TechImpact

OCTOBER 13, 2014

While no one is discrediting the importance of fundraising to the health of a nonprofit of any size, social media’s role must start being looked as more than a one trick pony. The truth here is, fundraising has nothing to do with any of these goals.

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TechImpact

MARCH 24, 2014

Here 8 simple tricks to help your nonprofit’s emails receiving more interaction, more often. Simplify sharing with pre-made Tweets. Check out clicktotweet.com to generate a free custom tweet link. Image courtesy of Devore Tech. Think about how many emails you receive on a daily basis. Very few, right?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2010

That’s how #SOCIALMEDIA NONPROFIT tweet came to be. The Nonprofit Technology Conference is in Atlanta April 8-10 and Beth Kanter and Janet Fouts crowd-sourced a book of tips and tricks for the event. They blogged and tweeted top nonprofit and social media folks for help. Is that a social media success or what?

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EveryAction

APRIL 6, 2017

I shared a few tips, tricks, and brewed up a crockpot metaphor I'm pretty proud of - check out our conversation below! You can build a vision of what the campaign and all of its elements will look like, establish metrics for success, and then execute it without having to manually send each email, post each tweet, etc.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 22, 2021

Build these tricks into your routine to ensure a smooth transition, maintain productivity, and create a sense of camaraderie with your coworkers. . Click To Tweet. Have any tips or tricks we left out? Invest in a communication tool. Clear, consistent communication is going to be key for your remote work success.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Well, here’s the trick: clean out your inbox, subscribe to some key emails that you actually enjoy (emails that you enjoy - there is such a thing!), Give it a week and you’ll be the hip one wandering around the office saying things like “Did you know…” and “You’re doing it wrong - let me show you this cool new trick.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

But getting into the habit of regular tweeting, Facebooking, or experimenting with new tools like Instagram is another story. He does his own all of his own tweeting and as his communications staff reports, “enthusiastically at that!” It’s not that you don’t think it is a good idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2010

This trick, along with being able to Tweet from Powerpoint is definitely going into my Trainer's Bag of Social Media Tricks. It isn't that hard to do and the above screencast will show you how. You need Powerpoint 2007 and a live Internet connection in order to make it work.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

You can share and open files from Google Drive and Dropbox, and the program helps with a host of organizational tricks as well as text editing, which allows the writer to keep writing without pausing to do formatting or insert links.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 18, 2010

The end result would be more followers for us, great PR for the sponsor (and a good deed) and $ and awareness through tweet to the cancer charity. I stumbled across some of their senior leaders and began to form a relationship through our tweets. In all total we have raised over $11,000 by simply tweeting and getting followers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2014

She managed to gather a bunch of celebrities, including Angelina Jolie, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Spacey, Jared Leto, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Lupita Nyong’o and Brad Pitt for a selfie that made the history books as the most retweeted tweet. According to Mashable which detailed the numbers in this post , with over 3.2 million RTs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2015

The trick is to build a sense of anticipation among your followers and an essential first step is to select and add relevant cause awareness days to your nonprofit’s editorial calendar. Host or participate in a Tweet Chat. The rise of Twitter has resulted in a new campaign awareness strategy and online event known as a tweet chat.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

The trick is to integrate the tools and their respective campaigns into one comprehensive Web communications and online fundraising strategy. Tweets get retweeted more often. The point is that there is no one-size-fits-all Internet anymore. To access everyone across all demographics, your nonprofit must utilize many different tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The trick is to integrate the tools and their respective campaigns into one comprehensive Web communications and online fundraising strategy. Tweets get retweeted more often. The point is that there is no one-size-fits-all Internet anymore. To access everyone across all demographics, your nonprofit must utilize many different tools.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 12, 2019

Stand-out copy, eye-catching colors and and a simple graphic will do the trick. That means… -Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep in mind, however, that popup headlines are best when they’re clever and specific to your organization. Make it your own. When it comes to design, keep it clean, engaging and on-brand. Other website ads.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 12, 2018

Boost your tweets. Hit “View Tweet Activity” at the bottom of your post, followed by “Promote Your Tweet.”. Have other tips and tricks for boosting posts? From there, adjust your budget and duration. Last but not least, the Twitter promotion. Leave them in the comments!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Again, once a month send out Tweet asking your Followers to subscribe to your e-newsletter. Like Facebook, the trick is not to ask too often. Of course, online petitions also make great Status Update content. 3) Ask your Twitter Followers to Subscribe. Twitter has taught me a valuable lesson about social media ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

We’ve emailed, we’ve tweeted, we’ve given shout outs at events, and prominently placed calls-to-follow in our print materials. Early adopter social media practitioners have been posting Facebook updates and sharing tweets for a decade. ” or “Like Our Facebook Page!” ” for nearly a decade.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

That’s why I’m sharing the tips, tricks, and insider advice to transform you into a data nerd. Excel contains hundreds of time-saving tricks. Tweet questions to me at @annkemery , comment on Excel for Evaluation to request tutorials, or email me to request in-person training. My Nonprofit Needs a Data Nerd and How to Find Them!

