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. 11 Group Text Messaging Best Practices for Nonprofits. That said, below is an excerpt from Chapter 10: Group Text Messaging and Text-to-Give Technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

72% have a Twitter Profile. 39% have an Instagram Profile. Webinar Slides: Presented 2/2/17 to 1,600+ NGO staff. Small NGOs have an average of 4,246 likes. Medium NGOs have 30,133. Large NGOs have 172,132. Small NGOs have an average of 3,755 followers. Medium NGOs have 12,815. Large NGOs have 80,371. Medium NGOs have 2,999.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 2, 2010

This month’s round-up of free nonprofit webinars could very well be our most interesting yet, with a wide variety of topics and some high-profile speakers who’ll have lots of value to share.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Drew Bernard has a review of a new guide by the good folks at Tactical Technology Collective called " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " Nonprofits are from Mars, Designers/Techies are from Venus from the alldaybuffet describes some classic communications issues between nonprofits, designers, and technology staff.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

Last month, I presented at the NCVO Foresight seminar: Changing ICT – what does it mean for your charity with a focus on the future of online revenue generation for nonprofit organizations. You can review the slides from my whole presentation, as well as all of the speaker notes, here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Please join me on June 21st from 1-2 PM PST for the virtual launch of The Networked Nonprofit. These are my notes for webinar about Nonprofits and Slideshare , a social site where community members share presentations, documents and pdfs. Networked nonprofits are simple and transparent organizations.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

Today’s article dives into a vital topic for nonprofits – letting your supporters know how much they’ve impacted your cause and how much you appreciate them. Without constituents, your nonprofit organization wouldn’t be able to positively impact your community and drive your mission forward. Digital walls. Appreciation spaces.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2011

Instead, we are sharing them as slides ( original and annotated ) that not only conveys what we’ve found but also serves as a tool for sharing and discussing the conclusions with others. The traditional form for these type of findings would be a whitepaper.

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NTEN

AUGUST 8, 2011

Applying gamification concepts to associations and nonprofits. But in what other ways can nonprofits use gamification to engage members? Another use of game-thinking for associations and nonprofits is visually encouraging your members to complete a project. I participated in the inaugural #asaetech Twitter chat.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook has launched some great new features and analytics that are impacting nonprofits. To help nonprofits navigate these opportunities on Facebook, Care2 held a terrific webinar this week entitled Keeping up with Facebook’s Changes (and “Liking” it!) You can also check out the slides below.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

I normally separate my post-presentation blog posts and slides but think it will be valuable to group them together this time. After you’ve listened and started joining in, you can now start creating profiles that have a goal and strategic use to compliment the rest of your communications and engagement work. Defining Community.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Note: This is the sixth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. When we create personas for a nonprofit, we try to limit the number to 5 or 6. Technology profile. I deliver personas either as Word Documents or PowerPoint slides. See the end of this post for a linked index of other posts in the series.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Yesterday, I had the huge honor and pleasure to present the keynote at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ‘ NPTech Conference, eStrategy in an iWorld. There were interesting conversations at every turn and I also had requests to share my notes and slides. If you have other questions, or other ideas, please share them!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Typically, this information about your brand or nonprofit. However, if you use your Facebook profile to connect with professional colleagues or want to promote your organization, you might consider this option. For example, you might comment on a photo one of your family members posts just to family.

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Care2

MAY 26, 2010

Did you know that the tech and media profile of a baby boomer is: 29% are regular Facebook users. The social media profile of a Gen Xer is: 56% regularly use Facebook. Click here to listen the webinar or you can view the slides below. 17% Texters. 47% receive E-newsletters (who said enewsletters don't work?).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

LinkedIn is a professional network for business and (and nonprofit professionals.) Perhaps because initially your profile was structured like an online version of your resume. There are many good reasons why nonprofit professionals use online professional networking sites liked LinkedIn. Then, I found this wonderful example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Search Institute is an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities. When I've do social media and nonprofit trainings, the audience consists of staff, board members, or volunteers from nonprofit organizations.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2018

Data and analytics can play a big role in improving nonprofit strategy. It usually doesn’t though, and that’s because most nonprofits are using their data wrong. What charts or slides did the group focus on? Successful nonprofit strategy in the digital age isn’t going to come from hiring some “data wizard.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2007

It's better if you view the slide show in its full size here. Threads is an online media album that allows people to make audio or text comments and embed those comments on the Slide Show. You can also leave a comment in the slide show or set one up yourself. What a great way to tell a shared story! It's really easy to do.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2012

Is your school (or nonprofit) getting the most out of the platform? One of the first things a new visitor will do on your Facebook page is check out your profile – even if it’s only a quick glance at the small box located right under your profile picture. Here are the six steps we covered in the session.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2010

Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010? Why do you think your session topic is important for nonprofits to address?

