Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

By launching My Ocean , an online community of more than 9000 divers, they shifted a lot of offline activities onto their website: dive leaders, volunteers and advocates could connect; find dive events and activities taking place nearby; promote their own events; talk about local issues and ideas and celebrate one another’s successes.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 15, 2024

Make sure your advertising materials reflect the exact activities that will take place and highlight how your donors’ support can help propel your mission forward. For about a month following the fundraiser, you can update your social media pages with photos and videos from the event. Update your social media.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2017

If your organization participates in OpenAIR, it gets more than a new website; your organization becomes a more welcoming organization online — and maybe offline as well. Your organization gains expanded awareness about accessibility online, awareness that is easily translated offline, to the way you work with people face to face.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 16, 2024

Fun Team Events | Best software for entertainment activities Fun Team Events blends entertainment and philanthropy by offering a distinctive and enjoyable avenue for your donors to support your cause. This software leverages technology to help you build a connection with your virtual event attendees and create an immersive event experience.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

We are all so excited that Julia Smith has found a new opportunity to advance her career that allows her to work offline, in a real office, with other humans in Chicago. She will continue to be an active NTEN Member, so it’s not goodbye! We are, of course, sad that it means the NTEN office hasn’t moved to Chicago to be with her.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

They needed a mobile app that worked offline. It’s not just useful for offline situations like interviewing people in rural India. Dar Veverka and Shun Kosaka posing for a photo together for the first time at the Community Sprint event at Dreamforce 2022. The community is like a base camp for our activities.

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CauseVox

JUNE 7, 2021

Colleen was new to setting up a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, and had been working with offline donations for a long time. CauseVox’s Activity Metric Helps Hike-A-Thon Participants Meet Their Goals. Choosing prizes that connected back to the activity made the prizes more interesting and appealing to fundraisers.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 24, 2020

As your association gets larger, active online member engagement ensures that your membership stays unified. Members can easily navigate a directory full of names, relevant details, and even photos. . Format your questions based on specific activities and eliminate any unnecessary information. . This allows members to: .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

Users can also download stories for offline reading. Read reviews from real volunteers and share your activities with your friends and family. Get the latest news about the ICRC’s activities around the world plus a selection of photos, videos and publications on current humanitarian concerns. App Name: Humane TV.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

It wasn’t known how many of these children survived, and many photos were missing identifiers. So far, over 35 children have been identified from the photos, including this incredible discovery - a Facebook Comment from the actual survivor, an 80-year-old man participating in a social media crowd sourcing project! Remember Me.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Incorporate compelling visuals, such as event photos or promotional graphics, to capture attention. Use Old School Marketing Channels to Stand Out This is the flip side of focusing all your event marketing efforts on digital channels: If you can break through with people in an offline setting, your message will really stand apart.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

The Nature Conservancy has used Flickr Group to host a photo contest on its Web site. Looking to tap into this, we launched a photo contest where the prize would be featuring the winning images along side the photography that they have told us they like so much. Why did your decide to set up a group on Flickr? Any gotchas?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Twitter Photo by Jennifer Barr @rjenbarr. Yesterday, I spent most of the day offline at the Wisdom 2.0 Dr. Dan Siegel , a brain researcher, gave a riveting talk about interpersonal neurobiology – and what goes on in our brains and how it impacts our offline researches when we spend too much time connecting online.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

NWF - greenhour.org so we share it with people in a newsletter and then see activity in a blog - we can’t see that they really did it in their home, it is hard to measure, but we are still seeing what seems to be real actions - don’t be afraid to ask! Are there ways of catching offline datapoints?

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Everyaction

APRIL 9, 2018

Seamless Fundraising + Activism. In the example above, the Mountain Area Preservation Foundation , which works to preserve the Truckee-Tahoe region’s mountain character and natural environment showcases a beautiful photo of the mountains that their donors are working to protect. Offline Organizing Capability.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Most users prefer to consume user generated content, by reading blog, watching videos, or browsing through photos. Open group blogs, photo pools, video collages and similar projects are also good examples of co-creation. The notion of a community is really tricky because every web page is a latent community, waiting to be activated.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

Post photos—people like pretty things. Ask for photos – people think they are good at taking them. The part that's still very tricky for most is measuring the impact of these activities. Does social media influence their “offline” behavior/engagement toward your organization? Respond to comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Photo by Justin Benttinen. Learning was an individual, often solitary activity. for many of us, that learning style carried over to our work culture where we are rewarded for our expertise and to keep private what we don't know. Offline/Online Interaction. This past week was a busy one for leading workshops. Why or why not?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2012

