Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. It was the optimal time for early adoption of social media by nonprofits, and it’s no coincidence that the nonprofits that embraced these new tools in 2006 through 2008 are today the most successful nonprofits on the Social Web.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

When most people think about reporting in the Learning Industry, they think about ROI justification. As well as follow us on social media for new content, product news, and interaction directly from Gyrus. The possibilities of this capability are virtually endless. However, there is so much more out there.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

The good news is that I have found using Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc. I tend to lose more followers, fans and friends on weekends than during the week, and my stats show that there is very little ROI [Return on Investment] in terms of traffic, e-mail newsletter and mobile subscribers, event sign ups, etc. Take time for lunch.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" DZ: Was there any organizational resistance to Twitter (or other social media)?

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The good news is you don’t need to hire a videographer or buy expensive equipment to make compelling videos. Here’s where animal shelters have a step up on other organizations: animal content is already hugely popular and shareable on the internet! And it has the highest ROI (return on investment) of any other marketing channel! .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

If an email displays poorly on a mobile device, no matter how good the content is, it’s likely to be deleted in under three seconds and as many as 15% of users will even unsubscribe , instead of delete. The good news is that modern design trends for mobile email are also compatible with desktop email. When to send your email campaigns?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

They curate the best from the abundant sea of online ocean content and rapidly experiment with creating, amplifying and circulating stories that spark vibrant conversations. Our team sifts through the vast amount of real-time online content about the ocean and amplifies it.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 16, 2024

Strategy, Consultation, & Resources While we may not be able to offer direct consultation on your social media or marketing strategy, the good news is there are already fantastic existing resources that do this well. Their “Major Donor Experience”—a three-and-a-half day vision-casting weekend, boasts a 5:1 ROI and 74% conversion rate.

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Care2

MAY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" We are glad people enjoyed the training. Reader Comments (1) Thanks for including this!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Which is real life is always much harder and complex than in a training context. Chris's key point is: A few good metrics in the context of social media goals and strategy are valuable to determine the ROI and continuous improvement of your social media plan. ROI and Continuous Improvement both Lead To Actions. Was it worth it?

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" We are glad people enjoyed the training. Reader Comments (1) Thanks for including this!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2013

While this sounds like a good plan initially, don’t allow your event’s news to get buried in your feed. Still feel like your social media event content is still battling the other things on your organization’s plate? On your organization’s social media sites also ask your audience to share your message on their pages and feeds.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

The research is based on brands with a large following, a vast array of visual content, and a significant budget for advertising. That’s good news for nonprofits that don’t have a lot of visual content. Post Content That Inspires Engagement. Post Eye-catching Photos.

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Care2

MAY 9, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Excell also provides scholarships to people who want training in the industry.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Excell also provides scholarships to people who want training in the industry.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Some of the opinions I express below I have had for a while and speak to them in my webinars and trainings, but some are so recent that I am still in the stage of “Seriously Facebook? At a training last week with a lot of long-time Facebook Admins in the room, I saw much head-nodding and eyes rolling.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Use targeted content that directly relates to how your new activists joined your file.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 60) Search « The Coming Wave of Web 2.0

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See3

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Where and how should we focus our energies to get the most ROI from our video production resources? That’s why See3 offers hands-on training on video documentation. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Now that we have all this footage, what do we do with it?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Today, I am moderating a panel at SXSW about Social Media Nonprofit ROI in the format of a poetry slam. A creative report on non-profits, social media, and effective ROIs delivered as poetry slam and expertly judged including interactive crowd participation. Session Content 1. The panel will be in room 18BCD at 5: 00 PM.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 9, 2023

To ensure your association gets an ROI on your upcoming events, it’s crucial to invest in your volunteers. The Nimble AMS volunteer management functionality helps you share news about volunteer opportunities with easy browsing and volunteer application features. TECH TIP: Drive revenue and enhance volunteer engagement with Nimble AMS.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

You invest people for training. My executive director asks, maybe my board asks, you know, “Are we getting an ROI at budget time? I’m not formally trained. The good news though is there’s stuff that we think we need to get a return on our technology investment that we actually don’t need at all.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 5, 2014

. - Track and report success in a Social Media ROI spreadsheet. For your nonprofit’s website to be compatible with desktops, tablets, and smartphones (and Internet TVs and smartwatches), your nonprofit is going to need a new website that is responsively designed. Chapter 8: Content Creation and Integration. Chapter 3: Websites.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

We also have some good news for you. A website that is dated and contains old news and blog posts signals to supporters that your organization doesn’t have the time to keep up with your supporters online— or even worse, that your nonprofit is no longer running. What does this mean for your organization? Update your website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. This iPhone/iPad app that allows you to easily flip through your favorite news sources and magazines. CheckFacebook :: checkfacebook.com. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com. Flipboard :: flipboard.com.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So if you have to leave or leave early, or maybe get interrupted or just want to review the content, don’t worry, we’ll get all that good stuff to you later today. . Those words I often use in my trainings with fundraisers. And it’s important to do pitching, and I trained pitch practicing as well.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

And I have a really neat program that I started in the pandemic as a very inexpensive low-cost way to give people some fantastic fundraising training. So, if getting a little more fundraising training is the way that you want to rock your 2021 and your end-of-year fundraising, we’re going to be covering that. That is a good ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

With YouTube’s resources behind the project and tablets changing the way donors and supporters consume Web content, you’d be wise to spend two minutes reserving and protecting your nonprofit’s Zeen username. Upworthy is a content filtering tool that features the most read, shared, and buzz-worthy content on the Web.

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See3

AUGUST 6, 2007

The goal was to educate people about the fact that Kleenex is made from virgin forests and uses no recycled content. What’s terrific here is not only how well this worked, but how they used the product of it to create a story and training video. All the people in the action are new people. Amen Sister!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. With a Pinterest-like design, Clipix is the new generation of online content management. This iPhone/iPad app that allows you to easily flip through your favorite news sources and magazines.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. With a Pinterest-like design, Clipix is the new generation of online content management. This iPhone/iPad app that allows you to easily flip through your favorite news sources and magazines.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. With a Pinterest-like design, Clipix is the new generation of online content management. This iPhone/iPad app that allows you to easily flip through your favorite news sources and magazines.

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