Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2007

Last month I interviewed the Web Team over at Fight Hunger I got an email from Cordelia SalterNour telling me that they've selected a winner for their video contest. A little bit NPTech blog kismet, someone just the other day raised the question: "What's good or useful about user-generated content and what's just entertaining or cute?"

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

HubSpot’s recent research helps to answer this question: branded video content is the most memorable. With these insights on your target audience, you can make informed decisions about their learning objectives and create content that inspires meaningful engagement. Just remember to tailor your content to each channel.

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The Fundraising Authority

JANUARY 15, 2021

Your generous donation of $200 will go a long way to helping us end child hunger in Toledo and beyond. While we served over 150,000 hot meals to children ages 2-18 in 2014 the sad fact is that over 5,000 kids in our area still went to bed hungry most nights last year. Thank you !

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TechImpact

JULY 17, 2014

In part 1 of this blog series , we discussed how essential posting and maintaining quality content on your nonprofit’s website is to generating traffic. In addition to quality content, we explored the reasons why your website has to be intuitive to use, and furthermore, why it ought to be responsive and load quickly on mobile devices.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Say Hello to Salesforce+ — The Netflix of Biz Content. As you might’ve guessed, Salesforce+ will serve as our host platform for all Dreamforce 2021 digital content! It will consist of four channels covering every role, industry, and topic, plus over 100 additional hours of on-demand content. Our movement begins now.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

More than 98% of all donations go directly to feeding programs for people facing hunger. Make use of a New Donor Welcome Kit that contains sample content. Working in the food and hunger field I asked Aaron what he thought about the field he works in, he said, “ I’m inspired and impressed with the food support networks that exist.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Try putting a call to action right up front, “Sign our petition to stop world hunger”, or “Donate $5 to Habitat for Humanity so we can build more homes!” Provide content they want. This is another great reason to keep emails concise–Millennials are likely checking their email on-the-go.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

By: Hannah Durbin, Content Specialist at Classy.org. Discover how HOPE Atlanta , Metro Atlanta’s most established agency committed to fighting homelessness and hunger, capitalized on this integration to optimize their data collection , and explore how your organization can do the same to maximize fundraising potential. Hannah Durbin.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Say Hello to Salesforce+ — The Netflix of Biz Content. As you might’ve guessed, Salesforce+ will serve as our host platform for all Dreamforce 2021 digital content! It will consist of four channels covering every role, industry, and topic, plus over 100 additional hours of on-demand content. Our movement begins now.

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Everyaction

MAY 29, 2018

With over 750 affiliate agencies across the state of Wisconsin, Feeding Wisconsin is dedicated to eradicating hunger and improving their community. Our mission is to help our food banks as well as our partners and stakeholders fight hunger and improve health and strengthen communities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

Support open data, open access to research, open content and open source. Think of the freedom that can be promoted by greater sharing of the benefits of science and technology: freedom from hunger, from thirst, from illness, freedom from ignorance, illiteracy, from lack of education, freedom from human rights abuses, from tyranny.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

For example, content meant for a long-time donor may not be best suited for the inbox of a new supporter. Rather than relying on general content, you’re able to create targeted messaging for each segment. . Let’s return to the original example: content meant for a long-time donor may not be suited for the inbox of a new donor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The Cute Dog Theory or more precisely the Cute Animal Theory states that including cute animals in your social media content inspires more people to share the content. If don’t believe that is true, check out this YouTube video from VW of dogs barking the theme from Star Wars as a Superbowl Teaser. And now, mobile.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the largest humanitarian organization in the world with a mission to end hunger. The Grants Content Kit was specifically designed to support climate-based organizations that simply don’t have adequate resources or staff to navigate incredibly complex grant-writing processes.

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NetWits

JUNE 30, 2011

Sending everyone the same message , instead of delivering relevant content to different segments. If your appeal included a message from Farra telling me about the importance of ending hunger, include a picture of Farra on the linked webpage thanking me for my support.” – Chris Tuttle. You are sending your appeal at the wrong time.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

All content should be in small bite-sized chunks. Keep an eye on your inbox for the latest news about our fight to end hunger in our community.”). So, if you have a blog but haven’t posted in a while, make a point to add 3 or 4 new posts as soon as you can so there’s fresh content for visitors to find during the holidays.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Food insecurity and hunger are some of the most prominent issues that plague our modern society. 41 million people, or 12% of the population, struggles with hunger. Food banks work hard to fight against increasingly pervasive hunger in our communities. In the U.S., Get ready to promote your fundraiser.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

