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Is Your Nonprofit Too Old To Barf Rainbows on Snapchat?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I waited to see if other nonprofits would embrace this emerging social media platform. In the last six months, as SnapChat hype has escalated, the list of early adopter nonprofits has started grow , it isn’t huge yet. Does your nonprofit need to be on an emerging social media channel beyond Facebook and Twitter?

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Facebook Changes for Organization Pages: Focus On Results

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While the specific tactics and techniques for a tool may change, the concepts generally hold constant. Over the years, as I have watched Facebook roll out features and changes, it seems takes a predictable pattern: the big announcement, hype, backlash, more tweaks to the platform, experiments by users/organizations, and learning what works.

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Google + for Social Change Activists: Dive in Early or Wait?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value. Momsrising is an early adopter of online tools currently exploring the Google + platform and discussing it in team meetings. Wait for maturation?

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

Data philanthropy efforts are reviewed and advice for writing about data is offered. Private companies are also testing the concept by actually sharing data. This week the revolutionary data driven philanthropy of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation is featured and a call for beneficiary inclusion in Markets for Good goes out.

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Facebook has a well-known pattern of testing new fundraising tools with a small, select group of nonprofits and then expanding them to all nonprofits. For further advice on using Facebook Stories effectively, please see this Complete Guide to Facebook Stories. 7) Utilize Facebook Messenger. Facebook Messenger has 1.3

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60+ Nonprofit Marketing Ideas That Get Results

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Drive donor engagement by utilizing an online fundraising platform to create brandable forms and custom messaging that are both easy to share and simple to use. Segment your donors by their behavior by reviewing donor data collected from CRMs, fundraising platforms, and social media.

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The Ultimate Guide to Promoting Your School’s Giving Day

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Blackbaud’s Giving Tuesday Toolkit offers excellent advice for development teams on running a giving day event. Your options for developing creative content are endless, from branded animated gifs to graphic updates and even hype videos. Create a Unique Giving Day Page. Have a Social Media Party. Share Your Success.

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