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How Nonprofits Can Use Instagram for Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The social media platform has more than 1 billion users — beating Twitter, Snapchat, and TikTok — and is especially popular among people aged 18-29. Instagram doesn’t let you add links to post captions — meaning that users who click through will always go through the contact info on your page or a link in your bio.

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Live Blogging: 09NTC Mapping Your Social Media Strategy

Amy Sample Ward

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Panelists: Wendy Harmon: social media manager, philosophy is to use social media to execute mission. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog.

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Webinar Shows Social Media with Volunteers in Action

Tech Soup

On April 14, TechSoup presented a webinar on using social media tools to support, involve, and recruit volunteers. University of Oregon's campus group AHA was mentioned in #techsoup 's webinar on social media for volunteer managing. Social media managers adding their name to a nonprofits page they manage?

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Major Donors: How to Attract (and Keep) Them

CauseVox

Put simply, major donors are individuals who make the biggest donations to your org. She has a background in education and youth-serving orgs, especially grassroots org and small shops. Paid donor prospecting software (iWave) can help you screen for wealth but the internet is flush (LinkedIn, social media, etc.)

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How to structure your nonprofit social media plan

Get Fully Funded

If you want people from your social media to support your nonprofit’s activities, you need a nonprofit social media plan. You already know this: In the nonprofit realm, social media is life. Contrary to popular belief, successful social media accounts are not run off-the-cuff!

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Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know

NTEN

Yesterday, I attended — and live tweeted (#baruchnp) — an interesting panel discussion at Baruch College here in New York, “ Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know.” Social media — and in particular Twitter — is great for talking to strangers. Take the walls down and embrace a ’social culture’.

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Crowdsourcing Your Professional Learning With Social Media: An Example

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday I did one of the Chronicle's Live Chat Discussions that was billed as "How Can Charities Figure out How Much Time and Money To Invest in Social Media." The transcript is here. This is an example of how you can use social media to crowdsource your professional development and learning. Thank you Kevin!