Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

That was my number one priority when writing the book… to create a comprehensive, useful social and mobile media how-to guide for nonprofits. Subscribe to social media and mobile technology blogs. Get the necessary training (HTML, digital photography, video, social media, and mobile technology). 1) Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. There are more than 65 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices and that number grows daily. MySpace estimates that 50% of its Website traffic will be mobile within 24 months. How about your nonprofit?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

They were on Myspace and organizing via Facebook Groups years before corporate brands, higher education, and broadcast and print media. That said, here are three simple steps to get started with mobile photo-sharing: 1. Select a mobile a mobile photo-sharing tool. Download a Twitter app.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Expert new media managers have the ability to anticipate the impact of emerging trends in mobile and social media. They use their creative impulses to come up with innovative mobile and social media campaigns for their own nonprofit.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology A goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn? August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

And what’s this I hear about teens leaving Facebook for other social networks, is this true? 38% of Internet users access social media through mobile. We’ve talked in the previous blog posts about the importance of mobile to your nonprofit’s digital content marketing future. But what social platform are they on the most?

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2023

Moreover, an online search may take your prospective supporter to other platforms like YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and, of course, Candid. Bring your story to life using different types of video content (e.g., live streams, professionally produced clips, and authentic moments captured on a mobile device.)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

Chapter 3 Facebook and Facebook Apps. Introduction to Facebook Pages. Eleven Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits. Five Advanced Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits. Facebook Community Pages? The Big Picture: Storytelling through Video and Photos. Getting Started with Video.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Tuesday, January 15: Mobile Communications and Mobile Fundraising. Tuesday, January 29: Facebook and Facebook Apps: Beginner/Intermediate. Thursday, January 31: Facebook and Facebook Apps: Advanced. Tuesday, February 19: LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

As a general rule, donations pages should be simple, optimized for mobile giving, and ask for the minimal amount of information required to make a donation and to capture a donor’s contact information. Facebook has the highest ROI and it is worth investing $100-500 in a test advertising campaign for your monthly giving program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Unless you study Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. They just think of YouTube as website where the can quickly upload and host their online videos. 4) You have not claimed your LinkedIn Company Page. Odds are your nonprofit has a LinkedIn Company Page. 7) Your Facebook Page only has one admin. Google, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

On top of those challenges, Facebook reach has dropped to an abysmal 1%. Instagram’s new algorithm will require top-notch visual and video content which most small nonprofits will struggle to create and curate. LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, YouTube, Google+, Vine, Tumblr? Yeah, right.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2011

Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare are not miracle-producers. Old news does not get shared on Facebook or retweeted on Twitter. 2) Is mobile. The Mobile Web is here. The Internet has gone mobile. Your nonprofit’s social media campaigns are only as good as the social media manager running them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/JointheFight. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/groups?gid=104492. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Organization Size: Medium.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly. As a starting point, all nonprofits should be investing time and resources in the “Big Three”: Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube. It is highly trafficked and should be the foundation for your nonprofit’s video campaigns. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Thankfully, the book Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits breaks down, in clear and concise terms, just how much time an organization should devote to building and managing a social media campaign. Facebook is an almost must-have for today’s non-profits.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In today’s digital-centric world, your organisation has plenty of choices when it comes to marketing your organization —from generating content on social media accounts like Instagram and Facebook to your nonprofit website. What better way to show off your nonprofit’s impactful work than with your engaging social media content?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2010

One in five Americans now access the Mobile Web daily. You can send out Facebook Status Updates, Tweets, and even record videos and upload it to your YouTube channel while on location at events, fundraisers, conferences, or protests using a smartphone. 4) To experience mobile browsers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

In the weeks after Google+ launched I saw a number of blog posts and articles about how brands should drop Facebook and Twitter, and migrate their communities over to Google+. College-educated professionals use LinkedIn regularly. Many low-income communities access the Mobile Web more frequently than the desktop Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In the weeks after Google+ launched I saw a number of blog posts and articles about how brands should drop Facebook and Twitter, and migrate their communities over to Google+. College-educated professionals use LinkedIn regularly. Many low-income communities access the Mobile Web more frequently than the desktop Web.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

Build up your presence on social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Actively engage with followers by answering their questions, tagging them in photos and videos, and commenting on and resharing posts they make about your organization. Use social media. Optimize your website.

