Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

million mentions on social media). The United States has Give Local America Day (May 1, 2018). Each state organizes giving campaigns through local community foundations. $68 Prominently feature the date, hashtag, a fundraising goal, a “Donate” button , links to your social networks, and an e-newsletter opt-in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Note from Beth: As visiting scholar at the Packard Foundation, I'm connecting with other people who are studying and learning about how networks work. A lot of the ideas resonate with using online social networks and social media effectively for nonprofits, especially in the larger frame of movement building.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2021

It has taken off in recent years thanks in part to the ease of online giving and accessibility of social networks. Throughout the pandemic, we saw individuals far and wide rally around local and global causes and missions that were important to them.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2022

Funders are seeing this challenge and answering the call, using their influence to not just support the sector’s own path to net zero, but also increase the capacity of the sector to drive an equitable transition to net zero globally. Check out these events and promote the Only One Earth campaign on your social networks. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

In addition there are also popular awareness days that are national and local (search“awareness days”). It should also detail as least three actions that your donors and supporters can take on the awareness day, such as make a donation, sign a petition, share the page with their social networks, become a volunteer, and so on.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2010

Over the last few years, the NetSquared Local network (a project of TechSoup Global's) has grown from just a few groups in only a couple countries, to 70+ groups in 21+ countries! Those local groups are organized by volunteers passionate about building community at the intersection of technology and social change.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2011

Each month, the NetSquared community (a project of TechSoup Global) meets up offline at NetSquared Local events around the world to discuss ideas, meet new people, and work together to make social change. Recently, many of these NetSquared Local meetings are being streamed live on the Internet via livestream or online recording.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

How do we enable transformative and far-reaching change that gets down to the root of solving local, regional, and global problems? How can we collaborate, share, and enrich each others' work to make it more effective? ". RT @ linzbilks : Ppl from 45 diff't countries gathered at #tsg2011. What can we achieve?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

To promote your fundraiser even more and encourage sharing on social media platforms, try creating a fundraiser hashtag. Others can use this hashtag to easily find social media posts about your cause across platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Farm-to-Table Job Training: Grow Local Leaders.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Do you offer local or national programs? Do you put on local activities? The trick here is to look for words and phrases that have low competition and high month global searches. Share what you do and ask for enewsletter subscriptions on social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc). Do you need volunteers?

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Socialbrite

MARCH 24, 2020

To mobilize the public and inspire change, nonprofits need the right tools, and this goes for social media marketing more than anything. There’s enormous potential in making the most of social media’s potential. Meanwhile, social media tools are there to help nonprofits with all of the above. Reputation management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

Note from Beth: In 2014, digital marketers predicted the rise of ” niche social networks ,” as it becomes increasingly harder to reach your audiences on general social networks like Facebook, these highly targeted online social networks are going to become more valuable.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

When traditional recruiting tactics start to return lackluster results, consider implementing these five creative and free approaches to attracting volunteers: Mine Your Social Network. In today’s connected world, why limit yourself to your local area? Maybe you could host a meet-up at a local bar or restaurant.

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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. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

David also says that he was interested in the idea of person-to-person giving - and had written about it on his blog here where he talks about the book If the World Were a Village and how it brings global issues down to local level. Kiva.org and the Social Capital markets II - other examples of ???second But once you???ve

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

There are several virtual events scheduled, including a global tweet chat on September 18. Find your local #nptech tribe by joining a NetSquared Local group. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Philadelphia, PA: Using Social Media to Connect and Strengthen Local Communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

The creation and communication of this knowledge occurs in social networks of relationships, empowered by social media. Join us for a discussion and exploration of how social media are being used to accelerate our transition to a global sustainable culture. Jon Lebkowsky - Social Web Strategies.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

