M+R

JULY 6, 2023

Posts can be up to 500 characters, and they can include links, photos, or videos up to 5 minutes long. Post what you’d normally share on Twitter: A witty quip, a photo or video from an action, a link to your op-ed, or a meme about being the first to the party. We think Threads can fill that gap. But we think Threads has staying power.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2015

Your nonprofit could have a wide variety of excellent blog content , but if your blog’s design doesn’t make a positive first impression, then few will read it – much less share it with their followers on social networks. First, the body text column is wide enough to feature photos and large font.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Posts can be as little as 250 words with a featured image or as long as a 5,000-word photo essay. For example, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network makes wise use of their sidebar by prominently featuring a call-to-follow on social networks and an e-newsletter opt-in. Reading and seeing (include photos and videos!)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook is the largest social network in the world and is becoming increasingly integrated into the Social Web with every passing second. Nonprofits that host many events or are related to the arts, animals, nature, or international development should definitely be using Flickr. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

My last full-time, Monday-through-Friday job was as an outreach director for a small international development organization in San Francisco. The successful use of social media requires a significant time investment. If your expectations of social media are minimal, then only having a Facebook Page is enough.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Part-blogging, part-social networking community, Tumblr makes an interesting choice for blogs that are specific to a campaign or cause – especially if you have a lot photos and videos to share. Survival International :: survivalinternational.tumblr.com. To Write Love On Her Arms :: twloha.tumblr.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

first name Amnesty , last name International ). Hopefully from here on out any new social network that launches will learn from the mistakes made by Myspace, Facebook, Google+, and Pinterest and launch simultaneously with both personal and business/nonprofit accounts available for individuals and brands.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. I mentioned a link from IBM via Elsua (Luis Suarez).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Most nonprofits distribute the original source of the story to their communities (the New York Times , for example), but while that is generous, it does not help build the nonprofit’s brand recognition, e-newsletter list, or social networking communities; rather, it builds those of the New York Times. Share Stories from the Field.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

So, when setting up your Google Profile be sure to use you real first name and last name (not first name “Amnesty” and last name “International,” for example). Under “Contributor to” enter your nonprofit’s blog and social networking profiles if you contribute to them. Now join Google+.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Finally, once you have either logged in to your Gmail Account or created a new one and selected the “You+” link, do not be tempted to convert your new personal Google+ Profile into brand (for example, first name “Amnesty” and last name “International”) to avoid being on Google+ personally.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring. Each interest has a selection of Pinterest members that you begin to follow if you select an interest. Go mobile with Pinterest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Finally, once you have either logged in to your Gmail Account or created a new one and selected the “You+” link, do not be tempted to convert your new personal Google+ Profile into brand (for example, first name “Amnesty” and last name “International”) to avoid being on Google+ personally.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

Instead, be strategic: Profile your ideal donor and then determine their preferred social networks. Actively engage with followers by answering their questions, tagging them in photos and videos, and commenting on and resharing posts they make about your organization. Conduct prospect research.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Most nonprofits distribute the original source of the story to their communities (the New York Times, for example), but while that is generous, it does not help build the nonprofit’s brand recognition, e-newsletter list, or social networking communities; rather, it builds those of the New York Times. Share Stories from the Field.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2011

Always add a photo when posting Tips to increase the likelihood that they’ll get noticed. The easiest way to begin adding Tips is to go to “ Search &# on the Desktop version of Foursquare to locate Venue Pages (local, national, and international) where your nonprofit thinks it’s wise to post Tips.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

There are some amazing nonprofits at the grassroots working miracles daily with relatively small amounts of cash, but unfortunately, since no international database of verified nonprofits exists, these nonprofits are consistently unable to utilize most online fundraising tools. Not any anymore… thanks to Ammado.com. I made a donation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

Photo by Nic's Events. I put out a query for examples of blogging and social network/media policies for nonprofits and got lots of good examples. Donny Peterson couldn't resist the urge to edit someone else's blogging policy before sharing a copy his policy. That got me thinking about the process for developing the policy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

