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. Subscribe to E-newsletter and Text Alert Functionality. Include Social Media Icons or Graphics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc. e-Newsletter. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

It is illegal to buy, sell, or trade mobile phone numbers, unlike e-mail and snail mail addresses. Pitch to Your Website, E-newsletter, Blog, and Print Materials. This new page should then be linked near the e-newsletter subscribe option on your website and blog. and your “Thank You” landing pages and e-mails.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Finally, remember that blog posts make great content for e-newsletters. Definitely integrate your blog posts with your e-newsletter. A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event. That said, mix it up!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Most nonprofits distribute the original source of the story to their communities (the New York Times , for example), but while that is generous, it does not help build the nonprofit’s brand recognition, e-newsletter list, or social networking communities; rather, it builds those of the New York Times. It makes them feel special and important.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Rather than reporting highlights from your Annual Gala Dinner in your print newsletter two months after it is over, or in an e-mail newsletter just a few days after the event, smartphones and social media Apps now allow nonprofits to report live from the event in real-time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2013

invited Ingrid Lin, the Network Marketing Officer for Greenpeace , to speak at a Net Tuesday event about e-mail marketing. Lin discussed how Greenpeace uses a method called A/B testing to maximize their newsletters. After the two different newsletter versions go out, the marketing team analyzes the results. TechSoup Taiwan.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

If they have well-executed social media campaigns, send executive staff links to their profiles on Facebook , Twitter , YouTube, Flickr , Foursquare, Tumblr , etc., Get social and mobile media buzz in their e-mail inboxes regularly! Find your competitors the Web. with a note that you fear your nonprofit is falling behind.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Finally, remember that blog posts make great content for e-newsletters. Definitely integrate your blog posts with your e-newsletter. A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event. That said, mix it up!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Instead, I was told that they do have a twice-yearly print newsletter, the next issue coming in a few months but they'd be pleased to send me the last one. Expensive to produce and mail, but it has no value to me. So I emailed requesting to be put on the e-news list (didn't see where to subscribe online). But there's no e-news!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2010

I remember a hot consulting topic was how to get your database off those 3x5 cards into an excel spreadsheet or how to mail merge in Outlook to send out an e-newsletter. . Michaela Hackner , a talented photographer, was on hand to document the Day of Service on Flickr. Photos: Lydia Mann - Flickr.

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JUNE 4, 2012

Flickr Photo by alshepmcr. Over e-mail, we brainstormed for bloggers, food justice activists, doctors, child and family advocates – anyone we thought would be interested in the theme of healthy snack foods in schools. Numerous coalition staff members mentioned the blog carnival on their networks. Lesson #5: Craft those thank you notes!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2014

Over $100 Check in the mail: Thank them with a phone call & letter. Over $1000 check in the mail: Call them up and see if you can go to coffee. Monthly e-newsletter themes. photo cred: Sparklehausen, Flickr Creative Commons. Step Two: Make your Donor Retention more Manageable by Creating a Thanking Policy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

From Flickr User Philswin2003 The above flickr photo is from the Nonprofit Software Development Summit and some flipchart notes illustrating what's going on right now: inspiration, matchmaking, and practical methods! There's a thoughtful comment from Givewell that points out the work flow involved.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Perhaps you already provide them with relevant content through a website, e-newsletter, e-mails, or social media channels. Nptech resources can be found on delicious , flickr , slideshare , and Twitter. Whether your nonprofit organization provides services or advocates for a cause, your stakeholders have common interests.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Odeo: Free [link] Copyright Free Music Podsafe Music Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Fear that it will take staff time, there will be little return, and the return will not be as easily measurable as, say, a direct mail piece. You can also share the impact of your organization's programs through podcasts, sharing photos on Flickr, or videos on YouTube or other video sharing sites. Especially in this economy.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

Earned media is comprised of coverage through: Blogs Media outlets both online and offline Podcasts Photo sharing sites like Flickr Tweets on Twitter Links shared on Facebook Tagging on social bookmarking sites like delicious, Digg, etc. Word of mouth, etc. You can also setup a RSS feed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

Sites like Facebook , Twitter , YouTube (know about the new nonprofit call to action ), LinkedIn and Flickr are becoming exceedingly important to any nonprofits online presence. A couple great things you will love: It’s easier for you to pass out in your newsletters, mailings and other printed publications. See #1 above).

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Care2

MARCH 27, 2009

These messages of value add were echoed by Mario Anima of Current TV (From Flickr and Beyond: Lessons in Community Management) who talked about the role of community managers to develop new tools to continue dialogue not just deliver information. Maybe success is as simple as providing something people want.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

In their eyes, there are four main goals that grantmakers can hope to accomplish: Facilitate communication among grantees – enable them to connect before and after in-person gatherings (see Purpose Prize Innovation Network ) and promote tagging on sites like Flickr as an information sharing tool.

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Care2

AUGUST 27, 2007

In their eyes, there are four main goals that grantmakers can hope to accomplish: Facilitate communication among grantees – enable them to connect before and after in-person gatherings (see Purpose Prize Innovation Network ) and promote tagging on sites like Flickr as an information sharing tool.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:36PM | by Eric Rardin How to Measure the Value of an Online Supporter Over here at Care2 we get this question a lot.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:36PM | by Eric Rardin How to Measure the Value of an Online Supporter Over here at Care2 we get this question a lot.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

e-Newsletter. A section of the e-newsletter entitled “Resource Spotlight” features a new tool in each edition. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk.

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Care2

JUNE 11, 2008

Don’t sign your mass e-mails with just your company name (and most certainly do not include a scanned signature from your general director). And then you’ll probably fail some more. Don’t give up. 3) Be you, not me Things not to do: don’t put a press release on your facebook page or worse: your company blog.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Between email solicitation, direct mail, major donors, and grant-writing, the vast majority of nonprofits will weather the economic hard times. Today, it's becoming standard practice to communicate with supporters using tools like Flickr, MySpace , Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. Four years ago, web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Link to your Facebook Page, Twitter Profile, YouTube Channel, Flickr Photostream, etc. Feature Group Text Alerts and E-newsletter “Subscribe” Functionality. Be sure to feature the ability to subscribe to your e-newsletter and group text campaigns on every page of your mobile website. content on a mobile website.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

” As part of doing the demo of Convio’s new application, Austin noted that Convio reportedly is offering additional extensions for nonprofits to tap into audiences on Google, Flickr, Plaxo and YouTube, as well.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0: Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly. However, defining Web 1.0 That said, a couple of minor tweaks are necessary. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly. Blogging: 10 Hours Weekly. Updates no longer exist.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0: Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly. However, defining Web 1.0 That said, a couple of minor tweaks are necessary. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly. Blogging: 10 Hours Weekly. Updates no longer exist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2011

Having a robust content strategy that can feed multiple channels – web site, print, email newsletter, social media outposts, and now mobile – is critical to success. Flickr Photo by drachenspinne. 30= Monthly: A video, podcast, e-mail newsletter, flyer, a more detailed or longer blog post, a case study, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0: Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly. However, defining Web 1.0 That said, a couple of minor tweaks are necessary. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly. Blogging: 10 Hours Weekly. Updates no longer exist.

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