Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Here are some helpful hints to make your Facebook group a truly vibrant platform: Maximizing group features for networking and engagement: Tagging individuals in posts. Docs live in a designated place within your group and are therefore not as subject to the news feed, which is more timely. No medium exists in a vacuum.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Send volunteers personalized emails and notifications. Survey volunteers to better understand what motivates them to give their time to your nonprofit (hint: this will help to create donation opportunities). Always focus on providing just as much value for your volunteers as they are providing your organization.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2015

So with that in mind, let's explore how you can build this kind of meaningful relationship with your supporters by taking a few hints from the best friends ever, Sam and Frodo in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Create a folder for people that respond to your newsletters or emails, and follow up with them ASAP.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

I have been in trainings where if I even hint that perhaps Facebook is a little over-rated, then eyes glare, people shift in their seats, and I have recollections of a few people even walking out. You can not directly email Fans, er people who “Like&# your Page (silly). That said, people love Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Mention the donor in emails directly about the event they sponsored. Mention the donor in emails year-round relating to the program they supported. Mention the donor in a dedicated email blast or several. This can be 4 emails a year dedicated to sponsors who give the org $10K or more. Hint: It’s the XYY Soup Kitchen.”

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BoardAssist

MAY 10, 2016

All of these are transforming the way we do fundraising today: new (and fun) social media tools, innovations in email marketing, the use of poignant images and video – I’m even seeing video embedded inside paper capital campaign case statements. Hint, don’t include a monthly request as part of a regular appeal.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Even as the reporters acknowledge that museums are trying to better understand and serve their visitors, there''s a hint of menace in headlines like " The Art is Watching You. " If you are reading this via email and would like to share a comment, you can join the c onversation here. We''re trying to personalize. We''re trying to adapt.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Here’s a hint: They want to know the inside scoop on what it takes to save bears or tutor kids or help homeless veterans. Many people scroll their social feeds and don’t turn the sound on. Ideally, you should build your social media platforms but also invite people back to your website to sign up on your email list.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 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!" Thats a great way to demonstrate transparency and accountability.

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

For instance, Capital Area Food Bank’s “Feeding the DMV” campaign shows all the ways that supporters can give (including text fundraising) and how exactly that gift impacts your mission— $20 feeds a family for a week! To drive donations, make sure to explain just exactly how a gift will provide for your community.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

It’ll come in an email from me later on today. I’ll keep kind of half an eye on the Twitter feed as well. But here’s a hint I always find really helpful. So negativity bias can tend to feed into fear, which is another perfectly normal function of your brain. So just be on the lookout for that. .

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

It’ll come in an email from me later on today. I’ll keep kind of half an eye on the Twitter feed as well. But here’s a hint I always find really helpful. So negativity bias can tend to feed into fear, which is another perfectly normal function of your brain. So just be on the lookout for that. .

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