Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

This is the type of news sound byte you will typically see in Alumni magazines or that alums (or their parents) might share with your organizations. You want to celebrate their personal , social, or professional accomplishments. Use Nostalgia (old class photos) to Spark A Trip Down Memory Lane. Make up your own nostalgia meme.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Despite popular memes that social media is “Free!” and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). One of the biggest downsides for me personally from being connected to the Social Web 50-70 hours a week is that my brain has a hard time reading for extended periods of time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2005

To see an example of one of these memes, view the front page of flicker.com. It lets you create a personal tag cloud of your delcious or flickr tags. It lets you create a personal tag cloud of your delcious or flickr tags. You can also do the same with your flickr photos. I couldn't resist. Ah oh, I'm in trouble.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Photo courtesy of The Miami Foundation. Using more visuals, such as memes, also helped. Community Block Party attendees check out participating nonprofit organizations during the event. Note from Beth: It’s Giving Day Season! Pre-event media coverage was a major part of energizing people to give.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Where creating content was once labor-intensive (for instance, taking photos with a digital camera, uploading them to your computer, and then posting them), nowadays the whole process can be done on your smartphone anywhere, anytime (assuming you have a data plan). " Inspirational quotes, especially over photo backgrounds.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2015

The photo of Faith with Magic along with her story has 5,302 likes, 1,007 shares, and 1,948 comments as of this writing. You can also post memes that relate to your cause. Check out my colleague Jim Lynch's post on taking photos of your patrons or constituents. The Gentle Carousel Facebook page has more than 202,500 likes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

Approximately 85% of the donations were converted from my personal profile on Facebook. Thanking donors individually on Facebook and including the link to the fundraiser triggered donations based on comparison of time posted and donation made, second most effective solicitation was a personal ask via private message.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

Photo by Okinawa Soba. I first became aware of it from a nonprofit blog meme from 2005 started by Ed Batista. At the personal/professional level, we're going to take a peek at how social media practitioners inside of nonprofit organizations do their work. . What are the cautions?

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MARCH 31, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraising is a social fundraising tactic that relies on the personal networks of your supporters. Additionally, the people donating personally know the individual promoting your fundraiser. To start off, ask these questions about your peer-to-peer campaign: Will this be a purely virtual, in-person, or hybrid event ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Photo and Bio. Personal thank you letter from the founder, ED, chair, leadership powerhouses. Personal phone call from the founder, chair, ED. These can be formatted as zoom backgrounds, sharable tiles/images/memes online, a Facebook cover image, or something small they can place in their electronic signature.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

is a web-based digital photo sharing application that uses tags to facilitate finding people and photos. t simply about putting your photos up on the web for the world to see. What if you and your colleagues could annotiate these photos with your own descrptions and observations? Freedom from Oil Flickr Photo Contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2008

" I think about that photo when I think about a culture of giving. Personal philosophy. What makes some people dig into their pockets to contribute money to help a nameless, faceless person who lives halfway across the globe - someone whom they have never met, and very likely never will? t do memes; that???s

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

In the spirit of the 25 Random Things About Me meme/online chain letter going around Facebook right now, below is a list of 13 causes that are close to my heart. Flickr photo credit: Luck of Summer Rain uploaded by Gordana Adamovic-Mladenovic. Photo of Dora the Cat by Me. What causes are close to your heart?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Flickr Photo from Bearman 2007. They can be personal goals , blog goals , or business goals. If you're thinking about sharing some of your personal resolutions, here's an excellent over of some personal social actions that you can take courtesy of the Case Foundation blog. Ah, but what format to use.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling. Perhaps they can not get a Facebook ad budget approved or they are simply stuck in the outdated “social media is free” meme.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Photos and video will help your passion will come through. Our friends at Epic Outreach do a GREAT job of telling their story on Facebook using photos and video. Think of the typical person following you on social media and think about what SHE is interested in. Write something that tells us why they need your work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

