, school, or chairity? It might also be the last real opportunity you have in which the person is this eager to interact with your nonprofit.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2017

Today, nonprofits have an opportunity like never before to reignite their partnership with supporters and provide platforms and opportunities for people to use their social networks to organize and advance your cause. With social listening tools like Attentive.ly, you can also send email by social listening as described below.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Through these simple steps and reviewing Savvy Social Media Webinar you will be armed with the tools and resources needed to create your next social media strategy with confidence. Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are for social networking. Use the tools provided. Fear not, as help is on the way! Make it personal.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

We’re one month out from NTEN’s annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Washington, DC. The official hashtag, #14NTC , is starting to buzz on Twitter, and I’m getting hyped about connecting with nonprofit leaders from around the globe! This was a gathering of people at the forefront of nonprofit technology.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2009

Last week marked the launch of the newest resource site and treasure trove for the nonprofit community – Socialbrite.org. ” Much like we’ve strived to do with Connection Café, Socialbrite’s mission is to share insights about tools and best practices that “drive the social Web and advance the social good.”

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The Case Foundation is in the middle of a month-long series called “Gear Up for Giving” to provide social media tutorials to help nonprofits and their supporters understand how to use key tools and techniques to create awareness, catalyze civic action and cultivate new supporters and donors for their causes.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 7, 2011

The following post is by Michelle Murrain and was originally posted on her blog, the Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology. In addition to blogging , Michelle is a board member for Aspiration , an organization focused on software development in the nonprofit sector, and a past member of the board of NTEN , the Nonprofit Technology Network.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 16, 2013

Here are three pithy stats (one for each decade) and associated actions to catch more Millennial dollars: To Facebook or to Website. 65 percent of Millennials prefer to learn about nonprofits through their website and 55 percent prefer to learn through forms of social media. This means you can’t ignore either platform. Time or Money.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 25, 2020

People think fondly about nonprofit organizations that they support and will want to ensure their continued growth and impact. Livestreaming can be a great tool to engage your networks virtually. Use Facebook to host live streams or post specific messages for your Giving Day. Not sure what to livestream?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

Additionally, there is often a demand on advocacy’s return on investment (ROI) by nonprofit boards, donors, and CEOs. These realities make it more evident that each nonprofit needs a unified voice, powerful enough to withstand the process of making policy. Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 14, 2020

Along the way, participants could leave each other notes, take and share selfies, communicate via a Strava or Facebook group, and celebrate their finish by posting their name and bib to a dedicated event monument that would live on throughout the event. on Zoom and Facebook Live, followed by neighborhood rides at 9:30 a.m.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Stories are also integral parts to any nonprofit organizations and particularly when it comes to fundraising. You may have read an npENGAGE article regarding how nonprofits can effectively leverage Pinterest and Instagram to reach a broader audience and to meet goals. Imagine the exposure this medium could give your nonprofit.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2014

Well, ladies and gentlemen of the nonprofit universe, the time has come again. A social media tool that is going to revolutionize the way that you conduct business. This tool has so many mind-blowing applications for non-profits that I just had to share it with the world. So what does this have to do with nonprofits?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 30, 2019

Some of the most popular streaming sites are Twitch, Mixer, Facebook Live and YouTube. . Recently, I was able to spend two days with 24 nonprofit leaders either successfully running livestream fundraising campaigns or actively looking to start one of these programs. One example of a freestanding livestreaming campaign is GameBlast.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 24, 2013

Let’s take a look at the fifteen most effective donor acquisition and online fundraising techniques used by top nonprofits. If you’re using a website analytics tool like Google Analytics, jump in there to see how much of your web traffic is coming from mobile users. 1) Go Mobile, Now! That’s right – this year! Are you ready?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2012

Since I had been reading an article entitled "Is Facebook making us lonely?" Several of the points in the article are pretty depressing, with a discussion of the unhealthy side effects of loneliness and how Facebook can contribute to feelings of isolation and narcissistic personality disorder. Well, I think that technology can help.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2020

These registration types often do not charge a registration fee and offer registrants with all the same fundraising tools available to people to physically attend the event. This can be as easy as using your mobile phone and broadcasting your live event festivities over Facebook Live or another social media outlet.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 19, 2015

In nonprofit work, we must often combine the old and the new to achieve our goals rather than relying on just the new or just “ the way we always have done it.”. We have more tools than ever before as fundraisers. But they remain just that — tools. That’s a great way to choose the tools we use, and those we set aside.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2014

The 2014 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report was released last week and one of the more interesting findings was that donor retention remainsa lower priority. As my colleague Frank Barry mentioned, most nonprofits stink at donor retention. Nearly 3 out of 4 new donors never make a second gift. New video to share.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

With the right tools, a thoughtful engagement strategy, and appropriate calls to action, these fundraising events are proving quite lucrative. Add a guide to share sample Facebook and Twitter messages, along with easily downloadable pictures, giving day logos, and other artifacts for them to use for their social media posts.

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