Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

A good homecoming social media strategy helps you drum up participation and then effortlessly ride alongside as alumni generate most of the activity. Here’s how to get started: Before: Build Hype. But, since social media is never effortless, it takes a lot of prep work and thought to create something that complements a big event.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

There is a lot of hype around new digital channels, but little evidence is published to back this up. Yet it wasn't just endorsed but them, they were actively seeking ways to support it through their available networks and with their available assets. I hear the questions every week: "Should we start with Facebook or email?"

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

I’m a fairly active user of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and some other social networking sites, and have been for years now. I’ve been using social media to actively promote my new science fiction books. It’s hype designed to sell things. And I use hashtags in blog entries!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2009

And while quite, different from the "mainstream" use of Twitter by nonprofits , Ivan warns against tool-driven decisions for activism campaigns: It's certainly exciting to see technology being used in ways that amplify and extend the impact of movement organizing. What are some of the best examples of digital activism that use Twitter?

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The flexibility of the P2P platform lets members set goals for how much they want to pledge to an annual event, boosting engagement and encouraging activity in the program. Pair peer-to-peer fundraising efforts with virtual and in-person events to maximize member engagement.

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Roundtree

APRIL 19, 2022

Donor communication is the activity of informing, influencing, and inspiring donors to engage with the mission of your organization. Honesty is endearing in an age of perpetual hype. . What is donor communication? Every nonprofit organization is engaged in donor communications. Relationships require trust and transparency. Consistency.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 30, 2019

The Bitgive Foundation’s bitcoin donation tracking System, GiveTrack , which shows donation activities and project impact in real time, is just one example. Despite the hype and complexity, blockchain is a truly disruptive technology and one worth keeping an eye on by all nonprofit technology innovators.

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Candid

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The goal here is to build a positive community that wants to support your cause, so you need to be active in it. This compelling mix of content keeps people interested and gets potential supporters hyped up for giving season. Whatever you do, make sure you’re always responding to comments.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

With over 2 billion active monthly users , you can connect with a broader audience there by sharing engaging posts. A Bloomerang survey found that 44% of over 500 nonprofits surveyed said they’re active on Instagram. During your event, promote the incredible performances, vendors, and activities using your Instagram account.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2019

Allison Fine, my co-author for the Networked Nonprofit , and I are actively researching the use of AI for Good, in particular to scale giving and spread generosity. But as my colleague, Steven MacLaughlin points out, “We should keep in mind that AI is a “how” and not a “why” or “what” — but that gets lost in a lot of the hype.”

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

With new ideas and tweaks to the activities that would typically be included at in-person events, virtual galas can keep fundraising goals on track and even add to more than expected to the annual goal. Including at least one interactive activity early in the program will create the feeling of joining in with a community.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

They have more than 750 million active user and at least half of them log-on daily. Your Special Event Director /Manager can hype your next event to the Facebook world. The trick is finding the right places. The places where you’re message sticks. The place where people respond, react and start.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 19, 2023

From the moment they join, you can hype members up for the journey they’ll have with your nonprofit. Instead of passively consuming content, interactive content lets members actively engage with your resources. Optimize your welcome process Create the foundation of a fulfilling membership by optimizing your welcome process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

" or what we call "hype" - how does a small nonprofit avoid getting seduced by the hype? I guess our checklist would be a lot like the barriers to second wave adoption blogged about elsewhere : Understand the activities and goals of the organization. apps can help perform activities and meet organizational goals.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

It is so compelling that cloud technology adoption rates are unbelievably rapid -- in a few years Google has drawn 25 million active users and 2 million businesses to cloud solutions. The cloud is the technology direction where everyone is heading and virtually everyone will end up. But we are still at the beginning of the cloud.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 14, 2009

.)" The DigiActive Guide to Twitter for Activism | DigiActive.org - "Following the recent protests in Moldova, the value of Twitter as a tool for digital activism is more prominent than ever. " Penguin Day Agenda - pd.aspirationtech.org - Are you heading to the NTC this month?

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

It is so compelling that cloud technology adoption rates are unbelievably rapid -- in a few years Google has drawn 25 million active users and 2 million businesses to cloud solutions. The cloud is the technology direction where everyone is heading and virtually everyone will end up. But we are still at the beginning of the cloud.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 27, 2008

Every facility I saw had boards noting the daily activity. Telemedicine always seemed to me to be pretty heavily hyped, and not used as much as it has been hyped. At Aravind, it doesn't seem to be hyped but gets a ton of use. They are data-driven in a way that it is transparent to patients and staff alike.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Catalogue for Philanthropy made use of Giving Tuesday Now (a national fundraising day to support nonprofits through COVID) to hype up their own one-day giving event online. One of the best elements of this creativity is that you can tie the activity to your cause to make it even more pertinent.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

One of the highlights: she notes that they would not have had such success in raising money online if they had not already invested in building up a community of active supporters. In some respects, the attempt to block communication has done little to stifle reports coming out of the country.

