Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2011

On Friday, I tripped down the rabbit hole of Google + field test with many other social media early adopters and nonprofit technology (#nptech folks) who were kicking the tires. Google + is Google’s new social sharing platform. Others will simply focus on the networks that have the most impact on their community.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Yesterday was the 2012 New York Cares Leadership Conference , and I had the distinct pleasure of presenting a session to volunteer leaders and inspiring community members. The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. Creating Buzz.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

What channel do they spend the most time on? What are they looking at on those channels? Of the major social media platforms, Instagram routinely tops the list as one of the most important engagement channels for nonprofits looking to reach a wider, younger audience. Instagram is a visual social media platform.

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CauseVox

APRIL 13, 2021

Here is a sample of what your recruitment email calendar might look like for a peer-to-peer fundraising event: Your list of targeted emails will vary based on your campaign or event. Sample “Registration Now Open” email. Learn more about crafting your peer-to-peer communications plan with this free webinar. Don’t worry!

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

And so, too often, the magic of mid-level giving is lost, especially in digital channels. Creating change in this world depends on the contributions and commitment of entire communities, and everyone who joins a movement matters. Finding your audience part 2: matching to digital marketing channels. And it’s a big loss!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In this article, we’ll cover the 9 basic steps of setting up a recurring donation program, from finding a platform and setting up your payment gateway to creating your donation page and launching your campaign. Find a platform like Neon CRM , DonorPerfect , or Bloomerang — here’s a whole list of ones to choose from. Then test it again.

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JUNE 10, 2011

Perhaps you already provide them with relevant content through a website, e-newsletter, e-mails, or social media channels. Are you ready to take your community to the next level of maturity? By providing your stakeholders with a dedicated place to share knowledge with one another, community building happens naturally.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2012

Voices from the Community is a series of blog posts highlighting various threads from the TechSoup Community Forums and other TechSoup online community channels. This edition is focused on security-related discussions from the TechSoup Community Forums. Sample IT security plan. Don't click that link!

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Whole Whale

APRIL 28, 2023

Here is a sample board skills assessment: Board Member Information What is your name? Do you have experience with social media or other digital marketing channels? tabling at events, community presentations, etc.)? Communicate these expectations regularly, and track progress through periodic updates and check-ins.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2013

The social channels you set up are the various rooms in the house where guests gather, certain groups sticking together in certain rooms just as your community naturally segments across the web. Find the Influencers: Social media is a great resource for identifying the champions in your community.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2013

The new book I co-authored with Allyson Kapin, Social Change Anytime Everywhere , looks at the way nonprofit organizations can use multichannel strategies for advocacy, fundraising, and community building. And to ensure that you do have a strong community of supporters, you need to make supporting your mission fun, valuable, and easy.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This post originally appeared on Care2 Frogloop – you can read it there and join the Frogloop community , or read the full post below. In preparation for their presentation, they circulated a survey to over 200 nonprofit professionals, asking how they use various social platforms. You don’t have to mix your channels!

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

But through shared documents and calendars via cloud-based platforms, the Executive Director of the horse rescue has the extra help they need to get everything done. Ask for VA referrals on NextDoor, Facebook, and other platforms. Be sure to ask for work samples if appropriate for the work you are requesting.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

If you’re in the US today, there’s probably little chance you didn’t know it was Memorial Day – from the specials on TV, to local events, to remembrance stories, and even community gatherings, it’s hard to miss the message of today’s holiday. Sharing across platforms – Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

. —– Google+, the social network launched by Google nearly 5 months ago, has recently opened up the platform to organizations and brands with a profile type akin to the options for individuals and Pages on Facebook. Here are a few reasons why using multiple social networking platforms doesn’t just mean you repeat your effort.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Building a Community Across Platforms. Most commonly, communities form around an issue, a cause, or even a campaign on many different types of social media, and stretch across platforms. However, the real challenge is creating community across platforms. Community Driven Social Impact.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

It’s easy to lose sight of your core messaging and your audiences when you’re choosing platforms, comparing fees, and scheduling emails. Just focus on your audience—donors— and how successful your platform or channel is at eliciting the desired response—donations. Is it engaging? Are you quickly asked for your email address?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Here are some sample questions: 1. For example, have you added an equity statement to your public-facing information channels (website, YouTube, Facebook, etc.) This will require you to pay attention to your community in a holistic way and to move outside of your relationship and network comfort zone. .

