Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

The media has dubbed this generation “ Qwerty Monsters ”; they send hundreds of text messages a day and don’t even like to use their phone for calls. Offer a Match: Blogger Marion Conway ,whose children are now grown, recommended the book Raising Charitable Children by Carol Wiseman. Children for Children Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

Until recently the nonprofit pioneers of the Social Web had to mostly rely on their intuition that their social media campaigns were resulting in more dollars raised online, an increase in brand and cause awareness, and higher rates of volunteer recruitment and retention. The average social media donation is $59 and growing each year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

How I chose the nonprofits is that I have a basic set of criteria that I use as a litmus test when I audit nonprofits and their social media campaigns. There’s always room for improvement since social media best practices change as often as the tools themselves. Media Matters :: mediamatters.org.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Storytelling and social media – these terms have certainly been thrown around a lot this year! Great storytelling and successful social media campaigns are completely interconnected. You can manage 10 social media accounts, but if you are not telling great stories and cutting through the online clutter, your audience will not engage.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2023

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 101 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits is a blog and webinar series on website design, email marketing, online fundraising, and social media best practices for nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide. 25: Earth Hour — #EarthHour.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

As a follow-up to Five Online Fundraising Best Practices for Small NGOs in Developing Countries , below are five social media best practices specifically tailored for small NGOs in developing countries. When titling your essay, think like a journalist and craft titles that are more likely to receive interaction and engagement on social media.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

At Media Cause, we are fortunate to work with amazing organizations that impact change in the world every day. Starlight Childrens Foundation Starlight Gowns are a perfect gift for a child going into the hospital. The post 2023 Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide appeared first on Media Cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2022

Cause awareness and giving days are powerful themes upon which to launch online fundraising and social media awareness campaigns. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 17: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay. 3: Good Deeds Day — #GoodDeedsDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 12, 2017

These early adopters were also embracing Myspace when the vast majority of nonprofits hadn’t yet had their aha moment about social media. Save the Children. Invisible Children. Today, approximately 72% of internet traffic is video and one billion hours of that video is watched daily on YouTube. Drug Policy Alliance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 4, 2023

Preferred contact methods: Voice calls, Text or SMS messaging, email, social media posts Preferred donation methods: Online giving 3) Generation X (1965-1980) Average annual gift of $732 across four charities. Environmental issues, education, and children’s welfare are some of the areas that resonate with this generation.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 11, 2022

If you’re watching social media, television, or video and wondering how you can support those affected and contribute to relief efforts, most organizations are most in need of financial donations. Save the Children : When crises happen, like this one in Ukraine, children are undoubtedly the most vulnerable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2021

Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful themes upon which to launch online fundraising and social media awareness campaigns. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 17: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

It’s commendable, but after four years of recession and the likelihood that you generously added social media to your already packed job description without compensation, it’s not sustainable and being overworked and underpaid will only lead to burnout and resentment. Despite popular memes that social media is “Free!”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

But internet users of the same race have recently begun clustering on certain social media websites. Nonprofits like Invisible Children and To Write Love on Her Arms were born from Myspace. The mainstream media and higher education essentially flipped out over the “dangers of social networking,” and Myspace took the brunt of it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 10, 2017

The top three causes supported by liberal-leaning online donors are human and civil rights, animals, and children and youth. The top three causes supported by conservative-leaning online donors are religious services and faith, children and youth, and human services. 60% of online donors donate more money during religious holidays.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Thus, in time for the year-end fundraising season, below are 20 stats about fundraising and social media that every nonprofit needs to know. Matures and Baby Boomers donate most often to places of worship while Gen X and Millennials donate most often to children and youth development. In 2014, 1.4 Source: Maximillion. Source: Classy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Children and youth – 10%. Public media and communications – 0%. Social media – 25%. 17) Of those inspired to give by social media, GivingTuesday donors find the following the most inspiring: Facebook – 52%. Regular social media communication about the impact of my donation – 23%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. Social media is going mobile.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

There are a variety of different ways that nonprofits use social media on a daily basis. But, what if you could use social media to overcome one of the biggest challenges that nonprofits have faced over the past year: creating communities for supporters to engage with one another? Engaging Supporters in the Community.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

