Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

They just marked their 150th first-person story on their blog , so in the 150 hours leading up to Labor Day, @GoodwillIntl is tweeting out one of these success story per hour under the hashtag #150job to spotlight someone who has found work, education or volunteer opportunities with support from Goodwill. How are you defining success?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Say Hello to Salesforce+ — The Netflix of Biz Content. As you might’ve guessed, Salesforce+ will serve as our host platform for all Dreamforce 2021 digital content! It will consist of four channels covering every role, industry, and topic, plus over 100 additional hours of on-demand content. Customer Stories in the Spotlight.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 13, 2021

During the Nonprofit Cloud keynote, we heard from International Justice Mission on how they are partnering with Nonprofit Cloud to deliver unique digital experiences to create more impact, support constituents, and find success from anywhere. Still hungry for some more education content? Interested in joining the conversation?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2022

Whether we’ve convened in-person or virtually during a global pandemic, our Salesforce.org nonprofit community never misses an opportunity to celebrate, learn, and imagine a better, more equal world — together. Reason #2: Dynamic Speakers & International Panels. Explore this year’s tracks below: 1.

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Forum One

JULY 11, 2023

The app’s current features include a home feed with algorithm-recommended content, a search functionality that allows users to find other accounts, an activity feed for users to see information on engagements with their posts and followers, and a profile for each user. What is Threads and How Does It Work?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Those who tuned in to the virtual event were treated to conversations with some incredible headliners, and heard nonprofit customers share their technology impact stories. . They shared valuable insights that addressed the many challenges nonprofits are facing around smart tech adoption, content strategy, change management, and leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

Tharum has served as a communications director for a number of international NGOs based in Cambodia, but recently launched his own communications agency. We also had an opportunity to make a recording to deliver some of the content from our workshop that the IFC will make available to small NGOs in other parts of the world.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 25, 2023

Think along the lines of International Women’s Day in March, Earth Day in April, or even National Nonprofit Day in August. Keep Educating and Engaging Sharing educational content related to your nonprofit’s mission is another effective strategy. Together, we’ll make every year a fundraising success story!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Content’s role in nonprofit marketing grows by the hour. Not only does valuable and unique content increase the visibility of your organization and its mission, but (if done right) it encourages engagement among your supporters and echoes in a familiar voice the emotional core of your organization’s purpose. Think Outside the Box.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy. We want our donors to be advocates. How can your organization apply this?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Say Hello to Salesforce+ — The Netflix of Biz Content. As you might’ve guessed, Salesforce+ will serve as our host platform for all Dreamforce 2021 digital content! It will consist of four channels covering every role, industry, and topic, plus over 100 additional hours of on-demand content. Customer Stories in the Spotlight.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

Through specific prompts, nonprofits are using ChatGPT for content creation in a variety of ways, including writing fundraising appeals, donor thank-yous and thank-you receipts, and creating resources for volunteers and P2P participants. However, before you can start your marketing, you need to create a robust content plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2012

This conference showcased the impressive work of the participant NGOs as well as introduced to them more advanced social media topics such as content curation, measurement, and integrated content strategy. I’ve been working on this project for more than year. 12 training centers have been established.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Burn The Boats teases apart the excuses we make to ourselves that hinder total commitment and illuminates the internal and external forces that impede risk taking. Success and contentment are built on striving; achieving at even the highest level doesn’t obviate the longing. That is not to say experience and expertise don’t matter.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Craft a strong appeal by sourcing your content early. The neat thing about Fiver is that there is time is built in for program staff to collect and story bank client testimonials, which means they’re not scrambling at the end. Here is a list of ways you can cover more ground for your year-end campaign: Share Your Story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Magic happens when social entrepreneurs, nonprofits leaders, technologists, and young people are brought together for a high energy, creative, and interactive event that exposes everyone to new ideas and stories. I was so happy to hear the story of how the event got started and the beginning of the network from Fernanda Bornhausen Sa.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Association of Fundraising Professionals International Conference (AFP ICON) This is one of our favorite conferences. If you work in development, major gifts, grants, or event planning, you’ll love the emphasis on identifying and crafting compelling stories that make your marketing and fundraising more effective. Hang onto them!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

After facilitating a panel at the Innogive Conference on integrating mobile into multi-channel nonprofit campaigns , I headed to a special event hosted by Google to celebrate the launch of Google for Nonprofits. I’ll be shadowing them to learn pearls of wisdom about how to capture video stories.

