Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

One of the most important exercises I do is a “Fishbowl” where participants go through the process of generating ideas for an editorial calendar. It’s Not Too Late To Set Your Communications Agenda with LightBox Collaborative’s 2013 Editorial Calendar – Guest Post by Holly Minch, Lightbox Collaborative.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Fortunately, with data, we can better understand members’ behavior and which marketing channel is most effective to reach our members. In this blog, we share tips on how to take your marketing to the next level with the help of analytics. Let’s start by identifying the best channels and tools to maximize your campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

One of the fun exercises I facilitated is a “Fishbowl” where a small group of participants go through the process of generating ideas for an editorial calendar based on their key goals and audience definition. Become Your Own Publishing Powerhouse with LightBox Collaborative’s 2014 Editorial Calendar guest post by Holly Minch.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Everyone has a blog it seems. Put very simply, blogging for the sake of blogging is not good enough. Your nonprofit has to do what we refer to as ‘purposeful blogging.’ That’s why we’re creating this blog, to give your nonprofit the tools it needs to take its blog to the next level. But how do you do that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

That’s where she shared Editorial Calendar Template , an online spreadsheet. I was honored when Holly agreed to do this post about the 2012 Editorial Calendar. Last year, we offered an editorial calendar designed to support nonprofit communicators to act as their own publishers. Earned Media is Dead. Content is King.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The goal of this webinar was to provide some baseline tools to help manage the incoming and the outgoing content across all channels an organization may be using to communicate and connect. Monitor multiple channels at once. Content Calendar. Why create a content calendar? all-day for emails and blog posts.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Your marketing strategies and the marketing channels you use can drastically affect your fundraising success throughout the year. Nonprofit marketing refers to all of the different strategies your organization uses across the various channels of communication to spread awareness about your cause and gain new supporters for your mission.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 5, 2023

An annual awareness calendar can offer your nonprofit lots of great promotional ideas throughout the year. Spend some time looking through all the awareness day events throughout the year by using a 2023 awareness day calendar. Create Your Own 2023 Awareness Day Calendar. Turning Awareness Days Into Action Plans.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In this blog post, we'll walk through six simple steps to consider when developing a content strategy and calendar at your nonprofit. When people research a cause they are interested in, the two main channels they use are Internet searches and social media.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2023

billion social media users in 2021 – an increase of five percent from a year ago – it’s a valuable communication channel that should be part of your mix. Your social channels should reflect your mission and values. Here are easy-to-implement content ideas to help fill out your social media calendar.

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Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In this blog, we explore what to do when you get a rejection to a grant proposal and share questions you should ask the funder if your grant proposal isn’t selected. Many organizations publish a calendar of events open to the public on their websites, social channels, or in their newsletters.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

These buttons serve as a gateway to the valuable content that your organization shares through its social media channels. However, it’s important to note that when it comes to your blog or social media pages, strict adherence to this practice may be optional. A blog A blog is a crucial element of any nonprofit website.

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M+R

JULY 27, 2023

in January, looked at changes in giving behavior across all digital channels between control and test groups, 12/14 (when the first EOY appeal launched) through 12/31 (famously always the official end of EOY). For the third email, we dropped a simple liftnote on top of a highly trafficked UCS blog post.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

One way to get organized and more strategic is to use an editorial calendar. An editorial calendar provides you with a broad overview of your whole content marketing plan and outlines exactly what needs to be completed when. Here are six steps to getting your editorial calendar started. Do you have a blog? Instagram?

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

She knows what strategies work on social media, what strategies fail, and how nonprofits can use social channels to make a big impact on their community. So, if someone was looking to put together a monthly calendar for their social media channels, what are the types of posts they should look to include in that plan?

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

But through shared documents and calendars via cloud-based platforms, the Executive Director of the horse rescue has the extra help they need to get everything done. And that’s okay because by offloading the highlighted tasks, you just cleared space on your calendar to focus on these items and get them done. COMMUNICATION .

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Candid

APRIL 4, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll not only explore the importance of building strong networks and how to find the folks with whom to prioritize building relationships. Many organizations publish a calendar of events on their websites, social channels, or in their newsletters. But there’s a catch: Relationship-building takes time.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2022

For some clients, we only contributed to a particular channel or two, while for others, we orchestrated their entire effort across channels. In this blog post, we’ll compare performance, creative approach, strategies, tactics, and process. The calendar does much of the heavy lifting for you, and wallets are broadly open.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Reflect and analyze Review your results from GivingTuesday , including the total amount raised, donor demographics, and the success of your different approaches and social media channels. Subscribe here and follow their calendar. Share the hard data with your Development Committee and have a conversation about it.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 11, 2022

