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How to Turn Your Nonprofit’s Social Followers into Donors

NonProfit Hub

You can accomplish the same effect on Twitter by pinning a link to Smart Donations with a call-to-action on the top of your page. When visitors come to your Twitter profile, your call-to-action and donation link immediately draw their attention. Promote the deadline and your progress with frequent posts on Facebook and Twitter.

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Five Best Practices in Nonprofit Crowdfunding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Lendingmemo. For example, Project Renewal helps homeless people get off the streets. They showed Harry Dickerson reclaim his life from homelessness on their Giving Tuesday campaign and raised over $70,000 with this storyline. Jot down their contact info (Twitter handle and email address).

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Image by Codilicious from Flickr. While they had a relatively smaller number of followers on Twitter or Facebook, they had focused on engaging their community online. They enlisted help from board members on Twitter, but being organized with a plan and timeline for asks was critical to their success.

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BlogHers Act and Other Ways to Help Myanmar Cyclone Victims

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Jacques de Goldfiem Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar last weekend devastating five regions. Hundreds of thousands are now homeless. Channel NewsAsia reported that more than 22,000 people are dead with another 41,000 missing. The media reports are horrific. "Witnesses described images of rice field littered with corpses."

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Storymakers Past Winners: In Their Own Words

Tech Soup

Any charity anywhere in the world can send us a short video or five-picture Flickr slideshow that tells about their work and will be entered to win some cash prizes. We got nearly 2,000 mentions of the challenge on Facebook and Twitter in 25 countries. A five-picture Flickr slideshow. Our story challenges get lots of attention.

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Guest Post by Michaela Hackner: Community Matters Even At SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I actually have a repertoire of stories, but one of them is about Michaela Hackner ( Kalabird.) I connected with her through her amazing photos of Cambodia on Flickr when I was covering the Cambodian blogosphere for Global Voices over five years ago. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America.

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The Road Ahead for NTEN Members

NTEN

Flickr Photo: Jasmic. I'm the sole IT person at my non-profit organization (we are a shelter for homeless families), and we are undergoing severe budget cuts at the moment. twitter: ntenhross. It's pretty much a given that the coming months will be difficult for the nonprofit sector. And, as one member recently told me: .

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