Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2009

You can't beat video for pulling at your heartstrings, which is why it can be a powerful tool for organizations with the time, money and skills to post videos on a regular basis. While preparing to teach a social media webinar recently, I discovered quite a few environmental/green nonprofits that have YouTube channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2009

The conversations inevitably get stymied around Twitter - which is no surprise, as every nonprofit is trying to figure out what the tool means for them. It's all of those things, but it's also something else: a real-time fundraising tool! Raising money on Twitter is happening all the time. Clearly it works.but why?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2009

I'll boil it down to " Causes is A Friending Tool, Not A Fundraising Tool." His recommendations are directed at the folks at Facebook Causes who created the application and nonprofits using the tool. I asked my Twitter followers for suggestions for questions , I tweeted the key points from the conversation yesterday.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 26, 2024

It’s entertaining and “unhinged” —you don’t know what that silly green bird is going to do next. As previously mentioned, I spend a lot of time on the Survivor subreddit, listening to Survivor podcasts and looking at “Survivor Twitter.” At a time when everything seems dark, people want to mentally unwind.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 23, 2023

Americans who donate on GivingTuesday are slightly more common than Americans with green eyes , and that means there are millions of opportunities to reach new and existing supporters. The short timeframe and donors’ motivation to give means it’s a perfect time to experiment with new tools or tactics. The possibilities are endless!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

Having a discussion on your Facebook Page is not a social media strategy, nor is is engaging supporters on Twitter. The popular misconception that the tools themselves i.e., Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, blogging, etc. The popular misconception that the tools themselves i.e., Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, blogging, etc.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

While reading one of my guilty pleasure blogs, Ecorazzi: The Latest in Green Gossip , I learned about a fun way to help dogs and cats get adopted in their post, Celebrities Sign up to Twitter a Critter. Then, click on the Twitter a Critter button. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com Twitter adoption cat dog

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/nature_org. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The game will be similar in form to those you’ll find here : we’ll invent a place, break into groups around some social challenges or themes, then use sets of cards to plan how to engage people, choose social media tools, and work out how to fund the package. The green budget points are for engagement cards, yellow for tools, red for funding.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The game will be similar in form to those you’ll find here : we’ll invent a place, break into groups around some social challenges or themes, then use sets of cards to plan how to engage people, choose social media tools, and work out how to fund the package. The green budget points are for engagement cards, yellow for tools, red for funding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

After your web guru gives the green light, open up Ads Manager and create a new campaign. A/B testing is too large a topic to cover in depth here, but it’s one of the most powerful tools Facebook offers for iterating more effective ads and lowering costs. He holds an M.A. from the University of Virginia.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Some common metrics to monitor are website traffic, blog traffic, e-newsletter subscribers, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, online dollars raised, volunteers, and event attendees. In fact, more than half of all Twitterers use a third-party dashboard tool to manage their Twitter campaigns. </strong> 8.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2009

" Flickr Photo Download: Twitter trending topics - Anatomy of a hashtag as trending topic from Meg Pickard on Flickr. Are you on Twitter? Well, #CharityTuesday was started as a way of creating visibility for orgs using Twitter, get them talking to each other instead of just broadcasting information, and more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

It’s a strategy that I have been using, testing, and adapting since @NonprofitOrgs first launched on Myspace in 2006 and now there’s an ever-increasing flow of data being released that proves that social and mobile media are, in fact, powerful fundraising tools. Under the green row, add your fundraising metrics.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 3, 2019

Engagement is any interaction with your content, like Twitter favorites, Facebook shares and clicks. On Twitter , click the profile icon on your home page to drop down the menu. On Twitter, you can find this chart on the right side of your profile (not your analytics page) when in desktop view. Where are my analytics located?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

John McElhenney - Clear Green Technologies. Started with mega trends of social media and green living. The nexus of social media and green living: brands that combine the two, like good2gether, knowmore, givingpal, justmeans, causecast, kiba, ecoflip, blog action day, donorschoose, changents, wikigreen, greenhome. Jon Lebkowsky.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

His new book, Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals , includes practical tips and tools from 50 recognized experts across 35 topics, and he recently launched a nationwide Social Media for Nonprofits conference series and his Advancing Social Impact blog on Skoll Foundation’s Social Edge.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

