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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For now, LinkedIn Pages outperform Facebook and Twitter in organic reach and engagement. These numbers are based on the performance of Nonprofit Tech for Good, and of course, vary depending upon how your nonprofit uses Facebook and Twitter. For example: 1. Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. This could involve: Running digital ads on a consistent daily/weekly basis to stay top-of-mind. This runs counter to short-form trends on TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube that occupy our attention.

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Guest Post by Amanda Rose: Reflections on Cause Fatigue

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A number folks offers some insights in the comments or on Twitter, including Amanda. I didn’t feel like the Twitter community could handle another cause infused global campaign on the scale of Twestival so soon. I think too many times people are raising money without a specific objective in mind. Absolutely.

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Guest Post by Michaela Hackner: Community Matters Even At SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We heard a lot about the use of crowdsourcing, the latest Twitter apps, and why content strategy is so important. South by Southwest reinforced the true value of connecting like-minded groups in person — particularly in our field. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America. It re-energizes and inspires.

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Community Matters, Even at SxSW

Forum One

We heard a lot about the use of crowdsourcing, the latest Twitter apps, and why content strategy is so important. South by Southwest reinforced the true value of connecting like-minded groups in person — particularly in our field. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America. It re-energizes and inspires.

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Hurricane Sandy was barreling up the Atlantic coast of the United States, a husband and wife in their early 90s, frail of body and mind though resolute (some would say stubborn) of spirit, finally gave in to the pleadings of their family. The homeless population in the city doubled to 80,000. Her twitter handle is @patbrandes.

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Twestival: Are Fundraising Groundswells A Massive Opportunity or Distraction for Nonprofit Organizations?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I wrote about Twestival , the most recent example of fundraising on Twitter and a networked fundraiser of a scale we haven't seen before. I titled the post " Look Out Here Comes Everybody To Raise Money for charity:water on Twitter " with a wink to Clay Shirky's work. Says Ben, "We knew each other on Twitter."