Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

A great social media content calendar can help you: Save time : we’re all busy, which means that sometimes we can forget to update our social channels – especially if you don’t have a dedicated social media manager. You can also use Lightful’s Inspiration feature to discover new accounts to follow for more creative ideas.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The good news is that great stories are all around you. There are some universal elements to any compelling story, whether they’re in books, the news, articles, blogs, or movies. Note – Photos or a video of your characters are HIGHLY recommended. or any other news that helps bring your donors into the story.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2013

Social media has forever changed how nonprofits and journalists distribute and consume news stories, yet the format of nonprofit press releases has not evolved at all. 5) Add a link to a video about the campaign discussed in the press release. 8) If your press release is related to breaking news, tap into the power of #hashtags.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

That’s more good news for you, the one standing out like a rainbow unicorn in a sea of beige, bland messaging. Thank them in a video email If you’re a Bloomerang customer you can use Gratavid to send donors personal video emails. In just seconds you can create a personal heartfelt video and track it in your donor database.

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M+R

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Mainly this comes in the form of Urchin Tracking Modules (UTM) parameters, which allow us to add broader tracking details, like channel, source, or campaign. We’ve seen success with shifting ads to other channels like Digital Video, Display, Podcasts, and CTV (and search, of course!). __ Andrew Uhring is an Account Executive at M+R.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

One of the points he made during our planning call is that in order to curate, you need two sets of tools – news discovery and curation tools. News discovery tools select and aggregate content based on keyword searches, but give a higher signal to noise ratio than general keywords searches or general news sites.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Online video takes this interaction one step further. A report by tech giant Cisco found that 51% of all consumer internet traffic in 2011 was video traffic. The figure is expected to rise to 54% by 2016, at which time video-on-demand traffic will have tripled. Video is a very powerful arrow in the content marketer’s quiver.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Advanced Analytics (Beta) With this feature, TikTok gives you data about your account so that you can track your videos’ performance. These users can then make videos using your hashtag to spread the word even further. You can use these short videos as an elevator pitch for your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2019

You can also comment about news stories that relate to your mission. Do this for any image, PDF or video you upload. If you have presentations, upload them and then do that with each new presentation. Use more video. Create videos on your expert content and upload these to your YouTube channel.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

There’s all kinds of videos you can watch. I got plenty of videos on my YouTube that they can watch about how to build more courage. Send all kinds of channels. ” Send a video. Send a personalized video. Visit our website. You can really get a good sense of what we’re all about. Yes, email.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Listing on the Nonprofit channels and the Nonprofit videos pages. Ability to add a Call-to-action overlay on your videos to drive campaigns. Posting a video opportunity on the YouTube Video Volunteers platform to find a skilled YouTube user to create a video for your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

How can create a back channel or other social media tools that can engage people in the room, but also around the world with an interest in the topic? How do bridge or connect the face-to-face interaction and back channels to leverage learning? The Back Channel. Kami Huyse, provided a back up, with live streaming using Qik.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Before deciding to donate to a particular cause, donors perform a search for information using search engines, social media, video websites, and are even persuaded by online ads! It’s more important than ever to keep your digital channels up to date and as lively as possible. Video is one of the most powerful digital tools.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

In honor of our Safer Online theme this month, our lead nonprofit tech news story is about a low-cost device that protects your electronics devices from data theft while you recharge them in places like airports, the "USB Condom." Welcome to TechSoup's September 2014 nonprofit technology news. I'm not kidding.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

You could create blog posts that incorporate social media posts and TikTok videos to appeal to younger audiences’ interests. Accessible content , with alternative text for images, captions for videos and audio elements, sufficient color contrast , and other usability must-haves. Share your posts across all marketing channels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

In general, your supporters have minimal interest in downloading a budget-friendly app that only includes a news or blog feed, a link to your YouTube Channel, and “Donate” option. Engage, explore and discover new music of all genres with the NPR Music app. NPR Music App. PETA Action Alerts App. PBS KIDS App.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2022

The concept, however, is effective on any marketing channel. Influencers aren’t just young adults posting videos of themselves dancing on TikTok. Rather, it should be combined with your other marketing efforts to create a multi-channel outreach strategy. Think about how influencers can help each of these other channels succeed.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

What marketing channels should we use? Here are a few marketing channels to consider: Traditional advertising: Many nonprofits still find success through traditional advertising methods, such as including a print ad in the local newspaper or a hanging a flyer in the window of a local coffee shop.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

We learn to use mobile production tools, cooperative social sites for group curation and unique filesharing services like Dropbox , Skype along with new tools like Instagram, WeVideo , Stroome and many new apps to edit our captured video and photos for story creation. Guests for Nonprofits Live: Collaborative Video.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 5, 2023

There are a few different publicity channels you can use to tap into an awareness day and tie it into your nonprofit’s cause: Email blasts. Local media, such as TV news outlets, radio stations and newspapers. Spotlight the work that your nonprofit does around the awareness day with a video or photos.

