Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. Add links to your nonprofit’s website, blog, and social networking communities. Create a “Nonprofit Resources” Google+ Circle.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. Add links to your nonprofit’s website, blog, and social networking communities. Create a “Nonprofit Resources” Google+ Circle.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2014

Many nonprofits are curious, but lack the resources necessary to create and manage yet another social network. Google+ isn’t for all nonprofits, but for those that have actively adopted a pro-social media policy, it’s worth the time investment to experiment with Google+. Google+ is a visual social network.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Prominently feature the date (November 28), the #GivingTuesday hashtag, a “Donate” button, links to your social networks, social sharing, and an e-newsletter opt-in. Optional: List three additional calls-to-action (share on social media, become a monthly donor, become a #GivingTuesday Ambassador, etc.).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Prominently feature the date, hashtag, a fundraising goal, a “Donate” button , links to your social networks, and an e-newsletter opt-in. List three calls-to-action (donate, share on social media, become a monthly donor, sign a petition, etc.). Provide sample email text and social media graphics and avatars to your ambassadors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Use a Square Version of Your Organization’s Logo as Your Avatar on Social Media Sites. It’s very important that you invest the time and resources needed to designing a visually distinct, square avatar that matches the overall branding of your nonprofit. Social media is not for every personality type.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Add a your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google Profile picture. Even though Google Profiles must be individuals, you can still help brand your nonprofit by adding your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your profile picture: 5. Create a “Nonprofit Resources” Circle. Download the Google+ App.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

To jump-start your group, you will need to promote it on your website, in your e-newsletter, and in your social networking profiles. Use a Horizontal Avatar. LinkedIn Groups are the only community discussed in this book that uses a rectangular avatar instead of a square one. Enable Promotions and Jobs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

The successful use of social media requires a significant time investment. To be successful on the Social Web, nonprofits need to have a presence on mutliple social networks and should be consistently creating content that can be shared on the Social Web, such as blog posts, photos, and videos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

It’s also worth noting that these time estimates do not include website maintenance, e-newsletter publication, donate now campaign management, or group texting and text-to-give campaigns, so pick and choose carefully based on what your resources allow. Niche Networks (Ning, Change.org, Care2, WiserEarth, BlackPlanet): 5 to 10 Hours Weekly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Who maintains your social media campaigns? I am a full-time employee of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and as the Social Media Manager I manage all the social networking efforts for the organization. 1) Using Google Analytics to track referrals to www.pancan.org from social networking outlets. (2)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will. One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. Learn basic HTML. Can you opt-out of print materials?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

Wendy Harman, American Red Cross According to Wendy Harman, employees at the Red Cross were blocked from accessing social networking sites, like Facebook, from work. We created a wiki full of sample avatars, banners, widgets, videos, audio clips, etc. Recently, a change in policy has allowed access. What was your strategy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout?

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Care2

OCTOBER 28, 2010

16 “Mobilizing your social network&# panel with this all-star lineup: Andres Glusman of Meetup.com , Justin Perkins of Care2 , George Weiner of DoSomething and Giselle Diaz Campagna of Free Speech TV. There were some valuable resources mentioned, so I’ll try to assemble them here into a neat package.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

It’s estimated that by late 2014 or early 2015 the majority of adults will get their information from social networks rather than search engines and that social networks will become the primary source of referral traffic to your website and blog. The effective use of social networks is a skill not to be underestimated.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

Snapchat is making a concerted effort to increase its viability as a marketing and digital payment processing tool for brands and for those nonprofits that have the time and resources, early adoption would be a good bet. Your nonprofit must always be proactive and reserve your username on social networks.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2010

Susan Tenby , Josephine Dorado , and I camped with our laptops, video cameras, resource guides, favorite game-building sites, and a bountiful new Nonprofit Resource Library in Second Life providing a playful space for participants to get hands-on with mixed reality technologies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new resources for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 That said, to be alerted of new resources for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 e-Newsletter.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

Like I said at the beginning, it’s important for organizations to move into the social media space using the processes that are accepted and successful, with the focus on being transparent and real, and so on. So, how do you respond?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2007

It will also be interesting to see how resource allocation works in a land of virtual real estate. Meanwhile, funders seek to invest their resources among a wide range of projects that hopefully will lead to larger systemic changes. vote with their feet,??? these folks can simply fly away. To see which functions communities ???assign???

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 26, 2007

Part of my job is to help put together Net Tuesdays in San Francisco, monthly meetings for social changemakers and web innovators to socialize, network and share resources. I can't move around very fast, my avatar has bad hair and outfits (I can't figure out how to change them), and sitting is a real challenge for me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide. After a supporter follows your nonprofit, your avatar is how they will mentally and visually connect your brand to your Instagram posts.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

YourVersion and LazyFeed are two real-time discovery services that unearth blog posts, web pages and other resources about topics of interest to users. uses AJAX and XMPP to let users perform the communication functions of social networking (messaging, person to person sharing) through an "apps in the browser OS" metaphor.

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Care2

APRIL 24, 2008

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!"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2007

As such not all nonprofits organizations should be investing heavily in resources to implement a fund raising campaign in Second Life. As Allan points out, there is a steeper learning curve and will require more resources to go to scale than say a Facebook profile. What about the networking opportunities?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m.

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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. . I've identified some key resources or inspiration below (if there are others let me know) where discussions about the future and nonprofits are taking place. So, leave a comment and you might one of the passes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

They are using RSS to stream content, including resources tagged with NpTech tag in del.icio.us. " Jayne Cravens from Coyote Communications offers advice and commentary for nonprofit organizations about online social networking. It also serves a resource leave behind! functionality. or more like web 1.0?)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 9, 2014

When done well, nonprofits can gain exposure on Twitter, solidify their brand as an expert resource, and increase awareness about the issues they advocate. Encourage attendees to share resources relevant to the tweet chat and to upload photos and infographics during the tweet chat for a more visual experience.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

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!" The only use of volunteers involved carrying avatars from Utrecht to The Hague.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 5, 2014

Write a Mobile and Social Fundraising Strategic Plan : - Overview (Stats, the rise of mobile, etc.). Action Items (Mobile-optimize donate page, launch presence on Instagram, host Google+ Hangout, rebrand social networks, etc.). Track and report success in a Social Media ROI spreadsheet. Chapter 3: Websites.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

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!" The only use of volunteers involved carrying avatars from Utrecht to The Hague.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

Snapchat is a mobile app where users share snaps with one another, but unlike other visual social networks, the snaps disappear once they are viewed. You need unique, real-time content that appeals to Snapchat’s teen and millennial user base and that requires time and resources that many nonprofits simply do not have.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

social marketing,??? which has been used since the early 1970s to refer to a specific marketing discipline, is being hijacked to mean something else entirely with the rise of things like social network marketing. ve been exploring Second Life and avatar marketing ??? I see that you???ve

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