Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I delivered the ending keynote on the second day and my colleague from the UN Foundation, Aaron Shernian started the second day of the conference, a day packed with ideas, content, and inspiration from the best of Brasil. These philanthroteens lead workshops on advocacy, communications and learned about their peers in developing countries.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

It is important for the committee to have a clear content or operational focus. Alternately, you might be thinking about building an advisory committee around advocacy. For more on the role of advocacy in nonprofits, check out this article. ︎ Define the advisory committee’s focus.

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M+R

MAY 31, 2022

Apple Mail Privacy Protection works by pre-loading email content — including open tracking pixels. Reminder, email opens are tracked by tiny image pixels embedded in email content. Pre-MPP, we all agreed that open rate generally reflected the rate at which people were interacting with an email. Need a quick refresher?

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

Instead editing is, or should be, a collaboration — where multiple perspectives combine to shape content so that it can better connect with audiences. It’s where you set the emotional tone, establish the context of time and place, and let the audience know that this content is for them. That’s not how we should approach editing.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Creating unique content for your blog and social media presence. Building buzz and press for an advocacy action. Diverse Goals. Raising funds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

I am here in Romania for a conference hosted by the Soros Foundation as part of their pilot advocacy through blogging program. I leave Romania early in the morning and I'm probably too tired to be writing something called a reflection, but I better do it now or risk loosing it. Content Okay, now the content.

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John Kenyon

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Data not just on activity but also on what content is most popular across your website, emails and social media channels. Top Online Content. What three pieces of social media content had the most engagement? A content report doesn’t have to take more than 30 minutes a month to create. Key Performance Indicators.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

Your peer-to-peer platform should automatically resize the content to fit each user’s device accordingly. Otherwise, users will be forced to rotate their devices and zoom in and out just to read your content, let alone donate. . In her role, she leads the charge with lead generation, content creation, and brand management. .

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Classy

MAY 3, 2021

Consider how you can offer value to your donors for their investment, similar to how they might subscribe to Netflix to access content. . Full suite of advocacy materials. Frame your program as a subscription-based group with unique, valuable benefits. Bright Pink: FundHER. Annual meeting with Allan Savory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Strategic integration into children’s health advocacy. Support national partner Facebook chats, blog carnivals, and other networked advocacy activities. Social media content mirrors other channels. ” This generated useful tips and suggestions on how to manage an editorial calendar and content strategy process.

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Qgiv

JUNE 16, 2021

For the new donor list your filters may be something like: First gift within past year and no more than two gifts reflected in donor giving history. There are some emails you can send to both groups: Event invitations Thank-you emails after gifts Organizational announcements Annual gift summaries Advocacy emails Volunteer opportunity emails.

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NTEN

APRIL 2, 2014

The Power of Tech in Advocacy & Organizing 14NTC: We came, we tweeted, we played with Legos. Relive the conference experience and learn from many of the 2,120 attendees through this content round-up! Relive the conference experience and learn from many of the 2,120 attendees through this content round-up!

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Nimble AMS

JANUARY 20, 2022

This means putting more of your staff’s effort on those areas that will drive the greatest impact with today’s members: individual benefits such as training and certifications, and industry-focused benefits such as industry news and information, advocacy, and raising awareness. . Is reflective of your membership .

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Tailor your outreach to reflect donor history. Rather than broadcasting the same information across your entire donor base, you can send content tailored to specific segments of your constituency. Consider segmenting by interests, such as: Advocacy opportunities. Discover and re-engage donors at risk of lapsing. Major donor.

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Care2

DECEMBER 29, 2014

It forces me to reflect on what worked this past year and what didn''t. If so, what can you do to improve it and make some of the content more engaging for your target audiences? Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Marketing' I love year-end planning. Here are three that are at the top of my list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

I did a scan of the several hundred organizations registered for the webinar, many from Jewish education organizations, looking at their social media engagement practices as well as a literature scan of alumni network engagement with social mediaHere’s some reflections: Alumni Networks: Benefits, Challenges, and Strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

We have designed and been delivering “ Friending the Finish Line ” with the goals of having organizations create an integrated social media strategy into their overall communications plan and as a way to accelerate the progress of their children’s health care advocacy work and create a peer networked learning community.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Both of these designers presented compelling images and evidence from exhibit work and child development experts about the idea that you can make sophisticated, muted exhibits that help children slow down, focus, and enjoy themselves with interactive content. The REFLECTS project blends practical institutional demands with deep research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

