Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

As you quickly grow and engage your audience , it can be easy to lose track of your campaign plan. As a best practice, use a constituent relationship manager (CRM) such as those included in EveryAction’s guide to picking a nonprofit CRM to help organize and monitor your campaign’s success. Be clear on: Your target audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

Twitter App Looks Up Zip Code to Tweet Your Legislator. They are integrating social media tactics to their online advocacy tool box with this Twitter tool. You just type in your zip code , and their Twitter handles are displayed with buttons that allow you to easily Tweet them about not cutting Medicaid.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Some individual board members may want to start with “easier” tasks like thanking donors, but eventually, they should be directly helping raise thousands of dollars annually. Give in-kind support to the organization in a way that actually helps. Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. Be Informed.

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sgEngage

JULY 18, 2023

Threads, a new app released by Meta, is rushing into the space left by Twitter’s constantly changing policies. The functionality is just like Twitter, focusing on short, written exchanges and timely discourse. Tag the community partners who have helped you along the way and amplify the voices of your strongest supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Many nonprofit CEOs use their social media profiles to extend the reach of their thought leadership and connect with professional colleagues, media, and policy makers. Chameleons know the audience they want to reach on different social channels and where it overlaps with their organization goals. How To Be A Chameleon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. Do any nonprofits have a formal blogging policy?

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

Julia Campbell has been helping nonprofits make the most of their social media presences for years. Julia: My framework that I use with my clients is 80/20: 80% of your posts should be informative, educational, inspirational, helpful, valuable, shedding light on your programs, storytelling, etc. Also you can ask your audience!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

It is also a Twitter term that describes a keyword, prefixed by that symbol, that helps people track conversations on Twitter. The HashTags site, a centralized directory of hashtags on Twitter, also offers a good definition: Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

A story that compels includes a protagonist your audience cares about, important problems that must be overcome, a solution that overcomes the problem (something to root for), and (4) an ending—hopefully a happy one. . Come from a perspective of being helpful, and your supporters will be inspired to return the favor ! Environmental.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/womenforwomen. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and the Notes from the Field WordPress blog. Name: Lauren Shopp || lshopp@womenforwomen.org. Title: Multimedia/Online Coordinator.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 3, 2020

Nonprofit advocacy campaigns are becoming increasingly popular to help advance the mission of organizations. It can help your nonprofit to: . When you reinforce your mission and publicly support the policies that impact your cause, it provides an additional platform to discuss your organization with potential supporters.

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M+R

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Developments out of Twitter have been coming in fast and furious since our last blog post providing initial guidance on Musk-era Twitter. This should be the first thing to do given the volatile situation at Twitter. What is your audience saying? Read time: 5 minutes. Download your account data. Don’t pay for verification.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

This morning Liz Karlin, who works at the Packard Foundation in Grant Operations , and I did a remote presentation for the Foundation Financial Officers Group on Organizational Change and Social Media Policy development. I talked about the change in workstyle that is needed before codifying a social culture through a social media policy.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

The numbers will need to be adjusted to match what is allowed in each jurisdiction but it is possible to host an event with a small number of physical attendees/participants and broadcast the happenings online to a much wider audience. It will help reduce potential spread AND keep the audience lively and engaged.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

What are the right tools to help measure success? Earlier this month, the Ad Council hosted a webinar on the topic of social media ROI with three great social media minds to help us navigate these and other thorny online issues. And if you asked for something smart, it could help attract other customers.

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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. Help for Charities to Develop a Mobile Giving Campaign. The Mobile Giving Foundation already provides help to charities in developing mobile giving capacity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

We knew that if our film was compelling, we could break through to the people in the audience — and maybe they would help get the word out about the film and the issues it explored. Knowing your audience remains essential, because each platform is a new arena for expression, and a new avenue to engage different targets and users.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

