Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

Written for the June 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Not adding social-networking icons to your website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2012

We’re almost a decade into using social media and yet one of the most striking realities when I give in-person social media trainings is the wide variety of experience of the nonprofits in the room. The spectrum of expertise and passion for social media swings wide. website, e-newsletter, Donate Now campaigns) and Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

Working within the confines of an almost non-existent online communications budget, my primary responsibilities were to maintain our website and publish a twice-monthly e-newsletter, quarterly print newsletter, and numerous print fundraising appeals through out the year. Social media is not free! Here are five reasons why: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: fundraising advocacy ) I was lucky enough to meet Ivan Boothe at the first (or maybe second) Netsquared Conference back in 2005 and have been following his work for years.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Flickr Photo: Luc Legay You use social networks at work, right? In fact, we want you to tell us all about it in a survey about social network use by nonprofits that we're running with Common Knowledge and ThePort. > The Nonprofit Social Network Survey is a joint project of NTEN, Common Knowledge and ThePort.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Cinchcast is ideal for nonprofits that are advancing their communications into real-time reporting while on location from fundraisers, conferences, protests, etc. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Unlike 10 years ago, when Web communication was limited to websites and email, today nonprofits also have access to blogs, social networks, video and photo-sharing sites, texting, and smartphone and tablet apps – and which tools your supporters use to access your nonprofit online is often directly related to their age and sometimes class and race.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Unlike 10 years ago, when Web communication was limited to websites and email, today nonprofits also have access to blogs, social networks, video and photo-sharing sites, texting, and smartphone and tablet apps – and which tools your supporters use to access your nonprofit online is often directly related to their age and sometimes class and race.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011. In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. Executives were terrified by the legal implications of using social networking tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

The truth is I think it has only just begun and that we’re on the cusp of a radical transformation in how we use the Internet in our personal and work lives as well as how we use it to foster social good. Don’t include a fundraising ask, simply a good old-fashioned thank you. WWF Mobile. WWF Desktop. Guaranteed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

For nonprofits, the ROI of e-newsletters translates into online dollars raised through “Donate Now&# technology, event attendees, website and blog traffic, and paradoxically new Followers, Fans, and Friends on social networking sites. Flickr Sets can be customized using HTML to add “Subscribe!&#

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Needless to say, without good SEO, you’ve got a very slim chance of being found by people searching for things you offer (events, fundraising opportunities, volunteer opportunities, programs, etc). Do you run fundraising events? Social media is no longer seen as a fad or waste of time or thing that young people do.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2010

Topics include Facebook and Facebook Apps, Twitter and Twitter Apps, YouTube, Flickr, Animoto, LinkedIn, FourSquare, mobile technology, blogging on WordPress, as well as online fundraising and e-newsletters. Currently, she has more than 500,000 followers, fans and friends on numerous social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

I'm working remotely on an unreliable and slow wifi connection and Flickr has been getting a massage (down for maintenance) for most of the afternoon. and social networking tools? and social networking tools? Social Media Seth Godin points to Mark Rovner's insightful post about the current state of fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2006

With all the attention on other social media tools, many people forget about the power of flickr, its wonderful community and rich photographs of the world. Take for example CARF, Children At Risk Foundation, which has just launched its " Reaching for a Star " Flickr Xmas fund-raising campaign for 2006.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Contrary to its title, the last four chapters of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits are dedicated to mobile technology and mobile fundraising. Finally, there are icons for SMS that you can download and integrate with your social networking icons on your website and your blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

TechSoup has just published the second article on a three-part series on Social Networks and Nonprofits. The first article, Should Your Organization Use Social Networking Sites? Signs that a social networking site might work ??? A new role here to facilitate these Wired fundraisers. or not work ???

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Jumo.com , the new social network for causes and nonprofits created by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes went live this morning. There are fields to add your organization’s Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and Vimeo accounts. fundraising tools, the donations are processed by Network for Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Image courtesy Tsahi Levent-Levi via Flickr. 6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever – Guest Post by Joe Waters. 6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever – Guest Post by Joe Waters. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2000. Disruptive Model: Social Network.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

The livestream – whether it’s video, audio, or just text – can be embedded in your online homebase and shared across social networks. Invite everyone to join the movement by sharing pictures, stories, and signs to spread your message (try Flickr or Tumblr ). Personalize It.