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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. Create a unique event hashtag. Media attention.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Finding people who genuinely care about your cause is like making a new friend; it takes time and effort. It’s Time to Kick It Up a Notch The good news is that you only need three things to successfully identify, engage, and convert those elusive brand-new donors, and I’ll bet you already have them on hand: data, content, and technology.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A winning strategy for spreading the word about your organization’s work is getting your nonprofit’s story in the news. . A news story gets your organization in front of a large audience of potential supporters and gives your organization instant credibility. . And, getting your story in the news still carries a lot of weight.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

Middle of e-Newsletter: News content that can be shared on Facebook and Twitter. Link to video on the HRW YouTube Channel. Link to YouTube video embedded on the Mercy Corps website. Link to Vimeo video embedded on the Peta website. Orange “Donate Today” button in every issue. Bottom of e-Newsletter: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

We are tracking reports, articles, and new items about AI and Social Good. Think about AI and bots, and the algorithms that fuel them as tools that can swim through large pools of data pools of data, text, photos, and even videos. In the future, the bot will be able to sift through slack channels and identify in appropriate language.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 26, 2022

But the good news is that there are ways to do it! Tracking donors’ interactions with your organization will go much further than just making sure they stay active supporters—it’ll also help measure performance across multiple channels so you know which ones are working best at engaging them (and which ones aren’t).

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Classy

AUGUST 17, 2021

Learn more about the evolving situation from a recent Good Morning America ABC News segment below, as well as how you can help Haiti earthquake victims below. Video owned by and featured on the ABC News Youtube channel. Organizations Stepping In to Support Haiti Earthquake Victims.

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NCE Social Media

APRIL 16, 2013

Many took to social media to share news quickly to say that they were okay, instructions on how to find help and how to give help. Pictures and videos were shared. News from individuals, media, and authorities was pushed out quickly. People were injured. People died. Our world has changed again. Who is speaking on your behalf?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2011

In the Games for Change Festival opening keynote speech, Former Vice President Al Gore jokingly admitted that his last video game experience was playing Pong , though he acknowledged the power of games, observing that "Games are the new normal for hundreds of millions of users.” Show me something and I will remember.

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NetWits

MARCH 11, 2012

Big Brothers Big Sisters – Leverage video to tell your story. Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has been doing incredible work for over 100 years and, while content marketing isn’t news to them, they’re using content along with social media to make sure the online world knows about their work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Once I started clicking around and adding Gadgets and experimenting with Buzz, Reader, Themes, Maps, Gmail, Google News and hopefully soon Google Voice , it was immediately clear that I was going to start using iGoogle and Gmail much more often. It allows you to feature your “Favorites&# from your YouTube channel on your iGoogle.

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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. VIDEO: HTML All Writers Need to Know. Diversify your news sources. Learn basic HTML.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

The good news? Canva also has thousands of video templates you can easily edit and add text to—no animation experience necessary! Video is the most engaged with type of content on social media. More engagement results in higher visibility for your content, so it’s worth creating video content for your social channels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

App Name: NPR News. The ultimate portable NPR experience for your iPhone or iPod Touch, the NPR News App allows you to follow local and national news and listen to your favorite NPR stations wherever you are and whenever you want to. Access videos, blog updates, twitter posts and more. National Public Radio :: Download.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 18, 2022

The good news is that targeting owned audiences won’t be impacted. You will still be able to target people who have engaged with your brand – liked your page or watched your videos, for example. Test New Media Partners. Focus on Owned Audiences. So keep running those lead gen campaigns and building up your email list!

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

We learn to use mobile production tools, cooperative social sites for group curation and unique filesharing services like Dropbox , Skype along with new tools like Instagram, WeVideo , Stroome and many new apps to edit our captured video and photos for story creation. Guests for Nonprofits Live: Collaborative Video.

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