Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

I designed and facilitated “ A Global Conversation: Free Agents and Nonprofits in a Networked World ” at the SXSWi Interactive over the weekend as an opportunity to experiment with some of these ideas. As many of you know, I’m comfortable with public learning, so using this post to share what I learned.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 15, 2021

Check out these fundraising apps, with our advice on how to choose the right one for your goals. For each donation, users receive photos, short stories, and explanations of how their dollars are effecting change globally. Organizations can easily share Facebook posts, YouTube videos, and images to bring their campaigns to life.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. Matching gifts enhance brand image, improving consumer loyalty. CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

When asked what nonprofit organizations can do to build relationships with media, the panelists provided sage advice. For more advice no this, also consider these newsjacking tips from Media Cause. #3 4 Think global, write local Don’t forget op-eds and letters to the editor! Ask yourself:] Have they done a piece on it already?”

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 20, 2016

As 2016 comes to an end, it seemed a great idea to review all the terrific advice we’ve received this year on nonprofit communications best practices. 43% of the adult global population owns a smartphone and the number of smartphone owners is expected to grow to 6.1 Design templates that allow header images to be easily changed.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

If you’re trendspotting the latest in webwear like me, you’ll notice that the bold and beautiful charity websites are slimming down the text and accentuating the images. that the very latest trend in web design this fall is all about the images. Images: Compliments of Microsoft and Blue Drop Awards. Who, What, Wow.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

We also heard that as technology is changing — moving to the cloud, Bring Your Own Device, mobile, focus on data and analytics, and so forth — the need for hardware, advice, training, and services is increasing. Image 1: T echSoup R omania / Cosmin Sbarcea. Image 2 : Things Istanbul / CC BY-NC-SA. spanhidden

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 11, 2020

Influencers: global word of mouth marketing. If you know the term ‘influencer’, it might conjure up images of selfie obsessed girls promoting weight-loss shakes and bikinis. What is more important is considering the goals and content of an influencer’s account and how well it matches to your nonprofit’s image.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

In our ongoing mission to provide technology information and resources to nonprofit organizations and libraries, TechSoup’s latest Nonprofits Live (NPLive) explored advice and resources for creating great presentations. Leroux Miller kicked off the discussion by offering advice focused on online presentations.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In the midst of a global pandemic, a worldwide reckoning with systemic injustice, and economic uncertainty, what will Giving Tuesday look like this year? Watch this video to hear Woodrow Rosenbaum, Giving Tuesday’s Chief Data Officer, share advice for setting your goals for this year. [On Here you go!

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Out of those unsettling images came a new idea: security stickers on takeout. Financial reports since 2019 may show these trends flipping, but either way, a global push to sustainability and green goals puts LEED in a clear advantage over the long run. People know that a lot of the health advice given and being advertised is tainted.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs. Every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. Friday, January 13, 2017.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Following are just a few words of advice from the NTEN Community. Hour of Code is a global movement that's reached 190 million people so far. Chris and Sam have some advice for gathering a product development team from the beginning , which can alleviate headaches down the road. Images: NTEN. About the Author.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

TechSoup's own social media team weigh in on the report and offer their advice for making wise social media decisions. But the best advice out there, if you haven't already started experimenting with visual storytelling, is to just do it. Turning to the experts seems reasonable, but conflicting advice abounds.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2015

You can see what those would be for your organization using the Global Workplace Analytics Employer Workplace Savings Calculator (free registration is required to use the tool). Image 1: TechSoup. Image 2 : DPLA-Public Domain-Google digitized-Hathi Trust. Image 3 : markos86 / Shutterstock. Image 6 : racorn/ Shutterstock.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2015

Image Source: ntegrity. ” Nancy Schwartz has an fantastic blog post offering expert advice on how nonprofits should communicate during a crisis, using the situation in Baltimore and the Nepal Earthquake as hooks to offer some recommendations.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Julie Pietrantoni, an associate attorney in the Technology Transactions Practice Group at Cooley, is a longtime TechSoup Global board member. It offers free legal assistance, a mediation service, electronic advice, and fact sheets on employment law, corporate structure, charity law, intellectual property, tax and property.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But did you know that our work is global? That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. Every month our global network of community organizers hosts Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. Victoria, British Columbia: Social Media Surgery: Hands-on Advice and Help.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

Advice from #15NTC , Tessa Srebro, VolunteerMatch [2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference] Part 1 - How do I configure it? Translated from [2015 ??? ?? ????(NTC)

