Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. The above visual is a social network. Each dot represents a person or in network jargon, a node. Information flows.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

These events can be tours of your facilities, panels with guest speakers, or informal meet-and-greets. These events should offer information about your organization and its mission, services, goals, and ways to get involved. Don’t overwhelm yourself with having to manage and pay attention to too many networks at a time.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 20, 2016

10 Website Design and Email Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits. billion email accounts worldwide and the number is expected to grow to 5.6 55 % of email opens are now mobile. billion email accounts worldwide and the number is expected to grow to 5.6 55 % of email opens are now mobile. billion by 2020.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2008

" -- Although when I posted videos of his grandchildren on his profile, he emailed me saying he enjoyed the video. A question I'm often asked is " What are the demographics of social networking users ?" I keep a couple of my links to social network site audience data here , but it is a moving target.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Monster Today is Information Overload Awareness Day. The purpose is to call attention to the problem of Information Overload, how it impacts both individuals and organizations, and what can be done to lessen its impact. Take my information overload quiz. Create Good Social Media Habits. Make Time for Reflection.

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NetWits

APRIL 6, 2012

While we were there, Blackbaud, NTEN and Common Knowledge released the 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. As social media, marketing and communications, and fundraising types continue to download and read the report we’re seeing more interest in the value nonprofits are placing on a Facebook Like (i.e.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

I really wanted to attend the " Social Networks Friend for Foe? "at Barely a week goes by that I don’t see at least one status update or tweet from a nonprofit colleague lamenting a hacked personal account, including email, Twitter and Facebook. at UC Berkeley earlier this month, but unfortunately had a conflict.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2017

From a grassroots effort to mobilize broad audiences like the Women’s March to high-touch, high dollar fundraising, having more information about the social media habits of your supporters will help you be more effective in your outreach. This is why we’re doubling down on our existing social matching functionality in EveryAction.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2013

Provide links to back-up information, quotes from executive staff, and make it known to journalists that you are available to answer their inquiries on Twitter. People on social networks ignore links that do not pull up thumbnails and are heavily text-based. Try increasing to 12 or 14 to make the information easier to read.

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NTEN

JUNE 27, 2012

] By Beth Kanter, Author of Beth's Blog Content curation is the process of sifting through information on the web and organizing, filtering and making sense of it and sharing the very best content with your network. It isn’t mindless consumption of online information. We can’t blame it all on the amount of information.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

I am not sure how useful this information is to nonprofits. Muchos kudos to the nonprofits that kept the donation process limited to one or two pages with only minimal data required to donate (name, mailing/billing address, and credit card information). National Campaign to Protect Social Security & Medicare.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Interesting and informative content can truly set your fundraiser apart from the rest, and the right photos can help tell your story in a unique way. Aside from your photo, your fundraiser title is one of the first pieces of information that potential donors will see. 7) Use social media to promote your fundraiser.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 4, 2016

It’s becoming increasingly clear that digital payments will be central to the social network experience in 2017 and thereafter. 2) For the first donation, donors must enter their credit card information. 6) Nonprofits are provided the donor’s email address for a follow-up thank you email and email engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. I mentioned a link from IBM via Elsua (Luis Suarez).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2011

Take an ROI approach to the amount of time that is being spent, especially if you haven’t really built up , engaged , and developed relationships with people via your social networks in other places. Don’t just do an ROI analysis with your social time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2014

Create donation impact graphics for social media. Your followers on social networks are much more likely to take notice of your fundraising asks if you create a series of donation impact graphics. splcenter.org/stay-informed. Fundraising Mobile Media Social Media' Have a “More Ways to Give” page.

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2012

But when Zuckerberg says that email is going to die because young people prefer to text, you can’t help but laugh at the irony since providing your email address is actually how you register for a Facebook account. For example: Looking to sign up for more information about your favorite nonprofit? billion email addresses.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Rather than engaging with Gen Z members on TikTok or YouTube, Community Brands research found that 78% of member-based organizations used LinkedIn as their primary form of social networking. When you offer solutions like automated email marketing , you can set up personalized touchpoints throughout a member’s journey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2009

This morning I got an email from Lynn M. Tveskov from the United Way of America letting me know that UWA has caught social networking spring fever! Answer thoughtfully, ask questions, your goal is to learn and inform. United Way then provided additional information about the investment and calling 2-1-1 for help.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

To make matters worse, most millennials live their social lives online and are prone to information overload. Stories are a great way to inspire action, get thousands of “likes” and online followers, further spreading your message across social networks. And this is where storytelling comes in.

