Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This was the launch of a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

NGOs that do not prioritize mobile technology and become early adopters of mobile payments in the coming years will struggle to remain relevant. If you work at a NGO, nonprofit, or charity, please volunteer 4-7 minutes of your time to take the survey. Source: eMarketer. 7) Gen Z is a mobile-first, multi-device population.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Stories are a great way to inspire action, get thousands of “likes” and online followers, further spreading your message across social networks. Once your donors are moved or inspired by your stories of impact, an effective way to capture their attention is to have a call-to-action. And this is where storytelling comes in.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

At the end of the Institute, all 9 community colleges left with a very specific written action plan for engaging stakeholders at both the state and college level. The Wake Tech Community College team creating an action plan at the PBF Institute. You can see more photos on the VisionLink Facebook Performance-Based Funding Album.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

10 Website Design Best Practices for NGOs. your NGO must mobile-optimize your content. There are hundreds of responsively designed, low cost WordPress.org templates for NGOs and freelancers available for hire. Use large tappable buttons for calls-to-action: water.org. 10 Email Marketing Best Practices for NGOs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2016

10 Website Design Best Practices for NGOs. your NGO must mobile-optimize your content. There are hundreds of responsively designed, low cost WordPress.org templates for NGOs and freelancers available for hire. Use large tappable buttons for calls-to-action: water.org. 10 Email Marketing Best Practices for NGOs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Specifically, 33% donated to a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign while 18% created their own peer-to-peer fundraising campaign to benefit their favorite NPO or NGO. 11) 67% of donors worldwide have volunteered with a NPO or NGO within the last 12 months. 13) Donors worldwide are very supportive of NPOs and NGOs.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 13, 2021

UK and a marketing support officer for the environmental NGO Become Carbon Negative. Moreover, Rebecca is a volunteer English tutor for the education charity Action Tutoring and an applicant interviewer and team facilitator for Generation UK which provides specialized into-career courses for disadvantaged individuals.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The Global NGO Technology Report states 33% of nonprofits are using a P2P platform to raise funds for their organizations. Peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising is quickly becoming a go-to strategy for nonprofits to reach their fundraising goals. But it’s not just nonprofits finding success with peer-to-peer initiatives.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

day conference was split into two tracks for IT and NGO, sometimes meeting separately, sometimes coming together to collaborate. I also had the chance to provide a couple presentations to the NGO track, one focused specifically on using facebook for campaigning in Romania.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2017

According to the 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report , 52% of nonprofits worldwide have used social media to report live. Write a minimum of five call-to-action and 10 stats posts/tweets with sources in advance that can be easily copied-and-pasted during the event. The Trend of Live Reporting During Events.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

I know from being in the NGO world for many years what kind of a burden that can be. I’m a big believer in the power of collective action. These actions are important—and, they are just the beginning steps we are taking to listen deeply and improve our operations and culture to better meet the changing needs of the world today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2008

If you are thinking you want to volunteer your time, Natalie Jesionka has a post on Our World titled " Responding to Burma Crisis " that includes a list of opportunities to travel to the Burmese border and volunteer your time and energy to the underground grassroots NGO activity. The Mae Tao Clinic. Karen Women's Organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Every action and interaction that your staff make inside the LinkedIn community helps increase your nonprofit’s brand credibility and exposure. In fact, according to the Global NGO Technology Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have an official policy to allow staff to work on their LinkedIn Profiles during work hours.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

It should be published in a largish font, have plenty of visual content, and a clear call-to-action. The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report. 2,780 NGOs • 133 Countries • 6 Continents. The research is unprecedented and provides valuable insight into the global NGO sector and its use of online technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Now its fourth edition, the 2019 Global NGO Technology Report has over 1,000 useful statistics for NGOs, NPOs, and charities worldwide. Of those NGOs that use LinkedIn: 31) 91% have a LinkedIn Page. 34) Small NGOs have an average of 785 followers, medium NGOs 7,675 followers, and large NGOs 19,365 followers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2006

I'm trying to break out of my geographic silo and cross some boundaries as it pertains to ngo and nonprofit technology resources. Todays foray took me dipping into the NGO Learning Wiki where I discovered Capacity.org. The silo busting is my own. that name Peter Ballantyne sounds familiar. Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” Then I asked them to write down an action step that they can do next week to apply what they learned. Just A Little Content To Get Started . Learning More.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2006

One of the things we're doing is asking nonprofits and NGOs to share their success stories and challenges about their use (or difficulty using) emerging technology like blogs, podcasts, wikis, RSS feeds, aggregation, social bookmarking, social networking, tagging, content management and cell phones/SMS.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 10, 2010