For many nonprofits, Giving Tuesday is the most important giving day in their yearly fundraising calendar, and it takes time and careful planning to execute a successful Giving Tuesday campaign. The #GivingTuesday Ultimate Guide eBook has templates, calendars, and tips to help you get organized and make your Giving Tuesday a roaring success!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

The comments in the thread were terrific and generated a blog post: [link]. But more importantly, I wanted to close the loop and show you that after getting back to a consistent editorial calendar, the engagement and reach came back from vacation. But it is important to understand that there is a process behind the template.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Your nonprofit pursues a worthwhile mission, and as a marketing professional, it’s up to you to find the unique channels and messages that help current and potential supporters see that. Maintain an updated blog. A well-maintained blog is a great way to signal to search engines and users that your website is up-to-date.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 29, 2013

Beth Kanter, an expert in nonprofit networking, and Bahia Ramos, Director of the Communication Foundations Program for the Knight Foundation, co-authored a blog post, sharing their commentary and tips about the Playbook. A calendar comes in handy here; creating a timeline to stay progressive in bringing the event to fruition.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Sprout includes content approval tools, social media analytics, and a shared content calendar view. Creating a content calendar detailing what you’d like to post and when is a critical first step to using any scheduling software. Download our free Nonprofit Editorial Calendar to get started! Nonprofit Editorial Content Calendar.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Channel preference (social media vs. email). Gather past content from a specified time period and channel. Create a content calendar. A content calendar provides an in-depth look at your upcoming content, including when and where you will push it live. Identify your distribution channels. Demographics .

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Folks are busy, especially as the holiday season approaches, and they often need to be reminded through multiple channels and touches. Check this blog out. The post Fundraising beyond GivingTuesday: 5 tips to maximize year end giving appeared first on Candid Blog. Looking for more donor retention strategies?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2013

Sustaining a content strategy requires establishing a good pipeline of content and engagement across channels. It starts, of course, with identifying your audience and objectives and gets better with measurement. But your content pipeline needs more than an editorial calendar. Review ideas in your “Idea Dashboard”.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

One of the biggest concerns nonprofits express to me about launching or maintaining their blog, is lack of staff time to update their blog with compelling posts. For nonprofits that are short on staff resources, could empowering your volunteers to regularly guest blog (weekly or bi-weekly) be a solution? Offer Stipends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Here’s an overview of the book from the authors blog. Automation and the Changing Demand for Workforce Skills: Blog post by Irving Wladawsky-Berger summarizing various studies about AI will impact workforce skills. Woven is a Calendar Assistant You Might Actually Use AI-enhanced meeting scheduler tools are a growing area.

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M+R

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Consider holding weekly check-in calls where stakeholders can trade intel and coordinate, and think about other virtual channels that make it as easy as possible to share thinking in real time, like Slack. An editorial calendar— so you can keep track of and plan for big moments in advance, like oral argument and amicus brief deadlines.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Making information readily available to staff members keeps communication channels open and welcoming to questions and feedback about the new service. Detailed records and calendars will help you execute the post-implementation process with regular staff check-ins and demonstrations. Start an Internal User Group.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

To help you build your content plan, Neon One has created a 2024 Nonprofit Calendar that you can download as a PDF or add to your existing personal calendar. To download the calendar or learn more about nonprofit content planning, here’s a quick overview of this article: What’s in Neon One’s 2024 Nonprofit Calendar?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

Social media is an important channel of communication for connecting with your donors and supporters. Set SMART goals Build your audience persona Develop your brand Determine what channels to use Put together a content strategy Drive engagement Track your results. Determine what channels to use. Develop a social media calendar.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 29, 2023

Neon One Academy Neon One Academy is (in our opinion) one of the most valuable channels you can use to master Neon One. We even have a dedicated internal channel where we share important updates to this resource. Visit the blog. You’ll love these options! What Is It? Fun Fact We’re always updating our Support Center articles!

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

Channel the audience reading your newsletter—what’s helpful to them? Whatever you do, maintain a content calendar and be consistent. Share Interviews While member newsletters are an excellent channel for repurposing existing content, you can also create special content.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 22, 2020

Keep your members up to date on your association’s response, including your office work procedures, events calendar and any other necessary news. Different people will hear messages differently, so utilize multiple communication channels to communicate with your members. Don’t confine your gratitude to work hours.

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TechImpact

JUNE 18, 2014

But as we’ve detailed in previous blogs , with all the increased competition online, getting noticed through the typical social media feeds and through your website is becoming increasingly difficult. In a previous blog post , we discuss how to effectively thank volunteers to make them life long volunteers. Attract volunteers steadily.

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