Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Here’s a summary of tips, tools, examples, and resources for getting the most of our your nonprofit event with social media. Here’s a summary of tips, tools, examples, and resources for getting the most of our your nonprofit event with social media. (Here’s a curated link list used to create this post).

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I work in and support nonprofit organizations, and my focus on communities isn’t to suggest that organizations are “bad” or aren’t making a difference. We should approach offline action as one of many channels available to us to reach our mission. Quite the opposite! What is changing and why? Start small.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 11, 2019

Most nonprofits don’t have a surplus of cash on hand. In fact, most small to mid-size nonprofits struggle to maintain enough funds to continue their regular programming. A potential solution to this issue is a sponsorship program , a tit-for-tat transaction between your nonprofit and another company, be it a for-profit or not.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Twitter and Facebook have been crucial in recruiting new pro bono consultants and connecting with nonprofits that could benefit from our Service Grant projects. We started out by creating a twitter account and using just a few hours a week to monitor and post, then built out our other channels and cross-promoted our specific campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

One of the reasons I made a commitment to blogging about professional topics regularly was because I was inspired by Marnie’s nonprofit technology blog, ext. David was interested in learning more about what American nonprofits were doing with social media, he asked me for some advice. Example: Red Cross.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Last week, I was in Sao Paolo for the ABCR Festival, the leading conference in Brasil for fundraising for nonprofit organizations. The challenges: Explosion of online media channels. The campaign provides advice on how to self-examine and help detect signs and symptoms. This was my third visit to the country. Stories are social.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

After spending a year facilitating a peer learning community of Knight Foundation grantees hosting giving days, one of the most factors for success for local no nonprofits participating is having about 6-9 months timeframe to develop a plan. NetworkforGood to the rescue! Is your nonprofit planning to participate in a Giving Day?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The discussion about the recent changes on Facebook has focused mostly around what it means for individuals, particularly the tension between openness and privacy. Many people are wondering what it means for nonprofit brands using Facebook as one of their marketing channels. This advice still holds true.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Multi-channel marketing is the practice of communicating and marketing across many channels. By leveraging multiple communication channels—email, mobile, direct mail, websites, social media, paid and earned media, SEO, and more, you expand your reach to engage new donors and supporters. Why is it important for nonprofits?

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Care2

AUGUST 9, 2013

Gen Y demands the most accountability from nonprofits. About 60% said it’s important for them to see how their donation made a direct impact on a nonprofit. However, it’s worth noting that that majority of money raised by nonprofits today is still through offline channels like Direct Mail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago. A total of 3,094 Tweets, Facebook Status Updates, or other social channel used the hashtag #OceanLoveEarl from 6/23-7/15. Total raise $5563 or 10% over goal of $5,000 in 2 weeks.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Learn how to maximize the reach of your nonprofit or library's posts to Facebook. TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki is designed to be a starting place for organizations just getting started on social media. CUA held social media forums in Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne offering practical advice for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I also lead a workshop on social media strategy for communications professionals who work with networks, nonprofits, and foundations. My reflections have mostly that has been around the subject matter of how nonprofits and foundations are thinking about and using social media. Offline/Online Interaction. My reflections are here.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Through the Google Ad Grants program , nonprofits everywhere can leverage pay-per-click (PPC) marketing for free. Google gives eligible nonprofits $10,000 monthly to spend on its paid advertising platform. That’s why a lot of nonprofits turn to expert Google Grants managers for help. Do Google Ad Grants work?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Learn how to maximize the reach of your nonprofit or library's posts to Facebook. TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki is designed to be a starting place for organizations just getting started on social media. CU held social media forums in Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne offering practical advice for nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

Founded in 1998, Care2, a B-corporation that works with over 700 nonprofits and has more than 15 million members, defines itself as a social action network. Care2 provides visitors to their site green-living advice and the opportunity to act on behalf of the causes they care most about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Dan also emphasizes that social media acted an accelerator and that it was a multi-channel campaign both online and offline and used both grassroots and grasstops tactics. .&# They used Google Analytics to see where traffic is coming from specifically to their advocacy pages surrounding the bill and looked at Twitter retweets.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

And chances are that if you work at a nonprofit that's been around 10+ years, has 10+ employees, and 10+ constituents, that's you. Consultants like myself are full of helpful advice on just how to do that. Or, bring together your communications and development teams to align offline production schedules with online message planning.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

