Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

UPDATED 4/3/12: If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for March 2012 revealing that Pinterest now generates more referral traffic than Twitter will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for January 2012 illuminating that Pinterest now drives more referral traffic than Google+, YouTube, and LinkedIn combined will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

When Mashable first started buzzing about Pinterest in December 2011, I took a quick look at the site and thought to myself, “Shopping, crafters, and foodies. ” Now, just two weeks into January, I am completely addicted to pinning boards for social good on Pinterest. Request an invite to join Pinterest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit Tech for Good launched in 2005 as a Myspace page and in the 18 years since we’ve been through multiple early adoption phases of new social media — first Facebook and Twitter and then on to LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr. The people using Threads are early adopters and they have seen it many times before.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 4, 2013

When you use a Twitter username as the first word in your tweet, you must add a period before the username for all your followers to see your tweet. Pins can be added to a Pinterest map. Nonprofits can use Pinterest Place Pins to create a board that showcases location-based campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

million registered users, Pinterest hit the 10 million-user benchmark last week making it the fastest growing website ever. My theory on why Pinterest has become so popular so fast is that it has arrived at at time when people are increasing becoming overwhelmed by the volume of tweets, status updates, and “Breaking News!”

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M+R

DECEMBER 8, 2023

They might be used to track lead source information, track uses of donation form, or identify which email a user donated to. Mainly this comes in the form of Urchin Tracking Modules (UTM) parameters, which allow us to add broader tracking details, like channel, source, or campaign. market uses iMessage, or 1.3

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TechImpact

JANUARY 28, 2014

Pinterest renaissance. Pinterest, while it was left out of the “Big 3” earlier, could potentially round out the “Whopping 4.” If your nonprofit sells anything, anything at all, Pinterest is a must have in your 2014 social media arsenal. Google+ hangouts a viable option.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

4) Use the #GivingTuesday hashtag in every post as well as hashtags related to your mission. Overdoing it by using every variation of your key hashtag such as: #GivingTuesday, #GivingTuesday2020, #GT, #GivingTuesday20, #2020GivingTuesday, etc. It’s not enough to just include #GivingTuesday in your posts and hope to get noticed.

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NetWits

MAY 8, 2012

I have to admit when the whole Pinterest thing started, I thought to myself, “Oh great, now the internet is making me feel guilty about not putting my kids pictures in cute little scrapbooks.”. Really, Pinterest for Nonprofits ? Pinterest is pegged as a place to share things that interest you. That’s just one example.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

Using Pinterest to Drive Social Commerce | NetWitsThinkTank.com : So, instead of stopping at 101 tactics, we are forging ahead. Use Pinterest to Drive Social Commerce. I recently debuted tactic 102 on the Frogloop blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Include a link to your website and use the # GivingTuesday hashtag in almost every post on social media. Create social and media graphics in at least two sizes:800 x 800: Best for Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram. Optional: Post on LinkedIn , Google+, Pinterest, and Snapchat. Best Practice #2: Design Visual Content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 5, 2012

All that said, the 11 nonprofits featured below are pioneering the use of Instagram. Finally, to learn more about Instagram and other photo-sharing tools, please see the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Pinterest and Utilize Digital Photography for Nonprofit Storytelling.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 11, 2022

These are the platforms that social media pros and big companies use—and that your nonprofit can use for free. Plus, using their AutoSchedule feature, you can let them choose the best time to post for the highest engagement. Luckily, there are online tools that make it easy to schedule your social media posts ahead of time.

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NCE Social Media

JULY 12, 2012

Since I wrote about Pinterest earlier , I wanted to share a video about how to set up and use Pinterest. Pinterest is a social media pinboard now used by more than 10 million people per month. If you’re interested in the demographics, more women than men have started use it.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

I was planning to check out Pinterest to see what the buzz is about, but their privacy policy gives me the creeps. I can only sign up by linking a Pinterest account to my Facebook or Twitter account. I couldn't figure out exactly which data the app would have access to or how it would use that data. Update your profile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 25, 2015

Reading the official blogs of the social media sites that we use most often is also useful and it may be time to add some new bookmarks to your browsers. Oh, How Pinteresting! Pinterest has 70 million monthly users. You can also browse 300+ on Twitter at @nonprofitorgs/lists/bloggers-resources. Facebook has 1.44

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2024

Utilize your executive committee: Use the expertise of the executive committee for making decisions and planning. You can follow me on Instagram and other social media platforms: Facebook , YouTube , LinkedIn , Pinterest. Let us know in the comments. Together, we can create a culture of genuine partnership and shared success.

