The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 4, 2021

Not only is a solid social media presence good for your organization, but participating in social media is paramount in keeping up with the way people are progressively interacting with news, causes, and their communities. This is your opportunity to inspire emotionally with stories, videos, and photos. We’d love to hear your comments.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 10, 2021

You should also ask them to post a photo of themselves at your event with your event hashtag to raise awareness and show their friends that they’re supporting your organization. . Share these stats with your audience to show them how much the donations are adding up and the impact that is being made.

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TechImpact

JUNE 16, 2014

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. Image courtesy of Black Celebrity Giving. Facebook is the flagship social media platform for most nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats. A collection of economic and media trends and stats. In fact, I used them for this blog (see upper-right), but please ignore the silly photo in the Fotolia ad. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats. A collection of economic and media trends and stats. In fact, I used them for this blog (see upper-right), but please ignore the silly photo in the Fotolia ad. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

We especially love how they paired a full-page image of a student with key stats that support the organization’s overall mission, a mix of showing and telling. Sometimes, you just need some good photos to take your report from good to great. offers a profound analysis of #MeToo. Natural Resource Defense Council. Cue the giraffes.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 23, 2024

It only takes one day of collective giving to transform entire communities. While you may be acquainted with GivingTuesday’s impressive global giving stats, don’t feel limited to run a giving day only once a year! It’s a testament to the community rallying behind your organization’s vision.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2011

Always add a photo when posting Tips to increase the likelihood that they’ll get noticed. That said, Tips can also be motivational and supportive: 2) Powerful Stats. Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Mobile Social Networking and Location-Based Communities. 3) Inspirational Quotes. 4) Endorsements.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Label each day on the content calendar with the names of the platforms you’ll be posting on, what you plan on posting about, and any photo or video you’ll need created for the post. You can create videos that talk about your work and how your nonprofit meets needs in your community—you just have to keep it short.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Nonprofit storytelling refers to a specific way of communication that organizations use to personalize their mission. It gives your audience a tangible transformation to observe through the sharing of the written word, photos, testimonials, and videos. Many times, communication is something people don’t feel is their strong suit.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 28, 2021

This means the language you use in your elevator pitch, on your website, and in your communications materials should sound like it comes from one organization. Make sure everyone knows what your nonprofit colors are and which photos and videos they can use. . The same goes for your visuals. Your nonprofit’s history . Assign a mentor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Just like social media transformed the nonprofit sector and how it communicates with its supporters, so will the Mobile Web (even more so). The best new media managers, online community builders, bloggers, and activists will be connected and communicating with their supporters from anywhere, at any time when the need arises.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

It’s free, it gives you an immediate way to build a tribe and engage people in online community. Communicate with your fans regularly just to stay in touch or with special news, offers and information. All the great features of Facebook are available - writing on the Wall, uploading photos, and joining discussion groups.

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Whole Whale

MAY 17, 2023

Your empathy, your passion, your understanding of the communities you serve – these are qualities that no AI can replicate. It’s a tool that, used wisely and thoughtfully, can help us serve our communities better, achieve our mission more effectively, and continue to make a difference in the world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

If your nonprofit is already on Google+, then the best practices below are meant to help you better learn how to tap into and inspire the Google+ community. In short, you have to be a real person on Google+ before you can use the community to build a brand for your nonprofit – just like Facebook. Photos and slideshows.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

embedded in a powerful photo, you want an image that you can upload to send out in Facebook status updates, link to in tweets, upload to Flickr, and so on. Get creative in integrating your text-to-subscribe keyword and short code pitch into photos, slide shows, or even your YouTube Channel banner. Use Bit.ly

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

In short, you have to be a real person on Google+ before you can use the community to build a brand for your nonprofit – just like Facebook. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. Add links to your nonprofit’s website, blog, and social networking communities.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I'm going to blow your mind by sharing some stats and our May events. How big is the NetSquared Local community? They collaborated with the TechSoup Global team to bring events into their communities. Ten Net2 groups held Digital Storytelling events in their community, with an estimated 360 attendees.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

Cool photos? " In addition to the video, the campaign page also features updates about research being done in the gulf as well as gorgeous photos of blue whales in their habitat. This campaign is built on an inspiring story of two Chicago communities coming together for the greater good. Is it an inspiring video?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2006

By default MyBlogLog users join the community of a site using MyBlogLog after ten visits to that site, but you can increase that number or require manual joining. I've been playing with this widget for about week and think it has some potential for community building or at least the ability for your readers to get to know one another.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

