Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Flickr: flickr.com/groups/thenatureconservancy. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites. We use Flickr to collect all of the photos for our annual nature photo competition. Website: www.nature.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

For example, The Ad Council and the Forest Service partnered together on a campaign called “Discover the Forest” , with the goal of inspiring tweens (aged 8-12) and their parents to re-connect with nature, experiencing it first-hand. Tip: Share stories about your impact and the different ways to get involved with your cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

If a news story is breaking when you get to work in the morning, and it is related to your mission or your programs, write up a quick two-paragraph summary of or commentary about the breaking news story, add a link to the original source, and then distribute your blog post to your communities. Share Stories from the Field.

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NTEN

JANUARY 23, 2012

Flickr photo: andercismo The funny thing about being the Nonprofit Technology Network is that it can be really hard to practice what we preach. We learned so much while running that campaign, but we also made lots of mis-steps along the way. One of the things we wished for as we navigated the campaign: benchmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

Flickr Photo by Lendingmemo. In the early crowdfunding days, I helped launch a crowdfunding campaign with the American Red Cross and SXSW that raised $120,000 in 10 days. Your goal aligns your team and supporters with your crowdfunding campaign. What is the average amount that we have raised in a campaign or event?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. People are much more responsive and likely to share your blog post if its subject matter is related to a breaking news story. Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Not creating Flickr slideshows to tell your nonprofit’s story. Quite often your nonprofit’s story can be much better told through images.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

The most successful fundraising campaigns, advocacy efforts, and even personal experiences center on one person, one animal, one story, especially when trying to support a huge, faceless issue. Invite everyone to join the movement by sharing pictures, stories, and signs to spread your message (try Flickr or Tumblr ).

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See3

AUGUST 18, 2014

Our friends at TechSoup are hosting the Storymakers 2014, a campaign to help nonprofits, libraries and charities tell amazing stories about the work they do, and share their message with the world.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2014

But to do that, their stories need to stand out and be noticed. The Storym akers campaign empowers nonprofits, libraries, and charities with the tools and training to tell their stories, get noticed and make an impact. Super-short stories (sign-up link coming soon!) - 8/27. Submit Your Story for Cash Prizes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

What I need is your input -I'd love to hear about your social media "adaption stories" - please leave me a comment. Wendy documented many different stories and shared these internally. Key points: Relationship building lays groundwork for future campaigns to raise time, money, and blood. What works used for future campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2016

Flickr photo by Mallix. It is not only a time for rest and relaxation, it is also an important time to start thinking about your nonprofit’s year-end fundraising campaign. It is not only a time for rest and relaxation, it is also an important time to start thinking about your nonprofit’s year-end fundraising campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

It’s crucial that your social media and mobile technology campaigns are integrated into your website. The upper right-hand corner is the most valuable section of your website—use it to plug your e-newsletter and group text messaging campaigns, donate now functionality, and social networking communities. Simplicity is key.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2007

One aspect of the campaign is a Starbucks Flickr petition. My only criticism of the campaign is that very few of the photos have a Creative Commons license that allows bloggers and other supporters to share the photos and spread the word. For more information about Oxfam's Starbuck's campaign click here.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

Any charity anywhere in the world can send us a short video or five-picture Flickr slideshow that tells about their work and will be entered to win some cash prizes. Our story challenges get lots of attention. The campaign raised $120,000 which provided education for 400 Dalit children.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

“This is the story of one man’s crusade to stem the terrible infant mortality rate in Africa, by persuading the entrepreneurial local distributors of Coca Cola to pop a phial of vital medicine into each crate. Within weeks, and at minimal cost, more than 2,000 people had signed up to support the campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Last year, The March of Dimes ran a flickr photo contest to help draw attention to premature births. This year, The March of Dimes continues to be a creative and innovative nonprofit user of social media with its Every Baby has a Story Tour project. The stories are also being collected in Scrapblog.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Many participants were interested in using facebook as a communication platform for local campaigning and I created a session all about it. A blog can provide the space for sharing news, announcements, stories, and other information and let you reshare and distribute it all over the web. Create Community Dialogue.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

While we are on the subject of money, your going to need some to improve your social media campaigns in 2013. premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.), You are not going to be a very good storyteller if you don’t read stories. Good luck. 2) Ask for a social media budget.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. People are much more responsive and likely to share your blog post if its subject matter is related to a breaking news story. Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2011

