Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

According to a recent survey by OTX , 43% of respondents say they have shared content on social media sites because it is funny. What are some of the best examples of nonprofits using humor in their engagement and content marketing? Nonprofit Humor Blog chronicles funny (fictional) stories about nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

By Stephanie Kanak , Content Strategist at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. We surveyed over 700 nonprofits to find out what advice they’d give themselves and others about fundraising in the new normal. Many of the nonprofits we surveyed did that with great success.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

We're very pleased to share the results of our TechSoup content survey. We surveyed the TechSoup community to learn more about the TechSoup resources they're currently using, the topics they'd like to learn about, and how TechSoup can best help them learn about nonprofit and library technology. A Big Thank You.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 29, 2022

Are you looking for tried and true methods to maximize your association revenue? Easily create personalized and branded email content and automate campaigns to save staff time. . To create industry-specific content for your association’s learning program, you’ll want to attract more SMEs to volunteer.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It’s Time to Kick It Up a Notch The good news is that you only need three things to successfully identify, engage, and convert those elusive brand-new donors, and I’ll bet you already have them on hand: data, content, and technology. You have high-performing content that many potential donors haven’t seen. You have heaps of data.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 18, 2022

One simple method to ensure you avoid common DEI mistakes at your association is to create a volunteer group for DEI initiatives. To assist with your recruitment efforts , survey your members and be sure to include questions addressing basic demographic data. Connect your DEI community. Recognize your DEI volunteer group. Learn more.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

One of the best methods to increase your donor retention is to leverage your overall communication strategies. Digital communications have broken the monopoly of direct mail as the preferred communication method, but the traditional medium is far from dead. . Personalize all appeals . Segment your audience .

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2023

To cater to the varied preferences of your alumni base as you fundraise, create a multi-channel strategy that includes communication methods such as: Your program’s website. As you create content, keep in mind that different social media platforms appeal to different demographics. Social media.

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2023

For example, our preference for video content rings true. Has a shorter attention span, which requires content that is skimmable. Adding Gen Z’s perspective to the picture To put today’s expert advice to the test, we created a short survey that asked Gen Z about their use of social media as it relates to philanthropy.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 15, 2024

By taking advantage of more traditional methods as well as leveraging social media and peer-to-peer fundraising best practices, you’ll be on your way to hosting a winning event! Then, you can spend more time combining the right content strategies with the right platforms to boost your reach. Create and share surveys.

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Forum One

AUGUST 19, 2021

In a digital context, audience research may include understanding perceptions and expectations of a brand’s online content, and then testing the process by which a user engages with a particular online platform or digital experience.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2017

In a world where everyone is their own publisher on social media, the conventional wisdom that “content is king” is simply incomplete. That is why social media content analysis is important to any campaign. For example, they know they are taking a survey or they know you are checking the engagement stats on your Facebook page.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2012

Because each can attract a different audience, and may be better-suited for certain types and lengths of content, coordinating among them all can be difficult. In a recent survey of NTEN:Change Journal readers, we learned that organizations are using an average of almost four different channels as part of their communications mix.

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Candid

JULY 7, 2022

While giving directly on platforms is still low compared with traditional giving methods, a survey by Classy found that 57% of traffic to fundraising campaign pages comes from social media. Social media content shared by staff gets up to 8x more engagement than brand shared content. Don’t' give up; try again. .

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Break down your goals into objectives and strategies: Objectives are the specific steps or milestones needed to achieve your goals, while strategies are the methods or tactics you’ll use to accomplish your objectives. These methods can help you gain insights into potential supporters’ preferences, motivations, and concerns.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

First, let’s go over the basics of the main methods your organization can use as a part of your marketing plan. This makes it much more likely supporters will engage with your content online. Preferred method of communication. For a more direct approach, you can also survey supporters about the effectiveness of your strategies.

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Network for Good

MAY 14, 2021

Did you miss yesterday’s webinar on the Subscription Giving method of fundraising? Try using brief videos, different perspectives, “do you know” content, and quizzes and surveys to tell your organization’s story. Do you want a refresher to share with the rest of your team? Add variety to your communications.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

The more your audience enjoys your content, the more time and energy they’ll give to your organization. For example, if it seems like supporters respond well to social media, you would create survey questions asking supporters to confirm whether they like (or don’t like) your current social media strategy. Designing Your Survey Method.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. Some users are migrating to new platforms, like Post, or to decentralized, open-source services, like Mastodon.

