Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. 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.), There is also a science to social and mobile media. Online Donations.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Offering an online member community is a great approach. The power of an online member community. An online member community has the power to inspire and enable members to connect with each other and gain access to relevant content anytime from the convenience of their home, office, or wherever they are. Meet Nimble Communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Expert new media managers have the ability to anticipate the impact of emerging trends in mobile and social media. They use their creative impulses to come up with innovative mobile and social media campaigns for their own nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

That said, I am starting to worry a little bit that nonprofits are falling behind on mobile communications and missing out on some exceptional opportunities to tell their nonprofit’s story to the mobile masses. That said, here are three simple steps to get started with mobile photo-sharing: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2016

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Nonprofit new media managers often battle mobile and social media burnout. The mental energy required to actively engage multiple communities simultaneously is exhausting. Be sure to stretch and walk throughout your day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

That was my number one priority when writing the book… to create a comprehensive, useful social and mobile media how-to guide for nonprofits. Subscribe to social media and mobile technology blogs. Get the necessary training (HTML, digital photography, video, social media, and mobile technology).

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Sure, you’ve heard of TikTok, but does your association use the massively popular social media platform? The Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study found 69% of Generation Z prefer connecting on TikTok, 82% on YouTube, and 82% on Instagram. Gen Z prefers using their mobile devices. What about YouTube or Instagram?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. Lots of chatter beyond the Reddit community. 2: Mobile Usage. #3: 3: Social Networking. He said that photo sharing is really social grooming.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Owned by Facebook, Instagram is the largest mobile social network in the United States. Imagine being able to send your Instagram followers to mobile-optimized donate, text-to-give, or mobile wallet pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. While embracing a comprehensive, long-term breaking news and crisis communications strategy is challenging for many nonprofits, all nonprofits, regardless of their size, can tap into the power of cause awareness days.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Rapid population growth and migration is dramatically changing societies and ecosystems worldwide and as this future unfolds nonprofits, NGOs, and charities will play a central role in safeguarding the world’s most vulnerable communities, the land upon which they live, and the wildlife that surrounds them. billion now.

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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. Donors and supporters are increasing overwhelmed by text-heavy storytelling – especially on mobile devices.

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TechImpact

MARCH 7, 2014

Social media continues to take greater stake in every nonprofit’s marketing, public relations, and advertising strategies. With 10+ major, free, social networking channels to take advantage of, nonprofits have a smorgasbord of opportunities available to connect with constituents, donors, and potential volunteers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Please be open to the idea that you may need social media training. The vast majority of logos are horizontal and when uploaded to social networks they either get cropped or shrunk so small that they are visually illegible. We’re now ten years into the Social Web. 2) You are rarely retweeted on Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Contrary to its title, the last four chapters of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits are dedicated to mobile technology and mobile fundraising. It is illegal to buy, sell, or trade mobile phone numbers, unlike e-mail and snail mail addresses. page on your mobile website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2013

Social media has forever changed how nonprofits and journalists distribute and consume news stories, yet the format of nonprofit press releases has not evolved at all. Almost every communication medium out there has been impacted by the rise of social and mobile media, but not press releases. Social Media'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

There’s no shortage of year-end-and-beginning blog posts about social media, but I thought I’d throw mine into the mix as well. I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. WWF Mobile.

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Care2

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Are niche social networks the best way to mobilize people and channel their energy into supporting nonprofits? In the past couple of years there has been a surge in socially responsible startups such as Crowdrise , Razoo , and Causecast wanting to help to change the world by raising money online for nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2015

Cause awareness days can be very powerful for fundraising because social network communities are highly likely to promoting your nonprofit on cause awareness days. Experiment with at least one new social network. Download and study nonprofit mobile apps. Refresh your social media training.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Social network communities are highly responsive to giving and promoting your nonprofit on cause awareness days provided that your nonprofit prepares at least one month in advance. Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Fundraising Social Media' 1: Giving Tuesday — #GivingTuesday.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

A “Connect” section where NGOs can link to their social network communities. Social sharing functionality. Responsive design for compatibility with mobile devices. Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Fundraising Mobile Media Social Media'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

A small selection of that criteria is as follows: Consistent use of a visually compelling square avatar across all social networks. Their website, e-newsletter, and blog all include links to their social networks. They have found the right balance of what kind of content to post on their social networks and how often.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Social network communities are highly responsive to giving and promoting your nonprofit’s cause on cause awareness days and provided your nonprofit prepares at least one month in advance, cause awareness days provide ample opportunity to create visual and text-based content that inspires engagement and interaction on your social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

Mobile is the Needle, Social is the Thread: How Information Today is Woven Into Our Lives. “ Mobile is the Needle, Social the Thread ” is the name of a presentation from Pew Internet data that illustrates the rapid growth of mobile connectivity and social networking in the U.S.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 19, 2011

While writing Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , I visited over 500 nonprofit homepages looking primarily for links to their social networking communities. Related Link: Social Media and Mobile Technology Webinars for Nonprofits. Special Olympics :: specialolympics.org.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

A donation drive is a purposeful and organized effort to mobilize individuals, communities, or businesses to contribute resources, typically in the form of monetary funds, goods, or services, towards a specific cause or charitable organization. Creative Donation Drive Ideas to Ignite Support 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

The successful use of social media requires a significant time investment. To be successful on the Social Web, nonprofits need to have a presence on mutliple social networks and should be consistently creating content that can be shared on the Social Web, such as blog posts, photos, and videos.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There is no shortage of highly talented leaders coming from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, and many of them lead from within the nonprofit sector. BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2011

The person scanning is then sent either to a mobile Web browser to view the link inside the QR Code, sent a text message, or prompted to dial a phone number. QR Codes are ideal for location-based communications and fundraising campaigns. On flyers and community billboards. Think about it. ″ wide screen. At airports.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Though Facebook had gone public nine months previous, Facebook Groups were only just beginning to be used as community-building tools by nonprofits and Facebook Pages didn’t exist yet. The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. ” moment to trickle up.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd (@ zephoria ) says though experts once thought the internet would help destroy racial barriers, “all of the divisions that exist in every day life, including those by race and class, actually re-emerge online” Excerpt from Social Media for Social Good : .

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TechImpact

JUNE 16, 2014

Facebook is the flagship social media platform for most nonprofits. The inherent community nature, pervasiveness of the platform, and the fact Facebook is constantly adding tools for nonprofits to better utilize the social network has made it the perfect choice for most nonprofits. For good reason, too.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 30, 2011

Whether the community has 10 million users or one million, a good social media manager must claim and take command of their Spot, Venue and Places Pages on location-based communities like Foursquare, Gowalla, Facebook Places, Google Places and Loopt. Mobile Technology for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

It’s one-way communication. Web 2.0 = Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites. is the beginning of two-way communication in the online public commons. on social networking sites see your giving and fundraising activity through widgets, Apps, and peer-to-peering fundraising tools, like fundraising pages.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2012

By Michelle Warner, Director, Mobile Citizen. If the goal is to work more productively and cost-effectively, nonprofits using a laptop or netbook and their own personal Wi-Fi network for use wherever and whenever they need it, have more options. Provide community-based access points for your programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications. Closed Online Community :: Nonprofits began to offer online accounts to supporters that saved their information for future action alerts and online giving.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 7, 2011

To begin, here are five ways to integrate social media into your nonprofit’s website: 1) Add social networking icons to your homepage. Increasingly supporters expect to find social networking icons on your nonprofit’s homepage. Related Links: Social Media and Mobile Technology Webinars for Nonprofits.

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