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How Nonprofits Can Leverage Organic Social Media to Increase Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Make eye contact with your audience. Create content that resembles the feeling of someone making eye contact with you in a crowded room. Be genuine in your interactions. Interact frequently with followers. Instead, share your mission through stories and behind-the-scenes looks at your work. Say their name. Don’t fake it.

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Online communities 101: The benefits of leveraging an online community platform

Nimble AMS

Online community guidelines should be tied to an organization’s mission, easily accessible, and set the tone for all online interactions. Leveraging a branded online community helps your members find and network with like-minded individuals at their association. Boost engagement Want to increase member engagement?

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Expanding Your Donor Network Through Fundraising Events

Bloomerang

Host interactive events: Consider organizing interactive events where participants need to work together to solve a puzzle or mystery. These types of events are not only engaging but also encourage teamwork and social bonding, making them attractive to a wide range of donors, including Millennials and Gen Zers.

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2011 NTC Preview: Can Social Networks Create Social Capital?

NTEN

Online networks have transferred the tools of organizing and programmatic leadership from organizations and placed them into the hands of the citizen/member. Meanwhile, organizations typically approach social networks as a staff-driven, top-down push towards higher numbers of fans, friends, and followers.

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Nonprofit Social Media Smarts: Internal or External Social Networking Tools?

NTEN

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. .

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Security and Control: Early thoughts on Google+

Amy Sample Ward

Google+ , the latest iteration on social networking from Google, is here. Now, your sharing and connecting settings apply to much more of the web than just your social networking profile. Circles are how you organize your contacts. When joining, the presence of ad-recommending data was very clear.

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How one association is expanding member engagement using Nimble Communities

Nimble AMS

When one division of the society asked the organization for a place to interact and share ideas online, it sparked something bigger. It’s an ideal way to elevate and encourage networking among your association’s members. At the same time, it can make your association a part of your members’ daily social networking habits.