Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Feel free to share your answers in the comments. As I mentioned in a Reverb 10 post earlier this month , in November, I started meditating in the mornings using the method described in Sharon Salzberg's book, Lovingkindness. December 25 - Photo Sift through all the photos of you from the past year. Blissful?

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

Ask the audience to share their story . You can easily make it feel like a community by engaging in the conversations happening in the comments on your posts. The organization has posted a photo and a question to showcase their interest in the follower’s stories. And the best part? Post a Facebook survey. Community building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

The Flickr for Nonprofits Affinity group will meet in Washington, DC on April 4 at 1:00 PM ( check agenda ) to share experiences, tips, and ideas about how Flickr can be used to support nonprofits and their programs. is a web-based digital photo sharing application that uses tags to facilitate finding people and photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

Here’s the method. Remember that when you use the scientific method, your experiment is only as good as your hypothesis. Use Scientific Methods: These include having a significant sample size, randomly selected groups and some split testing. Here’s some best practices for sharing results. Don’t just guess.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 22, 2020

It also provides a great opportunity for you to share your recommended messaging and imagery. . So, share information about your mission statement, values, tips to raise funds successfully, and photos of the work your organization does. Respond to comments on fundraisers. Our team has outlined a few tips. in this guide.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Use your CRM and fundraising software to compile reports that include data like how users found your donation form, their giving method and amount, and if they engaged with you online or in person. This way, you can note which engagement methods were most successful and focus your energies accordingly in the future! Direct mail.

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Achieve

AUGUST 6, 2021

Now, imagine that I’ve replaced that generic copy with a personal story that shares why I’m raising money for this particular cause. I’ve even added a nice photo! Suggest talking points, share some tips, and give them access to images, videos. , How inspired would you be to donate? How much more would you be. willing to donate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

Photo by LIFT. Note from Beth: I’ve just returned from an amazing training project in Cambodia and will be sharing more about that this coming week. That’s why I’m honored to share this guest post from Melinda T. Tuan , project manager, for the Fund for Shared Insight. Collecting the Feedback.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2023

These platforms typically include tools to allow supporters to create customized donation pages, set personal fundraising goals, and share the pages on social media. You can also recruit supporters to act as peer-to-peer fundraisers by empowering them to create personalized donation pages and share their connection to your mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

Flickr Photo by SMEXbeirut. At SXSW and facilitating a panel called A Global Discussion About Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents , I introduced myself with this photo of me and Lena, the master trainer from Yemen for the E-Mediat Project. The photo shows us modeling “shoulder to shoulder&# learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

Photo by HeyDee Almost a year ago, Allison Fine and I finished a reflection paper on the lessons learned from the first America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation. So, go join the conversation in the comments over at the Case Foundation blog. What techniques are you using? Does it work?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 6, 2014

People x (Food + Place) looked at photos taken by children in a park to understand what contributed to their sense of community. Taking photos. Every active research method is an intervention. But we shouldn''t assume that any one research method is inherently "neutral" just because it is more familiar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Photo by Stuck in Customs. A content curator cherry picks the best content that is important and relevant to share with their community. A content curator cherry picks the best content that is important and relevant to share with their community. The Three S’s of Content Curation: Seek, Sense, Share.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

TechSoup's Global Content and Community Coordinator and resident digital storytelling expert Ale Bezdikian says: If you're just embarking on your journey into social media visual storytelling using photos and videos, it's easy to become overwhelmed by the depth of information out there. Where do you start? That's how it works!

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Classy

MARCH 26, 2021

A pro tip is to hide your progress metrics at first and do a soft launch where you share the campaign with a small pool of loyal supporters whom you feel will likely make gifts. Keeping up with modern payment methods is critical to attract the modern donor and accommodate how they like to give. Take advantage of matching gifts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2011

Photo by hmcotterill. Photo by TBN98. I stumbled across the Pomodoro technique which is very similar to time boxing (assigning discrete blocks of time to a particular task and using a timer), but the method also gives you some ways to prioritize work. Any secrets or tips to share? You Say Tomato, I say Pomodoro.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

But in 2020, event planners, like so many other professionals, were forced to rethink their tried and true methods. Create an event hashtag, run live polling, share videos from past events and blog posts from your branded event website. By taking questions and comments from the online audience, you make them a part of the conversation.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Accessibility: It may not be easy to share the sheet with others at your organization. And, the more people you share the spreadsheets with, the more potential security risks there are. Individuals or nonprofits can create fundraising pages to share their missions and raise many individual donations that add up over time.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. There was no intentional sharing by the celebrities — they were hacked. Celebgate Is About More Than Photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Flickr Photo by Metro Transportation Library and Archive. You should also be thinking about what to measure and set up an efficient method for collecting that data. Photo/video Views (optional if I’m testing as content strategy). You also need to think through your content and engagement strategy. New Fans (Likes).

