Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In this age of Google Ad Grants and inexpensive Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter targeted advertising, one can drive traffic from what is a primary relationship-building platform to an organization’s website or to a lead or landing page. Social media sites are for relationship building. Far too often, I see groups that end here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. The above visual is a social network. Each dot represents a person or in network jargon, a node. Information flows.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

You can see the session information here. “Social networks will be like air.&#. 3 things need to make social networks like air: Identity - who are you? pick your friends once - social networking fatigue. calendar, call, sms, facebook, twitter, address book = level of closeness of social data.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

That’s part of the key to success when using Twitter for a Global conversation. Using Twitter search or other tools, you can watch news and updates about the election in Iran by using #IranElection; or, find interesting people to follow and connect with using #FollowFriday to peruse the recommendations that pile up on Fridays.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

Over the holidays, I finally visited Quora , a social learning site focused around asking and answering questions founded by an ex-Facebook employee. Quora has been around for a year and provides an independent question platform from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn that is similar to Yahoo!

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2011

By Geoff Livingston, Principal & Co-Founder, Zoetica Facebook and to a lesser extent Twitter and LinkedIn have become the interstates of the social web. Nonprofits that want to connect with their constituents are almost obliged to participate on these networks. Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities states, ".you

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2013

I have no proof these tips will help your nonprofit get more media coverage, but at the very least they will help your nonprofit’s press release get more exposure on the Social Web. 1) Include your nonprofit’s Twitter username. People on social networks ignore links that do not pull up thumbnails and are heavily text-based.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Even though I was “offline,&# I couldn’t completely escape reminders of how social networks have become a part of our lives. Melissa admits that she clicks through on links from her friends on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere, but finds reading RSS her main way of keeping informed.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2024

You can also find online communities on Twitter (X), Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit. How online community platforms differ from other virtual networking communities A major difference between virtual networking communities like LinkedIn or Facebook and an online community platform is why they’re used.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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NetWits

MAY 12, 2011

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube? Twitter has over 16 million users. With usage stats like that it’s probably safe to assume that a large portion of your supporter are using at least one social network, right? Twitter as a Multiplier.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

Marketers from the nonprofit sector and the for-profit sector alike are attempting to harness the power of social media to connect with these audiences. But what social platform are they on the most? And what’s this I hear about teens leaving Facebook for other social networks, is this true?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

Robin shared some of her thoughts in the comments of a recent blog post, and I invited to share her community organizing rules for Twitter. As a community organizer, Twitter makes a lot of sense. Twitter does exactly that. Rather, they just show up and push their own information out. Twitter is social.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I love twitter, which in some ways surprises me, and in some ways doesn’t. Sure, why not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Monster Today is Information Overload Awareness Day. The purpose is to call attention to the problem of Information Overload, how it impacts both individuals and organizations, and what can be done to lessen its impact. Take my information overload quiz. Create Good Social Media Habits. Make Time for Reflection.

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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. The range of nonprofits using social media and their subsequent levels of commitment vary widely — as do their expertise, implementation and, of course, return on investment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2010

It isn’t about following thousands and thousands of friends on Twitter. We don’t have the time or brain cells for that. It’s about finding people who are connected to different social circles and following them. Of course you have to be interested in what information or conversations they are sharing on Twitter.

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NetWits

APRIL 6, 2012

While we were there, Blackbaud, NTEN and Common Knowledge released the 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. As social media, marketing and communications, and fundraising types continue to download and read the report we’re seeing more interest in the value nonprofits are placing on a Facebook Like (i.e.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why I’m twittering December 7, 2007 Yes, it’s hard to believe. I have said many times that I wouldn’t Twitter. I’ve critiqued Twitter and social networks in general.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2017

From a grassroots effort to mobilize broad audiences like the Women’s March to high-touch, high dollar fundraising, having more information about the social media habits of your supporters will help you be more effective in your outreach. This is why we’re doubling down on our existing social matching functionality in EveryAction.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

It’s very common for nonprofits to assume that volunteers and interns can effectively manage their mobile and social media presence simply because they are young and came of age during the rise of social networking. HTML looks much more intimidating than it actually is, and all new media managers should be skilled in basic HTML.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. .

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NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube? Twitter has more than 16 million users, and 42.3 Google recently made a big social medial play by introducing Google+. The social Web is no different. Claim your land.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2010

Jen Newmeyer from the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina , Jessica Haas from the Del Norte Family Resource Center , and Lana Nieves from the Independent Living Resource Center of San Francisco (ILRCSF) all answered my call on Facebook or Twitter and were gracious enough to share some time chatting about how they use social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. But consider the following: Networking. All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Two donors were former colleagues who also have Twitter accounts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

I am feeling an urge to tinker again with the cards and formats, more specifically to add cards for listening/engagement on social networks. I was also reminded by one very smart colleague that the Twitter audience card had out-of-date information. Twitter is where the stalkers are." It was from April, 2008!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

I really wanted to attend the " Social Networks Friend for Foe? "at Barely a week goes by that I don’t see at least one status update or tweet from a nonprofit colleague lamenting a hacked personal account, including email, Twitter and Facebook. at UC Berkeley earlier this month, but unfortunately had a conflict.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 28, 2014

Subscribe to our blog for daily tips and information to help streamline your nonprofit’s tech growth. Here are 5 changes that social media experienced in 2013 that your nonprofit may have missed according to Resource Media. The nonprofit social media platform was pretty much dominated by Facebook and Twitter until Instagram came along.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

At AIDS.gov , our mission is to provide access to Federal HIV and AIDS information through a variety of new media channels, and to support the use of new media tools by Federal and community partners. Is it simply the number of followers you have on Twitter, or how many people "like" you on Facebook? Plan ahead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. Updates from Twitter: Ckreutz points to his del.icio.us

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ).

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

TechSoup continued its Social Media Mondays in May with a discussion on Twitter to expand on the resources offered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki. " A tweet is also great when it provides useful information or inspires a reader to want to learn more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

In addition to information on subscribing by keyword and short code, you should also embed an online form or widget (provided by your vendor) on the page that easily allows people to type in their mobile number to subscribe instantaneously. Create a “Text-to-Subscribe” Graphic for Social Networking Sites.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me March 13, 2007 I read Beth’s recent blog entry on Twitter , and of course, the neo-luddite in me said “waste of time!&# And then there is data.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

These events can be tours of your facilities, panels with guest speakers, or informal meet-and-greets. These events should offer information about your organization and its mission, services, goals, and ways to get involved. Build up your presence on social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.

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OneCause

JUNE 15, 2023

At its core, Peer-to-Peer fundraising (also known as peer-to-peer or Social Fundraising) refers to any fundraiser that uses supporter networks to raise money for your cause. Yep, your fundraisers’ social networks are here to help at year-end!

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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. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. It’s a throwback from social networking circa 2006. Based in the U.K.,

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