Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 14, 2012

If you find the changes confusing, my upcoming webinars on Facebook and Facebook Apps will discuss and demonstrate click-by-click these changes as well many others. As far as I can guess, on average only about 6-9% of my fans now get my status updates posted to their News Feed which is about half the 16% that Facebook announced in March.

Facebook 273

Facebook Social Media ROI Gift 273

Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In that spirit, we’ve created this (frankly terrible) list of dad jokes about nonprofits and fundraising to make you smile, to use at your next board meeting, or to populate your Twitter feed. Online training for nonprofits Join Whole Whale University Learn from our decade of experience with courses, webinars, templates, and guides!

Nonprofit 116

Nonprofit Gift Press Statistics 116

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 7, 2011

At the beginning of my webinar on Twitter and LinkedIn I always poll attendees on whether they have found and claimed their nonprofit’s Company Page on LinkedIn. That said, all the automated Tweets/clutter in the in the LinkedIn “Home” News Feed is rendering that news feed almost useless.

Linkedin 191

Linkedin Companies United States Feeds 191

TechImpact

JANUARY 28, 2014

The nonprofit social media platform was pretty much dominated by Facebook and Twitter until Instagram came along. Twitter pics gets an upgrade. Perhaps because of the roaring arrival of Instagram to the main scene, Twitter responded with an image upgrade of its own. Pinterest renaissance.

Social Media 263

Social Media Media Social Nonprofit 263

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Unless you study Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. 2) You are rarely retweeted on Twitter. People follow nonprofits on Twitter to learn about your cause or because they care about the work you do. Free Webinar: Google+ and Google+ Hangouts for Nonprofits ]. Pinterest is like Twitter. Google, etc. Pace yourself.

Social Media 274

Social Media Training Train Media 274

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 23, 2012

To me, the Google+ Stream feels like a mixture of Twitter and Facebook. Like Twitter, you have to post or share content frequently to get exposure in the feed since there is no Edgerank-like algorithm to filter out (boring) posts/tweets. Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Google+ and Google Products.

Google 209

Google Detroit Ireland Kiva 209

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 27, 2013

For example, the National Wildlife Federation was an early adopter of Google+ and now they have more followers on Google+ than on Facebook and Twitter combined. Related Links: Free Webinar on April 18: 11 Steps to Launching a Successful Social Media Strategy for Your Nonprofit.

Social Network 218

Social Network Adopt Network Social 218

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

Also, on October 8 in partnership with Nonprofit Tech for Good, Julia will be presenting a free webinar about how nonprofits can use social media to raise money online. Post about it on your main Instagram News Feed, use Stories, send an email, post on other social media sites, announce it at events! . Well, it depends!

Money 279

Money Raise Donation Ideas 279

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The more than 260,000 people who follow the American Red Cross’s Twitter account were promptly informed of the discovery.

Web 123

Web Plugin Influence Award 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

If you do, a story about your activity will appear on Facebook, including on your timeline (profile), in News Feed and in ticker. Your comments and likes are only visible to people who can see the original post. ” While Mari didn’t cover this in the webinar, she posted a article from ClickZ worth reading.

Metrics 129

Metrics Facebook People Change 129

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

Download a Twitter app. Most mobile photo-sharing tools are integrated into Twitter, so your first step should be getting familiar with tweeting on the go. You can share (and customize/edit/color) your photos to Twitter, Flickr, and your personal Facebook profile, but only if you have an iPhone. On location!&#

Photo 190

Photo Mobile Share Campaign 190

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 27, 2011

Next, “Like&# the page you’d like to participate on: Finally, participate in their status updates in the News Feed, authentically of course. Their fans will see your activity in their News Feeds and some will become fans of your page as well as a result. First, select “Use Facebook as [the name of your page]:&#.

Facebook 263

Facebook Case Study Newsletter Feeds 263

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 14, 2009

I recently added the Twitter and YouTube Apps to the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page. The Apps allow you to then create Twitter” and “YouTube” Tabs on your Facebook Page that pull in and nicely display all your Tweets and videos from Twitter and YouTube. Link videos, your website, you Twitter profile, etc.

Facebook 209

Facebook YouTube United States Twitter 209

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

These best practices will also be demonstrated live in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn. When your group reaches that size, it’s likely to produce more traffic to your website and new e-newsletter subscribers than 10,000 fans on Facebook or followers on Twitter will do.

Linkedin 194

Linkedin Group Practice Management 194

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

If it is the later, then the Status Updates of the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page will no longer show up in the News Feeds. I know this because I have spoken with a couple of Facebook Admins over the last six weeks who could not get their Pages authenticated, and thus lost the ability to publish Status Updates to the News Feeds.

Facebook 223

Facebook Organization Myspace Feeds 223

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. People either start ignoring your updates because you’re always in their news feed, or they “hide&# you altogether. Not following on a 1:1 ratio on Twitter.

Social Media 274

Social Media Avatar Media Ratio 274

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

That said, I do not cover personal LinkedIn Profiles in my upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn , but LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages are covered in detail in both the webinar and in the book. Maximize the website and Twitter fields. Post Authentic Updates—Don’t Sync with Twitter!

