Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2016

Introducing the New GuideStar Nonprofit Profile – Guest Post by Jacob Harold, Guidestar. I am happy to officially debut our completely redesigned GuideStar Nonprofit Profiles. Our reorganized profiles offer a clearer view of each nonprofit organization. Tell us what you think by leaving a comment below!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2011

How to Back Up Your Facebook Profile Data from Emily Garman on Vimeo. Many nonprofits have set up individual profiles instead of pages by accident. I posted this link on my Facebook page and it generated a lot of comments, so I thought I’d cross post it here. It’s where I found the above really useful screencast.

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Candid

APRIL 4, 2023

Boost your visibility using your Candid nonprofit profile link Give funders a transparent glimpse into your nonprofit’s mission-driven work and outcomes using the shareable link to your Candid profile. Consider leaving positive comments or resharing funders’ content with your social network to increase your visibility—and theirs.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 25, 2023

Create a list of the top 10 LinkedIn profiles, saving links directly to the Activity section of their profile where you can quickly see which conversations they are joining and what they are posting about. Then stay at the top of their minds by liking and commenting on their posts, or even sharing their posts with your network.

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Candid

AUGUST 22, 2023

By updating your Candid profile and sharing your organization’s programs, budget, and demographic information, we can better support your future grant-seeking efforts. We constantly look for ways to make it easier for nonprofits to claim and update their Candid profiles. Making it easier to attract donors online.

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Byte Technology

MAY 14, 2021

Setup WordPress comments. Complete your user profile. Setup backups. Setup WordPress Security. Setup spam protection. Get rid of unused WordPress themes. Delete default content. Setup default category. Setup blog and front pages. Upload your gravator. Upload site icon and favicon. Change your WordPress email address.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2023

Answer: To add NTEE codes to your organization’s profile on Candid, you will need to claim and update your organization’s profile on the Candid website. Once you have claimed your profile, you can edit the profile information, including the NTEE codes. Ask away in the comments below.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2023

Dilenschneider Awhile back, Dilenschneider shared these added insights with us: Question: How many of the 25 people you profiled in your book were on your original list of landmark figures you planned to profile? Question: Who might have been the few additional people you would have profiled in your book if you had gone beyond 25?

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Candid

JULY 7, 2022

Are you using the same logo or image as a profile picture? If you’re planning on running a fundraiser directly on Instagram or Facebook, you’ll also want to update your profile on Candid’s GuideStar. Once your post is live, ask staff, volunteers, and friends if they are willing to like, comment, and reshare. Is it accurate? .

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

Drafting inbound message and comment response templates. Do you often get the same questions or comments on your posts? We’ve already seen high-profile malicious uses of deep fakes and Generative AI also makes it easier for users or bots to create spam messages and misinformation at scale. Template creation. Optimizing reach.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Social media profiles consistently secure prominent positions in search results. Especially for branded keywords, social media profiles frequently take a front-and-center position, appearing right after the respective brand’s website result. Instagram Your social profile should be filled out in its entirety.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Most nonprofits approach social media with the strategy of increasing awareness for their cause by posting and sharing content on their profiles and then when time permits, engaging their fans and followers as they respond to the content posted and shared by the nonprofits. 1) Use Facebook as your page and like and comment on other pages.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

If someone was scrolling through their social media account and came across a post from your nonprofit, would they like, comment, or share it? Just like identifying an ideal donor profile is useful for fundraising, your social media presence should cater to your defined target audience. Use your logo as your profile picture.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2021

This is also called your personal profile, and it’s where you share photos, status updates, videos, etc. You can use it to comment on your friends’ posts, join groups, and (this is important) create a business page or Facebook group. Pros: You need a personal profile to join Facebook at all. It’s a necessity.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 11, 2022

While both Facebook and Twitter have fairly robust built-in scheduling tools, in this post we’re listing the top platforms that let you plan and schedule social media content for all your social media profiles from one place: 1. Let us know in the comments. The only ingredient missing now is your story !

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 9, 2009

Facebook's announcement of Public Profile Pages means nonprofits will be able to "share all types of content with an unlimited number of users" and Facebook users will be able to comment on their posted content. It's a giant step forward for nonprofit outreach on Facebook.( read more ).

