NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. . Why Internal Tools?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

On social media and the news. AI as a writing tool can make you even more efficient and give you time to do other things like plan great fundraising campaigns. To help you dive right in, this posts provides an overview of the tools available, best practices, and examples to make your chosen AI writing tool work for you.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 8, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Update on social network portability January 8, 2008 Last week, I covered the Richard Scoble dust-up. This is, of course, great news. I’ll keep you posted, for sure. Be Helpful.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

“Born from necessity, the pandemic catalyzed the shift to a more digitally-driven selling process, and consequently thought leadership has become an increasingly important top of the funnel marketing tool.” So how do you begin to tap this new resource? Be Deliberate Thought leadership is an important top of the funnel marketing tool.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Cabral, MA, CFRE, MFIA , founder of Development Consulting Services , which serves both fundraising professionals and executive directors new to fundraising, wanting to excel in their fundraising role, or advance in their career. Social media sites are for relationship building.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking of open social networks … August 14, 2008 I just joined identi.ca. The documentation is a bit lacking, and it’s clear that it’s a very new project. Be Helpful.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 11, 2014

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. Social media will remain a top priority for nonprofits in 2014, but 2013 helped solidify social media as a mandatory set of communication tools.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2021

According to Gallup, Americans remain distrustful of mass media as well, with 60 percent saying their trust and confidence in the media to report the news “fully, accurately, and fairly” is “not very much” or “none at all”. A social networking feed – so members can view and comment on relevant content. Your online career center?should?offer

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005. Page Fundraisers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 11, 2012

How You Will Change the World with Social Networking Deanna Zandt is a media technologist and the author of Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking. She is a Research Fellow at the Center for Social Media at American University. Deanna Zandt, author, Share This!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Thus, not only is the myth that social media replaces email false, but now it is also understood and proven that email use is increased by social media and that in fact the two tools are complimentary and increase the success of your online fundraising campaigns. Enable social sharing. Add screenshots of video.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

online adults now use social networking sites. We Are Social says, roughly one-third of the world’s population is now online. Nonprofit Marketing Guide uncovers 50% of nonprofit communicators label social media as a “very important” communication tool. Industry News Social Tech'

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! If you’re a nonprofit news junkie, have a look at all our Nonprofit Technology News pieces from this past year. Hacker Helper is a free online tool that will allow volunteer developers to prepare for hackathons.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI. If your nonprofit is making five or more of the 10 mistakes below, odds are that training and a re-examination of your social-media strategy are required.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 16, 2010

You already know the importance of listening for social media mentions of your nonprofit – monitoring with tools like Google Alerts that can let you know when your organization’s name comes up online. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Social networking Twitter search social media. read more ). read more ).

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Twitter is a powerful tool for any nonprofit. With this powerful contemporary tool, however, comes unknowns. New tools can often time take time to get used to or can be difficult to get to know. People around this time are taking a load off and are relaxing with some social networking over the lunch table.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

It’s very common for nonprofits to assume that volunteers and interns can effectively manage their mobile and social media presence simply because they are young and came of age during the rise of social networking. HTML looks much more intimidating than it actually is, and all new media managers should be skilled in basic HTML.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

She now uses Google Search, reads her news online, sends and receives email, and even uses Facebook to check-in with family and friends. Using the internet isn't a new concept to my Grandmother, though it's not really something she finds very intuitive either. Getting Social. Getting Started. Getting Specialized.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

Pinterest remains one of the fastest growing social media platforms, reportedly closing in on 250 million users, the majority of whom are women. . As a general trend, women make up more of the population on social networking sites than men do – but on Pinterest, they make up a whopping 81% of active users.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Here’s a run through of the Tools Galore session.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2009

If your nonprofit is not taking advantage of free tools like Add This , a widget that encourages users to share your organizations articles or webpages on the most popular social networks or branded toolbars like FreeCause , then your nonprofit is missing out on some big marketing opportunities. Bonus points! Moderate* 10.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Known as the largest professional social networking platform, LinkedIn is the go-to resource for millions of job-seekers, professionals, and businesses to network and connect. For nonprofits, LinkedIn can be a valuable tool to add to your social media toolbox. Network and create an outreach strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. Diversify your news sources. The best social media managers have a voracious appetite for news and current affairs. Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace).

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

And most importantly: it will be documented and shared by large numbers of people, experiencing it first hand, and sharing news and updates in real time. Over the past few years, the use of social technologies during disaster response has become a central component to news and information delivery.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

On Wednesday, November 14 Pinterest rolled out business accounts for brands and the best news is that there is a new “Institution/Non-profit” category. It also allows you to stop having to use a personal profile as a brand (i.e., first name Amnesty , last name International ).

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

But what about taking an inventory of your social media tools? Want to find new followers and receive useful statistics to improve your Twitter usage? Twitter Karma is a great tool to use if you want to inventory your Twitter community, clean up any nonreciprocal followers, or simply evaluate your lists. Happy searching!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

There was a great question about social networking and representing one's organization posted on the Social Networking Affinity Group at NTEN by K.E: re becoming popular on Digg and a number of the other big social news networks regularly because of the strength of our content. re doing offline.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 28, 2014

The sooner your nonprofit has a plan in place to utilize these new tools better. The nonprofit social media platform was pretty much dominated by Facebook and Twitter until Instagram came along. Instagram is quickly catching the two social networking giants and is not expected to stop.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

Web 2.0 = Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites. It’s one person or organization publishing content to many on social networking sites who then re-publish your content to their friends, fans, followers, connections, etc. Bottom Line: There’s no “One Fits All” communication tool or tool set anymore.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Though this is partially due to the natural progression of more people depending on technology, there are certain donation tools and other technology that can help you revamp your online fundraising to success! It’s hard figuring out what tools are actually useful and how to use them in the best way. Read on to get started.

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Care2

JULY 5, 2010

Here are some of my favorite online listening and analytics tools. Type in a search term and it will generate the latest news, blog posts, videos and even images around the keyword. After it generates results (using a variety of search engines, news sites and social networks) you can personalize the dashboard.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2012

Much more than a site for pushing news, Twitter is very much about participating in online conversation, being authentic, having personality, and knowing what content your followers want from you on Twitter. Next the webinar moves on to LinkedIn , a social network with more than 160 million professionals worldwide.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Digital Payments on Social Networks. Facebook Fundraising Tools [ Conservation International ]. Live Reporting Using Social Media. Since the release of Facebook Live , Facebook video exposure has increased 360% across everyone’s news feed. Online donors most trust the.org (72%),edu (7%), and.ngo (6%) domains.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

If your nonprofit is not taking advantage of free tools like Add This , a widget that encourages users to share your organizations articles or webpages on the most popular social networks or branded toolbars like FreeCause , then your nonprofit is missing out on some big marketing opportunities. Bonus points! Moderate* 10.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, there are some resources and tools that I continually refer to and use again and again, and others that I am still experimenting with that may (or may not) become integral to my communications routine.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? gid=104492. Summary of ROI.

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