Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Now entering its sixth year, #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media. Website: Create a landing page on your website , a microsite , or on a third-party platform, such as Razoo. Social Media: Prepare in advance a month-long campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 14, 2023

Bing ‘s market share compared to Google Search is small, but that could change in the near future. A lawsuit against Google is moving through the federal courts alleging that Google has monopolized the online advertising market by acquiring its competitors and forcing businesses and nonprofits to use its products and services.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2018

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. In addition to overall giving increasing these next two months, the number of your donors giving online and via social media channels is growing. nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Please join Chuck on October 29 for a webinar on how to prevent your WordPress website from getting hacked. All-In-One SEO Pack – optimize your pages and posts for Google search by creating custom titles and descriptions; have control of how shared pages appear on social media; create sitemaps with ease.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2020

By keeping all the board materials on a Google Drive (or another cloud storage service), these documents – whether they are bylaws, budgets, minutes, agendas – will make it easier for board members to keep track of documents, and not risk losing them when a board member’s computer crashes, or someone unexpectedly resigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Many nonprofits need social media training - they just don’t know it. There’s always room for improvement and unfortunately overconfidence in social media skills prevent many nonprofit staff from getting training that could significantly increase their social media ROI (Return on Investment).

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Image Credit: dole777 on unsplash After more than a decade of dominating the social media landscape, Big Tech platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are in flux. For nonprofits, this moment presents an opportunity for a social media strategy “do-over.”

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Storytelling and social media – these terms have certainly been thrown around a lot this year! Great storytelling and successful social media campaigns are completely interconnected. The key is using stories to get people’s attention on social media channels. I firmly believe in the latter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 14, 2023

If your nonprofit does not have charity rating badges on your website, then it’s time to look into getting registered with Charity Navigator, Candid, and GreatNonprofits. If your nonprofit is located outside of the US, then Google “charity ratings [your country name]” to find similar programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

At the end of the Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits is a nine-page “Nonprofit Tech Checklist” which I have copied and pasted below. That was my number one priority when writing the book… to create a comprehensive, useful social and mobile media how-to guide for nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit Tech for Good launched in 2005 as a Myspace page and in the 18 years since we’ve been through multiple early adoption phases of new social media — first Facebook and Twitter and then on to LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr. 3) Upload your profile pic, add a bio and website, and post a first thread immediately.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

How I chose the nonprofits is that I have a basic set of criteria that I use as a litmus test when I audit nonprofits and their social media campaigns. A small selection of that criteria is as follows: Consistent use of a visually compelling square avatar across all social networks. Hint, hint.

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Whole Whale

MAY 2, 2024

Social media posts and account maintenance We’ve noted that organizations should guard their voice online. The safest way to have interns participate in social media is to have them analyze the data and then come up with sample posts for the platform. This will greatly help the continued SEO growth of those pages.

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TechImpact

MARCH 10, 2014

Search engine result pages are difficult to grasp and take complete control of, while social media feeds become more saturated with our peers, Even more difficult and mysterious, especially to many of us in the nonprofit sector, is the search engine and where it places our websites and social media outlets on those first few pages.

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TechImpact

APRIL 23, 2014

Driving web traffic to your nonprofit’s website is likely at the top of your to-do list. You’ve invested in it, consistently update the content, post to your blog, and market events through your website. Bottom line is, many, if not most, of your web visitors are arriving at your website not for the reasons you intended.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

As a follow-up to Five Online Fundraising Best Practices for Small NGOs in Developing Countries , below are five social media best practices specifically tailored for small NGOs in developing countries. Thus, your NGO should prioritize sharing your success stories in photo essay format on your website or blog.

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TechImpact

JULY 30, 2014

Image courtesy of Google User Content. Google Analytics, where would I be without you?”. The website measurement and analytics tool serves as a dipstick into the effectiveness of your current marketing strategies, and into the effectiveness of your website as a whole. What more can you learn from Google Analytics?

