Candid

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Find the posts from the last year that had the most likes and comments. Warm them up with polls or easy open-ended questions, like asking what their favorite program or event of yours was over the last year. Make photographs interactive by inviting commenters to add a title to the photograph or by answering a true or false question.

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Social Media Build Media Giving 59

Twenty Hats

JANUARY 12, 2021

I make a point of varying the format , sometimes using polls or breakout rooms for smaller group discussion and brainstorming. Interestingly, a follow up poll gave the event relatively low marks. Interestingly, I polled 65 volunteers at our January 2021 Zoom meeting, about how they prefer being appreciated by staff.

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Volunteer Poll Slides Video 76

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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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 17, 2024

In this guide, we’ll review five game-changing strategies you can use to activate your marketing potential and bring in more supporters, let’s begin! Post polls like “Which auction item are you most excited about?” You can do this by preparing an engaging marketing plan that drums up excitement and draws in event attendees.

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Game Marketing Change Tips 52

Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Ask an association staff member to participate in the group to help answer questions, direct members to helpful resources, and listen to their comments. As your younger members become more active in your online community, be sure to reward their involvement. Recruit and engage young professionals as community leaders.

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Community Badge Online Organization 78

Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Perhaps you can offer ways for online attendees to ask questions and provide comments. For example, here are some features to include in your online experience that will keep attendees active and engaged: Live Q&A – Incorporate questions and answers so attendees can interact with speakers in real-time. Get feedback.

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Virtual Associations Sponsor Poll 78

NetWits

JULY 27, 2012

Include your events, photos, maps, twitter link, polls, and of course, your email list. Enable RSS so visitors can keep up with your blog activity with Google Reader (my preference). Subscribe to posts and/or comments on the Tenement Museum blog. Add it to your Facebook Apps. RSS as a Replacement.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Supporters won’t read your blog just because they have a relationship with your nonprofit—they want to engage with informative, interesting content that actively furthers their understanding of your cause. It also reassures your readers that your organization is active and constantly working toward its mission. Google Ads.

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Practice Organization Nonprofit Content 36

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Many nonprofits did not realize that under the old Facebook (as in last week’s Facebook), Status Updates sent from Pages that did not earn Likes or Comments increasingly lost News Feed exposure over time. It is simply a real-time display of activities and actions: 5. The new Facebook Ticker gives your nonprofit added exposure.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 7, 2020

When we are engaged in stimulating activities, the brain releases dopamine , a neurotransmitter that leaves us feeling positive and happy. Performing an activity that leads to a dopamine release becomes a system of behavior and reward. Quizzes and polls can also have a similar effect by helping steer thoughts towards particular topics.

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Virtual Brain Storytelling Audience 96

Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

After all, there are some 31 million active blog sites in the United States only at any given time, and to make your own content stand out from the crowd is certainly no easy chore. Depending on what successful bloggers your poll, the answers to these questions can vary widely. In today’s world of blogging, it’s hard to get noticed.

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Content Create Tips Blogger 100

sgEngage

MAY 27, 2021

Actively build a community by connecting with supporters through their preferred communication channels. Listen to your supporters’ needs by sending surveys and polls where they can provide feedback. Be sure to actively incorporate their comments so they know their opinions matter.

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Giving Retention Metrics Demographics 122

Volunteer Hub

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Ask your community of volunteers for feedback via polls. allow them to feel involved) Engage with daily comments and posts. Actively tracking social media performance can help you understand what is working, which platforms are delivering value, and provide insights into whether you are reaching your goal (recruiting volunteers).

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Social Media Volunteer Media Social 91

Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Social media is all about connection, so you should use it to actively connect with your supporters using these tips. . To encourage further interaction with your content, try these methods: Ask for comments, then reply directly to your followers in the comment section. to start polls or Q&As. digital fundraisers. ,

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Social Media Relationship Donor Media 52

Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2021

One of my favorite books loaded with fundraising activities for your board is Andrea Kihlstedt and Andy Robinson’s Train Your Board to Raise Money. . #3: According to a 2019 study by the Harris Poll, 55% of fundraisers reported feeling “unappreciated” in their work. Drop them in the comments below! .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

It is important to think about different delivery options – individual, small group, and large group activities. Full group activity: Provide feedback and ideas to a shared virtual chat space both before, during, and after live webinar. Tailor the Interaction to the Size of the Group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Questions and polling. Think about allowing others to add their own options to the poll – when is it appropriate, and when is it unnecessary or confusing. Expect to get answers both in the poll itself and in the comments, and run with both! Conversations will naturally spring up in the comments section of your document.

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Group Facebook Doc Poll 119

Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

Do a survey, do a poll, do a Facebook Live, call people on the phone, do a focus group. The third main responsibility of a social media manager is community management–answering questions, DMs, comments, maybe creating policies if you work in a controversial or polarizing issue and need to make sure your community is safe.

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Social Media Media Tips Social 138

AccelEvents

AUGUST 7, 2020

When we are engaged in stimulating activities, the brain releases dopamine , a neurotransmitter that leaves us feeling positive and happy. Performing an activity that leads to a dopamine release becomes a system of behavior and reward. Quizzes and polls can also have a similar effect by helping steer thoughts towards particular topics.