I believe that our children’s generation is key to creating lasting change in equality, justice, climate change, and human rights. It’s the gift of having my children teach me that everyday actions can make a world of difference. Children are teaching their parents that everyday actions can make a world of difference.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tip: for example, if your supporters are predominantly young families, offering items related to children’s activities, education, or family experiences can be more enticing. Provide instructions on your online silent auction website, or through emails and social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Save the Children Gifts of Joy. SOS Children’s Villages Gift Catalog. Fundraising Mobile Media Social Media' Plan International Gifts of Hope. Save the Chimps Adoptions. Sea Turtle Conservancy Adoptions. Seva Foundation Gifts of Service. UNICEF Inspired Gifts. World Wildlife Fund Gift Center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2014

“You have to show not just tell your CEO about social media”- @carolynsave “Create a tweetorial” – @kanter #afpshift pic.twitter.com/zKggoMllYB. ” This is the advice that Carolyn Miles of Save the Children offered. Here’s my Ultimate List of Lists of Nonprofit CEOs Using Social Media.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 26, 2024

The monthly social trends report from Media Cause spotlights the biggest trends on social media each month, and spotlights how nonprofits and social good organizations can use social media effectively to reach and engage with their audience. These monthly trends are written by Alex Piscatelli , Social Media Strategist.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 8, 2024

Keyword research is an important tool for both search engine optimization and paid media marketing services. ” By incorporating these keywords strategically into your website content, blog posts, and social media updates, you can increase your chances of ranking higher in search engine results pages (SERPs).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 31, 2021

By: Brandon Kaopuiki, Adviser, IJM Hub Against Online Sexual Exploitation of Children. million images, videos, and other files related to child sexual exploitation were reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). . A Leading Emerging Threat to Children Everywhere. In 2020, 65.4

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

With the social landscape feeling more like a tilt-a-whirl than solid ground, it's far better for a non-profit to adopt a social media philosophy than a strategy. Social media changes fast. At this velocity, creating a social media strategy for each medium will be futile, if it's not already.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

I first started utilizing social media to help promote nonprofits on February 1, 2006 by creating myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations. At the time very few nonprofits were utilizing social media (with the exception of blogging). Which nonprofits do you think excel in their use social media?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

These efforts will directly benefit children in Gambia, Zambia, Kenya and Ethiopia. ChildFund wants to show folks how their efforts and these items benefit children and their communities. The organization has served children since 1938 and helps 15.2 million children and family members in 31 countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2009

The Sharing Foundation 's core volunteers are, like me, parents of adopted children from Cambodia. And, like our family, they want to encourage their children to give back to Cambodia. You can contribute to the Sharing Foundation here. . .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Many nonprofit CEOs use their social media profiles to extend the reach of their thought leadership and connect with professional colleagues, media, and policy makers. Using social media isn’t just a distraction, it amplifies and enhances the work your CEO is already doing. Helen Clarke, UNDP, is an example of responder.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2019

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD20. 12: World Kidney Day — # WorldKidneyDay. 20: Global Recycling Day — #GRD2020. 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — #EndRacism.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 26, 2017

Children and youth, animals, and education are the top three causes that Gen Z donates to. 59% of Gen Zs are inspired to donate to charity by a message/image they saw on social media. hours a day on their smartphones and can not remember a time before the internet or social media. [ Global Web Index ]. Census Bureau ].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

We promised the monk that we would hold Cambodia in our hearts and travel back with our children to their birth country when they were old enough to appreciate it. Along the way, I united my passion for social media and nonprofits, training, fundraising with Cambodia. That time was earlier this month. p/N5Kf7LlZpl/.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Fundraising Mobile Media Social Media' Public Broadcasting System. Sesame Street. Sierra Club. Smithsonian Institution. Surfrider Foundation. Ten Thousand Villages. .

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Churches are home to fantastic communities and act as gathering places for children, parents, family, and friends. Social media. If you’re hosting summer camps, be sure to list any of the potential games and activities that children may participate in. Monitoring children in play areas. Website imagery. Bottle feeding.

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