You should never go in blind when making content for your organization or event. Images lend more evocative value to your content and allow you to better articulate brand messaging. Flyers don’t usually come in a pamphlet form, so it’ll likely pique your audience’s interest and prompt them to read your content.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

My constant contributions of time and work for WhyHunger.org help me put my own worries and troubles aside to end hunger for people starving right now. Representing diverse careers, companies, and opportunities, Rob's multi-platform content and no-nonsense approach inspires people to define and sell their best professional brand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

And, of course, you need content that inspires good conversation. (Using spreadsheet aerobics will help you hone your content and engagement strategies on Facebook). Here’s an example from the Food Bank of Monterey County , a Lucile and David Packard Grantee that I’m coaching this year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2010

So, now you read a great collection of nonprofit, social change, and social media content your iPhone (download now ). Content feeds on the application include: The Zoetica Link Feed. But there is a whole more possible than simple content delivery. It provides a complication of nonprofit tech and social change blog feeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

My main takeaway was that nonprofits need to think differently about content. There are different media forms that mandate different types of content — and nonprofits must consider this as part of the online content strategy. Treesaver divides content into pages, automatically adjusting to the size of any screen.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2021

My constant contributions of time and work for WhyHunger.org help me put my own worries and troubles aside to end hunger for people starving right now. Representing diverse careers, companies, and opportunities, Rob's multi-platform content and no-nonsense approach inspires people to define and sell their best professional brand.

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

By utilizing multiple digital channels, and uniquely corresponding them with strategic content and creative design, you can generate brand awareness and increase leads and donations for your nonprofit. To be successful, you need engaging content and graphics, and an attractive title so donors will want to open and take a valuable action.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 1, 2011

She has been a social change fundraiser for 15 years, raising more than $150 million dollars in the fields of women's human rights, hunger and poverty relief, and movement-building. August 5: I'll be at BlogHer '11 in San Diego and co-presenting The Write Brain – Essential Blog Content Development Workshop.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 12, 2019

Video content has grown to be so ubiquitous that you’d need to go out of your way to avoid watching them. For instance, you can find that women aged 20 to 40 in California are more likely to share your content and bring attention to it. As well as the ability to identify you the next time they come across your content.

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Care2

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Several organizations that I work with have very large goals like ending world hunger or ending global warming. If so, what can you do to improve it and make some of the content more engaging for your target audiences? Review Your Goals and Make Sure They Are Tangible. Many of your potential donors and activists feel the same way. (BTW,

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided that it’s okay for broadband companies like Comcast and Time Warner to create a ‘fast lane’ on the web and to charge for preferential treatment to content providers. An App To End World Hunger? How this will move the needle on world hunger?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2010

The multimedia platform is managed by Link TV and utilizes a back catalog of development-related videos as well as new content procured for the site. The website highlights progress in reducing hunger, poverty and disease in developing nations and is part of the Gates’ broader, “ Living Proof&# campaign."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

By Retweeting their content when it is appropriate, you validate them as important and increase their influence. Be Authentic : If your organization puts out a couple of tweets a day of your own content with nothing more, Twitter is probably not working for you. When they have appropriate content, RT it. Substitution is O.K.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 27, 2022

For instance, you might include powerful CTAs that encourage visitors to “Become a Monthly Donor,” “Explore Our Volunteer Opportunities,” “End Hunger Now,” or “Protect Endangered Species.”. Your CTAs should be placed naturally throughout your digital content, and it’s important to avoid overusing them. About the Author.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

There are also a variety of content management systems (some that are free) that can help you vary your online copy and emails depending on segmentation and conditionals. We recently sent out a thank-you email to thank our community for successes during Hunger Action Month in September.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

But, be sure to follow through in the email content on the urgency. Fight hunger with us. These strategies are overused and don’t work as well anymore. Creating a sense of urgency helps your donor’s brain prioritize your email as something that needs to be opened. No one likes to feel like they were tricked into opening an email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2008

for poverty, hunger and homeless advocacy and change. If you are so inclined, you might to dedicate a little of your economic stimulus check to a hunger organization. Here's the table of contents if you want to learn more about what's inside. I had to define the term blog in a board meeting.3 3 months in a row.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 7, 2020

In response, many companies are funding hunger relief organizations including Feeding America , Meals on Wheels , and World Central Kitchen , which are quickly and efficiently deploying meals and groceries through trusted community partners. The massive shifts in the food supply chain are further devastating communities.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

Create email campaigns that showcase your products and provide valuable content to your subscribers. Email marketing helps you know what percentage of emails sent are opened and what links are clicked on by your audience.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches. Adding tags to content, whether blog post; video; photo; and so on, helps content creators organize content and, more importantly, helps your intended audience find it on the Internet.

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