Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2016

Nonprofit new media managers often battle mobile and social media burnout. Plugged in from early morning to late afternoon and early evening, many new media managers struggle to find balance at the end of day when they need to shift their mental focus to personal and family responsibilities.

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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

MARCH 4, 2011

Jay Geneske, a social media professional, shares his experience from a recent Tweetup. In early January, the American Museum of Natural History announced that it would hold a Brain Tweetup for 75 of its Twitter followers. Notes from a Tweetup by Jay Geneske.

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

Yet we spend a lot of time trying to persuade people by focusing on the 5% rational brain with statistics, rational arguments and feature lists. They have studied how to appeal to the massive subconscious mind, and there are some interesting and sometimes bizarre takeaways for those of us engaged in social good.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whether you’re looking to brush up on best practices for annual appeals, boost your fundraising game on social media this GivingTuesday , or build expert storytelling skills to win over supporters this giving season and beyond, we’ve got you covered with this list of 12 free nonprofit books.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

Social media and working online doesn’t have to be overwhelming; you can take back control. To provide best practices for taming the digital jungle that assaults our brains everyday at work. This blog post serves as a resource page for a session on mindfulness with Rob Cottingham and Jana Byington-Smith.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 14, 2009

Debra Askanase has turned a recent experience dealing with many social media obvjections into a list to help you nail your comeback lines for any objectors in your organization or office. She even crowdsourced some of the responses via Twitter - a fun way to get a bit more brain power out of the process of blogging!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2011

Or if you’ve developed the bad habit of mindless checking of your social sites or other social media bad habits. Distractions can be internal and come from our brains , our thoughts. How do you balance your to do list of discrete projects with your daily social media activities that are open-ended?

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

Associations are ideally positioned to fill that need in a way that social media and other online activities cannot. Evaluate Expertise Who exactly are the members of your new brain trust and where will you find them? A social media following doesn’t guarantee that exclusive pedigree. Watch what is trending online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the bet : THE BET: I must use the It’s Not the Size of the Gift platform to raise $1,937 by 5pm EST Friday, October 1st, and I can only promote it over social media networks. In my brain I thought, wow, wouldn’t it be awesome if everyone on Facebook actually saw this request and donated just, like, a dollar?!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

One goal that I had was to a peer support community through the twitter hashtag # npsmpeer – where nonprofit social media managers could share advice and support one another. How can you leverage your staff’s personal passions and interests in service of your organization’s mission using social media?

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M+R

AUGUST 23, 2023

You open TikTok to recharge your brain and treat yourself to some bite-sized videos. We know that hopping on a social media trend can increase engagement no matter the platform. Get Ready With Me (GRWM)/A Day in the Life TikTok is the social media platform of choice for influencers showing their day-to-day life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

By creating the #GoodIsWinning hashtag and launching PopeIsHope accounts across many social media platforms that especially target Millennials and Gen Z , the Pope’s visit will amplify social change messages around climate change, refugees, and more. The campaign is targeting the casual advocate, drawn to the Pope.

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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? The human brain is the best analytics tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

My last deep dive into social media and health care was when I delivered this keynote for a health care organization so this was an opportunity to see how the field has progressed. Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. I introduced some concepts about Social Media ROI and steps to making a case.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 18, 2011

Social media is not only changing how we communicate online, but it’s also changing how our brains process information. That said, nonprofits would be wise to consider the effect of the Social Web when launching or re-designing their websites. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

which focused on eight social media experts. The series was launched by James Howe and will explore the world of communications, from public relations to digital media. Member Round Up member update nptech Social Media' Check out a recap of the inaugural event of the new speaker series, inspire!,

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Author’s Note: Recently, we used paid social ads to help a global nonprofit, Humanity & Inclusion , gain insights into their target audience. But it would allow for a healthy amount of targeted social media advertising. You can read the full Humanity & Inclusion case study here. Do you even need user research?

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2023

In fact, our brains are hardwired to respond to stories. Identify the most effective social media platforms for encouraging supporters to amplify your message, donate to your campaigns, or even fundraise on your behalf. The reason storytelling is so effective at capturing people’s attention is simple. It’s human.