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

But in 2020, event planners, like so many other professionals, were forced to rethink their tried and true methods. Create an event hashtag, run live polling, share videos from past events and blog posts from your branded event website. By taking questions and comments from the online audience, you make them a part of the conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

Photo by Metro Library and Archive. I thought I'd share how I look at my Facebook page data. You should also be thinking about what to measure and an efficient method for collecting that data before you begin. That statement guides how I engage and what content I share. Photo Views. You are all the experts here!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

Post your comments in the form of a question. Post photos—people like pretty things. Ask for photos – people think they are good at taking them. Respond to comments. Try calculating a ratio of how many people comment and/or like and/or share your posts divided by how many like your page.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

A call went out over a combination of listservs and social media channels asking local nonprofits and libraries to share their most pressing needs and dirtiest jobs with TechSoup via video or text. Sharing the Experience. Please visit the site to view this video).

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 19, 2007

David steered me to their most popular discussion board , on which visitors are prompted to share their memories of reading the diary of Anne Frank. Specifically, the page says: Share Your Thoughts: Do you remember the first time you read the Diary of Anne Frank? Please share your memories of reading that book, and its impact on you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

You can even pull this off in multiple long-distance locations where several smaller groups gather in-person and combine to share their experience virtually with other group locations via livestream and watch party event software features. You can also take photos and share videos on social media to make this more of a community event.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Consider these comments that I have heard in the last few weeks alone: “Our constituents know that we need money.”. “We Individuals who are tagged in photos like to share those photos, and it further exposes your nonprofit’s name. • Know who is following your organization. Update all internet medias as much as possible!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

The content-focused networks, like delicious, slideshare and flickr, I generally use as primarily a one-way method of publishing specific kinds of content to people I know (and, of course, people I don’t know, since it’s public.) FriendFeed : The compendium, with comments and likes.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

An effective nonprofit video can be as simple as a Flickr photo stream set to an audio track or a really great interview. Viddy , Twitvid , and Socialcam are useful for capturing and sharing live events in real time. Other channels to consider for sharing your videos include Vimeo , Justin.tv , and BlipTV.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2007

Next a final look at the final KM4DEV call for papers for June, 2007 Issue called " Stewarding Technologies for Collaboration, Community Building & Knowledge Sharing in Development" (I'm a guest editor along with Nancy White, Beverly Traynor, and Lucie Lamoureux - others to join.) Who is the audience? Why bother? Good question.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

Twitter is a great tool for getting your message out in a method that spreads quickly. This viral method of getting information out, is just that - viral. The speed of information sharing is advantageous for acquiring last-minute volunteers to help in an event. Jayne Cravens: Coyote Communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Also, I wanted to lay this out in a sequential manner -- obviously you're not going to stop listening once you begin sharing your story. Tools to help you participate are Twitter and Co-Comment. Once you have content created through these methods, it can be easily shared using the buzz tools above through social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Flickr Photo by Sugarpond. They found that: “Personal solicitations to pre-existing networks of donors and friends through multiple channels were rated as the most effective methods for fundraising. I did not use any of these methods. In light of that, I personally met only 4 of the 12 donors (excluding myself).

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

One of the greatest gifts of my babymoon is the opportunity to share the Museum 2.0 Beck is the brain behind the risk-taker/space-maker paradigm I''ve shared here in the past. A critical part of the scientific method is the development of a hypothesis, which can then be tested with well controlled research.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 24, 2015

People interact with it and share it on their own accounts. Here is a textbook appreciation post: a photo of their intern, giving him props in the copy, a call to action woven in the post and a hashtag. Remember how half the reasons donors were leaving was due to poor appreciation methods? Easier than snail mail, eh?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Fear about letting the public comment back "publicly". This can take place in a variety ways, including brown bag lunches "Facebook Friday," presenting examples from other organizations experiences, sharing market research data about consumer trends and social media. I hope they share a case study about all this! #3.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2011

Sharron Rush weighs in again, this time with some of the best resources for learning about web accessibility methods. Peter Cheer shares the upcoming 2011 da Vinci Awards celebrating global excellence in assistive technology, slated for September 22 in Dearborn, Michigan. Photo: ingoism. and Ottowa. Tools for Free.

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