Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2012

Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. In fact, most nonprofits in the United States now regularly use social media in their communications and development campaigns, but few nonprofit social media practioners have been properly trained how to best utilize sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Google+. Cost: Free.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

There’s always room for improvement and unfortunately overconfidence in social media skills prevent many nonprofit staff from getting training that could significantly increase their social media ROI (Return on Investment). Unless you study Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. Many nonprofits are neglecting their YouTube Channels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Scheduled to occur sometime between late 2009 and early 2010, some major changes are coming to Facebook Fan Pages. But small nonprofits are going have a harder time with the new Pages, at the very least initially, because: 1) Status Updates showing up in the News Feed to all fans is no longer guaranteed. They have to know that.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

For those 79% of nonprofits out there, I have listed 10 social media metrics below that can be easily tracked and plotted on a Social Media Return on Investment (ROI) Spreadsheet ( Download ). If not, it may be time to get some training. Facebook/YouTube/MySpace Comments and Twitter Mentions. Website Traffic. Volunteers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 21, 2012

Time: 2-3:30pm :: Honolulu (Wednesday, September 26). Your organization’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is directly related to whether your staff fully understand each sites’ unique functionality and toolset as well as how to best integrate these tools into your long-term online communications and fundraising strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 12, 2012

Time: 8-9:30am :: New York, Toronto. Your organization’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is directly related to whether your staff fully understand each sites’ unique functionality and toolset as well as how to best integrate these tools into your long-term online communications and fundraising strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm (Indian Standard Time). Many organizations are making simple mistakes that are draining their social media Return on Investment (ROI) – the good news, however, is that these mistakes can be easily fixed. Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012. Cost: Free! How to Register: Sign up !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/thenatureconservancy. YouTube: youtube.com/natureconservancy. My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. I know our YouTube channel started in 2007. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Anything else?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 8, 2012

Time: 12-1:30pm Singapore/Kuala Lumpur. (10-11:30am campaigns in order to maximize ROI (Return on Investment). The webinar then closes with a discussion about how social media is directly resulting in an increase online giving and will demonstrate click-by-click how to use Excel to track and report your nonprofit’s Social Media ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/JointheFight. YouTube: youtube.com/StopPancreaticCancer. 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. Please summarize your ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/BigCatRescue. YouTube: youtube.com/BigCatRescue. Are they paid, full-time, part-time? We have two full-time, paid people working on social networking along with me. Chris Poole is our full time Videographer and Media Producer. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. Social media skeptics often say that it’s a waste of time to utilize social networking sites because they are here today, and then gone tomorrow. This is when the MySpace vs. Facebook debate began to rage in the blogoshphere.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Nonprofits have spent years promoting Facebook and get rewarded with a 2% organic reach. Millions of nonprofits worldwide have been asking supporters and donors to “Follow Us on Facebook!” ” or “Like Our Facebook Page!” Our sector has provided billions of dollars of free advertising for Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

People are often surprised when I say that if given the choice, I would choose 10,000 e-Newsletter subscribers over 10,000 Followers on Twitter, 10,000 Fans on Facebook, or 10,000 Friends on Foursquare… combined. For me, that ROI translates into webinar attendees and speaking engagements. Consequently, so has my ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.), Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/womenforwomen. YouTube: youtube.com/womenforwomenintl. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and the Notes from the Field WordPress blog. Are they paid, full-time, part-time?

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The most common mistake we see is trying to acquire a donor on the “first date” interaction only, instead of viewing donor acquisition like a longer relationship that must be nurtured over time. Paid: Facebook lead ads. These are low-cost ways to acquire an email on Facebook from a targeted audience. Send a survey.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/humanesociety. YouTube: youtube.com/hsus. We’re using Facebook primarily, Twitter for feedback, dabbling in Foursquare, and starting our LinkedIn presence. We don’t use it like we use Facebook, for advocacy, fundraising, and relationship building. Are they paid, full-time, part-time?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

It’s obvious to anyone who spends time online that video is taking over the internet. In the Into Focus report , See3, YouTube and Edelman surveyed nonprofit staff and found that the clear majority recognizes the power of video. Finding the ROI. Video is cool, but it is also expensive (in time and money).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

