Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2012

Some nonprofits are just getting started and still perceive social media as cutting edge online communications and fundraising – while others have been using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr for years and increasingly verbalize that they are getting a little bored and waiting for the Next Big Thing to come along.

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NetWits

JULY 27, 2012

Join Our Newsletter is displayed first, followed by links to social media accounts on the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum website. If you have a link to your Facebook, Twitter, Blog, Flickr, and YouTube, but not your email signup, your visitors may assume you don’t have a list to join. Add it to your Facebook Apps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2010

Topics include Facebook and Facebook Apps, Twitter and Twitter Apps, YouTube, Flickr, Animoto, LinkedIn, FourSquare, mobile technology, blogging on WordPress, as well as online fundraising and e-newsletters. Tags: Webinars Animoto Blogging Facebook FourSquare LinkedIn Mobile Technology Social Media Twitter YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2012

Please see each webinar listed below for specific times and registration information: October 9: Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters. November 6: YouTube, Flickr and Pinterest. All webinars are scheduled on Tuesday mornings in Australia and New Zealand. October 23: Facebook Pages and Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

YouTube: youtube.com/natureconservancy. Flickr: flickr.com/groups/thenatureconservancy. My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. I know our YouTube channel started in 2007. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

It’s also worth noting that these time estimates do not include website maintenance, e-newsletter publication, donate now campaign management, or group texting and text-to-give campaigns, so pick and choose carefully based on what your resources allow. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for January 2012 illuminating that Pinterest now drives more referral traffic than Google+, YouTube, and LinkedIn combined will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

IconsPedia : A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc. 4096 Color Wheel : A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, etc. oneforty : A gallery of over 2,500 (and counting) Twitter Apps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Donors over 40 appreciate a strong website and an e-newsletter. Or e-newsletters. Your e-newsletter list gets larger, and consequently, so does your online donorbase. They also own Gmail, Android, Blogger, Picassa, and YouTube (just to name a few). Gen X is big on blogging, e-mail, and social networking. Nor does Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Donors over 40 appreciate a strong website and an e-newsletter. Or e-newsletters. Your e-newsletter list gets larger, and consequently, so does your online donorbase. They also own Gmail, Android, Blogger, Picassa, and YouTube (just to name a few). Gen X is big on blogging, e-mail, and social networking. Nor does Twitter.

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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. Not applying for YouTube’s Nonprofit Program. Not creating Flickr slideshows to tell your nonprofit’s story. YouTube.com/nonprofits. Enough said.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Rather than reporting highlights from your Annual Gala Dinner in your print newsletter two months after it is over, or in an e-mail newsletter just a few days after the event, smartphones and social media Apps now allow nonprofits to report live from the event in real-time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. e-Newsletter. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

Working within the confines of an almost non-existent online communications budget, my primary responsibilities were to maintain our website and publish a twice-monthly e-newsletter, quarterly print newsletter, and numerous print fundraising appeals through out the year. You need a good avatar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

5% Yes… they donate on our website after reading something in our e-newsletter. 6) What is the size of your organization’s e-mail newsletter list? [ [link] ]. 2% Our organization does not publish an e-mail newsletter. 2% Our organization does not publish an e-mail newsletter. 14% YouTube. 9% Flickr.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

These best practices serve as a foundation for upgrading your website to be compatible with the Social Web and are then elaborated upon in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters. Subscribe to E-newsletter and Text Alert Functionality. Include Social Media Icons or Graphics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Pitch to Your Website, E-newsletter, Blog, and Print Materials. This new page should then be linked near the e-newsletter subscribe option on your website and blog. page in your e-newsletter (80 percent of new group text subscribers come from email lists!) Add a “Subscribe to Receive Text Alerts!”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

e-Newsletter. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use YouTube, Flickr and Pinterest. Also, below you’ll find nine Pinterest Best Practices for Nonprofits. That said, if you would like to be informed of when new best practices are added, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Finally, remember that blog posts make great content for e-newsletters. Definitely integrate your blog posts with your e-newsletter. A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event. That said, mix it up!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Most nonprofits distribute the original source of the story to their communities (the New York Times , for example), but while that is generous, it does not help build the nonprofit’s brand recognition, e-newsletter list, or social networking communities; rather, it builds those of the New York Times. It makes them feel special and important.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Start a regular (weekly, monthly) newsletter where you deliver content that your supporters need, want, find useful. Build landing pages (for the calls to action you have in your newsletters) that have been optimized for those coming from your newsletter. Email address only is generally the best practice. Think about incentives.

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

If you don’t know about Flickr , it’s a popular photo sharing site that can be used by nonprofits. So what can nonprofits do with Flickr? It gives you search engine mojo – because all the Flickr goodness is indexed heavily. They just announced a program to give nonprofits some free “pro&# accounts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. If they have well-executed social media campaigns, send executive staff links to their profiles on Facebook , Twitter , YouTube, Flickr , Foursquare, Tumblr , etc., Find your competitors the Web. with a note that you fear your nonprofit is falling behind.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Based in the U.K., 2d Code is a must read for the early adopters.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

They just added the functionality to allow users to embed YouTube videos on those pages — another step in the general recognition that video is effective for fundraising. All Rights Reserved Sitemap • Privacy Policy • Newsletter Sign-Up • Contact • About Us

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

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.), Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. The era of winging it in social media is over.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

YouTube: youtube.com/nationalwildlife. While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. Name: Danielle Brigida. Title: Digital Marketing Manager. Website: www.nwf.org.

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Care2

AUGUST 17, 2011

Your Email Newsletter. And your email newsletter template also has a spot in the sidebar with links to recent posts. You’ve been tracking click-throughs to those links recently and been surprised how many people read blog posts the notice in the newsletter. So that’s one place her post will be shared regardless.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 27, 2009

We have even published the Online Community Report newsletter for 13 years (yikes). Newsletters (two). At this point our efforts are prioritized into three categories: Receive high effort: Web, Blogs, Twitter, Newsletters. Receive low effort / watching: LinkedIn, Facebook, Scribd, Flickr, YouTube, Paid channels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

e-Newsletter. Do their follow-up e-newsletters simply ask for more money, or do they have nice balance of informational and fundraising content? In the next few weeks I’ll be updating the list to include new nonprofits and their Keyword and Short Code pitches. please text NONPROFITORGS to 27138 : 6.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. Google announces " Broadcast Your Cause, " a nonprofit channel on YouTube. He also shares the key points of his presentation here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Finally, remember that blog posts make great content for e-newsletters. Definitely integrate your blog posts with your e-newsletter. A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event. That said, mix it up!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

e-Newsletter. Add the Google+ icon to your website, blog, and e-newsletter! The vast majority of nonprofits do not have Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr icons on their website, blog, and/or in their e-newsletter. Please note that these best practices will be a work in progress and updated regularly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

e-Newsletter. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use YouTube, Flickr and Pinterest. Also, below you’ll find nine Pinterest Best Practices for Nonprofits. That said, if you would like to be informed of when new best practices are added, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

e-Newsletter. Add the Google+ icon to your website, blog, and e-newsletter! The vast majority of nonprofits do not have Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr icons on their website, blog, and/or in their e-newsletter. To be alerted of when new best practices are posted, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Odeo: Free [link] Copyright Free Music Podsafe Music Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

You can also share the impact of your organization's programs through podcasts, sharing photos on Flickr, or videos on YouTube or other video sharing sites. Share Your Story: You share the impact of your organization's programs through blogging, podcasting, sharing photos on Flickr, or YouTube or other video sharing site.

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