Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Now that Google+ is open to everyone, all nonprofit staff can start experimenting and familiarizing themselves with Google+ before the brand pages, also known as Google+ Business Profiles , are launched later this month. A Google Account is different from a Google Profile. Create a Google Profile. Set up your Google Profile.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 7, 2010

The site said the original message was in Greek and translated to “From the 16th to the 20th of November, we shall change our profile pictures to our favourite cartoon characters. Some Facebook commenters have also pointed out the perhaps misdirected effort, posting messages skeptical of any tangible outcomes.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

Instead, be strategic: Profile your ideal donor and then determine their preferred social networks. Actively engage with followers by answering their questions, tagging them in photos and videos, and commenting on and resharing posts they make about your organization. recruiting them to become individual supporters of your cause.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

You can post status updates, leave comments on other people's profile (think: wall). From time to time I will pull up a user profile to monitor what folks are doing in Salesforce since I have feeds turned on for Accounts and Opportunities, but that's about it. I posted on-topic comments in Groups and posted to profiles.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

I normally separate my post-presentation blog posts and slides but think it will be valuable to group them together this time. The people who donate, listen in, connect with our programs by calling in, reading or commenting online, and coming to our offline events are our community. Defining Community. Start Joining.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Leveraging their own networks as well as their board members’ networks, nonprofit leaders now have free access to a premium LinkedIn feature that lets them search for and connect with professionals who meet the needs of their organization on LinkedIn. You can contact them through LinkedIn and the interface has tools to manage your search.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Are there specific business or government groups that might be interested in the work you’re doing? What groups do you look to as allies, supporters and/or inspiration? Attracting and Serving New Groups. Comment on articles, share your knowledge, and you will naturally attract people to want to know more about you.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Google, which is the most-used search engine globally, was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while both were Ph.D. At the time, search engines, which were not widely used, provided results based on how many times a search term appeared on a page. . students at Stanford University. Ashley Madison.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Through comments, shares, direct messages, and fun hashtag challenges, you can foster relationships that would be harder to form through more traditional channels of communication. Your organization can create pages, groups, and events to engage with your supporters on this platform. Engagement. Fundraising. Interactions.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2021

Account-based marketing (ABM) implies definition of companies or groups of companies which you want to develop business partnerships with. When your list of target accounts is ready, try to find their profiles in social media – Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and any other relevant platform. Personalization is everything.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

.” Mari Smith suggested that we should ask ourselves how we would feel if anything we posted on Facebook would show up on the front page of the New York Times, in Google Search, or if her mother would approve. There is a trade off is that your friends my not want to comment if they notice people they don’t know.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

You could possibly accept a friend request from a business partner who would raise an eyebrow at the religious beliefs or political views displayed on your profile. Watch for being a fan of groups that might offend someone. Try to include information in your profile and activities that focus only on your professional endeavors.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

This style of short video can be incredibly effective for sharing important stories about the completion of projects, achievements, and profiles of people without adding an emotionally charged element to the message. Engage with your viewers when they post comments and encourage them to share your video to further its reach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2008

Photo by Andy Field I think Chris Brogan said that the secret to Twitter is listening (or search), not blasting your message out. The other day a commenter asked me if I could write something that offered some practical how to listening tips as well as applying it. Step 2: Your Profile Design. I'm paraphrasing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Despite the popular myth which asserts that email is dying, the truth is that email use is growing with all age groups worldwide. A public search has a way of getting in front of new eyes, thus new donors and sponsors. Donors can leave comments and share the crowdfunding campaign with their networks on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2009

Last week I wrote a post called " 8 Nonprofit CEOs Who Tweet " and the number quickly grew based on the responses in the comments. Each account is in the person's name, but they are clearly identified with the organization both in a customized Twitter profile image and in the 160 character bio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

There were a number of questions related to tools and tactics that I couldn't answer off the top of my head - so I decided to crowdsource them on Twitter asking for answers in the comments. I'm elevating them from the comments because they make a great post. Kevin Gilnack came by and wrote terrific responses to those questions.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

People (the most important part — create profiles for folks inside and out of your organization). Each person in your organization — and even outside vendors and contractors — can be assigned a profile, complete with contact information and a photo. Once there, anyone on your team can share, edit, or comment.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

as well as newsgroups, commerce sites (like Amazon), review sites, forums, and news groups, and even searches the general Web to find out where your people are and what they’re doing online. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 ThomasT 06.11.08 2 admin 06.11.08

