Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Letting them subscribe to your site content through RSS feeds or email can help them ensure they’re getting the most-update information from your organization with ease and convenience. Most of the CMS tools we reviewed can support this, but surprisingly few allow you to moderate which of the items from that RSS feed are displayed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

However, to stand out from the other nearly one hundred million Facebook Pages vying for likes, comments, and shares, your nonprofit needs to excel at Facebook to ensure News Feed exposure. Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Flickr Photo by Yandel. Over the course of the past year we have continued to test this format with our clients and refine it. But it takes content: you’ve got to feed those media platforms and seed those conversations. And, now, we are excited to present the new and improved editorial calendar for 2012. Earned Media is Dead.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

List, Learn, Adapt - concept from David Armano: “Insight must before investment when implementing a social media project.&#. How do you use a RSS feed like a rockstar? NWF - tag mentions in delicious with which programs or projects are mentioned, can share link to that tag on delicious with staff to see their section.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Clearly, things will happen that we can’t anticipate and it's important to stay flexible and timely, but our weekly reports and projections are things we do to make sure we're ready to take action. We're hoping this will help engage communities in a national effort to reduce stigma about HIV/AIDS and to promote HIV testing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

" Of course, I showed people my bloglines and 233 feeds, but I also told them that I didn't start off with that many and I also give myself permission not to read everything all the time. I started off with 5 blog feeds and as I discovered other blogs or resources, I added them gradually. I just set up a few as tests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Photo by Danamdefebbo. Once a month, my kids' school holds a school spirit day which includes a school-wide community service project. I have two Twitter accounts - one for relationship building and one where I will post automated feeds. I'm mostly doing this to test out what the Twitterfeed can do.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Then two hours later, you’re sitting there looking through past writing projects and online templates hoping to find inspiration without a single word written… Sound familiar? Dawn needed fresh eyes on the project to give it that last power wash before sending this out. Fundwriter.ai Fundwriter.ai

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2012

” This brave group beta tested not only the content in the book, but also the workshop curriculum that I will be teaching during 2013. Alison and her colleague at Global Giving, Oscar, agreed to write up the results of their recent test. To Promote or Not to Promote? (…and and Is That The Question?):GlobalGiving’s results.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

With an integrated campaign, your donors and prospects will connect with your Ask as they see the same message in their inbox, their mailbox, and their social media feed. What kind of projects or requests have they given the most to? Seriously, if you haven’t tested your own Donate Now button lately, do it! What can you repeat?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

I’ve tested it. So feed yourself some good inspiration. . Test, test, test. Test everything in your email. Test every link in your donation form. Test every link on your path to your donation form on your website. Test your subject lines. Do some split A/B testing.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Project Aware. Project Aware somehow manage to slip them in here and there without overdoing it. The best part about Project Aware is that they connect well with their audience on social media. They aren’t afraid to retweet relevant posts, or share photos. Think about your core value proposition and the rest will follow.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 9, 2017

Our news feeds will have more and more video in them as this mega-trend continues. When people are scrolling through their feed, will their thumb stop scrolling to continue to watch your video? At Animoto, we ran an A/B test with the Jane Goodall Institute. ShelterBox used 5 photos and 2 video clips. Don’t overthink it.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Photos of people are particularly compelling, so gather pictures of volunteers, beneficiaries, and community members. If your nonprofit has an environmental focus, nature photos can also be captivating. Brush up on some photography best practices , such as following the rule of thirds and testing out unique perspectives.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2011

Causes is thoroughly integrated with social media, giving fundraising projects new ways to reach their audiences. She then described her most recent birthday, when she used the Birthday Wish feature to support Project Nightlight. Last month, unbeknownst to Causes, they set up a fundraising project in response to the 2011 quakes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

" Here's a few widget/badgets that I ended up installing and keeping: Flickr Widget/Badge : If your organization is using flickr to say run a photo content or a community tagging project, it makes sense to add a flickr badge to your web site. The Flickr widget lets you select all your photos, a particular tag or group.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

You can check any particular site with the Heartbleed test to see if they're vulnerable. drone maker, Titan Aerospace for their Internet.org project to provide low-cost Internet to much of the developing world. If they are, you'll probably want to wait until it addresses this problem before changing your credentials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Tis a test and nothing more!'. Tell me what thy wildlife name is on the twitter feed-but be sure! My twitter feed: [link]. NWF's Twitter feed: [link]. Spay Day Photo Contest Page LOL Seals 4. Everyone likes photos. Let my mind be still a moment and this mystery explore; -. Links Wildlife Watch: [link].

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Is there a program or project that you want to get off the ground and need to raise some funds for? Release profile photos & banner images, social feed photos, Facebook/Instagram story images/GIFS. A/B Testing: The digital age has given us the ability to test and refine in real-time. Postal Service).

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

The successful campaigns are using e-commerce, video, photos, blogging, mobile action, widgets, event management and more to augment the traditional (and extremely effective) precinct organizing model. According to the New Voter's Project , texting increased young voter turn out by 4.6% Develop your Sticky Message(s) and Test Them.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Your supporters’ Facebook news feeds just got a quality content make-over, and grumpy cat is taking a backseat to high-performing posts. million tweets and 914,000 photos shared, the Movember movement did something right. On Friday alone, there were 78,000 tweets and 10,000 photos shared of him. And I want more.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Is there a program or project that you’re wanting to get off the ground and need to raise some funds for? Release profile photos & banner images, social feed photos, Facebook/Instagram story images/GIFS. This is your “what” Be specific about what you’re raising funds for and the impact it will make.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Write content and secure photos for all website pages. ? Test your website on multiple mobile devices before launch. ? Follow and study Partners in Health , Feeding America , American Cancer Society , African Wildlife Foundation , and charity: water. Write your project summary and set up your crowdfunding campaign(s). ?

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Let’s say, you funded 50,000 water projects and reached 10,000,000 people. . Add real photos and video testimonials to strike a chord. While original graphics such as infographics, charts and illustrations are necessary for nonprofit communication, photos of people your nonprofit is impacting are powerful in their own way. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Write content and secure photos for all website pages. Test your website on multiple mobile devices before launch. Test your website on multiple mobile devices before launch. Follow and study Partners in Health , Feeding America , American Cancer Society , African Wildlife Foundation , and charity: water. Crowdfunding.

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