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

MARCH 24, 2010

“A survey of 200 charity and foundation professionals revealed that nonprofits are finding it difficult to determine how valuable social media tools are for their organizations. If you are using social media correctly, then your numbers should rise from month-to-month. I was a reluctant blogger. Website Traffic.

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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 audits can be presented via a three-hour webinar or in person.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 16, 2016

It should come as no great surprise that social media posts are a fantastic resource for anyone actively operating in the virtual world. Read on for some tips on leveraging the power of social media for widespread viral attention. Make a Connection. You can’t put a price on tapping into a reader’s emotions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 25, 2015

The nonprofit sector has a large community of technology bloggers committed to helping nonprofits stay current on emerging trends in social media, online fundraising, and mobile technology. You can also browse 300+ on Twitter at @nonprofitorgs/lists/bloggers-resources. Facebook Newsroom :: newsroom.fb.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. For the last 4.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

There’s no shortage of year-end-and-beginning blog posts about social media, but I thought I’d throw mine into the mix as well. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Rob Cottingham, Social Signal – Cartoon for Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. It is not too early to start thinking about your nonprofit’s social media strategy for 2018, including how you want to capitalize on social media trends that will have maximum impact in 2018. Not all influencers are the same.

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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 audits can be presented via a three-hour webinar or in person.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Last week I asked the followers of @NonprofitOrgs to nominate their favorite nonprofit bloggers. This time around I limited the list to individuals bloggers, rather than blogs maintained by associations, publications, PR firms, etc. The 29 nonprofit bloggers below are posted in reverse alphabetical order, all equally valuable.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 20, 2012

For non-profits new to social media, guest blogger, Brad Aronson offers 22 social media opportunities to consider.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The DonorsChoose.org Social Media Challenge is back again! The challenge runs throughout October, with hundreds of bloggers and Twitterers rallying to support classroom requests on DonorsChoose.org. Tags: challenge fundraising donorschoose education social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

First, blogging allows your nonprofit to have a consistent stream of new content use in your e-newsletter and share on social media which increases traffic to your website and awareness of your nonprofit’s brand. The first blogging platform, Blogger , launched in 1999 and it signaled the birth of the Social Web.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

After all, in the increasingly online world in which cause-related organizations prosper or fail it can be difficult to understand how to allocate limited resources, especially towards a solid social media presence that translates to dollars and cents.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Please support the SocialBrite team (or any other blogger) in the Social Media Challenge! Social Media Challenge is a leading example of micro-giving. And October is once again the month when bloggers step up to the plate for the Social Media Challenge , now in its third year. 264 on Ourmedia.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Six months ago I came pretty close to complete social media burnout. I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. If you are managing numerous social networking profiles Monday-Friday, then you need some down time on Saturday and Sunday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Recently, my social media feeds have been anxiety producing, if not downright depressing. Unfortunately, if you work in digital strategy and social media, monitoring social is a daily task and as a result a bad mood has become an occupational hazard. Quit Facebook or other social media? What to do?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

Title: Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Dedication: This book is dedicated to all the nonprofit staff and volunteers worldwide who Tweet, Share, Update, Friend, Like, Check-in, Join, Connect, and Post for Social Good. The Social Web. Chapter 2 Getting Started with Social Media.

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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 audits can be presented via a three-hour webinar or in person.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 24, 2014

Not all social media channels are created equal. That’s just one of the great pieces of advice we got from this week’s terrific guest blogger Anthony Pisapia of Philadelphia nonprofit Tech Impact. Read on for more about what every board member needs to know about social media.

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Donorbox

MAY 6, 2021

In recent years, organizations around the world have been using “influencers” — fitness gurus, beauty bloggers, fashionistas and others — to supercharge your fundraising. Who is an influencer?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2012

My colleagues Chad Norman and Melanie Mathos (who have day jobs at Blackbaud) have published a new social media how-to book, 101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits: A Field Guide. The book is a collection of time saving tips for using social media organized into the following categories: set up, communicate, engage, fundraise, and measure.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

We all know that there are hundreds, thousands, even an infinite (at least seemingly) number of social media resources for nonprofits or social impact groups. Well, Idealware has just taken it a step further by launching a Social Media Resource Library!

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

We all know that there are hundreds, thousands, even an infinite (at least seemingly) number of social media resources for nonprofits or social impact groups. Well, Idealware has just taken it a step further by launching a Social Media Resource Library!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 21, 2013

A long overdue follow up to my post on 29 Nonprofit Bloggers to Follow on Twitter , below are 29 nonprofit resources that tweet regularly on subjects ranging from fundraising to social media to mobile communications. Social Media, Cause Marketing, Nonprofit Tech. Social Media, Fundraising, Nonprofit Technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. Also, on October 8 in partnership with Nonprofit Tech for Good, Julia will be presenting a free webinar about how nonprofits can use social media to raise money online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

The workshop shared a landscape analysis of what’s already out there from the various industries in order to build a clear understanding of what’s in place and what isn’t in terms of social media measurement valid metrics. 2011 Putting Principles in Action: Valid Metrics Matrix.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2009

created by four Seattle-based travel bloggers, returns for a second. Tell me about you - and your passion for travel and social media It's not like I had a "passion for social media" but I have always loved to travel. I started blogging as expat and honestly, expat bloggers saved my life. Why: Why not?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

After reading a list of corporate social media strategists and community mangers compiled by Jeremiah Owyang , she wondered if there was a nonprofit list? It includes a lot of consultants, bloggers, and service organizations. This tweet from Patty Campbell caught my eye. Yes, there is!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 27, 2011

The blogger, Katie Hawkes, had written this post encouraging our audience to be optimistic about volunteering. We've had a couple bloggers explore similar sentiments, too, including my fellow Lodestar staff member Laura E. I know you keep getting a barrage of advice and articles that say, "Social media is different!

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Are you an writer and blogger with social media experience, and a background working with associations or non-profits? Wild Apricot is looking for a new member to join our marketing team! Are you looking for a great challenge at a great company doing great things? Then we’re looking for YOUR help to grow even bigger and better!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

They are experts in using social media as part of their multi-channel advocacy campaigns. They are also experts in reflecting and learning about what works and what doesn’t with social media and I’m lucky that they have offered to continue sharing their knowledge on my blog! You’ll learn lots.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

In December, we launched the The Zoetica Salon on my Facebook Page with my Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston , Kami Huyse , and Julie Pippert (the newest Zoetican ) where almost 8,000 nonprofit folks have been engaging in informal learning about nonprofits and social media. Top 10 Young Nonprofit Bloggers to Watch in 2011.

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

If you manage social media for your organization, you probably face incredible pressure to show growth and success. That’s why you need to change the way you measure social media and declare a war on vanity metrics. Why is Social Media Data Important? But are these stats meaningful? Is it positive?

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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Nancy Schwartz, nonprofit marketing blogger , kicks off the series with Short-Form Stories Sizzle on Social Media. More seriously though… I’m in the midst of a storytelling deep dive, and some of the most memorable nonprofit stories I’ve found were shared on.org social media channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

Along the way, I united my passion for social media and nonprofits, training, fundraising with Cambodia. This is the first of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia. I gave Maneth a copy of the book and we chatted about social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Guest Post by Frank Barry: Social Media for Social Good Video Roundup from #BBCon. Here’s a few of the videos focused on using the social web for social good. Social Media for Nonprofits Ignite! Social Media: Paint by the Numbers with Holly Ross of NTEN. We had 2,200 attendees!

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