Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

I invited Roz Lemieux is CEO of Attentively and founding partner at Fission Strategy to write a guest post sharing the best and next practices for nonprofits to use listening effectively as part of their social media strategy. New Guide: How To Engage Your Supporters with Social Listening Guest Post By Roz Lemieux. What Should You Listen For?

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The challenge is grabbing your visitor’s attention. A photo accompanied by a concise story or a short video with an attention-grabbing headline should be right there to introduce your visitor to the essence of your organization’s work. Write a headline for your story that tells the visitor what your organization does.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Says Giller, “Environmentalists will lecture you much about how the polar bears on the Arctic ice cap are so hopeless that you’ll want to jump off the iceberg yourself or ignore the issue. We view our social media channels as a fun on ramp to our ladder of engagement. It means we have to be nimble and responsive.”.

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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. If the audience is local, it is important to framing content and issues for local geographic area.

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DECEMBER 4, 2022

There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. Keep the pitch focused on the issue, not what programs your nonprofit offers to help people. Write an op-ed piece from your Executive Director about the issue your organization works to address.

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2021

The only true currency on social media is trust and attention, and the only way to get it is through valuable communication that is craved – that people would miss if it went away. Grab Attention. As a general rule, social media algorithms prioritize posts and tweets that receive a lot of discussion, engagement, and attention.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Over the years these terms have evolved to fit the adoption of new marketing channels. One nonprofit used online channels to surpass their year-end fundraising goals. Use multimedia to engage and retain visitor attention. While it may sound like the logical thing to do, it will cause issues with search engines.

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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. Examples are drawn from charitable organizations working on widely varied issues around the globe. ” 2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

" So, does it make sense to roll your own network to appeal to those 85% of existing donors who do not participate on social networking sites, but may be engaged with the organization through other channels like email, face-to-face, or web site forums? 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 5, 2014

Social channels are also used to continue to cultivate and engage with the donor to retain them. The StartSomeGood Blog , a crowd-funding platform, organizes crowdfunding stories into different types: The Issue Story: This story talks about the field or fields within which you work and how your project solves a larger social issue.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 5, 2020

Note, Super chat is only available to channels that have monetization and are over the age of 18, in eligible locations. This event was headlined by a collection of awesome comedians who came together to produce a massive telethon that was ultimately able to raise thousands of dollars. It’s a win-win-win for a great cause!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I felt an emptiness inside, as a woman, that I wasn't hearing from the teachers that I wanted to about world issues. World Pulse is really at a point where we've demonstrated proof of concept, and we've tested all of our media channels over the years. We unite those voices to accelerate change. Yes, and they're very synergistic.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 31, 2022

The site should capture users’ attention to keep them on the page and provide information that helps the organization meet its goals. With a smarter, more flexible layout like this one, you can build a better website that won’t entail any frustrating issues like stretched-out images and stacked or overlapping text.

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