Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

It is superb for visual storytelling about your organization, its stakeholders, and results. The idea that “pictures do the talking” is also appealing to younger audiences which is why Instagram is popular with Gen Z and Gen Y. Best Practices and Tips for Nonprofits.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Through speaking, training, and consulting, she shows social purpose organizations how to use social media and storytelling to build communities, showcase impact, and advance their causes. She was recently named one of the top 25 Nonprofit IT Influencers to Follow in 2019 by BizTech Magazine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

The storytelling was engaging and compelling. As activists, professionals in social good, and as storytellers, we have to move beyond engaging the community to really parsing out what is the right change and the effective path to the solution. Compelling and emotionally engaging storytelling/messaging. What was your source?

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2022

Narratives have the power to liberate or oppress because they have the potential to influence the beliefs and behaviors of individuals, which in turn can shape institutional policies and practices. Who are the messengers and storytellers that can most effectively deliver these messages and move this narrative?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. Key influencers take action, including media. I’m working in partnership with Spitfire Strategies. Solicit and share stories.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2017

The challenge ahead is how to adapt and develop your fundraising practice based on the trends we can see now, and still be agile moving forwards. 4 Ways Data and Analytics Can Help Nonprofits Achieve Positive ROI: Measure and report your successes and use the data to plan for the future. The Millennial Mind, Heart, and Wallet.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The purpose of the conference is to expose future social sector leaders to a vibrant learning experience that promotes best practices, innovative thinking and awareness of the full scope of the sector. The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2015

Whether it’s follows, followers, likes, shares, favorites, retweets, click-throughs or some other measurement, we want those numbers going up. Were we in the business to cover the news, or to disseminate spicy New Orleans-influenced recipes? Nonprofit Marketing Content marketing Nonprofit Storytelling Social Media storytelling'

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Here are some Duplicate-Record Review Best Practices : Duplicate review is BORING. bbcon Takeaway #3: Impact measurement must be baked into the culture of your foundation . Because the world of philanthropy is transforming; impact measurement is your organization’s ability to track, report, and – most importantly –.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Measuring success of social media in your work can be a tricky thing to do, especially as we all explore and experiment with the tools every day and many tools and processes are still very new. Embrace storytelling. the value and practice of contributing back to the community is probably already in place. Crowd vs Community.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

Granted, that's hard to measure." The first, and often easiest, step is identifying who are the influencers on the subject of your cause and/or in the nonprofit field, in your local community and beyond. While it is obvious that organizations should follow influencers, what about examining who is following you?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2015

The word is usually considered a pejorative term that describes “feel-good” measures, in support of an issue or social cause, that have little physical or practical effect, other than to make the person doing it feel satisfied that they have contributed.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Google Earth Outreach from Rebecca Moore: Google’s mapping tools may seem like an obscure tool to use in your work but these aren’t traditional maps: the new generation of mapping technology is fully interactive, enables storytelling, and more. (Did Influence decision-makers; impact public policy.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In this guide, we’ll explore the basics of cause marketing and best practices that will lead to a successful campaign: What is cause marketing? What are some best practices for successful cause marketing? Hone your storytelling skills. What are some best practices for successful cause marketing? increasing profits).

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

When your nonprofit uses online fundraising platforms and follows best practices, you can meet your supporters where they are—online—and enable them to give quickly and easily. Organizations that invest in PCI-compliant online fundraising solutions can take proper cybersecurity measures to ensure that their online donation process is secure.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Its 45 workshops, seminars and lectures explore internal and external strategies, systems, methods, best practices and successful examples. Discover how-to details and strategies for fast, measurable digital marketing success. How can institutions better welcome and integrate this community into their educational advancement practices?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. What follows below is a synthesis of the many excellent nonprofit crowd funding best practices resources. What metrics will you use to measure success? Social Strategies.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

1) Visual Storytelling. Visual storytelling does exactly that. In fact, 80% of the top grossing campaigns through CauseVox use visual storytelling to showcase their cause and crush their fundraising goal. Try fitting it into the Pixar Storytelling Framework. The best weapon against apathy is a compelling story.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