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

On any given day, one of the organization's more than 150 volunteers will show up to the business, load the food onto a trailer attached to a bike, and then bike the fresh food to one of the 50 or so nonprofit organizations Boulder Food Rescue serves. RE-volv's Solar Policy & Finance 101 slide show is well worth looking at.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

nfpSynergy, a leading nonprofit sector think-tank and research consultancy in the UK, “tracks a representative sample of over 1000 11-25 year olds throughout mainland Britain twice-yearly, gaining insights into their views and habits, both social and charity-related” in its Youth Engagement Monitor. The Research. No one likes secrets!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2009

Readers from nonprofits who wanted to a chance to win a copy of the book had to leave a comment saying how they were using Twitter and how they hoped to improve their results. I try to send out at least one per day, usually an update of our latest blog posts, podcasts, or news about Cleveland/the nonprofit field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2007

for nonprofits with a little demo mixed in. I'm doing a remix of a fantastic slide show I saw on SlideShare a few weeks back that used the Wizard of Oz as a metaphor to explain Web2.0. What's funny is that I did not notice that there was a slide of my blog in it! " It's whirlwind tour of web2.0

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Note: This is the fourth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. To find these participants, like with Interviews, you can rely on your internal stakeholders to identify folks that might want to participate and fit the profile. See the end of this post for a linked index of other posts in the series. Deliverables.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

ve already partnered with 50 non-profits, like Care2 , Greenpeace , and Amnesty International The question it raises for nonprofits is, join an existing network like Facebook or MySpace or build your own social network or combination? But these sites have two important limitations that give nonprofits reason to look for additional tools.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

This year, we can't wait to connect with all of you at 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , so we're skipping the whole "waiting" part and introducing a new way we can all connect before we even arrive in Washington, DC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2011

On Friday, I tripped down the rabbit hole of Google + field test with many other social media early adopters and nonprofit technology (#nptech folks) who were kicking the tires. Google + is Google’s new social sharing platform. As my colleague Geoff Livingston points out, nonprofits have limited time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2008

  The advice is geared for small businesses, not nonprofits, but a lot of it relevant and translatable.     Then again, time is one of the most valuable resources a nonprofit has. via my social network I stumbled upon colleague  Stephen Blyth musing about allocating money on a nonprofit web's strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

I’ll be talking about Gen Z donors and why nonprofits need to engage them in their fundraising and programs. This post includes my slides and summary of the main points I will be making as well as links to resources. Nonprofits and Gen Z. How is your nonprofit future proofing its fundraising strategy?

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Not to worry, here are some tips that Avi Kaplan and I of Rad Campaign compiled to help nonprofits rock your online presence. Do Online Advertising: Test 10-15 new Google AdWords: Test ad and landing page copy, targeting, keywords, and other ad settings using your nonprofit’s Google Grant. Spotlight/Profile, Interview.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

I’ll be posting my slides and speaking notes on Tuesday for my session on the topic of “the future of online revenue generation for charities.&# More to come on this question then! We Are Media, a wiki-based community project curating resources about using social media in nonprofit organizations. Dealing with Resistance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2007

There is a very thoughtful post on the NTEN Blog called " Social Networking and Social Change " from Dan McQuillan, Amnesty It's hardly a surprise that large NGO's are starting to experiment with social networks, given the sheer numbers of people using them and their high media profile. Eight Steps To Succeeding in A Post Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

That's my all time favorite slide from a powerpoint deck called " Sowing the seeds of enterprise2.0 I was reminded of that slide today when I read Read/WriteWeb's piece Fear of Web 2.0 I understand why this keeps senior management at high profile organizations up at night." about Web 2.0 " "Web 2.0

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2009

The 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference starts in just two days. You'll be able to hear the speakers and see their slides, just like any other webinar. And, in a long-standing tradition dating back at least last year, we've made a new NTC Sprout widget you can install on your Facebook profile, MySpace page, blog, or whathaveyou.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 6, 2011

You can download our slides to review what we covered. Check out the slides for the details. What worked for one organization might work for another - but it's possible that due to differences in mission, donor profile and housefile makeup that something else could work even better. I'll also summarize the high points.

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