Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Note from Beth: While many of us focus our attention on FB pages, Facebook groups can be a good platform for nonprofits to use for informal peer learning groups, getting feedback from your post passionate fans , or to cultivate and support a brand ambassadors group. Group chat. Photo by Laughing Squid.

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Volunteer Hub

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Incorporate video content Video content is continuing to grow in popularity. A recent study found that 91% of people want to see more online video content from brands. If your organization wants to recruit more volunteers, creating videos can be a great strategy. It is a win-win. You do not need to reinvent the wheel.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2018

YouTube recently announced a new suite of fundraising tools to a small group of select U.S Once you have been accepted, and once YouTube Giving tools are rolled out to all 501c3 nonprofits (expected in the coming weeks), you can set up a Fundraiser to encourage donations when people watch your YouTube videos. nonprofits.

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Greater Giving

JULY 30, 2021

Make a fun video demonstrating the value of the auction items to get people excited, and shout out the winners on the stream. But with some guests sitting behind a device screen, it’s critical to put the live auction spotlight on a smaller group of items so that the segment doesn’t go on too long. Hybridizing Your Live Auction.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The two-prong approach gave those who were eager to socialize again the chance to attend the in-person gala, and everyone else could tune in from home—with both groups watching the same live auction and bidding on the same items, which kept everything fair. Prioritizing the Live Gala Experience Brought in Big Bucks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Get the necessary training (HTML, digital photography, video, social media, and mobile technology). Web 1.0 :: The Broadcast Web. Add a video or slideshow to your “Thank You” landing page, if applicable. Create and upload videos. Design a custom banner, sidebar column image, and video page banner, if applicable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

JOIN] The Internet of Things for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. Since the release of Facebook Live , Facebook video exposure has increased 360% across everyone’s news feed. Live broadcasts are streamed within the Periscope app and #LIVE on Periscope. The Revival of Email. There are currently 6.3

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

You can either broadcast live (think of it as your own radio station) or host the messages on the Cinchcast server for later listening. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. GroupMe :: groupme.com.

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AccelEvents

JULY 20, 2020

From automated email marketing to hosting live broadcasts, an event platform is necessary if you aim to put on a professional, high-level virtual event. Live broadcast capabilities. Communication features include: Live chat, messaging, group chat for communication between attendees, vendors, presenters, and event hosts.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. At SXSW, there…. Crowdfunding Social Ventures at SXSW. Case, and her….

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Despite the two separate audiences and separate programs, both groups could participate in the very same silent auction using Greater Giving’s Online Bidding. Make programming accessible to everyone, even if that means tailoring it to each group. Option 2: Create a separate video stream for virtual guests.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Social media gives your nonprofit the opportunity to broadcast your mission far beyond your local community. To help you know what to look for, here are two of our favorite nonprofit social media examples: Brother Wolf Animal Rescue’s Instagram account is a great example of using videos to give updates on current projects.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

Mobile Suite also includes a helpful screencast tool called FundHub Live that you can broadcast to attendees during your event. Third, you can broadcast the Facebook Live livestream on your Facebook event page and via the video widget in your Qgiv events! Promotion Resource Group. Conclusion.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 30, 2016

This (relatively) new live broadcasting feature lets any person, brand, or nonprofit live-stream events, reveals, celebrations, and more. The Humane Society, The White House, the MET, and many smaller nonprofits are broadcasting news-as-it-happens, museum tours, and even feeding time for baby raccoons ! How long should we broadcast?

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Greater Giving

MAY 28, 2021

And be sure you have the technology and capability to broadcast your event to a remote audience. If you plan to host a hybrid event with two separate groups of attendees—some in-person and some remote—compare the unique abilities of each group and the inherent barriers to engaging them. Utilize inter-group dynamics!

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

To limit virus contagious, events with attendees over 50 are being cancelled and/or postponed, and communities are issuing fines for groups that are meeting with over 5 individuals. Virtual events and conferences will use video conferencing or live streams to bring speakers and presenters to their audience. Connecting Local Events.

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Care2

JUNE 22, 2009

Today, YouTube luanched a cool new program called YouTube Video Volunteers in partnership with allforgood.org , to help connect nonprofit organizations with skilled video makers who can help them broadcast their causes through video, reaching new audiences online and driving action around issues and projects that matter to them.

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NTEN

APRIL 19, 2011

The transmission of sound electronically to groups of people will always hold power, even if it's not broadcast via some type of waveform modulation. They even broadcast from the 2011 NTC (which you can replay from their archive ). Pandora killed it again, just to be sure.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

They were on Myspace and organizing via Facebook Groups years before corporate brands, higher education, and broadcast and print media. It allows you to easily upload and share your mobile photos (and videos!) Nonprofits pioneered social media. Select a mobile a mobile photo-sharing tool.

