Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2011

How nonprofits choose to follow on Twitter varies widely. Some nonprofits only follow a small of amount of Twitterers, others follow hundreds or thousands, and a few follow more (sometimes a lot more) than they are being followed themselves. As of today that number is 82,250. Again, following more often just so your followers a.k.a.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2017

A recent study published in May 2017 by digital tool provider EveryAction reported that over 18 percent of nonprofit fundraising emails ended up in junk folders in 2016. Nonprofit staffers across the country are taking notice. How Your Emails Become Spam. The 2017 Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Allison Fine and I have been thrilled with the reception that our book, The Networked Nonprofit , has received. I wanted to share a few recent posts that I’ve enjoyed and a couple of upcoming book events. He raises a good point and even makes up a new word: spamanthropism (spam + philanthropism).

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Roundtree

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Nonprofits feel an urge to provide more content than people will be interested to consume. What nonprofit organizations have had the most positive impact on your life?” Book a spot for “Ask Andy Anything”. Click here to book a spot. . And we're promising not to spam you. 1: Say less. 2: Be specific. GET IN TOUCH.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 of the recently released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. These basic LinkedIn Profile tips for nonprofit professionals serve as a foundation for when and if your nonprofit is ready to utilize LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages.

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Roundtree

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Nonprofit leaders didn’t get into their profession to nurture donor relationships. Book a spot for “Ask Andy Anything” Got questions about how to improve your organization’s communications with donors? Click here to book a spot. . And we're promising not to spam you. 4: Don’t take them for granted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

How Nonprofits Can Use Measurement to Adapt to the Facebook Algorithm Change – guest post by Meghan Keaney Anderson, Hubspot. Noticing a clear decrease in the reach and virality of pages, Beth Kanter took to Facebook to see if many nonprofits had experienced it. She received a number of replies affirming the change.

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NetWits

AUGUST 15, 2011

But it’s also very though provoking in terms of our work in the nonprofit space. Your nonprofits priorities, your priorities and the priorities of the world of people you’re trying to engage (supporters, donors, volunteers, etc) all play a role. Spam email from a stranger. A trending topic on Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

When nonprofits started to experiment with digital marketing in 1990s and early 2000s, the few tools that were available were expensive and limited in their functionality. Nonprofits can use it to study past versions of their website and to monitor their progress in web design over time. See also OptInMonster. See also MXToolbox.

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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. To secure new volunteers?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Note from Beth: Alison Zarella is the co-author of the recently published “ The Facebook Marketing Book.&# I received a review copy from O’Reilly. You’ve just co-written a book with your husband, Dan Zarrella called “The Facebook Marketing Book.&# How should a nonprofit make that decision?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

As a nonprofit ourselves, we at TechSoup know what it feels like when your organization starts to grow. Following on the heels of our Software to Build and Grow Your Nonprofit. blog, we’ve put together this second toolkit based on what fellow nonprofits told us their biggest concerns were. Coordinate Your Staff and Office.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

As a fellow nonprofit, those of us at TechSoup understand how important it is to run your organization in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible. To wit: we’ve put together this simple guide to the donated software that most all nonprofits and libraries need in their toolkit, especially when they’re just starting out.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 23, 2016

The most recent update this past June seemed like the biggest blow to nonprofits, as it was announced they would prioritize News Feeds to show posts from friends and family and less from pages. This just further emphasizes the need to focus on peer-to-peer engagement and mobilizing your biggest supporters to share your nonprofit’s content.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

This milestone was a global event, so we knew that changing the conversation would be a challenge for a small nonprofit in Washington, D.C. ” We felt so confident that I even spammed my entire personal address book with it (sorry, mom). But we figured we had to try. Its reception blew away any of our previous metrics.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Yet many people who write nonprofit fundraising emails do not spend much time on the subject line, nor do they take the time to learn about the types of subject lines that get results. Whenever I sign up for emails from a nonprofit, I’m interested in what they’re doing. and “Do I want to know what’s inside?”. Pose a question.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