Linkedin 211

Linkedin Profile Professional Tips 211

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

In 2008, many of the friends of the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace migrated over to Facebook, then in 2009 and 2010 a good number of the new fans came from @NonprofitOrgs on Twitter. I would have been incredibly annoyed if at 10,000 fans the Page would have lost News Feed exposure. and in the News Feed of your Fans.

Facebook 199

Facebook Poll Myspace Offline 199

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Little did I realize that my ranting about powerpoint templates yesterday would end up on Mashable today in a post called Twitter Professors: 18 People To Follow for A Real Time Education by Lon S. It makes it easy to post to Twitter or bookmark finds from over the 1000 blogs that monitor. See this review from Mashable ).

Twitter 50

Twitter Share Tips Tools 50

NCE Social Media

APRIL 29, 2009

4) Link to your profiles on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. We also have a new feature for nonprofits on Change.org that is synched with Twitter and allows admins to ask the rapidly growing Change.org community for help with a specific need in 140 characters or less. The Webinar schedule is listed on the right here: [link].

Service 117

Service Myspace Free Linkedin 117

Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2011

On April 14, TechSoup presented a webinar on using social media tools to support, involve, and recruit volunteers. University of Oregon's campus group AHA was mentioned in #techsoup 's webinar on social media for volunteer managing. I'm loving Twitter! Why Twitter? and their efforts. Post volunteer opps there.

Social Media 36

Social Media Volunteer Media Action 36

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Initially, all you could do was upload a logo, add a company description and website, and insert a RSS/News Feed. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn. Now you and others can “Follow&# your nonprofit, and you can embed your Tweets and post Services.

Linkedin 195

Linkedin Companies United States gMail 195

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter.

Fun 230

Fun Resource Stats Wikipedia 230

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter.

Fun 274

Fun Resource Audio Stats 274

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

It is based on real data pulled from a huge number of Twitter profiles of people who have used Twitter Grader. Twitter grader is a measure of authority and reach of a Twitter user. It is sort of like Technorati for Twitter. 35% of Twitter users have 10 or fewer followers. - It doesn't work. Here's how.

Twitter 50

Twitter Practice Bookmarking Profile 50

Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2013

Social media and community staff rely on RSS readers to find interesting and share-worthy articles for Facebook or Twitter. " It is also very easy to import your feeds from your old reader to Feedly. The app hooks into your social networks so you can easily share interesting articles on your Facebook or Twitter accounts.

RSS 52

RSS Digg Feeds Bookmarking 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2015

The vast majority of nonprofits have a presence on Facebook, but with continuing changes to the News Feed algorithm its becoming more difficult to justify spending large amounts of time on Facebook unless you are also willing to invest in Facebook Advertising. Experiment with at least one new social network. Experiment with Crowdfunding.

Goal 100

Goal Media Management Adobe 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

That said, I do not cover personal LinkedIn Profiles in my upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn , but LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages are covered in detail in both the webinar and in the book. Maximize the website and Twitter fields. Post Authentic Updates—Don’t Sync with Twitter!

Linkedin 109

Linkedin Profile Professional Tips 109

Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Deanna Zandt (DZ): How long have you been on Twitter? What inspired you to join?

Social Media 68

Social Media Twitter Action Advocacy 68

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). government howto list onlineservices postalicious publicservice report resources service socialmedia storytelling transparency webinar whitepaper.

Web 102

Web Howto Bookmarking Google 102

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

To help you cover as many bases as possible, we’ve chosen the top five social media platforms by audience size: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter. This helps you stay at the top of people’s feeds without overwhelming them and turning them off your brand. – Hubspot Research. curated content.

Social Media 52

Social Media Marketing Media Social 52

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

To help you cover as many bases as possible, we’ve chosen the top five social media platforms by audience size: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter. This helps you stay at the top of people’s feeds without overwhelming them and turning them off your brand. – Hubspot Research. curated content.

Social Media 52

Social Media Marketing Media Social 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

And, then it is an ongoing activity of f eeding and tuning your network as Howard Rheingold says it in this still very relevant article about building your professional network on Twitter back in 2009. The other day I witnessed the result of feeding and tuning a network.

Content 112

Content Network Strategy Slideshare 112

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 27, 2009

NEWS I'm co-presenting with Michael Hoffman of See3 Communications about "storytelling" during the WeAreMedia Webinar September 23rd. Great list of Hunger Twitterers on Tyson Hunger Relief New Organizing Institute is putting on a New Media Training for Nonprofits in San Francisco Oct 5th and 6th.

Fun 41

Fun San Francisco Hunger Blogger 41

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Whuffie Webinar – "What if you had access to the latest big ideas from the corporate world, distilled into a 10 minute video that was 6.5

Web 135

Web Bookmarking YouTube NTEN 135

Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

Recently, TechSoup hosted a webinar discussing how to use social media to acquire and support volunteers. The webinar explained how each social media tool can be used effectively, how to use the right medium to reach your target audience, and how to manage social media policy for your organization.

Social Media 44

Social Media Volunteer Media Management 44

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. Take free or paid classes, courses, or webinars to learn how to fundraise. 50 helps us feed one child for a week.”). Join online fundraising communities and ask lots of questions and monitor for great ideas.

Fundraising 336

Fundraising Mail Law Donation 336