Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), then as your numbers grow on social networks so will your e-newsletter and mobile lists which in turn significantly increases your fundraising success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). The era of winging it in social media is over. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/BigCatRescue. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Who maintains your social media campaigns? We have two full-time, paid people working on social networking along with me. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Title: CEO.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

Click to see larger image I'm very tempted to start using Results On Insights for ROI thanks to Barb Chamberlain's comment in yesterday's post " What Are The Best I-Words For Nonprofits To Think About Social Media and ROI? " But what does that really mean? The social media maven and metrics expert is Laura Lee Dooley.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Title (s): Manager, External Affairs and Associate, Social Media & Recruitment. Twitter: twitter.com/taprootfound. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Megan: We currently have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Jumo, YouTube and Vimeo. Please summarize your ROI.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

TechSoup continued its Social Media Mondays in May with a discussion on Twitter to expand on the resources offered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki. When the discussion turned to what words make tweets great it was revealed that a key ingredient to successful tweets wasn't so much language but good Twitter etiquette.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). … So in this post my hope is to share with you what is unique about measuring one such channel, Twitter. ."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. Executives were terrified by the legal implications of using social networking tools. Be insistent and firm that your nonprofit needs to embrace social and mobile media. Find your competitors the Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. For 2012, watch how the early adopters use text messaging to drive traffic to their mobile content and inspire donors to give through mobile channels. Learn basic HTML.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment). Define Your Metrics and Create a Social Media ROI Spreadsheet. Experiment with Social Media Dashboards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

I started my talk with a story about why I liked Twitter: It allows me to connect with people in my professional field and have a great conversations or ad hoc collaborations that improve practice. He works for an NGO in Australia and we met on Twitter (via Eddie Harran ) prior to his visit to America to attend the Wisdom 2.0

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The platform features tools like click-to-call advocacy, email message delivery, and social advocacy , empowering nonprofit supporters to take action on issues they care about. #5. Custom reports offer a real-time picture of your supporters across all channels. Match your contact records to nearly 100 social networks.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Channels covered included online, direct mail, telemarketing and canvassing."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. It uses sources such as how many delicious bookmarks, incoming links, how many times mentioned on Twitter, how many comments, etc. Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? Twitter As Charitable Gift Spreader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

We (marketing and development) already knew the power of viral marketing through Twitter, FB and You Tube, but we had to back it up w/ research to prove it to our directors and senior management team. We started using You Tube, FB and Twitter – saw the positive impact it had in getting our message out and then told senior management about it.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

So be sure to encourage your speakers, staff, and partners to promote the event on their social networks, in their industry associations or networking groups, and through their portfolios, blogs, or websites. . One of the best avenues for promoting your virtual event is through social media posts. Give yourself time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

I spent sometime reviewing what Planned Parenthood was doing on social networks as well as their online presence - so it was good to get the inside story. Social media is described in terms of the mission, not the tools. While the board wasn’t against technology or social media, it was a little bit of a mystery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

If your nonprofit is not taking advantage of free tools like Add This , a widget that encourages users to share your organizations articles or webpages on the most popular social networks or branded toolbars like FreeCause , then your nonprofit is missing out on some big marketing opportunities. Tags: ROI. Moderate* 7.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

An interactive map app was also collaboratively created by the community as a social experiment to facilitate user experience. Through this project, she bridged the gap between curator and audience using the essential component of social media: technology. Dan Meager ( @DiabloBallet ) used Twitter to crowdsource the first ballet.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Social networking is generating very little revenue. (

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Email is a critical channel. Everything revolves around the audience.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2013

Then, perhaps it is time to develop a social media site for your event on its own. We shouldn’t see the same post each day on our Facebook timeline or Twitter feed. For your Twitter conversations, consider creating an easy to remember hashtag, request participants to use this tag to help you track conversations about your event.

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

I’m discouraged by the amount of time many nonprofits are spending on new tools (like Facebook and Twitter), which may or may not work for fundraising, at the expense of optimizing their own sites! Fundraising is all about channel integration. Mark Rovner, Sea Change Strategies. Online Advocacy is broken.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2010

Right before I gave my keynote, My Charity Connects shared this video about why it is important for nonprofits to embrace online fundraising (and social media). Using Twitter To Research The Audience Before, During, and After. The conference hashtag became a top trending topic keyword on Twitter in Canada during the keynote!

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

So be sure to encourage your speakers, staff, and partners to promote the event on their social networks, in their industry associations or networking groups, and through their portfolios, blogs, or websites. . One of the best avenues for promoting your virtual event is through social media posts. Give yourself time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

For the two months leading up to my brief vacation, I've been doing a lot of training and presenting - chewing on some lessons learned from the America's Giving Challenge , Social Media ROI , and Cute Dogs. What are the best techniques for person-to-person networking? Fun with Metrics: Measuring Success and ROI.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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Care2

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. Know that using third-party apps decreases ROI if not used carefully. The tide in social media is currently turning against automation and I think that’s a good thing. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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Care2

MAY 9, 2008

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Care2

MAY 8, 2008

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