Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 6, 2019

In a year that social media scandals and negative stories were becoming more relevant, there was also a growing need for a focus on the positive side of social networks. In the second running year, it reached 40 million people with nonprofits and individuals all over the world joining forces to share their own positive stories.

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NetWits

APRIL 3, 2012

Blackbaud, NTEN and Common Knowledge just released the fourth annual 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. We learned a lot of things, but one prevailing theme stood out — despite limited budgets and staffing, nonprofits continue to find great value in their fast-growing social networks. Tweet It!].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 7, 2013

Nonprofits were the early adopters of social networks. One of the reasons was that social networks were free to join and lacked monthly fees. Enterprising nonprofit staff (usually GenXers) with a love for the Internet created communities on Myspace, YouTube, and Facebook in 2004/2005 and most often without executive buy-in.

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NetWits

JULY 14, 2011

This is a follow-up post to yesterday’s “ 10 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Use Twitter ,&# in which we talked about some of the many ways nonprofit can use social media networks, such as Twitter , as a communications vehicle to support their organization’s larger goals. 1 – Chris Tuttle.

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NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

Although Google+ has been all the talk amongst techies the past couple weeks, Google has asked that non-personal accounts not be created , leaving Nonprofits and businesses in the dark. Fret not, however, as the number of nonprofits using Twitter continues to grow. Staff Networking. Location Based Services.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2012

This webinar begins with a general introduction to Twitter and then quickly moves on to demonstrate how nonprofits can use the site to increase their supporter base, website traffic, e-newsletter subscribers, online donors, and overall visibility on the Internet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 9, 2011

Finding your Twitter voice is an accomplishment only earned through a process of trial and error and conscious experimentation. Even the best social media managers often go through an initial period of puzzlement and frustration as they try to figure out how Twitter works and what to tweet. Pancreatic Cancer Action Network :: @ PanCAN.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 13, 2014

We also understand it provides our nonprofit with an invaluable communication tool that lets us connect with potential donors, volunteers, and constituents across the globe. The milllennial, though, is the demographic that seems to be keeping nonprofits stumped. Millennials check Twitter whenever they check their phone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Twitter is experimenting with allowing certain nonprofits to accept donations directly through tweets. Like how only a select few nonprofits had access to Facebook’s early launch of their Facebook Fundraising Tools , only a select few nonprofits currently have access to Twitter Donations. Hint, hint. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

The 50 nonprofits listed below are tackling some of the most important economic, social and political issues of our time. politicians follow any nonprofits on Twitter. politicians follow any nonprofits on Twitter. Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network :: @ RAINN01. Ploushares Fund :: @ Plough_Shares.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

According to The Foundation Center , only 45% of nonprofits are actively utilizing the power of social media to reach and interact with the public. Below are a few statistics you might find surprising how many nonprofits are using, or not using, social media. Of the 45% of nonprofits using social media, only 40% use Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2011

How nonprofits choose to follow on Twitter varies widely. Some nonprofits only follow a small of amount of Twitterers, others follow hundreds or thousands, and a few follow more (sometimes a lot more) than they are being followed themselves. As of today that number is 82,250.

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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. For example, the National Wildlife Federation was an early adopter of Google+ and now they have more followers on Google+ than on Facebook and Twitter combined.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2020

Instagram can be a powerful tool for nonprofits wanting to connect to a broader audience. The social media platform has more than 1 billion users — beating Twitter, Snapchat, and TikTok — and is especially popular among people aged 18-29. The platform, however, is different than Facebook or Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2019

In a year that social media scandals and negative stories were becoming more relevant, there was also a growing need for a focus on the positive side of social networks. In the second running year, it reached 40 million people with nonprofits and individuals all over the world joining forces to share their own positive stories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 26, 2010

Thousands of nonprofits haven’t logged into their MySpace profiles in months, or even a year or more. The majority have moved on to Facebook and Twitter. They just don’t tend to be the same folks that regularly visit Facebook and Twitter. I created the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace in 2006.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

