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Facebook Radically Changed the News Feed – Here’s What Your Nonprofit Needs to Know

Connection Cafe

In a Facebook post dated January 11th, Mark Zuckerberg shared a completely new direction for the News Feed to make sure the “time we all spend on Facebook is time well spent.”. So his new goal for the News Feed is to create more meaningful conversations between “friends, family and groups”. How will the News Feed rank public content?

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How Nonprofits Can Use Behavioral Science to Engage Supporters on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Michelle Chen is an independent scholar with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. COVID-19 obviously changed this dynamic. Broadcasting supporters’ actions to their social network matters because of the human desire to belong and to present our best selves to people we care about.

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6 Ideas for Using the Instagram Donation Sticker to Raise Money

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Sign up for an Instagram Business Account , or change your existing account over to a Business Account. . If you show up on a regular basis in your followers’ feeds and Stories, they are much more likely to trust you, to build up an affinity for your organization, and eventually to click on the Donation Sticker and make a gift. .

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IFTTT (If This Then That) where have you been my entire connected life?

Judi Sohn

I’m tired of apps and technologies that sure, solve a problem, but in order to do it you have to completely change the way you think or work. So no worries that the Evernote channel is going to suddenly start broadcasting your private notes. In order to broadcast a note in Evernote you have to explicitly share it.

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Facebook Announces Overhaul of Newsfeed: What Does It Mean for Nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Towards the end of the day, the New York Times published a story about a big announcement from Mark Zuckerberg about a change in the algorithm and newsfeed that it would prioritize what their friends and family share and comment on while de-emphasizing content from publishers and brands.

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How to Communicate Meaningfully with Nonprofit Supporters in an Election Year

Media Cause

While their environment may change (which you should acknowledge), you can continue to give your audiences real ways to engage with your organization’s mission and participate in moments of impact. change post-November strategies? Power comes from specificity. It’s going to be a year—but we’re in it together.

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How To Increase Board Fundraising Without Having To Ask for Money

Bloomerang

In some cases, your mailings may not reach people because their mailing address has changed or has a typo. If you don’t have a media list of broadcast reporters and editors and print and blogging sites in your area, have a board member find that list from coalition partners or build it themselves.

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