Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2018

A question I have often heard: should nonprofits focus on email or Facebook? An email sent to 100,000 people can easily spark tens or hundreds of times more messages to Congress than the same appeal sent via a Facebook page with 100,000 followers. . Facebook Strengths: . Facebook Weaknesses: . Peer-to-peer potential.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2018

What’s up with Facebook Political Ads? If you use Facebook, you probably have noticed how the news feed presents political or issue-related ads. All of this, of course, is in the interest of greater transparency following the revelation of how Russian hackers used Facebook in an attempt to sway voters during the 2016 U.S

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Facebook & Instagram These two social media platforms have a role at every funnel level. The targeting power of Facebook’s data makes new donors easy to reach, while the familiarity of its environment makes it a comfortable place for users from all segments to convert. Instagram integrates well with Facebook campaigns.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. People naturally form connections through interactions on social media platforms like Twitter, Discord, Instagram, and Facebook. The answer, simply, is to give people what they want!

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 25, 2020

Providing this information will show potential attendees that you have considered the value of networking at a physical event and taking the necessary steps to offer similar opportunities in a virtual environment. . Depending on your event and its audience, Facebook and Instagram are great places to start. Show Them How.

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Network for Good

MAY 4, 2021

It can be hard to plan ahead in an uncertain environment, but planning two to four weeks in advance can guide what you’re sharing while allowing for flexibility informed by what’s changing at your organization and in the world. Find the reason that makes what you do important today , and let that be what differentiates your organization.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

It’s an online-fundraising-friendly environment out there, with everything from donate buttons for your Facebook page to crowdfunding sites that leverage the power of relationships. If you’re trying to feed children in Africa, show a photo or clip of those kids. But it’s not a “build it and they will come” situation.

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Network for Good

MAY 4, 2021

It can be hard to plan ahead in an uncertain environment, but planning two to four weeks in advance can guide what you’re sharing while allowing for flexibility informed by what’s changing at your organization and in the world. Find the reason that makes what you do important today , and let that be what differentiates your organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

When we canvassed the environment and talked to small and medium non-profits, three themes kept on bubbling up. How can the community at large feed in to, support and help impact the direction and future of CauseVox? Keep track of activity through your news feed in the administrative interface. Just create an on-going campaign.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

This is an important distinction for small arts and culture nonprofits like yours, and how you positively influence local communities since your outcomes may be more difficult to quantify when compared to causes like feeding the hungry. Launch social media campaigns. Use online fundraising tools.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

A virtual trade show is a virtual event run in a digital environment and hosted through a virtual platform. And because the virtual environment is not tied to a physical space, the trade show may be a viable option for a greater number of exhibitors. Tips for marketing your virtual trade show. What is a Virtual Trade Show?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

If your nonprofit assists the poor, share a story of someone who finally secured employment or got a raise and can now feed their family and buy their kids new shoes for the school year. If your nonprofit works in disaster relief, share a story of survival.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 25, 2020

Providing this information will show potential attendees that you have considered the value of networking at a physical event and taking the necessary steps to offer similar opportunities in a virtual environment. . Depending on your event and its audience, Facebook and Instagram are great places to start. Show Them How.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

If your organization has any social media presence at all, it’s probably concentrated on Facebook. Facebook is a great place to share organizational updates, event invites, photos and videos. That means that expanding to Instagram, which is coincidentally Facebook-owned, should be simple. Get Started.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

A virtual trade show is a virtual event run in a digital environment and hosted through a virtual platform. And because the virtual environment is not tied to a physical space, the trade show may be a viable option for a greater number of exhibitors. Tips for marketing your virtual trade show. What is a Virtual Trade Show?

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2012

And it got me thinking how so many organizations fighting for the environment, women’s rights, religious freedom in other countries, (insert your cause here), continue to use social media as a tool to just broadcast their blog posts, press releases, or action alerts. During the 3 rd annual Nonprofit 2.0 Listen to your Community.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

Live fireside chats, product demos, workshops, and Q&A sessions can use live video and live chat to create an interactive environment that encourages attendee engagement. Using social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, you can prime the audience and get them excited about what they are about to experience.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

People simply choose a country of interest (such as China or Thailand) and an area of interest (such as education or the environment) and find a list of vetted opportunities to which they can donate money or give their time. maybe you want to join forces for a longer-term project for real impact.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

