Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

I’m thrilled to be doing a session with Aisha Moore and Gina Schmeling at the NTEN NTC called “ Technology Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace.” When does technology boost personal productivity for nonprofit professionals and when does it get in the way? ” If you are attending the NTC, please join us.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 12, 2016

There comes a moment in most nonprofits’ lives where they realize it might be helpful to partner with another nonprofit on anything from programming to sharing back-office expenses. But once this determination has been made, many nonprofits are stumped as to how to find that critical partner. Thanks Stephanie!

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Once you’ve got the technology you need, it’s time to optimize your online fundraising for your nonprofit. Not all nonprofits are built the same, so chances are you’ll have some unique needs. 1 in 4 donors use mobile devices to discover nonprofits about which they were previously unaware. Increase in recurring gifts.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 7, 2014

Here’s the seminar’s summary: Budgets are the last phase of a longer strategic journey. Financial Management Budgeting nonprofit accounting nonprofit financial management' If you missed it, be sure to take some time to watch the presentation!

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Major giving has always been incredibly important for the health of nonprofit organizations. According to the 80/20 rule in major donor fundraising, 80% of a nonprofit’s total revenue comes from the top 20% of its donors—and for some nonprofits, this might even be closer to a 90/10 ratio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

I like to track the data, but also think about what it means for nonprofits. Here's a summary of the data from the report: - Twitter is dominated by newer users - 70% of Twitter users joined in 2008. - That nonprofits and companies should not set up a Twitter account to "prattle on about their products and services."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2006

I think it is a fabulous technique for capturing and sharing knowledge from conferences and other nonprofit gatherings as I noted here. This is probably what nonprofit organizations who want to go beyond the limitations of the cheap and easy approach might do. Middle of the Road. They answered, "We actually do not podcast here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

That purpose, of course, is to build a life-long relationship with alumni of your nonprofit’s program or school so that they are a donor and champion for your organization. Here’s a brief summary of the tip with a link to the full post with more tips. But make them fun too. Experiment, Measure, Learn, and Revise.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Sarah Granger: advise nonprofits on using social media for advocating and communicating. ARC - social media team evaluate/watch everything and then send summary and highlights to team. Livingston - encourage small nonprofits to have at least a half time person doing listening and response (10 hours a week). industry benchmarks.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2015

Some initial pre-qualification via prospect research with key wealth screening data is also recommend to identify public assets, business information, relationships, and philanthropic connections that individuals might have to your organization or to other nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0 I spent 8 years implementing technology “solutions&# for nonprofit organizations. Is it all just TCO arguments?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Major giving has always been incredibly important for the health of nonprofit organizations. According to the 80/20 rule in major donor fundraising, 80% of a nonprofit’s total revenue comes from the top 20% of its donors—and for some nonprofits, this might even be closer to a 90/10 ratio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

"nptech" = "nonprofit tech")and potentially aggregate them into buckets or paths that make them more browsable. Do you read the summaries? A traditional rigorous taxonomy scheme includes "synoynm ring" - basically, just a bunch of synonyms mapped together - why not use that to standardize the tags(i.e.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2012

I was curious about what I could learn if I did an informal benchmark study of a few nonprofit Pinterest users. Rick Kats kindly sent me a spreadsheet of metrics for 6 nonprofits that were early adopters, using it consistently and best practices. All are large nonprofits with large regional, national, or international audiences.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Nonprofit development departments come in all shapes and sizes. Categorically, there are a couple types of matching gifts: A corporate or employer match is when a company matches the amount that an employee gives to an eligible nonprofit. The nonprofit is then responsible for raising funds in order to get the match.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2012

I covered the basics of content curation, how it differs from social sharing, the art and practice of curation, a frameworks to get started, examples of nonprofits using curation, the tools, and some techniques for minimizing information overload and managing attention. Curation tools are platforms that let you display your collection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm slightly out of my comfort zone here because I've only been following this topic closely for a short time, although I have co-authored a guide for nonprofits on technology evaluation and ROI. I'm looking to blend different perspectives and have a workshop session that can speak to nonprofits and grassroots media makers.

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