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3 Essential Social Media Fundraising Metrics for Nonprofits

Achieve

By paying more attention to which posts and other social media activities garner the most engagement on the platforms, you’ll be able to hone your strategy over time to spark more interest in your nonprofit. But with so many platforms to choose from, how do you decide which ones to center your efforts on?

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Maximizing Social Engagement for #GivingTuesday

NonProfit Hub

Should you work with influencers to boost your fundraiser’s reach? But, are you doing much else with the platforms beyond that? Because they use a platform that many people already have access to and they have a defined end-point, there aren’t many barriers stopping supporters from getting involved. Let’s dive in.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised $2 million in 24 hours using the Razoo platform. It has assembled a team of recognized experts and influencers, initially convened by leaders of 92nd Street Y and supported by a core group of founding partners.

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Maximizing Social Engagement for #GivingTuesday

NonProfit Hub

Should you work with influencers to boost your fundraiser’s reach? But, are you doing much else with the platforms beyond that? Because they use a platform that many people already have access to and they have a defined end-point, there aren’t many barriers stopping supporters from getting involved. Let’s dive in.

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How to Build Platforms that Our Movements Can Own

Non Profit Quarterly

It costs millions to build a tech platform. Ultimately, tech platforms require too much time and care to be just a side-project for most nonprofits. Combining a tech platform with fiscal sponsorship, Open Collective can take on the compliance side—like dealing with the Internal Revenue Service—so that groups can focus on their work.

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Guest post by Brian Reich: GamesThatGive - You Play. We Donate. Charities Win.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

GamesThatGive is going to have a huge influence on the charitable giving space for a few reasons: 1) People are already playing casual games, in big numbers, and for long periods of time. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association. The better you do at the games, and the longer that you play, the more you donate! The Wilderness Society.

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Social Media for Good and Evil, Strong and Weak Ties, Online/Offline,and Orgs and Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is using the web to bring back together their band of brothers and sisters. Gladwell defines Twitter like this, “The platforms of social media are built around weak ties. The examples are there, too. The Obama campaign, for one. The aforementioned Greater Greater Washington.

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