Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Two years later, changing your Twitter icon in support of a cause (even though some call this " slacktivism "), is a techniques being used. Is changing your Twitter profile in support of a cause a silly click action or the first rung on ladder of engagement to get people to do something offline? What do you think?

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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

25,000 and above) All benefits of Gold, and: Exclusive access to high-profile events Unique collaboration opportunities Establishing giving levels can provide a framework for recognizing and stewarding major donors. 5,000 – $9,999) All benefits of Bronze, and: Inclusion on donor wall Invitation to VIP experiences Gold level (e.g.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

They do this by understanding each donor’s unique profile. Exploring Advanced Strategies AI-driven fundraising uses a wide range of techniques. It shows their giving history and how they like to be contacted. Nonprofits can create personalized donation asks that resonate with their donors. Nonprofits can use AI-powered tools.

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See3

APRIL 9, 2024

By putting together a comprehensive profile of your audience, your nonprofit is better able to create personalized content that speaks to your audience and drives them to action. “They’re a fairly proven technique, and I think if you’re going to compete for donors in today’s environment, they’re a necessary competitive advantage.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

Breakout Rooms are a feature on Zoom meetings (it has to be turned on in your zoom profile/account ) that allows the meeting host to put people into small groups for more intimate discussions or activities. . A simple technique is to put 2 or 3 people in a room and have share name, organization, and an icebreaker question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2011

They are offering “wall paper” and “covers” with wonderful photos of the ocean and ocean life to supporters to install on their personal Facebook profiles. The Ocean Conservancy has done just that! Here’s the link to the landing page with images. Is your nonprofit doing something similar?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2012

Sarah Mapes is the Director of Communications Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved and she also coordinates a team that shares updates through this profile as well as their individual profiles. One techniques she uses for new users that join the team is to create a “Twitter Scavenger Hunt.”

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

Out of EveryAction’s FastAction network of saved donor profiles, 70% of forms have at least one field pre-filled, and many donors are able to easily make one-click donations. Check out our digital session on demand with Cornershop Creative about digital advocacy tactics and techniques to help you power your programs and purpose.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Thanks to the generosity of these funders, we were able to identify 13 groups where duplicative questions are present using several human-guided machine learning techniques. Organization’s DUNS Number and/or GuideStar profile. Miscellaneous (3 percent). Key Contacts Contact Information. Key Program Staff Resumes/CVs.

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Make profiles for each volunteer. Make profiles for each volunteer. This is where volunteer profiles become a major asset for your scheduling and management system! Be sure to include this information in your own volunteer profiles: Names and contact information. Keep volunteers updated with mobile messaging.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

Keep in mind good storytelling techniques. An active LinkedIn profile showcases your nonprofit as a serious business. When using Facebook, invest in using high-quality graphics to help make your page stand out from the rest. Prioritize posting photos or short videos with succinct captions over very lengthy updates.

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Forum One

JULY 8, 2021

Audience personas are individual profiles that represent specific people within your broader target audience. Using personalization techniques like the ones described above can help you reach above the noise and more effectively get in front of the people you are targeting and build a deeper relationship with them.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Fortunately, there are a handful of techniques you can use for boosting attendance for both the virtual and physical audience segments. . To ensure the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and proper sanitation techniques throughout the space, look for a venue with GBAC start facility accreditation. .

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

To do this, they use a variety of techniques, including public relations management, content marketing and technical SEO. . For instance, you should conduct a backlink profile analysis to find negative mentions of your brand and spammy websites that are linking to you. Nonprofit organizations and SEO Reputation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

If you are using zoom, you can ask people to add their pronouns (or location or anything else you might need for later in the meeting) by customizing their zoom profile. In light of the pandemic, I’ve been using different questions that allow people to reflect how things have changed and focus on coping techniques.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

We have contact information, communication preferences, relationships, social media profiles, and wealth screening data. By embracing new tools and techniques—from social media and email campaigns to analytics and optimized giving processes—you can uncover sources of new donors that may be right under your nose.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

We are also seeing that our hopes for toppling dictators are diminishing because the authoritarian leaders are mastering new power techniques. One of my favorite chapters of the book describes different leadership profiles based on the values and leadership approaches that different leaders use.

