Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2015

The holiday break is a great time to read books, both for work and just plan fun. Earlier this week, I read the recently published “ Mindful Social Marketing ” by colleague Janet Fouts. This change in perspective can make all the difference in the world.” It is filled with great wisdom.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

The landscape of nonprofit fundraising has changed dramatically in 2024. In order to win back trust and stay top-of-mind, nonprofits must focus on establishing emotional connections with their audience through consistent, high-quality content. Collaborate with partners and influencers. People trust people over logos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2022

No doubt, change is always in the works in the nonprofit world, but the pandemic forced many organizations to change more than usual; to pivot and regroup. Choose people that have different understandings and relationships with your (new) organization and whose influence with their peer group is notable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

But when you’re lean on resources and human power, just producing blog posts and updating your website feels like a miracle, never mind SEO or a content strategy. Or, you can optimize existing content you have with your keywords in mind. But you can change that. They can also be a major boost to your next blog post’s SEO.

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Association TV

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission outlined its initial requirements in 2009, and a rising population of influencers led to its publication of “ Disclosures 101 for Social Media Influencers ” in 2019. Say you’re doing a video about the benefits of changing your tires for the winter. Can you tell I need to change my tires this week?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

An intangible feeling of change that arises each time we enter a new year. For others , the feelings are a bit more fleeting, providing only temporary change before slipping away in the face of familiar patterns and habits. For many , this led to changes in terminology and language used to describe the work.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

What has changed over time? What is changing in our industry? They will reward you by crafting messages that move the hearts and minds of your most important audiences and reinforce brand identity. Adjust to changing circumstances. Instead of addressing the “how to,” they concern themselves with the bigger issue of “why.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Evocation :We are receptive to an influence beyond ourselves that creates the inspiration within us. Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. Leaders, through their positions of authority, have tremendous power to influence how others view themselves. Focus on the person in front of you. Be Personal.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Our social media team stays on top of the latest trends and changes to the platforms to help nonprofits build strategies to reach supporters on social media. Platforms are investing in brand/influencer collaboration. While this can be intimidating, micro-influencers are often an excellent resource for nonprofits.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

With no real sign of AI slowing down or fading away, it’s worth taking the time now to prepare your association for the impact and influence AI will have on your members and employees. Keep in mind that the more specific the model gets and the more specific the training dataset, the better outcomes you’ll find.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

But, the question that will ultimately get more prospective donors in the door is: how are you changing the world? Telling your nonprofit’s story in an emotionally compelling way will win the hearts and minds of your prospective donors and humanize you as a changemaker. Reference thought leaders and influencers.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With that goal in mind, they shared four strategies that they’ve used within their organizations to ensure intra-organizational equality is central to every decision they make. Slowing progress can be hard, but it’s critical to making inclusive changes. Take A Courageous Pause. Talk With People and Observe Behavior.

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Candid

JANUARY 11, 2023

Innovation for Social Change: How Wildly Successful Nonprofits Inspire and Deliver Results by Leah Kral. Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good   by Ann Mei Chang | ( Audiobook also available). Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind, Revised Edition by Alex Counts .

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Use data, visuals, and concrete examples to demonstrate the positive changes your organization has made. Collaborate with social media influencers To further amplify your message, NXUnite recommends partnering with social media influencers who have demonstrated a passion for your cause. Show impact and results.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 29, 2022

Over time, your association’s revenue needs change. Maybe your organization needs to fund new initiatives to keep up with changing member expectations. . Essentially, AI can help you adjust your marketing and engagement approaches for specific members to provide them with valuable offers that can influence their purchases.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Attracts new supporters and partners with information about how they can help change the world. Investing in marketing helps you build a foundation for growth, community engagement, and impactful change. The metrics you track are often determined by your SMART goals, so keep those in mind when selecting what data to record.

