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Social Networking Communities Are Migrant Communities

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

Social networking communities are migrant communities. They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. Social media skeptics often say that it’s a waste of time to utilize social networking sites because they are here today, and then gone tomorrow.

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10 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Use Twitter

NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

Fret not, however, as the number of nonprofits using Twitter continues to grow. However, many are confused about how Twitter can help advance their organization’s goals. Staff Networking. Consider how you can use Twitter to network with other professionals in your line of work. Location Based Services.

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6 Tips on How to Use Social Media to Acquire New Donor Prospects

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Gone are the days of list acquisitions and swapping of mailing lists. 2) Move beyond social posting to targeted social advertising. Social media sites are for relationship building. Social media sites are for relationship building. 3) Capture social media followers that visit your website.

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How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

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Social Media for Social Good :: Your Nonprofit Tech Checklist

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Create an e-mail signature that includes your website, blog, and social networking links. Purchase.org domain name for website and e-mail addresses. Add social networking icons. Add e-newsletter subscribe functionality to your social networking communities. 2) Twitter. 1) Website.

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Can Social Network Analysis Improve Your Social Media Strategy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. Each dot represents a person or in network jargon, a node. Some examples: A follower on Twitter or someone you’re following.

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11 Nonprofits That Excel at Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

Your nonprofit can learn a lot from the 11 (mostly large) nonprofits listed below by simply following, liking, and subscribing to their e-newsletter, blog, Facebook Page, Twitter, YouTube Channel, etc. A small selection of that criteria is as follows: Consistent use of a visually compelling square avatar across all social networks.

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Which Social Networking Analysis Term Best Describes Virgin America?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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11 Donate Now Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

If your nonprofit is a legal 501(c)(3), then it has a profile in the GuideStar database, and consequently on Network for Good, JustGive.org, Facebook Causes, and Crowdrise as well. Increasingly, online donors are giving through portals and social networking sites, so you must make sure that your nonprofit is properly listed in GuideStar.

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6 Common Social Media For Nonprofits Misconceptions

TechImpact

JUNE 18, 2014

While it’s true social media’s an important component of a successful content marketing strategy, we’re here today to clear up a few misconceptions about the various social networks, and the impact they have on your nonprofit. Direct mail is enough. What’s not to love? You have to have it. Part true, part false.

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Social Media Best Practices: 12 Tips for Making the Best of Any Social Site

NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube? Twitter has more than 16 million users, and 42.3 Google recently made a big social medial play by introducing Google+. The social Web is no different. Claim your land.

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Five Ways Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Build Their e-Newsletter List

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

People are often surprised when I say that if given the choice, I would choose 10,000 e-Newsletter subscribers over 10,000 Followers on Twitter, 10,000 Fans on Facebook, or 10,000 Friends on Foursquare… combined. Reports and predictions of the death of e-mail fluctuate seemingly on a quarterly basis.

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11 Group Text Messaging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

It is illegal to buy, sell, or trade mobile phone numbers, unlike e-mail and snail mail addresses. and your “Thank You” landing pages and e-mails. Finally, there are icons for SMS that you can download and integrate with your social networking icons on your website and your blog. page on your mobile website.

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A Short, Recent History of Nonprofit Website Design and Online Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

e-Newsletter :: By 2008 nonprofits were beginning to understand and harness the power of e-mail marketing for online fundraising, branding, and cause awareness. Social Networks :: The promotion of social networks first appears on the World Wildlife Fund’s homepage as a link entitled “Social Spot.”

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ).

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Three Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Diversify Their Brand Online

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

In the weeks after Google+ launched I saw a number of blog posts and articles about how brands should drop Facebook and Twitter, and migrate their communities over to Google+. Young, tech-savvy millenials text often and increasing prefer social networks and using tablets. Gen X is big on blogging, e-mail, and social networking.

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A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. But consider the following: Networking. All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Two donors were former colleagues who also have Twitter accounts.

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Three Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Diversify Their Brand Online

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In the weeks after Google+ launched I saw a number of blog posts and articles about how brands should drop Facebook and Twitter, and migrate their communities over to Google+. Young, tech-savvy millenials text often and increasing prefer social networks and using tablets. Gen X is big on blogging, e-mail, and social networking.