They are experts in using social media as part of their multi-channel advocacy campaigns. They are also experts in repurposing content for different channels. If you’re grappling with a content strategy, take a look at what they do. You’ll learn lots. Donna Norton: Donna Norton is Senior Director at MomsRising.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 10, 2019

This month, I wanted to share some stories from my last two years as a strategy and content consultant. I thought I would kick off my tenure around here by sharing stories and reflections about my visits. Here are my top five reflections: 1. and Nina’s advocacy for interactivity in our gallery spaces.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

All Staff on Twitter In Support of the Organization’s Communications Strategy : Human Rights Watch has all staff using Twitter as their personal brands to share content from the site and build their networks in support of the overall goals. How to Practice Good Content Curation: Seek, Sense, Share. Nonprofit Examples.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

Looking beyond traditional online strategy, they're fundamentally transforming how they and their organizations work – shifting their entire perspective towards what we call "Web Thinking" – to better reflect the reality of our time. And they're winning. They're charting a path forward for us all."

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

Use your CRM to send personalized marketing content to each segment that’s relevant to their interests to encourage further engagement. This CRM is accompanied by fundraising, advocacy, and marketing solutions. As your nonprofit grows and develops, you’ll need to continue training to ensure your software also reflects your needs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

The sooner your nonprofit can master content distribution on social networks, the more likely (and faster) your fundraising and content strategies will result in success. The five content approaches of success, urgency, statistics, quotes, and humor should be interwoven throughout your social network strategy.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2017

As your social media influencers engage with your content (especially when they click “Share”) it pops up in their friends’ news feeds. Nonprofits need a better metric than number of fans that more accurately reflects how many users you can expect to reach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

For a couple of years, I’ve been an avid member of the Slideshare community, sharing, browsing, and collaborating on content and watching how nonprofits use the platform. My content on Slideshare can easily be published here on my blog or by anyone else anyplace else! 8) Advocacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Sure, you can deliver a lot of a great content, but the real joy of being a trainer is seeing how your participants apply what they learned. Nicole agreed to write a reflection about how she went from crawling in measurement practice to running. Have they been able to put the ideas into practice?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2017

But what we’ve also seen are upticks in advocacy behavior, strength in the power of social influencers , and real belief in the capacity for nonprofits to cultivate change , in a world filled with so much uncertainty. By midmorning of November 28 th , 1.64 Tips to Apply this for Your End-of-Year and 2018 Strategy : 1.

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NetWits

MAY 20, 2008

The Solution: Using Blackbaud® NetCommunity ™, designers and consultants from Blackbaud Interactive™ worked with the development staff from BFC to create a new site that would better reflect the organization’s image, raise awareness, and engage constituents in a variety of ways.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2014

I would also create a dedicated donation form for this event so you can change the content on the form to reflect the CTA, and so the autoresponders focus specifically on the Giving Tuesday gifts. #3 Below are just a few ideas. #1 1 It’s All About the Thank You. 2 Run a Mini, 24 Hour Challenge Campaign. will be matched.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2012

She published several reports on her blog (below) and offer a webinar debriefing the sessions and implications for social media practitioners. When I heard that colleague Zan McColloch-Lussier attended the webinar, I asked him to share his notes and reflections in a guest post.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2015

It''s no secret that Facebook manipulates its algorithm to favor the content users see, but Facebook has changed its algorithm so much that Facebook pages now only reach 2% of their followers. billion and said ad prices rose 274% year over year, in part reflecting strong demand from advertisers.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

The social media specialist who helps you set up your social channels and content calendar then trains your staff on posting engaging content is an inkind donor, and a high-value one at that! But inkind gifts can also be intangibles such as professional services and rent-free space for offices or programs.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The IMPACT Conference is historically the largest national gathering of student leaders, administrators, faculty, and nonprofit staff committed to engaging students in service, activism, politics, advocacy, and other socially responsible work. Is our content compelling? Social Capital 2019. Social Capital 2019. Feb 26 - 28.

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CauseVox

MAY 3, 2021

You could approach therapy clinics, mental health advocacy organizations, or even pharmaceutical companies. You may need to adjust your price points to reflect these facts. Sponsors want to see how their content performed. Think about the type of audience you have. Are you running an event focused on mental health?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

tags: fundraising advocacy ) I was lucky enough to meet Ivan Boothe at the first (or maybe second) Netsquared Conference back in 2005 and have been following his work for years. Ivan notes, " Social networking is a long-term approach and using traditional metrics of advocacy or fundraising it may not look like much.

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Care2

JUNE 22, 2007

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