It’s estimated that by late 2014 or early 2015 the majority of adults will get their information from social networks rather than search engines and that social networks will become the primary source of referral traffic to your website and blog. The effective use of social networks is a skill not to be underestimated.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

As a community organizer and network weaver myself, I am incredibly excited by the #OccupyWallStreet movement that started in New York just over three months ago now (on September 17th) in response to a failing federal economy and political process that impact local, national, and international markets. Personalize It.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

For tools specifically, we use CoTweet to manage our Twitter communications and MBuzz for monitoring our social media mentions. Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites. We use Flickr to collect all of the photos for our annual nature photo competition. Please summarize your ROI.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

The Twitter-owned app lets you record six-second video clips and share them with your friends on various social media networks including Vine's own internal network. The other big news in digital storytelling apps is that Instagram now supports videos in addition to photos. More Apps to Consider. Montaj (iOS).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. How have social networking tools helped spread the word about your cause?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation?

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 14, 2022

Facebook Challenges are time-bound virtual peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns that take place entirely through the social network. When you create your Facebook group, choose eye-catching, branded cover and profile photos so participants will trust that the group is associated with your campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Most nonprofits distribute the original source of the story to their communities (the New York Times, for example), but while that is generous, it does not help build the nonprofit’s brand recognition, e-newsletter list, or social networking communities; rather, it builds those of the New York Times. Share Stories from the Field.

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Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Flickr Photo by WiserEarth - WiserEarth's team from Around the World play Peek-A-Boo With Book. I’d like to use this post to share some of the responses to the Networked Nonprofit at different book events and online during the past month and let you know about upcoming events in November. Networked Nonprofit in Vegas.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

One of my biggest takeaways from last year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in San Francisco was this oft-repeated advice on social networking, specifically Facebook and Twitter: you can't make them come to you. Had 5,319 click-throughs to our website through bit.ly, which we use for shortening URLs on social networking sites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

So, when setting up your Google Profile be sure to use you real first name and last name (not first name “Amnesty&# and last name “International,&# for example). Beyond that, only add information and photos that you’re comfortable sharing with others.

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Care2

JANUARY 25, 2010

Having a venue from which your organization can share its knowledge will expand your audiences, and build a robust internal culture. If writing doesn’t appeal to everyone, you may want to enlist your colleagues to publish photos, audio or video. Tags: Online Marketing Social Networking Trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

Flickr Photo by Roberto Ferrari - Creative Commons License Some Rights Reserved. Note from Beth: Social media is not a waste a time, but there are ways to waste your time. So Many Social Networks, So Little Time. Doing social media right takes time. So, I’m going to explore this theme over the coming weeks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

But we’re also using social technologies which made think of the various “Ladders of Engagement&# that communications strategist use to shape a campaign. Flickr Photo by Gary Hayes. Emergence in networked learning comes signaling to your networks – hey learning is taking place over here – come engage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Photo by Gary Clark. You’ll be reading more about how to learn – either professional learning or learning in organizations or learning from peers and how technology – especially social networks and data supports the process. Year in Review. My Three Words.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

It seems that you have to have an organizational presence on facebook in order for the project page on Jumo to work/look right – I put in my facebook ID, thinking it was verifying my association as the admin on the organizational account, but instead it put my photo and info as the organization’s!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

Courtesy of Katya Andresen, publisher of Getting to the Point I am asked almost weekly how to convince nonbelievers in an organization give social networking efforts a try. Change the subject: If you’re having a debate over the value of social media, you’re having the wrong discussion. engagement is all about.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

" The blur between our personal and professional identities on social networking sites may seem all too obvious, but the issue is becoming more prevalent as we use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as professional networking tools. Know how to untag yourself from embarrassing photos. So what can we do?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Once that's all set up, you can start sending vanishing photo and video messages (also known as Snaps) to your contacts. Its function, however, became clear once I realized that it can be used to save your photos before you send them. Ansa is a similar app that supports disappearing text, videos, photos, and drawing messages.

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