Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2013

If your nonprofit decides to set up a presence on LinkedIn, check out how some of the early adopters are engaging with followers and the content they are sharing to help you get some ideas for you plan. In addition, browse these tips from the Best Company pages on LinkedIn. Filter engagement trends by type and time period.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

Also, here’s a post I wrote about how early adopter nonprofits have used Instagram for contests. Cheat Sheets and Tutorial To Coach Your Nonprofit CEO. Ten Inspiring Nonprofits (2012) on Instagram by Mashable. Nonprofits That Get Instagram (2014) by Kerri Karvesti – an excellent Pinterest board of great examples.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The Case Foundation is in the middle of a month-long series called “Gear Up for Giving” to provide social media tutorials to help nonprofits and their supporters understand how to use key tools and techniques to create awareness, catalyze civic action and cultivate new supporters and donors for their causes. Author: Jordan Viator.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2016

Danielle Jackson is a communications specialist from GCFLearnFree.org, an online provider of free technology tutorials. Ben Williams is a data services analyst with Tech Impact, where he creates training plans for tech adoption. Since 2013, she has also been a Techsoup NetSquared organizer for Tech4Good SWFL.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Join Us: LEARN: View our interactive Tableau Tree Equity Dashboard and Watch our Salesforce+ tutorial to learn the importance of reforestation and how to plant a tree at home. We’ll also have always-on adoption resources and information about Success Offerings and our pro bono program.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you’re hesitant or skeptical about adopting TikTok as a marketing tool keep reading—we’ll unpack everything you need to know about using Tiktok for good! TikTok videos can be doubled as tutorials as well! Like any other marketing tool or social media platform, TikTok’s value is in its storytelling ability.

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

Those that have already adopted automation are seeing amazing gains in efficiency. Learn your selected platform : Most low-code platforms offer tutorials, documentation, and community support— gain access now. Automation can improve accuracy and standardization. It also reduces the potential for error and duplication of work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

The experts say that if you are over 24, you will not get it — and so I was relieved that it was SnapChat, not me and that my technical skills had suddenly disappeared like a snap. Thank god there are teenage YouTube celebrities who share excellent SnapChat tutorials like Aaron’s Break the Internet.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

don’t embark on fundraising without a plan for using the funds, we can’t adopt a new fundraising approach without proper training. Components included video tutorials, suggested calendars of activity, sample materials, frequently asked questions, logos, and a Twibbon for Facebook and Twitter use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2009

Given Twitter's explosive growth and crossing the chasm to more mainstream adoption , the palette of Twitter tools has most definitely expanded as Brian notes in his post to more than 1,000 apps. Better yet, I'd like to see a wikispace that included descriptions, links to tutorials, and tips. I would love to see a clickable version.

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Forj

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

It completely misses the point of adopting the xAPI standard. Content tutorial SCORMs weren’t a bad approach to eLearning—in the 2000s. Changing the settings in a SCORM authoring tool would be like taking your sleek new screwdriver and bashing it against screws in order to keep using it like a hammer. How will you answer?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2012

By teaming with IT, and driving the adoption of these next generation tools, HR could upgrade its role in Enterprise 2.0. Third: Focus on Driving Adoption Cloud-based tools don’t require much technical heavy-lifting, but adoption can be a challenge. Call me crazy, but. Why not HR?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

” Udi was not on Twitter before he started tweeting for his organization and was a Twitter novice, but he was opened to sitting down with his communications staff for a half hour tutorial where they showed him the basics of using Twitter and how to do it from his mobile phone. Getting Past the Learning Curve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Also, here’s a post I wrote about how early adopter nonprofits have used Instagram for contests , but also see this recent slideshare deck that examines contest best practices in depth. Cheat Sheets and Tutorial To Coach Your Nonprofit CEO. Ten Inspiring Nonprofits (2012) on Instagram by Mashable.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