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AccelEvents

JULY 20, 2020

From automated email marketing to hosting live broadcasts, an event platform is necessary if you aim to put on a professional, high-level virtual event. Live broadcast capabilities. Communication features include: Live chat, messaging, group chat for communication between attendees, vendors, presenters, and event hosts.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

One way to handle different time zones is to use simulated live video (simulive). Simulive allows you to broadcast pre-recorded video as if it were live, complete with live moderation and chat options. A virtual audience can see your event as more than just fancy video conferencing but as a social event as well.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

If you’ve created a Facebook group and/or set up a streaming service event participants can watch activities unfold from, send them that information. You record a video in real-time and your event participants can send comments, hearts, and likes in response. Want to dial up the participation on your live videos?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2018

So his new goal for the News Feed is to create more meaningful conversations between “friends, family and groups”. Videos and news articles that prompt more meaningful discussion. Stop posting links to articles and videos that don’t cause people to comment or share. Broadcast your impact with Facebook Live.

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Qgiv

MAY 13, 2021

And one group of people that inspires others to give is children. Video game fundraising events. Another hybrid fundraising idea designed with kids in mind is a hybrid video game event. This can take the form of gaming marathons or video game tournaments. This first fundraising idea puts all that energy to good use!

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

To limit virus contagious, events with attendees over 50 are being canceled and/or postponed, and communities are issuing fines for groups that are meeting with over 5 individuals. Virtual events and conferences will use video conferencing or live streams to bring speakers and presenters to their audience. Connecting Local Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

We produced a Public Service Announcement video with some well-known Minnesotans (comedian Louie Anderson, NFL defensive end Ray Edwards, rapper Toki Wright to name a few). Livestream.com is a web service that enables users to create free accounts and broadcast video live over the Internet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2020

You’ll need a livestream platform for your virtual event if you are going to broadcast videos, live presentations, a combination of both, or if you want to pre-record a presentation but still make it appear live. YouTube and Vimeo offer the option to provide a passcode to watch live or a video on their platform.

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AccelEvents

JULY 13, 2020

Different from just webcasting a physical event, a hybrid event allows the remote audience to participate and interact in the live portion of the event through various platform features like live text or video chat. Virtual Video Broadcasting (Live & Recorded). The Best Hybrid Event Platforms. Lead Retrieval. 3) BigMarker.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 12, 2020

Choppy video feeds and feeds cutting in and out on a presenter distract the user from the content. Usually, this means that the virtual portion is lacking, and virtual attendees either struggle to connect to the video feeds, can’t chat in the forums, or there are not enough options for mingling and networking. Hire a virtual emcee.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 11, 2014

Mobile: we’re watching much more of our video (nearly 25%) now on our smartphones. ” Let me translate: in social media we’re tending to have more frequent interactions with smaller groups of close contacts rather than doing Facebook broadcasts to large audiences. billion of them) are now smartphones worldwide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

Transmedia – Making Change Across Mediums by Danny Alpert, Executive Director, Kindling Group and Executive Producer, See3 Communications. When I started out, the “broadcast, festival, and screenings” model of distribution dictated community engagement strategies that were more linear, and limited.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

What if you could send powerful invitations to spread the word or rally behind a cause or action to a select group of people instead of creating mass mailings to everyone you know? It sounds simple, but there are always infastructre requirements behind everything.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

They solicit community members to volunteer, bring them into mission activities, and broadcast their work to the public. In the spring and summer of 2021, with funding from AmeriCorps, our research team held focus groups with volunteer administrators about their technology use in the pandemic. Geography and Transportation. “In-person

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Make sure you’re tailoring your messages to different groups of people by creating multiple contact lists, like a segment of new supporters and a segment of longtime supporters. Check out this video to learn more: The Boys and Girls Club of Indianapolis reached 101% of their fundraising goal on Giving Tuesday 2020 by using Qgiv’s platform.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 12, 2020

Choppy video feeds and feeds cutting in and out on a presenter distract the user from the content. Usually, this means that the virtual portion is lacking, and virtual attendees either struggle to connect to the video feeds, can’t chat in the forums, or there are not enough options for mingling and networking. Hire a virtual emcee.

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AccelEvents

JULY 13, 2020

Different from just webcasting a physical event, a hybrid event allows the remote audience to participate and interact in the live portion of the event through various platform features like live text or video chat. Virtual Video Broadcasting (Live & Recorded). The Best Hybrid Event Platforms. Lead Retrieval. 3) BigMarker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

One notable aspect of the success of Gasland, which recently won the Emmy Award for documentary film, is the way director Josh Fox worked with grant makers at the Fledgling Fund to galvanize a movement that greatly amplified the efforts of traditional environmental groups.

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