Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

To question Facebook and it’s integrity, longevity and ROI [Return on Investment]. Essentially, nonprofits have been advertising Facebook to untold millions for free helping it become the powerhouse that it is today – the largest, most active social networking website on the Web. The masses are fickle.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

LinkedIn, the professional social networking platform has been around longer than Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. The majority of its users are on it daily, which provides businesses and brands with a great platform for implementing a social media marketing strategy. . Start with your profile.

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NetWits

JULY 16, 2012

One of the first things a new visitor will do on your Facebook page is check out your profile – even if it’s only a quick glance at the small box located right under your profile picture. Include links to your website and other social networks. Then hit the Edit page button > Use Activity Log. Add milestones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

We know that professional relationships are moving from the Rolodex to the social networks. LinkedIn is designed for specifically for business professional networking, while Facebook is a bit more casual. Yet, I do professional networking on Facebook and I'm noticing a number of colleagues are too.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Do to the lack of activity on MySpace, we’ve decided to focus our efforts on the Causes Application on Facebook.&# (To read the full message, click here.) Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. What it Means to Communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Do to the lack of activity on MySpace, we’ve decided to focus our efforts on the Causes Application on Facebook.&# (To read the full message, click here.) Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. What it Means to Communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. now hear from homegrown social networks and what they have to offer local nonprofits. The majority of the room had experience in social networking sites and tools, both personally and for their organization. All live blogging disclaimers apply.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

The question arose as to whether or not it was worth thinking about shifting some of that communications traffic from email lists to the web in some form. I think that’s a big question – it matters a lot what the demographics of the organization are, what the goals of the email lists are, and the direction things are going.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

She also just signed a book deal with the tentative title: How to be a Social Capitalist: winning with the currency of online communities. My question: Network for Good's recent Wired Fundraiser report talks about "superactivists" or the nonprofit equal of Seth Godin's Evangelists. It happens one person at a time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. Many of us have been up early playing with Jumo, setting up our individual profiles and finding issues and organizations or setting up profiles for organizations. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&#

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

We recommend analyzing the profile of people who gave to the previous year-end campaign to see if it’s somewhat or even dramatically different from an overall donor profile. Similar questions can be asked of pandemic ”crisis donors” and monthly donors. Consider the following questions: What do you do that no one else does?

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

While you're applying a patch and a window reads "90 minutes remaining" questions such as "So, go to the game last night?" You could possibly accept a friend request from a business partner who would raise an eyebrow at the religious beliefs or political views displayed on your profile. Public profile.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

When you practice donor stewardship activities, you’re able to build strong relationships with your donors. For more information on how to obtain the most effective information from supporters to store in your CRM, check out Snowball’s guide to asking the right questions on your donation page. On social media. Digital walls.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Google has a number of partners, including social network sites like LinkedIn, Friendster and Ning, as well as Salesforce, which does have very interesting implications given the increasing use of Salesforce in the nonprofit sector. Basically, if the more social network sites that adopt OpenSocial, the more open the whole thing gets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The new algorithm also factors in negative feedback and penalizes posts that have been actively hidden by viewers or reported as spam. Put your top content through each of the following questions and see where trends emerge. Or did they raise questions for response? Tactic 2: Post at the optimal time to drive activity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2010

This excellent post by my business partner, Geoff Livingston, provides some excellent tips for encouraging deeper engagement from your nonprofit's online social media friends and fans. to track how your online social network activities are driving offline actions. I've also been reading about tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2015

A strong core is your inner circle, a smaller but diverse group of people who give you energy. But having a core isn’t enough, with online social networks there is the power of weak ties. That question may make it hard to let go. Think about what happens to your closet if you don’t organize it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I recently read an article about fundraising on social networking sites. I placed the photo of me wearing my newest Creative Commons T-Shirt on blog - and of course added it to my Facebook profile and on Twitter , you'll see the Creative Commons Logo with a donate message. two came to mind and rhyme: Fashion and Passion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective. There needs to be discussion.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Facebook, which is the dominant social networking platform globally with 2.4 Cambridge Analytica harvested the personal information and profiles of as many as 87 million people who used Facebook without their consent or knowledge. Card testing is a fraudulent activity. Let me ask you the following question.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