Right before he bolted to watch the Red Sox Game, I was chatting with Bryan Person at the Saturday evening party. I needed to spend Sunday with my kids who were more than happy to add another photo to the two-headed t-shirt collection. David Eckoff and Chris Brogan Photos by Steve Garfield. Photo by Jonny Goldstein.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

That's about how many words the average person can read in a minute. Participate in memes , blog carnivals and challenges. Flickr photo credit: Daily Traffic uploaded by Nam Nguyen. Bookmark your posts in del.icio.us, and other social bookmarking services. Try writing shorter posts (200-300 words). Use bold subtitles.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

YOUR photo of a dog in your care is way more compelling than the blue and red Giving Tuesday stock image that dozens of nonprofits are using. You can use the Giving Tuesday logo if you want, but stick with your own photos. Use smart design – sharp photos, not too many words, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

Photo by Social Misfits. Storify with Tweets and Photos. ” The connectivity of the platform, the person-to-person interaction creates meaning. They post a photo of the recipient on their Facebook page and tag the donor as a way to say thank you. My blog post with slides and links. Our mission is connection.”

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

Examine the data on individual posts to determine which status updates and which photos have been shared the most. Show them off by regularly uploading photos to your social media accounts as they engage in work that your supporters really care about. Get your audience to personally engage with your nonprofit organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Flickr photo from AussieGal. The how do you write meme is swirling through the edtech community and now Vicky Davis, Cool Cat Teacher Blog , has tagged me. another person Vicki tagged was Doug Johnson , author of the Indispensable Teacher's Guide To Computer Skills. Flickr photo by Markopolos - CC "BY" license.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2018

If you have the photos, stories, testimonials, memes, infographics, white papers and more ready when the moment strikes, you can help activists arm themselves with the materials they need to persuade decisionmakers — and the public. Before you urgently need that person’s help.

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DECEMBER 9, 2023

Ask the audience Crowdsource your content: Have users post their own photos to Instagram using a hashtag you create, and repost the best submissions. Make everyone on your team a photographer Equip your team to take photos and videos at on-the-ground events whenever possible. Tap into the meme stream Not just visual memes, either!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

The young person on the left shouted out “Thank You Madame” upon receiving the gift. I also visited a “convenience store” to purchase some lolly pops. Along with the much needed rain coats, I wanted to give them something fun. The kids were thrilled with the donation. Others may donate.

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MAY 27, 2010

All this inspired by a single woman who had a breast cancer diagnosis and took one photo of herself holding a package of frozen peas on her chest. Follow, participate, and create hashtags and memes. My personal motto is never post something I wouldn't want my mother to see. You see something like that and ask "Hey!

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Care2

JULY 2, 2009

Think of it like eye-witness reports of breaking news, photos and videos from big events, and links to the hottest memes of the day. My personal favourite is [link]. October 15, 2009 | lisa I personally liked bit.ly, socialtoo, Xinureturns, Socialmention, Blogpulse, PostRank, ViralHeat and Broadtracker.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

For individual advocates, I think the answer is almost always “yes” Facebook can be a powerful tool for peer-to-peer advocacy: when a friend shares a story, a meme or even an action alert, we’re more likely to notice it and take it seriously than if it came directly from a nonprofit or campaign. Experiment with targeting.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

TechSoup’s web content developer, Wes Holing, is a big fan of Pixlr Editor free online photo editor from Autodesk. It’s the simplest tool I‘ve found to add a caption to an image to make an Internet meme. Pixlr-o-matic is a free online tool that adds special effects, like making photos look antique.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

Personally, I’m not keen on the word ‘charity’ It suggests a one-way, overbearing relationship. Friday, November 21, 2008 at 3:25 pm | Permalink Ross McCulloch wrote: Loving the photos, some amazing colours in there. Nope – a personal project. I was reading “ bird by bird &# by Anne Lamott.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2012

Opponents of marriage equality can say that traditional marriage is under attack, but it’s almost impossible to imagine a personal, heart-rending story that supports this line. Personal stories of same-sex couples are all over social media (see, for instance, this one ). The friend of my friend is.gay? Hope is viral.

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