Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Colleague Miriam Brousseau tagged me and several other “close professional ties” asking us for resources on nonprofits and content strategy. I asked Miriam if she would summarize what she learned about nonprofits and content strategy in a guest post and here it is. Social media marketing expert Danny Brown.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Simply offer ticket sales online, then send your guests a care package of the beverages to be sampled on the day of the event. For added suspense, you may send out a mystery box with a variety of beverages to sample. Virtual education is a great tool and can be used to teach a wide range of skills. 5) Online classes.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Yet too many nonprofits still don’t prioritize donor retention strategies. . You may know I love applying lessons from other disciplines to nonprofit fundraising and marketing; recently an article from Merkle inspired me to consider how the social benefit sector might use commercial business insights to increase donor loyalty.

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2017

Tech Training for Nonprofit and Library Staff. TechSoup hosts free hour-long webinars each week for nonprofits and libraries. These informational sessions feature experts on topics like fundraising, accounting, marketing, storytelling, and many other nonprofit technology topics. Tips for Nonprofits Setting Up SharePoint Online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Consider these two sample audiences: “Canadian women” or “18 to 30-year-old women in BC or Alberta who live in cities with more than 100,000 people” Of course, most NGOs can’t afford to hire the kind of market researchers you’d need to produce a sophisticated work-up of who your core audience is.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

But there was something else at play for me this year, my fourth, celebrating my birthday with social media and a networked fundraising campaign for the Sharing Foundation. One of things I've learned about social media and doing fundraising for causes is that you will be surprised! But it is late, and time for bed!

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Teach Supporters to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Encourage them to use their social network. According to the Global NGO Online Technology Report , Millennials are most inspired to give by social media. Provide samples of everything. Create contests that reward fundraising activity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Facebook is also a great tool for nonprofits. More people can find out about your Nonprofit because your Facebook Page gets indexed and is searchable inside and outside (i.e. No limit on the number of people who can express their support for your nonprofit by becoming your fan. See a sample of what the stats look like here.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

For one nonprofit we work with, individual donors who give between $1,000–$99,000 make up less than 1% of the overall donor base, but they contribute an amount that is equal to the entire small donor program. Sample impact report from Oxfam America. . . Samples from LCV’s advertising to mid-level and major donors. . .

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

NetSquared Local is TechSoup's volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. NetSquared Local groups hold monthly in-person events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact. Philadelphia's Net Tuesday livestreamed a talk by Amy Sample Ward on building a multi-channel campaign.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

We Are Media is a terrific resource for anyone looking for tips, examples, case studies and information on using social media in a nonprofit organization. Now, the content from We Are media is available to you in a brand new “ Choose Your Own Expert &# format. REGISTER HERE! The Format. REGISTER HERE!

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NTEN

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Points of Light is celebrating the life and teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr. Are you a Joomla expert who wants to volunteer for a great nonprofit? encourages other nonprofits to use film and video to tell their stories, but they need some a little assistance with their website. The presenter is NTEN's own Amy Sample Ward !

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

7 Things I learned From #Beth53 Fundraiser and PoST Class – Beth's Blog: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Use Social Media to Power Social Networks for Change – Beth shares some great lessons from the fundraising campaign she recently ran for her birthday. "This " My favorite lesson? . "This

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

As someone who works in the nonprofit sector, I understand the importance of giving - and trying to pass that down to my kids. I was curious about my colleagues, who work for nonprofits and are parents, what do they do to encourage their children's spirit of giving at a young age? "Time, enthusiasm, expertise, skills.it

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By Sean Kosofsky , is the Nonprofit Fixer and founder of Mind the Gap Consulting. Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Nonprofits need every tool possible to entice donors to join and then stick around for years. On your social media pages, “pin” or prioritize acknowledgments to donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2007

Here's what he had to say: Beth is a guru in the use of technology for nonprofits. She seems to be involved everywhere nonprofit technology is discussed online. Beth practices what she teaches (and let's others watch and participate as she does it). She's well-known in her local community of nonprofits and the one on her blog!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