In a sense, the news isn't that surprising (being a for-profit company , Causes must focus on platforms generating the most commercial interest), but it's raised a lot of questions about how closely the nonprofit community aligns itself with commercial tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2008

I've been on Hi5 , yet another social networking site, that is popular outside the US, particularly in Central America (and Asia). A new profile called "Nonprofit Organizations" friend me to day. With this question. My answer: Different social networks are popular in different parts of the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Local Oakland Tweeter @trafficologist Standing Beside Her Profile Pic in the Twitterstream. Note from Beth: It is strange sometimes how social networks can have your past, present, and future collide. And it is smart for museums like the OMCA to leverage their ability to make something trend, to reveal their networks.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2011

The discussion answered common questions, such as the difference between profiles and pages, and included insightful contributions from nonprofit chat participants about how their organizations are using Facebook. Six questions guided the conversation so we've posted the questions and responses below: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2011

Unless you are an Internet personality, an organization with a full-time community manager or a professional online content publisher, there is not enough time to succeed in the multitude of social networks AND manage your own social content. Source: Mary Joyce, Digital Activism Workshop - E-Mediat Project.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2011

Organizations can't create a profile on Facebook — only a page or a group. Pages are essentially like personal profile pages for businesses, but they have more features and interactive options. Be Active and Promote Community. Here are a few tips for getting the most out of Facebook: Create a Page, Not a Group.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The concept of distributed ledgers has usefulness outside of its thriving use in financial transactions and currency speculation, and it is actively triggering innovation in healthcare IT. We manage continuing education (CE) credit transactions: a learner completes a CE activity and receives CE credit, or “credit hours,” in return.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

AARP California Twitter Account Last week at the WeAreMedia Workshop, someone asked a question about babyboomers and social media use. Is it only younger people who are using social media. Some recent studies on social media and social networking use and baby boomers show that more and more are adopting social media.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

LinkedIn’s recent announcements to allow users the option to add volunteer service to their profiles and to provide expanded resources for nonprofits have generated a lot of buzz. Volunteer profiles showcase a segment of an organization’s supporter base that together with a nonprofit’s staff to support a common cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

From there I signed us up for various Facebook groups and profiles and continued experimenting sites like Change.org and Care2. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Who maintains your social media campaigns? I am the only person who is paid to work on social media full-time.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

This is the activity that your supporters will complete during the fundraiser, such as walking steps, running miles, or reading books. For the vast majority of nonprofits, social networks are the ideal solution for broadcasting information to their audience—using the platforms for posts alone as one-way communication channels.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2008

Usually, when I start posts with a question in the title, it's a cheat. Does your museum need a custom online social network? A social networking site is one in which users connect with one another. A social networking site is one in which users connect with one another. In this case, it's debatable.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2012

One of the first things a new visitor will do on your Facebook page is check out your profile – even if it’s only a quick glance at the small box located right under your profile picture. Include links to your website and other social networks. Then select the Edit page button > Use Activity Log.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. Email still gets a good response - if it will best help you reach your desired output, don’t feel obligated to short change your capacity there to try to use social networking or something else. Everything revolves around the audience.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

I finally watched the Oscar-nominated film “The Social Network” this past weekend. Browse as Page: Using the “Account” drop-down menu in the upper right, you may switch between your personal profile and any one of the Pages you administer. Many questions are left unanswered.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

It is important to understand that social media is just one channel, primarily for engagement and connection tactics, but organizations will need to use other channels like email. It is also important to be mindful of how different generations use online social networking and the trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

I'm in the process of an article about tips for nonprofits on social networking sites for TechSoup. On one of my posts trying to digest the research , someone asked a question about strategies for doing outreach on social networking sites. It's also the very definition of "social networking."

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