Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. It’s a good practice to tweet content relevant to breaking news stories. Like mentions and replies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

From there, you’ll tell your organization’s story through a series of touch points (or communications) that resonates with each group. Ask them for their advice, make them a part of your extended team, and always feed them random acts of kindness as they appreciate these types of connections. Similarly, whose have gone down? .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2019

The idea was empowered by Lightful, a UK tech-for-good company. In a year that social media scandals and negative stories were becoming more relevant, there was also a growing need for a focus on the positive side of social networks. #ReclaimSocial started as a campaign two years ago.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 13, 2014

Not only are they checking their Twitter feeds, 60% say they Tweet at least once per day. Millennials tell their own story through Twitter. Offer a way for millennials to share their story through their feed by suggesting a hashtag, asking a question, or encouraging them to share anything!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

For example, the “Reusable Goods Collection” from Heal the Bay : Tell your product’s story in the caption. Don’t miss the opportunity to directly tell your product’s story and how that ties into your organization’s mission in your caption on social media. Tag your products in Stories and Posts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. These numbers are based on the performance of Nonprofit Tech for Good, and of course, vary depending upon how your nonprofit uses Facebook and Twitter. Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Check out these social media post templates for ideas of post themes and content format for your Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds. 3) Put a face to the funds by sharing impact stories on your social feed. Make the most out of people who will draw a crowd before your event by spotlighting them on your feed. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Square videos provide 78% more space in social feeds than landscape and they don’t require that the user tilt their phone to view it in full-screen. Another consideration is that around 80% of videos in social feeds are watched with the sound off. Tell One Story at a Time. Tell just one story at a time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 10, 2020

And regularly check one more feed? However, the internet can be a stressful place with many negative and sad stories and visuals. The nagging question however is, will the world accept yet another social media platform? Will they download one more app? Create and sign into one more profile? Is online life taking over our real life?

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

I'm happy to announce that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Boulder Food Rescue , an organization working to eliminate food waste in its community and across the country. food waste by just 15 percent could feed more than 25 million Americans. Growing a Movement.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

Tech solutions combined with forward-thinking, inspired, and innovative community leaders like Gita Rampersad, vice president of healthcare partnerships and nutrition at Feeding America, and Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell, superintendent of Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), offer a model for how to tackle complex issues. “The

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 21, 2013

This novel idea becoming increasingly popular among other nonprofits, growing on social feeds such as TWitter with the hashtag #GivingTuesday (you’ve probably seen it). Now you really need to find your nonprofit’s story and the most effective way to share it with your audience on different mediums. Be Social Now.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

A podcast is basically a coded feed of XML that lists the information about your podcast, titles, descriptions and a link to where the MP3 audio file lives. Shouldn’t this just be a number I can lookup on the backend of Apple Podcast once I set up my feed? The feed was submitted to iTunes Connect and the Stitcher Publisher portal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

That said, the number of businesses fighting for their attention in their inboxes and on their news feeds may have left them feeling a bit fatigued. They learned how to get less tech-savvy donors to participate, how to avoid lag time, and fresh and exciting ways to promote their events. Not to worry.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Status Updates are now called “Stories” in the News Feed. “Stories” can now be marked as a “Top Story.” Top Stories get priority placement at the top of the News Feed while others are placed lower in the News Feed under “Recent Stories.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2020

You’ll also be able to add a special Donation sticker to Stories and Live videos and a “Donate”button to your profile, which will let users go directly from your content to a donation page. For example, Feeding America is a nonprofit with a national network of more than 200 food banks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 26, 2012

It is meant to tell the story of the founding of your organization. Add the location of your nonprofit’s founding, the story, and an image. For the story, don’t just copy and paste the content from the “Our History” page of you website. It’s says “News Feed” but that’s misleading.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 15, 2022

Grab the RSS feed at the bottom of the search results page and add to Google Reader. Feedly.com is a way to follow news thems and track multiple RSS feeds or blogs in one place. Talkwalker Alerts is a tool that tracks news stories, social media activity, and blog posts mentioning your brand or keywords. General Listening.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

By Wendy Marinaccio (@wendymarinaccio) Dozens of women joined affinity group organizer Angela on Wednesday for a meeting of "Women In Tech." We shared our stories of what it means to be a "woman in tech" (consensus: we have no idea) and bonded over funny/sad experiences in our careers.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Nothing is better than a moving story, video, and photos. Launch your crowd-funding campaign on your organization’s website, social feeds, professional networks, such as LinkedIn, and send the project to your database of supporters via email or text message. Create a compelling page.