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

This post is Development Director Ryan Ginard's first impression of seeing how powerful a virtual reality video is in putting the viewer in the middle of a compelling story at the most recent meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. A Highlight at the Recent Clinton Global Initiative Meeting. Image : kevin / CC BY.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

I put the call out to the 200 or so TechSoup Global staff asking for one thing they're doing to ensure their online security, and here's what they said. TechSoup: Safer Online for Nonprofits: Practical Advice to Keep You Safe. Images: TechSoup Global. Passwords, Passwords, Passwords. C'est la vie.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

TechSoup: Safer Online for Nonprofits: Practical Advice to Keep You Safe. Images: TechSoup Global. TechSoup’s 5 Basic Things to Protect Privacy. TechSoup: Why Celebrity iCloud Hacking Should Matter to Your Nonprofit. There are many more things all of us can do to ensure our online security.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

According to the Global NGO Technology Report , 47% of nonprofits purchased Facebooks Ads in 2019. According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 32% of online donors gave through Facebook Charitable Giving Tools in 2020. Then, target a global, open audience. Of those, 89% said they would likely do it again.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 60 cities. Victoria, British Columbia: Social Media Surgery: Hands-on Advice and Help. Image : aldisley / CC BY-NC-ND. Durham, North Carolina: Happy Hour Reception.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2012

This post originally appeared on the NetSquared blog, which is an initiative of TechSoup Global's, and was written by Causecast. latest shopping tips, design advice, and funny dog pictures. Unlike Twitter and Facebook, images are key to Pinterest. Lets face it; it’s hard to look away from Pinterest.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Storytelling is our focus for May, but every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 50 cities. Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: Mobile Tech for Nonprofits - A Global Health Success Story. Image : Michele Mateus / CC BY-NC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

The criticism was that Owyang's advice was not sophisticated enough. " It made me think about this post on the Now is Gone Blog that offers some advice about transparency. The organization recently went through an extensive image/re-branding strategy. transparency???, and by definition not quite ready for social media."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

USA for UNHCR created the Blue Key campaign as a way to drive awareness of this global issue in the US. Click Image to see larger version. Any advice about setting up systems to track Twitter. Click to see larger image. Describe the Twitter Charts: What are you showing? What tool did you use? What is the blue line?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2015

For all of these locations, my advice is to make sure you can read the phrase out loud in a way that would be clearly understood by a teenager. James Metzger is TechSoup Global's online marketing and analytics manager. Image / Alexis Wilke / CC BY-SA. Tip 4: Put Keywords in the Right Places. spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

Rik wrote a great post this called Global Poverty Death Counter: good cause, @!#(*@() implementation (Rik used another word in the headline, but I don't any trackback spam). " He goes on to offer some advice: Get to know the community first. It is a rant about the billboard put up by the World Development Movement in Second Life.

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.orgSource

APRIL 3, 2023

Adele is a globally recognized publicist who has served as a public relations strategist, corporate counsel, and crisis management consultant for clients such as Facebook, Johnson & Johnson, Samsung, DuPont, Lockheed Martin, Verizon, and President Joe Biden. As a recent guest on the Association 4.0 Begin with agreement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 2, 2014

Creating visual content, such as branded images, infographics, and video. Her insightful and practical advice helped WITNESS understand the need for transparency in our mobile and social media strategies. Thanks to Heather’s advice, we’ve been able build an international brand from our tiny corner of the world.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Ok, now add to the mix a liberal dose of several years of strong economic growth and modernization, a GDP ranked 17 th in the world, a youth population (12 to 24 year olds) representing a third of the total population, and a growing reputation as one of the most promising IT sectors globally, and do you know where that will land you?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Images of Empowerment. To address this need, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, in partnership with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Getty Images, created Images of Empowerment. Images of Empowerment was created in 2015 and was extended in 2018. Grand Challenges Awards Repository.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've gotten a lot of great advice about how to get started and I will share it as I plan to blog what I learn about taking this blog to the next level. I'm off to make a desktop image of these visuals of goals so they are in front of my eyes for the year. SXSW Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam. I've also got to get rid of those extra pounds.

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Neon CRM

MAY 17, 2023

According to the 2022 Global Trends in Giving Report , 26% of respondents indicated that email is the tool that most inspires them to give, outpacing social media (25%), website (17%), and print materials (13%). This advice comes directly from the author, who once sent an email to more than 26,000 people that began “Hey, %%first_name%%”.

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The Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

For any of a number of legitimate reasons, you’ve waited until November to join the global giving movement. Use engaging images, like close-ups of faces. Share YOUR tips and advice for a successful campaign! This might be the first time your nonprofit has thought about participating in #GivingTuesday.

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