Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2021

Get event registrants hyped before the big day! Send a fundraising appeal and donation link to your text message opt-in list once your virtual event begins and let them know your fundraising goal. Let’s reach our goal of $100k! For example: Hey Lend-a-Paw Volunteer! Sign up here: [LINK TO VOLUNTEER SIGNUP FORM].

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising is quickly becoming a go-to strategy for nonprofits to reach their fundraising goals. Sponsors fundraise by sharing their links on social media or through emails. Because peer-to-peer is social, it lets you reach more people than other campaign efforts. Boost your social media presence.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The year-end giving season kicks off with a lot of hype around GivingTuesday, when nonprofits invest significant time, energy, and resources into launching campaigns for the special day. Have a year-end fundraising goal and plan to set yourself up for success. It’s that time of year again.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Avoid the gimmicks and the hype. Send out letters, follow up with e-mail, be active on social media. Develop a message and a goal, and then get your team out there to implement your campaign plan. – by the end of the year!” Keep your year-end asks mission-focused. Rule #3: Make Multichannel Asks.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many organizations use GivingTuesday as a social media campaign to increase fundraising and spread awareness for their cause. Before November rolls around, you need to prepare your organization for the big day and set your GivingTuesday goals. A tiered ad campaign can help hype your donors and get them into a giving mindset.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 23, 2024

Miss your goal this quarter? Changes in Advertising Policies One important effect of political fundraising to note is its impact on advertising policies, particularly on social media platforms. Bottom Line: Keep It Simple Don’t fall for the election year hype. Seeing a dip in donors? Blame election giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

As she says, “ Go one way, and you risk overstating the influence, go the other and you’re dismissed as assuming individuals in the Arab world incapable of leveraging social media tools for organizing.&#. Are they enhanced by social media? For example, what is being tweeted about the use of social media.

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2023

Here are six key steps to think through in order to execute on Giving Day: Pick A Date Set Clear Goals Plan The Campaign Spread The Word Leverage Technology Follow Up 1. Set Clear Goals It is important to define your fundraising target, donor engagement goals and impact-oriented objectives. Drive awareness around an issue?

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 22, 2014

That’s because social media outlets are a place we go to catch up on what our friends and family have been up to. So where does that leave your organization in terms of social media? Especially when you’re trying to get the word out about a fundraising event on social media. Probably… well, never.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

National Study Reveals: Digital and Social Media Are Delivering for Arts Organizations , Guest Post by Mary Trudel and Rory MacPherson. Just over a year ago, we asked ourselves a question: How are arts organizations using digital and social media, and what sorts of results are they getting? The question.

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Greater Giving

JULY 30, 2021

If you choose to use a live auction in a hybrid or purely virtual event, hype it up. Advertise what will be on auction on social media and official event communications, and remind guests they can only bid on these exclusive items if they attend the event. TIP: Make it a destination!

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

With new ideas and tweaks to the activities that would typically be included at in-person events, virtual galas can keep fundraising goals on track and even add to more than expected to the annual goal. Reaching a goal takes motivation. Encouraging connections on social networks. Set your starting bids appropriately.

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Qgiv

MARCH 27, 2023

So what’s all the hype about? The goal is to raise $15,000. In fact, the AI gained over one million users in just five days after it launched! The text AI is quickly growing, and nonprofits can benefit from ChatGPT’s features. And can you or your team benefit from using ChatGPT? But these resources aren’t limited to volunteers!

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 19, 2023

From the moment they join, you can hype members up for the journey they’ll have with your nonprofit. Spotlight new members: Use your social media or email newsletters to highlight new members by including information about them like their bio and interests.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Last week I had the opportunity to speak with Judy Chang of PayPal and Debbie Swider of the ASPCA on “ 10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Nonprofit Social Media Plan ” with examples of some of the amazing success the ASPCA has seen through growing its social media plan.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Encourage social sharing. Social media is a great tool for supporters to share their personal fundraising pages, so make sure you encourage them to post their pages. Check out this video to learn more: The Boys and Girls Club of Indianapolis reached 101% of their fundraising goal on Giving Tuesday 2020 by using Qgiv’s platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

Submitted by Ivan Boothe, publisher of the Rootwork Blog Over at the NetSquared blog, Joe Solomon provided a great roundup of reasons people might be "jaded about social media for change" and ways they overcome it. Joe runs through some great responses from a whole bevy of social-media-for-change folks, including me.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