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TechImpact

JUNE 5, 2014

Few things have so dramatically altered our lives the way social media has. Defining an entire generation of Americans, and altering the way nonprofits and corporations view marketing, social media’s role in contemporary society and is only going to continue expanding. from social media, up from 26% last year.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 25, 2023

Advertise your nonprofit on social media Brand recognition is super important for nonprofits! Creating a branded social media page is a free and easy way to build a healthy following, share updates, and engage with your supporters. Drive online traffic to your website for fundraising, recruiting, and more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment).

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TechImpact

MARCH 25, 2014

Have a good tip for tracking your fundraisers success in Google Analytics? Landing pages are the first page a visitor to your website lands on when redirected from an organic search, or from some other link. If not, you’re missing out on enticing the bulk of your website traffic to donate. Landing pages that lead to donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Last year Google+ began enabling page admins to reserve custom URLs for their Google+ Pages, but the service was offered to a relatively small number of verified pages of well-known brands and celebrities. All that said, most nonprofits will only be offered their website URL as their custom URL. Google Plus Social Media'

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NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Top 5 Social Media Tactics Every School Should Implement. First off, your school should have a blog that’s the center of your social media strategy. Remember, great content is the key to successful social media. 4) Measure and Analyze - Google Analytics. Google Analytics is free.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 31, 2023

Luckily, there are affordable and effective tools you can leverage to spread awareness and get people excited about your fundraising efforts—namely, your website. The best nonprofit websites out there incorporate smart fundraising strategies into their designs to attract the most attention and support for their initiatives.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

On social media and the news. AI Chatbots—the Basic Tools You’ve heard of ChatGPT , but what about Google’s Bard or Microsoft’s new Bing (to name a few)? While we might call our phones ‘phones,’ there are Apple, Android, and Google devices. At the dog park. At the office. Even at happy hour.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Have you ever experienced a twinge in your neck, itch in your throat, or another random symptom, and turned to Google for answers? With individuals increasingly turning to search engines to help them understand health issues, user-friendly healthcare websites are more crucial than ever. Assess website analytics.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

One of the best ways to drive engagement is to promote your website, and to do so, you have a lot of options. For example, you might actively market your website content on your social media profiles, encouraging your followers to explore your blog posts or events pages. Let’s begin!

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 26, 2024

From email to your website , your nonprofit’s digital presence spans multiple communication channels, each with its own unwritten rules for success. Some types of nonprofits, like grantmaking foundations, may choose to forego a website, but for most charitable organizations, establishing an online presence can greatly enhance their impact.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2023

But where should you start when it comes to finding the right fundraising website for your nonprofit? Why Bloomerang is one of the best fundraising websites for nonprofits By using Bloomerang for your nonprofit’s fundraising tool, you’ll gain access to features such as: Robust, modern online fundraising tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. You can view their website at defenders.org. 11 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits. Your supporters also now expect a more social experience from your website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

Small (and medium-sized) nonprofits have a different experience on social media than large nonprofits. Small nonprofits have to work harder at growing their following and most often the work of social media management is added to an already full job description. Social media is in a weird transition right now.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Luckily, there are affordable and effective tools you can leverage to spread awareness and get people excited about your fundraising efforts—namely, your website. The best nonprofit websites out there incorporate smart fundraising strategies into their designs to attract the most attention and support for their initiatives.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

Currently Google+ is only available to invited individuals. Finally, Google+ Entity Profiles will launch after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , so please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. Sign up for a Google Account. Create a Google Profile.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 25, 2023

Knowing who is visiting your website and what they’re looking at is important to the health of your organization. Luckily, nonprofit organizations can track website activity to make those essential changes by viewing user data through the use of Google Analytics 4. What is Google Analytics 4?

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APRIL 27, 2021

Back in 2017, Twitter released an update sharing that the social media platform was assuming the gender of its users if not previously identified upon profile registration. The assumption was solely based upon how users interacted with various content on the social platform. Why is Twitter Assuming Gender?

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TechImpact

MAY 8, 2014

Nonprofits have been told since Facebook’s rise to prominence that they need to be investing in a social media marketing / fundraising campaigns. Too often, the problem nonprofits face is they’re treating their social media fundraising campaigns like their direct mail, telemarketing or email campaigns. Diluted messaging.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. If your nonprofit has yet to get on Google+, now would be a very good time to start. Set up your Google/Gmail Account and personal Google+ Profile. .

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