Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2014

Owned by Facebook, Instagram is the largest mobile social network in the United States. Imagine being able to send your Instagram followers to mobile-optimized donate, text-to-give, or mobile wallet pages. That simple upgrade could instantly increase Instagram’s relevance in your mobile and social fundraising plan.

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Practice United States Images Stats 256

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

1) Choose the right fundraiser images and videos. The fundraiser’s main image is one of the first things others will see when the fundraiser is shared on social media platforms, so it’s important it conveys the right message and grabs the attention of potential donors. Make sure that your main image is not the nonprofit’s logo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

As a follow-up to Five Online Fundraising Best Practices for Small NGOs in Developing Countries , below are five social media best practices specifically tailored for small NGOs in developing countries. Ensure that you have a prominently featured donate button, e-newsletter subscribe option, and social network icons on both pages.

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Social Media Practice NGO Stats 271

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Create an e-mail signature that includes your website, blog, and social networking links. Add “Donate Now” button to your home page. Add social networking icons. Add e-newsletter subscribe functionality to your social networking communities. 3) “Donate Now” Fundraising. 1) Website.

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Social Media Social Media Tech 259

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 6, 2014

Each time @NonprofitOrgs reaches a 100K-follower benchmark, Nonprofit Tech for Good donates to various nonprofits. In this last round of donations – $25 to 28 nonprofits ($700 for reaching 700K followers), some progress has been made since the last round of donations made at 600K followers. Donate: Oxfam America.

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Paypal Ideas Social Media Mobile 258

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

You can also participate in the annual #GivingTuesday ( givingtuesday.org ) campaign which now raises an average of 50 percent more in total donations each year for participating nonprofits. This page should also prominently feature a donate button, an e-newsletter, mobile alert opt-in forms, and social network icons.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 30, 2013

Image courtesy of StavtrupPortalen. Social media: 56% of people donated to an organization because they read a story via social media. 59% of people donate after becoming a follower of a nonprofit’s social network. 59% of people donate after becoming a follower of a nonprofit’s social network.

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Stats Social Media Technology Media 267

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 26, 2017

26% have raised money for a cause and 32% have donated their own money (or allowances). Children and youth, animals, and education are the top three causes that Gen Z donates to. 59% of Gen Zs are inspired to donate to charity by a message/image they saw on social media. Census Bureau ]. Nonprofit Hub].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

The ability to tell a story that captures the imagination of your donors and supporters and consequently inspires them to donate or get more involved is a skill only found in those who enjoy and excel at writing and who are committed to consistently improving their writing, grammar, and punctuation skills as well as increasing their vocabulary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Image Source: Pando Daily. Yesterday, I shared the “ Good, Bad, and Ugly ” about the Facebook Donate button and the discussion was prompted further insights that I’m capturing here. The feature makes it easy for people to donate to nonprofits. It’s frictionless donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2014

In addition, charitable giving is at an all-time high in the United States and nonprofits would be wise to invest in upgrades to their online donation service to ensure that they are meeting the needs of today’s online donors. Embed the donation process inside your website and ensure that it is mobile compatible.

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Online Practice Fundraising United States 279

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

Using them, you can build email campaigns, create social media posts, repurpose content, summarize text, and even generate images. “ Its response: 4) Social Media Content Calendar Keeping up with social media is much easier when you’ve got an editorial calendar to follow. The fundraiser is a raffle.

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Content Calendar Language Social Media 350

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Prioritize images over text and provide ample white space: pbs.org ( on January 5, 2015 ). Prominently feature your “Donate” button, social network icons, and e-newsletter opt-in: themarshallproject.org. Design templates that allow header images to be easily changed. Prioritize image and video content.

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Design email Websites Practice 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2016

Prioritize images over text and provide ample white space: pbs.org ( on January 5, 2015 ). Prominently feature your “Donate” button, social network icons, and e-newsletter opt-in: themarshallproject.org. Design templates that allow header images to be easily changed. Prioritize image and video content.

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Design email Websites Practice 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Unsurprisingly, other networks followed suit. From Twitter to Pinterest to Instagram to LinkedIn, social networks are becoming environments where video content not only thrives, but is expected. Every year, Animoto surveys over 1,000 consumers to understand how evolving trends on social media are impacting purchase decisions.

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Social Media Video Marketing Practice 261

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI. Unfortunately, many nonprofits upload horizontal logos to serve as their avatars, resulting in the obvious cropping of the images. Make a donation!

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Social Media Avatar Media Ratio 274

Greater Giving

AUGUST 27, 2021

The recent surge in small, individual donations may shape the future of nonprofit fundraising. GivingTuesday reported an 11% increase in participation small donors (those who gave gifts of less than $500)—a marked change from previous years, when overall charitable donations by individuals actually decreased. Embrace small donations!

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Trend Donor Giving Social Media 105

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Posts can be as little as 250 words with a featured image or as long as a 5,000-word photo essay. 3) “Donate Now” CTA on the Human Rights Watch blog. For example, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network makes wise use of their sidebar by prominently featuring a call-to-follow on social networks and an e-newsletter opt-in.