After 10 years of experimentation, nonprofits are learning that there are correct (and incorrect) ways to post on Facebook, format a tweet, upload a photo, and send a text alert, but if your nonprofit doesn’t know the science, then math isn’t going to work. There is also a science to social and mobile media.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If you get kids in on the fundraising fun, you have a great opportunity to teach them important values like leadership, responsibility, goal-setting, team building, and community engagement. For a fun twist the kids are sure to appreciate, turn your car wash into a dog wash for the furry friends in your community! Rubber ducky races.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Use Adobe's Photoshop CS6 or Photoshop Elements to refine photos or create motion graphics. Flickr : You’re probably already familiar with Flickr's features such as the ability to upload from anywhere, tag photos, create sets , and create or join groups. Flickr Pro gives you unlimited photo and video uploads and storage.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

After 10 years of experimentation, nonprofits are learning that there are correct (and incorrect) ways to post on Facebook, format a tweet, upload a photo, and send a text alert, but if your nonprofit doesn’t know the science, then math isn’t going to work. There is also a science to social and mobile media.

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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. He said that photo sharing is really social grooming. ” Lots of comments pros and cons. 2: Mobile Usage. #3:

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

What is a realistic goal for the timeline and your community? Here’s why: Extra attention and spotlight thanks to high publicity around #GivingTuesday Plug-and-play tools and assets from GivingTuesday.org to help market your campaign More participants ultimately means more support for the nonprofit community overall.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

Participants advised understanding your audience and sharing the stories behind your program stats to make an impact. Although video is popular issues like bandwidth speed, which affect many communities, photo may be the best storytelling option.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Twitter Photo by Jennifer Barr @rjenbarr. ” He started off with a great story about what a tribe in South Africa does when someone in their community does something bad. Most importantly, wisdom brings trust, community, stewardship, and creativity. Yesterday, I spent most of the day offline at the Wisdom 2.0

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Monthly Website Stats: Monthly visits, unique visitors, pageviews, pages per Visit, time on site, and bounce rate (aim for under 60%). Review the content calendar and tweak it for the upcoming week based on current events or stories happening within your community including day, channel (website, blog post, Facebook, Twitter, etc.),

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2013

While these stats show that this national day of giving has struck a chord in people internationally, it’s the stories from #GivingTuesday that truly inspire us. Over 1,300 #bigkidsgive photos were shared on social media, including celebrity posts from NBA star Blake Griffin and B.J. in 2012 to $142.05 Equip Volunteers for Success.

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Achieve

AUGUST 19, 2015

Without you, caring for the elderly, bringing arts to a community, reviving neighborhoods or whatever the mission is wouldn’t happen. I recently made a donation to help start a community garden that my friend was clearly working hard to develop for her neighborhood. Stories And Stats. You made this photo possible.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Photo by NimagesDR. Avi Kaplan has published some basic stats from the recent Tweetsgiving Campaign that raised over $10,000 in 48 hours right before and during Thanksgiving to build a classroom in Tanzania. In the menatime, here's a few twitter stat tools from Brian Solis's awesome list. The holy grail metrics is missing?

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

The stats back it up too: typically peer-to-peer fundraisers bring in 2x as much compared to other digital fundraising campaigns. It’s super fun and a great way to build community while bringing in donations. It’s also got a great bonus element that you end up with amazing photos for your future marketing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

After a year or so of building the brand recognition of your avatar, you can then switch and rotate square photos as avatars to spark curiosity and add variety, as long as they include a smaller version of your logo somewhere in the avatar. You should also never automate content using these tools, or spam each community with the same message.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I referenced Liza Sabater's Brown Bloggers meetups, but could not point to any studies or stats. The consultant also pointed out that flickr photo I used seemed to indicate that the percentage are low. Niche Online Social Networks - stats on black planet and migente - online communities for blacks and latinos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Flickr Photo by Maurice. In the comments of a post I wrote titled " Reports of Social Networking's Death Are Exaggerated ," Paul Caplan from Content to Be Different said I think the point about measurement/evaluation is vital as long as we don't get hung up on stats etc. It uses Flickr to host all of its photos. ???It???s

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The stats on world hunger are staggering: According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, close to one billion people are chronically hungry. Become a part of their community. Hunger is the world’s No. 1 health risk and kills more people every year that AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.

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