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

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

OCTOBER 22, 2009

My chosen profession requires complete dedication to social media and not everyone is as extreme as I was/am, but as social media continues to penetrate the nonprofit sector, more and more nonprofit staff and interns will experience social media burnout. It’s the one profile where I can be myself… not a Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2010

According to the stats in Typepad, my blog has had: 1206701: Lifetime Pageviews. A year later, I launched my first professional blog on the software that eventually became Google’s blogger. I wrote about nonprofits, technology, and training. Moving to this new blog put me in a reflective mood. 3129: Total Posts.

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Care2

AUGUST 31, 2010

Apps are central to mobile and, mobile web use is exploding, according to Allyson Kapin of Blogger-In-Chief for Care2's Frogloop and Partner at Rad Campaign. Ensuring that your nonprofit website is mobile friendly and loads well from different mobile browsers should be your first priority when it comes to mobile.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 8, 2009

is a new nonprofit in Austin, Texas and it’s bringing you the first world wide film festival only for nonprofit and cause-driven organizations. " Traveling Geeks - "The Traveling Geeks are an informal group of technology influencers and bloggers rooted chiefly in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

But are these stats meaningful? Do these stats show your boss about how your organization is meeting its mission and making an actual impact? As nonprofits organizations, your ultimate goal is to fight for social change and mobilize people to take action. What are people saying to you on social media channels? Is it positive?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

That's a lot of competition for all you nonprofit campaigners and bloggers. Be Compelling – Use staggering stats that illustrate your key points or share pertinent statistics about the key issue or campaign you are working on. Did you know that there are over 156 million public blogs, according to Wikipedia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

The participants were consultants who worked with nonprofits on organizational strategic planning, financial planning, evaluation, and other organizational capacity areas. It was a fantastic opportunity to learn what types of questions are raised about social media in the context of strategic planning with nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 16, 2013

Here are three pithy stats (one for each decade) and associated actions to catch more Millennial dollars: To Facebook or to Website. 65 percent of Millennials prefer to learn about nonprofits through their website and 55 percent prefer to learn through forms of social media. This means you can’t ignore either platform.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Note: This is the second in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Most nonprofits already have Google Analytics installed on their website to track online traffic. For some good how-to posts, check out my co-blogger Alissa Ruehl , perhaps starting with her Intro to Google Analytics. Research Questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Allan Benamer and Holly Ross debate transparency and publishing web stats numbers. Michelle Murrain weighs in with a thought provoking post, " What Do Web Stats Mean, Anyway? " I think web stats are useful when we are using them measure our outcomes. Where do you think nonprofit workplaces are in the debate?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2009

Our biggest challenge as bloggers was getting off the soap box and into a facilitation role. You type in the URL for the post and it shows me the stats and actual mentions. For example, these are the stats for the above post. Last October, I discovered and blogged about this (free) listening tool called BackType.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Not to worry, here are some tips that Avi Kaplan and I of Rad Campaign compiled to help nonprofits rock your online presence. Monthly Website Stats: Monthly visits, unique visitors, pageviews, pages per Visit, time on site, and bounce rate (aim for under 60%). Produce a monthly website and online engagement report of key metrics.

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Care2

MAY 21, 2009

Yes, it’s true and that’s why it’s important for all nonprofits that are advocating for causes to start becoming a part of the conversation publicly and not just behind closed doors or on “the hill.&# “If you don't brand yourself, Google will brand you,&# says branding expert Sherry Beck Paprocki. Think about it.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Once we hit November and we’ve gotten through Halloween, Daylight Savings Time, and the first frost, it’s officially the holiday season – and for nonprofits, that means it’s also time for year-end giving campaigns. Nonprofits receive 50% of their annual donations between October and December. Why is year-end giving such a big deal?

