Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

First, spam was going to kill email. It certainly is true that most email sent these days is spam, but that hasn’t managed to kill it. Recent studies suggest that there is a demographic shift happening – social media being more primary communications avenues for Millenials and Gen Y, and email for everyone older.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook’s organic reach is equivilent to sending 100 donors a fundraising email and having 98 of them classified spam and consequently blocked. That’s a wasted use of time and resources and that’s how many nonprofits are feeling these days about Facebook. Don’t. Just block and forget.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. Or even to convince someone else of the proof of concept.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 8, 2011

When the “ HOW TO &# time comes, I’ll let you know, but in the meantime just a few things to be aware of (be sure to read number 6!): The beta is limited to the personal side of social networking. Just in time for Google+. We have time. 4) Google has redesigned YouTube Channels i.e., Cosmic Panda.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

5% A social networking site (like Facebook). 5) Does your nonprofit poll your online donors about what communication tool inspired them most to donate on your Website? [ [link] ]. Which social networking sites does your organization have an “official&# presence/profile on? 20% Two or three times a week.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Thus, over the next three weeks I am going to blog a series of fundraising and social media best practices specifically tailored for small NGOs with the hope that I can use my experience and my social networks to be of service. Of course, being based in the U.S., Many NGOs do send e-newsletters, but via BCC.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Whether you’ve been using social media for years, months, or days or you have yet to get started, the information and strategies in this chapter can save you a lot of time and frustration. If your nonprofit is on the right track with social media, then you’ll notice an increase in the metrics from month to month over time.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

They have since published a report on The Real-Time Web and Its Future. The Real-Time Web: it's more than just immediate delivery of Twitter messages to an always-on mobile device, disrupting the concentration that civilization is based on and bringing a rush to crazed social media addicts obsessed with the hottest new buzzwords.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

MySpace was designed to be a marketing tool. MySpace was and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. As a regualr MySpace user, there is no denying that MySpace is more diverse than any other social networking site. MySpace is not just a community of poor people!

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

With the right digital marketing campaign and the proper automated tools, your virtual event could see a lot of attendance, while promoting audience engagement, authority, and longevity. . This type of sponsorship provides the time and space to present a well-rounded narrative as to what benefits your event will have for that audience.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

Like ‘how many times can I invite my Facebook friends to a fundraising event before it’s considered spam?’ And now the social networking giant is poised to delve even deeper into users’ messaging activity with a new mobile app with SMS-like functionality." Have you made a video like this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

A good CMS should also include a built-in Spam filter to keep obviously unrelated content from cluttering your comments sections. Most of the CMS tools we reviewed can support this, but surprisingly few allow you to moderate which of the items from that RSS feed are displayed.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

With the right digital marketing campaign and the proper automated tools, your virtual event could see a lot of attendance, while promoting audience engagement, authority, and longevity. . This type of sponsorship provides the time and space to present a well-rounded narrative as to what benefits your event will have for that audience.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Your social media influencers are power users who represent your institution online. Influencers could be peers posting pictures help to turn prospects into new students, or they could be alumni or donors who use social networking to promote alumni relations activities or annual fund donations. Find Your Influencers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

After a decade of embracing new social networks as they rise in popularity, in recent weeks it became clear that it was time to reassess the value of being active on so many social networks and to prioritize the social networks that most benefit Nonprofit Tech for Good.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2014

So let's say you're watching a movie and the camera pans to a can of Spam on a kitchen counter. "The special things about the phone are not in the device itself, but in its connection to Amazon's enormous cloud and computing power," writes Claire Cain Miller for the New York Times. Sounds a bit creepy, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The new algorithm also factors in negative feedback and penalizes posts that have been actively hidden by viewers or reported as spam. Tactic 2: Post at the optimal time to drive activity. Because so much of the new algorithm depends on early activity, timing is just as important as content. He studied more than 1.3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The key with using any of Facebook’s features is to take full advantage of the tools available to you. The most common complaint from Facebook users is Newsfeed spam, and the most popular Pages post once a day or less. But no matter what you’re talking about, remember to factor in time differences and post accordingly.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2011

It is considered a wise practice to not post too many updates on your page in one day as it could be construed as spamming and drive followers away. A good example of an organization that is doing this is Epic Change ; Epic Change achieves this with well-timed email reminders and notes across social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide. To get access to Insights, to post ads, set up a Shop, and use Instagram Charitable Giving Tools, your nonprofit must have an Instagram Business Account.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

It is a challenging and exciting at the same time." This year's program is heavily weighted to the "social web" and nonprofits. He introduced Networked For Good and the features. Six Degrees of Separatio: Cult of celebrity, user-generated content, online giving, and social networking.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Facebook doesn't automatically spam your email contacts. New keywords include timely industry issues. People are talking about you and your industry so much that you need a more robust tool for making sense of it all. Your audience may not be ready to create content on social networks, blogs, or Twitter.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" I completely agree with Matt, its only a matter of time.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Maybe it is time to invest in another operating system and migration now save your hair and fingernails. Social networking sites are the next and prime targets for cyber do-no-gooders. I have 3 or more people (and discussion boards) I can contact at any time of the day (really!) the culprits. They may be infected.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" I completely agree with Matt, its only a matter of time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

” Social Media for Social Good is written as a how-to, step-by-step strategic plan for nonprofits in three parts: Web 1.0: The Social Web, and Web 3.0: and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0: The Static Web, Web 2.0:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

” Social Media for Social Good is written as a how-to, step-by-step strategic plan for nonprofits in three parts: Web 1.0: The Social Web, and Web 3.0: and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0: The Static Web, Web 2.0:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

So I developed some information consumption tools and habits that would scale well with the rapidly increasing volume of new material coming my way everyday. I guess I thought it was time, but people looked at me strangely, so I stopped asking. Most importantly, it remains a tool for staying informed and for reflection.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

A place that blogs, that engages in social networking sites, that tries experiments, and reports about all of it honestly. And it was so clear at the time. Spam, obscenity--they just aren't an issue at all. We get so much spam on MySpace, whereas on Flickr and Facebook and the blog we never get spam.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

The company in this sense is a tool to create value for the brand. Charlene and Josh describe companies that provide custom communities—the people and the closed social network to support them—for the bargain price of several hundred thousand dollars. You don’t need an internal social network (though that is an option).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the free or low-cost tools and resources listed below to significantly improve your digital marketing and fundraising campaigns. Nonprofits can use it to study past versions of their website and to monitor their progress in web design over time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

that spending a lot of time on top-down navigation is mostly a waste of time. " And I'd add blogs, twitter, flickr, tagging, and all the other social media tools and strategies to the list too. " And I'd add blogs, twitter, flickr, tagging, and all the other social media tools and strategies to the list too.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

for a while, people meant ‘facebook’ although that’s a social network of people you already know. What Twitter isn’t… Twitter isn’t a message board, or a social network of people you already know… So, is it a community? don’t automatically reject free tools like Ning.com.

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Care2

OCTOBER 3, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" » Tuesday Aug 08 2006 Spam Filters Arent Blocking my Emails, Are They?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2012

" I'll be keeping my eye on it to see how people use it and how it evolves over time. Join in on The World's Fare and host a dinner for six or more friends at 7pm local time on October 5, 2012 (last day of the Conference). Great idea! It’s a tricky task, but someone has to do it!"

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