Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

There was a lot of buzz about crowdfunding in 2012: a video game called Star Citizen raised more than $7 million, Kickstarter banned nonprofits from using its platform (see #3 on that page), and a Tumblr popped up that takes aim at suspicious crowdfunding projects. So why is this buzzword suddenly all over the place in the nonprofit world?

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

If you haven’t started with social media yet and have nothing to review, this is a great time to realize the potential that you have with your digital presence and start thinking about the message you want your NPO to convey. Pick your Platforms. Capitalize on Your Shortcomings (Find the Solution). Featured Social Media'

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Shopify has been fantastic, in that we can have a very professional platform that looks similar to our website without needing a web designer. It provides mobile access: Donors can browse and buy from your store using iOS via mobile platforms. It is very easy to operate, especially batch uploading and monthly reconciliation.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2014

Shopify has been fantastic, in that we can have a very professional platform that looked similar to our website without needing a web designer. Mobile access – donors can browse and buy from your store using iOS via mobile platforms. It is very easy to operate, especially batch uploading and monthly reconciliation.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 16, 2024

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING Fund My NPO Organic social media engagement and reach isn’t what it used to be. If you’re ready to explore the full potential of your social media, and would like to work with a professional to get it right, we recommend our friends at Fund My NPO.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 25, 2014

Snapchat Can Work for Your NPO if the Demographic is There. But it’s so simple for an organization to get a focus group together to talk about what social platforms work best for certain audiences, or even simply how you’re using the platform. See what you can learn from DoSomething.org. Interact!

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

That’s why Nonprofit Hub is rolling out a brand new monthly series where we’ll review the most important changes to the top social media platforms that occurred each month. Social media has a constantly changing landscape and it can be hard to stay current with all of the rapid updates. So stay posted, and keep current.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2018

By understanding how people make the decisions they do, your NPO can take strategic steps to raise more money and drum up more support, without running yourself ragged in the process. Here are five tips for using behavioral science theories to engage your supporters and raise more money for your NPO: 1. Here’s what you need to know.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 2, 2017

5 Web Design Trends and How Your NPO Can Take Advantage . They’re useful platforms for sharing stories, insight and impact. How to Launch Your Nonprofit Website . 7 Ingenious Fundraising Ideas to Raise Money Online . 7 Best Practices to Create a High-Traffic Campaign Website . Four Ways to Increase Online Giving Conversions.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 19, 2014

But here’s a great start for said standardized content: Hi Kathryn, Thanks for your interest in [OUR NPO]—we’re so excited you’re interested in volunteering with us! We make fundraising easy and with our online fundraising platform, [LINK]. I edited it slightly to make it more general.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2011

is a French nonprofit organization (NPO) started by doctor and alpinist Christine Janin in 1994. For example, for a recent climb, one of the children, Antonin, “appeared on the station platform radiant and full of energy. A Chacun Son Everest. Christine witnessed how children who have. their own minds and in the minds of others.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

When you exercise IMC and have a consistent image across all platforms, people begin to recognize your identity and associate it with the specific good that you do. Of course, your NPO likely doesn’t have a multi-million dollar marketing budget, but the message in this campaign was clear and consistent across all of these media channels.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Our new campaign services line of business allows us to help our client better use their data as an asset, and get deeper technical solutions that extend beyond the Salesforce platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

Disparate marketing channels complicates the life of the average NPO today. Infrastructure requirements are database and cms – make sure they work with your mobile platform. The panel description: At the Cross Section of Web, Social and Mobile. Need an organizational culture open to failure and trying new things.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 24, 2015

Your NPO accounts can be human. For example, it may make sense to split up these three aspects between three different platforms. Well, as I channel my inner Steven Shattuck I’ll tell you the only time you should say anything on social media is when you have something to say. Don’t post on Tuesday at 9 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2005

s engagement with Flickr has had some unexpected benefits that come precisely from using a platform that is designed to push power to the users. Technorati Tags: flickr , tagging , npo , nptech , net2 Kane recalls, ???One What MoveOn is doing with Flickr is just a beginning. MoveOn's flickr home page and flickr tags page.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Convio has no plan to discontinue the GetActive platform. Convio’s new “Open” platform initiative Austin said the “New Internet” (thanks for not using the overused phrase “Web 2.0”) GetActive Integration Austin said integration is continuing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2006

umbrella for nonprofit staff AND consultants AND vendors, of course interested in providing the platform and space for all of the groups to form peer communities, exchange information, learn, and improve. I believe Allen and I are in the same wavelength with this and willing to make that happen.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2010

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. Create a Guerilla Social Listening Platform. Create your listening platform using Google reader. Basically boils down to this.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

It is totally cross-platform, includes audioconferencing, has chat, etc. They are all cross-platform for participants, but none of these can show Linux desktops, and some (like Adobe in particular) can’t even run the presenter software on Linux. Audio works fine for all platforms. It’s $.24 it’s easy to set up.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Maximize visibility by reaching out to individuals and communities via social media platforms. Upload short video clips to promote your cause. Share your online campaigns with third party sites. Online charity auctions have been found to be highly effective in. raising funds. Include them in your event strategies to achieve your.

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Socialbrite

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

1 There are some basic mechanics you’ll need to know about Twitter to help you create tweets that work well on the platform and follow the rules of the website. Try to avoid using generic photos but instead create custom imagery that displays information about your NPO, she adds. Master the basics. Make your tweets engaging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

re here to share real NPO Social Media stories and solutions that rock it and rock it good. World by Ted Fickes, The Wilderness Society The death of traditional media is old news to some but has left non-profits and advocacy groups without familiar platforms for distributing information. Non-Profit Communications in the 2.0

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Media Cause

APRIL 22, 2021

Maybe the company kept a low profile this year because they figured their platform was in the spotlight enough during the last US Presidential administration. In a 2020 study, The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) actually ranked Twitter as the worst platform for sexual abuse-related material reporting functions. Probably not.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 6, 2023

An Added Opportunity: With the rise in AI and automation across CRM platforms like Classy, Hubspot, Salesforce, Blackbaud, etc., Depending on how comfortable you are with personalization in your CRM platform, you might even include person-specific donation impact content for your over-$5000 group to make them feel recognized and appreciated.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 22, 2015

But the reasons behind stressing visuals in marketing strategies are obvious when one considers that most of the platforms used for communications today have a strong analytical function: essentially, it’s easy to track what’s working and what isn’t in terms of a marketing strategy. over sound bites and pictures.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 16, 2016

Some sites like Facebook have insight pages located within the platform. Use the same profile picture, username and voice so that your organization has a unified presence across all platforms. Track your audience’s posts and mentions of your NPO all in the same place. There’s help at your fingertips. Grow where you know.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Social sharing - if you have accounts on social platforms, don’t forget to link them to your website. Contact page - highly important for every NPO, it’s a must have on any website. Make sure you enable comments and you encourage interaction. In this way you will receive feedback and you will know how to adapt your content.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

I can hear a lot of techie people pointing out that you can build apps that work on multiple platforms. Couldn't someone build a NPO aggregator "clearing house" that did all of the dirty work Apple doesn't want to get involved in? The aggregator itself could be an app for the Apple platform. Yes, I get that.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2011

Tools that deliver ephemeral information include Social Actions , Craigslist , Idealist’s job database , Freecycle , Sparked, Groundcrew, Kiva , VolunteerMatch , NPO-Connect , and Community Corps. In the age of XML , it does not have to be a monolith with one owner, one web host, and one platform.

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