To be clear, this was not because I was a shy and introverted child who was generally happiest sitting in a quiet room with a chess set, some books about dragons, and no friends. The greatest enemy of a direct response email is the spam filter. Or, not only that. Q: What if I cut out all the plain text? The post Need a copy editor?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2011

Originally posted on Constant Commentary , here's four tips from Caroline Shahar at Constant Contact on how to increase the open rate on your nonprofit's emails. ” Avoid spam traps. That’s just one thing that will get your email caught by spam filters and prevent it from reaching your subscribers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #5: WordPress January 24, 2008 It seems like a good day to talk about WordPress. Installation of WordPress is scarily easy. WordPress is expandable with tons of plugins.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2009

Get More Twitter Tabs, Columns and Stats [100 FREE Invites] [link] #twtrcon @ davemcclure yo @ hootsuite not really that cool to be incentivizing followers to spam the #twtrcon hash tag with product spam. #twtrcon @ hootsuite HootSuite 2.0:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2010

I think what propelled Mark's success are the very principles that Gary Vee lives and breathes everyday and writes about in his book, Crush It : Passion: You can hear it when Mark talks about his issue, you can see in his tweets, and in everything he does to raise our awareness of homelessness. Conclusion.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

This year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Washington, DC, had a lot to offer for the nonprofits in attendance, and TechSoup was no exception. We sent several of our best representatives to meet our fellow nonprofits and take in the latest tech info from the sessions. Nonprofits Get Free Microsoft Azure Credits.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. A calendar has been set up for meeting rooms, so anyone can easily tell if a meeting room is booked or not.

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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. That said, for those of you that have bought the book [Thank you!], Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. The Broadcast Web.”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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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. That said, for those of you that have bought the book [Thank you!], Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. The Broadcast Web.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

For this week's bloggerview, we caught up with Michael Gilbert, who writes the Nonprofit Online News, which is not only the oldest nonprofit-oriented blog, but one of the oldest blogs altogether. Nonprofit Online News is tied with Scripting News (Dave Winer's blog) as the oldest weblog still being published, period.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. Congrats to Allison Fine for the Terry McAdam Book Award. NetSquared. NpTech Talk. It's a must-read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

This year's program is heavily weighted to the "social web" and nonprofits. Nonprofits lag behind the corporate sector. The nonprofit sector is the long snail - helping the 99% of nonprofits that are providing 50% of the services to obtain the resources. We have definitions of legit nonprofit.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman JAN 30, 2008 Identity 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." Myspace avoids spamming so the members usually blocks people from adding them directly unless you know them personally or their email. YouTube is also good in finding videos about Guimaras.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Nonprofit Tech for Good began as a “Nonprofit Organizations” Myspace Page in 2005. In the 10 years since the “Nonprofit Organizations” brand has expanded to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr, Storify, Flipboard, Periscope, and most recently Snapchat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

My Networked Nonprofit co-author Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about the Age of Automation with an eye towards our next book. The report also looks at the challenges for nonprofits, which are common in the nonprofit sector when adopting new technologies. This webinar on Sept.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2005

Mitchell's article seems to ignore what I've seen stated very clearly over and over again: that the federal law voided the much stronger state laws already on the books. Until 1/1/2004, the rules against spam were governed by a host of state regulations. The federal law is known as the CAN-SPAM Act. Misconception 1.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Its focus on exciting and compelling imagery and video that supporters love has seen it used by millions of brands around the world – and it works for nonprofits too. How does it work for nonprofits? On creation, you can select that you are a nonprofit organisation, and this will show on your profile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

My way of being generous is to share and facilitate sharing of knowledge about nonprofits effective use of social media and networks. Check out their “ Make Love, Not Spam e-book on how to get better results with email marketing) Here’s how many nonprofits are being generous and leveraging love !

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Books could be written on how to write subject lines, but in general, we try to keep them factual and descriptive of the content of the message. Avoid the spam filter. Even if you run a double opt-in for your list, your messages can get trapped by the increasingly sophisticated spam filters in place just about everywhere.

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