Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2012

Ash Shepherd wrote a guest post earlier this week that offered fabulous templates and steps for developing the graphic images for your Facebook Page. Here’s how to shape your new page around photos and images that engage and motivate your community: Your Facebook Cover Photo Is Prime Real Estate: So Find Photo(s) That Tell Your Story Best.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Store their contact info like email addresses and phone numbers and easily track donor interactions when they make a donation or volunteer for your organization. Keep supporters updated with email blasts about fundraisers they can participate and set up a social media calendar to easily post across social media platforms.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The device will have a touch screen with a grid of pins that form Braille characters based on SMS or email messages. They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Here are some key findings: Email list sizes are up by 15 percent. social change.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

Another useful feature of this service is its direct mail management. You can design and print direct mail pieces like letters and gift acknowledgements from within Bloomerang. It also tracks how many recipients opened the email, clicked a link, or unsubscribed. Images: Amber Candle: Shutterstock. and Africa. Bloomerang.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Versus, “If you plan to give this year, will you reply to this email by the end of this week to give me a sense of when that will be? Listen, hun, your emails are too long. I know you love long emails, but you got to stop that. Your emails are too long. Just say, “Okay, what is the purpose of this email here?

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

" By not having to mail out physical adoption packets, it has been able to avoid using 100,000 plus sheets of paper, hundreds of ink cartridges, and all the fuel and carbon emissions associated with shipping. Images 1 and 3: Braided River. Image 2: Boulder Food Rescue. Image 4: Orangutan Outreach. Image 5: RE-volv.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

The more data points you have on your donors—from email and street addresses to job titles and company names, giving capacity, philanthropic history, contact preferences, and general interest—the more you will be able to target your asks and create fundraising campaigns that speak directly to them. Let’s get started!

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2015

By creating a “My Account” page—like the Gift Service Center in Luminate Online—you can allow constituents to select their preferred method of communication (email, direct mail, or phone), opt out or in to mailings, modify their gift amount, or even skip a monthly payment. Be bold, take risks, and try new messages and images!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

For 2014, our NPTech experts made strong predictions about charities doing more multi-channel marketing or going beyond email and direct mail into social media. "Mobile computing has boomed, and usability has improved to the point where tablets will start replacing laptops as the mobile computing device of choice.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 31, 2017

Many supporters prefer to give online on their laptops or mobile devices instead of in person. To further assist your donors with giving, you should: Include links to your donation form in your email blasts. Only include one image on the page and it should be at the top of the form. Use social media to your advantage.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Maybe you’re checking your mobile email. Mobile giving takes several forms, including (but not limited to): Text-to-give technology, QR code promotions, Mobile email fundraising, App-based fundraising, Mobile-friendly crowdfunding pages, And more! Having quick-loading images that display well on a small screen.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2013

The volume of searches for “ infographic ” has already surpassed searches for “ email marketing ” and will very soon be equal to searches for “ direct mail ”. How about a laptop or desktop screen? Check out the image below. Send it to your email list. Staggering. Just think about it for a minute.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2022

Although most companies know that aligning their business models with charitable causes is a good way to improve brand image, securing corporate sponsorships isn’t always easy. Here are a few free marketing offerings to consider: Include your sponsors’ logos on your event website, direct mail, social media. Email marketing: ?Send

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2016

A single laptop runs all the screens. TechSoup's hardware donation programs offer factory-refurbished commercial-grade laptop and desktop computers to churches, synagogues, mosques, and other religious organizations. Create Stunning Images with Adobe Tools. Mailing Made Easy with Pitney Bowes. Become a QuickBooks Pro.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2022

Although most companies know that aligning their business models with charitable causes is a good way to improve brand image, securing corporate sponsorships isn’t always easy. Here are a few free marketing offerings to consider: Include your sponsors’ logos on your event website, direct mail, social media. Email marketing: ?Send

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. It's a 40-page study that measures what's going on with nonprofit email, fundraising, social media, and mobile. Here are some key findings: Email list sizes are up by 15 percent. Digital Wallets.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

According to the study, “a nonprofit brand is most powerful when the organization’s internal identity and external image are aligned with each other and with its values and mission.”. Hopefully after viewing your brand frequently, they will feel increasingly attached to your image and mission thus be more prone to giving. Style guide.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Shortly after the Colorectal Cancer Coalition was incorporated as an organization in March 2005 we hired an admin, bought her a laptop and gave her a desk in a tiny single room office sublet from another organization in Washington, DC. I know my co-workers cringed and ran every time another email from me began with "Try this."

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Shortly after the Colorectal Cancer Coalition was incorporated as an organization in March 2005 we hired an admin, bought her a laptop and gave her a desk in a tiny single room office sublet from another organization in Washington, DC. I know my co-workers cringed and ran every time another email from me began with "Try this."

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Whether it's a virus hidden in an email, an unexpected server crash, or someone hacking into online transactions, threats to your nonprofit's or library's data and computers are always there. This suite also includes Symantec Endpoint Protection, Symantec Mail Security, and Symantec System Recovery.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Websites & Email. Tools like WordPress (website and blog content) and MailChimp (email marketing) are much easier to work with if users can make simple HTML edits. Mailmunch enables users to create a variety of pop-up email forms for their website. Keep your email signatures modern and simple. See also OptInMonster.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Ideal for capturing contact information for your mailing list, event registrations, and even customizing PayPal into your website for donation processing, Wufoo is well-reviewed and reasonably priced. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Share As Image :: shareasimage.com.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We have certainly seen some examples of maps or charts that the user can interact with, but with the over saturation of static infographic images, 2014 and the plethora of tools emerging that make these options really easy, we will see more organizations using data for storytelling that users can watch, click on, and really explore.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 13, 2010

We called upon our personal networks of trusted San Francisco-based editors to come in and read onsite during the weekend (with everyone working on their own laptops using the CMS). For example, we received a photo essay that featured images taken months ago in French Guyana. The CMS tabulated how many times each submission was read.

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