His prescription for how to use technology successfully is the following: Identify or build human forces aligned with your goals. The hubris that is frequently on display, and the often overwrought hype claiming incredible results, are worth taking on. Yet, that is exactly the logic of so many attempts to fix schools with technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Online , nearly 3,500 Social Media Ambassadors have pledged to support #GivingTuesday. The interview also discusses a concerned that has been raised by nonprofits that #GivingTuesday will just increase giving on a “over hyped” day of giving and not increase giving overall. I made my goal and had fun!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

It is really bizarre, but this afternoon I've been struggling with the notion about the connection between individual adoption and organizational adoption of social media tools like Facebook or others. Important to the corporation is the degree to which our striving for personal awareness and self-discover overlaps with business goals.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Heading into 2020, nonprofit fundraisers had solidified their fundraising calendars and were on track to achieving ambitious revenue goals. Outside of having a well-designed website and an active social media presence, the nonprofit sector has largely stuck to traditional methods to plan fundraising events. . Social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

I asked Miles this question: There's a lot of media attention being paid to "Web 2.0" " or what we call "hype" - how does a small nonprofit avoid getting seduced by the hype? apps can help perform activities and meet organizational goals. and volcom sector adoption. is right for you and your org?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

You may be aware that there is a big debate going on in the social media blogosphere about "influence". Maybe you're starting to think that "influencer scores" are totally meaningless for your goals and objectives. and that makes total sense from a generating-word-of-mouth point of view. But hold on.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

As profiled in the New York Observer , Danah talked to the data uncovered in her four years of research on new media use in a presentation at the Personal Democracy Forum. And many of us in these social environments, she said, “have gotten into the habit of crossing the street like we always do to avoid the riff-raff.” - NYO.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

If we concentrate on our influence, we forget the end goal. She pointed to this video from Chris Brogan about overnight success - and how important it is to focus on the results of the work, not the hype or number of Twitter followers. The measure needs to be in the impact. We get caught up in our ego. What you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2009

There is an inherent tension between strategy and tactical implementation of using social media to support a campaign's objectives or nonprofit's mission, whether the goal is fundraising, marketing, or taking action. And, while it may be an argument about semantics, it further illustrates this tension. The alternative?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Avoid the gimmicks and the hype. Keep your year-end goals mission-focused. Send out letters, follow up with e-mail, be active on social media. Develop a message and a goal, and then get your team out there to implement your campaign plan! Rule #3: Make Multichannel Asks.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Start planning now for #GivingTuesday so that you don’t lose site of the goal in the hustle and bustle of Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and all of the other hype that comes during this time of year. Get creative and include a goal so you customers can see your progress. Use social media to spread the word.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

As Beth Kanter explains very well , it has everything to do with – you guessed it – Facebook’s revenue model and its long-term goal for worldwide domination of the Internet. There is some ROI, but there is also a lot hype about Facebook. I have been working social media sites daily for 4.5

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Catalogue for Philanthropy made use of Giving Tuesday Now (a national fundraising day to support nonprofits through COVID) to hype up their own one-day giving event online. Invite the community by advertising on social media , print media, email, and direct mail. If so, plan a guest speaker event. Gala or Ungala.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2024

Overall, Flipcause provides the tools you need to orchestrate an engaging gala that also meets your fundraising goals. The platform provides ambassadors with user-friendly tools to personalize their page, share their story, upload photos/videos, set a fundraising goal, and track progress.

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Forum One

MARCH 17, 2010

But beyond all of the hype and noise, the most dominant theme I keep coming back to is that community is and always will be King. I know my dreams are possible because of everyone else I met who is equally committed to those goals. Tags: Influence Events Internet Strategy Online Community Social Media.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Define your goals: Are you looking to find volunteers, direct activists, recruit talent, or raise money? In our view, too many organizations dove into Facebook reflexively, with either few or unrealistic goals. Facebook isn't just all hype. Tags: Influence Social Media. And its users are groupies not casual fans.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

Whether you’re looking to raise more money, recruit volunteers, or just spread the word about your nonprofit, you should draft a thorough nonprofit marketing plan to help you meet your goals! Make sure you’re keeping your mission, audience, and goals in mind each step of the way. Determine Your Goal.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Incorporating social media sharing options into your P2P strategy can help your organization capitalize on the social influence factor; as people share their donations and support, others will be inspired to donate themselves. Supporters can display their badges on their personal fundraising pages or share them on social media.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Avoid the gimmicks and the hype. Send out letters, follow up with e-mail, be active on social media. Develop a message and a goal, and then get your team out there to implement your campaign plan. – by the end of the year!” Keep your year-end asks mission-focused. Rule #3: Make Multichannel Asks. Want to learn more?

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