David : I agree there are a lot of things about the nonprofit sector that are attractive to Millennials, but hopefully it continues to become more competitive with forprofits for actually making those paychecks. When you take on a job in a nonprofit, you’re normally doing a lot more than you signed for without a lot of structure.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Whether your nonprofit organization provides services or advocates for a cause, your stakeholders have common interests. Perhaps you already provide them with relevant content through a website, e-newsletter, e-mails, or social media channels. Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Points of Light is celebrating the life and teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr. Are you a Joomla expert who wants to volunteer for a great nonprofit? encourages other nonprofits to use film and video to tell their stories, but they need some a little assistance with their website. The presenter is NTEN's own Amy Sample Ward !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

One big myth is that Millennials don’t trust nonprofit institutions and that isn’t true according to Wendy Harman from the Red Cross. They get emerging media and are ready to teach. They can bring their passion, their “fire in the belly&# to the nonprofit and the nonprofit is better for it.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

That’s right, the session selection process is open for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! The system is the same as last year, with a few refinements, including more social media sharing options. Vote today! There are 25 proposals on each page. Rate each session from 1 (low) to 5 stars.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 31, 2012

That’s right, a widely recognized nonprofit organization has created a parody so that it can propagate a meme. Whether it’s “Call Me Maybe,” “Sh*t People Say,” or any other meme that comes along, here are three guidelines you can use to decide when and how to get your nonprofit involved in an Internet meme.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 29, 2016

Rachel Muir, CFRE, is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and speaker at Cause Camp 2016. When she was 26 years old, Rachel Muir launched Girlstart, a nonprofit organization to empower girls in math, science, engineering and technology in the living room of her apartment with $500 and a credit card. Hope to see you there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Clean1982 The NpTech Tag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. The summaries are more focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Which one worked best?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

By Audrey Phillips , a customer success manager at Classy – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Try doing a drip email campaign that has a countdown to the campaign launch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

I'm moving beyond monitoring the NpTech tagged items and meta feeds to incorporate nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, friend feeds, and USG. The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. to be a better nonprofit professional?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to travel to Saudi Arabia to teach a course at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology as part of the Winter Enrichment Program. Social media platforms (tools!) Though, what is interesting to me, is that the question “how can I use this tool? Single Acces Point, to Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

I will also be teaching this workshop for nonprofits in a number of other locations in the coming months. Getting Your Nonprofit Ready To Listen. Your organization has identified a social media objective, audience, strategy, tools, measurement, and experiment. Beth Kanter, Getting Your Nonprofit Ready To Listen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

. “ 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., The panel description: At the Cross Section of Web, Social and Mobile. Larry has been working with nonprofits for 28 years.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, March 25, 2011 Research Friday Guest Post: "State of the Sector 2011: All quiet on the nonprofit front" posted by Angela Francis , Senior Associate Nonprofit Finance Fund Welcome to Research Friday ! Weve had a great response thus far to Research Friday, our weekly series on nonprofit research.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

What happens when your nonprofit uses an A.I. because this tool has transformed my life as a nonprofit fundraiser, and I believe it will do the same for you… Have you ever been faced with writing something and wished that you had an assistant to do the work for you? was the nonprofit. writing assistant for fundraising?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’ve just finished teaching a class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. This are great insights for nonprofits who want to work with interns on their social media as I’m sure these are common points of tension.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Crafting a Successful Third Generation Nonprofit-B. Research Friday: Really, is the Nonprofit Sector B.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

one of my favorite things about our guests is she’s been in her shoes, right, she’s been an ED, she’s been not just a consultant but also has worked for and with nonprofits directly, which is great, over two decades. Every business, whether it be for-profit or nonprofit business, is usually created for purpose.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

It’s that time again: time to meet up at the Nonprofit Technology Conference! Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. Social Media Veterans (#smvets). Finding Networks and Connections in Social Media – [Juniper] (#netconx). Thursday, April 8, 2010.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2022

You, your donors, and your volunteers all work together in harmony to deliver your nonprofit’s services to those who need it. When people are bored, they tune out and stop donating, leaving your nonprofit in the dust. We’re a 501c3 nonprofit organization. What does a bad message do? That’s not what you want! Donor-centric.

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