You can always reach me on email or Twitter - or follow this blog and my Twitter stream for updates. Profitable Green Building. Tools to know your users. This is my first time attending the huge event and I’m already quite overwhelmed by all the people and conversations converging around me. Let’s connect!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This is a free web-based tool that is totally customizeable and can be used both privately or publicly.To Twitter Search. If you want to stay on top of all the conversations on Twitter about your organization or the topic of your work, using a feed from Twitter Search is really useful. Getting Started. Finding Feeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The project is a hyperlocal source of information about living green–powered by network of environmental activists, nonprofits, and grassroots organizations. It celebrates the natural beauty of the area while educating the community about a green life style. Cara talked about the network formation phase of the project.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 29, 2016

Ann Green , a nonprofit communications consultant and blogger, says that while the term is very broad in meaning, she sees it as sharing any sort of information for a specific purpose, such as connecting with an audience or thanking donors. Donors need to know they are helping the organization make a difference,” Green said.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2009

I've got two new posts up on WE Volunteer: 21 Twitter Feeds About Volunteering Volunteer on Vacation in Hawaii Episode 14 of the Be Bold Podcast: Create a Career with Impact with Lara Galinsky of Echoing Green is up.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Remember September 11th: Be of Service Tuesday's Children: WE Volunteer Charity of the Month And 1 new post up on the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship blog (GCCE) : How Independent Bookstores Are Using Twitter The 15th episode of Echoing Green's Be Bold Podcast: Create a Career with Impact is up (I'm the show's host).

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Worldchanging: Bright Green: Worldchanging Interview: Jean Russell on Thrivability - Great interview with Jean Russell at Worldchanging! " Non-profit’s Twitter Interview Questions | twitter-interviews | interviews TechnicaVita Social Media Advice - Does your organization use Twitter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2011

Yesterday, the Social Media for Nonprofit Conference series kicked off in San Francisco yesterday in War Memorial Green Room with support from Microsoft. Here they are: Guy Kawaski: Facebook is picture economy, while Twitter is a link economy. JD gave an amazing presentation packed full of practical and useful tips and tools.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

Online tools like Twitter , Ushahidi , Google Person Finder , CrisisMappers , and the work of nonprofit organizations like Crisis Commons. This is a group of largely self-organizing digital volunteers who use Twitter to respond to all of the major disasters around the world. Twitter uses hashtags. Twitter uses hashtags.

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Ted Fickes, Electronic Communications Manager, The Wilderness Society (Central Rockies Regional Office) In September, 2008, Green for All , 1Sky and the We Campaign organized a national day of action -- Green Jobs Now -- to demand progress on green jobs and a green economy. It's not about the "network".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Says Giller, “Our theory of change is engaging users around content that shows how being green can reshape our world can empower personal behavior change and ultimately impact society at large. Says Erika, “We hatched an idea to host Twitter chats about this using a hashtag #climatehawk and point people over to their content.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

The learn-by-doing part of this is about trying out Twitter chatting using a website called TweetChat.com. It's pretty simple: Get a Twitter account (if you don't already have one). Why Working In Distributed Teams Is Green. Eight Tools to keep your team connected. Webinar recording: Online Collaboration Tools.

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Care2

MAY 19, 2008

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!" Its a rental car. Well also effectively abate 266 metric tons of CO2 due to these upgrades.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 10, 2010

One of the basic premises of the book is that there are incredible benefits of building a wide support community (including funding) for your nonprofit via new online social networking tools like Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and other tools. The Paperless Choice challenge will award four $5,000 awards.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

The tools have changed, but the need for knowing your audience, having an end goal, testing theories, and acting on lessons learned remains the same. Anne is the online media coordinator for Green Hour® , an NWF program geared toward getting children outside in nature. Know Your Goals. Good goal: "Increase inbound links by 200%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

The new social tools that we are here to discuss are not so new anymore. There have the been the well discussed successes like DonorsChoose and Lil Green Patch. happen instead of links from your Twitter account. But we cannot use these tools to dictate the movement. Both posts influenced this speech.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2007

There’s some great stuff there, like virtualization, social software, green IT, etc. It is nice to see that “Green IT &# tops Gartner’s list. I think sometimes, interesting things come out of that watching. For instance, Gartner’s top 10 technologies to watch in 2008.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

I'm going to show you what tools to use and then we're going to talk to real people who are doing it right! It's not easy being green. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? . Twitter (and almost everywhere else) @jfouts. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Amy Sample Ward let’s us know how to give green. I love Holly’s approach to technology. Amy is a great source for nptech tips of all types. Beth Kanter asks whether or not we can add some more steps to Chris Brogan’s fabulous 50 steps to create a social media presence.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

Color palette: Colors are a very powerful tools in branding. Use social media Depending on your target audience, social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter can be powerful tools for promoting your merchandise. Choose a color palette that reflects the personality of your organization.

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