When your nonprofit uses online fundraising platforms and follows best practices, you can meet your supporters where they are—online—and enable them to give quickly and easily. Organizations that invest in PCI-compliant online fundraising solutions can take proper cybersecurity measures to ensure that their online donation process is secure.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 10, 2019

Set SMART(Smart, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely) goals to make the tracking of your success easier. Thus, you need to tailor your posts based on each platform’s best practices. You can even track their levels of influence to gamify their experience and reward them for their support. 9) Focus on your call-to-action.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

House of Representatives; EPA just halted all new permits and ordered a review of the practice. We are all after real world changes, so how do we measure our use of these tools on real world impact? Link to things that can be measured. Dont measure things for the sake of measurement. Laura: What are your goals?

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Opportunity Collaboration.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 24, 2011

Ready to dive into how to convey messages using specific marketing channels, and ultimately, how to measure the results of your work? Storytelling. In Storytelling as Best Practice , Andy Goodman states that "storytelling is the single most powerful communication tool an organization can possess.". Keep reading.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2013

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. The report out was a competition. Training Design'

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Forum One designed and developed the City Health Dashboard with NYU Langone Health’s Department of Population Health to share and compare data on 37 measures of public health across more than 500 U.S. This innovative tool took home a gold Healthcare Ad Award this year!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2018

The bot, available via Twitter and Facebook Messenger, polls its followers (called ‘U-Reporters’) on a range of topics and uses the data to help influence public policy. Emotions have always had an appropriate place in storytelling for fundraising, we give because we are empathetic beings. Unicef’s bot has had some early successes.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Forum One designed and developed the City Health Dashboard with NYU Langone Health’s Department of Population Health to share and compare data on 37 measures of public health across more than 500 U.S. This innovative tool took home a gold Healthcare Ad Award this year!

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

ThePort, Ning) Multimedia content sharing is a powerful tool for storytelling, providing content that is easy to share and embed. Know when to respond and when not -- pay attention to people's tone and influence. Funnel: Measure the whole funnel! Identify the usual suspects and DNFTT (do not feed the trolls).

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

It’s that distance from financial consequences that let communities put best interest and opportunity ahead of other influencers. As such, adoption can be used as a currency , measuring the worth of your programs, services and opportunities. Externally, map all the various technologies in play already and that could be put to use.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). Jeffrey Haguewood is calling it a best practice – making mission support tangible.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Read on for our guide for creating a successful year-end fundraising appeal —complete with do’s and don’ts, best practices, strategic tips, and fundraising inspiration. Your goals should be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Ambitious/Attainable, and Time-based). Don’t make these storytelling mistakes.

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Neon CRM

JULY 27, 2023

SMART goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. Here’s how to approach the goal of boosting engagement in a SMART way: Specific : Increase donor engagement with fundraising activities Measurable: Increase fundraising email open rates and social media followers by 20%.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

There are some great books on neuroscience I highly recommend you read from Daniel Kahneman to Robert Sapolsky to figure out how this affects, Robert Cialdini’s book on “Influence” as well. . We know that storytelling is powerful. But storytelling is fundamental, we’re hardwired for stories.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Read on for our guide for creating a successful year-end fundraising appeal —complete with do’s and don’ts, best practices, strategic tips, and fundraising inspiration. Your goals should be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Ambitious/Attainable, and Time-based). Don’t make these storytelling mistakes.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We have certainly seen some examples of maps or charts that the user can interact with, but with the over saturation of static infographic images, 2014 and the plethora of tools emerging that make these options really easy, we will see more organizations using data for storytelling that users can watch, click on, and really explore."

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

We all use data and analytics in some measure every day to guide our strategic planning and tactical decision making. For me, I needed data to help focus on four things: Data to measure and monitor the performance of the individual giving fundraising program. Lifetime value measurements. Measure and report on your success.

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