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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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. Surely Pinterest learned from the mistakes of Google+ and Foursquare which launched without brand profiles/pages. e-Newsletter. Happy pinning!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Also, we use Google analytics to track where our website visitors are coming from and where they go after that. Of all the mass communications tools your organization is using (website e-newsletters, social networking sites, mobile), which is resulting in the most online dollars being raised (directly or indirectly)?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

This article was originally posted in AFP’s weekly eWire newsletter. A 2011 Gleanster survey found their most important value drivers were: Testing and measuring everything. MailerMailer’s 2010 Email Marketing Metrics Report, 2011 MarketingSherpa Email Marketing Benchmark Survey.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2015

Google's video sharing service, YouTube , is the big dog in online videos. In 2011, YouTube started letting people post their videos with Creative Commons licenses. Can I Use That Image for My Website or Newsletter? There are important exceptions, though. Please visit the site to view this video). The Rules for YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0: Add Google Wallet to the list. Well, as of October 2012, Google Wallet is the first wallet service to launch the ability to donate online via a Google Wallet “Donate” button.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

If you choose to hard-code your own mobile website, the standard width for a mobile website (as of 2011) is 320 pixels. Feature Group Text Alerts and E-newsletter “Subscribe” Functionality. Be sure to feature the ability to subscribe to your e-newsletter and group text campaigns on every page of your mobile website.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

He got the NTEN Award IN 2011. Cloud services are rapidly scaling to the point where larger NPOs can safely adopt them, and Google and Microsoft will keep the heat on to get NPOs there at low cost. As Twitter and Google Plus still adopt their more business-focused strategies, nonprofits will benefit from the added functionality.

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