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Care2

MAY 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!" ” Think about it. When the NYT writes about climate change is your environmental group quoted?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Analytics vs Site Meter September 18, 2006 Yes, I promise, the post on tagging and folksonomies is coming. They had a link today to a great page: how to dissuade yourself from becoming a blogger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

There was a quick exchange about nonprofit blog traffic the other day and someone mentioned that building traffic takes time, " particularly from RSS subscribers who must be convinced that the blog is worth investing the time to read and therefore subscribe." It's not that their are promiscuous It's part of their normal behavior.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

important with higher-engagement leveled UGC campaigns PROCESS - marketing Email Website Social networks Web badges Blogger outreach OUTCOMES Both tangible & intangible Increase list members (we don???t to quantify ROI Page views from our stats program & Video view count from youtube ??? google syntax to show you who???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. NpTech Community.

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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. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

You can see how Marlow, breaks down the stats on Facebook users’ social behavior patterns here. These numbers got me thinking about the increasing number of nonprofit organizations who are using social networks to fundraise and interact with their members. Men leave comments for 17 friends, women for 26.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

For HD video, CNET has a great piece analyzing HD quality among competitors that includes a great stat sheet reviewing upload limit, time limit, cost, advertising and other restrictions. YouTube offers a range of fantastic and easy options for nonprofits. Details of their nonprofit program are available online.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 22, 2006

As I was getting ready for this blogging panel I'm going to be on tomorrow, I started to think about the different ways that nonprofits can use blogs. 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs 1. Check out these stats from an article entitled, "Blog Readers Spend More Time and Money Online." blogging nonprofits net2 nptech

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 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!" Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2009

That's also important for the nonprofit sector to do as we begin 2009. There's no need to treat your web stats or email open rates like the recipe for Coca-Cola. But I like them anyway because, for a few moments every year, I check in with my priorities, take stock of the world around me, and see where the two connect.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Poetry Thursday is an online project that builds community by encouraging bloggers to read and enjoy poetry, as well as sharing it with others. Corante , and other topics for The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Worthwhile , and The New York Times. Essay on corporate authenticity in More Space: Nine Antidotes to Complacency in Business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

We're using the Idealware stats to explore Google Analytics and to look at some of the basic reports and explain metrics. We'll also use the Idealware stats to demo a methodology that connects metrics to business questions. Of course, with nonprofits and perhaps businesses, there are intangibles that are not easily tracked.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 7, 2021

Blogging should be part of most nonprofit’s content marketing plans. Used properly, it can leverage a nonprofit’s efforts by engaging its target audience with stories that speak directly about its mission and cause. The following are some best blogging practices for your nonprofit. . Match content to your target audience.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 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!" Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). Hard Data Points: There isn't a nonprofit or nonprofit technology blogs version of the Ad Age Ranking of marketing blogs , although there are ways to do this privately.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I was curious by how he described his work: "blogger coach to nonprofits." So far, I have interviewed people who I have met face-to-face or have known through my work in the nonprofit tech field. What type of work do you do in the nonprofit sector? How did you become interested in nonprofit technology?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2007

" (Allan's blog isn't the only nonprofit technology blog to mix the themes of nonprofit technology and spirituality - take for example here and here.). His blog is a valuable source in the nonprofit technology blogosphere! I'm not in as much turbo mode as he was (after all I'm a part-time blogger).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

" They have begun inviting local bloggers as press to openings and events - usually they get in touch with Mike Woycheck or Cynthia Closkey, two of the co-founders of Pittsburgh Bloggers , who then re-blog the invitation and spread it via Facebook or their own Twitter streams. What Should Artists and Arts Organization???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

In-world speakers from nonprofits who spoke about their work included Evonne Heyning from Camp Darfur, Barry Joseph from Global Kids , Lori Bell from the Library Alliance , and Marc Sirkin from LLS. As Jeska Linden, Community Manager, for Linden Labs, said in her recent interview with me, "This isn't for all nonprofits."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2015

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Nonprofits are familiar with writing blog posts that provide program updates, tell success stories, comment on breaking news and current affairs, and promote calls to action. Write Numbered Lists. Photo Essays.

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