This spring, we’ve been evaluating some of the new social platforms on the market to see if there is anything new that would help elevate nonprofit and/or public sector missions. Clubhouse enables organizations to take a new approach to how they communicate their missions and engage with their audiences. . Time sensitivity.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As an example, assume you run an environmental nonprofit whose mission statement says the following; Our mission is to preserve and restore the natural environment for present and future generations by promoting sustainable practices, advocating for conservation policies, and fostering environmental awareness and education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org has succeeded in connecting with a younger audience that not only reads its content but is also inspired to take action. grist.org’s ladder of engagement is elegantly simple and illustrates how their audience makes this journey from passive consumers of information to sustainable living champions.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If your organization falls in this range, you may be interested in free, discounted, or affordable software solutions to help carry out your strategies while staying within budget. Often, they had to pay a consultant to help them set up their database and teach them how to use it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Over the last six years since our founding, MomsRising has worked with hundreds of bloggers and has learned how to strategically use social media to ensure that key audiences don’t miss compelling posts. Here are seven lessons we have learned along the way: Lesson #1: Publish compelling content that will appeal to your target audience.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Custom Facebook Audiences. Custom Facebook audiences are an effective way to leverage your existing email lists. They work by matching your database with Facebook, creating a custom audience. Environmental activists divided donors into audiences based on time spent as an activist: 0-6 month activist. 6-12 month activist.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

This will help you stay focused and give you a baseline against which you can monitor your progress. Some common metrics to monitor are website traffic, blog traffic, e-newsletter subscribers, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, online dollars raised, volunteers, and event attendees. To increase your website traffic?

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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!" Deanna Zandt (DZ): How long have you been on Twitter? What inspired you to join?

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Care2

MAY 31, 2013

Because engaging people and mobilizing supporters to advocate for social justice and policy change is how we help move the needle. Just because you have 500,000 followers on Twitter doesn’t mean your organization has 500K people who are advocating for your issues. Focus on Target Audiences. Focus on Influence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

What surprised me though, was the share pair report out exercise, “What are the conversation starters about concerns that your organization needs to have to build a social media policy?&# I was surprised that most of the topics were tactical and how to questions. How has your agency addressed these issues in your social media policy?

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Compelling: Never mind the what ; the key is sharing the so what with your audience. While there, he helped launch Nonprofit Boot Camp , the Environmental Nonprofit Network, and the Next Generation Leadership Forum. Make sure to follow Darian Rodriguez Heyman on Twitter. The answer is simple yet confounding: C+C+C = C.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

The numbers will need to be adjusted to match what is allowed in each jurisdiction but it is possible to host an event with a small number of physical attendees/participants and broadcast the happenings online to a much wider audience. It will help reduce potential spread AND keep the audience lively and engaged.

Industry 52

Industry Virtual Platform Broadcast 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

I used the following statements given that I had a mix of staff members – from executive directors, social media managers, and policy/program directors. How To Convince Policy Directors. We used: I love grass-fed beef. You can explain complex issues like cap and trade in 140 characters. Living Case Study.

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BoardAssist

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

As a part of Google Grants, qualifying nonprofits can earn a free advertising budget of up to $10,000 each month to use on AdWords to help promote their website and cause. As a part of Google Grants, qualifying nonprofits can earn a free advertising budget of up to $10,000 each month to use on AdWords to help promote their website and cause.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Although they are not an IRS requirement, compelling annual reports can sway potential donors and show current donors how their money is helping your organization to make an impact. 2) It makes it easier for the user to interact with the report, which can save space and help keep things concise. Donate Life America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Our objective is to engage and educate our stakeholders – influential moms (18-49+), donors, employees, volunteers, new moms, community leaders, etc – through an affordable medium that reaches a broad audience. We are also looking for methods that are interactive and help us form trusting relationships with those various constituencies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2014

I kicked off the session by reciting my favorite poem, Joyce Kilmer’s Trees and shared the rules of audience interaction and format in Iambic pentameter. While Cindy pointed to impressive quantitative results, she also pointed out how they listen to the individual responses on Twitter and share those quotes.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

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). Below is a list of networks, tools, and best practices that will help steer you in the right direction."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

Content curation can provide visibility, but before you can reap results you have identify the opportunity — a campaign, announcement of a new program, or release of policy information – to curate news and information around your topic. And be sure to give them credit. Know how to share in those areas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

I started my talk with a story about why I liked Twitter: It allows me to connect with people in my professional field and have a great conversations or ad hoc collaborations that improve practice. He works for an NGO in Australia and we met on Twitter (via Eddie Harran ) prior to his visit to America to attend the Wisdom 2.0

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