Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

By Laura Bucher , Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. That said, the number of businesses fighting for their attention in their inboxes and on their news feeds may have left them feeling a bit fatigued. Not to worry.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

By Talia Walsh , Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at Heal the Bay – an environmental nonprofit that protects the coastal waters and watersheds of Greater Los Angeles, California. Yet, it is in the best interest of nonprofits with online shops to get involved in the holiday shopping season.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

From Twitter to Pinterest to Instagram to LinkedIn, social networks are becoming environments where video content not only thrives, but is expected. Consumers ranked video as their favorite form of content from brands. Another consideration is that around 80% of videos in social feeds are watched with the sound off.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

Social media has changed the marketing world, and Facebook Ads for nonprofits are an easy tool to increase your organization’s presence online. A strategy will keep you on top of your marketing goals and tell you when to post your social media content for the highest impact. How do nonprofits use Facebook Ads?

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

Marketers from the nonprofit sector and the for-profit sector alike are attempting to harness the power of social media to connect with these audiences. Optimizing your content for various social platforms sounds like a good idea, but how can you make sure you’re optimizing it correctly? But what social platform are they on the most?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The public counts on nonprofit organizations to champion important issues and bring about positive change. But a nonprofit organization’s yearly financial budget isn’t always enough for its goals. Here are a few tips about choosing photos that can lead to fundraising success : Stay away from using grainy or unclear images.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 21, 2022

Staying up-to-date on the latest trends can help you expand your nonprofit marketing and achieve your goals in new ways. Here are some exciting trends and opportunities worth exploring in 2022 to expand your nonprofit marketing reach. Even videos shot on a smartphone can movingly capture how your nonprofit impacts your community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Photo by Stuck in Customs. What is Content Curation? Content curation is the process of sorting through the vast amounts of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme. Content curators have integrated this skill into their daily routine.

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Achieve

MAY 18, 2021

For nonprofits, social media is one of the most effective methods of raising funds and awareness. The part that many nonprofits and small businesses get hung up on is content creation! Next, you’ll want to upload all of your organization’s logos as well as photos and videos you know you will use often. It’s that simple!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2014

Flickr Photo by Soyignatius. Content curation – the process of finding, organizing, and sharing topical, relevant content for your audience that supports your nonprofit’s engagement or campaign goals (or your professional learning) begins with “ Spotting the Awesome.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Many nonprofits need social media training - they just don’t know it. There’s always room for improvement and unfortunately overconfidence in social media skills prevent many nonprofit staff from getting training that could significantly increase their social media ROI (Return on Investment). Google, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. When reporting is done live, marketing and fundraising content is often hurriedly posted in a format that lessens its effectiveness. They can be branded images embedded with the event hashtag, quotes from speakers , or photos of the venue.

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Candid

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We all know how important year-end giving is for nonprofits. But beyond that, there’s another way to use social media that your nonprofit should consider for making the most out of the giving season. And most importantly, get them used to engaging with your content. This is another great way to build community.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

For nonprofits, LinkedIn can be a valuable tool to add to your social media toolbox. What is the best way to use LinkedIn for a nonprofit? LinkedIn is a great resource for nonprofits because of its audience. Instead of personal updates and other news, LinkedIn is for professional content and connections.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2011

Subscribe to the RSS feed ›. This is a guest post by the one and only Nonprofit Facebook Guy – John Haydon (also a good buddy of mine). There are seven ways people can interact with your Page , which all effect your ability to show up in your fans news feeds. How interesting is your content?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 14, 2016

Facebook Notes is a native app that was popular when Facebook Pages first launched in 2007, but as Status Updates and the News Feed took precedence, the Facebook Notes app quickly lost prominence. On the Nonprofit Tech for Good Facebook Page Notes are currently receiving 3X the reach and engagement as photos and links.

