Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2022

Cause awareness and giving days are powerful themes upon which to launch online fundraising and social media awareness campaigns. 8: Safer Internet Day — #SaferInternetDay. 20: World Day of Social Justice — #SocialJusticeDay. 29: Internet Day — #InternetDay. 17: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Our new Certificate in Social Media Marketing & Fundraising program covers the fundamentals of social media marketing and fundraising for your nonprofit. The total cost for the certificate program is $100 and requires the completion of four webinars. Heather Mansfield is the founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

The internet has been around for a long time now (sort of). What we know as the internet today is actually the by-product of a few visionary people who saw great potential in allowing computers to share information for research and development in scientific and military fields. Internet Topics for Nonprofits. Social Networking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Earn a Certificate in Social Media Marketing & Fundraising! Our new Certificate in Social Media Marketing & Fundraising program fundamentals of social media marketing and fundraising for your nonprofit. Heather Mansfield is the founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 29, 2016

By the year 2020, over 26 billion things — cars, appliances, roads — will be connected to the internet. Known as the Internet of Things , our digital and philanthropic lives are about to transform.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

We know our audiences are out there on social media. They’re busy retweeting, posting, sharing, pinning, and blogging on an array of social media websites and platforms across the Internet. But what social platform are they on the most? But what social platform are they on the most?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 25, 2016

Over the last two decades the global NGO sector has embraced online technology, but economic and political factors and the quality of Internet infrastructure regionally often affects how well NGOs worldwide can use new technology. Key indicators that your NGO is effectively using online technology and social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 7, 2013

Nonprofits were the early adopters of social networks. The were active on Myspace, YouTube, and creating Facebook Groups long before most of the companies that are often praised for being the pioneers of social media. One of the reasons was that social networks were free to join and lacked monthly fees.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

With the rise of smartphones, it seems like everyone’s constantly on social media, making it the perfect marketing tool for your nonprofit! Infact, there are over 308 million social media users in the United States alone. Learn how your organization can take full advantage of social media in this guide!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2013

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. 4) 2012 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report :: Download. 8) 2012 Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact: The Future is Now :: Download.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 30, 2013

Social media: 56% of people donated to an organization because they read a story via social media. 59% of people donate after becoming a follower of a nonprofit’s social network. 53% of people who follow a nonprofit on social media show their support by volunteering. Email advocacy campaigns had a 3.5% response rate.

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

This is a time of accessible AI—anyone with an internet connection can use state-of-the-art tools to help with tasks like brainstorming ideas, generating art, and drafting documents. In many cases, the training data is curated from the internet, with all the prejudices and biases of the humans creating it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2014

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. 2014 Social Change Impact Report :: Download. Social Media: An Ongoing Series of Reports :: Download. Fundraising Mobile Media Social Media'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The Metaverse is a broad term that encapsulates the next evolution of the internet. It is a digital reality – a cyberspace made up of multiple virtual worlds – that combines components of social media, gaming, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), cryptocurrencies, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. 12) Social Networking: An Ongoing Series of Reports :: Download. Published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. View: All NTEN Reports.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

As personal computers, smartphones, and the Internet of Things evolve, so must your nonprofit. The Internet of Things. By the year 2020, over 50 billion things – cars, appliances, roads – will be connected to the Internet of Things. Mass adoption of giving through the Internet of Things will likely take 5-10 years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. 14) Social Networking: An Ongoing Series of Reports :: Download. Published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. View: All NTEN Reports.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of some of the research available to nonprofits on the subjects of online fundraising and social media. Social Media: An Ongoing Series of Reports :: Download. Published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. 2014 Social Change Impact Report :: Download.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 27, 2016

Benchmarks by continent are detailed in the report , but the global findings also serve as realistic, achievable online technology benchmarks for NGOs worldwide that currently utilize the Internet on a regular basis. 32% of NGOs worldwide assign the responsibility of social media management to a communications staff person.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2013

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. 4) 2012 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report :: Download. 9) 2012 Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact: The Future is Now :: Download.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2012

Last month I did a Networked NGO training in Dubai for Pakistan NGOs where I experienced Internet censorship first hand. The coverage in TechCrunch came about when activists in Pakistan wrote to major social media sites about the block. Waqas Ali , who is Lahore, sent TechCrunch a screenshot of the blocked Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

The Internet Gets Charitable – guest post by Darin McKeever. I am certainly not the first to observe that the internet has the potential to reshape the way people find and support causes and charities. In many ways, however, the KONY2012 episode is an old story about the power of social capital and strong narratives.

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CauseVox

MAY 12, 2021

With all the noise on social media as well as serious legal and ethical considerations clouding the platforms, how can nonprofits continue to reach their supporters and spread their messages online? How can you re-focus, re-prioritize, and get yourself back on track with your social media marketing? Can’t make the live class?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2021

Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful themes upon which to launch online fundraising and social media awareness campaigns. 9: Safer Internet Day — #SaferInternetDay. 20: World Day of Social Justice — #SocialJusticeDay. 29: Internet Day — #InternetDay. 17: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 15, 2014

The rapid rise of mobile and social media has directly correlated with a rise in Internet trolls —individuals whose sole purpose is to rant, vent, and incite discord. Most users of mobile and social media have come to recognize a troll and ignore rather engage them. That’s the reality of the social web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

The internet was once considered a great equaliser, a platform that could bring strangers together, even across racial boundaries. But internet users of the same race have recently begun clustering on certain social media websites. Class and race issues play out in social media just as they do in real life. Watch Video.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 27, 2021

As a frequent Salesforce Social Studio user, I often find myself exploring the new avenues that the tool offers. 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. Why is Twitter Assuming Gender?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 26, 2013

On August 1, 2013, I testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet on the subject “ Innovation in America: The Role of Technology.” We don’t create solutions from scratch: our innovation is adapting existing raw technology to meet the needs of the users in the social sector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 18, 2011

The average Internet user today is barraged with a constant stream of messages in the form of tweets, status updates, shouts, bulletins, e-mail, and “Breaking News!&# Social media is not only changing how we communicate online, but it’s also changing how our brains process information.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 20, 2016

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of some of the research available to nonprofits on the subjects of online fundraising and social media. Social Media: An Ongoing Series of Reports :: Download. Published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. 2013 Social Charity Index :: Download.

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VisionLink

MAY 30, 2012

Here is a projection about internet use that will amplify the caffination in your coffee this morning. Apply this to your community; think about how to use these levels of connectivity to increase coordinated service in the social service, disaster relief, education, and workforce sectors. zettabytes in 2016.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

There’s no shortage of year-end-and-beginning blog posts about social media, but I thought I’d throw mine into the mix as well. I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. Learn basic HTML.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Earlier this week, I had the terrific opportunity to participate on a panel at the US launch event for “Philanthropy and Social Media”, a whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy and The Indigo Trust. The internet is not new. Social media is one of the most tangible examples of the real time web. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

As the agents for social good, nonprofits are in a unique position to help reverse this trend of extreme negativity in the online collective consciousness. Of course, I am not suggesting nonprofits turn a blind eye to the problems of the world, but some more good news on the Internet definitely couldn’t hurt.

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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). Google, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2016

It’s true that social media is in transition. And the next Big Thing in social media Snapchat is baffling to many seasoned social media managers. The global internet population is set to triple in the next four years. The global internet population is set to triple in the next four years.

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NetWits

MAY 31, 2011

The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report provides analysis of 28 major nonprofit organizations and transactions for over 15 million donors and more than $1 billion in revenue. All the new tips, tricks, and use of social media will not fix it. They get worse over time.

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