Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. Thus, for 2013, please: 1) Ask for a raise. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Leaving the dinner, I checked my Twitter feed and started seeing tweets like this one from my colleague, Tal Frankfurt. Tal Frankfurt (@cloud4good) November 8, 2013. bethkanter @ConanOBrien your red hat was subject of joke on #Late night Conan wore it tonight — Cathy Davidson (@CathyNDavidson) November 8, 2013. ConanOBrien.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

By 2010 the World Wildlife Fund had launched a much larger, longer website with more color, larger photos, and a larger font. By 2013 the World Wildlife Fund has dramatically changed their website design while honing in on the most important online communications and fundraising tools. World Wildlife Fund :: March 15, 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

Here’s the basics if you are getting the C-Suite up to speed: Instagram is a free application for iPhone or Android that lets people take photos, apply filters to change the look of the photos and then share them. 15 Tips for Nonprofits on Instagram (2013) by Giftworks. Vintage Photo Editing Apps (2012).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. Photo and Video Editing Ability. To effectively work with image and video content, your new media manager must be adept at using photo and video editing software.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

What do you do if someone comments with a racial slur on a photo of your volunteer? Photo & video etiquette: In this section, we made decisions on whether to tag employees, volunteers, clients, etc. in our social media posts, and when it is necessary to get permission before publishing photos or videos of our constituents.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

Those 27,000+ subscribers produce more return on investment (ROI) in terms of bringing in new clients and webinar attendees than my 600,000+ Twitter followers and 40,000+ Facebook fans combined. Middle of e-Newsletter: News content that can be shared on Facebook and Twitter. Integration of Instagram photos.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! This is an astonishing technology for good in which large numbers of ordinary people analyze photos of cells cultures to identify irregular shaped cancer cell cores. This project aims to speed up cancer research.

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Care2

JANUARY 20, 2014

As you begin to execute your campaigns, take a look at these social media stats from 2013. For example, did you know that there are 250 billion photos posted on Facebook daily? Or that 28% of RT''s on Twitter are due to the inclusion of "Please RT". The stats are impressive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Toddy. I foresee that 2013 will be the year that this strategy really takes off. Austin is hosting its own giving day, called Amplify Austin , on March 4, 2013. How do you think offline or online crowdfunding will affect your favorite causes in 2013? Check him out on Twitter @daveiam.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2012

We’re thrilled with the initial reviews coming via Twitter, blogs, and Facebook (and even on the SF BART (thanks Jill Finalyson)! Here’s what Simon Mainwaring and Geri Stengel had to say.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Even better if you can tag the individual or do their Twitter handle. In this Twitter example below, the school is also encouraging the alumni network to RT this alum’s accomplishment. Be sure to use compelling photos and other visuals. Sharing memories from Seminar 2013 at the #icnola reunion!

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. Twitter followers increased dramatically, with 264 percent growth over the past year. Pinterest is a social media photo-sharing website that allows users to create online image collections around specific events or subjects. Social Media.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

To kick off TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge , we have compiled apps to help you showcase your organization in action. ways to cover an event is by livetweeting through Twitter. Additionally, make sure to get the Twitter handles of any speakers or participants at the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2013

It takes a bit of mindset change as you have to focus on your work environment more carefully with a visual eye and suddenly see Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter posts you have never seen before. Smartphones, while they are so much better than ever, still have limitations. GuideStar USA (@GuideStarUSA) October 8, 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Photo by Gary Clark. This is a great tool to help them do just that, thanks for sharing it! ” – John Kenyon, 2013. Today’s savvy nonprofits have become their own publishers , sharing their stories across various media channels (newsletters, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, action alerts, etc.),

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2013

Unfortunately, the old rule - good content is still king, seems to have been forgotten by many organizations on social media, particularly on Twitter. They mocked up a great photo with text overlaid that said “Calm down dears. In addition, almost all nonprofits have a social media presence. It’s only a phone.”

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2017

At the Lupus Foundation of America , we’ve been active on Instagram since 2013, though until recently, it was not a central part of our organization’s social media strategy. Share Behind the Scenes Photos of Your Staff. For comparison, during that same time we gained half as many new Twitter followers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

Snapcha t is a mobile app that lets users exchange text messages, photos and videos that disappear in 24 hours. The puzzling feeling reminded me of my first experience on Twitter ten years ago and that made me feel old.Plus, it takes more patience than doing Sudoku to figure out and use regularly, although it i s a snap for 14 year olds.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 29, 2012

I don't know what it is about November, but there are a bunch of challenges for creating and giving coming up: 30 Days of Gratitude Carla Kay White, creator of the Gratitude Journal app , is encouraging folks to record 30 days of gratitude in their journal, with her app, or as a photo journal on Instagram. Check out their website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

