Amy Sample Ward

JULY 31, 2012

That song, “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen, quickly also became the soundtrack to an Internet meme —that is, an idea that spreads online (“ I Can Has Cheezburger? That’s right, a widely recognized nonprofit organization has created a parody so that it can propagate a meme. Why meme at all?

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Association TV

MARCH 16, 2022

when Kathy’s had her second cup and is dying to find the right Facebook article to forward off to her dedicated crew of colleagues who rely on Kathy for the perfect morning meme or share-worthy article. This is a great example of what we call a microlearning video. This is a killer example of knowing your audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy. 1) Set up your nonprofit’s Facebook Page to make a good first impression.

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M+R

JULY 6, 2023

Post what you’d normally share on Twitter: A witty quip, a photo or video from an action, a link to your op-ed, or a meme about being the first to the party. Hesitations, for good measure Of course, it’s still a Meta app – which means Mark Zuckerberg controls Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads. Take it for a test drive.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

If you're a seasoned digital marketer, you've probably noticed Facebook's organic reach has been declining steadily over the last four years. As a result, more and more content is being produced; Facebook says on average, 1,500 stories can appear in someone's news feed when they log on. Organic reach dropped to just 6.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2008

Alex is a great example of a change blogger. The meme isn't necessarily limited to individuals as David Neff at Fispace mentions - corporate bloggers like Tyson Foods will donate 100 pounds of food for every comment made here. Britt included links to change bloggers and started a Changeblogger Facebook. What's that?

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Association TV

MARCH 16, 2022

when Kathy’s had her second cup and is dying to find the right Facebook article to forward off to her dedicated crew of colleagues who rely on Kathy for the perfect morning meme or share-worthy article. This is a great example of what we call a microlearning video. This is a killer example of knowing your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Recent research suggests that taking and posting too many selfies on your Facebook profile (or other social channels) can be damaging to your relationships.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

For example, if you're looking for music, artwork, or other content that you can freely remix, republish, and reuse as part of your digital story, there's a Creative Commons license for that, too. All you need to do is go to our Facebook page and post a question, or Tweet your question with the hashtag #Storymakers2014.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2015

Besides being an amazing charity, Gentle Carousel has a monumental Facebook presence for a completely volunteer-run operation. The Gentle Carousel Facebook page has more than 202,500 likes. According to this blog post from ChurchMag, "a Facebook and Twitter post gets shared more with an image than without, 2.5x spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. You might also consider setting up a Facebook Group just for alumni and encourage them to share this information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

This technique is the " hold a sign meme " where you ask your community to send photos to flickr of you (or your animal) holding a protest sign. Today, I happened to see HSUS that staffer Carrie Lewis posted a note on her profile and it showed up on my friends feed on Facebook. The flickr pool of photos is here.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2015

The Dress became one of the most quickly viral memes that the Internet has ever seen. Meme Me Up, Scotty. Memejacking is simply a type of newsjacking that connects your communications to a meme — that is, a pop culture trend. As communications tactics go, memes are cheap and easy to make. Engagement. … 2.

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Care2

JANUARY 27, 2014

What about Facebook? Upworthy is a great example of how compelling content can generate a lot of shares and comments on Facebook too. Should your organization adopt a similar model and share popular memes and videos with your audience on Facebook to generate more engagement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

What a passionate, amazing group of people who are running these small and mid-sized nonprofits, many in remote and rural wilderness locations in the US. I learned of two terrific examples of small nonprofit leveraging social media and user created content for their campaigns. The Hold A Sign Meme.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2014

For example, tell them how their $5 went to purchase vaccines or a pizza pie for 5 volunteers who were canvassing around a campaign in your neighborhood. For example, do you have donors who have donated $25 to your organization every month for the last five years? Connect their donation (even if it’s $5) to measurable impact.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

In the weeks that followed the big game, Left Shark has been a hit of internet memes , t-shirts and even a This is SportsCenter commercial. Here are a few points to keep in mind when diving into the shark-infested meme waters. Does the meme you want to recreate fit with the overall mission and marketing persona of your nonprofit?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

This could be as simple as “If we post more links on Facebook with the embedded link tool, we will increase our reach” or any of the items that Mari Smith suggests you measure on Facebook. In the example above, you would test posting the same link with the embedded link tool and without it. Don’t just guess.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

