Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Now that Google+ is open to everyone, all nonprofit staff can start experimenting and familiarizing themselves with Google+ before the brand pages, also known as Google+ Business Profiles , are launched later this month. A Google Account is different from a Google Profile. Create a Google Profile. Set up your Google Profile.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

For example, if you work for a food bank, a clear, magnetic vision might be to end hunger in your community. Here’s a great example from Best Friends Animal Society with their BHAG of taking the entire U. For example, Habitat for Humanity might say “we make sure that everyone has a safe, decent, affordable place to live.”

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

In the above two examples (screen shots images) I saw the name of someone I knew personally. When a person clicks Like, it (1) publishes a story to their friends with a link back to your site, (2) adds the article to the reader’s profile, and (3) makes the article discoverable through search on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Check out blog for in-depth posts on Twitter tools, for example this one about url shorterners. There is a terrific article on Mashable by Lon S. I'd like to point a few examples that were not on his list and share some good nonprofit Twitter resources. The organization's chief geek, Shelley Bernstein, runs the Twitter profile.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

In the above two examples (screen shots images) I saw the name of someone I knew personally. When a person clicks Like, it (1) publishes a story to their friends with a link back to your site, (2) adds the article to the reader’s profile, and (3) makes the article discoverable through search on Facebook.

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Achieve

JULY 7, 2021

This article will list the top 5 stickers your nonprofit should use to engage with your supporters, build awareness, raise funds, and more. #1: to your profile or raising funds through. Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation) uses the Questions sticker in the example above to get to know the patients who follow their account.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

Today’s article dives into a vital topic for nonprofits – letting your supporters know how much they’ve impacted your cause and how much you appreciate them. For example, supporters may contribute to pay for school supplies or to maintain a public sports field. Digital walls. This option is great for events and fundraisers.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Develop a following on popular social media channels by posting informative articles and highlighting your organization’s work and impact. For example, the host could read your organization’s message and conclude, “To learn more and support their work, visit organization.org/podcastname.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the article from today’s New York Times. Many of us have been up early playing with Jumo, setting up our individual profiles and finding issues and organizations or setting up profiles for organizations. By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). MyBlogLog is a service that shows blog writers and readers the faces and profile information of other MyBlogLog users that visit their sites."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The good news is that almost every system we reviewed will allow your visitors to comment on articles or other site content, but accepting comments is only half of the process—you also want to be able to maintain some sense of order to prevent the distracting free-for-all an unmoderated comments section turn into.

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CauseVox

JULY 11, 2022

In this article, we’ve boiled down the top peer-to-peer fundraising tips and strategies from our conversation that you can use in your next peer-to-peer fundraiser. Example of a personal fundraising page tied to a team fundraising page). Who Is Invest In Kids? CauseVox makes creating fundraising pages a breeze.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

It is a judgement call. For example, a colleague recently said to me, “I have a mix of people who are my friends – my family and friends as well as professionals in my field. For example, you might comment on a photo one of your family members posts just to family.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2011

When someone ‘likes’ a page or post on your website, it can automatically show up as one of their ‘Interests and Likes’ in their Facebook profile, telling their friends (and their friends’ friends) that your organization or campaign is important to them. Here’s one example. This article was originally posted at [link].

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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. Donate: “Kylie has started a virtual food drive with Feeding America”. with their Facebook friends.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Known for having higher engagement than other social media, Instagram is evolving and it is becoming increasingly more difficult for nonprofits to get exposure in the Instagram Feed. 1) Maximize your Instagram Profile Photo and Bio. First, make sure that your nonprofit uses a well-designed, visually-striking profile photo a.k.a.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

This means you can target Facebook ads to appear on the feeds of people who have donated to your nonprofit. These identifiers then match your information to donor Facebook profiles. For example, individuals who have donated to a nonprofit in the last 12 months. That’s it. 522 clicks to my site at a cost of $0.29

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

Pick something small and an easy win and repeat for 3 weeks. Maybe you want to get started with Twitter – start by summarizing an article you have read and want to share. Examples include when I read the papers, on the train on the way to work or back home, waiting for a meeting, on line while buying lunch, etc.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

They reference an article from the fall 2009 Stanford Social Innovation Review , The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle. In that article, Ann Goggins Gregory and Don Howard state, "A vicious cycle is leaving nonprofits so hungry for decent infrastructure that they can barely function as organizations — let alone serve their beneficiaries.