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Achieve

JUNE 11, 2021

Send Event Surveys. Each of these methods aims to take advantage of the same virtual platforms your event initially engaged supporters on. As your nonprofit further develops your relationships with guests, you can change communication methods to fit supporter preferences. Send Event Surveys. Invite Them to Similar Events.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 12, 2012

In addition to having a very well formatted website and some catchy social media content, the study itself is useful to nonprofits looking to engage those in their 20s and 30s in advocacy and fundraising. The 2012 report found that 77% of millennials surveyed have smartphones. You can download the full report here.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Spotlighting content from happy visitors allows you to turn those socials media shout outs into powerful marketing tools. . According to The Art Newspaper’s annual survey in 2021, visits to the world’s 100 most-visited museums plummeted by 77% in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Exhibition hashtags . Final takeaways .

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Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Social Media Engagement Rate When it comes to securing support on social media, getting your nonprofit’s content in front of prospective donors is only the first step. Whether you’re posting on Facebook , Instagram, or even LinkedIn, it’s important to focus on reaching users who are most likely to take action in response to your content.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

What kind of content do they respond to? Create a content schedule (weekly or monthly) to post consistently on the social media platform. Think of content that will get your audience to engage with your organization online! Interactive content for higher engagement. Interactive content can make your engagement soar ?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

This framing captured the impact not only of the technology tools of their partners, required by certain funders, but also of the access to information for migrants, which would be measurable on an ongoing basis through surveys. Decision-making based on performance and financial management. Market forces. Field (i.e.,

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Get feedback with volunteer surveys. If emails are a common communication method for your program, consider effective formatting for email communication. Get feedback with volunteer surveys. The content and intent of these surveys are entirely up to you. Make profiles for each volunteer.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 20, 2022

The survey results found half of the volunteers donated money to the organization because they also volunteered. . Publicly acknowledging your volunteer program is a great method to attract new volunteers and increase the recruitment of highly skilled members. . Thanking volunteers accelerates recruitment.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 21, 2014

According to a recent study conducted by Find Accounting Software , in which 142 fundraisers were surveyed about their use of technology, tech is playing a larger role than ever. Tactics such as blogging and sharing video content increase the effectiveness further.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Association professionals who responded to the study’s survey say they plan to turn to new forms of non-dues revenue more than other means to address any revenue losses from the past year. Account updating – You can automatically update the expiration date for stored payment methods. Strategies for driving non-dues revenue.

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Network for Good

MAY 14, 2021

Did you miss yesterday’s webinar on the Subscription Giving method of fundraising? Try using brief videos, different perspectives, “do you know” content, and quizzes and surveys to tell your organization’s story. Do you want a refresher to share with the rest of your team? Add variety to your communications.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

Best of all, you really only need to adopt a few proven and productive cultivation and engagement methods to start converting your peer-to-peer event participants into monthly donors. For the Ration Challenge, the team used a variety of methods to pinpoint the personas and behaviors of those interested in refugee issues.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before. Learn from direct response – Study annual appeals, door knocking, and other methods that inspire immediate action. Immediacy and response are key, even as short-form content proliferates. Remember your goal is persuading consumers. Apply those lessons.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

Develop new methods of donor outreach? You can also survey prospective members for a new membership program! ABOUT THE AUTHOR Content Marketing Manager Sonia Urlando is the Content Marketing Manager at Personify for the WildApricot and MemberClicks brands. Are you trying to reach a certain fundraising target?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

It is tempting to think of this step as only doing a survey to answer the questions, “Did the workshop accomplish its objectives? There are two different methods to evaluate your training. If you think of your training as making a soup, your participant survey is like the food critic’s review of the soup.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2017

We surveyed 311 libraries throughout the country and found out some interesting things. In our survey, we found that 55 percent of respondents serve fewer than 25,000 patrons, so nearly half of the respondents were smaller libraries, probably mostly in rural areas. Our survey is still going on! Register for December 19.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations. Did you read books, take classes, or have a coach?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Instructional design is more than just delivering the content, so this post shares some of the thinking that went into designing a learning experience where people will apply what they learned. The content focused on telling a couple of ”campfire” stories with insights about best practices.

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