Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 15, 2015

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. Published by NTEN. Published by M+R and NTEN. Social Media: An Ongoing Series of Reports :: Download. 2013 Social Charity Index :: Download.

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NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

Fret not, however, as the number of nonprofits using Twitter continues to grow. However, many are confused about how Twitter can help advance their organization’s goals. Consider how you can use Twitter to network with other professionals in your line of work. Staff Networking. Location Based Services. Timely Actions.

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NetWits

APRIL 13, 2013

That’s the hashtag we’ll be using when I start talking about the impact of social media on fundraising with John Haydon , Farra Trompeter from BigDuck, Carie Lewis from HSUS and Casey Golden from SmallAct at #13NTC. hr session we’ll get into … How have you seen social media evolve over the past few years?

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NetWits

MARCH 22, 2011

I gotta hand it to Holly Ross and the tireless NTEN team for putting on yet another fantastic event! Listening to our supporters can help in so many ways, and social media has made it extremely easy to so. If you’re lucky enough to have a decent budget, you can look into social media monitoring tools like Radian6.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2012

Social media has revolutionized the way tech savvy arts and cultural organizations communicate. Facebook has 901 million active users; 500 million people use Twitter; 8 years worth of content is uploaded to YouTube every day; Pinterest has 4 million unique views daily. They have 1500 Twitter followers and tweet daily.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 5, 2017

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. Published by M+R and NTEN. Social Media: An Ongoing Series of Reports :: Download. Most of the reports listed are based on U.S. Published by Blackbaud.

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Social Media Report Media Asia 100

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2010

And then there’s the role that Facebook and Twitter are playing. Those social media tools, along with dozens of others, have been used to help family and friends locate one another , to direct food, clothing and medical support to specific locations, and to help direct rescue workers to individuals alive and trapped under rubble.

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Social Media Change Haiti Social 135

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2015

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. Published by M+R and NTEN. Published by NTEN. Social Media: An Ongoing Series of Reports :: Download. 2013 Social Charity Index :: Download.

Social Media 100

Social Media Report Media Fundraising 100

NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Every fundraiser knows the role that social media users played in delivering dollars to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in Haiti and to Planned Parenthood for mammogram screenings in the wake of the Komen Foundation’s withdrawal of funding, but actually how social media delivers such results has been a bit of mystery.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2014

I took part in the panel: Multiple Platform Social Media Strategies , which explored ways nonprofits can use social media more effectively, and sought to answer the proverbial question: "If a tree falls in the social media forest, how can you make sure anyone hears it?". Community engagement.

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Social Media Platform Strategy Media 74

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The webinar was designed to offer an overview of the basics, best practices and examples of successful social media integration. Social Media for Small Enterprises. If you want to explore Twitter chats , I suggest checking out what various hashtags mean and use this list for a directory of chats: [link].

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Most people will tell you that learning how to effectively monitor (or listen to) what’s being said on the web is the beginning of social media success. The increasing popularity of social networking, blogs and social media on the web validates this point nicely – People are talking about you, but is your nonprofit listening to them?

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

This session featured panelists, Jenna Golden , Twitter ; Jessica Mason , YouTube , and Danielle Deabler , NPR , discussing Millennials and Social Change. Community mcon12 Millennials nptech nten social change social media Communications' We''re attending virtually through the livestream.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

I was asked to facilitate a session on the question, "Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?". In addition, during a roundtable on social media at the conference, I was fortunate to meet social media experts in India ( @ nirav @ amnigos @ pranavbhasin @ paritoshsharma and @ avinashraghava ) who shared some examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2013

For the past three years, I’ve been a fundraising champion for NTEN, the premier organization for nonprofit techies. NTEN provides connections, learning, and inspiration for nonprofit techies like me to do their best work. So, please join me today and help me support NTEN on #GivingTuesday. You can participate here.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. The Center wanted to expand its reach, connections, and impact using social media and received grant funding in 2011 for social media planning and implementation through 2012.

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NetWits

APRIL 6, 2012

I just returned from the Nonprofit Technology Conference (#12NTC) hosted by NTEN in San Francisco, CA. Holly and the rest of the NTEN team (including all the volunteers) did an incredible job inspiring of over 1800 people for three days. At the end of the day, calculating the real value of a Facebook Like or Twitter Follower is tough.