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Practice Nonprofit Newsletter News 352

TechImpact

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Image courtesy of Pebble Road Marketing. If your website does not load on the majority of mobile devices in 3 seconds or less, you’ve just lost a donation or potential volunteer at your next event. Mobile donations have increased by 205% in the last 12 months. Mobile donations have increased by 205% in the last 12 months.

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Stats Mobile Site Statistics 193

Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

Set up a chatroom on your website or through a “messenger” feature on your most active social networks for your community to be able to connect with each other. Post an image, video, or graphic to get the conversation started and assign the same person to monitor it who will be working the chatroom during the event.

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Virtual Ideas Fundraising Fun 103

TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Image courtesy of Modern Senior. The huge increase in revenue generated by online donations also helped fundraisers realize their market is now, firmly, online. million people age 55 and over engaged in social networking with nearly 19 million of those people using Facebook (comScore). Comscore TabLens).

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Internet United States Generation Statistics 177

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Prominently feature the date (November 28), the #GivingTuesday hashtag, a “Donate” button, links to your social networks, social sharing, and an e-newsletter opt-in. Optional: List three additional calls-to-action (share on social media, become a monthly donor, become a #GivingTuesday Ambassador, etc.).

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Social Media Practice Media NGO 247

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2011

Blogging has transcended my ROI (return on investment) , primarily from simply featuring my e-newsletter “Subscribe&# option and social networking icons in the upper right column. “Donate Now&# button. Social media icons. e-Newsletter sign-up. Global Exchange :: globalexchange.org/blogs.

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Blogger Newsletter ROI WordPress 216

NetWits

MAY 12, 2011

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube? With usage stats like that it’s probably safe to assume that a large portion of your supporter are using at least one social network, right? of the entire American population use Facebook. —

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Social Media Studies Fundraising Media 279

Whole Whale

JANUARY 15, 2021

This platform offers FREE donation buttons, event ticketing, fundraising pages, text-to-give and peer-to-peer fundraising solutions for progressive nonprofits. GiveLively allows organizations to collect donations from text (SMS) messages. Facebook Fundraisers & Instagram Donation Stickers. GiveLively. The best part?

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Paypal Fundraising Turkey Charity 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 18, 2011

Today, a well-designed website should have less text, more images and videos, extremely simple navigation, and obvious placement of “Donate Now&# buttons, e-newsletter “Subscribe&# functionality, and social networking icons. The website design principles of just five years ago no longer apply.

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Design Websites Web Social 248

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. It’s a throwback from social networking circa 2006.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Image courtesy of Neustar. And an even more convincing data shows that donations referred by email decreased by 21% due to non-mobile donation pages at the other end of the link. Social is mobile too. Currently, 55% of social networking happens from a mobile device. Are you starting to see a pattern?

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Mobile Phone Social Media Donation 117

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2014

Many nonprofits are curious, but lack the resources necessary to create and manage yet another social network. Google+ isn’t for all nonprofits, but for those that have actively adopted a pro-social media policy, it’s worth the time investment to experiment with Google+. Google+ is a visual social network.

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Google Practice YouTube Nonprofit 237

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

While many international NGO online directories do exist, the ability for international NGOs worldwide to accept online donations through the soon-to-be-launched .NGO A featured avatar and header image. A “Donate Now” button. A “Connect” section where NGOs can link to their social network communities.

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Socialbrite

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Organizations that moved to online and text campaigns via social networks seemed to fare especially well. Facebook remained the most important social media platform for nonprofit causes. According to The Blackbaud Institute , 28% of all nonprofit donations in 2021 came from a mobile device. Make donating effortless.

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Fundraising Statistics Paypal Retention 69

Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Because time is limited, you should begin with an attention-grabbing image and/or statement, then start right in and tell the story that you want to be known through a narrative arc that will take your donors on a journey. Videos promoting galas, networking events, #GivingTuesday, etc. The Awareness Video.

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Video Nonprofit Images Awareness 87

Greater Giving

MARCH 4, 2021

Content Generator/Curator – This team member is your cheerleader who shares exciting and interesting images, quotes, videos, and any other sharable content on social media. Production Lead – Prior to the event, a production lead will be creating video, images and graphics that will become a part of the fundraising event’s program.

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Virtual Tips Learning Sponsor 105

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. It’s a throwback from social networking circa 2006.

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Fun Resource Stats Wikipedia 230

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

You should also add a “Mobile” field to your donation forms and event sign-up sheets, and add your keyword and short code subscription information to your print newsletters. Finally, there are icons for SMS that you can download and integrate with your social networking icons on your website and your blog.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

Their belief is that “The most successful movements have always been born out of and held together by the bonds of real world relationships, and online social networks present never before seen opportunities for organizing.&# Jumo is another social media for social good platform that entered the mix in 2010.

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Social Media Social Media Site 272

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2011

A simple design with very little images. Mobile websites need to be simple in design with only a few low-resolution images too ensure fast download time. Social networking icons that link to your mobile profiles and pages. A mobile-optimized “Donate Now&# page. It requires much left-right-up-down scrolling.

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