Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2011

I’ve been experimenting with posting different types of content and engagement techniques on my Facebook Page this past month based on what the research says about increasing engagement. They were clever, funny, and great social media advice! I also posted off hours. Here’s a few. Sally Reed. Jack Fundly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2014

Content curation – the process of finding, organizing, and sharing topical, relevant content for your audience that supports your nonprofit’s engagement or campaign goals (or your professional learning) begins with “ Spotting the Awesome.” ” UpWell Content Curation Guidelines - The Mobilisation Lab.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

We reached a higher level of engagement with short-form video content than static content. As a bonus, we also saw an overall boost in engagement with our social media profiles and other content types. Some of our top videos were just authentic conversations on topics that we knew would be valuable for our audiences.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

In the coming months, TechSoup will create and share content, quick tips, events, and an Internet Safety Basics Guide to help nonprofits work safer online (read TechSoup's first posts here and here !). Join the Conversation. Got more advice than you can fit in a tweet? That's where Safer Online for Nonprofits comes in!

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

I’ve summarized advice from our contributors to offer practical ideas for beginning to integrate the Association 4.0 Sig VanDamme, the Founder of NimbleUser, GoJectory, and VA2A, offered this advice to bring the board along on those speculative ventures: Preparing a board to manage risk is a sales process. Association 4.0:

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2017

For the Professional Social Media class I teach at Sonoma State University , I created an exercise designed to help folks practice both content creation and looking at metrics. Content Creation. Ask folks to think about the people in the group and what content would appeal to them. But that is the same online.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 13, 2022

How can you ensure that the content of the discussion is focused on the key message(s)? What can you do to make the conversation a generative one that moves things forward? How will the organization's values be demonstrated openly and authentically in the conversation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

This morning I learned a new word for information overload – “content fried” from a colleague at the Packard Foundation. It resonated. We have so much content in our professional lives. Then there’s the whole other world of organizational content that you need to consume or create to get stuff done!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 9, 2020

How can you ensure that the content of the discussion is focused on the key message(s)? What can you do to make the conversation a generative one that moves things forward? How will the organization's values be demonstrated openly and authentically in the conversation?

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Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Make sure to personalize all your communications and interact with their content in a genuine way. What to do if you can’t get advice from the funder Although many funders will be open to having this conversation, some won’t. A great place to start is by connecting with decision makers on LinkedIn.

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Blue Fox

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Sheehan will speak on how to have meaningful financial conversations with a nonprofit board of directors. Dubbed by her clients as a nonprofit numbers guru, Sheehan will speak on how to have meaningful financial conversations with a nonprofit board of directors using the latest and greatest financial technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2008

Holly Ross wrote a good reflection piece about public conversations on blogs and how to get your audience ready for that conversation. She makes the point: What I am saying is that your audience may not be ready to have the conversation that social media enables. That's because social media does not just enable conversations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 6, 2020

How can you ensure that the content of the discussion is focused on the key message(s)? What can you do to make the conversation a generative one that moves things forward? How will the organization's values be demonstrated openly and authentically in the conversation?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The Ads Manager interface is not particularly intuitive, and the advertising advice offered by Facebook and third parties is almost always focused on e-commerce rather than nonprofits and advocacy campaigns. 1) Set up a conversion event and create a campaign. 2) Identify your target audience. 2) Identify your target audience.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

The seven dimensions are : Contribution Competence Connection Confidence Challenge Contentment Choice The book provides you checklists, discussion questions, tools and templates to use with employees, all of which will make it easier for you – and them – to take action. Human beings tend to gravitate toward what ’ s comfortable and familiar.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

I also tried out a lot of math jokes on her - check out the video to see how they landed, or read on for the highlights of our conversation. First things first, Amy shared an important piece of advice: before you ask about how a social post performed, be sure qualify what you're asking for. About Wistia. How did it do at what ?".