Photo Credit: Tristan Hanson. You can see how much video dominates YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. According to a 2013 ComScore study , 83% of 12-17 year olds and 91% of 18-24 year olds are watching online video on a regular basis. It’s obvious to anyone who spends time online that video is taking over the internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Photo courtesy of The Miami Foundation. Here are some of the Miami Foundation’s takeaways from this year’s Give Miami Day: Early promotion and events, such as a Twitter party the evening before the Giving Day, provides a forum for the community to ask questions about how it works. Note from Beth: It’s Giving Day Season!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

After 10 years of experimentation, nonprofits are learning that there are correct (and incorrect) ways to post on Facebook, format a tweet, upload a photo, and send a text alert, but if your nonprofit doesn’t know the science, then math isn’t going to work. There is also a science to social and mobile media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Include photos of the donors or the company logo whenever possible. followers on Twitter and nearly 10k followers on Instagram. In both social media profiles his publications are mostly about charity: water, including anecdotes about the team, photos from the field and retweets from the official charity: water account.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

TechSoup has been running international video and photo competitions for some years now. The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge received many many entries from 12 different countries. We got nearly 2,000 mentions of the challenge on Facebook and Twitter in 25 countries. Our story challenges get lots of attention.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2012

asked social benefit organizations for their best photos and videos and in return shared a month’s worth of educational events. Make sure to bookmark these valuable resources – you’ll need them when the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge returns in 2013! Final Twitter Chat Highlights. Tweet Chat Recaps.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Try YouCam , a video and photo capture app with a built-in editor. MetroTwit is a stylish Twitter client with a design inspired by Windows 8 user interface. You can easily track your favorite Twitter friends by creating tiles for them on the Windows 8 Start screen. Social Media and Communication. File Management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Here’s the basics: Instagram is a free application for iPhone or Android that lets people take photos, apply filters to change the look of the photos and then share them. There are lots of photo editing apps that work with Instagram, management tools, and tools to measure Instagram. Instagram Cheat Sheet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

December 23, 1921 – June 23, 2013. The last good photo we took together was as “selfie,” although in 1963 we took one together using his Minox camera. My Dad with his Greg Noll Surfboard with me and my brother. RIP: Earl Kanter, MD. Love Never Dies. He was interested in my work used to say, “My daughter the blogger.”

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

7 Tips for Nonprofits to Avoid Social Media Burnout in 2014 : 2013 was undoubtedly the year of social media. Facebook signed its 1 billionth user, over 400 million tweets are being sent per day on Twitter, LinkedIn boasts over 1.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Flickr Photo by Kevlar. The survey was reviewed by several social media and research experts then released to the public January 29, 2013. At last month’s Social Media Week Washington, DC 2013 , the SM4GH leadership team presented Benchmarking: Stop Comparing Apples to Potatoes.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Connect with him on Twitter! Over 1,300 #bigkidsgive photos were shared on social media, including celebrity posts from NBA star Blake Griffin and B.J. Each toolkit included : a) Directions on how to run the photo booth b) Suggested tweets c) Signage to maintain Camp Kesem branding and d) A sample press release and media alert.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

TechSoup's Global Content and Community Coordinator and resident digital storytelling expert Ale Bezdikian says: If you're just embarking on your journey into social media visual storytelling using photos and videos, it's easy to become overwhelmed by the depth of information out there. Where do you start? That's how it works!

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Grandmother Power Photo journalist Paola Gianturco (who I interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast in 2007 ) has a new book out, Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon. You can join their Twitter chat about Half the Sky on both nights with the hashtag #HalftheSkyTML. Check out Tara Mohr's interview with her on The Huffington Post.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

However, when it comes to building communities online, often the first place an organization starts is with social networking accounts -- creating organizational Twitter and Facebook accounts. If the program staff posted Facebook photos of the successful food drive? Follow Jamie on Twitter @jjmilliard Lori L. for " Ctrl.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2013

On Hubspot’s blog they list the 10 Nonprofits That are Totally Nailing Pinterest Marketing to inspire your organization to leverage the photo-sharing site to grow support. There’s been a lot of talk about the results of the 2013 Fundraising Effectiveness Project Survey. Find me on Twitter and lets keep sharing.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

And Twitter? For example, if you always want to save photos that you take with Instagram to your Dropbox folder, IFTTT will automatically do that for you. Pinterest is a content sharing service that allows users to virtually “pin” photos, videos and other content onto virtual “boards.” You’ve got social media covered.

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