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2012

in schools, libraries, local governments, and nonprofits, it was tough to choose just one to profile this week, but I chose YouthBuild Boston because of my fondness for green tech. Share your story in the comments below and maybe we'll profile your work for our network of nonrprofits, funders, and donors nationwide.

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Media Cause

MAY 30, 2023

Her TikTok calling for uterus owners to share their menstrual cycle updates to anti-abortion politicians received over 51k views and generated thousands of tweets trolling high-profile GOP extremists such as Greg Abbott, Mitch McConnell, and Majorie Taylor Greene. Prepare for angry comments to flood your video if you hit a nerve.

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Candid

MARCH 14, 2024

Yes, once in a while, we promote Candid nonprofit profiles or an upcoming webinar, but the bulk of our social media content is designed to help you do more good. Share ideas in the comments so we can all learn how to do more good with less work! This approach also affords you a lot more content to work with.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

Now, your sharing and connecting settings apply to much more of the web than just your social networking profile. You are also given the option to disable comments on something and/or disable the option for others to share/reshare what you post. But, at least right now, you can still only have that one profile.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

As a bonus, we also saw an overall boost in engagement with our social media profiles and other content types. If so, please share them in the comments! We used our existing Instagram account , though prior to this effort, we had rarely used the Reels feature. We also opened a TikTok account. Have questions or obstacles you’re facing?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2013

This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create and manage a Facebook Page for your nonprofit. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2012

This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create and manage a Facebook Page for your nonprofit. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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TechImpact

MARCH 10, 2014

Aside from search engine optimizing your website and blog, your social media profiles are important to ensuring your nonprofit has enough assets, or webpages, to fill the first page, of Google, Yahoo!, Optimizing these profiles is key, as well. , and Bing, look for when ranking your website. Knowledge is power.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create and manage a Facebook Page for your nonprofit. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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Media Cause

APRIL 2, 2021

Be sure to interact with community comments by liking or commenting back. Be sure to keep a careful eye for comments that are inflammatory. Depending on your capacity and goals, you should set a regular cadence for checking comments and direct messages. Don’t just copy and paste the same response to all comments.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 26, 2010

Thousands of nonprofits haven’t logged into their MySpace profiles in months, or even a year or more. There are lots of friendly activists and comment fairies on MySpace that do care very much about social causes and nonprofits. They go out to all your MySpace friends and can be featured on the Home view of your profile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2012

This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create and manage a Facebook Page for your nonprofit. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2013

By doing so, you and your fans can then reply directly to comments posted on status updates. ” If your nonprofit has a dynamic leader that uses their personal Facebook profile for work purposes, they can now add “Follow” functionality to their personal profile – previously called “Subscribe” functionality.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Picking the best visual representations of your nonprofit will help you flesh out your profile and show what your nonprofit stands for. The two most important pictures on your profile will be your profile picture and header image. Help your network update their profiles. Create interesting content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2008

  It solves the problem of monitoring blog comments where people specifically mention you.     People can make comments about you on other blogs and if you only track links from blog posts, you won't see it.     BackType lets you find, follow and share comments from across the web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

That said, my Pinterest Profile for “Nonprofit Organizations” ( pinterest.com/nonprofitorgs ) will only follow nonprofits. Sign up for a Pinterest Account and set up your Pinterest Profile. Surely Pinterest learned from the mistakes of Google+ and Foursquare which launched without brand profiles/pages.

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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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TechImpact

MAY 8, 2014

Let us and other readers know in the comment section below. Duplicate social media profiles. Some nonprofits struggle with multiple profiles being made by staff members or volunteers who are eager to help. Confusion and chaos can ensue when it is unclear which account is being used as the companies flagship profile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2012

This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create and manage a Facebook Page for your nonprofit. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Discover Your Groundswell Social Technographics Profile Your Result: Creator. Discover Your Groundswell Social Technographics Profile See All Our Quizzes. For the past year or so, I've included this visual based on Forester Research Social Technographics profile information. Now turn off the computer, your family misses you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2017

You can’t post a “Thank you” comment as your page on Facebook Fundraisers. If you have a staff person willing to use their personal profile, then your fundraisers would appreciate the acknowledgement. Study and learn from HSUS: humanesociety.org/ dayofgiving. Thank your Facebook Fundraisers and donors.

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