AFP Blog

JUNE 22, 2012

Teens turn from Facebook to fresher social-media sites – USATODAY.com : Facebook appears to have competition for teens' attention, and they're drifting to other social-media sites as evidence mounts that the growth of the world's largest social network is slowing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 19, 2011

While writing Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , I visited over 500 nonprofit homepages looking primarily for links to their social networking communities. A rough guesstimate would be that less than 30% of those homepages included links or icons to their Facebook Page, Twitter Profile, YouTube Channel, etc.,

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Bloomerang

MAY 30, 2023

Source To assess what your donors desire, you can map out a persona or identity or run a survey on your existing network and ask questions like: What topics would you like to learn more about? Facebook lead ads : Lead ads are another great option because users don’t have to leave the platform to go to your website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I was so happy to hear the story of how the event got started and the beginning of the network from Fernanda Bornhausen Sa. The presentation is in the form of a network map – so you can tell that they already approach their social change work with a network lens. Teens As Free Agents. ” Philantroteens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ raised over $10M in one day by Jeff Achen of GiveMN.org. “Do Do what you do best and network the rest.”. That’s simple, but wise advice from the definitive nonprofit social media strategy manual, “ The Networked Nonprofit.” Facebook = 21,865. Leveraging our network. Twitter = 827.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2014

Eighty-three percent of millennials ages 18–29 use social networking sites on a regular basis as do 73 percent of teens. They are also more likely to donate to a nonprofit directly from a social networking site or through text than any other generation. The most startling fact about the younger generation is its silence.”

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2010

Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg fired up the death of email debate at the Nielsen’s Consumer 360 Conference Yesterday. She said only 11% of teens email daily and that they are using SMS (or Twitter) and social networks for communications. Yes, but on social networks like Twitter, the adoption rate is actually low.

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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, the community on Daily Booth has a lot of active teens. If your nonprofit works with teens and young people, this is a mobile photo-sharing community that you should definitely explore.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Neon CRM

JULY 13, 2023

It’s an easy, free way to mobilize current supporters to spread the word about your cause and encourage their networks to donate on a day dedicated specifically to giving. Here’s a great example: “Did you know that 1 in 4 teens in the U.S. Social media is important for nonprofits year-round. Solving this problem costs only $.

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Forum One

JULY 11, 2023

Threads also eventually plans to become part of the Fediverse , a digital universe of interoperable networks that can communicate with each other. This is a big shift for Meta, the leader in social media, as it signals a move from centralized networks to decentralized ones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

They even got to meet Keo Savon, the young Cambodian women that we are sending to college by donating the royalties from my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” to the Sharing Foundation. I recently keynoted the Social Good Brazil Conference in November.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Teens are a known (and somewhat controllable) entity. The first of these reasons is practical.

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NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

Incorporate the link in your Facebook and Twitter posts and print materials. As part of your campaign you could launch a site that allows all the supporters of your campaign to reach into their networks to generate increased buzz, engagement, and support. Make sure to use a multichannel approach when you do this. Special Projects.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

You’ve probably heard of Facebook ; you may even have set up a group or a fan page there for your organization. But did you do that because you heard of Facebook in the news, or from a friend? Maybe you’ve never heard of those platforms, but for some large demographics they are the hot spots online, not Facebook.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

CMe allows you to link to your Twitter account, and connect with your Facebook friend''s CMe accounts, but you won''t ever know who''s who unless they expose themselves. Social Networking Web 2.0' If they reveal their identity, the person who posted will have the option to continue the conversation through private messaging.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

For older age groups, convert the readathon goal to be less about books read, but pages read with donations for every hundred pages for teens. Giving fundraisers a designated giving page ensures their social network knows who they’re giving to and why. Personal Facebook fundraisers. 5K/10K Race. The best part?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

Launched in 2011, Snapchat is an image and video messaging app that is very popular with tweens and teens and increasingly Millennials and Gen Xers. As we have learned in the past with Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram the early adoption phase is when new communities grow the fastest. Do not make snap judgments about Snapchat.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys? Or are you looking to open a shelter for teens who have left or been kicked out of their homes, a need totally different than the family shelters in your community. Is the need for more beds seasonal? And if you aren’t active, get active!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ raised $13.4M Here are some statistics that show just how important Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were to our success. Our Give to the Max Day celebrity PSA video has earned 2,620 views on YouTube , in addition to being aired on numerous local and state television networks.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