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Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 Simplified for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

as follows: Web 1.0 = Websites, e-mail newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons. is one person or organization pushing content out to many people via websites and e-mail newsletters. Web 2.0 = Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites. Group text campaigns function like e-mail newsletters in Web 1.0… and Web 3.0

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. IconsPedia :: iconspedia.com/pack/social-me-1467. Based in the U.K., Qwiki :: qwiki.com.

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11 TwtPoll Results Nonprofits Can Use to Plan 2010 Communications Strategies

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

13% Check/snail mail. 5% A social networking site (like Facebook). 1% Yes… they donate on our website after reading something on Facebook, Twitter, etc. 6) What is the size of your organization’s e-mail newsletter list? [ [link] ]. 2% Our organization does not publish an e-mail newsletter.

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22 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. IconsPedia :: iconspedia.com/pack/social-me-1467. Twitter Mosaic :: sxoop.com/twitter.

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10 Fun and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

IconsPedia : A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc. 4096 Color Wheel : A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, etc. oneforty : A gallery of over 2,500 (and counting) Twitter Apps.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Some common metrics to monitor are website traffic, blog traffic, e-newsletter subscribers, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, online dollars raised, volunteers, and event attendees. If your nonprofit is on the right track with social media, then you’ll notice an increase in the metrics from month to month over time. Of course not!

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10 Tips for Managing Social Media Burnout

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Six months ago I came pretty close to complete social media burnout. I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. This an important one.

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Social Media Media Management Tips

11 LinkedIn Group Management Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

These best practices will also be demonstrated live in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn. To jump-start your group, you will need to promote it on your website, in your e-newsletter, and in your social networking profiles. Subtlety is an art on the Social Web. for Nonprofits.

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Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin: Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Submitted by Steve MacLaughlin, publisher of Connections For a while now I've been talking with a lot of nonprofits about using social media and social networking in their organizations. How can we use Twitter? Is that Twitter follower also on the direct mail list? Social networking matters.

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Five Reasons Why Nonprofit Communicators Need Smartphones

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2010

Here are five reasons why: 1) To update social networking profiles on the go. Whether using smarthone Apps ( iPhone Twitter App ) or mobile websites ( m.twitter.com ), the best of nonprofit communicators understand that once again the Internet is transforming dramatically and they will transform with it.

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Technology Toolkit for Start-up Nonprofits: Part One

Wild Apricot

MARCH 25, 2010

A Technology Toolkit for Start-up Nonprofits So you’ve decided your nonprofit needs to take advantage of social networking tools and Web technology, but you have no idea how to go about.( read more ).

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10 Nonprofit Text Alert Campaigns

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

That said, below are 10 text campaigns that I was able to find through Google and Twitter searches: 1. Not only that, after you subscribe from their website you are sent to a page that prompts subscribers to then follow the ASPCA on Twitter, fan them on Facebook, make a donation, etc. Service Employees International Union :: Subscribe.

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Technology Toolkit for Start-up Nonprofits: Part Two

Wild Apricot

MARCH 26, 2010

So your nonprofit has decided to take advantage of social networking opportunities, but you’re not sure where to start? Tags: Non-profit technology Fundraising nptech Marketing E-mail marketing Google Analytics Social networking Facebook Non-profit Communications Twitter social media LinkedIn.

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Great reads from around the web on October 14th

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). to quickly share links to blog posts, advocacy and fundraising campaign on social networks.

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Aunt Mabel, $200K, 5 Months and You!

NetWits

AUGUST 8, 2011

What I do have, though, is a family, a best friend, a neighbor (an Aunt Mabel, if you will) that I’d much rather receive an e-mail, Facebook post or Twitter mention from than pretty much any non-profit organization. — Full disclosure: I don’t actually have an Aunt Mabel.

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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/nature_org. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites. Name: Amy Ganderson.

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HOW TO: Create Videos for Your Nonprofit Without a Video Camera, a Budget of $0, and Little-to-No Tech Skills

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Within a few minutes and a couple of clicks, your nonprofit could have a new promotional video that you can use on your Web site, your Blog, in your e-mail newsletters, and on social networking sites. People can also copy and paste embed code for the video allowing them or you to post the video essentially anywhere on the Web.

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11 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The upper right-hand corner is the most valuable section of your website—use it to plug your e-newsletter and group text messaging campaigns, donate now functionality, and social networking communities. Include Social Media Icons or Graphics. Icons and buttons have strong appeal and impact in Web 2.0 Overall, avoid clutter.

