Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

This “ Keep Calm and Shine On ” t-shirt is a riff on the popular “ Keep Calm and Carry On ” meme used by Autism Speaks to help promote the annual World Autism Awareness Day. Even though you interact with these memes, we’ll help you be more sophisticated by not showing them to you.’ Content Visual'

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TechImpact

JULY 18, 2014

Whether it be through well written content, deeply researched infographics presented in a visually stimulating way, a video, social media, or even a meme. Nonprofits everywhere are searching for ways to increase their exposure online to increase donations, spur community involvement, and to make the world a better place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

I presented a plenary session on networked mindsets and leadership and facilitated two workshops on SMARTer Social Media. The Hold A Sign Meme. The “Hold A Sign” meme has been around for almost ten years. The “Hold A Sign” meme has been around for almost ten years.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2013

Social Media is an important tool for engaging with your community -- but what are the risks and rewards of working with volunteers to implement your social media strategies? It’s not a fancy new tool or a fun new hashtag sweeping the meme-sphere. The best kept secret of the social media world is: A volunteer.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

As a nonprofit, you’re always looking for new ways to engage your supporters and donors. So how can nonprofits use this technology to their advantage? Create Imagery for Social Media. If you’re struggling to come up with high-quality imagery for your social media posts, AI image generators can help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

Next up was Hanna Welch, Social Media Producer, from grist.org. So, they started a fun meme. Hanna networks with other social media professionals who work for online news sites – using a private Facebook group. Sign up here to receive a notification when it is published).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

Is success of the Ice Bucket Challenge a happy accident for ALS and the people who suffer from the disease or is the first example of the power of crowd charity? Can other nonprofits reproduce it? One has to step back and marvel at the most successful networked fundraising campaigns in the history of social or crowd fundraising.

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Greater Giving

MAY 12, 2021

There are several points during the year when donors expect to interact with a nonprofit they support. If that’s the case, it may be time to create a “culture of fundraising” within your nonprofit. A nonprofit’s team of employees is its best asset when it comes to engaging donors. What is a culture of fundraising?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 31, 2012

That song, “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen, quickly also became the soundtrack to an Internet meme —that is, an idea that spreads online (“ I Can Has Cheezburger? That’s right, a widely recognized nonprofit organization has created a parody so that it can propagate a meme. Why meme at all?

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2021

Canva – Canva is one of my personal favorite tools for social media. It’s incredibly easy to create beautiful graphics for your social media posts. Fiverr Social Media Freelancers – If you simply don’t have the time and expertise to manage your Facebook presence, Fiverr is a great resource.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The following article originally appeared in The NonProfit Times Live from bbcon newsletter. Whether it’s creating a meme or a hashtag-centered campaign, engagement thrives on fun. Have a social media staff handbook. Tailor content specifically for each social media channel as each one has its own tone, terminology, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2012

NONPROFIT HULK (@NONPROFITHULK) July 20, 2012. Hulk (fill in the blank) Twitter accounts are popping up all over Twitter, the latest Twitter meme. The HULK meme has many variations and spotted easily on many social media channels like pinterest and YouTube to name a few. . HULK BROKE LADDER OF ENGAGEMENT.

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TechImpact

JUNE 24, 2014

There’s so much talk over where a nonprofit’s audience is online, and where a nonprofit needs to be concentrating their social media marketing efforts. Facebook is one of the most important social media channels for almost every nonprofit in operation today. List your nonprofit’s content themes.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

If you want people from your social media to support your nonprofit’s activities, you need a nonprofit social media plan. You already know this: In the nonprofit realm, social media is life. Contrary to popular belief, successful social media accounts are not run off-the-cuff!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago. This post summarizes the results and a few insights about social media fundraising and network strategies as a way to share back what I learned and to help bring some closure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2007

It made me think about the question, "What if I could start all my social media and nonprofits work over from scratch? Don't Join New Social Networks Without Thinking. I can't be on every social network. The social media mavens move fast -- and if you follow them - you learn a lot.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 7, 2010

According to ABC news : According to the trend-tracking website Know Your Meme , the cartoon fad started with Facebook users in Greece and Cyprus in mid-November. I also started noticing that of my friends on facebook, it was a pretty even spread between people that worked in the nonprofit sector and those that didn’t.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

Out of all last week's conversation on nonprofit movement building one quote stuck in my head. And, as you know being successful with social media is the opposite of that." I first became aware of it from a nonprofit blog meme from 2005 started by Ed Batista. Photo by Okinawa Soba. Are there degrees of openness?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2015

