Connection Cafe

MARCH 29, 2021

Facebook fundraising can get a bad reputation, especially when organizations fail to see the opportunities to engage and retain a new generation of supporters. However, Facebook fundraising is much more than a helpful boost to your organization’s online donations. Overview of Facebook Fundraising.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Facebook’s Problematic News Feeds. The problem this new law addresses is that last year an estimated 3.1 costing consumers nearly $2.6

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

On top of those challenges, Facebook reach has dropped to an abysmal 1%. Instagram’s new algorithm will require top-notch visual and video content which most small nonprofits will struggle to create and curate. Small nonprofits can barely invest the time it takes to manage a Facebook Page and Twitter Profile. Yeah, right.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2015

For the past few years, nonprofits have spent a lot of resources on building their Facebook page presence. Many social media strategists and the media told nonprofits and businesses that email was dying and that FREE social networks like Facebook would be king of communications. So is Facebook still worth it?

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

Is there an organization you could partner with, as Feeding America did with Mother Jones? You may be tired of a story, but chances are good that it’s new to your donor. The story you use in your May e-news can be used in your April fundraising campaign. This example tells me nothing. Keep It Simple Sweetheart.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2012

Remember last September when Facebook announced all those changes to individual profiles, including the timeline? One of the changes was that your friends and fans can do more than “Like” or “Comment” on Facebook. ” You can read more about how it works from the Facebook developer notes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 12, 2014

Great news from a new study by M+R and the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN): Online giving is bigger than ever. The comprehensive study tracked 53 nonprofits, including UNICEF, Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, AARP, Feeding America and the Human Rights Campaign. More than 5.5

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Givinga

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The campaign donated a meal’s worth of money to food banks every time someone liked their Facebook page, combining philanthropy with social media marketing and brand awareness. Walmart, with a large fleet of refrigerated food trucks nationwide, partners with Feeding America to distribute fresh food to people in need.²

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

World Food Program USA (WFP USA), the US affiliate of the 2020 Nobel Prize-winning United Nations World Food Programme, has beautifully adapted the story of Rani—a precocious student in India who receives meals fortified with micronutrients—for their blog, Facebook, and Instagram. WFP USA also shared Rani’s story on Instagram.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Retailers and corporations like CVS, H&M, Bank of America, and more have been getting into the #GivingTuesday game, and many businesses already find ways to give back during the holiday season. You may want to outline a target number of Facebook posts, Tweets, or blog posts about the campaign. Be specific. Email still works, folks!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Feeding America is an excellent example of a website with well-structured and simple navigation. Social Snap Customization: When Posted on Facebook: A second benefit of using a social sharing app is that Facebook counts all engagements (likes, clicks, shares, comments) which are then reflected in share counts in share buttons.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" There was a great discussion about social networking, particularly Facebook apps. Is It Worth It?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million? Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million? Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), an animal welfare organization in North America, was one of the nonprofits that participated in Giving Tuesday. The ASPCA, designed and implemented a virtual fundraiser using Facebook Live or Facebook-Live-A-Thon to help raise awareness and funds to support animals.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

This is our earth month edition of nonprofit technology news. There’s lots of intriguing green NPTech news this month. There’s lots of intriguing green NPTech news this month. A new software bug called Heartbleed has affected a significant number of online servers on the Internet. It’s not great news.

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M+R

JANUARY 31, 2023

Among the causes, one platform stands out: Meta, also known as social advertising or simply “Facebook.” ” Spotlight on Meta Ever since Apple’s new privacy settings debuted in 2021, organizations have been seeing increased costs — and in many cases, decreased performance — in their advertising on Meta.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

It will come up in their feed either on Instagram, or Facebook, or even on LinkedIn, and then they will start to comment, or like, or share, or do some of that engagement. So my longest time group of people that I’ve worked with is called Volunteers of America North Louisiana. Creatively thanking. They got cookies.

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Classy

AUGUST 25, 2021

The good news is that you’re not limited to a single format. Classy’s Why America Gives report showed the early success of virtual events during the COVID-19 pandemic. Livestream your galas, concerts, and other events for free on platforms such as Facebook live , Youtube live , and Zoom to deliver an engaging online experience .