Live fireside chats, product demos, workshops, and Q&A sessions can use live video and live chat to create an interactive environment that encourages attendee engagement. Using social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, you can prime the audience and get them excited about what they are about to experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

(I'll be leading this workshop in Philadelphia for the Philadelphia Cultural Alliance in about two weeks) As part of my research process (using social media, of course), I looked at what arts organizations were doing on social networking sites like Facebook. We started the CSO Facebook page a couple of months ago. As of now, we???ve

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NTEN

JUNE 17, 2011

Today’s social networker is acutely aware that organizations regularly leverage social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to increase brand or mission awareness and customer, member and donor loyalty. Currently, Facebook has 600 million members and is the third most populous “country” in the world. Still not convinced?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Known for having higher engagement than other social media, Instagram is evolving and it is becoming increasingly more difficult for nonprofits to get exposure in the Instagram Feed. In most cases, your avatar should not include text as it would be too small to read in the Instagram feed on a smartphone. Utilize Geotags.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

So while the developed world spends on a new party outfit or the latest toys for their children, a small portion of that can go to feed. the hungry, fight disease, protect the environment, and otherwise promote good in the world. They work with consumerism rather than against it, as social awareness movements like #GivingTuesday.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2009

Jim suggests some ways in which online collaboration can spare both your travel budget and the environment. Elliot talks about how RSS feeds can make it easier to sift through information online. Susan examines strategies for using Facebook as a part of your nonprofit's communications strategy. TechSoup Blog.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Look for mobile providers to combine these ideas to enable a virtual meeting environment with video, audio, whiteboard, and presentations from multiple attendees. Through their use of "Second Life," TechSoup has been at the forefront of virtual meeting and collaboration environments for several years. What do you think?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2020

With an industry average of 28% retention in the peer-to-peer space, we proved that the environments we were creating with our events were not terribly fulfilling. He was removed from his physical environment, (just like he is now) but his relationships didn’t suffer at all. You feed Tom because you are caring and thoughtful.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

In every vertical, ranging from the environment to public health, there are hundreds if not thousands of organizations with similar names and missions competing for advocacy, donor, and foundation support. In the last 10 years, the nonprofit sector has grown more than 60 percent in the United States to an estimated 1.5 million organizations.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

" Chiu was the first to launch a Twitter feed and currently has the most followers amongst the mayoral candidates. He also has an excellent Facebook page and a dynamic website that provides information on the candidate, policy positions, and opportunities to get involved. Chiu crushed this one out of the park."

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

I came back to this question as I listened to the most recent RadioLab podcast about Facebook''s mass social experiments on users. For years, Facebook has teamed up with social psychologists to perform social experiments through small changes to the Facebook interface. Facebook is a completely socially-engineered environment.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2010

They theorize that multiple vibrant scenes in an accepting environment are what make Austin remarkable. How can you use Twitter, Facebook and other online tools to foster a community related to your cause? Community feeds experience and experience feeds community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Kevin Gamble who reads more feeds than I do tweeted about this blog post by Stow Boyd. It is really bizarre, but this afternoon I've been struggling with the notion about the connection between individual adoption and organizational adoption of social media tools like Facebook or others. Shut It Down! Shut It Down! ).

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Couple that with the rising cost of donor acquisition and you’ve got an incredibly difficult environment for fundraisers (and their nonprofits) to succeed. John Haydon , Author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies. If the donor retention trend continues, we’ll eventually end up with donor retention rates under 20%. Don’t just take.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 13, 2009

But the Web is changing into a socially contextualized information environment, and as that change happens, it becomes more important that people can "find you" via their personal social networks. Ask a college student what her homepage is, and you are likely to see Facebook, not Google, pop up on her screen.

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Care2

APRIL 14, 2009

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!" RSS feeds are your friends. Monitor the Results. Then Turn the Frown Upside Down. Great article.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

The economic crisis has changed the external environment. Are you using the social media tools most efficiently and effectively given the environment , the changes in the tools, and your goals? Don't live on Twitter, your blog, Facebook, or your email. The tips below are for you. . Check in once or twice a day.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 9, 2017

Nonprofits have a unique advantage on Facebook. Facebook is an environment where billions of people go to check in on what matters most to them and this includes the causes they’re most passionate about. Our news feeds will have more and more video in them as this mega-trend continues. Sponsored by Animoto.

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