When a question about the color of a dress went viral, several nonprofits joined the conversation to help their messages spread along the viral wave. Did these nonprofits use a sophisticated communications tactic, or did they just jump on a vapid bandwagon? Meme Me Up, Scotty. Memes travel within all age groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Community Block Party attendees check out participating nonprofit organizations during the event. million for nonprofits guest post by Jessica Hodder. million for 520 South Florida nonprofits, with a total of 19,245 gifts. Collaboration among nonprofits is key; Miami Arts Brigade was a huge testament to that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Recent research suggests that taking and posting too many selfies on your Facebook profile (or other social channels) can be damaging to your relationships.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

A new whitepaper by Jonny Bentwood, a PR consultant for Edelman, Distributed Influence: Quantifying the Impact of Social Media. The white paper is based on a roundtable held last year with a number of social media experts. Maybe the phrase "meme lurker" is better? There's a lot to digest here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Except for a short test in 2009 , your nonprofit’s Facebook Fans have never seen all your posts and as most of us have by now have realized, the percentage that do has gotten significantly smaller over time. Personally, I am not surprised or annoyed much by the changes. Interest Lists are not widely used.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Whether it started on accident, was part of a specific campaign, or originated in Greece , this meme seemed to really have legs! While there is a Facebook page setup to promote the campaign , it doesn’t appear to have organized from a particular nonprofit or cause. What did you think about this campaign?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

By Melissa Russom , a communications strategist who helps nonprofit organizations clarify their brand and message to engage more meaningfully with the people who matter most to them. These are your social media ambassadors. . Social media aims to connect people with people. Social media isn’t for everyone.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

If you want to give nonprofits and other noncommercial ventures permission to republish your story, but don't want to allow a company to sell it for profit, there's a license for that. Elliot Harmon will be hosting TechSoup's social media channels, answering any Creative Commons questions you have on Twitter and Facebook.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 11, 2022

How can you foster social connection, especially when navigating a digital world? It can be as quick as sending a text to someone to let them know you’re thinking of them, sharing your daily Wordle score, or sending a funny meme to your coworkers. Senior Social Media Associate at Salesforce.org. . About the Author.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2006

He started the meme about asking for NGO related resources by pushing it out to Nancy White , Hell's Dire Agent , Jennine , Taran , and Declan. Note to self: This is all needs an inspiration map to show the relationships and how the content of the meme has morphed.and some reflection on memes.)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

This is the sixth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2014

I feel like there is a lot of donor fatigue happening right now in the nonprofit community. These types of donors are the lifelines of your nonprofit. Do a social media shout out. If you have a social CRM and have done social media appends, you have access to where your donors are on social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

I've had this post about a mashup between Idealware , TechSoup , and Social Source Commons in draft and was going over to Deborah Finn's Blog to grab the URL for her excellent post last week about Social Source Commons. So, let's unleash the NpTech Mashup Meme. I also stumbled across her more recent post about NpTech Mashups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

She posted a pointer on the NTEN Nonprofit Flickr Affinity Group list today. advocacy and leveraging the social community there: Starbucks Campaign. This is a fun meme for user=generated content -- Take a photo of yourself with sign or message related to our campaign or cause. The youtube video is from Star Bucks Campaign.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, many faith-based nonprofits will use peer-to-peer fundraising to generate participant support for walkathons or 5Ks. The winner will then get a special prize or a shoutout on social media! Your faith-based nonprofit has likely helped more people than you can count. Increase awareness on relevant issues.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

In the weeks that followed the big game, Left Shark has been a hit of internet memes , t-shirts and even a This is SportsCenter commercial. Should your nonprofit try to get in on the Left Shark craze before it Jumps the Shark ? Here are a few points to keep in mind when diving into the shark-infested meme waters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

So, the meme goes something like this -- What are the five resources that you would recommend to anybody working in an NGO who wanted to know about information management and technology but didn't know where to start. Nonprofit Online News: This is written by Michael Gilbert and is probably the oldest blog that covers nonprofit issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2006

I tagged John Howes of CharityBlog for Nancy White's NGO meme. She asked me for some nonprofit and french friendly web hosts. This leads me to why I tried to tag beyond my borders with the ngo meme. Sometimes seemingly unrelated events start to suggest a pattern. I'm not quite sure what this pattern is or if it exists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

I am leading a #Nettalks Webinar on “ Leveraging Social Media to Engagement and Inspire Alumni Networks ” at 2 PM EST today. On Monday, I shared a post about some network and strategy concepts. Make up your own nostalgia meme. Celebrate the Accomplishments of Individuals in Your Alumni Network. Engagement'

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