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NTEN

JULY 16, 2014

This is a story of how the little ol’ Kansas City AHA branch thought out of the box to create an impactful social media display hub to complement their website that led to not only reaching their fundraising goal but caused their Heart & Stroke Walk to trend on Twitter for hours during an event.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Recently, I learned some amazing new ways in which social media (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) According to a recent study, more people are connecting with social media on their mobile devices than on desktops. Social media now gives you the opportunity to reach people no matter where they are.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

21 Social Media Tips for Nonprofits | NTEN : love nonprofits. And I love social media. But nonprofits don''t always "get" social media. The replies were great! Here they are:'

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

In a way, I feel like I'm on that show --but my car is NTEN's social media platforms, and my Xzibit is all of you, our awesome community of social media users and experts. That's right, we'll no longer be tweeting about every webinar with the #nten tag. Embed webinars in social media channels.

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Social Media Media Social Summary 56

NetWits

MAY 31, 2009

According to the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study released by NTEN , Email is still the “killer app” we all thought it was when it came out! That said, we know that Social Media sites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and others are growing at astonishing rates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

There have been a lot of questions about customized Facebook landing pages and my business partner at Zoetica, Kami Huyse, wrote this fantastic summary of the resources shared. This post harvests some of the insights shared about social media measurement and nonprofits. The Social Media Measurement Checklist.

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

We know our friends over at the Red Cross have been expertly using social media for disaster response for years now, but this weekend, with Hurricane Irene set to touch down all along the east coast, we saw many other organizations and government entities reaching out via social media, as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Guest Post by Frank Barry: Social Media for Social Good Video Roundup from #BBCon. Here’s a few of the videos focused on using the social web for social good. Social Media for Nonprofits Ignite! Claire Williams Diaz who works on social innovation at Twitter. Meet Claire.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

As I read case studies, blog posts and participate in sessions, I imagine replacing the term "social media" with "direct mail" or "email marketing." Social media fundraising is driven by a combination of relationships and immediacy. Social media doesn't raise money, people raise money." HelpAttack!

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2012

We see it year after year in our IT Staffing Survey – unless, as it turns out, you are talking about social media. It helps, of course, that Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest are all free to use. Her organization is committed to social media “because our constituency tends to skew a bit older. Not true.

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Social Media Media Organization Social 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. Flickr Photo by Kevlar. By: Rebecca Shore.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

One of my biggest takeaways from last year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in San Francisco was this oft-repeated advice on social networking, specifically Facebook and Twitter: you can't make them come to you. We simply needed to make Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube an extension of what we were already doing and saying.

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Social Media Storytelling Media Haiti 79

NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

flickr photo: woodleywonderworks November is member appreciation month, and we set today aside specifically to thank our amazing NTEN members, and to help them celebrate each other. If you're on Twitter, just thank your favorite NTEN member(s) and include #ntenthanks in your update. NTEN is so much more than a community now.

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for fre e! ] Decide your goals for communicating in social media. Do you include your organization in your Twitter handle? You should also review your organization’s social media guidelines or help create them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2011

The study found that corporate marketers have become more practical about their expectations for campaigns that use both mobile and social media technologies. Respondents are seeking to find the value that social channels can yield with more targeted insights and actions. Give Your Data Meaning. Make Your Data Tell Stories.

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Social Media Results Data Learning 102

NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2012

I'm so excited that Megan Keane is now at NTEN as our Community Engagement Manager. She'll be managing our social channels - including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+, and GOOD - as well as supporting Tech Club leaders and generally making sure NTEN's community programs always amp up the awesome.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective. Internet Use Policy.

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Social Media Policy Media Social 99

NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

The process of considering how to get social starts with considering goals. What are the reasons for integrating social media into your website? It all begins with a goal: what do you want to accomplish using social media? The goals seek to address “Why” you might want make your website social. Raise funds.

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Social Media Websites Integration Design 87

Care2

DECEMBER 5, 2011

According to a study by Blackbaud , NTEN and Common Knowledge, over 92% of nonprofit organizations have a presence on at least one social networking site, but most raise very little money through their social activity. Conferences dedicated to helping nonprofits learn how to leverage social media for social good are popping up.

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Social Media Raise Social Media 76

The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

In this blog, you’ll learn about: Annual Giving, Donor Retention, Major & Legacy Gifts, Online Fundraising, Boards & Leadership, Content Marketing, Social Engagement , Strategy & Management, and Culture & Values. Claire Axelrad ( @charityclairity on Twitter) has been called a Fundraising Ninja, and we have to agree.

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