Wild Apricot

MARCH 9, 2010

With all the buzz about social media, it’s easy to forget that offline media attention can be equally valuable, especially for community-based nonprofits who want to get attention to local projects or recruit local members and volunteers. Offline media attention is good. Getting it can be hard, however, in the digital information age.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 28, 2009

Here are a few tools to help you find local Twitter users.( Tags: Non-profit technology nptech online community Twitter search social media. read more ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

Please mention that the funds raised are going to help local recipients with covering missed wages while in treatment. This year, participants can win a trip to swim with dolphins, a birding walk with a local ornithologist Dr. Cardinal, gourmet food baskets from local bakery House of Pie, and more! The fundraiser is a raffle.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Use A Proper CMS With Tags CMS stands for content management system. Also, it makes it easy to add tags, which help organize your content so Google can index it better. You can manage how your businesses are showing up on Google or you can monitor your local search ranking with this MOZ local tool. Take the Course 5.

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EveryAction

JUNE 23, 2023

Whether your organization advocates for policy change on the national, state, or local level, mobilizing your supporters to place advocacy calls to their legislators is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal—and with support from the right technology, it can also be one of the most convenient.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 5, 2009

In a recent Op-Ed piece in the New York Times , David Brooks compared the global response vs localized response to the outbreak. Speak the Local Language. Local organizations provide this local face. We can speak the local language, understand the local culture. It’s hard enough to master one geography!

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 12, 2016

But it often is the local marketing that comes from trusted, known recommendations that can garner the most benefit. So how can development directors and nonprofits combine the increased interest in online giving and the importance of a local connection? Search engines look for addresses and phone numbers for local optimization.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2010

As Amy explains in her post, local NetSquared chapters have been quickly springing up all over the world: there might even be one in your city. Offline, we take things local! NetSquared Local groups are monthly events that take place in a growing number of cities around the world (right now there are nearly 70!).

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2021

. … an out-of-town donor could be invited to a local event. Can you easily add tags to contacts to document their acquisition source or engagement data? If you are new to tagging think back to our office fridge example with canned drinks. If you are new to tagging think back to our office fridge example with canned drinks.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 27, 2023

Summer’s social ambiance, characterized by people wanting to enjoy outdoor events and immerse themselves in their local community, can boost your nonprofit’s fundraising efforts. Encourage local businesses to sponsor the event or donate supplies to help cover costs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2014

Google+ Pages have a vast tool set and Google’s quest to integrate Google+ into their most popular products, such as Search, Gmail, YouTube, Local, and Wallet, is paying off as active monthly users continue to grow. Tag other pages in your poststo foster good will. Claim your Google+ Local Page.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2010

Over the last few years, the NetSquared Local network (a project of TechSoup Global's) has grown from just a few groups in only a couple countries, to 70+ groups in 21+ countries! Those local groups are organized by volunteers passionate about building community at the intersection of technology and social change.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Web 2.0 How can a small nonprofit organization, with limited time and resources for social media, find the right people to connect with in that microblogging crowd? Try your TPS.( read more ). Social networking Twitter maps application search social media.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

It's a great opportunity to love your local business (or nonprofit) or get your staff and supporters to show their love by nominating your organization. Tags: Finances Fundraising Grants for Technology. The process is pretty straightforward on their contest site, but the deadline for entrants is midnight Pacific time on February 28.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 23, 2020

Your organization could reach out to a local distillery or winery and ask them to donate a certain percentage of sales from the event to your cause. Laser tag, paintball, or cornhole tournaments are a few ideas to encourage team-building with a dose of friendly competition. Whiskey or wine tasting. Chili competition.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Hashtags are used on many social media platforms to “tag” posts for specific topics. Include Direct Mail and Local Media Outreach in #GivingTuesday Fundraising. Reaching out to local radio and TV stations about your #GivingTuesday donation drive can make a big impact. TIP: You’ve probably seen it referred to as #GivingTuesday.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Gift cards A gift card to a local coffee shop, restaurant, or store is a great way to show volunteer appreciation. And it never hurts to ask local businesses to donate gift cards to the cause! Don’t be afraid to ask local businesses to donate to the cause by sponsoring one of these events!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

Generic license There is no such thing as a local business anymore. Nor a local organization. Consider the local mini mart, the most local of all types of stores. In general, people won’t walk more than 10 minutes or 1/2 mile to their local food mart. I respond: Local is a Mindset. Local is You Talking.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

Today, we observe August 17 as National Nonprofit Day to acknowledge the positive impact that nonprofit organizations have on our local communities and around the world. Are you inspired by a local nonprofit? I hope that National Nonprofit Day inspires you to help local nonprofits and champion the causes you care about even more.

