Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

My co-presenter for the plenary was the amazing Marcelo Iniarra , who is a digital mobilization pioneer and fantastic presenter/facilitator. The moderator, Marcelo Jamberio, organized a set of questions that other Marcelo and I responded to with slides and audience interaction. The challenges: Explosion of online media channels.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. You should pay careful attention to where the points of friction are that may cause a would-be donor to abandon their donation. Tip: Post interactive content that encourages engagement. .

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Channel preference (social media vs. email). TikTok has always been about video, but platforms like Instagram and Facebook are now also prioritizing this interactive content—because it works! . The better the content, the more interaction it will receive. Gather past content from a specified time period and channel.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

If you haven’t done so already, update your procedures to collect contact methods and donor information that will facilitate virtual fundraising. Your supporters often engage with your organization using more than one channel. Action Item: Do you have a plan to thank, communicate, and interact with donors on a regular basis?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” ” Jo Wolfe, Aseem Thakur, Gillian Tan, Cherisse Beh, Katie Bengaard, and Toral Cowieson joined our session as small group facilitators. We chose the latter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

Before I get to the topic of using posters to make your workshops or meeting more interactive (and fun), I want to wish you a Happy International Women’s Day! To make the workshop interactive, I spent a brief amount of time presenting the what, why, how, and examples of target audiences. Photo by Equal Rights Advocates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Increase reach on social media channels. Increase engagement on social channels. Social media content mirrors other channels. Advocates get more attention from policymakers. Advocates have more partners or better partners, more or better relationships with reporters, and more or better policymaker relationships.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. 1. Facilitating Tri-Lingual Events: Not Lost in Translation. Group Photo with Certificates.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Pursuing a multichannel marketing strategy using a variety of channels, from social media and email to direct mail, will allow you to expand your reach and promote your cause to the widest possible audience. No nonprofit fundraising plan is complete without specific attention paid to online fundraising. Online fundraising. Direct mail.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

Also, make sure to follow writing best practices by keeping your paragraphs short and using bolded text strategically to draw attention. For instance, you might group supporters based on their engagement level, recency and frequency of giving, or preferred communication channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2014

Last week, I had the pleasure of designing and facilitating the ultimate social media practitioner panel at the Social Media on Purpose Conference hosted by Stanford Social Innovation Review. Matt Fitzgerald , Attention Lab Director, Upwell. The panelists included: Cindy Johanson , Executive Director, Edutopia. ” Yes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

For the networked nonprofit workshops I facilitate, I’ve developed a maturity of practice assessment called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” which gives me a detailed understanding of where the organization is in its practice. I might audit their Facebook best practices and other social media channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Curates content to capture attention from their network in an age of information overload. I recently took a workshop on visual facilitation with David Sibbet. As part of my learning journey to put these ideas into practice, I’m integrating visual techniques into my facilitation repertoire. Two things I did.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 17, 2020

Virtual attendees will have a lot of different things competing for their attention. Virtual attendees will want to interact with and communicate with industry leaders, keynote speakers, exhibitors, and each other. Easily Accessible Agenda. At physical events, a paper agenda is one of the first things to go missing.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 17, 2020

Virtual attendees will have a lot of different things competing for their attention. Virtual attendees will want to interact with and communicate with industry leaders, keynote speakers, exhibitors, and each other. Easily Accessible Agenda. At physical events, a paper agenda is one of the first things to go missing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Post a variety of different media types, photographs and visuals get attention, shorter status updates, and curated links. The art of writing good teaser headlines is critical to getting more interaction. Human interest stories and good news from the organizations generated more interaction than others.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

" Its purpose was to train students to experiment with, understand, and share art using social media and face-to-face interaction. An interactive map app was also collaboratively created by the community as a social experiment to facilitate user experience. Meager also used YouTube to crowdsource the score of the dance.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

Your gala event is a culmination of a year or more of relationship building, multi-channel outreach and face-to-face interaction, just like a social media fundraising campaign. Despite the narcissism and deficit of attention in my generation (as far as you know I'm still 29), I still believe this is an achievable goal.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Use learnings as a stepping stone and initialize discussion based on learning topics via private social media channels (Protected Groups). This will not only further facilitate learner engagement but also bring attention to learning efforts.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