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Make the Most of Your GuideStar Nonprofit Profile in Time for #GivingTuesday. The deadline to update your Nonprofit Profile on GuideStar before #GivingTuesday is Friday, November 15. Join Candid to learn lightning fast ways to maximize the fundraising potential of your profile before potential donors and funders start looking.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

" We took folks through the steps required to raise the profile of an organization using Facebook Pages. A common question is whether to invest time in a Facebook Group or a Page. Pages are designed for corporations — for-profit or otherwise — and offer more flexibility and features than Groups. Set the Stage.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Set up a few blog searches - you can search sites like Google Blogsearch , Technorati , Bloglines and BlogCatalog. Set up Twitter searches and see if people are "tweeting" about your organization or industry. Search for your organization's name on LinkedIn. Start with your organization's name. Choosing Keywords.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

33% of donors in this age group prefer to give in response to social media channels, and 29% prefer to give via text messages. That said, different social media platforms are more popular with different age groups. Almost 50% of Boomer donors prefer to give with a physical check. Members of each generation use social media!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Have you ever had one of your comments or posts removed because somebody accused you of trying to steal users from their social networking site? " Also do some exploring of different groups on the network site, search by keywords, and explore your friends friend lists. Anything answers to that one?

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

60) Search « The ROI of Social Media | Main | Advocacy Online Launches in the US » Thursday May 21 2009 Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 01:20PM | by Allyson Kapin “If you dont brand yourself, Google will brand you,” says branding expert Sherry Beck Paprocki. Word of mouth, etc.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Julie Pietrantoni, an associate attorney in the Technology Transactions Practice Group at Cooley, is a longtime TechSoup Global board member. lawyer matching service that lets you search for lawyers by location and also topic (e.g. The way it works is that charities, lawyers and students register on the site and create their profiles.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Deeper conversations about practice take place in blog comments, webinars, online chats and on Facebook. Discussion boards can be added to your website, leveraged in a Ning site, or you can use a google group or similar solution. commenting on any item. If you open up comments to all users, you are going to get spammers.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Here is just a sample of representative comments from survey respondents: We completely cut one program and seven staff positions and have placed another program on hold pending additional funding. In addition, respondents reduced these costs by participation in buying groups (13 percent) and space or location sharing (17 percent).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

I've been following Carie Lewis's posts on the NTEN Affinity groups as well as other nonprofit tech listservs (yes, I still do read listservs) and caught up with her for an interview. she manages all social networking profiles, online advertising, search engine optimization, and online marketing techniques for campaigns.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

When developing a fundraising strategy, your best bet is to concentrate on two areas: your most productive donor groups and high-impact donor recruitment and retention. They’ll also help you build profiles on your donors that include their contact information and communicatino preferences. Where did you find them? Phone calls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations. He doesn't get much in the way of comments, but when he misses a few days, he gets lots of complaints. Musematic is a group blog of museum technology professionals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

It's important search for the basics or what we call "ego searches." You'll also need to search on keywords or phrases that might uncover a client need or perception. To figure out your keywords, do a little brainstorming offline and then maybe use some online keyword tools. Do search at site for the first time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

If you want to make it a hybrid event, simply have a group of folks come to an in-person dinner on location while having meals delivered to a few others watch the virtual version over a live stream. You may also enhance a standard film screening by having a group watch party or a livestream post-screening discussion. 20) Book club.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2007

How large is the group? I think providing multiple methods -- like email, blog comments, is good thing -- unless it is a very small group of collaborators. Needing a distraction, I checked out his flickr profile and noticed a Flickr Score and link to the Flickr Inspector. Who is the audience? Why bother? Good question.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

After Google.com (search traffic), we’re betting Facebook.com, Twitter.com, LinkedIn and other social sites are up there in the Top 10 Referring Sites list. Don’t confuse visitors by linking to your homepage, for example, and then letting them search around for that article you told them about. advocacy action or donation)?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

It also creates a highly engaged group of employees and board members and attracts people outside of your organization to their cause. If your CEO’s social media profile is simply duplicating your brand’s feed and voice, it enters the Uncanny Valley. Please share the URL in the comments and I’ll add it to the list.

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