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 2, 2022

Step 1: Develop a Vision by Creating a Fundraising Appeal Brief Want to know my pro-trick for feeling less overwhelmed by writing fundraising appeals? I tweeted this reminder for myself recently as it’s a habit I found myself slipping back into. That roadmap is called a fundraising appeal brief.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

Today is April Fools, but instead of giving into temptation to play any tricks, I thoughts I’d focus in on the other April activity: Spring cleaning! Well, that’s what Mr. Tweet was designed to do! It’s easy to use: all you have to do is follow the Mr. Tweet twitter account and messages will be sent to you via DM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2014

Trick= find the shark week for your issue. Trick= find the shark week for your issue. You can find a curated transcript of the tweets and other resources from this panel here. “The key is working with a good designer.” ” Yes! fitz350 #SMoP14. Cynthia Shaw (@cynshaw) May 22, 2014. ” Yes!

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

If a tweet is published in the social media ecosystem, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? It’s a bit of a trick question since the ethos of social media suggests, “There is always someone listening, no matter how pathetic you or your musings are.” How many followers does the author have?

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 10, 2017

Let me give you one more trick to put up your sleeve: transparency. Whether it be a handwritten thank you note or simply replying to a Tweet, interacting with the public gives your organization a human element. Is your nonprofit like a dazzling magical act in your community? What do your donors really know about your nonprofit?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2012

Full disclosure: The link to The Nonprofit Marketing Guide is linked to my Amazon Associates Account. If you make a purchase after clicking on the link, I get a small percentage of the sale, which I will most likely use to buy more books!

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NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

The real trick to creating fundraising superstars is simple. And for good reason. Helping an existing participant achieve greater results is easier than finding new participants and turning them into superstars. It’s also more cost effective. Get people to: Set a goal. Get their first gift. Reach their goal. Exceed their goal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2013

Every year, Unicef USA hold a large Halloween event where trick or treaters are enlisted to raise money for the charity whilst on their candy-fuelled escapades. If there’s one thing guaranteed to send the internet into a re-tweeting frenzy, it’s the use of cute animals in their content. Watch Video: https://vine.co/v/bJm0XD7zgUA.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2015

you need to make sure you're not missing any tricks that could help you raise more money. You can make this easy by preparing emails; setting up Facebook cause pages or prepared tweets; empowering them to host their own fundraising pages (your database or CRM may enable this); and including share buttons everywhere.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

In an age where everything is at your fingertips and people are tweeting about what they had for dinner and checking into their favorite places in a blink of an eye, it has become taboo for someone to admit they don’t use social media in some capacity or another. What’s the trick to success? Consistency is everything! Happy posting!

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BoardAssist

JUNE 16, 2015

Here are 8 simple tricks to help your nonprofit’s emails receive more interaction, more often. Simplify sharing with pre-made Tweets. Check out clicktotweet.com to generate a free custom tweet link. 8 Tips To Make Your Nonprofit’s Emails More Clickable. Think about how many emails you receive on a daily basis. Very few, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

expert, launches The Heart Kids Tweet-A-Thon On September 12, he spent 24 hours tweeting about his cause to help raise awareness and donations. His Tweet-a-thon raised over $5,000 for his charity on Twitter. Who can't relate to Trick or Treat? September, 2008 Dr. Mani, a heart surgeon in India - and Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

I’ve collected the resources, notes, slides, and tweets from the session in this post. Our session was really about “train the trainer” which requires going beyond mere content delivery and do what I call “going meta.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2010

Tweet the “text to donate” campaign. Has your organization incorporated text to give in it is fundraising bag of tricks? Include a “Forward to a Friend” link and a “Share This” app on the landing page so people can promote it to social networks too. Reinforce this in a follow up thank you email as well. Leverage social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view. So far it hasn’t proven to be enough as we are far behind in the standings, but don’t count us out yet as we’ve got a few tricks still up our sleeves!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to do a Webinar called " Social Media for Trainers: A Bag of Tricks " over at the Engage 365 Online Community site. Since the engage365 platform is very porous, when I tweeted about the webinar, a lot of colleagues joined. Key Instructional Concepts As Tweets. I had sooo much fun creating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

It gave me some reflection time away from the daily fast-paced, always moving forward world of social media. It gave me space to give social media use some mindful attention. My “Circle of Wise&# is always changing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2009

Right now, it's just me sending out the tweets to our followers. As one person tweeting for an organization, it gets difficult to determine what the voice should be, and even more difficult when people reply to you. I also learned that Twitter search has some tricks too. How are you measuring success?

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