Flickr: LexnGer In case you hadn't noticed, NTEN is a community of nonprofit and technology professionals sharing information about using technology effectively for nonprofit work. How many new donors did your Twitter campaign convert? come from the experts and practicioners in our community. how do your train staff to use it?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

How do you decide what kind of information or campaigns are delivered to your various community members on different social networks? Speak directly to your users and interact with them; they have amazing stories and experiences. You can post YouTube videos to your blog posts and Flickr photos to your Upcoming.org event listings.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

The Storymakers 2016 campaign surpassed all of our expectations. Story of Tomorrow Winner — SEEDS final. Our Story of Tomorrow winner, SEEDS final from Seeds of Awareness , succeeds in filming youth at this moment of awakening. Its photo story is extremely powerful and highly shareable. This is a powerful idea.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Pinterest has a lot of potential, especially for organizations whose stories lend themselved to visual storytelling. If you're an animal shelter or animal rights organization: Credit to Flickr user: Dennis from Atlanta 1. Share the story of each animal in the Pin Description. Pin animated and cartooon bible stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Image from Flickr by Xurble. As each fundraiser shares their campaign with their personal network via word of mouth and online, the number of people who know about charity: water quickly multiplies. This is pure genius for enlisting others to spread their message. Identify Brand Evangelists Within Your Organization.

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NTEN

APRIL 27, 2012

Flickr: NTEN: Nonprofit Technology We're still catching our breath from the NTC earlier this month, but the nonprofit technology community is as active as ever this week! Learn more about these stories and all the ways NTEN Members are amping up the awesome. Check out the campaign’s use of Flickr and Tumblr !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

But first steps first… 11 New Year’s resolutions for nonprofit social media managers: 1) Create a “Thank You” video(s) for your 2012 fundraising campaigns. The Daily Show remembers the important stories of 2011 so you don’t have to. .

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Or even the networked influence from news coverage and stories from one group or city to the next. Photo credit: Flickr jakubsteiner ). It may have been a network of organizers in various towns or locations coordinating with each other and then operating locally. What is changing and why? This can be great, or it can be scary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2011

Flickr Photo by Robert Couse-Baker. Tell us about your success stories! Whether you are looking for ways to make your email campaigns more social or trying to avoid the pitfalls of common social media measurement mistakes , post your questions. Good for you! Or making you want to find a few examples, just post your query.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2012

As the Web & Social Media Manager for Camfed USA (The Campaign for Female Education) I am charged with expanding our online presence in new and innovative ways. Camfed has over 13,000 images on Flickr. We began researching Pinterest in its early stages, when it looked like little more than an online wedding planner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Flickr Photo by PetitPlat - Stephanie Kilgast. Here are two stories about two very different nonprofits and how they approached designing their dashboards with human-centered design techniques. What should participants each measure for their individual campaigns? Tracking for Impact and Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2015

Flickr Image from Carlos ZGZ. Consider what you might need to put down in the next couple of weeks to promote a Giving Challenge campaign with the results you’re seeking. Social campaigns are all about your friends and their friends. Better yet, can you combine it with an existing goal or effort to concentrate your success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2014

Flickr Photo by Soyignatius. Content curation – the process of finding, organizing, and sharing topical, relevant content for your audience that supports your nonprofit’s engagement or campaign goals (or your professional learning) begins with “ Spotting the Awesome.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. Larry Swiader, Senior Director of Digital Media at The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Social media provides more than numbers; at its heart, it provides great stories. Read your social media stories. David Almacy, Senior Vice President at Edelman.

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Care2

AUGUST 17, 2011

She’s told a powerful story, connected it to your mission, tied it in to current campaign priorities, used compelling images, offered a relevant call to action, asked a great question for people to answer in the comments, and more. You’re overjoyed! Blogger List. What could you be missing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Flickr Photo by Vox Photo. Note from Beth: Last spring, I had the pleasure of meeting Ashley Boyd,Campaign Director, for MomsRising.org who told me about Joyful Funerals. Ashley and her colleague Anita – as well as the whole team at Momsrising does a fantastic job of reflecting after each campaign on how it could be improved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Flickr Photo by Lululemon. Integrated Marketing and Communications Campaigns. So are people like me who do coaching and training on how to use Facebook effectively. .” ” The Red Cross uses a ladder of engagement to move people beyond the likes on Facebook from awareness all the way to volunteering.

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