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Or is news of its imminent death – to borrow from Mark Twain -- “greatly exaggerated?”

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

I’ll keep kind of half an eye on the Twitter feed as well. If you all don’t know Emma, I mean, I’ve been seeing her awesome videos on LinkedIn and Facebook, and every time, just really good advice and just like breaks through to something that I never thought of that way. So no can be really good news too.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

In your area, this may take the form of people not having access to healthy food that’s within walking distance, or parents having to skip meals to help feed their kids. . For example, suppose your social media audience on Facebook is largely made up of older supporters. Provide a solution to the conflict. Let’s dive in!

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2009

Feeding America has launched a Causes campaign, sponsored by Kellogg's. It's not your typical Cause campaign , though: Kellogg's will make a matching donation of 15% of ALL donations made to Facebook Causes between midnight June 18th and midnight June 19th to Feeding America. Pretty cool, eh? (Oh,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Rather than comparing Woolworth sit-ins to the much-hyped Twitter Revolution, finding the latter coming up wanting, and stopping there, Gladwell might have given some space in the New Yorker to dig a little deeper to find examples of folks using technology to organize in intriguing, successful ways. Every day I see their faces in my feed.

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NTEN

MAY 13, 2011

Flickr: Jazzyblue TR This week, NTEN members have been busy as always - with a focus on new reports, research, and lots of reflections! Have more news to share? Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! This resulted in increased fundraising results by up to 40%." Check out the infographic and more!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2013

One day Facebook, Twitter, G+, Vine, Instagram and the next big shinny social media site will be a big part of your fundraising strategy, but not today. Leaving direct mail in the dust for Facebook or email would be a tremendous mistake. The counter to fundraising idea #3 above is that sites like Facebook have over one billion users.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

I won’t do it on Facebook. So there is a social media caveat that I say when it comes to Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. And I want everyone to remember this, that Twitter is fast, Facebook is friendly, and LinkedIn is formal. Twitter is fast, Facebook is friendly, LinkedIn is formal. afterwards, not now.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

If nothing else, now is a really, really good time to try some new things. So the good news is that online monthly donors are absolutely growing. So I don’t want you going through Facebook Giving, or any kind of other social media platform, or crowdfunding platform, but go to your monthly donor page. So think about that.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Follow and study Partners in Health , Feeding America , American Cancer Society , African Wildlife Foundation , and charity: water. Integrate mobile and social media into news articles and press releases. ? Facebook. ? Design and upload custom graphics to your Facebook Page. ? Experiment with Facebook Events. ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Follow and study Partners in Health , Feeding America , American Cancer Society , African Wildlife Foundation , and charity: water. Integrate mobile and social media into news articles and press releases. Design and upload custom graphics to your Facebook Page. Optimize your page for Facebook Graph Search.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

There's the "program" side that wants to tell you all the amazing ways your programs help save homeless pets, feed the hungry, find cures, protect our children, or empower women. And don't forget the "communications" side, whose press releases and news items help raise awareness. There's the "events" side that must sell tickets.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Now, the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report found that 25% of donors said that social media is a communication tool that inspires them to give and that 32% of them donated through Facebook fundraising tools. What I found interesting is that of those people that donated 89% said they’re likely to give through Facebook again.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

James Young talked about how nonprofits are using these tools for campaigns , Randi Zuckerberg gave an overview of Facebook and nonprofit activity and Scott Goodstein shared his experience from the Obama Campaign. Neff from the America Cancer Society quipped during our panel at SXSW, "Twitter meetups just to meet are so 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

While there she lived and worked with immigrants from throughout the US and Central America, and they shared their experiences. FIRM is currently running the Building America Together Campaign , a national campaign to build the strength of immigrant rights in the US, and to work for just and humane immigration reform.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

A number of applications have been developed to organize causes on Facebook. " Obama's Organizing for America Page reposted it too. Therefore, it's reasonable to estimate that millions likely saw this message as it flowed into people's Facebook news feeds. Viral Status Updates. Share them in the comments!

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Care2

APRIL 20, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" In fact, nearly 1/2 of the private-sector workforce in America has no paid sick days. “P.S.

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