On top of those challenges, Facebook reach has dropped to an abysmal 1%. Twitter requires a time investment that many small nonprofits simply do not have. LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, YouTube, Google+, Vine, Tumblr? LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, YouTube, Google+, Vine, Tumblr? Yeah, right.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2012

Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. In fact, most nonprofits in the United States now regularly use social media in their communications and development campaigns, but few nonprofit social media practioners have been properly trained how to best utilize sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Google+. Cost: Free.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 7, 2011

LinkedIn Groups can be very high in ROI as long as you’re patient and willing to invest at least an hour a week promoting and monitoring your LinkedIn Group. Today, those 14,000 members result in more ROI than 16,000 Facebook Fans and run a not-so-distant second to 411,000 Twitter Followers. No kidding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 12, 2012

Time: 8-9:30am :: New York, Toronto. Your organization’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is directly related to whether your staff fully understand each sites’ unique functionality and toolset as well as how to best integrate these tools into your long-term online communications and fundraising strategy.

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Media Cause

JUNE 28, 2021

For example, if you would like to build awareness you might want to run a combination of Facebook and Programmatic Display ads. If your goal is conversions, Facebook and Search Ads might be a better fit. These platforms do not require any type of minimum spend—and are great at driving an ROI on direct response fundraising campaigns. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Facebook: facebook.com/nationalwildlife. YouTube: youtube.com/nationalwildlife. From there I signed us up for various Facebook groups and profiles and continued experimenting sites like Change.org and Care2. And for that event, Facebook Causes helped us raise the most money we’ve ever raised on social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. Though Facebook had gone public nine months previous, Facebook Groups were only just beginning to be used as community-building tools by nonprofits and Facebook Pages didn’t exist yet. Compile stats to share with executive staff.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment). Define Your Metrics and Create a Social Media ROI Spreadsheet. Though most nonprofits in the United States, Canada and the U.K.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 8, 2012

Time: 12-1:30pm Singapore/Kuala Lumpur. (10-11:30am campaigns in order to maximize ROI (Return on Investment). campaigns in order to maximize ROI (Return on Investment). Date: Thursday, April 26. 10-11:30am New Delhi; 2-3:30 Sydney; 4-6:30pm Auckland). Cost: Free. How to Register: Sign up !

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Forum One

JULY 11, 2023

While this is a staggering growth rate for any app, only time will tell if Meta can take down Twitter. We wanted to take some time to share our thoughts on the platform so far. All in all, this has left many organizations and users wondering if it’s time to ditch Twitter. Why is Threads Being Released Now?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/taprootfoundation. YouTube: youtube.com/thetaprootfoundation. Megan: We currently have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Jumo, YouTube and Vimeo. Are they paid, full-time, part-time? Megan does a fantastic job of keeping the content on link Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn fresh.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

My last full-time, Monday-through-Friday job was as an outreach director for a small international development organization in San Francisco. The successful use of social media requires a significant time investment. If your expectations of social media are minimal, then only having a Facebook Page is enough.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The best new media managers, online community builders, bloggers, and activists will be connected and communicating with their supporters from anywhere, at any time when the need arises. Facebook has a mobile site ( m.facebook.com ), a touch site ( touch.facebook.com ), and Apps for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Palm, Sidekick and many more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

5% A social networking site (like Facebook). 1% Yes… they donate on our website after reading something on Facebook, Twitter, etc. 7) Is your nonprofit monitoring your Website stats to see how much traffic is coming from Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn Groups, etc.? [ [link] ]. 25% Facebook. 14% YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2016

Facebook Reach is at an all time low. And email ROI and online giving is up, up, up! 95% of NGOs worldwide have a Facebook Page. On average, your followers should grow 23% annually on both Facebook and Twitter. It’s true that social media is in transition. Instagram has a new algorithm. Twitter is in flux.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

My brain was completely fried and those around me were getting pretty fed up with the fact that I was never present, only connected… online, all the time. Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. Pick a time to quit in the evening and stick to it.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 25, 2011

ROI of social media can be an intangible- The NonProfit Times March 15, 2011: "here's Facebook, Second Life, Myspace, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter and now Jumo. What's It Cost? There are many smaller social networking platforms.

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