Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 17, 2020

By Jean O’Brien , founder of Digital Charity Lab , a social enterprise that builds digital skills in non-profits and shares free learning resources. For example: in a lead campaign for a homeless charity, a photo of two empty beds performed much, much better than an emotive photograph of a man living in homelessness. .

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Byte Technology

MARCH 21, 2017

Indeed, one need only look at the resounding success of Facebook Live and the myriad social media applications and it’s clear that video can bring loads of attention to you products, services or causes in a way that photos and words alone cannot. Here are some stand-outs certainly worthy of further exploration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

Here’s the basics if you are getting the C-Suite up to speed: Instagram is a free application for iPhone or Android that lets people take photos, apply filters to change the look of the photos and then share them. Cheat Sheets and Tutorial To Coach Your Nonprofit CEO. Vintage Photo Editing Apps (2012).

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

In this article and video tutorial, I’ll walk you through how to set up a story measurement system, and how to track and analyze your data. We’ll use sharing a story in social media posts as our example. You’ll start with your initial “investment” costs like staff time and additional costs (ie photos).

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. Eight leading experts in social media and nonprofit technology have joined forces to create Socialbrite.org, a hub that showcases social tools for social change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

Snapcha t is a mobile app that lets users exchange text messages, photos and videos that disappear in 24 hours. Thank god there are teenage YouTube celebrities who share excellent SnapChat tutorials like Aaron’s Break the Internet. Instagram is for jealousy-inducing photos. This is called disposable media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Also, since the Google+ Pages launched after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. Post quality content to the Google+ Stream.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The final installment of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays tweetchat series, an interactive companion to its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , covered the topic of tagging. Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Also, since the Google+ Pages launched after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. Post quality content to the Google+ Stream.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The Internet and everything in it is constantly growing, and social media is no exception. That’s why we’re taking a step back to look at the big picture and diving into social media for nonprofits. In part one of this article, we’ll cover the big dogs of social media: Facebook Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

As a content curator, I’m not just on the hunt for learning and sharing snippets of the new or what’s buzzing. Content curation is ultimately organizing, synthesizing, presenting, and maintaining your resource collections. 13 Tips from the Experts – Social Media Examiner (2015). Instagram Overview.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Social Media Trainer's Bag of Tricks View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Later, as I developed workshops and content for strategic technology planning , I became obsessed with learning about technology professional development for nonprofits and designing effective trainings. How to think like a social instructional designer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media. I said yes.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

Bonus: Photoshop is the ultimate photo-editing program, so it's the best for editing photos and other rasterized images. With the skills you've learned in this tutorial, you can now replace the image in the back, include your own text, change fonts, and more. Let's save a version we can share on social media, too.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

Bonus: Photoshop is the ultimate photo-editing program, so it's the best for editing photos and other rasterized images. With the skills you've learned in this tutorial, you can now replace the image in the back, include your own text, change fonts, and more. Let's save a version we can share on social media, too.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Note , this was adapted from the book Social Change Anytime Everywhere by Amy Sample Ward and I. Plan for any additional staff and budget needed for technology, design, content, online advertising, and other implementation costs for the year. For each major marketing initiative answer the following questions.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2016

Danielle Jackson is a communications specialist from GCFLearnFree.org, an online provider of free technology tutorials. Danielle is responsible for interacting with learners across the globe via social media and general support, helping to ensure they know what's new on the organization's website. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2011

we are looking at the current field of social video - what is working. In the meantime, here are answers to a few of the frequently asked questions we receive about social video: What Is Social Video? taking your questions live with producers who have pioneered social. Why Is Community Essential to Social Video Success?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Be mindful about what you share via social sites and elsewhere, because every selfie, retweet, or like is probably more public, and more persistent, than you think. Your camera and smartphone usually record your time and location in each photo you take, and when you share those photos, you could be sharing that data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Photo by Stitch. The NTEN WeAreMedia project has been hard at work over the last few months building the house so to speak -- focusing on how nonprofits can use social media effectively. Social Bookmarking. Photo Sharing. We've addressed the strategic and tactical issues. So come join us. it will be easy and quick.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2015

