article thumbnail

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Humane Society of the United States

Nonprofit Tech for Good

I identified a trend forming with social networking, and set up our very first profile. We still use Twitter a bit to talk about our programs, we participate and create our own memes like “ #felinefriday ”, but we focus on listening and responding to what people are already talking about. MySpace, back when it was cool.

article thumbnail

10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. Despite popular memes that social media is “Free!” ” we all know that is not the case.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Celebratory interactions should be a consistent part of your engagement and content calendar, so set up systems to capture and share alumni personal, social, and professional news. Make sure that you good internal system for sharing any updates that might come in through fundraising office or other school connections.

Practice 107
article thumbnail

Things We Like: Best of 2009

NTEN

Blackbaud's Nonprofit Social Media Primer (PDF) was our most popular link of the year, followed closely by the James Irving Foundation's " Convergence: How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector " (PDF). The report we did with Idealware on Donor Management Systems proved very popular, as well. Hand drawn!)

PDF 52
article thumbnail

How Nonprofits can Use Analytics with Advocacy

Connection Cafe

The power of any advocacy or activist tactic has always been determined in part by how it aligns with the broader media system. The trick here is that the media system is radically changing in the digital age. The Media Theory of Movement Power. pages 5-11 of chapter 1). But they do provide new ways to listen to your supporters.

article thumbnail

Greetings from Chicago and the Museum Computer Network Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He points out, "While those trends are enabled by digital technology, I'm not concerned with technology per se ??? Types of tags assigned to it, the terms used, the authority of the taggers, the authority of the tagging system. " Geoff Livingston has started a conversation meme here.

Chicago 50
article thumbnail

5 Top Trends in the 2021 State of Nonprofit Marketing Report

Saleforce Nonprofit

However, the tools that most respondents planned to use more frequently were social GIFs and memes, highly personal user-generated content, and influencer marketing for more authentic content. The post 5 Top Trends in the 2021 State of Nonprofit Marketing Report appeared first on Salesforce.org. Connect with him on LinkedIn.