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JUNE 16, 2021

They do so while also highlighting some figures on what different donation amounts allow the nonprofit to do, such as “$50 helps fill 39 hungry stomachs in your community.”. Thoughts on setting a specific fundraising goal to help the fundraiser’s community rally around an attainable target. Key Messages Ready for Social Media.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

Plus, they’re probably your best ambassadors in the community, spreading the good word about the work you’re doing. Volunteers who feel valued will talk about your nonprofit in the community as if they’re part of the team and speak up about why your cause is important. They tend to the community garden because they love to garden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Although I sometimes hear from colleagues that “Facebook is personal and fun stuff” or just a lot of skepticism about how a particular social networking platform can provide professional value, it isn’t about the platform. A post entitled “Trust the Curators” from Debra Askanase, Community Organizer 2.0,

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2011

The good news is that the nonprofit technology community is rich in sharing, and there are lots of online tutorials about this latest wave of updates on Facebook. Whether you’re using it for community building, marketing, communications, or anything else, you should have a strategy that extends beyond the “Like” button.

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Care2

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Are niche social networks the best way to mobilize people and channel their energy into supporting nonprofits? But is developing a platform with a social graph that’s seeded with 3500+ nonprofits, content gathered from Guidestar and newsfeeds and a small donate button really filling the gap that Hughes was hoping to address?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

This all-digital approach offered an opportunity for students, faculty, alumni and community supporters alike to rally behind a common cause and retain that connection they feel on campus, delivering a refreshed approach on their beloved giving day. With the impact of COVID-19, many schools closed campus activities for multiple semesters.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2009

’ – Jonathan Waddingham from JustGiving has a great post up today: "The advent of Facebook fan pages has been great news for brands wanting to create communities without having to build their own social network. "You want to develop a stronger, more passionate community. You have proven it works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

Community foundations across the country have been promoting local giving days to motivate people to support nearby charities, encourage nonprofits to embrace technology, and bolster their reputations. based software company, created Give Local America so community foundations could host annual one-day fundraising events.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Read the post below or visit SSIR to read and comment with that community. Both campaigns leveraged the community and competition aspects of social media. Friends or family endorsement - create campaigns, messages, and “asks&# that your supporters can modify to make their own, and that are shareable across platforms.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to connect with Colin Rhinesmith , Community Media Coordinator at Cambridge Community Television (Cambridge, MA, USA) and Adjunct Lecturer for the Media and Culture Program at Bentley University. How did Cambridge Community Television get involved with social media and social media trainings?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Salesforce Acquires Buddy Media for $689 Million – "Salesforce has entered an agreement to acquire social media marketing platform Buddy Media for approximately $689 million, the company has announced. Such a great resource for understanding and planning for community engagement. "The

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

This is just a sample of the secrets MacLaughlin revealed during his NTC session. For the last 10 years, email has continued to generate the highest return on investment for fundraising — more than any other fundraising channel. Consider your organization to be a source of news and information for an already interested community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

These are my notes for webinar about Nonprofits and Slideshare , a social site where community members share presentations, documents and pdfs. For a couple of years, I’ve been an avid member of the Slideshare community, sharing, browsing, and collaborating on content and watching how nonprofits use the platform.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. This proved to the Ushahidi team that their tool would be valuable to communities around the world. The platform would then take their data, map it from their sending location, and create the other visual support data you see on the map.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

But it is also theme of a panel that I’m moderating at the Innogive Conference on Monday, April 2 that will focus on how this trend is and will continue to impact nonprofits’ communication strategies. Disparate marketing channels complicates the life of the average NPO today. Her blog is Contentious.com. Twitter: @agahran.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

What is a realistic goal for the timeline and your community? Here’s why: Extra attention and spotlight thanks to high publicity around #GivingTuesday Plug-and-play tools and assets from GivingTuesday.org to help market your campaign More participants ultimately means more support for the nonprofit community overall.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

List of nonprofit donation platforms. Host a Community Clean-Up. Inspire your supporters to channel their inner Joey Chestnut and stuff their face for good. Set up tasting tables with glasses and laminated A/B/C cards (they will get wet) for people to try to match the samples to the bottle. And now, for the ideas: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

You know those bags tattooed with the sponsors' logos and filled with stickers, t-shirts, coupons, samples, and other goodies. The conference bag is one of of her "out-of-studio experiments" to involve poor communities in the development of simple solutions to problems of un-managed consumer waste. Ann Wizer, XSProject Founder.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

Blogs, wikis, social network platforms, forums, chats: aka user generated content, conversations, communities. Many channels, both personal and professional. MyHerefordshire.com: communities of efficiency. Communities; twitter, rss, threads; in person; by affinities; passions. What is social media? - Jon Lebkowsky.

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