Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2009

The Chronicle of Philanthropy is holding another in its series of free online discussions on social networking. This time their guest will be social media guru Beth Kanter (you may know Beth from her eponymous Beth's Blog — and if you don't, you should). . Tags: Social Networking Web 2.0 Eastern time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. comprising the people most likely to give and raise additional money."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g.

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Care2

MAY 26, 2010

Show Me the Money: Reaching Donors Across Generations. Tags: Online Fundraising Social Networking. The panelists also discussed that one of the best forms of solicitations was via friends or word of mouth. Click here to listen the webinar or you can view the slides below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

I really wanted to attend the " Social Networks Friend for Foe? "at who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. Fortunately, my colleague, Aspen Baker, was attending.

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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. Friendraising Not Fundraising If the reason why you want to use social networks is just to raise money, then stop now.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraising leverages social networks. The reason peer-to-peer fundraising is so engaging is pretty simple: It’s inherently social. . Giving days: Giving days are particular days dedicated to raising a substantial amount of money in a limited time frame for a cause. In fact, more than 27 percent of U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Unsurprisingly, other networks followed suit. From Twitter to Pinterest to Instagram to LinkedIn, social networks are becoming environments where video content not only thrives, but is expected. The Jane Goodall Institute’s followers tagged friends and loved ones, letting George’s story touch the hearts of even more people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. Please summarize your ROI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

There was much speculation as to whether they mover to Jaiku (with its newly minted Google money), or Pownce, BrightKite, Tumblr, plurk or FriendFeed. As she says, it combines social bookmarking, feed reading, and the casual interactions of Twitter into something that works somewhat like mailing list, but doesn't add to your email overload.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

For Next Week's NpTech Tag Summary. Another interesting post about going from blogging for professional development to Social Networking as professional development. Or more specifically, the limitations of using tagging in managing large collections of photographs in institutions. NTC is just days away! Philthanthropy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. Don’t be a photo tag spammer either!

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Impact statements are another way to tell your donors exactly what their money is going towards. Allow donors to choose where their donation goes Your donors want to know where their money is going and how their generosity helps to further your cause.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

Earlier this week, an announcement on the Causes Application blog broke the news that over $20 Million has been donated since May 2007 via donors using the social networking application. Social networks are still for engagement, not money. Tags: fundraising issues causes data facebook myspace.

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

The results of two new surveys paint a bleak picture of the effectiveness of social media for fundraising and volunteer recruitment. The first from Philanthropy Action , has the depressing title, " Social Networking and Mid-Size Nonprofits: What's the Use? " Tags: TechSoup.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

But we want to give nonprofits with limited resources access to quality tools and training that will allow them to build a house social network even if they don’t have a big budget or a social networking guru on staff. What would you like to see in a 12-month DIY curriculum for building a house social network?

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AFP Blog

APRIL 30, 2008

How non-profits are using social networking to raise money and awareness -- chicagotribune.com: "Online social networks used to be just gathering places for friends and long-lost acquaintances. Tags: NPWeb2.0 Now, non-profit organizations.

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 31, 2009

This is a national competition to encourage people to use their personal and social networks to help win cash for their favorite nonprofit. The Giving Challenge is not focused on how much money you can raise, but on how successful you are at getting people to donate to your cause. Tags: TechSoup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

The Net2 Secret Plan from Marnie Webb NpTech Tag New Year's Reflections, Predictions, and Best Ofs What are some of the ways that the social web marks the New Year? As we move into 2008, one last reflection, what are you lessons learned about Nonprofits and Social Media ? Let's take a look. How do you make easy?

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 9, 2010

You don't have the money to fix it. Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest nptech Social networking Non-profit Communications social media. Blogs dry up. It happens. The thing is, you're a nonprofit. You don't have time to figure things out. So what do you do? read more ).

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

Ensure your donors know where their money went, and how you used it to make an impact. It’s important to keep lines of communication open between you and your donors, but not only to ask for money. A thank you for their time and money. On social media. Keeping them updated on your campaign’s progress.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 20, 2017

There’s even a map that divides data into “traffic sources,” meaning you can determine how users from various parts of the Web—search engines, social networks etc.—access The conversion map has a great filtering capability, and the program allows you to tag individual users to track how they behave on repeated visits.

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Media Cause

JUNE 10, 2021

Because of this, the platform is getting an influx of features to make it more functional, including tipping features, a bell that you can select to RSVP for events, topic-suggestion prompts, a history feature to show users you’ve listened to, and profile tagging in bios. These add-ons are sure to give Clubhouse a run for their money.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

I’m a loyal supporter, donor, and volunteer to various organizations but rarely am I asked for much more than my money. Or how about ideas for expanding an organization’s web presence and social networks? Tags: Marketing and Communication #nptech Non-Profit. What about what I can bring to the table regarding volunteerism?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

It is "a collection of articles from blogs and the web about online communities and social networks from people who are passionate about them and are keen to add to the debate." Tags: roundup bookmarks. But in one night he raised more than $75,000, with 95% of it coming from people overseas."

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

One way to engage with your donors on social media for GivingTuesday is to create a hashtag challenge for people to participate and tag you in. Since the giving day is already heavily focused on social media, host a network peer-to-peer campaign and have participants post your GivingTuesday fundraiser to their personal social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2010

This is their second online competition that encouraged people to leverage their social networks to raise money and awareness and recruit supporters for the causes they care about most. Tags: Philanthropy case foundation online contests. Allison and I wrote the reflection paper for the first challenge.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 9, 2009

From now through November 6, they’ll be giving away a total of $170,00 in prize money to participating U.S.-based Tags: Fundraising nptech Social networking Facebook. What I find most interesting is that the Challenge.( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

FourSquare is a is location-based social network service overlays your Twitter network with an added layer of social gameplay. FourSquare is a location-based social network to help you connect with friends using GPS via your mobile device. What's a location-based social network?

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Care2

DECEMBER 26, 2011

We email them, text them, tweet them and tag them on Facebook. Organizations aren’t just raising money through direct mail and phone banking – they are raising money through email fundraising appeals, their websites, and, to an extent, through text-to-give campaigns. It has also changed the way we do business.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The results of two new surveys paint a bleak picture of the effectiveness of social media for fundraising and volunteer recruitment. The first from Philanthropy Action , has the depressing title, " Social Networking and Mid-Size Nonprofits: What's the Use? " Tools Web 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

While multi-channel outreach such as action alerts, microsites, social media, fundraising appeals, direct mail and telemarketing are good strategies to have in your toolbox to fundraise and market your organization; it’s simply not enough anymore. " URL Shorteners: Blind(ly) Heading Towards Disaster? However, just today a.ly

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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. He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. But consider the following: Networking. Could I have raised more money? Here is what he learned.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Today a growing number of network bad guys are professional criminals, and they’re looking to steal real money. 8: Phishers (&# scammers pretend to be college network officials asking recipients for their network ID’s and passwords&# ). #7: Tags: IT Management Security.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2010

Include a “Forward to a Friend” link and a “Share This” app on the landing page so people can promote it to social networks too. Leverage social networks. Post it to your Facebook Fanpage and any other social networks your organization is active on. Explain how their money is being spent.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2014

If you have a social CRM and have done social media appends, you have access to where your donors are on social networks. If you have too many donors to thanks on social media, make a fun meme and tag them on different social media channels. Online Fundraising'

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, Frogloop Blogger-In-Chief Allyson Kapin highlighted some key findings from IdealWare’s Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide and their survey of over 750 nonprofit staffers. Approximately, 40% said that they think that they are raising some money via Facebook and blogging.

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