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NCE Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

Pinterest is now the #3 social network according to a new Experian report. Being third means more people use it than LinkedIn , Tumblr or Google+. Some people call Pinterest a new version of a scrapbook. The Ronald McDonald House of Southern Alberta has a great Pinterest board. Do you have a board of Pinterest?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 20, 2012

The webinar also demonstrates click-by-click the features of YouTube and Animoto’s Nonprofit Programs, highlights best practices, explores the extensive YouTube toolset, and showcases eight nonprofits that are exceling in their use of video. Nonprofits that excel in their use of Flickr are featured.

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NCE Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Studying these 87% percent of internet users, they found that 12% use Pinterest. They also found that women prefer Pinterest and 19% of all women online use Pinterest. Pinterest might be the way to reach them. The same study found that the same number of people use Instagram. You should.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 19, 2012

Related Link: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use YouTube, Flickr, and Pinterest . The Ocean Conservancy :: oceanconservancy.org. Operation Smile :: operationsmile.org. SOLS 24/7 :: sols247.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

However, the most popular social media sites on the Social Web today have built in micro-engagement mechanisms that very few nonprofits ever use. 1) Use Facebook as your page and like and comment on other pages. 4) Be generous with likes, comments, and repins on Pinterest: 5) Be generous with likes, reblogs, and replies on Tumblr.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

UPDATED 4/3/12: If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for March 2012 revealing that Pinterest now generates more referral traffic than Twitter will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Unless you study Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. 6) You upload multiple photos to Pinterest – one after another – on a regular basis. Pinterest is like Twitter. Social media best practices are constantly in flux as tool sets change and algorithms are modified. Google, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2014

One option: Use quotes. Here’s some tips to help your nonprofit put this simple, but effective content type into use to reach your goals. Pinterest is great place to showcase your quotes collections, take for example Edutopia’s “ Pinspiration ,” a pinboard of inspiring quotes. Facebook Post from Edutopia.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2019

WordPress powers 34% of all sites on the web and is one of the most popular digital marketing tools used by organizations in the world. Here’s a list of plugins that will help save you time, make your site more engaging and easier to use for staff and visitors; and is secure: Productivity and Workflow.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Social media changes so frequently that unless your NGO has a full-time social media manager who has the time to consistently research and adopt emerging trends, odds are your NGO is using social media in ways that are no longer effective. Use a premium social sharing service for web pages and blog posts , such as Social Warfare ($29/yr).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2012

Note from Beth: A few weeks ago, I asked folks on Facebook “ What Nonprofits Are Crushing It on Pinterest ?” There’s been a lot written about pinterest and lots of nonprofits experimenting, but how do you do it strategically? Kate Kilbourne is the Web & Social Media Manager at Camfed USA shares her experience.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

Without any official IT roles on this small staff, MAH takes advantage of free online tools to manage information and programs internally, and to curate museum activities and art for their community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

Mashable wrote up thorough post on Instagram’s new profile pages for Desktop last week, but I wanted to emphasize four points useful for nonprofits: 1) The photos in banner across the top of the new profiles are automatically generated from the photos you have uploaded using Instagram’s mobile apps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

We’d been considering what place Pinterest could have in our digital engagement for a little while. There was a study a while back that noted 1 out of 5 pinterest users purchase products of items they have pinned. We predicted it might be smaller as the campaign is disruptive to the usual pinterest pattern.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 24, 2023

Wrapping and Displaying the Bottles Wrap the wine bottles to conceal their brands, often using craft paper and ribbons. For additional inspiration, explore our Wine Pull pin board on Pinterest. This encourages excitement leading up to the fundraiser and helps bolster your wine collection.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Packed with practical how-to training, this session will illuminate ten best practices for mastering website and email communications, as well as how to use social media effectively to recruit new supporters and fundraise online. Learn the top best practices for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, and Instagram.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

4%), Pinterest (.2%), Google+, Tumblr, Medium, and Pinterest are stagnant. 6) Only 6% of donors worldwide prefer to give through mobile technology, yet 66% say they would use a mobile app that allows two-tap giving and earns badges and redeemable points. Of these donors, 62% say that Facebook inspires them the most.

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NCE Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Learning what rhymes with purple from Pinterest. More books specific to nonprofit use of social media have been published including these three gems: 1 , 2 , 3. Using Social Media for Nonprofits Gangnam Style. Restricted social media like Path to share with a select group of people. Getting up to the minute news via Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

At the core of the brand is the Nonprofit Organizations avatar which has been used consistently since then to build a visual brand across many social networks ( Facebook , Twitter , Pinterest , etc). The “Nonprofit Organizations” brand was launched in February 2005 on Myspace.

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