Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

Adding social media to that already packed job description just would not have been possible. All that said, I know there are many nonprofit staff out there in the exact same position and it’s becoming increasingly clear that adding social media to a long list of job responsibilities is just not humanly possible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2014

Now a decade into the Social Web, mathematicians and social scientists have had ample time to study how, when, and why online individuals engage with brands on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Create visual content to optimize your presence on social networks. Cost: Free!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

I’ve watched the early adopters of MySpace in 2005 propel themselves into the national and international spotlight using social media, and I’ve seen latecomers begin to dabble with Facebook and Twitter just this year. Not adding social-networking icons to your website. Using a horizontal logo for your avatar.

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NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Once Facebook conquered colleges the now web-giant with more than 900 million active monthly users moved on to support high schools. Top 5 Social Media Tactics Every School Should Implement. First off, your school should have a blog that’s the center of your social media strategy. 5) Monitor the Social Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2012

We’re almost a decade into using social media and yet one of the most striking realities when I give in-person social media trainings is the wide variety of experience of the nonprofits in the room. The spectrum of expertise and passion for social media swings wide.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. It was the optimal time for early adoption of social media by nonprofits, and it’s no coincidence that the nonprofits that embraced these new tools in 2006 through 2008 are today the most successful nonprofits on the Social Web.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

I have social media ennui. I’m tired of reading and hearing about about social media and nonprofits, and I’m annoyed that social media is taking up so much of the air space in the #nptech world. I’ve been using social media to actively promote my new science fiction books.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

It’s commendable, but after four years of recession and the likelihood that you generously added social media to your already packed job description without compensation, it’s not sustainable and being overworked and underpaid will only lead to burnout and resentment. Despite popular memes that social media is “Free!”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 7, 2011

Integrating your nonprofit’s Web 1.0 To begin, here are five ways to integrate social media into your nonprofit’s website: 1) Add social networking icons to your homepage. Increasingly supporters expect to find social networking icons on your nonprofit’s homepage.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

Based on more than 15 years of experience in nonprofit communications and 15,000+ hours spent utilizing social and mobile media, Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits, written by Heather Mansfield , is a comprehensive 270-page hardcover book packed with more than 100 best practices covering Web 1.0,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

But internet users of the same race have recently begun clustering on certain social media websites. The mainstream media and higher education essentially flipped out over the “dangers of social networking,” and Myspace took the brunt of it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

Small (and medium-sized) nonprofits have a different experience on social media than large nonprofits. Small nonprofits have to work harder at growing their following and most often the work of social media management is added to an already full job description. Social media is in a weird transition right now.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

There’s no shortage of year-end-and-beginning blog posts about social media, but I thought I’d throw mine into the mix as well. I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector.

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NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube? Google recently made a big social medial play by introducing Google+. With usage stats like that it’s probably safe to assume that a large portion of your followers use at least one social network, right?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The primary goal of the report is to set a baseline of benchmarks for success for NGOs worldwide in their use of web and email communications, online and mobile fundraising tools, and social and mobile media. 66% use the.ORG domain for web and email communications. 52% have used social media to report live.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 27, 2013

Nonprofits that have the capacity to be early adopters have learned that early adoption in and of itself is a wise social media strategy. Primarily a mobile social network, Pheed also allows easy desktop publishing of status updates, photos, video and audio files, and enables users to broadcast live.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

In today’s modernized world, social media branding has become a no-brainer. With millions surfing the web at any given moment, social channels have proven to be super valuable as a way to keep in touch with friends and family ? billion social media users worldwide. and the world. What do these add up to?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The Mobile Web is often discussed as a future trend that nonprofits have time to prepare for, but the reality is that by the end of 2014, the majority of your supporters and donors will be viewing your website, email communications, blogs, and social media content on smartphones and tablets. The Mobile Web will rule by 2014.

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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. If you are managing numerous social networking profiles Monday-Friday, then you need some down time on Saturday and Sunday.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Why Social Media? Direct Content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? 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.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Earlier this week, I had the terrific opportunity to participate on a panel at the US launch event for “Philanthropy and Social Media”, a whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy and The Indigo Trust. The last few years, though, have been dramatically impacted by the real-time web. The internet is not new.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. It’s very difficult to find a new media manager that encapsulates all the skills listed below. Expert new media managers have the ability to anticipate the impact of emerging trends in mobile and social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

Title: Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Dedication: This book is dedicated to all the nonprofit staff and volunteers worldwide who Tweet, Share, Update, Friend, Like, Check-in, Join, Connect, and Post for Social Good. Introduction: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. The Static Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

However, one thing that is certain is that the ROI (Return on Investment) from e-newsletters is still relatively high compared to other Web-based channels. Group text messaging could become the new email of the Mobile Web. That said, here are five ways to do so using social media: 1) Blog, blog, blog!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 10, 2020

In a world with a multitude of social media platforms already out there on the web, why would the world use one more dedicated to support nonprofits? There’s no denying the power of social media and its ability to harness the power of the internet. The power of social media to help drive social good.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Title: Social Media Manager. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Who maintains your social media campaigns?

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NetWits

MARCH 31, 2011

He worked at the American Cancer Society (ACS) for 9 years directing their web and interactive strategy. Help ) while also becoming COO for a technology startup that helps non-profits raise money through social media ( HelpAttack )! and how the future of online fundraising is heavily tied to peoples social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Who maintains your social media campaigns? We have two full-time, paid people working on social networking along with me. Posterous: BigCatRescue.posterous.com.

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NetWits

JANUARY 27, 2011

There’s always great information in the newsletter, but this time around I’m particularly excited because the focus is social networking for non-profits (something that, if you read this blog regularly, you know I’m very passionate about) and the 2011 Social Networking Survey.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This mini-webinar begins with an introduction the Mobile Web and then moves on to highlight the importance of utilizing mobile social networking tools to empower your nonprofit’s social media practitioners to report live, on-location from anywhere at any time. How to Register: Sign up!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

Fueled by ego and discontent, these people rant, scream, complain, critique, and hate for hours upon hours on blogs and social networking sites – usually anonymously or using a fake name. 3) Social media burnout. Tips for handling social media burnout? Block, delete, ban, report, and move on.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2011

Based on more than 15 years of experience in nonprofit communications and 15,000+ hours spent utilizing social and mobile media, Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits, written by Heather Mansfield , is a comprehensive 256-page hardcover book packed with more than 100 best practices covering Web 1.0,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? I join as many social media sites as I can and try to spend time learning each community so I can offer advice to others on how to engage with them. Website: www.nwf.org.

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NCE Social Media

MAY 28, 2010

According to Google’s ad planner , social network sites now account for more than 50% of all unique website visitors. This list, which is based on April 2010 data, “excludes adult sites, ad networks, domains that don’t have publicly visible content or don’t load properly, and certain Google sites.&#

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