Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2007

For the past five years, I've coordinated the NTEN/NTC Day of Service and before that participated as a volunteer. The Day Before the Day of Service is always a crazy blur for me because I'm generally in the office our local partner, along with Cheryl Hanback , generating the last version of the check-in list, name tags, and materials.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

What would your organization look like if you had access to the same services and resources as a for-profit company? Invisible People is hitting the road with Virgin Mobile, Sevenly, and Ford to bring awareness to youth homelessness. Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

What would your organization look like if you had access to the same services and resources as a for-profit company? Invisible People is hitting the road with Virgin Mobile, Sevenly, and Ford to bring awareness to youth homelessness. Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Outside of our organizations, we have government institutions, and service providers. How do you evaluate your programs and services? When we are focused on impact, we are able to see potential collaborations we may have missed before when we looked only at our programs or services. Remember the examples from before?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 29, 2021

For example, don’t limit your phrasing to “social services,” remember to say “human services,” too. Instead of only using the term “homeless,” you should also use “unhoused” and any other synonym a searcher might use when referring to homelessness.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Let’s say your organization has 3 primary service programs: animals, homeless and youth. Tags: Marketing and Communication #nptech BBNC Blackbaud Net Community Non-Profit. Think about it this way. You’re about to send out this month’s eNewsletter and you want to focus on a call to give, but which topic do you focus on?

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Say something like “ Today, in this season of giving, we are extending a special thanks to our donors who give regularly to our organization, stepping up time and time again for homeless families.”. Be sure to tag them all! When you post, don’t forget to tag the corporation and anyone you know personally within that corporation!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Flickr : You’re probably already familiar with Flickr's features such as the ability to upload from anywhere, tag photos, create sets , and create or join groups. If you’ve never created a digital story with a distributed team, then read this recap to learn how some well-known nonprofit storytellers do it.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

A couple of weeks back, I wrote a post to address some frequently asked questions about Windows 7 that opened with a plea for patience and understanding as our customer service reps work to dig out for the overwhelming demand for the new operating system. I'm gonna take a minute to expand on that request a bit.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Every new phone, new software-as-a-service, or a new program will claim to do many wonderful things that have never. using your favorite search engine or a community tagging site. on homeless issues, access to healthcare, or wetland preservation are. Tags: Kevin Lo managing technology NPTech NTEN techsoup. keep in mind:

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

On the other hand, perhaps it means that these new, larger entities can provide services and resources that the smaller ones could not. Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 It also means fewer options. It doesn’t really change anything.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

On the other hand, perhaps it means that these new, larger entities can provide services and resources that the smaller ones could not. Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 It also means fewer options. It doesn’t really change anything.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Sure $5,000 sounds like a fantastic fundraising goal, but what if I told you by meeting that target, a local cause would be able to launch an evening food program for the homeless, or make much needed repairs to a home for abandoned girls and boys. Tags: fundraising2.0 social media twitter.

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NTEN

JANUARY 8, 2009

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. Becky Domegan, SOS Community Services, Ypsilanti, MI . Tags: NPTech NTEN npecon. And, as one member recently told me: . As of January 1, 2009, NTEN is: . You can find me at: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

As both a lesson and as a metric, failure is potentially productive at every level of socialmarkets - from the repeated return of one homeless person to shelter, to the repeated attempts to attach a value like SROI to such a story." Travis August tags this announcement from TechSmith, makers of SnagIt and Camtasia, about Mac development.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Your transitional housing program for homeless families always needs activities for children. Can you use governmental funds for services that are not Section 508 compliant? It is hard to turn down a client for services when they saw the picture of the big check on your site. It is caught during an internal audit.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2009

Sunday, I decided not to add them to the total – I did not count churches, but did count faith-based organizations, like the Mobile Loaves and Fishes truck feeding the homeless near a downtown park. I think the place that I was most surprised to see an opportunity to get engaged with a nonprofit was at Laser Tag.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Exponent Partners provides Salesforce.com services and solutions for high performing nonprofits. We will be giving away a free 1 Month Subscription (up to 3 user licences) to our service Prospect Research Online (Valued at $325). Then stop by the MemberHub booth and learn more about their service. Exponent Partners in booth 5.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Exponent Partners provides Salesforce.com services and solutions for high performing nonprofits. We will be giving away a free 1 Month Subscription (up to 3 user licences) to our service Prospect Research Online (Valued at $325). Then stop by the MemberHub booth and learn more about their service. Exponent Partners in booth 5.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 15, 2024

It will also allow more people to find and use your services. Local SEO If you’re a nonprofit with a physical location or a charity that provides services in a specific area, you should consider focusing on local SEO to target people in your region. Do nonprofits need SEO?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. By using tagging and RSS extension programs are able to exchange information and share content freely. Nutrition or fill in your Extension topic/subject area in Blog posts , in tags and in the Blog Directory. It's messy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

This small group organized the first Twestival to raise money for The Connection , an organization that helps homeless people by providing specialist services. Tags: social media micro-philthanthropy fundraising2.0 freeagent twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2014

The “5 in 10” tag line reflected how donors could learn through videos and stories about 5 nonprofit issue areas in 10 minutes. Example using the issue of homelessness: First, use an infographic, picture, or video of homeless people begging for money from drive-by cars or pedestrians. One issue would be highlighted every month.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

For example, knowing that a certain message or call to action, or even type of service, worked for one organization in one community translated to other organizations as a packaged up and ready to repeat solution. In a holistic paradigm, our programs and services and even our fundraising are community driven. Analog Strategies.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The data service Deceased Suppression Processing notifies you if a current supporter is deceased, so you can respond respectfully. Tag donors and volunteers to thank them for their past support. These tags will show up on donor profiles and are a great way to promote your organization. . For instance, you might: .

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

For example, you might explain the story of your humane society this way: “Emma and Jennifer, our founders, noticed there was a great need for humane homeless pet care in the Atlanta, Georgia area. For example, you might say something like, “We need your help to continue our efforts to provide clothing for homeless individuals in our area.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

For example, you could also explain goals such as building a new homeless shelter by pulling statistics about how long the process will take or how much funding per day would be necessary to cover the length of the project. The Great Plains ASPCA used their logo as the center piece for their yearly donor wall of dog tags. Need it all?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 23, 2023

Tag them in captions and photos. On Twitter, you might connect the volunteers to the cause area: We cannot fix homelessness in a city with so little affordable housing, but we can provide a meal and referrals to medical, dental, and mental health services. See if your volunteers and supporters are active on the platform.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2005

An easier way of helping is by tagging sites and webpages describing nonprofit innovation or great new tools or techniques. Bryght also generously offered to sponsor our work by donating hosting and consulting services. [Me] Me] Mark, tell us a bit about you. How did you end up at CompuMentor/TechSoup? It's been great.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2011

Last year, I connected with Stephanie Rudat over a year ago when we were both named on a list of 11 Twitter Activists You Should Be Following. (It is also how I met Mark Horvath, an activist for homelessness). Tag friends in Egypt, and those active in this movement in your posts/tweets to broaden impact.

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