Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2012

He was asked to donate to cancer charity. Edna takes a picture of her niece in a t-shirt.-. A cancer-surviving grandma in Denmark re-posts and says “den bedste!”. Have you created persona’s for how people share content in your network? Charlie the Artist. He was not impressed and neither were his friends.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

Sprucing up the landing page : Because overloading the audience is an invitation to click away, they made the site less complicated, more attractive, and easier to navigate with only enough content to keep up interest in the registration process. And we retain 90% of our top P2P fundraisers each year, providing 80% of our annual budget.”

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

While all of these elements will still be useful during an experiential event, they are instead function to inform the audience that they have value and they can contribute (perhaps in an alternative way) to the event content . If the goal of your campaign is to raise awareness for breast cancer, then what does that awareness look like?

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Classy

JUNE 10, 2021

A special video message just for recurring donors or early access to new content can be just as impactful. . That small reminder will help you reinforce their role in the greater picture of your mission. Every time you contact recurring donors, reference the fact that they are in your community.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

And if you’re a staff member in charge of producing content for your nonprofit, you know how time-consuming content creation can be. That’s why you have to plan ahead: A robust content plan will save you time—and brain space—and help you produce great nonprofit content while also tackling the rest of your mile-long to-do list.

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Classy

JUNE 10, 2021

A special video message just for recurring donors or early access to new content can be just as impactful. . That small reminder will help you reinforce their role in the greater picture of your mission. Every time you contact recurring donors, reference the fact that they are in your community.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 22, 2018

Keep your content brief, lead with your most impactful material and don’t ask them to provide too much personal information. . Tip # 4 : Use a good picture . You can enter them into your automated welcome series, but be sure you’re sending them content that’s related to the choices they made on your form. .

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

While all of these elements will still be useful during an experiential event, they are instead function to inform the audience that they have value and they can contribute (perhaps in an alternative way) to the event content . If the goal of your campaign is to raise awareness for breast cancer, then what does that awareness look like?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

And there is Jack Andraka , a high school student who got obsessed with finding a cure for cancer and created a test that can detect pancreatic cancer. They are not content to just sit and click. Talk in images: emojis, symbols, pictures, videos. Communicate more frequently in shorter bursts of “snackable content”.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

This is just another example of the power of user generated content (UGC) and it can be very valuable for corporations and nonprofits alike. The methods can vary — video, emails, special events, pictures etc. Here are some great examples of how nonprofits are sharing UGC to the masses: American Cancer Society: [link].

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

What's wrong with this picture? To win in round 2, your charity had to be content with 94 other charities losing. Each Facebook user, after authorizing the Chase application, got 20 votes to distribute among their favorite charities. Beth Kanter summarizes some of what went wrong. Shame on any corporation that thinks otherwise.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

You should also never automate content using these tools, or spam each community with the same message. Focus on the big picture and create guidelines that can be applied across many social media tools, such as. Delete content that is off-topic or inappropriate in character. Keep it simple and on the short side. Learn from them.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

While setting up an awareness concert to raise money for cancer, the Garage grouped high school students from different locations. Not only will this allow for you to increase their overall contentment, but they will be receptive to the fact that you are actively seeking to raise their level of happiness. Reward them.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 13, 2015

These visual hooks include a lot of compelling and high resolution pictures, embedded video content, videos in the background, interactive scrolling and clear calls-to-action. Plain and simple—they’re a foundation that raises money for childhood cancer research, “because research saves lives.” Make Your Messaging Consistent.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 1, 2014

But before you run out the door or start posting new content on your blog every hour, think about the message you want to send. Create Content With Purpose: Think about what gets you up every morning and motivates you to go to work. Take Pictures. Did your event raise $1M more this year for cancer research? Tell stories.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

What's wrong with this picture? To win in round 2, your charity had to be content with 94 other charities losing. Each Facebook user, after authorizing the Chase application, got 20 votes to distribute among their favorite charities. Beth Kanter summarizes some of what went wrong. Shame on any corporation that thinks otherwise.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I turned Chatter on at Colorectal Cancer Coalition months ago, and the reaction from my colleagues was one big disinterested shrug. So I have a much better picture of Chatter than I did before. I find myself clicking between "Home" "Profile" "Chatter" and "Groups," all which look similar but have different content. I get that.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

And there is Jack Andraka , a high school student who got obsessed with finding a cure for cancer and created a test that can detect pancreatic cancer. They are not content to just sit and click. Talk in images: emojis, symbols, pictures, videos. Communicate more frequently in shorter bursts of “snackable content”.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

It's very easy to expand on your posts to Twitter to populate content for other social media like Facebook. A picture is worth 1000 words, which is awesome when you are limited 140 characters. She’s proudly wearing her “kick cancer’s butt” shirt.” ” (another great opp for a picture!).