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In her conversation with Blackbaud Institute Managing Director Ashley Thompson, Rachel shared insights into how your organization can assess your marketing effectiveness and goals that you can set to reach marketing maturity. UX design and content. These include: Research and analytics. Branding and strategy. Technology. Team dynamics.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

With the focus now on virtual and hybrid events, how do event planners and brands create and deliver content that will foster attendee engagement and keep them coming back for more? To combat this, you will need to focus on producing quality content and include event features that encourage participation.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 24, 2021

I began by asking him what would be your top pieces of advice to anyone looking to build their charities wills and gifts programs ? So we market internally to give our clinical teams the knowledge and confidence to have conversations with our beneficiaries about the importance of gifts in wills to our charity if the occasion arises. .

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Mentioned this week in the Agitator , SOFII has become the treasury of the Jerry Huntsinger’s direct mail fundraising advice. John Haydon is offering up [FOR FREE] 42 pages of eBook goodness to help you get more traffic, increase search rankings and boost conversions. Our world would not be the same without you.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

With the focus now on virtual and hybrid events, how do event planners and brands create and deliver content that will foster attendee engagement and keep them coming back for more? To combat this, you will need to focus on producing quality content and include event features that encourage participation.

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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. Make it easy to share your content via your website with share buttons (those share numbers are an excellent and easy recommendation for your customers).

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 25, 2023

Depending on your distinct practice, you’ll need to create a holistic SEO strategy that involves: An accessible website : NXunite’s guide to healthcare websites suggests choosing a healthcare-specific CMS (content management system) and incorporating your branding to add credibility to your site.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 27, 2019

How can you ensure that the content of the discussion is focused on the key message(s)? What can you do to make the conversation a generative one that moves things forward? How will the organization's values be demonstrated openly and authentically in the conversation?

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 12, 2017

One of the biggest obstacles bloggers encounter—whether they’re on the WordPress platform or not—is how to create content that is based on currently trending topics. Here are six ways to streamline your content ideas and make sure you’re hitting the right buttons of interest for your readers. Google Trends.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Healthcare website visitors search for crucial medical advice, doctors’ names and contact information, a map of your facility, or other must-have information. Hospital websites must comply with accessibility regulations such as Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2008

A (blog) conversation strategy is how you support and nurture a conversation on your blog in the comments. It is a combination of how you will comment on other blogs, how you track the conversation, and how you respond to comments on your blog. But, the real question is how do you facilitate conversation?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 18, 2019

How can you ensure that the content of the discussion is focused on the key message(s)? What can you do to make the conversation a generative one that moves things forward? How will the organization's values be demonstrated openly and authentically in the conversation?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 29, 2019

How can you ensure that the content of the discussion is focused on the key message(s)? What can you do to make the conversation a generative one that moves things forward? How will the organization's values be demonstrated openly and authentically in the conversation?

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

By simplifying and streamlining your donation page as much as possible, you can decrease form abandonment and boost conversions. Use blog posts or fundraising landing pages to highlight the positive impact that donations have on your ability to achieve your mission. A lengthy donation form could discourage supporters from giving.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2018

How can you ensure that the content of the discussion is focused on the key message(s)? What can you do to make the conversation a generative one that moves things forward? How will the organization's values be demonstrated openly and authentically in the conversation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

During the fall, the WeAreMedia project is discussing the content in the tactical modules. Each module discussing ideas and content that will progressively take more time to implement. This week we've had a lively discussion about Module 2: Participate in the Conversation. What is the benefit of having a conversation?

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Classy

JUNE 10, 2021

This week, our 2021 virtual nonprofit conference, the Collaborative: Virtual Sessions , opened with a conversation around trading perfectionism for an opportunity to show up as our authentic selves. One of the many sessions spotlighting the impact of recurring giving led to even more conversation when it ended.

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Qgiv

JULY 14, 2021

They posted engaging content. They started sharing content from Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine a week ahead of the fundraising period to let their social circle know why they were raising funds. They rarely posted text-only posts and when they did they were sure to keep them short and conversational.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 4, 2022

You don’t need to publish endless amounts of story content because it’s what you think you should be doing. I like this approach because it helps you align content with strategic goals so that more of what you do is truly purposeful and strategic. After all, storytelling is a tool and we want to be strategic in how we use that tool.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 2018

How can you ensure that the content of the discussion is focused on the key message(s)? What can you do to make the conversation a generative one that moves things forward? How will the organization's values be demonstrated openly and authentically in the conversation?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Have real pictures and have real conversations. Are these changes good for nonprofits bottom line too?

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