Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

What fundraising strategies will be a game changer for nonprofits in 2011? I hope that 2011 will be about getting back to basics and mastering online fundraising, that is the art and science of fundraising via an organization’s own website. Fundraising is all about channel integration. Holly Ross, NTEN. And not apps.

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from an article that first appeared in the June 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. It seems like a logical assumption that Facebook should also be a good way to attract volunteers—but is that true? Otherwise, you’ll be excluding other groups you’ll need to reach through other channels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011. Though Facebook had gone public nine months previous, Facebook Groups were only just beginning to be used as community-building tools by nonprofits and Facebook Pages didn’t exist yet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

In early October we made the rounds to promote the book in Boston and I had a chance to meet Brooke Freedman and Brian Halligan at Hubspot. I happened to mention that I was seeing reports from nonprofit folks about the recent change in the Facebook Algorithm and Megan Keaney Anderson offered to write this guest post. What has changed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Idealware created the Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide to help organizations like yours determine what results and benefits you can reasonably expect from social media, and to guide you through the process of identifying the right channels for different goals. Remember the social aspect of social media, however.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Date : April 27, 2011. Description : Facebook? With so many channels, it can be hard to know where to start or if you’re doing it well. Location : Foundation Center, New York, NY. Topic : Nonprofits & Social Media. Foursquare? Social media has fundamentally shifted the way we communicate, personally and professionally.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/thenatureconservancy. My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. I know our YouTube channel started in 2007. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/BigCatRescue. In the past year we have raised over $47,000 in an online Razoo contest and $25,000 as prize money in a Facebook contest sponsored by Chase. What is on your To Do List for 2011? Organization Size: 125 exotic cats, 9 paid staff, 107 volunteers, 80,000 supporters. Name: Carol Baskin.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Facebook aka Meta, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok have become integrated into how people communicate with one another and access culture. This figure represents a massive adoption of this connective tech with only 5% of American adults using social media in 2005 and 50% in 2011. [1].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/taprootfoundation. Megan: We currently have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Jumo, YouTube and Vimeo. Twitter and Facebook have been crucial in recruiting new pro bono consultants and connecting with nonprofits that could benefit from our Service Grant projects. Blog: taprootfoundation.org/blog.

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NetWits

MARCH 11, 2012

Through the Start Something Web Series they’re shedding light on the impact that Bigs have on Littles by telling their story through quality video they publish on their YouTube channel, share on their website and talk about on Facebook. He’s the 2011 March of Dimes National Ambassador.

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Your marketing specialists get the word out about your gala to your supporters through email, social media, direct mail, and any other communication channels your nonprofit uses. Multi-channel marketing allows your nonprofit to reach more supporters by expanding your overall communication channels. Marketing specialists.

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NetWits

MARCH 22, 2011

I just got back from the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , where listening was top of mind: Listening to the amazing speakers, listening to the #nptech community , and listening to all the great ideas floating around the halls of the Washington Hilton. Is your organization listening to social media channels?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long. Enter The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart : VIDEO: 2011: A Look Back. The Daily Show remembers the important stories of 2011 so you don’t have to. . Diversify your news sources.

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

NTEN member and nonprofit communications expert Kivi Leroux Miller just released the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , based on a survey of over 1200 participants at the end of 2011. You can download the complete report from NonprofitMarketingGuide.com.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Learn about the pros and cons of Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and photo and video sharing sites, based on the results of 6 months of Idealware research. Define which social media channel(s) are most appropriate to implement based on your organizational goals. Develop a social media strategy for your organization.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

Now they come to us, through Facebook, Twitter, and email. Or do: maybe they'll make another video like this one (complete with integrated marketing channels ). Back in the day – you know, 2009 – we had to search these things out. Keep them coming. Don't say bad things about Grand Rapids.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The cute animal theory has not gone unnoticed by nonprofits, even those that are not animal welfare organizations, zoos or aquariums are sharing content featuring cute animals on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Michelle’s project was focused on measuring engagement through multiple channels, but especially Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Salesforce had acquired collaboration tool company Stypi in May 2012, as well as social media monitoring platform Radian6 in March 2011." Channels covered included online, direct mail, telemarketing and canvassing." The full report is here.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

