NonProfit Hub

JULY 16, 2014

But we tend to overlook the difficulties volunteers face when trying to get involved with a NPO. Whereas in past years people interested in volunteering with your organization would simply call and talk to someone, now everything must be available on your website. Problem 2: People Value Variety—NPOs Don’t.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 17, 2014

People like to talk. Plus, it’s something that spans both the online and the offline worlds, and can put your organization clearly on people’s radars in a very positive fashion. The big question is how do you get people chatting? What do people like to talk about? Other people. Give them something to talk about.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

There are always small tweaks and changes all around the social media sphere, so we’ll stick to highlighting the biggest and most important changes that could potentially benefit your NPO. They rolled out their new Moments feature—which some are questioning whether or not it’s a feature that will stick around— to keep people current.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2010

Q2: What is the easiest way for an NPO to figure out how to do social? Q3: What are some of the best case studies of NPO’s using Social and what was the impact? The beauty of Twitter is that you can do a little bit of network weaving to bring other people in the thread. Can social help this & how?).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2005

This is not unlike the early days of the web when people's personal web pages included a link list page and and all you had to do was follow the links to more links to find pages. I started scrutinzing the links on the three or four blogs that I really liked and read. This was before google. Who is author?

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

When you write, it’s helpful to imagine writing to one individual—that’s how people read your content (as individuals, not groups) and it’ll make your voice more personable. Your bloggers should have a connection to your NPO, yes. One, it gives you something to fall back on when schedules get busy or people have to miss a deadline.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 14, 2015

Here are four more life-changing tips about your NPO social media. BUT—with the way the Twitter search bar works, you can find the same results by searching a word without the hashtag in front of it. You actually can’t even make a search on Insta’ in your browser. Either way they’re not unique enough for people to use it.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 19, 2015

We’ve also had countless inquiries from people whose hearts are in the right place, but don’t necessarily fit the job description. Boring will get you nowhere in the talent search. The more people who see your killer job description, the better. Because that’s what your NPO deserves. Spoiler alert: we’re hiring.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 15, 2016

Take time before diving right in to figure out who needs to hear what your NPO has to say. When you know the type of people you want to attract, you can create messages that stir their interests. An audience can be brought about through things like blogging, social media and search engine optimization.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « Twestival: To Meet, Tweet And Raise $500K For Charity | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 » Wednesday Feb 04 2009 Why Every Nonprofit Should Embrace the Web 2.0 It’s where people go to gather news, resources and discuss issues. Find out what people are saying about your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2005

Powerhouse Museum Electronic Fabric Swatch Book is a really cool project and an example of using a folksonomy as a way to address the reality that Museums often use subject categorizations that don't reflect the terms most people use when searching online. We have, since the launch, been inviting users to describe the swatches.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Use search and social media to get better ideas for engagement. I've seen a bunch of presentations and survey research in the last couple of there's been a lot of talk about social listening and search optimization in the NPO space for the last few years. Our Current (Limited) View of Search and Social. Think Again! -

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

With nearly half of nonprofits using Facebook to raise money (according to the 2011 NPO SN Benchmarking Report), is this data being shared with your Giving Department? Changes instituted by your programs people, who are heading up your online community, will in turn affect donations, which will affect fundraising. Does it need to be?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

60) Search « Webinar: How Online Marketing Can Be Your Nonprofits Fundraising Stimulus Plan | Main | Recession Obsession – What Does The Future Hold For Online Fundraising? When you factor in production, printing, and postage, a simple direct mail acquisition campaign runs about $20K to reach 50,000 people.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

60) Search « Webinar: How Online Marketing Can Be Your Nonprofits Fundraising Stimulus Plan | Main | Recession Obsession – What Does The Future Hold For Online Fundraising? When you factor in production, printing, and postage, a simple direct mail acquisition campaign runs about $20K to reach 50,000 people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Last year, I was on a panel organized by Ed Schipul and we were hoping that there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this year I just scanned the list of over 1200 panel submissions to SXSW in search of nonprofit oriented panels (in addition the two I submitted) and found a number of them for your consideration.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

”) requires nonprofits not to focus entirely on bringing people to the nonprofit’s site, but to expand this focus to include taking the NPO’s mission outward to other communities on the Web.

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Socialbrite

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

If you want to track how many people are clicking on your links, use a site like bit.ly. 2 “Before people start reading your Tweets and decide to follow you, they’re going to take a look at your profile to see if they want more of what you have to offer,” advises Sarah Turner, a social media marketer at Writinity.com and Researchpapersuk.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

This week I wanted to get a bird's eye view of nonprofit blogging from a nonprofit technology assistance provider (people who work with nonprofits on technology/capacity building issues). An organization becomes strongly associated with a topic not just in people's minds but in search engines and that translates to more attention.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Thanks to the Internet, open data efforts, and open source software projects, a variety of free and low-cost tools are now available that allow NPO/community group staff to dive into mapping. This session will explore how to write compelling, memorable stories that get people to take action and keep them engaged.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

The tech underground model (loose yet organized affiliation of npo techs who share skills and back each other up) is one of the good models out there. be clear ahead of time how you charge for phone calls and emails, especially from people who are not your point of contact, and/or in emergencies. - They’re people, too.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2011

While all of this information should be available through online search and aggregation tools, not all information has the same properties. You run a search, and the answer to your question is delivered to you online, then and there. You run a search, and the answer to your question is delivered to you online, then and there.

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