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

Since 2014, Forum One has partnered with FNS to uncover and illustrate the most compelling stories emerging from the annual Farm to School Census, which collects and analyzes data on how 18,000 school districts are using local food. In 2019, USDA conducted the third Farm to School Census to measure progress towards reaching their goals.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

A mom of 2 and a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, she is the author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits , a call-to-action for nonprofits to use stories to accomplish their missions. He’s helped brands like Disney, Square, Southwest Airlines, and (RED) tell meaningful stories with heart all over the world.

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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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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

One evergreen piece of advice often given to nonprofit fundraisers is to share feel-good stories about their mission. What if the feel-good stories are still sensitive or have the potential to further fatigue donors or supporters who are tired of hearing about the challenges we’re facing in the world today? Highlighting your staff.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2014

He described the National Museum of the American Indian--where he was founding director--as a multicultural institution, celebrating the diversity of Native peoples throughout the Americas. He envisions The Autry--his current gig--as an intercultural institution, telling all the stories of the American West.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

Clubhouse—the invite-only, audio-based social application that’s been drawing in celebrities and expert thought leaders—facilitates widespread collaboration on global topics by allowing users to participate in different conversations on different topics in real-time. As one might guess, Clubhouse was one that floated to the top.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

I encourage you to read his powerful story on our website. The Global Literacy team, led by VP & General Manager Betsy Beaumon, just celebrated our latest major milestones: serving 300,000 members, the majority of whom are American students with disabilities, and offering 250,000 accessible books on the virtual shelves of our library.

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Tech Soup

MAY 10, 2016

Live A Great Story already used PicsArt to create images and wanted to spread its awesome message to the global community of 65 million users. The organization took its stickers, made them digital, and had people "add" them over photos that show how they live a great story. Overlaying Messages on Personal Photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

With our blog firmly established as a valuable source of content, we are now developing strategies to further leverage our blog to support our policy goals. Over the last six months, we have begun to use the “ blog carnival ” tool as a way to highlight content within the context of a specific policy campaign.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

While you’re saying thank you , be sure to celebrate all the people at your organization who helped you get the grant. The sooner you get started, the sooner you’ll have impact stories, data, and results to share with the grantor. Set your internal deadlines before your external deadlines, so you don’t miss reporting deadlines.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Your alumni post on Facebook, addictively scroll through Instagram and celebrate their marriages with custom hashtags; having a social strategy for homecoming helps you find them where they are. If homecoming has a theme, you can source the stories, people, and photos that will convey it in an exciting manner. After: Follow Up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Instagram is about photo sharing and tell stories in photos. The platform attracts many brands because of the opportunities for brand story telling. He gives you the inside story about the work of art. Here’s a summary of content posted by world leaders. Visibility. He generates Goodwill by being human and humorous.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

What are you doing today to celebrate the Earth? ItsGettingHotInHere is just one example of getting it right in the blogosphere - aggregation is key to really get content (read: messages) out and around the web, creating opportunities for more people to read and also more people to share. Happy Earth Day, everyone!

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Museum 2.0

MAY 18, 2011

This weekend, I heard a story on NPR that really rankled me. The museum is free to all-comers and showcases pieces from Slim's extensive collection of European and Mexican art, including pieces by major international artists whose work is not easy to find in Latin America. Slim's son-in-law designed the building.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2012

Stacey has been collaborating with local artists to produce a series of content-rich events that invite visitors to participate in a range of hands-on activities. We have an intern, Kathryn, who emailed each participant individually to thank them for coming, shared their personal photo, and gave them the link to the rest of the photos.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

They recruited some of their strongest supporters to act as “AuSM Champions” and run peer-to-peer fundraising pages, then invite all their friends to a livestream event full of cooking demonstrations, personal stories, and drawings. Participants could cook along with celebrity chefs and have brunch at home. So how did they do it?

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Pinterest has a lot of potential, especially for organizations whose stories lend themselved to visual storytelling. Beth explains that much of her attraction to Pinterest is due to her visual learning style and role as a content curator. Share the story of each animal in the Pin Description. Pinterest Guidelines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

I celebrated my 20th anniversary in Flickr and with this video (darn the gown doesn't fit this year!) Provide helpful information : If the blogger is going to write up a post, make sure you have a good "blogger" mini site or easily content. Twenty three years ago on this date (September 14th), my husband and I got married!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I couldn’t help but think about how important content curation skills, information literacy, and encouraging a movement around this as Clay Johnson suggests in his book, the Information Diet. ” He started off with a great story about what a tribe in South Africa does when someone in their community does something bad.

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