This is the fourth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Social Media Platforms for Nonprofits. It’s hard to be an expert in any one social media platform, yet legitimate businesses and nonprofits are expected to maintain several different accounts. Each platform has its unique set of uses and capabilities, reaching different kinds of networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2010

For the past few years whenever I doing a training or speak about nonprofits and social media and more recently when we’ve presented about the book, The Networked Nonprofit , someone always raises this concern: “Social media is a time suck.&#. This works best if you have small network. Source: Valdis Krebs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

How networked nonprofits use twitter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. Danielle @starfocus.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Twitter: twitter.com/PanCAN , twitter.com/Advocate4PanCAN. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

When we apply a network mindset to the way we work – whether as an individual or as part of a network strategy, we believe that value is created through our connections, interactions and building relationships. The impact, longer term, is innovation or the result of the network in action. E-Mediat Twitter Network.

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TechImpact

MAY 20, 2014

They’re precious validation that your nonprofit’s presence on Twitter is not only being well received, but it is reverberating through the annals of the highly trafficked social network. Nonprofits have been utilizing Twitter since its inception. Truncated automated tweets from other social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

By Laura Bucher , Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Your established experience in the nonprofit industry and your ability to adapt to ever-changing circumstances have gotten you this far. Not to worry. Don’t wait for your supporters to find you on social media!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 11, 2014

2014 will be an exciting year for nonprofit technology. Numerous communications and fundraising trends are on the verge of going mainstream and nonprofits committed to early adoption have a number of new tools and strategies to pioneer this year. 2) Integration of Digital Payments Into Social Networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 4, 2013

For nonprofit admins that do not have the time to regularly research social media trends, it can be a battle to stay ahead of the learning curve. In addition to the time required to create content for social media and manage social networks, new media managers need at least two hours weekly to research social media trends and best practices.

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NetWits

JANUARY 27, 2011

I just got an email from Holly Ross, the Executive Director of the Non-profit Technology Network – better known as NTEN. What’s the Nonprofit Social Networking Survey? It’s all about shedding light on how non-profits use online social networks (time, money, resources, etc).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2019

Nonprofit Tech for Good ( @nonprofitorgs ) will be joined by co-host CrowdRise by GoFundMe ( @crowdrise ) to have a live tweet chat about the power of enabling your nonprofit’s supporters to fundraise on your organization’s behalf. Please join us for a tweet chat on May 1st at 12 pm EDT to discuss peer-to-peer fundraising!

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 13, 2010

If your nonprofit is a small "one-person shop" - you're doing it all, alone - then social media can be your best friend. That's why Pamela Grow has organized #smNPchat, a weekly Twitter chat designed to help small nonprofits with fundraising and marketing questions.( read more ).

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Keo Savon, the young Cambodian woman supported by Measuring Networked Nonprofit book royalties. We are honored to have Laura Arrillaga-Andreeseen, Author of Giving 2.0 , write the foreword and it articulates from the donor perspective why nonprofits need to embrace measurement and learning.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Twitter is one of the fastest growing social networks in the world ( Mashable ). We’ve talked about Why Twitter Matters a bit, but there’s so much more that we can learn from what nonprofits are doing.

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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. Facebook Social Media Twitter Instagram'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2010

Nonprofits and their adoption of social media has created an interesting, albeit interdependent relationship with large companies like Google, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr. I was very glad to see that every company listed below is doing some good for nonprofits and social causes.What do you think? 5) Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The public counts on nonprofit organizations to champion important issues and bring about positive change. But a nonprofit organization’s yearly financial budget isn’t always enough for its goals. We recommend determining exactly how much funding your nonprofit needs, and then setting a realistic goal that will be attainable.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 6, 2009

About the event: Already Twitter, Facebook, and the rest are revolutionizing the business and marketing of social impact. Followers become funders, messages become movements, and social networks beget social change. Follow the conversation on Twitter (the Hashtag is #TiESE ). Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2012

Today, I have the honor of doing a session at The Allstate Foundation ‘s 60th Anniversary Executive Summit (hashtag #60summit ) where I’ll be talking about leading nonprofits with a network mindset. Social media presents incredible opportunities for nonprofits, both large and small. It means sharing by default.

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