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2010

This is an oversimplified example, but you get the picture. Besides looking through standard web site content, they comb through peoples’ conversations on blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, and Youtube, and the list goes on. Filter your content for useful ideas. Social Listening: Try it now. Fine tune your listening.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Help pay for Sally’s cancer treatment. That’s challenging if you’re the American Cancer Society because you’ve got a big, broad anti-cancer mission and it’s hard to drill that back down to Sally’s cancer treatment. Build a school in Zimbabwe. The more specific, the better. The community cries out for that.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

We tune into causes through our relationships with others, whether its a kid from our neighborhood in a youth group, our sister doing a breast cancer run, or our friend organizing a reading night at a homeless shelter. Picture This: A Look Back at This Year's Spring Fo. Most of us can think of examples of this from our own lives.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

We recommend using an integrated payment processor and including information about it in your form (like the PCI badge pictured below) so donors can be sure that your donation process is secure. Strong content like this will help establish your website as the central hub of your online presence. Picture a potential donor.

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Classy

JULY 1, 2021

If you already have content and visual assets ready to go, using one campaign page means you can get started in as quickly as a few minutes. . In the image below, the Cancer Research Institute first offers six different options for their fundraisers to select from. . What Are the Benefits of This Strategy? .

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2021

The struggle for nonprofits in this environment is to stand out by creating and sharing content that is timely, relevant, and worthy of discussion so that it reaches more of the intended audience. Macmillan Support Center drives engagement by asking their community to share pictures with their father’s who fought cancer.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Neff and Jordan Viator -- had the great opportunity to lead a session entitled " The Real Housewives of Social Media " Funny Photoshopped pictures were displayed of us, we sported aprons to hype the theme, and we shared information and case studies on various aspects of social media campaigning. What's this all about"?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 4, 2007

I went to the library today and wanted to find pictures of houses to give me some ideas and I’m going to Paris so I wanted a book on that. If you get diagnosed with cancer you’re going home to look it up. Put the internet inside the museum next to the picture and leave you alone.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2015

Focus on Quality Content. Link earning is building relationships with valuable websites within ones specific industry that generate high quality content. It’s great when people share your content; it’s even better when they are real people doing it of their own accord. More successful content invokes an emotional response.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Nancy Ramos from the Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois noted how easy it was to set up her Over The Edge peer-to-peer fundraising campaign with CauseVox “Honestly, it could take 10-15 minutes to set up if you already have the content and graphics you want to use,” she says. CauseVox makes it simple for you to create.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2022

Nancy Ramos from the Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois noted how easy it was to set up her Over The Edge peer-to-peer fundraising campaign with CauseVox “Honestly, it could take 10-15 minutes to set up if you already have the content and graphics you want to use,” she says. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaign Checklist.

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2022

Nancy Ramos from the Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois noted how easy it was to set up her Over The Edge peer-to-peer fundraising campaign with CauseVox “Honestly, it could take 10-15 minutes to set up if you already have the content and graphics you want to use,” she says. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaign Checklist.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It’s nothing but drool-worthy living rooms, picture-perfect bedrooms, and stylized mood boards on my Pinterest page. For some, it may be a giving week and for others (like Breast Cancer Awareness Month) extend to multiple weeks. . I love interior design. That and food. I really like to cook too.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 9, 2023

We all have hundreds of ideas for content to post on social media… until it’s actually time for us to post something to social media. Generative AI is great for creating content as long as you give it the right prompts and know how to treat it’s content as a first draft. Wait, why don’t I just use ChatGPT?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

You will get exactly the same amount of content and your questions answered in the time that you have allotted for this training. And in 2018, as you saw, as I hurriedly got on to this to this presentation, I was diagnosed with cancer and I felt I needed to retire. And you have to think of the bigger picture as the executive director.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Session Content 1. link] wildlifewatch Not only that, but it shows how we took our return from this experiment and placed it within the programs website to show more dynamic content and interaction possibilities. Analyzed which types of content generated most activity. Who knew that there were poets on Twitter? Yes we did.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Want to see this in action, check out the Brandywine Valley SPCA Picture Pawfect Pet Photo Contest ! Invest in a reliable livestreaming tool or (depending on the idea) collect pre-recorded video content beforehand. Have them take pictures and post them on social media with a dedicated hashtag! Adventure-Themed Fundraising Ideas.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

So if you have to bounce early, or maybe you get interrupted, or just want to review the content, don’t worry. And I think this day I took this picture was the day that I really started to ask this question. You’ll get the recording from me later on today. So there shouldn’t be anything that you missed out on.

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