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Care2

DECEMBER 5, 2011

According to a study by Blackbaud , NTEN and Common Knowledge, over 92% of nonprofit organizations have a presence on at least one social networking site, but most raise very little money through their social activity. Conferences dedicated to helping nonprofits learn how to leverage social media for social good are popping up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Photo by Fensterbme on Flickr. And since, the busy season is coming up for all you nonprofit fundraisers – year end giving and Network for Good has just announced a Year-End Giving Challenge , I thought a guest post from Michael Hoffman about you can incorporate video to power your campaigns was in order. Holy smokes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2007

in my flickr stream See presentation here. At the workshop where Steve Bridger presented was Paolo Ferrara, communication and fundraising manager at Terre des hommes Italy and senior member of the. Italian Association of Fundraiser. In January, he started writing a blog about Internet fundraising ( [link].com

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

DailyBooth has a great layout, a built-in social networking component, and Facebook and Twitter integration, but uploading mobile photos can only be done through text messaging and their iPhone app (hopefully an Android version is coming soon). Take your smartphone to your next event! On location!&# have some fun with it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Add links to your nonprofit’s website, blog, and social networking communities. There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling. To earn return on investment (ROI) from using social networking sites is a skill that requires an instinct for subtlety.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

These best practices serve as a foundation for upgrading your website to be compatible with the Social Web and are then elaborated upon in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters. Include Social Media Icons or Graphics. Integrate Social Media into Secondary Pages.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

Online Fundraiser's Checklist – "FREE DOWNLOAD: The Online Fundraiser's Checklist. How Do You Ensure Fundraising Success This Year? Take advantage of Network for Good's handy new eGuide, The Online Fundraiser's Checklist, to ensure you don't miss a thing." " Check it out!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Add links to your nonprofit’s website, blog, and social networking communities. There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling. To earn return on investment (ROI) from using social networking sites is a skill that requires an instinct for subtlety.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Flickr: hellojenuine Member Appreciation Month, or MAM, as we affectionately refer to it around NTEN HQ, got off to a strong start last week with some great free for Members events, lots of #NTENThanks sharing, and of course, prizes! Tis the Season to go Mobile: Fundraising On-the-Go. Successfully Engaging Volunteers on Tech Projects.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Reach out to your existing donors, volunteers and consultants and ask them to share their plans to give back on their social networks and in their online communities. My own idea: check out the clever #GivingTuesday images that Direct Relief International used on last year’s campaign on Creative Commons on Flickr.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Whether you or not you understand how to use tags, chances are you have come across them if you have ever used blogs, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, or bookmarking sites such as Delicious. Donations were followed by an additional prompt to share on social networks to encourage others to participate through donations. The campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2007

Via my flickr stream. Francesco Santini translated and published the widget fundraising case study on the Italian portal on fundraising. Guide for the best use of fundraising widget and even more ( [link].com/2007/06/05/guida-allutiliz Guide for the best use of fundraising widget and even more ( [link].com/2007/06/05/guida-allutiliz

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Flickr Photo by PeterJBellis. The committee in charge of fundraising was short on cash. And the press scorned the fundraising effort. Despite these advances, many nonprofits are reluctant to jump on board, perhaps because so many are entrenched in the traditional means of fundraising. Pairing Fundraising with Influencers.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Online social networking was just being born. They originally wanted to organize a conference to convene social innovators and social entrepreneurs on the nonprofit tech cutting edge to see what everyone was doing. The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

This year, they're also enabling people to participate by tagging blog posts, Flickr photos, YouTube videos, and blip.fm Tags: Fundraising Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Running Your Organization Social Networking Using the Web and Internet. recordings. read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Time Chart - See Flickr Discussion on Version 1 Wanna Remix it? I'd also include your individual social networking profile which can be a great way to spread buzz (or spread yourself too thin.) (10-15 Once you have content created through these methods, it can be easily shared using the buzz tools above through social networks.

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