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AccelEvents

JULY 21, 2021

Pre-recorded videos. Integrated live-streamed videos. Integrate your Stripe account for seamless ticketing sales, and then integrate your live stream with a connected Youtube account, LinkedIn account, Facebook, or Twitter profile. Private 1-to-1 video conferencing in breakout rooms. Pre-recorded video.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

To be successful on the Social Web, nonprofits need to have a presence on mutliple social networks and should be consistently creating content that can be shared on the Social Web, such as blog posts, photos, and videos. If your expectations of social media are minimal, then only having a Facebook Page is enough.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

New tools and mobile apps should always be on our radar. But have nonprofit camaigners in the US been drinking too much Kool-aid these past couple of years and putting too much faith in mobile apps? Consider what the most popular mobile apps are today. Mobile Apps are a Waste of Time for Associations.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

He maintains the social media presence for GiftWorks via Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn as well as their website and blog, in addition to hosting GiftWorks monthly webinars. Eastern time for a free webinar on how to Create and Share Nonprofit Stories that Your Facebook Friends Will "Like."

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Classy

JULY 26, 2021

Keep the number of impact blocks to four or less so donors can easily access your campaign on a mobile device. . High engagement signals to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn that your post is quality, which means your content is pushed higher up on supporters’ newsfeeds. . Thank you videos. Social media posts .

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

You could create blog posts that incorporate social media posts and TikTok videos to appeal to younger audiences’ interests. There are advantages to writing both short and long-form posts: Short-form posts of around 300-500 words can be read quickly from a mobile device and they help deliver timely or urgent messages to your audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications. In 2008, the WWF was on Myspace and likely utilizing a Facebook Group and YouTube Channel, but those tools had not yet become integrated into their website design.

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Whole Whale

MAY 12, 2020

This also matters because many people will open this on their mobile device so the link will make it easier to play in their podcast app. Personal LinkedIn. Promote each episode with a LinkedIn Post from top staff. Find the Facebook Group talking about your topic with your audience and join it. Be our guest !

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Mobile is hot. We’re almost starting to sound like a broken record, but if mobile has not been a priority for you, now’s the time to embrace it. With 66% of people now reading their emails on smartphones, having mobile-responsive messaging has never been more urgent for nonprofits.

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

Video ads Display ads Native ads Email marketing Geo targeting and geofencing Mobile applications. Utilize a platform like Qgiv to help you host virtual auctions and mobile bidding. Ideas include asking participants to create videos, share photos, or come up with clever hashtags and branding ideas for your nonprofit.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

In part one of this article, we’ll cover the big dogs of social media: Facebook Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. Facebook is the catch-all of every social media channel. You can share photos and videos, interact with your audience and expand your network of supporters. Helpful tools: Facebook scheduling.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2013

New Mobile Features. For starters, several features expand access for those using mobile devices. The mobile preview feature allows FluidSurveys users to view on their desktop how their surveys will look when opened on a mobile device. Video Introduction to 5.0. Please visit the site to view this video).

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Mobile Optimization. Images and videos. Since many of your supporters will likely engage with your nonprofit on social media, make sure your CMS supports social media integrations like live social feeds for Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. Mobile Optimization. Mobile forms. should adjust for mobile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Your Google/Gmail Account becomes the basis of your personal Google+ Profile and similar to Facebook, you must have a personal Google+ Profile before you can create a Google+ Page for your nonprofit. In short, you have to be a real person on Google+ before you can use the community to build a brand for your nonprofit – just like Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

But this year, the buzz leading up to the November 15 event on Twitter and Facebook, as well as on sites like YouTube and Linkedin, was even stronger. Based on our post-event survey of more than 9,000 individual donors, 67 percent heard about the event via email, 23 percent via Facebook, and 4 percent via Twitter.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The six primary communications channels used by nonprofits are websites, email, traditional social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn), in-person events, print marketing, and media relations/PR. Clearly, Facebook is the undisputed heavyweight champion of social media world. Finally, the age of mobile fundraising is upon us.

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