While the app is only available for Washington voters, it could potentially be adopted for other states. Windows 8 adopters can also try out the Viewer for Khan Academy desktop app, which lets you watch Khan Academy videos on your desktop. School and Job Preparedness. iStudiez Pro. Additional Resources. Let us know in the comments!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

We also know that training is one of the most effective ways to support successful adoption and use of technology in your organization. Short video tutorials. But then we thought about it a little more. We know that using new technology can be hard. You Want Online Training, Step-by-Step Guides, and Help Using TechSoup Donations.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I was working at a small, but well-connected nonprofit at the time and we were an early adopter of Salesforce when it was very corporately modeled. A few years back, the Salesforce Foundation started offering their services for free to nonprofits. read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2009

Youth Haven't Adopted Twitter in Drives. Some good tweets: @jowyang: Youth haven't adopted twitter in droves (Cnet article) this same topic was discussed yesterday at #twtrcon [link]. Twitter is all about community - up with the ppl, down with the numbers game :) @ danschawbel RESOURCE: Top 7 Twitter Tutorials on YouTube [link].

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Finding the right software doesn’t have to be as terrible or daunting as you think, and luckily there are a few easy rules that you can follow to make sure you are adopting one that meets your organization’s needs and also has the functionality that will help you grow your marketing reach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

While young people and early adopters increasingly turn to the social Web not only to socialize but to communicate, explore new ideas and share new experiences, nonprofits and social change organizations are still generally stuck in the top-down, one-way world of Web 1.0. jazz and put it to work for your organization or cause.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Because so many people use Mailchimp, it is easy to get support via Mailchimp Facebook groups and YouTube tutorials. The free service is limited, but it’s a good place to start to determine if you like the tool. Paid plans start at about $10 per month. Many people you work with will have some familiarity with Mailchimp.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Orangutan Outreach used a donation of Adobe Creative Suite to produce and electronically distribute high-quality digital content for thousands of "adoptive parents." The organization uses TechSoup donations of QuickBooks to do all its accounting and Adobe Creative Suite to create things like its video tutorials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Resource packages like this are important because one of the big challenges, especially for smaller organizations, is the time it takes to get organized.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 7, 2006

Every tech blog I know has, for at least two years, posted the occassional tutorial on how to use RSS to access information feeds. But surveys still show that rss and related technologies are being adopted very slowly. PBS's Mark Glaser in tries his hand at the RSS tutorial in his MediaShift blog this week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Second Wave Adoption Check out Nancy White's Second Wave Adoption thats creating waves in the educational technology and nonprofit technology blogosphere. " If you have thoughts about Second Wave adoption of Web2.0 They understand what's needed to encourage adoption. It launches with an 11/11 orientation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Social Media: Adoption, Strategy, and Measuring Success ZUP4Nonprofits has a two-part post ( pt. The Wild Apricot blog offers a tutorial and a list of sites currently using the API. There's going to be a Netsquared Meetup (recommendations for restaurant or location are needed) How will your nonprofit avoid the Meatball Sundae?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. One of the ways is via strategic commenting and here's a terrific video tutorial on the topic or this terrific tips article from problogger. Meanwhile, a few scholarly articles on the topic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

At the Netsquared Conference, I discovered that there are few organizations in the experimenting with metaverse games -- the early adopters. If you rather read up and use some tutorials, Lisa Williams has collected a few ) I even managed to build a few objects or "primitives."

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Neon CRM

JULY 12, 2023

It’s full of online courses, tutorials, and simulations that our clients use during their onboarding process and throughout the life of their partnership with Neon One. When you’re learning or adopting a new software, whether or not you’ve had a CRM in the past, there’s always going to be a learning curve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

” You can learn more about how to use Facebook for social good – there are lots of examples and tutorials and resources in their newly retooled nonprofit and social good Facebook Page. marniethedog , a 12 year old senior dog who was adopted, but diagnosed with an illness that made her head tilt.

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