Virtual 52

Virtual Brain Storytelling Audience 52

NetWits

JUNE 20, 2012

Facebook has 901 million active users; 500 million people use Twitter; 8 years worth of content is uploaded to YouTube every day; Pinterest has 4 million unique views daily. Their Facebook page features images, events, videos, polls, a map and even their gift shop. Let’s talk about it in the comments below or in the Altru Community

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Social Media Media Tampa Social 151

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

A short list of recommended apps for marketing Facebook Pages: YouTube Video app : If you have an active Nonprofit YouTube Channel, you might want to share those videos on your Facebook page automatically by creating tab for your channel. The best app is from Involver. Poll Daddy Polls does simple polls (yes / no, three choices).

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Facebook Marketing Poll YouTube 101

AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

Create an event hashtag, run live polling, share videos from past events and blog posts from your branded event website. You can make it even more so by applying some of the same engagement activities you are using for the virtual audience. Competing requires investment, and investment requires engagement. Virtual escape rooms.

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Virtual Stream Poll Audience 64

Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

By paying more attention to which posts and other social media activities garner the most engagement on the platforms, you’ll be able to hone your strategy over time to spark more interest in your nonprofit. Every interaction that takes place between a user and your nonprofit’s social media content counts as an engagement.

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Social Media Metrics North Carolina Media 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

” I took the very simple approach of thinking of it as a data that can help you see the correlation between learning activities and learning outcomes. Please leave a comment. Confusion: I don’t know what or how to measure social media. Delight: Check out these charts and graphs!

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Social Media Measure Analytics Learning 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Before I even set up this quick flash poll , I received an email from a colleague who had already compared and benchmarked their page with peer organizations using ”PATP” – dividing the total People Talking About number by the total of Facebook likes.

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Websites that engage them in some active way, even if it's simply to leave a comment on a news item, subscribe to get updates or a newsletter, or speak up in a quick opinion poll. They're looking for websites that are much more than a simple digital publication. Can a small nonprofit.( read more )

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Websites Web Poll Newsletter 60

AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

Create an event hashtag, run live polling, share videos from past events and blog posts from your branded event website. You can make it even more so by applying some of the same engagement activities you are using for the virtual audience. Competing requires investment, and investment requires engagement. Virtual escape rooms.

Virtual 52

Virtual Stream Poll Audience 52

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

You can determine who your most engaged followers are by tracking who is actively interacting with you on social media. Keep track of the followers who comment, share, and mention your page the most. You can incorporate fun polls and surveys to engage potential participants and appeal to your advocates.

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Volunteer Tips Fundraising Social Media 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2012

Remember last September when Facebook announced all those changes to individual profiles, including the timeline? One of the changes was that your friends and fans can do more than “Like” or “Comment” on Facebook. These so-called “lightweight” activities can be defined by the app creator and pushed throughout the Facebook experience.

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Music Facebook Nonprofit Action 114

Museum 2.0

JULY 8, 2015

Instead of writing a post and soliciting comments (my typical approach), I used an online polling tool to create a simple game where you could read short provocations about questionable revenue sources and give each source an ethical thumbs-up or down. 20 people commented on it. A small percentage comment on it.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

app offers polling location information, sample ballots, and election. polling place, review voting rules, and contact Election Protection if. Philly Votes is an Ushahidi -powered poll monitoring initiative that gathers and maps voting incident reports, such as voter intimidation and long lines. us about it in the comments.

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Poll Pledge Mobile Game 59

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 8, 2013

I’ve informally polled a few colleagues about whether they have ever organized or been asked to participate in a staff Planned Giving campaign or encouraged to make a Planned Gift as part of the staff appeal. Many of these individuals would clearly “match the model” of prospects we actively cultivate for these gifts.

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Poll Campaign Gift Structure 49

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 11, 2022

billion monthly active users. Engage with those who comment on your posts — When someone comments on your post, be sure to respond. If you create a plan and system for managing your activities , you can streamline the process, making it much more approachable. In 2022, Facebook revealed that it has 2.9 YouTube has 2.3

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Social Media Impact Media Social 210

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2011

Some options include videos, podcasts, interviews, polls, insightful status updates, and more. Be Active and Promote Community. Promote community interaction by inviting reader feedback through questions, and then be sure to respond to comments. Need help improving your social media skills? Click here to learn more.

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Facebook Organization Social Media Blogger 84

Forum One

MAY 7, 2009

As the meeting begins, provide some guidance on how participants can ask questions or comment during the meeting. Use the technology available to vary activity with video or slides, interactive polling, application sharing or whiteboard. Take a minute to explain how to do this at the beginning of the meeting. After the meeting.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to send in any chats or questions or comments along the way. And I’ll give you about 30 seconds or so to activate. I know people are transitioning from meetings and … so please activate the survey. So with all that extra time to spare, I got activated, right? Here we go.

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People Community Video Podcast 81

Achieve

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Make your online content more interactive and engaging using these content ideas: Blog posts with comments sections. Social media polls. Social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter) allow you to send out polls and questions to your followers. Online contests or challenges.

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