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John Kenyon

APRIL 11, 2024

For nonprofits and grantmaking organizations committed to racial equity, using artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) raises important concerns. Examples in Practice Let’s say your nonprofit wants to use an LLM to help field questions on your website’s chatbot. Humans must apply an equity lens.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 27, 2013

Nonprofits that have the capacity to be early adopters have learned that early adoption in and of itself is a wise social media strategy. Primarily a mobile social network, Pheed also allows easy desktop publishing of status updates, photos, video and audio files, and enables users to broadcast live.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 2, 2023

For nonprofits, this means you need to have a number of positive interactions in the buildup for your campaign to get people to donate. Supporters take a photo of themselves along with their own giving message and post on social media to build awareness for your cause. So, as the #GivingTuesday movement evolved, the #UNselfie was born.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 26, 2012

I’ll be giving a comprehensive click-by-click tour of the new Facebook Timeline design and tool set in my upcoming webinars on Facebook and Facebook Apps for nonprofits , but a how-to get started with Facebook Milestones is posted below: 1) Select “Milestone” from your Posting Module. The photo should be 843 X 803 pixels: 4.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Is your nonprofit interested in hosting a hybrid or virtual scavenger hunt fundraiser? Eventzee is an app that makes it easy to host scavenger hunts and quiz nights by giving nonprofits the ability to create unique tasks that can be completed both in person and virtually within the Eventzee app. What is Eventzee? Information.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The holidays are coming soon and that means you need to be ready to make the most of it, starting with getting your nonprofit website spiffed up, donor friendly, and ready to receive donations. Here’s a list of 6 things you can do to get your nonprofit website ready for the holidays. All content should be in small bite-sized chunks.

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Our society is marked by inequities of race, gender, ability, and more—and the content we create can either challenge these inequities or reinforce them. As well-intentioned as content may be, when done wrong it can disempower, objectify, or misrepresent those we intend to serve. The good news? Captions . Color Choices.

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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. To be alerted of when new best practices are posted, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 e-Newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 of the recently released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. These basic LinkedIn Profile tips for nonprofit professionals serve as a foundation for when and if your nonprofit is ready to utilize LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 18, 2014

You’ve definitely seen it pop up on your social media feed. And what can your nonprofit learn from ALSA’s fundraising success? Here’s what’s made the campaign the most successful social media movement in recent memory, and what your nonprofit can learn from it to improve your fundraising potential. Peer pressure, for good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Flickr Photo by Salendron. Does your nonprofit do content curation as part of its content strategy? Content curation is the organizing, filtering and “making sense of” information on the web and sharing the very best pieces of content that you’ve cherry picked and shared with your network.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Social media is an incredibly powerful storytelling tool for your nonprofit. But as a busy fundraiser or nonprofit marketer, it can be challenging to find the time to make social media a priority. But as a busy fundraiser or nonprofit marketer, it can be challenging to find the time to make social media a priority.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. In terms of posting cadence – how much should you post?

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

By regularly generating content on your website, you can expand your digital reach and get visitors excited about your business. Ensure your landing pages are not only clear but also visually appealing by adding photos and videos that align with your branding.

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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. Once they’ve liked your page, your posts will show up on their Facebook news feeds. Cons: As you may have noticed in your personal use, not every post will show up on people’s news feed all the time. What is a Facebook Page?

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Forum One

JULY 11, 2023

The app’s current features include a home feed with algorithm-recommended content, a search functionality that allows users to find other accounts, an activity feed for users to see information on engagements with their posts and followers, and a profile for each user.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 in the newly released Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. The best practice listed below are result of spending the last three years maintaining and building the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. for Nonprofits. for Nonprofits.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

Nonprofit marketers should realize the importance of social media for brand engagement and donor retention ? Nonprofits can use socials to demonstrate their impact and engage their communities with this approach. . What kind of content do they respond to? Interactive content for higher engagement. And the best part?

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NetWits

MARCH 25, 2013

Email, web design, user-generated content and paid search are all ways to improve your nonprofit’s reach and increase web traffic. Perhaps you’ve even started to feed live posts and tweets to your organization’s homepage. How are you highlighting your nonprofit’s impact online? Social Media: Action Sharing.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

Today’s article dives into a vital topic for nonprofits – letting your supporters know how much they’ve impacted your cause and how much you appreciate them. Without constituents, your nonprofit organization wouldn’t be able to positively impact your community and drive your mission forward.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

This is the sixth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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