Our five-part Photoshop for Nonprofits tutorial shows you how. You Know That Stock Photos Are the WORST. If you need free and legal-to-use images for your website, newsletter, or social media, our Top 10 Sources for Free Images will help you break your cheesy stock photo habit. You Want to Draw Sweet 'Staches on Cats.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2015

The photo of Faith with Magic along with her story has 5,302 likes, 1,007 shares, and 1,948 comments as of this writing. If you manage your nonprofit's presence on Facebook, you're probably very familiar with the difficulties of getting fans, likes, and comments on the content you share. Post Timely, Thematic Content.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2015

Photoshop is the ultimate tool for enhancing photos, designing creative assets, and even cutting exes out of old photos. With Photoshop, you can do everything from quickly tuning up photos to controlling every detail of your digital vision in one powerful application. Expand the contents of the zip file. Final Product.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

In the past year, virtual fundraising activities have skyrocketed due to social distancing guidelines and the COVID-19 pandemic. Without a dedicated online strategy or a social media presence, many potential donors will view your organization as out of touch. You’ve probably redirected your focus to virtual methods, too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

Submitted by JD Lasica, publisher of Socialbrite Socialbrite.org fills a glaring gap in the social media world. The young and the wired are moving at an accelerating pace away from old-school destination Web sites and toward the social media ecosystem embodied in the real-time Web. You won’t see marketing flackery here.)

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 at the 92nd Street Y’s Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact in New York City. Encourage social sharing. Social media is a great tool for supporters to share their personal fundraising pages, so make sure you encourage them to post their pages. Plan a social media campaign.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2009

In the words of the site: “Socialbrite is a learning hub & sharing community that brings together top experts in social media, social causes and online philanthropy.” ” Who can you find adding content on Socialbrite? Only some of the best and brightest in social media for nonprofits, of course.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2007

Photo by David Tames from his flickr stream. David Tames took notes here and, as always, has a set of gorgeous photos. I'm going to flesh out my notes on the promotion and outreach discussion and put it as tutorial. He takes many many photos while people are talking and only keeps 15% of them. He noted that Blip.TV

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Photo by Mythicaldude. He is an active tagger and expert in social networking sites. He was a participant in the small group role play on social media and we had great fun. He presented a session called "Content is King" with John Weeks. I think he might be the first ex-pat Cambodian blogger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2005

My first taste of RSS Feeds began with a wish on how to find good content without getting RSS indigestion from slogging through a lot of junk. In the comments section, David Geilhulfe and Ruby Sinreich suggested a social networking approach to RSS by checking out their blogline subscriptions. The post is a great tutorial on Bloglines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout? Will this lead to niche social networks that are more relevant to people's interests? social media rather than try to develop their own (competing) ones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Election Day Debriefs What we can learn about online politics from the 2006 Campaigns from e-politics offers some lessons and takeaways about social networking and other traditional technology tools deployed for political campaigns. 15th including a session on using Machinima to create political and social change videos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I had too much content. I knew I had too content. My blog commenters told me I had too much content in my initial draft. I told Marnie's story about the Northern CA Homeless Group story and someone pointed out that the homeless photo I used was from Washington, DC. Thank goddness Beth Raney has this tutorial.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2008

ScratchR is a true social network, connecting hundreds of thousands of people--kids and adults--in about 200 countries around the world. How ScratchR makes strong use of platform power and social objects. This is the most novel sharing tool I've seen on any social network. Inappropriate Content: Debatable.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

If your event is particularly inspiring and the content resonates with your audience, your supporters are going to want to donate. Anything that might draw a crowd at an in-person event, like a professional speaker, live music, or a series of performances, would likely make great livestreaming content. Texting During Events.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 3, 2013

Personal web page: Presenting your participants a personal web page template that can be personalized with their own photo, video and other cool widgets should not be underscored. This includes…. Welcome/Home page within Participant Center and Fundraising Headquarters…this is the first page your participants will see once they login.

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