The guide offers a few examples, and a reminder that you don’t have to use them all: Dollars to be raised. Making it easy for your champions to do the work is also important and you’ll find lots of templates and examples that you can remix on the Knight Foundation’s Giving Day Playbook and toolkits on the GivingTuesday site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago. For the event, I used the Facebook Insights, Rowfeeder, and Storify. Approximately 85% of the donations were converted from my personal profile on Facebook. Fundraiser.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

With a couple friends at Green Memes, we're trying to create a new resource for the #nptech community - a free guide for the next generation of online organizers. We hear from community organizers all the time: How do I break through on Facebook? What's a meme? But at this point, I'd like to help give back.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

Roots of Change is a fairly small nonprofit, while Danielle’s job is full time, she estimates that only 15% of her time is allocated for social media. She juggles tweeting and Facebook with other communications tasks such as managing the web site and other communications channels. So, they started a fun meme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

Combining this with the advent of socialmedia tools such as blogs, Facebook and Twitter has made an individual???s The paper describes a "Social Media Index" that looks at other criteria beyond this including presence and participation and friends on other social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, etc as well as page rank.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Blackbaud guest bloggers share expert fundraising tips and simple steps for creating a Facebook page that rocks. Get practical advice on live-streaming an activist event and making an all-star meme for your nonprofit. Here's a roundup of what we've been doing. From the TechSoup Community. TechSoup Blog. From NetSquared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Via Facebook updates, I learned from Tharum that Preetaim Rai, the Southeast Asia Editor for Global Voices, posts a roundup of protests and prayer vigils in neighboring countries. Mean Lux points to an excellent post that summarizes the all the online support in addition to the Facebook activity.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

This one meme sums up the whole concept of retargeting and remarketing. Google and Facebook now let you target ads to specific email addresses. Let us explain this to you with a simple example. And the efficacy of retargeting and remarketing is not limited to just hypothetical examples and research stats.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2010

XKCD has finally updated its Map of Online Communities , showing the size of Facebook relative to its smaller brethren. Given the multiplicity of nonprofit-related examples -- including the past 2 issues of NTEN Connect -- crowdsourcing may very well be (part of) the future of nonprofit problem solving. "Farmville is so huge!

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Between the hashtags, the Facebook groups, the online petitions, the blog posts, and the constant emails, there’s just an overwhelming amount of advocacy communication online today. The organizations that succeed in today’s digital environment aren’t the ones with the most social media content or the funniest memes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Does your organization stream live on Instagram, YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook? Text or attractively designed images on Twitter, Linkedin, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, Clubhouse, etc.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Our friends at Epic Outreach do a GREAT job of telling their story on Facebook using photos and video. Memes, stories, photos – anything that causes a laugh or a smile. Any of these goals can be accomplished with original or shared content, videos, memes, and photos. Talk about the impact of your work. JUST for fun!

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 10, 2021

For example, if your community is already into cornhole, then a Cornhole Tournament might make sense. A meme got my attention recently on Facebook. Take these answers into consideration as you select your fundraiser so you can choose the one that will ultimately raise the most money. A Scholastic Book Fair for grownups.”

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Here’s an example of a great graphic for a Giving Tuesday campaign because it tells donors exactly how their gift will make a difference, and by providing 3 options, it gets donors in a shopping mode, choosing which one to give. Just after lunch: Do a Facebook Live talking about why your campaign is important and how lives will be changed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

The What, Why, and How of Facebook Fan Pages. Is Facebook Causes A One Night Stand? Be A Voice for Darfur: Great Example of A Multi-Channel Campaign. Let the Change Blogging Meme Hit The Road. Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Thinking Strategically About Social Media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

Facebook doesn’t try to hide its overwhelming favor for personal posts over branded content. Some supporters may jump at the chance to be a social media ambassador for an organization they care about, but do you really want messages about your initiatives intermingling with political rants or drinking memes?

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

While it isnt always practical to set up a knowledge exchange, especially if youre communicating with a large and diverse group (the "general public," for example), a two-way flow of information is widely accepted to be most effective. But youve really hit the nail on the head here with the real-world examples. Rebecca Muller.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

This can take place in a variety ways, including brown bag lunches "Facebook Friday," presenting examples from other organizations experiences, sharing market research data about consumer trends and social media. I think NTEN is a terrific example of the rule of thirds. The important thing is having the conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2014

Charity Jacking goes one step beyond “Social Media Meme Morphing.” ” A social media meme is an activity, concept, catchphrase or piece of media which spreads, often as mimicry, from person to person via the Internet. Phase 1: Personal Challenges with Cold Water to Raise Money.

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