Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Many nonprofits need social media training - they just don’t know it. There’s always room for improvement and unfortunately overconfidence in social media skills prevent many nonprofit staff from getting training that could significantly increase their social media ROI (Return on Investment). Google, etc. More than that?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 9, 2011

That said, the nonprofits below have discovered a nice balance of tweets, retweets, and mentions. They vary their content – it’s not all just about them. They have personality and its obvious that there is a human being behind the avatar. Five Nonprofits That Have Found Their Facebook Voice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

@NonprofitOrgs only follows nonprofit organizations, nonprofit staff, nonprofit service providers, and activists on Twitter. 1) Following others without having yet uploaded an avatar. Makes a Poor First Impression on Twitter: Makes a Good First Impression on Twitter: 3) Not entering your nonprofit’s website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

This is the sixth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

Large nonprofits usually have the expertise and resources necessary to launch and maintain successful online communications and fundraising campaigns. They’ve been able to hire some of the most well-trained and experienced staff, consultants, and designers that work in the nonprofit sector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

At the end of the Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits is a nine-page “Nonprofit Tech Checklist” which I have copied and pasted below. That was my number one priority when writing the book… to create a comprehensive, useful social and mobile media how-to guide for nonprofits. 1) Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

@ NonprofitOrgs follows more than 120,000 nonprofits, nonprofit staff and nonprofit service providers. If your nonprofit’s tweets never get retweeted, that is the Twitterverse’s way of telling you that your tweets need improvement and that it’s time to experiment with posting different content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 in the newly released Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. The best practice listed below are result of spending the last three years maintaining and building the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. for Nonprofits. for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

To be alerted of when new best practices are posted, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Also, since the Google+ Pages launched after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. Add your nonprofit under “Employment.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

To tap this potential, your NGO, nonprofit, or charity needs to activate its social media presence before, during, and after #GivingTuesday to help build the movement and, in the process, raise awareness and funds for your organization and mission. Best Practice #2: Design Visual Content. Best Practice #3: Launch Ambassador Program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

If your nonprofit has yet to get on Google+, now would be a very good time to start. If your nonprofit is already on Google+, then the best practices below are meant to help you better learn how to tap into and inspire the Google+ community. e-Newsletter. Set up your Google/Gmail Account and personal Google+ Profile. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

Small (and medium-sized) nonprofits have a different experience on social media than large nonprofits. Small nonprofits have to work harder at growing their following and most often the work of social media management is added to an already full job description. Not even large, well-funded nonprofits are doing all ten.

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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. To be alerted of when new best practices are posted, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 e-Newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Though most nonprofits in the United States, Canada and the U.K. The successful implementation of social media for your nonprofit requires forethought and planning. Make sure they are the right ones.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Heather Mansfield, owner of DIOSA Communications , principal blogger at Nonprofit Tech 2.0, and author of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits now offers social media and online communications audits for nonprofits. The design and content of your nonprofit’s blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Heather Mansfield, owner of DIOSA Communications , principal blogger at Nonprofit Tech 2.0, and author of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits now offers social media and online communications audits for nonprofits. The design and content of your nonprofit’s blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

All that said, I know there are many nonprofit staff out there in the exact same position and it’s becoming increasingly clear that adding social media to a long list of job responsibilities is just not humanly possible. If your expectations of social media are minimal, then only having a Facebook Page is enough.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. It is clearly not a fad, and yet the vast majority of nonprofits have zero budgets for social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

Not relevant to the vast majority of nonprofits and (whew!) Consequently, some of the nonprofits best known to be early adopters are pinning away too: National Wildlife Federation , Amnesty International , SFMOMA , Water.org , and the AARP. If your nonprofit starts pinning, be sure to follow me and I’ll follow you back.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

While some nonprofits have been early adopters of Twitter Apps, the vast majority are not. Once your nonprofit has mastered the intricacies of Tweeting, ReTweeting, Mentioning, and Lists, it’s time to move your Twitter campaigns up a notch. on their Twitter avatars, and then spread them throughout the Twitterverse.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. Most nonprofit Thank You’s are still long, text-intensive messages which more often than not these days feel cumbersome and overwhelming to supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Heather Mansfield, owner of DIOSA Communications , principal blogger at Nonprofit Tech 2.0, and author of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits now offers social media and online communications audits for nonprofits. The design and content of your nonprofit’s blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

That doesn’t mean your nonprofit needs to become regularly active on Snapchat, but you should be aware of its increasing popularity and lay a foundation in case your nonprofit does decide to prioritize Snapchat in the future. You’re nonprofit will need to be creative and embrace Snapchat style and aesthetics.

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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. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

I’m going to share 7 insanely easy online fundraising ideas that are making a huge impact for nonprofits. Then I’ll break down how you can apply 6 additional nonprofit fundraising strategies to grow your revenues TODAY. Custom Facebook Audiences. 7 Online Fundraising Ideas (That Actually Work): 1. That’s it.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He publishes how-to articles on NTEN, TechSoup Canada , and the surprising Nonprofit MarCommunity site. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. I also like Marlene Oliveira’s Nonprofit MAR Community content. I look at the /r/nonprofit subreddit of Reddit.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He publishes how-to articles on NTEN, TechSoup Canada , and the surprising Nonprofit MarCommunity site. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. I also like Marlene Oliveira’s Nonprofit MAR Community content. I look at the /r/nonprofit subreddit of Reddit.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

If you are an event organizer or project lead for a nonprofit organization or brand, you may need some guidance in planning a virtual holiday fundraiser. . You may be able to stream some live video, with integrations to social media platforms of course, but you might also want to record content and upload it at a scheduled session time.

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Care2

APRIL 26, 2013

When you ask a Millennial, “Do you support a nonprofit or social cause?” ” You’re likely to hear answers like, I signed a petition, changed my avatar on Twitter, or liked them on Facebook. Engagement Level 2: Millennial Content Consumer. ” The resounding answer is, “Yes!”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. The sooner your nonprofit can master content distribution on social networks, the more likely (and faster) your fundraising and content strategies will result in success. Your nonprofit is not a person.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

If you are an event organizer or project lead for a nonprofit organization or brand, you may need some guidance in planning a virtual holiday fundraiser. . You may be able to stream some live video, with integrations to social media platforms of course, but you might also want to record content and upload it at a scheduled session time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. below are 33 of must-read updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Replace the “Web 1.0:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

How Networked Nonprofits Use Facebook. It was my most memorable virtual presentation as my avatar was June Jetson and I made a flying entrance into the auditorium to the tune of the Jetson’s theme song. And, of course, to revisit my Cute Dog Theory and see how it applies to Networked Nonprofits. Introduction.

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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. . What will be different about nonprofits? Aside from the Jetson metaphors, I have to start to thinking about content. For nonprofits taking their foray into social media, incremental steps are what is in order.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. below are 33 of must-read updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Replace the “Web 1.0:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

On the day that I submitted the final manuscript of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits to McGraw-Hill, Facebook launched Timeline for Pages. Yet surprisingly, now 14 months after its release, 90% of the content still rings true. Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. The Broadcast Web.”

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