Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2010

Photo from San Jose Library. This week (April 18th to 25th) is National Volunteer Week in the US. Chances are if you work or volunteer for a nonprofit you already know that. Maybe you even have a favorite volunteer and you're planning a special recognition of their efforts this week. For the Smithsonian ? Start here.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

Every detail, from selecting the perfect venue and crafting engaging activities to coordinating volunteers and securing sponsors plays a crucial role in creating a seamless and unforgettable experience. You can set up a photobooth and encourage participants to take photos and tag your organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The social media posts that get the most engagement often include strong examples of mission impact, surprising facts, spotlights on special groups like kids and volunteers, or useful tools and resources. In doing so, they relieved local food banks of high transportation costs and offered nourishment to hungry families.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If you work with animals, can you have a fashion photo shoot involving holiday sweaters? Consider holding a thank-a-thon in early November for these wonderful donors where you gather a couple of volunteers or Board members and call each donor just to say thanks. Be sure to tag them all! You could also do a video shout-out.

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MARCH 14, 2023

About six months before the event date , begin developing a nonprofit event fundraising marketing plan, which should allow enough time to develop a realistic budget, book event space, enlist volunteers, and invest in necessary resources. By using an official hashtag, your team has an additional opportunity to showcase guest photos.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2010

Earthquake Aftermath in Jacmel Photos by Andrew Bigosinski, Director of Ciné Lekol. Worst case: The orphanage collapsed like all other concrete buildings in town and the locals might hesitate to dig out HIV infected bloody kids. Tags: maps. I haven't been able to sleep. Crisis Camps.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2020

You have to collect stories and photos of program participants, get their consent, pull data on your programs, clean up your donor database, plan events, schedule donor meetings, print materials, fix your mail merge and lick a thousand envelopes ? Is your data up to date and tagged correctly? Audit your Website. Make it easy for them!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

Share stories, photos, and videos from events. Nonprofit bloggers should think of themselves as reporters, and a very popular blog is always a report back on an event complete with a photo slideshow or video. If you get written up in a magazine or the local paper, write a couple of short paragraphs about it and link to the article.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2023

Target the Right Businesses Start by identifying businesses within your networks where your nonprofit has a personal connection, whether it’s through a staff member, board member, planning committee member, or dedicated volunteer. Next, think about businesses that have a particularly vested interest in your event’s audience. Use social media.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2009

In a time when more and more nonprofits are blurring the line between local and global, I think that services like WWL can make a huge difference in how we communicate and collaborate. Using WWL, you can encourage bilingual volunteers to translate your own content so that a broader audience can find it. Photo: gcbb , CC license. .

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Achieve

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Local awareness ads give you the ability to. For example, if a nonprofit wants to raise awareness and engage volunteers for a neighborhood clean-up, they could drop a pin on the map around their planned location and target people who live in the area with an interest in the environment. Using Location in Facebook Ads. previous posts.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

Steve and 3 self-funded volunteers (found for free via Google Grants!) They will tweet constantly and upload their photo-led blog stories every day between May 11-22. Before they head home, they will train the local community and the NGO partner how to use a Flip video and digital camera so update can continue. What do you need?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

Anecdotely, I see a lot of blogs and Flickr photo streams, some YouTube and Vimeo use. " Tags: roundup 2010 4change applications bookmarks causemarketing challenge community competition competitions facebook free fundraising guide list lists nonprofits nptech postalicious resources socialchange storytelling tools trends volunteering. ."

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2017

People with disabilities want to donate, volunteer, and otherwise support causes they care about. They want serious social problems addressed, and want to be involved in these causes — as employees, as donors, as volunteers, and as clients. Register for webinar to learn more. Some Benefits of Participating in OpenAIR.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

What’s the point in using “global” tools (social media) for local organizing? From @amoration: I find we’re always both global & local, so many of us travel frequently that virtual organizing tools are essential even for “local&# endeavors. From @neddotcom: one strategy: ease of participation, make it easy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2010

Over 110 volunteers worked with almost 60 local Atlanta-based nonprofits sharing their wisdom and expertise on a variety of techie topics. In order to pull off this event, we need not only need enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers, but strong local partners who serve as our bridge to the local community of nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

The ultimate portable NPR experience for your iPhone or iPod Touch, the NPR News App allows you to follow local and national news and listen to your favorite NPR stations wherever you are and whenever you want to. Search 60,000 open volunteer opportunities to find the perfect one for you. National Public Radio :: Download.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 23, 2017