While multi-channel outreach such as action alerts, microsites, social media, fundraising appeals, direct mail and telemarketing are good strategies to have in your toolbox to fundraise and market your organization; it’s simply not enough anymore. And now this has all.ly url shorteners on high alert.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

Unfriended: Six Million Americans Fled Facebook Last Month – Culture – GOOD – "I told you last month why I thought everyone should get off Facebook, and it turns out people listened. That's the first time Facebook has lost U.S. users in over a year. The site also posted losses in Canada, the U.K.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The best ever resource and template for an editorial calendar comes from my colleague, Holly Minch at LightBox Collaborative who has been sharing her template in a google document since 2011. A must for any organization of any size.” – Erin Fogg, 2011. The 2014 version – new and improved has arrived! Great idea!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 26, 2012

Besides a website, the musts of nonprofit social media include a Facebook page and Twitter account. The Facebook and Twitter pages had already been set up, but they were scarcely used. Within a year, both the Facebook and Twitter followers more than doubled, and engagement increased almost 300%. There’s really nothing to lose!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 11, 2012

The community consistently responded with positive feedback because the photos allowed them to feel part of the construction process in some sense.With ICAN’s primary social media channel, Facebook , results show that our fans were engaged at least 55% more when we associated an original photo to a post.

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Care2

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Between Digg’s redesign, Founder Kevin Rose leaving the company, and other dud product launches like Newswire , Digg just can’t compete with other social networks where people go to share news these days – Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Google+, Care2, etc. visitors in October 2011, according to Quantcast.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

Launched in 2011, Snapchat is an image and video messaging app that is very popular with tweens and teens and increasingly Millennials and Gen Xers. As we have learned in the past with Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram the early adoption phase is when new communities grow the fastest. Do not make snap judgments about Snapchat.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.), Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. 3) Send hand-written thank you notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

Some of you may remember that I shared a depressing screen capture of my Facebook Insights visual right after taking a two-week break during the holidays. I asked fans on Facebook, “Does your organization use an editorial calendar and “editorial meetings” to get ideas and manage content for a content strategy?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

. • There are more than 800 million people now signed up for the social network Facebook ; they spend 700 billion minutes using Facebook each month, and they install more than 20 million apps every day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

.” The book offers up advice and techniques on how to make your online channels – email marketing, web site, and newer tools like mobile and social media work together in a sophisticated strategy or your organization to reach its advocacy, fundraising, or community building goals. Develop shared language. Cross disciplinary teams.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

" The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide – "With more than 750 million people signed up for Facebook alone, there’s little doubt that social media can be a powerful part of most organizations’ communications mix. But what can it be used for—outreach and engagement?

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Care2

APRIL 9, 2014

Check out the email list growth over the last few years of different sized nonprofits (orange: 2011, yellow: 2012, and blue: 2013) -. Nonprofits who participated in the study grew their number of Facebook fans by 37%, and Twitter followers by 46%. This is great news for your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference will take place on March 17-19, 2011 in Washington, DC. Here’s a few that especially caught my eye or were mentioned in a discussion over on my Facebook page. Reduce/Reuse/Recycle: Repurposing Content for Various Channels. Here’s a short list from Debra Askanase.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2011

The State of Marketing 2011 report recently released from IBM analyzes over 300 online and direct marketers across a wide range of industries, geographies, and company sizes. Respondents are seeking to find the value that social channels can yield with more targeted insights and actions. I expect to be blogging more about this topic.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

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. Though it seems like a lot of channels, it is manageable with shared responsibility.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

I’m at the Innogive 2011 Conference today. Can mobile drive volunteers activists, to engage across other media channels? In this case, we were talking about how to integrate the use of mobile technology into multi-channel campaigns with an emphasis on social. Text Poll App from MobileCause.

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from an article that first appeared in the June 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Pick accessible channels Make your organization as open to feedback as possible. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ]

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