”— the fundraiser and strategist in me can't help but think how this kind of behavior and interaction applies to ways nonprofits are trying to engage with their constituents. Advice abounds about tricks and tips for engaging the social sphere. You should use certain key words. Post your comments in the form of a question.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

TechSoup continued its Social Media Mondays in May with a discussion on Twitter to expand on the resources offered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki. The second installment of the weekly TweetChat series offered some useful advice on nonprofit Twitter use, a tool that can be difficult to understand for many nonprofit leaders.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

Recently, Brock Warner (Senior Manager, Fundraising at War Child) and I hosted a webinar regarding end of year fundraising for nonprofits —the things we need to stop doing and things we should be doing instead. Rather than saving the questions for private consultations, Brock and I have decided to share our advice with all of you!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

I will also be teaching this workshop for nonprofits in a number of other locations in the coming months. Getting Your Nonprofit Ready To Listen. Your organization may be skeptical about the value of listening through social media channels. Beth Kanter, Examples of How Listening Returns Value for Nonprofit Organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Pimp My Nonprofit Panel at SXSW. Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Not True! Blogging Behind the Nonprofit Firewall: ROI Approach. Social Fundraising: Leveraging On and Offline Connections. Twitter Demographics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

" asking readers to share their stories about how they got started in social media, first steps, and advice. I was networking weaving between the offline/online. But you could also connect to other people who were setting up gophers by linking to them or even conduct a chat by telnet or hangout in IRC channel.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

And if you have not heard, I have a podcast, “Let’s Take This Offline,” and you can go ahead and binge listen while you do your running, or your walking, or you’re sitting lakeside this summer, kind of decompressing from a really hellish year. What’s your best advice for managing up?

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Care2

JULY 15, 2013

Multi-Channel Loyalty Programs: Increasing Customer Engagement and Frequency July 16, 2013. Next generation loyalty platforms have made it easy for brands to reward consumers for engaging online and offline through any channel: web, social, mobile, retail, and now email. Webinar, 1pm EST. Cost: Free.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Note from Beth: Many nonprofit social media managers are also serve as online community managers, supporting communities of their nonprofit’s fans and supporters on social media channels. Keeping your Nonprofit Safe and Happy Online: Dealing with Harassment. guest post by Hannah Donald.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey: As most nonprofits have these days is that renewal rates have been declining and that’s been consistent. we do tests where we send dozens of donations to nonprofits to see how we’re treated as donors. . ” And the volunteer said, “Oh, I’m not asking for money, I just want to get your advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

I've also been looking at examples from the corporate sector like the POST method from Forrester and thinking about adaptions for nonprofit. Special thanks to Qui Diaz and Danielle Brigidia for giving this a real world test from the vantage point of a social media strategist in a nonprofit organization. Identify Objectives.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So I’m a communication consultant, a communication strategist for nonprofits, mainly. I work mainly with nonprofits and social enterprises that want to have a bigger impact, that wants to increase their audiences, and that want to interact with diverse communities. So this is how I got interested in communication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2009

It covered many examples of how people were using Facebook for online activism as well as how nonprofits were using it for fundraising. She also included some practical advice. Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook delivered the opening keynote. I've heard Randi speak a couple of times, including this informative webinar hosted by NTEN.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Super, you know, active in the nonprofit community, down in Houston. The mission, vision, values that may be on your websites, on your nonprofit’s websites, we’re going to talk about how you can incorporate those in your messaging. And speaks all over the place, she’s got a lot of clients. But happy you’re here.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So the superintendent, His name is Keith Lester, in his planning process, did a series of interviews with organizations, nonprofit, even corporate, and then also spoke with families and said. In our nonprofit sector, I think we use that a lot. Are communication channels clear? How can we work together to fix it? Steven: Yeah.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Note from Beth: Online harassment is a problem especially for nonprofits that are doing advocacy for controversial issues. While 18-24 year olds are most likely to receive online abuse, this unpleasant practice affects people of every age, all around the world, and can lead to further problems offline. s website.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

As agents of social change, there is a great deal the nonprofit sector can learn from Election 2008. These posts were literally "mashed up" with Current TV's election debate feeds that aired on their cable channel and web video feed. Tools you can Use. and aggregates them. Planning an event or building a campaign?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Frank Barry offers this guest post with some advice about how to succeed with nonprofit fundraising in 2013. 2 Strategies for Overcoming Common Fundraising Challenges All Nonprofits Face [Infographic] – Guest Post by Frank Barry. What challenges do nonprofits face? Multi-Channel Fundraising = Optimism.

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