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Achieve

JANUARY 15, 2020

In this article, we’ve outlined 4 key features in particular that you should look out for: Content Management System. For example, your AMS should allow you to manage your events with: Easy registration. An AMS is a software solution that gathers, stores, and organizes information on your members. Member Database. Event Management.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Is it your homepage, a standard landing page, or deep-linking to a press release, article, or transaction page (e.g. Make your life easier: remember that Facebook fans, for example, tend to respond best when presented with FB-focused calls-to-action. next to individual media like articles, photos, and videos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Like groups, it's free to set one up, but, if you shell out some money, you can increase the viral distribution of your Facebook Page with Facebook Social Ads which advertises the page to the news feeds. More analysis from this article. What would encourage you to subscribe to this blog feed? What have been your results?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

" She gives examples of the listening deficits, but also the ways that social media tools can facilitate listening. In article about ego searching, Robin Good adds If you can track what the rest of the world is saying about you or your products and services, you have a great deal of valuable information at your disposal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

" She gives examples of the listening deficits, but also the ways that social media tools can facilitate listening. In article about ego searching, Robin Good adds If you can track what the rest of the world is saying about you or your products and services, you have a great deal of valuable information at your disposal.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 27, 2011

For example, for the Brooklyn Museum's recent exhibition on women and pop art, Seductive Subversion , curatorial intern Rebecca Shaykin was assigned to improve (and write) Wikipedia articles on the 25 artists profiled in the show. What excites me about it is how accessible it is to any size institution.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 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!" Also, are there any specific examples of a "Twitter success" that you can share? com , Inc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Event invitations are tied to personal profiles, not Pages. Let’s just put all the Facebook privacy and safety scandals from the last few years aside, and look at one real-time example that I think speaks volumes about Facebook’s decision-making process. I have been working social media sites daily for 4.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Listening by using rss feeds helps refine their services and help stay sharp and connected to experts in the field. Beth Kanter, Examples of How Listening Returns Value for Nonprofit Organizations. Set up aside a small block of time to read your feeds everyday. Sink or Swim, Managing RSS Feeds with Better Groups by 43 folders.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2011

There was a QR code printed on the ticket which, when scanned by my QR code reader on my smartphone, took me to a fabulous little site which included the seating plan for luncheon, the luncheon program, the video that was shown at the beginning of the lunch, and links to the NPWF twitter feed and Facebook profile.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2018

You can give supporters truly in-depth information, particularly if you link to online articles or video. If you think your email inbox is cluttered, check out the average Facebook news feed. . For example, you might use email to encourage people to share content socially or use Facebook to build your email list. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

According to an email from Ben Rattray, Change.Org founder, "This is not at all meant as a replacement for the profiles organizations have on MySpace and Facebook, which I think are great for reaching younger supporters. There are 18 articles. It still requires a lot of attention, staff time, management and promotion."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2006

feed where he is tagging resources here. I'm seeing more and more examples of participatory media -- take for example WGBH's Video Sandbox. Click To Play "Spread the word by copy this code and paste to a blog, bulletin, your profile or comment. on YouTube, Google Video, Podzinger and delicious. Neutraility Now!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

One such example involves the story of Fanta, a woman who managed her at-risk pregnancy and delivered a healthy baby with PIH’s help in Sierra Leone. By changing the presentation of Fanta’s story each time they shared it on their website and Facebook profile, PIH made the content feel fresh and engaging each time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

For example, lower-level members might gain access to an exclusive membership newsletter and discounted merchandise, while higher-tier members receive invites to your nonprofit’s annual gala. Record correspondences on members’ profiles. Create groups to send more personalized communications to different membership segments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

I wanted to find an example of an official social networking presence, one clearly set up by the organization and one that was set up by the users. For example, when the orchestra returned to the airwaves, it was announced that there would be a large Web component to it. One such example is fan photos. s what makes it fun.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 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!" The deal between MySpace and Cingular was announced on December 18th when the service went live.

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