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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? So what should you do with information like this? —

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Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

What sort of marketing are you doing currently (event, social, etc.)? . Acquisition: What are all the ways you collect a person’s information? How do you encourage them to provide this information? What happens after they provide their information? . Engagement: How do you keep your constituents engaged? Acquisition.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Our clients are planning, designing, and launching online professional networks of all shapes and sizes to reach, engage, and inform external stakeholders. It offers a very nice blend of social networking and web content management functionality, and is very customizable. Open Atrium. Jive Engage Platform.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The experience has made me acutely aware that access to information about trends in nonprofit technology, online fundraising, and social media often does not reach small NGOs – especially those in rural areas. It’s not for lack of desire or technical capability, but simply due to a block in information flow.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2022

Therefore, your influencer marketing strategy should fall in naturally with your other marketing efforts, including: Email marketing campaigns. You likely already send emails to your supporters , but you shouldn’t just send mass messages to every one of your contacts. Social media posts.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Our clients are planning, designing, and launching online professional networks of all shapes and sizes to reach, engage, and inform external stakeholders. It offers a very nice blend of social networking and web content management functionality, and is very customizable. Open Atrium. Jive Engage Platform.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

The technology to accept donations online was launched in the late 90′s, but it wasn’t until 2008 that nonprofits began to experience significant dollars raised online primarily thanks to the rise of e-newsletters and social media. That said, the volume of content on their home page is much higher than it was in 2008.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 13, 2021

Offering an online community is a great way to elevate and encourage networking among your association’s members. It can also make your association a part of your members’ daily social networking habits. Deliver targeted, personalized email communications. Download now.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 13, 2010

If your nonprofit organization needs to set up a blog instantly and/or temporarily, perhaps for sharing information around a time-specific issue, Posterous may be just the ticket. Tags: Blogging Non-profit Communications Non-profit technology nptech social media Social networking. Quick to set up and easy.( read more ).

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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. For more information about virtual fundraising in 2021 check out our latest webinar: “ Virtual Gala 2.0-Going Encouraging connections on social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I am still working out the details about how this will work exactly, but if you’d like more information please email me directly. This is new territory for Nonprofit Tech for Good and thus far the move is bringing some new life to our social networking communities. View: 2019 Free Webinar Schedule.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

According to Huiquan Zhou and Shihua Ye, “The rapid development of information technology has boosted nonprofit organizations’ ability to reach out to a larger and more diverse audience… in a fast and affordable way.” For example, the Children’s Society in the UK used an NLP chatbot to deliver fundraising information to potential donors.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 15, 2022

My complaint about Paypal is that you cannot customize the thank you page or the automatic email to give donors a wonderful donation experience. Donors can donate to the classroom project of their choice and then invite social network friends, fans and followers to join their efforts.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

This can help you develop an email campaign for your GivingTuesday. Type in non-sensitive information about your organization and ask ChatGPT to create a short email template to send to your donors. Preparing your emails ahead of time will allow you to schedule out your GivingTuesday email campaign in advance.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Thousands of nonprofits use EveryAction every day to raise money, manage offline fundraising through pledges and grants, send emails, run nonprofit digital advocacy campaigns, and so much more. Each year, EveryAction users send hundreds of millions of emails and raise hundreds of millions of dollars. #3. Get support when you need it.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Because artificial intelligence is so powerful, and we know that it will outstrip the most intelligent human’s capacity to process information, we would be foolhardy not to try to understand the topics that affect us. The answer is a lot, including bots and tech, that stole personal information and led misinformation campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2015

Your nonprofit could have a wide variety of excellent blog content , but if your blog’s design doesn’t make a positive first impression, then few will read it – much less share it with their followers on social networks. Prominently featured a “Donate” button, e-newsletter opt-in, and social network icons.

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