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Greater Giving

JULY 23, 2021

The only way toward excellent guest engagement is through the very tech we rely on to make virtual events possible. To grab guests’ attention—and hold onto it throughout the Facebook feed—[Youth Music Project] opened their upbeat “Some Good News” event with a big, star-studded pre-show that included Grammy nominee Bill Hart.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2019

This is a good analysis of the evolution of Tech for Good, Cloud for Good, Data for Good, and the latest iteration: AI For Good. 4) Story Mapping Personal Stories: Nonprofits have the potential to use AI to analyze personal stories of key stakeholders to better design pathways to using those programs. What Is AI for Good?

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 20, 2024

Stories surfaced reminding us of its pitfalls — from a lawyer citing fabricated court cases ( [link] ) to harmful advice delivered by an AI bot replacing a nonprofit’s helpline ( [link] ). The Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington has developed a practice and guidance around writing data statements ( [link] ).

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Achieve

MAY 18, 2021

These highlights can be easily made with Canva by searching “Instagram Story Highlight Cover” under “Create a Design” and then utilizing their templates to customize them to your organization. ?. does an awesome job using their brand colors across their page feed. peggyadamsarl. About the Author. Sarah LaFemina.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 14, 2019

Have a compelling story. You need a moving story to get your supporters excited about helping you raise funds. Be sure that the story and communications for your fundraising campaign or event answer these questions: What makes our organization unique? And, your supporters need it to share with friends and family. Ask, clearly.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2013

Any Instagram feed is testament to that, right? But, it's really what we do with those stories that makes the magic happen. Pacific time for the second installment of our digital storytelling webinar series, featuring experts and guests speaking to ways you can maximize your digital story after it is created.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Interesting and informative content can truly set your fundraiser apart from the rest, and the right photos can help tell your story in a unique way. Donors love seeing multiple images, so be sure to include additional photos within your fundraiser story. Help Me Feed Hungry Kids! 4) Write a captivating fundraiser story.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 29, 2022

Take a look at what we have in store for the mainstage sessions: Feeding Community and Fueling Hope. By embracing flexibility, building deep relationships, and leveraging powerful technology, this global nonprofit establishes resilient food systems, empowering communities to feed themselves. A meal is so much more than a plate of food.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

The most successful fundraising campaigns, advocacy efforts, and even personal experiences center on one person, one animal, one story, especially when trying to support a huge, faceless issue. How To: Use Tech to Organize Today.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Like other social sites, LinkedIn is a place to tell your story and connect with others – and LinkedIn’s new and expanded tools make that even easier for nonprofit organizations. Organization’s can add their blog or website’s RSS feed to automatically stream news content to their Company page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2010

I've had some posts in pipeline following up on social media metrics and the Chase Community Giving Contest second phase, but wanted to share these two stories from Haiti from on the ground and a bird's eye view. We are rushing an emergency team to them to care for, feed and protect them. Many of them are HIV+.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2006

As I've mentioned in previous posts, I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that is helping to bring the social web to nonprofits & NGOs by sharing stories and building tools.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The impact was real, but the story had been difficult to access until digitization of this specific process. We had to begin by drawing insights into how SEIU could better tell their impact story, then develop a system to support that story. This approach feeds planning and prioritization. The best trend? Planning ahead.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

You want your letter to sparkle with a short, amazing story so the recipient will eagerly read the whole thing. Focus instead on the important work your organization is doing and tell me a quick story to engage my heart. Keep your story brief and focused on the message that this donor’s gift made a difference. Or where to start.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

At TechSoup, we're all about using technology to tell your nonprofit, charity, or public library's story. Steller (free; Apple iOS) is an app that lets you build stories with your photos, videos, and text. It's also got a familiar appearance, as the main feed of other people's stories mildly resembles Instagram.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. 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. First impressions are important on social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. Stories are windows into new worlds. Now more than ever, nonprofits need to share stories of how they’re making the world better.

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