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Care2

MAY 28, 2011

If you work in Communications, escaping the latest hype around social media can be tough. “active&# users, which is 48% of the U.S. population, only 50% of active users login any given day. Fear of Missing Out. Population Does Not Spend Their Day Using Social Media. Twitter: 1.1 % of the U.S. population is on Twitter.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Can True Activism Be Fostered Through Social-Networking Sites? Gladwell's article in this week's New Yorker magazine, criticizing the hype about social media's ability to stir social movements, is drawing.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Outside of having a well-designed website and an active social media presence, the nonprofit sector has largely stuck to traditional methods to plan fundraising events. . Half the battle of organizing an event is marketing it and creating enough hype to maximize registration numbers. virtual fundraising has been trending.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

The product of this learning journey, Just In Time: Beyond-the-Hype Potential of E-Learning , has just been published. Based on a year of conversations with more than 100 leading thinkers, practitioners, and entrepreneurs, this report explores the state of e-learning and the potential it offers beyond the confines of formal education.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 2, 2014

What if we used art to activate space in a different way? I''ve been reading and thinking a lot about "creative placemaking"--both the possibility and the hype. Anyone can activate it. Designing infrastructure and interventions that activate and connect us across our differences. Public space is designed for neutrality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

Several years ago, I noticed that DoSomething.Org was actively experimenting on SnapChat. In the last six months, as SnapChat hype has escalated, the list of early adopter nonprofits has started grow , it isn’t huge yet. I waited to see if other nonprofits would embrace this emerging social media platform.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Make a calendar – outline all activities you want to share, plan activity that integrates with overall organization messaging and schedule them in advance (tip: make a calendar). Integrate – as in, integrate social media with other channels such as email, direct mail, web content and offline activity to maximize success.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Avoid the gimmicks and the hype. Send out letters, follow up with e-mail, be active on social media. – by the end of the year!” or to emergency year-end campaigns that tell supporters you need X number of dollars just to keep the doors open next year. Keep your year-end goals mission-focused. Rule #3: Make Multichannel Asks.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 29, 2010

I'm not buying an iPad , nor am I buying into the hype about it. At this moment we have 5 Macs in active use in our home, 2 iPhones and one iPhone without SIM that's essentially an iPod Touch. But I'm a realist, not a fangirl.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

While the specific tactics and techniques for a tool may change, the concepts generally hold constant. Over the years, as I have watched Facebook roll out features and changes, it seems takes a predictable pattern: the big announcement, hype, backlash, more tweaks to the platform, experiments by users/organizations, and learning what works.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 29, 2010

I'm not buying an iPad , nor am I buying into the hype about it. At this moment we have 5 Macs in active use in our home, 2 iPhones and one iPhone without SIM that's essentially an iPod Touch.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

But I still haven’t seen much activity on the sourceforge page, nor does it seem that the code for these new projects is available. So the reality is still pretty far behind the hype. MPower has started to generate some community-driven development. These look like pretty interesting, and useful applications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2006

I entered "blog hype" as a search term and came across a recent article on WSJ online. The article points out some recent articles and polls that suggest a cooling off in the hype around blogs. " So, this is the backlash hype. Are blogs a vanishing fad? Are blogs this year's digital Pet Rock?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

They have also been very active on Facebook and Twitter along with a few entries on the Jumo blog. In the very early days of the website they had visitors answer a series of questions about interests, skills, and cause activities. Will millions of people sign-up, actively participate, and help drive change? by Tom Watkins.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

They are eager for the platform to gain critical mass so the promise of Google + for social activism can be realized. A few activists for privacy rights have had active conversations. Have you been exploring the potential of Google+ for your nonprofit or social activism? What do you think?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2018

The aptly named Social Innovation Summit certainly lived up to this hype again in 2018, offering inspiring stories from organizations across the private, public, and social sectors. Innovation. A word that drums up excitement, and thoughts of positive change for the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

It is only the most narrow-mind and short-sighted of management that actively ignores the primary motivations of human aspiration. Anything like enlightened management will actively support personal development to the degree that it does nothing destructive, and it should, within limits, be willing to bear the apparent costs incurred.

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