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Qgiv

JULY 14, 2021

Local Qgiv client, Lakeland Volunteers In Medicine, recently had an exceptional fundraising team (called Swan Before the Storm) raise funds for their 2021 Swan Derby event. On April 1 st they shared a post offering the first four donors to their team fundraising page a free meal from local restaurant, Teriyaki Madness.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 29, 2015

I wanted to quickly write and share with you the local and national media coverage that VisionLink has been recently receiving in response to winter storm Juno. How does it work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

both Nancy White (via the for: option in delicious) and Michele Martin (via email) sent me the link to the recent Pew Internet report on tagging. A December 2006 survey has found the at 28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts. Tagging lets us organize the Net our way.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 6, 2022

Team Growth of 30%: To better serve their growing client base, Qgiv welcomed a mix of 21 local and remote staff members to their hybrid team in 2021. Qgiv clients processed over 40,000 donations, and the largest gift received was over $46,000. Since 2018, Qgiv’s team has doubled in size.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The easiest way to organize a pumpkin carving contest is to ask your school or a local business to host it. You can also host an online contest where people submit photos of their pumpkins on social media platforms such as Instagram or Facebook by tagging them with relevant hashtags (like #pumpkincarvingcontest or #halloweenparty).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2007

When I saw that I had been tagged on Nancy White's blog, I left a crabby comment. Radio: Local classical and NPR stations and random stuff on the web. Now who to tag. leave a comment and you're tagged! Sometimes when I get overwhelmed, my reaction is to dive into my blog reader. A new form of work advoidance.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

You can celebrate with a card to your volunteers, a volunteer party, snacks in the breakroom, or even a letter to the Editor of your local paper. Incorporate a photo of volunteers in action into a graphic and tag them. If you know your volunteers well, give them a gift card to a local donut shop, ice cream store, or coffee shop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2006

This visual comes from Rashimi Sinha's essay on the question Why do people tag? For many, tagging is for sharing their own information and watching others. Even if you tag mostly to remember your own stuff, it is difficult to remain untouched by the presence of others. Will tags begin to converge ? communicative tools???

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

When you send several emails out in a short period of time, you may lose subscribers or even get tagged as a spammer. Incentives: Ask local businesses for small incentives, such as gift cards or gift baskets and use these incentives throughout the campaign. You’ve sourced local businesses for gift cards or baskets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Could a local social change site knock off Facebook for the social networking webby? The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. Lauren-Glenn Davitian's " Be the Media -- Free Speech Unfurled " guest post on NTEN blog. Chris Brogan is doing an expert session over at NTEN.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 15, 2024

Outbound campaigns can include email promotions, digital ads, and printed collateral that you might hang up at local businesses related to walk/bike/ride events (like athletic shoe stores or bike shops). Research local companies who share similar values as your organization and have a corporate philanthropy program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

In a tweet, Subaru tagged Feeding America, shared a video with the Feeding America logo and photos of the nonprofit’s impact on-the-ground, and linked to a webpage with more information about their partnership. In doing so, they relieved local food banks of high transportation costs and offered nourishment to hungry families.

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Forum One

MAY 18, 2010

This is especially true at the local and state levels within regions hardest hit by economic downturn. Tags: Influence Government. With ever-shrinking budgets, many government entities have been forced to re-evaluate their resource allocations. Our field is not immune to such sweeping and increasingly prevalent cost reduction measures.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

Fair Trade Finder is the first-of-its-kind crowd-sourced directory that lets you find, add, tag and photograph Fair Trade Certified products wherever you are. NRDC Eat Local App. Sierra Club Trail Explorer App. RSPCA ‘My Pet’ App. The RSPCA ?My

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. Might we start seeing tag called "NpTechUk" or a wiki for the UK Riders List? Five Hot Conversations. The proposed call agenda is here.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 23, 2023

You can set up a photobooth and encourage participants to take photos and tag your organization. Live Music Curate a diverse lineup of local musicians, bands, or performers that resonate with the fall theme and your audience’s preferences, or host a community talent show.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 2, 2010

One takeaway: some California cities are finding that they need to raise private funds to make up for cuts in State and local funding. Of course, this means they'll be competing with local nonprofits for donations. Tags: Fundraising. I just spoke on a fundraising panel at Compasspoint's Silicon Valley/Peninsula Nonprofit Forum.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 30, 2021

Does your cause not necessarily have national or local attention during a certain month or day? One idea is to work with local city officials to do a proclamation highlighting your cause to create a buzz around your mission and subsequent fundraising campaign.

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