More nonprofits and libraries are using mobile technologies to educate, activate, and engage audiences and constituencies of all shapes and sizes. These things allow for more sustainable dialogue, contribute to long-term engagement, and add channels to network offline and opportunities for further community building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Flickr Photo by Lululemon. ” For nonprofits, some app developers, like Causes, are already envisioning types of nonprofit supporter actions on Facebook, such as Give and Pledge, which will allow them to prominently feature higher-value actions amidst the sea activity posted to Facebook everyday. This advice still holds true.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Even though much of these will be online social technologies, don’t forget about the offline spaces, too. Facebook activity was highest around this kind of topic/content. —– Photo credit: richardjingram on Flickr. Reporting context, not just numbers. Ask for input and feedback.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 19, 2019

According to a recent DonorPerfect study , you can expect that multichannel donors will contribute triple the amount of online-only and offline-only donors. Your CRM can help you to filter for anyone who has a lot of activity in their constituent record. Your website serves as the central hub of your organization’s online activity.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 29, 2014

It is the post from an influential Facebook participant or the tweet from a popular P2P supporter that will be actively shared. Engage them offline: Introduce yourself; build a positive and productive relationship. photo credit. reward your influencers: Recognize them: Thank them for their posts, personally and publically.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Twitter was just a channel to mobilise people to give up their time to create real offline fundraising events. So capture people's attention, show them how they can contribute and then show them, through video and photos, how their contributions have helped. Don't measure success of mobile Apps just by the £s raised.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

Creative Commons Licensed Photo from Flickr by United Nations Photo. That is where the Blue Key Champion strategy came in; to bring on board US-based bloggers who are active online, and cause-passionate, to help spread the word and, hopefully, get more keys ordered. and ongoing reports of key purchases.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Charity Fundraising Agent (Android, iPhone) helps you keep track of your fundraising campaigns by monitoring both online and offline donations. A few weeks after you donate, you'll get a notification with a photo and report of how your money helped. to your phone or tablet.

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2011

New Facebook users are barraged by emails alerting them to activities taking place in and around their profile. Offer help via yourself or other active community members with email addresses and links to their profiles. Message 2 : One week after joining: "Add a photo to your profile.". Emails are the best reminders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2009

Photo by Cell105 Note from Beth: Last week, I hunted down the nonprofit panel proposals for SXSW including one submitted by me on crowdsourcing social change (see the NTEN blog post ). both offline and online. There was a panel on slacktivism which caught my eye and later I spotted this post by Ali Cherry unpacking the concept.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

mostly offline and email) Yesterday, I had to chance to show her some online social networks like Twitter and Facebook as well as some tools like video blogging. She's a shining example of never ending activism and a reminder that you're never too old to change the world. She made the above video with my son, Harry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2008

Photo by Leah Jones. " she's now taking her activism offline. Last December, Susan Reynolds , an artist and social media maven, was diagnosed with Breast cancer. Through Connie Reece's visionary leadership, the community rallied and the " Frozen Pea Fund " was started. Komen 3-Day in Atlanta.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

grist.org’s key results are: Footprint: The reach of their activities, both online and offline. grist.org does not consider page views the holy grail of success for their social media, but an indicator of success at the bottom level of the engagement model. Engagement: Readers engage with their content.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Talk to your Board and your active volunteers to find the right people to help you plan for success. Offer both online and offline ways for people to purchase a ticket or two. People are busy, and there are many events and activities competing for their attention. Step 1: Pull together a committee. Have you sold enough tickets?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2015

Huddle gives you access to your files, notifications, tasks, and activity feed, and iOS users can access their contact list. Ultralingua's app gives you offline access to more than 35 dictionaries ( iOS and Android ; free; additional dictionaries available for purchase). Image : Startup Stock Photos / CC0 Public Domain.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

In the David Chiu world, it refers to a continuous feedback loop that includes both online and offline channels. Photo: Susan Chavez. The campaign began by hosting more than 30 community meetings over the course of a month. They then used this input to craft “ A Blueprint for 21 st Century San Francisco.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

Notes, photos and presentations from events. Notes and photos from your work in the field. Ask readers to share opinions, resources, and content (blog posts, photos, audio, video). posts, photos, video). nonprofit blog activism Post about a range topics (i.e. Interviews (written, audio, video). Press mentions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Instead of fundraising separately, activating communities separately, connecting with legislators separately, the organizations recognized a unique opportunity they had to come together. But listening to the community, to the news, to the larger conversation on and offline and identifying where the opportunities are.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Photo by Thomas Hawk. Making it easy for people to give to a cause by integrating charitable actions into the activities, routines, and habits of daily life is brilliant.

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