Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Get the necessary training (HTML, digital photography, video, social media, and mobile technology). Hire a graphic designer to design a square avatar(s). Purchase a digital camera. Create an Animoto Account and apply to Animoto for a Cause. Subscribe to social media and mobile technology blogs. Create a Google account.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? As I've said elsewhere on this blog about Second Life, it isn't yet the best medium for fundraising, but to get attention for a cause and connect with people - there's some opportunity. What are the logistics of working the avatar?

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AccelEvents

JUNE 16, 2021

As more and more brands are turning to events for digital marketing, event marketers need to find ways to improve the event experience, via an event platform. This also eliminates the chance for integration or API failures, which could cause major headaches. . Attendee Tracking To Build Customer Avatars.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

You could also host a holiday fundraiser to raise awareness and money for a certain charitable cause or business. While virtual events may not be considered as much fun as in-person charity events, they are still a great way to raise money for a cause and to promote a social issue. . Online audiences are looking for authenticity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Not everyone is a natural-born Twitterer, and it may take time to find the right person at your nonprofit to be the voice(s) behind your Twitter avatar, but it’s worth the investment of resources. Flickr and Digital Photography: 5 Hours Weekly. Change.org and Care2 specialize in social networking focused on causes and online petitions.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

You could also host a holiday fundraiser to raise awareness and money for a certain charitable cause or business. While virtual events may not be considered as much fun as in-person charity events, they are still a great way to raise money for a cause and to promote a social issue. . Online audiences are looking for authenticity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

This is the seventh post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. According to the Open Data Project , of the 89% of nonprofits worldwide that use social media in their digital marketing and fundraising strategy, 75% of those use Instagram.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

Rik wrote a great post this called Global Poverty Death Counter: good cause, @!#(*@() implementation (Rik used another word in the headline, but I don't any trackback spam). I.e. "Hey, idiot, get your head out of the digital sand and pay attention to things that matter." Educate about your cause. Provide Hope.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2007

It's really hard to narrow it down to 5-10 projects, but here's a sampling of the diversity of projects and causes represented. Avatar Action Center. Digital Divide Data's Project: A Networking Resources for Disadvantaged People in Cambodia and Laos. Fair Trade Language Tutoring Via WebCam. Creative Commons suggests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2007

Allan Benamer has written a post called Why Project Agape's Cause Is Better Than Second Life. I think the title should have been more aptly "Why Project Agape's Cause Is Better ROI for Fundraising Than Second Life in 2007!" " Nicole Wallace's frames the post with thes e questions : What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

In fact, I'll be arriving in a Jetson like transportation and my avatar will probably look a lot like Jane Jetson. . Scott and his team travel with digital still and video cameras everywhere they go. One of the benefits that connectedness offers us that we no longer a vertical monopoly on a program, cause, or fundraiswer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

Increasingly, donors and supporters follow causes on social networks. If you make storytelling a higher priority than marketing, then over time your nonprofit’s brand becomes synonymous with the cause(s) you advocate. Engage authentically. Your nonprofit is not a person.

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Whole Whale

MAY 8, 2020

Not to be confused with James Cameron’s famously blue avatars. A play on words of the infamous emoji; these are customized avatars (see how we learn as we go along?!). A small digital image or icon used to express an idea or an emotion. Shameless plug for my cat’s Instagram: [link]. It gets interesting! Engagement rate .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Cause Layouts :: causelayouts.com. In just a few clicks your supporters can donate a tweet or status update to benefit your cause (see The Global Fund ). To begin, your first step is to login to JustCoz.org with your Twitter account to create a Cause page for your nonprofit. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Jonathon Coleman's Twitter Avatar. Jonathon Colman is the Associate Director of Digital Marketing for The Nature Conservancy, where he works on a team that is charged with the strategic marketing and promotion of The Conservancy's primary web site, nature.org. and Cisco.com, and also caused ???spillover??? Facebook Causes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Twibbon is a tool that allows your supporters on Twitter and Facebook to add a micro version of your nonprofit’s avatar to their profile pics. In addition to text quotes, Quoto also has a digital library of quotes embedded on images.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

They also offer their premium services for free through their Animoto for a Cause program. Annual Calendar of Social Good and Cause Campaigns :: nonprofitorgs.wordpress.com/annualcalendar. A must-bookmark list of special days that acknowledge social good events and cause campaigns. Daily DoGooder :: thedailydogooder.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Cause Layouts :: causelayouts.com. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. In just a few clicks your supporters can donate a tweet or status update to benefit your cause (see The Global Fund ). FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

They also offer their premium services for free through their Animoto for a Cause program. Daily DoGooder is a free e-newsletter that delivers one, just one, excellent cause video to your inbox each day. In just a few clicks your supporters can donate a tweet or status update to benefit your cause (see The Global Fund ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

We had a great cause. If your cause isn’t just, people will feel icky promoting it. One possibility would have been to temporarily change our avatars to include a visual cue–like the Visible Government maple leaf–for all those officially behind the campaign. We tested it a lot. Have a clear call to action.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. In just a few clicks your supporters can donate a tweet or status update to benefit your cause (see The Global Fund ). FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. LevelUp :: thelevelup.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Cause Layouts :: causelayouts.com. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. In just a few clicks your supporters can donate a tweet or status update to benefit your cause (see The Global Fund ). FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We’ve seen potential for those unsympathetic to the cause to use the technology too – a bit of an arms race created. But, the tools of the digital revolution are used by those against the regime but are equally used by those in the regimes. Which causes a lot of Iranian politics to take place outside of the country.

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