Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager, Feeding America Twitter: @dpmichel. Dan is the Digital Marketing Manager for Feeding America where he oversees the execution of their external digital strategy which includes social media. Michel reports that those increased during the month of September at a faster rate.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 16, 2022

To drive innovation within your association, you’ll need to adopt flexible practices across your organization , prioritizing new opportunities to support your staff , members , and key stakeholders with modern association management software (AMS). User-friendly community management. Career center solutions. Flow builder tool.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 15, 2021

posted by Brian Hetzer Spring 2021 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. The answers stem from how volunteer management and key organizational leadership view volunteer retention - the ability to keep volunteers long-term. Volunteers feeling micro-managed and without a voice. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Shaich offers clear-headed lessons for the entire life cycle of an enterprise, from bootstrapping a startup to going public to managing large companies to selling a business. Reinventing Panera completely, when he had more than two thousand stores that were feeding one in thirty Americans every week.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

And is it so good that it will put me out of a job?) This could mean, for example, more in-person events with small groups of highly engaged donors: a development team freed from repetitive tasks like email and CRM management could focus on “high-touch” experiences like this. What should I look out for when using AI?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2015

After the holiday break new media managers return to work energized to update and implement their list of priorities for the upcoming year. Skilled new media managers are essential for nonprofits to adapt quickly to advances in technology. Write LinkedIn Recommendations. Experiment with at least one new social network.

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TechImpact

MARCH 31, 2014

The National History Museum of Los Angeles does a great job of highlighting their staff in their Instagram posts. Take a screenshot of the image via your smart phone, or computer, crop it down, and post it on your feed! Here are a few tips to help your nonprofit get up to speed with Instagram! Show your employees’ flair with #selfie.

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DipJar

OCTOBER 17, 2022

To learn about the organization, its mission, the services it provides, and the support it receives, we sat down with Brynne Balboa, Food Bank’s Direct Marketing Manager. In 2020, as so many people lost their jobs, they turned to our partners and us for help,” said Brynne. Feeding a city of 8.3

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Learn how to better manage your volunteers. Here are a few ideas to get you started, but let us know how your nonprofit manages to retain its volunteers. Learn how to better manage your volunteers. Try coming up with what this persona looks like, their occupation, salary, education, their job title, even what their fears are.

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sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2023

If you aren’t seeing a diverse set of applicants, is there something in the way the job description is written or the places where it is advertised that should be reconsidered? As an organization that hires vendors to help with aspects of your day-to-day management, vendor selection is another way to be intentional about equity.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Too many nonprofits think they’re doing a good job of building relationships, but they’re not. We rely on friends just like you to help us feed our community’s veterans.” …along with a nice photo Which one would make you feel great about the gift you just made? It’s your job to change that. Set your schedule.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 11, 2022

Unless you have a dedicated social media manager at your nonprofit, you know that routinely sharing your stories on social media can take up a lot of your time. The free version of Hootsuite lets you manage up to 3 social media profiles and schedule up to 5 messages at any one time.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

After working on the problem for hours with your manager, you're still scratching your head over how to solve the problem. " And, of course, the thought that sends shivers down your spine: "What if my manager sees that picture?" "OMG [oh my God] I HATE MY JOB!!" Twitter and WordPress Feeds.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 27, 2014

Not only are they effective at connecting with potential donors and constituents, but it’s also a powerful tool for retaining and managing donor connections. If it does not meet your standards after running this experiment several times, get your web design team on the job! Revamp your donation page. Ask, and thank.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

We sat down again with Betty Dye and Veronica Jaramillo Mucha of Second Harvest, the fundraising marketing manager and events specialist, respectively, to hear how the organization managed during these hard times. Driving this demand was job loss in the service industry – an integral part of the Orlando-area economy.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In Tableau’s Building Data Literacy Guide , 80% of employees report they’d stay in their job if they were trained in technology. Leverage technology like association management software (AMS) to elevate the member experience through a connected member platform, modern e-commerce, and AI and predictive analytics. N on-members.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

Is there an organization you could partner with, as Feeding America did with Mother Jones? Remember, your job is to attract support…not push your organization on others. Note how The Smithsonian manages to share a lot of information cleanly and simply. That’s your job. This example tells me nothing.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Equally impressive, Van Gorder had to reinvent his career after having been injured on the job as a California police officer. That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job. Another way to do that is to spend some time working side-by-side with your employees doing their job with them.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Equally impressive, Van Gorder had to reinvent his career after having been injured on the job as a California police officer. That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job. Another way to do that is to spend some time working side-by-side with your employees doing their job with them.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