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M+R

AUGUST 23, 2023

And while most TikTok trends change daily, sometimes even hourly, there are some evergreen trends that have graced For You Pages for months and sometimes years! Get Ready With Me (GRWM)/A Day in the Life TikTok is the social media platform of choice for influencers showing their day-to-day life.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Thousands of nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and philanthropies trust us to show up with them whenever there’s opportunity to create long-lasting change in the world through the power of technology.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 10, 2017

government to take action against climate change. While WWF’s climate change work is ongoing and touches many policy areas, this blog post shares specific examples from a three-week campaign window in 2015. December 2015 – the United Nations is scheduled to meet in Paris for its annual climate change meeting – “COP21”.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Use your data to find out how your customers interact with the organization and how it changes over time, which can help you understand member journeys. Engagement data over time can help you identify tipping points – points where there are noticeable changes in engagement behavior. Influencers. Award Nominees. Volunteers.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 11, 2023

He likely didn’t have grassroots campaigns in mind when he uttered those words, but Twain’s advice is spot-on for grassroots advocacy practitioners as they make a plan to engage the new Congress. “To stand still is to fall behind,” said Mark Twain. The 118th Congress has new leadership and plenty of new lawmakers.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

The sector itself continued to change, but it was a challenge to effectively adapt questions to match those changes. We needed to change up our questions. By assessing our process and by changing our questions as a result, we received more thought-provoking and insightful responses.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 2, 2021

With that in mind, it’s time to start thinking about your millennial engagement strategy. They are strongly influenced by friends. They want to engage on their own terms and are more likely to respond to social media influencers and short videos of real people. Making a toast to social change is the perfect pairing.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 5, 2021

Evocation :We are receptive to an influence beyond ourselves that creates the inspiration within us. Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. Leaders, through their positions of authority, have tremendous power to influence how others view themselves. Focus on the person in front of you. Be Personal.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

If you stop there, you’ll short change the donor. They want to do this together , with you and with others, working toward a common purpose to achieve social change. This is the joy of doing meaningful work together with like-minded people, with your friends.” Yes, this means a prompt, personal, powerful thank you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

Evocation :We are receptive to an influence beyond ourselves that creates the inspiration within us. Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. Leaders, through their positions of authority, have tremendous power to influence how others view themselves. Focus on the person in front of you. Be Personal.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 26, 2016

Persuading people is never easy, but it can be a game-changing skill in the nonprofit world. As I talked about in a previous article , Dr. As I talked about in a previous article , Dr. Cialdini has taught psychology for more than 30 years and is viewed a leading mind in the psychology field, especially on the topic of persuasion.

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Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

But if you do, make sure that you change it up periodically so your supporters aren’t getting the same thank you every month. By acknowledging my role as a monthly donor, the email made me feel like an integral part of a larger community – a group of like-minded individuals dedicated to preserving the essence of free knowledge.

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

Before you commit to a complete overhaul of your nonprofit’s branding , make sure you understand what a rebrand entails: Your audience’s perception of your nonprofit will change. Your audience’s perception of your nonprofit will change. Focus your efforts on changing aspects of your brand that your supporters find less appealing.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Use machine-learning algorithms to understand and track what is influencing donor satisfaction and performance and to detect specific events in the donor’s journey. As you change stages, you may even have to change organizational structure. Finally, keep in mind that it’s not just about collecting data.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 26, 2020

Evocation :We are receptive to an influence beyond ourselves that creates the inspiration within us. Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. Leaders, through their positions of authority, have tremendous power to influence how others view themselves. Focus on the person in front of you. Be Personal.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Often, your mindset is influenced by what you’ve been taught to believe through your own personal experiences or “scripts.”. These are three mindsets you can have surrounding your script—the dialogue you have in your mind about yourself, your history, and your future. The first step in changing something is understanding it.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 14, 2022

So we must believe in their ability to change the world. Keep in mind that when we ask youth to help us, we are also helping them: Giving is a way for young people to activate against the grief they feel about crises in our world. For Millennials and Gen Z, their dollars are a way of expressing themselves and influencing the world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. That changed when LinkedIn was purchased by Microsoft in 2016 for $26.2 Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. Keep that in mind!

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2021

Are there any gatekeepers, influencers, etc. this is a special type of question used to change the direction of the discussion. Examples: I don’t think I can change your mind on that, can I? Sounds like you’ve made up your mind, haven’t you? The size of emotional need determines the size of the gift. As Steven R.

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Classy

APRIL 22, 2021

We keep their missions in mind as we build reliable, secure, and robust fundraising tools that drive sustainable revenue to fund their missions. Influencing corporate sustainability policies and practices. In partnership, we are committed to achieving the following milestones: Influence Company Policies and Practices.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

Zerofootprint is working to make a dent in minimizing climate change, by changing people’s behavior. And, it’s not clear that making the scientific case is sufficient for people to change. But, we can approach human behavior change from a social perspective. Are they using a boiler built in 1910?

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