Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Contrary to its title, the last four chapters of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits are dedicated to mobile technology and mobile fundraising. It is illegal to buy, sell, or trade mobile phone numbers, unlike e-mail and snail mail addresses. 11 Group Text Messaging Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2014

Nonprofit Tech for Good offers a series of social and mobile media webinars ideal for training social and mobile media managers, communications and fundraising staff, and volunteers and interns. Once payment is confirmed, each participant is then emailed their login and audio information from GoToWebinar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Nonprofit Tech for Good offers a series of social and mobile media webinars ideal for training social and mobile media managers, communications and fundraising staff, and volunteers and interns. Once payment is confirmed, each participant is then emailed their login and audio information from GoToWebinar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Note from Beth: I’ve been looking for good examples of nonprofit mobile strategies. So, moving to a mobile phone app makes sense for Seafood watch, so they can catch consumers at the point of decision-making. Your organization was one of the early adopters of mobile phone apps. Tell me about Seafood Watch.

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Achieve

JUNE 3, 2019

The convenience of mobile giving methods has led many nonprofits to adopt them, and they’re only becoming more popular. When your organization implements a mobile giving platform, you can reach more donors faster. While implementing mobile giving methods is a great way to attract the. wave of millennials acting for change.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

38% of Internet users access social media through mobile. We’ve talked in the previous blog posts about the importance of mobile to your nonprofit’s digital content marketing future. On when the best time is to post to your social media feeds, check out this inforgraphic for more detailed information about that.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Collecting this type of information and automatically storing it will help you identify stats about the average donation amount, donor demographics, isolate ‘big’ donors, and recognize returning donors, among many other stats–depending on the questions you ask with your forms. Mobile is a must. Keep it simple.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Members of Gen Z are digital natives growing up with tech, social media, and information available at their fingertips. Optimize Mobile Giving. With over 95% of Gen Z members owning smartphones (the average receiving their first phone before the age of 10), making your campaigns mobile-friendly isn’t just trendy, it’s a necessity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

So much so that many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. A website (mobile app coming soon) that allows users to check-in while doing good deeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

Mobile is the Needle, Social is the Thread: How Information Today is Woven Into Our Lives. “ Mobile is the Needle, Social the Thread ” is the name of a presentation from Pew Internet data that illustrates the rapid growth of mobile connectivity and social networking in the U.S., Twitter: @agahran.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Once payment is confirmed, each participant is then emailed their login and audio information from GoToWebinar. A toll free number is not provided for the webinar, but attendees can listen to the audio presentation for free over their computer speakers or call into a phone number provided by GoToWebinar.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Include your mission statement on donation pages to inform people exactly what your nonprofit does to help the community. To keep your donation pages simple while asking for extra information, use conditional logic. Over 91 percent of Americans use a smartphone, and around 28 percent of online donations come from a mobile device.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

The focus is on Mobile Giving. I just finished moderating a panel on the topic of social and mobile integration. Here’s the description: Where and how do mobile and social strategy intersect. How do you combine mobile with the grassroots power of social media to successfully engage donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You can’t thank your donors enough and in a world where individuals increasingly struggle with information overload, a “Thank You” video or slideshow can be a welcome respite from the traditional text-heavy-thank-you that most people don’t even read anymore. and sometimes all it takes is a simple ask.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

More mobile devices are sold worldwide than PCs, and mobile is expected to overtake PCs as the most popular way to access the Internet in the next few years. Laura Quinn shared her ideas at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , in a session called More Than Apps: Affordable Program Delivery Through Mobile Phones.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Text-to-give is a powerful donation tool that offers donors a way to easily give to their favorite nonprofits right from their phones. However, in general, the text-to-give process looks like the following: With your text-to-give platform, you’ll set up a shortened phone number, known as a shortcode. Simplicity of use.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2015

A mobile app that enables users to donate by simply pointing their phone at a charity logo. A multilingual, mobile responsive global directory of validiated NGOs that will enable users to donate to NGOs worldwide in 80+ currencies (coming May 2015). A service that enables Twitterers to donate by sending tweets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Text alerts can also be used to drive traffic to an organization’s mobile website and to ask people to Text-to Give. That said, below are 10 text campaigns that I was able to find through Google and Twitter searches: 1. The SEIU also uses more than just a subscribe web page to build their mobile list.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 20, 2013

The webinar also touches upon mobile communications and fundraising and how it affects nonprofit’s use of social media. The information and tips provided were invaluable! Heather – thanks for a great, very informative webinar yesterday. Thank you for an incredibly informative session on social media!