You are managing your organization, coordinating volunteers, handling all the marketing and fundraising tasks, making sure programs are running, and maybe even sweeping the floors. Managing social media. Fundraising burnout is real and it’s killing too many small nonprofits. And what you’ll find at the core is “do it all” syndrome.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 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). How to Prepare Your Community for a Major Change « The Community Manager – "Change: it’s the one constant in life.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

It takes an entrepreneurial heart to start a nonprofit, fundraising and marketing skills to grow it, and leadership skills to manage it. Or that it costs you 27 cents to feed a hungry person. The Bottom Line Any carpenter knows that the right tool will make the job easy. And you need to use the right tools.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 21, 2019

Chances are, your nonprofit most likely couldn’t stay afloat without volunteers, so follow these tips in order to treat them right and manage them well. Short-term goals will motivate volunteers during each individual session (for example, we want to feed X-many people today). In other words, they’ll keep coming back for more.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Feed people? Start with your startup costs: Registering as a 501(c)3 with the IRS and with your state, subscribing to cloud-based software such as accounting, donor management, and other tools, hiring legal support or other experts, and leasing a facility, if necessary. Next, donor management. Next, donor management.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

80% of your posts should add value to your followers’ social media feeds. Do you have any tips for nonprofits who don’t have a full-time social media manager? It’s very hard to make people understand that managing social media is, very often, a full-time job. Summarize it! The first area is research.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2021

They’ve seen them wrestling with children, in trying to manage personal and professional challenges at home, more Zoom gaffes than we can count, etc., which has given employers a deeply humanistic view of those they manage. For example, not all employees will want to return to a 40-hour office job. The converse is also true.

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

Kellogg Foundation is currently looking for a New Media Manager. Work with the Public Affairs team to identify, develop, and execute communication tactics via the organization’s website, including video streaming, blogging, RSS feeds, subscription systems, social networking media, and other forms of electronic communication and convening.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Train Them On the Job. It’s important that your volunteers have context about why you need, for example, to feed lunch to 100 people in an hour. Whatever it is, giving your volunteer a broader look at why their job is important is motivating and gives a great sense of accomplishment when it’s complete.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

By Paige Kutliek , SEO Manager at GoFundMe ––a free fundraising platform for charities, people, and the causes you care about. Help Me Feed Hungry Kids! Farm-to-Table Job Training: Grow Local Leaders. Clearly state who will be managing all of the donations. 3) Create a catchy fundraiser title.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Professor of Management. Feeding America. Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Job Opportunities Task Force. Job Opportunities Task Force’s youngest CEO . Academic Institutions. Alnoor Ebrahim. Ami McReynolds. Caryn York.

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

MANNA would not be MANNA without the ongoing support of volunteers,” said JodyAnn Mcintosh, Manager of Community Engagement & Volunteer Services , Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance. We appreciate them and their commitment to the cause,” said Stephanie Mendoza, Volunteer Services Manager, Girls Inc. of Orange County.

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NetWits

JUNE 26, 2012

They do a great job of providing a fundraiser tool kit to help them get started and provide several great resources to help their fundraisers be most effective: Personal Events. Here is another great idea I really like from Feeding America where supporters are encouraged to launch virtual food drives: Simple Fundraising Tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

On LinkedIn , consider creating or using the Subgroups functionality so that you could manage a group of volunteers or peers in a subgroup within the organization’s main group. When sharing messages, use LinkedIn’s filtering options for location and job field to refine your recipients list to those more applicable.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 5, 2009

Yet many organizations don’t pay enough attention to the care and feeding of their databases. Without policies, procedures, training, management, and ongoing attention, databases will become filled with inconsistent, unusable data, and data will be scattered hither and yon in spreadsheets, shadow databases, and desk drawers.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It’s easy enough to do if you’re using a donor management software. They tell our volunteers they have lost their jobs. With eight people to feed, Tom could not keep his fridge and pantry stocked. To me, this letter reads like the Executive Director is thanking me for helping her do her job! See how powerful that is?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Equally impressive, Van Gorder had to reinvent his career after having been injured on the job as a California police officer. That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job. Another way to do that is to spend some time working side-by-side with your employees doing their job with them.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 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). While its intentions are ultimately good, it is hard to see how DeadUshahidi fosters such a culture in the world of crisis management."

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