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Care2

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Yet despite the lack of wide spread fundraising success, social media is clearly a hot topic in the nonprofit space. Conferences dedicated to helping nonprofits learn how to leverage social media for social good are popping up. Every person I talk to seems to have social media on the brain.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It might live on your website, social media, product center or be integrated with one, or all of, your association management systems. Pick the Bot’s Brain AI powered chatbots learn from user interactions. Integration with member data gives the bot real clout.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 27, 2021

Social Media. Human brains engage, absorb, and remember stories better than any other form of communication available. . Do some research on what social media platforms your audience hangs out on – each age group is a little different. They run a multidimensional social media campaign, and it works!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Organization: Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. How would you compare your organization with other nonprofits, in general, when it comes to using technology effectively (from databases to social media) to achieve your mission? If you’d like to share your stories, click here.]. Website: [link]. How old is the organization?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media. I said yes.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I've been having a very enjoyable time, importuning all sorts of people I admire to address some of the topics that are close to CTK's heart: nonprofit technology , nonprofit management, best practices, outcomes measurement, impact assessment, nonprofit advocacy, social media, and mission focus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I had an exciting and busy week of teaching public workshops, facilitating informal staff workshops, and meetings at the Embassy mostly on the topic of Networked Nonprofit, digital strategy, and leading on social media. Taking brain breaks is an important work skill as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2017

The book is about our behavioral addictions to our smartphones, video games, social media, and email and how to break them. Like slot machines, people check their emails and social networks repeatedly because they have a Ludic Loop embedded. The diagram below illustrates a Ludic Loop in checking your email.

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NetWits

JULY 14, 2011

This is a follow-up post to yesterday’s “ 10 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Use Twitter ,&# in which we talked about some of the many ways nonprofit can use social media networks, such as Twitter , as a communications vehicle to support their organization’s larger goals. Company K Media | Follow @karvetski.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Try taking a short walk during your lunch break to give your eyes a break from staring at a screen, get the blood pumping, and give your brain time to reset. Even if LinkedIn isn’t your thing, it’s the second fastest-growing social media platform right now and could be the ticket to your first job).

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VQ Strategies

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

social media planning, livestream planning, pre-recorded content planning) and I’m tapping one person to lead each team.”. With such a brain trust, it will be wonderful to see how this year’s NH Gives Day pans out. My dream team is divided into project teams to focus on various aspects of the project (e.g.,

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2011

Casey Golden, CEO, Small Act "Success" in social media has historically meant acquiring a large number of fans and followers. Fun with Social CRMs" -- when asked if she thought relationships really matter in social media, said: I don't think they matter, I KNOW they matter. So, what is Social CRM?

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

Nonprofit organizations often measure fundraising results such as donation volume, engagement on social media , and participants at fundraising events without knowing why people take these actions. The mesolimbic part of the brain assigns values to the sensory stimuli, helping us classify what we feel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

I've been thinking a lot about the concept of social productivity as it relates to using social media and chewing on a post that Chris Brogan wrote a few days ago called " You Can Do Your Job Without Twitter." " I keep thinking there has to be a sweet spot between social productivity and personal productivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2008

In addition to reminding me that I need to get back to the gym, the point about the human brain only having the capacity to pay attention for ten minutes if a good one. | View | Upload your own. I love the frog. More from Vicky Davis , including some pointers to his videos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Last week, I was in London teaching social media strategy workshops for London NGOs organized by Social Media Misfits and keynoted Institute of Fundraising’s Future of Fundraising Conference. As many nonprofit professionals know too well, a hard-working but “tired” brain needs a few moments to “recharge.”

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 7, 2020

Fortunately, the very make up of the human brain offers some potential avenues for increasing engagement in a digital environment and producing a far more satisfying experience overall. When we are engaged in stimulating activities, the brain releases dopamine , a neurotransmitter that leaves us feeling positive and happy.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 14, 2014

8 Ways Nonprofits Can Add Engaging Images to Their Social Media : There is no doubt that visual marketing is driving online, and especially social media, content. Wishpond found that 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual, and there is a reason – visuals are processed 60 thousand times faster than text!'

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