However, harnessing technology can empower you to seamlessly interact with supporters and create sustainable revenue sources despite social distancing guidelines. The digital space your supporters encounter each day is full of organizations and individuals fighting for your donors’ attention. take a look at engagement metrics.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 24, 2021

So, especially for young people reading this, how do you find your calling so young and how did you channel your feelings around injustice into this calling? There’s an assumption that people know what happened, and they can interact with that abstract memorial in a really powerful way. You should seek a mission.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

A good way to facilitate an in-kind donation campaign virtually is to take advantage of your online tools and make an eCommerce page with a list of needed products. With this partnership, both parties received a lot of positive media attention which even led to more support in money and supplies. Sell Creative Merchandise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Jonny will provide live graphic facilitation of the highly interactive and fun panel. The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 11-15, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. In addition to the graphic facilitation, there will be other interactive learning elements. Trust me.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2017

To understand how people think about issues and candidates, it is not only important to analyze how they respond to posts on your social media channels, but it is equally, if not more important, to analyze what they are saying on their own across social media. worker productivity improved precisely because they were being studied.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Store their contact info like email addresses and phone numbers and easily track donor interactions when they make a donation or volunteer for your organization. You can also log donor interactions, keeping track of when a donor makes a gift, volunteers their time, or attends an event. How does a CRM help nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Photo by Marcopolos I'm a few weeks away from SXSW where I'll be leading a session called " Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam " which will incorporate a lot of audience interaction. What's also different is that more and more people are viewing the back channel as integrated with the conference networking and participant learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2005

It all translated into electricfying conversation -- both formally during the Summit and informally during social interaction. (I One might think that it would be difficult to sustain a truly interactive experience, but the way Ethan and Rebecca facilitated - it was an intense day-long conversation. Next year in Nigeria?).

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sgEngage

MAY 3, 2023

Use technology to facilitate the donation process. As you begin sharing information about your program, be sure to communicate on multiple channels for an effective online marketing strategy. Try to capture your prospective donors’ attention through these various channels: Social media. Communication preferences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2006

I've facilitated and participated in many online meetings - using various tools (phone, chat, whiteboards, etc.) I usually do this because typing is my strategy for paying attention. I wasn't used the multi-channel chat and IM - so it was a little distracting. and so I volunteered to take notes.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

For example: if you know that your average donor gives you ~$70, that some of your donors give $100+, and that a large portion of your donors give at the $25 level, you can make some solid predictions about how your donors will interact with your campaign. Draw attention to your “Donate” button with bright colors and CTAs. .

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

Younger donors often engage more with social media and interactive platforms, whereas older donors might favor traditional channels like newsletters and emails. Images are incredibly effective at capturing our attention quickly, much more so than text alone. Interactive maps of the auction venue. Occupation. Social media.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Your audience will respond to stories that immediately grab their attention. Whatever you choose, the link should go to your website or social media channels. It invites its super fans to join a private Facebook group, with useful information and a facilitated discussion. Put People at the Forefront of Your Stories. Definitions.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Drawing national attention to an important issue (and a good bit of recognition for your organization the process). Facilitating face-time and team building for your regional staff. He also shared an interactive map on his website so people could track the road trip’s progress visually using a tool called Track My Tour.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Plan engaging activities Any activity that involves kids must be engaging to capture their attention, and the best way to discover what they would enjoy is by simply asking! It can be hard to focus on those interactions when you’re busy with the administrative tasks involved in serving them, so enlist kids to interact with your beneficiaries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

One of my favorite sections of the site includes the benchmarking data for foundation use of social media by channel which makes it very easy to do research. What caught my eye immediately was the infographic that summarizes data about how foundations are using social media.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2021

During the fundraising stage, volunteer fundraisers share their individual campaign pages on a variety of channels. Step 2: Facilitate donation pages. Linking donation and interaction history with supporter profiles. Once they’ve started posting, be sure to interact with them by liking or commenting on their post.

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