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!" Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. How did they do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

Note from Beth: Next week, I’ll be keynoting the “ Future of Social Media Conference ” in London hosted by Social Misfits in partnership with Facebook, JustGiving, the Hospital Club Foundation, and the Guardian Voluntary Sector Network. Helping Your Teen Give Back. Help them promote their campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

So, why another social network, especially one where the focus is to create content, not consume and the culture of it is rather secretive? As this Snap Chat 101 for business people in the Wall Street Journal points out, “Facebook is for major life updates. Your friend from third grade just had her 10th baby!)

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Care2

MARCH 20, 2013

Since CNN reporters Poppy Harlow and Candy Crowley first broke the news about the Steubenville sentencing for the rape of a 16 year-old high school woman, the news network and the reporters have been flooded with criticism. Why weren't they educated about violence, and if they were, what compelled them to think rape was okay?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

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!" Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. How did they do it?

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2016

We become the anti-social Twitter and Facebook user that agitates everyone else on social media. And his strategy was simple: create a social network that spreads and eventually covers the earth. Yes, Jesus created a social network of his own!). And these people are real, genuine, and in it for the relationship. spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

I believe that, too, and I love working for an organization — Common Sense Media , an independent nonprofit — that’s dedicated to preparing kids to make the most of the incredible opportunities this networked culture provides us, while overcoming its potential pitfalls. Who knows what’s coming at us? Location sharing?

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Care2

DECEMBER 13, 2009

The oldest Millienials are approaching 30 and the youngest are about to be teens. The first generation in human history who regard behaviors like tweeting and texting, along with websites like Facebook, YouTube, Google and Wikipedia as everyday parts of their social lives and their search for understanding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Our largest “good idea” to date will be a fully accredited residential high school for homeless teens in San Francisco, which we will look to replicate in other cities across the country. Well…sheer hustle, an inspiring video , and a supportive network. Thanks for reading and of course, you can vote for us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Disruptor: Facebook. Disruptive Model: Social Network. Why Facebook is a Fundraising Game Changer: John Haydon, blogger and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies , believes that without Facebook pushing the limits of how people use social media, fundraising wouldn’t be as social. Co-Disruptor: AdoptAClassroom.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2013

For a while now, social media’s no longer seen as simply a fad of teens and college students. We shouldn’t see the same post each day on our Facebook timeline or Twitter feed. It is important to have a visual focus when it comes to marketing your event, especially on Facebook. Avoid Monotony. Keep It Visual. Stop Shouting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

In the 10 years since the “Nonprofit Organizations” brand has expanded to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr, Storify, Flipboard, Periscope, and most recently Snapchat. Twitter , Facebook , and Instagram were no-brainers. Quit a Social Network. would most likely had revealed itself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

launched a contest on Facebook. Friendship Circle, has a web contest landing page that provides instructions on how to vote and a direct link to the Facebook app page. . In November, the Chase Community Giving launched a contest on Facebook. (Screen capture of Leaderboard as of Monday, Jan. For example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

There are so many more people who join social networks, who collect and aggregate favored content, and critique and rate books and movies. But the teens heard, “Do whatever you want—we don’t really care what it is.” But the teens heard, “Do whatever you want—we don’t really care what it is.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

What is interesting to me about this concept of a platform for change that is very different from say - campaigns on social networking sites like Facebook or the use of widgets and charity badges on blogs for personal fundraising campaigns -- is that while Virtual Worlds are empowering individuals -- we are empowering collective action.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Imagine a typical Internet surfer and your first thought might be of a teen or young adult, not a grandparent or retiree. Greater generational differences appear when it comes to reasons for social networking and selecting virtual destinations. How to' networking sites are increasingly popular among older adults.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2015

It might seem scary that the future of the nonprofit sector will soon be in the hands of teens and college graduates who seem to only care about whatever is displayed on the screen of their smartphone or tablet. workforce—84% of the 1,584 millennial workers surveyed made a charitable contribution last year.

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