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Because of its pivotal role in communicating your vision, mission, and values, your website should be well designed, informative, useful, and fully integrated with your online fundraising and CRM platforms whenever possible. . Tip: Conduct a formal or informal website audit, beginning with your homepage. . Is it optimized for mobile?

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M+R

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Link Tracking Protection will strip out some tracking information/ parameters added to the end of URLs. Tracking Parameters are the little pieces of extra information at the end of a URL. Tracking Parameters are the little pieces of extra information at the end of a URL. the nonprofit fundraising apocalypse.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Jed Alpert, Mobile Commons. Thirty-eight percent of American mobile phone users -- 120 million people -- access the web via their mobile device; fewer than 30 million are iPhones or Android phones. Mobile Access 2010 Pew Internet and American Life Project). Not so with the mobile web.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Help for Charities to Develop a Mobile Giving Campaign. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities.

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2011

With the continued growth of Internet usage, the rise of social media, and the smart phone revolution it’s likely that social fundraising will continue to play a significant roll for non-profit organizations (or start to play a growing roll for those organizations who don’t already participate in this type of fundraising).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

So much so that many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. You can either manage your group online or on your mobile phone.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It’s no great surprise that life online is increasingly a quest for instant gratification when it comes to up-to-the-minute entertainment and information. And the best way to do that is through “distributed content”—especially video content—that is uploaded and available on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and all the rest.

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Socialbrite

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The average smartphone user is one their phone for more than 4 hours a day. As of November of 2018, mobile devices accounted for more than 48% of all web traffic. With the importance of mobile marketing in mind, consider these fundraising techniques using a smartphone. Website and social media optimization for mobile.

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TechImpact

JULY 30, 2014

Or have you ever wondered how many visitors arrive to your site from Twitter vs Facebook. If you’re seeing an increase in mobile traffic, like most websites are , you’ll want to make sure your site is responsive. Want to know how many people landed on your website this month? No problem. Piece of cake. Use trackbacks to find fans.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Maybe you’re checking your mobile email. Either way, you definitely have your phone out. Mobile giving really is that simple. That’s precisely why we’ve created this overview: to give you a deeper understanding of the fundraising phenomenon that is mobile giving. In this series, we’ll cover: What is mobile fundraising?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/PanCAN , twitter.com/Advocate4PanCAN. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Are you currently investing resources in mobile marketing i.e,

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NCE Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

Cyberchondriacs are people who research health information online. The number of people searching online continues to grow – 17% of people looked online at least 10 times int he past month for health information ( source ). More than half share information they found online with their doctors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

Web 3.0 = Mobile Websites, Text Campaigns and Smartphone Apps. It’s the Internet on the go fueled by mobile phones and tablets. Mobile websites must be designed to be easily read on mobile devices. to drive traffic to your mobile website. to drive traffic to your mobile website. You use your Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010. Mobile can’t be this separate tactic or channel in your communications strategy. Qwerty Monsters.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Stories are the currency of human connection; they move, motivate, and—most importantly—mobilize. From the first email, phone call, or meeting, volunteers are gauging whether your organization is a place where they want to invest their time and energy. Engaging content and regular updates keep your audience informed and interested.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

One of the above is the actual cover of " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " - a must read booklet from Tactical Technology Collective. Net2 ThinkTank gives up a round up of how Nonprofits and NGOs are Using Mobile Phones and SMS for Social Change. NpTech Conversations. So, you want to build a MashUp?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

In earlier post where I profile Udi Ofer, Executive Director of the ACLU-NJ and how he uses social media and mobile tools for leadership of his organization, several nonprofit leaders offered their views and tips. Do a little research and see if your peer executive directors are using social media or mobile as a leadership tool.

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