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Social Media: What To Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Get It

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. Executives were terrified by the legal implications of using social networking tools. and then forward executives breaking news on social and mobile media. Find your competitors the Web. Get training.

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Social Media Media Social Stats

Successful Organizations On Twitter: Wellstone Action - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Deanna Zandt (DZ): How long have you been on Twitter?

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Why I Use Twitter

See3

JANUARY 29, 2009

But I love Twitter and I am finding time for it and I want to explain why. What Twitter is, actually, is an adult conversation. I have met amazing people on Twitter and it has become my go-to resource for questions big and small. I even found the Wovel on Twitter! Which brings us to Twitter. I have real work to do.

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Digital Natives and Twitter (and RSS)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

None of them had heard of Twitter, let alone used it. In this recent New York Times article, " If You Can't Let Go, Twitter " the writer talks about the difficulty of getting her three digital natives and early adopter users to switch from mobile phone texting to using Twitter and without success. Maybe Twitter isn???t

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Cutting Edge Integrated Social Media Strategies: Download the Presentation

Care2

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Yesterday, Care2's webinar on Cutting Edge Integrated Social Media Strategies highlighted the importance of developing integrated campaigns that not only use email, direct mail and telemarketing, but key social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter. Are they in our social networks? Tweet for us?

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Four Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Question Facebook’s Integrity, Longevity, and ROI (Return on Investment)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Nonprofits throughout the world have sent millions upon millions of e-mails, Tweets, bulletins, updates, etc. Essentially, nonprofits have been advertising Facebook to untold millions for free helping it become the powerhouse that it is today – the largest, most active social networking website on the Web. on Facebook.

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ROI Integration Question Facebook

Will Facebook Authenticate “Nonprofit Organizations” or Shut It Down?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

My DIOSA Communications e-mail address is attached to the Page]. There is also the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter profile , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , and the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. management company or PR firm). [My Not an option.

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How Useful is Social Media to Nonprofits?

Care2

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

According to Idealware’s survey of over 750 nonprofit staffers: Almost 80% "think" that they reach new supporters using Facebook, Twitter, video sharing sites like YouTube, and blogging. However, only between 25% and 35% said that they could confirm that they are truly reaching new supporters via these social networks.

Social Media

Social Media Media Social Myspace

Social Networking Communities Are Migrant Communities

10 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Use Twitter

Webinars

Trending Sources

6 Tips on How to Use Social Media to Acquire New Donor Prospects

Webinars

Social Media for Social Good :: Your Nonprofit Tech Checklist

Can Social Network Analysis Improve Your Social Media Strategy?

11 Nonprofits That Excel at Social Media

Which Social Networking Analysis Term Best Describes Virgin America?

11 Donate Now Best Practices for Nonprofits

6 Common Social Media For Nonprofits Misconceptions

Social Media Best Practices: 12 Tips for Making the Best of Any Social Site

Five Ways Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Build Their e-Newsletter List

11 Group Text Messaging Best Practices for Nonprofits

A Short, Recent History of Nonprofit Website Design and Online Fundraising

10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Three Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Diversify Their Brand Online

A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

Three Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Diversify Their Brand Online

Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 Simplified for Nonprofits

33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

11 TwtPoll Results Nonprofits Can Use to Plan 2010 Communications Strategies

22 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

10 Fun and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

10 Tips for Managing Social Media Burnout

11 LinkedIn Group Management Best Practices for Nonprofits

Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin: Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0)

Five Reasons Why Nonprofit Communicators Need Smartphones

Technology Toolkit for Start-up Nonprofits: Part One

10 Nonprofit Text Alert Campaigns

Technology Toolkit for Start-up Nonprofits: Part Two

Great reads from around the web on October 14th

Aunt Mabel, $200K, 5 Months and You!

Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

HOW TO: Create Videos for Your Nonprofit Without a Video Camera, a Budget of $0, and Little-to-No Tech Skills

11 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits

Social Media: What To Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Get It

Successful Organizations On Twitter: Wellstone Action - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Why I Use Twitter

Digital Natives and Twitter (and RSS)

Cutting Edge Integrated Social Media Strategies: Download the Presentation

Four Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Question Facebook’s Integrity, Longevity, and ROI (Return on Investment)

Will Facebook Authenticate “Nonprofit Organizations” or Shut It Down?

How Useful is Social Media to Nonprofits?

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