Have you ever been scrolling through your newsfeed and seen a photo of a celebrity holding something like vitamins or the newest detox tea and thought, “Hmm? In the nonprofit world, social media influencers can help garner donations, volunteers, or a more “ slacktivist ” style of support like awareness. Reach out to them.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Volunteers look at a photo of a missing person, compare it to a news image, and see if they can find a match. Missing Persons.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 25, 2010

Use a good photo or two and your donor won’t be able to stop reading. Share a brief testimonial from a client, a donor, a volunteer, or a local celebrity about your organization. Tags: Newsletter nonprofit fundraising. Client story. Tell a story about someone whose life has been changed by your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2009

Photo by Wally G.   The hope is to encourage people to volunteer in their local communities, not just for a day, but in a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to promote service as a way of life for all Americans. Art grabs people who don’t necessarily read the local paper. Take photos. Do what we do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Photo from Cambodia4kids. Ten Tech Proposals Empowering Human Rights, Local Leadership, and Community Education is. Peter Deitz, from FOIK, also a nominated project, offers volunteer assistance to the other 149 projects in implementing personal fundraising campaigns. Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. NTC 2007 Pipe.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

AUGUST 28, 2018

Whether you’re planning an elegant cocktail hour at a local restaurant or a low-key barbecue in a supporter’s backyard, the difference between a successful fundraising event and a total failure comes down to one thing: getting engaged and passionate people in the door. If an attendee declines the invitation or cancels, make a secondary ask.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2010

I have also been involved with the Day of Service , the annual conference event where techies give back to the local community for the past decade, along with my colleague Cheryl Hanback who ran the first one. This year we have over 100 volunteers to install a wireless network or work with local nonprofits on strategy consults.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2009

Photo by Joel Zimmer The annual Day of Service at the NTEN NTC Conference has been a tradition since 2000. A group of nonprofit techies share their time and expertise with nonprofits from the local community. This year we saw a record turnout with more than 100 volunteers assisting about 60 Bay-Area organizations.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

As an added bonus, Twitter's trending topics are often monitored by local news media outlets. Use photos in your Tweets! Delegate Event Day Twitter responsibilities to 1-2 trusted staff members or volunteers on your team. Photo/Quote from a Survivor “Little Johnny wants to say thanks and wish everyone a safe ride!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2009

Photo of Iavor Ivanov , Web Experience, United Way (national) Meet Iavor Ivanov, the Director of Web Experience for the United Way (National). It's the agency's campaign designed to inspire individuals across the country to help advance the common good through giving, advocating and volunteering in the areas of education, income and health.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2009

She also came to SXSW where she launched a small experiment using taking photos of people smiling. Since its founding, Operation Smile volunteers have treated more than 130,000 children born with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities and the organization has a presence in 51 countries. Tags: twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

Photo by Neatonjr.    They had their staff, local experts in the location, add tips about what was interesting for visitors in the neighborhood.  Track volunteering efforts. Tags: Art Sector Arts & Technology location. The questions were a mix of strategic and tactical. A 3 day walk).

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2011

One of my first summer jobs as a teenager was helping a local business with some edits to its website. On my first day, my new boss explained the basics of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), writing HTML tags on a legal pad as he went along. Photo: Ming Xia , CC license. HTML Dog (HTML and CSS tutorials).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Flickr Photo by Sugarpond. He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. Other organizations broke their efforts down into bite-size pieces for their volunteers by creating templates to use to send messages to their friends, post and comment on blogs, and create their own videos.”

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 11, 2023

Your organization’s volunteers can be a valuable untapped resource for peer-to-peer marketing campaigns. You can provide highly engaged or long-time volunteers with opportunities to get more involved by empowering them to become digital ambassadors for your cause and promote your mission to their families and friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2007

I'm slowly blogging the posts, videos, and photos that I captured last week along with some reflections. For the past five years, I've coordinated the NTEN/NTC Day of Service and before that participated as a volunteer. Volunteers had the option to do a strategy consult and stay at the hotel or leave the building and go on-site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

jpickett1968 @ kanter Ask them to tour your facility to assist with fundraising or volunteering. Identify leaders/super-activists and empower them to host local events. EMcD @ kanter At @ carepages we enabled members to share their stories offline (local media, support groups, religious organizations) MandyGRS @ kanter.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

We need to utilize these tools, to the best of our abilities, to engage and inform the public, because no matter how much federal, state and local officials do, we will only be successful if the public is brought in as part of the team." "One person can take a photo. One person can post a message. Now they have the tools.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. These innovative tools are meeting the fundraising, grassroots mobilization, volunteer engagement, and issue awareness needs of many organizations." They eventually became hugely successful NetSquared Locals in several countries.

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