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Gyrus

MAY 19, 2016

Gamification is fast emerging as an effective and exciting technique to engage with learners in the corporate training world. Gamification is the technique of using game elements and mechanics in the learning environment. However, the term gamification is often mixed up with another term known as game-based learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

” The article profiles the work of Alex Pang , a Stanford University technologist and author of the forthcoming book, “ Distraction Addiction.” Mindful online is defined as not just going into auto pilot to update your FB status or scan your Twitter stream but to consciously think about all aspects of your digital actions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

there are already some changes in place with personal profiles – and the ability to subscribe, changes in the way the newsfeed works, and the news ticker that streams your friends updates. This will place a bigger importance on engagement techniques and content on Facebook in the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2012

Others are using Instagram by sharing visual stories about their programs using a branded profile, like Children’s LA and Unicef USA. It boils down the techniques to simply: Curate, Snap, Hashtag, Engage, and Repeat. But first best practices and measurement , learning, and improving.

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Everyaction

JUNE 11, 2018

EveryAction integrates directly with text messaging service Hustle , so any time a supporter answers a question, takes an action, or registers for an event, that data is saved directly to their profile in your database. Connecting with your members has never been easier! Enhance your social media presence.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Fortunately, there are a handful of techniques you can use for boosting attendance for both the virtual and physical audience segments. . To ensure the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and proper sanitation techniques throughout the space, look for a venue with GBAC start facility accreditation. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2012

Melanie and Chad have patiently and generously shared their best secrets and time-saving tips to help nonprofits quickly implement social media. Aside from the great step-by-step “cheat sheets,” the book also profiles stories from 113 nonprofit organizations to illustrate the techniques.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 5, 2009

Advanced Theming Techniques - A nice talk given by two folks from CivicActions, once of whom I’d worked with jointly on a client project. I missed a couple of talks I’d wish I could have made, like the Drupal SEO talk, and Install Profiles. Really neat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Social fundraising is when your nonprofit integrates tried and true fundraising techniques with social media to inspire your supporters to raise money from their networks on your behalf. How To Marry Social Media with Fundraising. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

When you get to know your volunteers, you’ll gain a more well-rounded profile of what potential supporters of your cause look like, which you can use to further refine your marketing efforts. Show them proper techniques for each job and inform them about what they can expect during their time volunteering.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning technique that involves evaluating your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. According to DonorSearch , you can use this information to create profiles for donor prospects. In this process, it can be particularly helpful to conduct a SWOT analysis.

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Media Cause

MAY 31, 2023

2 Technology Profilers: These useful browser plugins search a site’s code and give a quick overview of the tech in use, from CMS to analytics to tracking codes. For instance, if you VPN in from Germany, you should not be tracked by default and should have to opt into tracking explicitly. #2 We suggest Wappalyzer. #3

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

Create an Ideal Donor Profile to help you better understand who you’re looking for, so you can find them easily and in large numbers. Most people working in fundraising make the mistake of thinking that everyone in the community is a potential donor. And it’s just not true. First, not everyone gives to charity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2010

But as a bonus, I learned from Facebook expert Mari Smith , that sandwich boards and window clings with Facebook and Twitter IDS are an effective technique to close the loop between offline and social media. I posted the above photo on my Facebook page , primarily to test how different content sparks interaction on my own Facebook page.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 27, 2017

Many nonprofits make the mistake of using just one outreach technique, like email. Offer Obvious Signs of Approval From High-Profile Sources. When you rely on email to make contact, strengthen your outreach communication techniques by using subject lines that are personalized, intriguing and unique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). Which profiles are you most active on? How long do you need to archive the data?

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

Combining both content marketing techniques and digital advertising tools has delivered value to nonprofits. While social media platforms are in constant evolution, nonprofits are learning to innovate and experiment with engagement techniques for advocacy and fundraising. One of our favorite EveryAction features is FastAction.

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Socialbrite

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Below are some cold emailing techniques specifically tailored for nonprofits. But when you send cold emails to individual leads, you can use their name, reference their professional career and even mention causes they’ve listed on their LinkedIn profile. So how do you actually reach out to your potential stakeholders with cold email?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

The nonprofit is using one or more social media tools consistently, but it is not strategic because it isn’t linked to a communications strategy, campaign, or program plan. Also, best practices on tools and techniques are part of the organizational skill set. Also, as with all frameworks, the reality is messy.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Such as comments fields, Twitter interactions, or in-platform social profiles). Establish user profiles in your new system and associate those posts with the previous social accounts in question. This, in itself, is a great habit forming technique. Establish your current state before you begin implementing social components.

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