.&# There is enormous opportunity and potential for creating real, lasting impact in our world by operating in a movement-oriented way with our programs, events, campaigns, and calls to action.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2015

So while it isn’t unusual for me to see these partners in good out and about, it is a bit of surprise when that person turns out to be the leader of an international non-governmental organization (NGO) based many states and hundreds of miles away (who also happens to be a Blackbaud customer). And I love it.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 20, 2016

10 Website Design Best Practices for NGOs. your NGO must mobile-optimize your content. There are hundreds of responsively designed, low cost WordPress.org templates for NGOs and freelancers available for hire. Use large tappable buttons for calls-to-action: water.org. 10 Email Marketing Best Practices for NGOs.

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CauseVox

MARCH 16, 2021

The fundraising template is useful for an NGO like us. ” Through this interactive, action-oriented four-part Ultimate Virtual Fundraising Course, planning a virtual fundraising event that’s designed to succeed has never been easier. Thank you for creating this online course.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2013

Create posts that stir people up and encourage action. We will facilitate a workshop on Becoming a Networked NGO: Using Social Media Effectively which will expose participants to concepts around transparency, openness and what it means to be a networked NGO. Use scheduled posts for your next break.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Many of you know that I have had the honor of working with IIE on some amazing Networked NGO and social media skills capacity building and train the trainer projects in the Middle East over the last 2-3 years. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Office of the Middle Eastern Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and managed by IIE.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Today online donations make up an average of 7-10% of an NGO’s annual budget and online giving continues to grow – and will continue grow – every year. Create a web page that features the date, hashtag, and lists at least three actions that your supporters can take. Participate in giving days.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

Additionally, UniversalGiving is a member of Social Actions , ensuring that their opportunities to make a difference are heard and seen in even more places around the Web. It’s a marketplace, really, of opportunities to take actions for social benefit in various topics you may be after—want to donate money and leave it at that?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Get social at an NGO Ho Ho in Vancouver and Victoria or join Pittsburgh's Bagels & Bytes for its annual party. Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Ho Ho: A Holiday Party for Victoria's Nonprofits. Vancouver, British Columbia: NGO Ho Ho: A Holiday Party for Vancouver's Nonprofits. Upcoming Events.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

Whether you’re a small community organization or a large international NGO, selecting the right technology is key for achieving fundraising success in 2024. Some tips for effective storytelling include: Use person-first language Appeal to emotions Include a call to action Show who you’re helping Incorporate volunteers’ experiences 10.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Get social at an NGO Ho Ho in Vancouver and Victoria or join Pittsburgh's Bagels & Bytes for its annual party. Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Ho Ho: A Holiday Party for Victoria's Nonprofits. Vancouver, British Columbia: NGO Ho Ho: A Holiday Party for Vancouver's Nonprofits. Upcoming Events.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. Our New NGO Partners in Vietnam. Our New NGO Partners in Indonesia. The technology is shipped directly to the local NGO.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Ushahidi is an NGO headquartered in Kenya. Image: BRCK in action ( Ushahidi ). Here’s some news on a now famous NetSquared alumnus project. It is a nonprofit tech company that develops free and open-source software for information collection, visualization, and crowdsourced interactive mapping to help mitigate disasters.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

A few years ago, Jeff and I went on a pro bono IT consulting project to Uganda to serve a Action for Children, an NGO that fights poverty by preserving families and delivering micro-finance. Interview: Rob Wu, CauseVox Founder. What inspired you to start CauseVox ?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Victoria, Canada: Showing Up: Using Online Tools to Drive Real-World Actions. Matt Jung and NGO 2.0 Guatemala: EgarageTec - Charla con la SIB sobre financiamiento a startups. Tuesday, November 19. Denver, CO: Lighten Your Load with Online Tools. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Monthly meetup. Wednesday, November 20. Thursday, November 21.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

TechSoup Microsoft NGO Connection Day. He works for an NGO in Australia and we met on Twitter (via Eddie Harran ) prior to his visit to America to attend the Wisdom 2.0 6: Use social media to close the loop between online and offline action. TechSoup Microsoft NGO Connection Day View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

According to the Global NGO Technology Report , 44% of nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use WordPress.org as their content management system (CMS) for their website ( 7% use Drupal and 3% use Joomla ). It takes great skill to know when less is more in terms of text and calls-to-action. Primary Navigation Bar: Footer: 4.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

I’m heading to Geneva later this month for the next major meeting at the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”), to hear the latest and make my three-minute oration as an accredited NGO representative (first time for me!). They all meet the definition of TI as a primary purpose of the agency or NGO.

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