TechSoup Global’s Dara Westling attended the recent Global Donors Forum in Washington, D.C. She is our vice president of development alliances and global media for TechSoup Global’s domestic and international programs. We connect the local with global resources.” Dara Westling.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Join your local NetSquared group. No local group? Join our global tweet chat on September 4 for the best examples of nonprofit storytelling. Seattle, WA: End of Summer Soiree: Resource Roundup and Social Networking. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Storymakers Events. September 2.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

" Check it out! ." " Check it out! "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Baker presented an engaging and dynamic presentation which emphasized the symbiotic relationship of both online and offline engagement, the power of both to create community, encourage activism, develop branding, and unify those with common goals, both locally and globally.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2010

And as of last week, FourSquare has gone global. Part social networking site, part smartphone App, and part social experiment, FourSquare is a tool meant to be primary used on the go on your smartphone. Just yesterday I Checked-in while out and about and my local Planned Parenthood popped up. It is Different.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

That means it’s time for our monthly roundup of all the crazy goodness created by NetSquared Local in May. What is NetSquared Local? NetSquared Local is TechSoup’s volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. NetSquared Local organizers rallied around Ushahidi’s BRCK kickstarter.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

The site will then publish responses from local officials and encourage further transparency. The site will publish the problem in hopes that it will pressure local government officials to solve them. EkoVizija is a mobile app that enables users to take pictures and report environmental problems in their community. Niš 2.0

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2020

Global reach : Nonprofits do not have to limit themselves to their immediate geographic location for support. Growth : Social media use continues to climb, with one person joining a social network every 6.4 The nonprofit can then run Facebook advertisements that only show to mothers who are under 40 years old.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

It is very difficult to talk in social networks with people who think the opposite of you.” Hanafi, AhmEd Hamaza, Chema Gargouri, and Nada Hamzeh who I had the pleasure of working with closely on the e-mediat project shared their ideas – especially a sense that training is so important to building networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2011

As the leading global advocate for making and supporting games created for social impact, we want to share some of the exciting events at this year’s Festival that we feel will resonate with nonprofits. What Nonprofits Can Learn at Games for Change Festival by Jeff Ramos. June 20 – 22 is fast approaching.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

It was a broad gathering including everyone from consultants to students to startups – and nonprofits ranging from the San Francisco Bay Area focused Stride Center to the global fundraising platform Kiva.org. Think Strategically About Your Social Media Presence.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2012

Next Thursday, June 14th, social media activists across the US go head-to-head in the Twive & Receive competition to generate the most donations for their favorite local nonprofits and the chance to win $30,000, sponsored by NTEN Members Razoo. The Lights. Submit now!

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2012

This post was authored by Keisha Taylor, communications manager for the GuideStar International program of TechSoup Global. Technology product donations, training, and nonprofit data are all part of TechSoup Global’s offering to civil society in India. We are thrilled to be associated with it."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

As I wrote back in September when first covering Giving Tuesday, Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised many millions of dollars in 24 hours using the Razoo platform its first year.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

That's why TechSoup supports a global network of tech trainers called NetSquared. NetSquared groups focus on topics that address their unique local tech challenges, but once a quarter, we select a common theme. Seattle, Washington: Social Network Analysis: Mapping Your Nonprofit's Connections.

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Care2

MARCH 18, 2010

Michael Cervino, Beaconfire: For online campaigning, a whole new world of tools and tactics is opening up for nonprofits as the commercial sector invests in social media, social networking and more sophisticated UI experiences. I saw dozens of new services and tools at SXSWi of which nonprofits could take advantage.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Seattle, WA: Facebook: A Discussion of the Strengths and the Limits of Social Networking. Naples, FL: Social Media Surgery- 501 TechClub SWFL Netsquared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Via Global Voices Advocacy blog. The Map does not aim to index all kinds of web filtering, but rather to provide an overview of online censorship efforts related to the social web and major web 2.0 the amplifying of local campaigns defending the right to access web 2.0 tools and websites. the crackdown on web 2.0 websites (e.g.

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