Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

That’s part of the key to success when using Twitter for a Global conversation. Using hashtags lets you mark your message as pertaining to a certain topic, then automatically include that message in a stream with everyone else’s that include the same hashtag. What do those # mean? Build a landing pad. Consider your time.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Deborah Elizabeth Finn just posed a terrific question: This is a question for nonprofit organizations that use Twitter for outreach, fundraising, and advocacy campaigns: do you factor your organization’s Twitter follow cost into your campaign strategy? Tags: issues roi twitter. And the list goes on.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Twitter really shines as a communications tool when you use it with hashtags. Do a persistent and regular search for a popular industry hashtag – #fundraising is another example – and you have access to a pure, topical news stream. Twitter chats often occur on a regular schedule (once a week, twice a month, etc.).

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many organizations use GivingTuesday as a social media campaign to increase fundraising and spread awareness for their cause. Before November rolls around, you need to prepare your organization for the big day and set your GivingTuesday goals. A tiered ad campaign can help hype your donors and get them into a giving mindset.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 21, 2022

Video continues to be a key driver online to engage audiences, help people remember your organization, and connect on an emotional level. . Or choose an “audio room” with Clubhouse , Facebook Audio Rooms , or Twitter Spaces. . Organize a panel discussion around best practices in your field. The possibilities are endless.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

As we all know, the nonprofit tech community is loaded with smart and thoughtful organizers who give their time and efforts to help the rest of us do the good work we do. We recognize NTEN’s 501 Tech Clubs (local in-person groups) and Communities of Practice (CoPs) (online affinity groups) organizers are one clever and innovative bunch!

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2022

How the organizations the UN Trust Fund is supporting has stepped in for women and girls. The lagging of representation and resources for organizations that address violence against women. How to increase resources for organizations that help women and girls. UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women on Twitter.

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Care2

DECEMBER 9, 2012

My Facebook stream has been filled with nonprofits and businesses asking me to “like” photos, political statements, new products, petitions, etc. You maybe asking what’s wrong with asking people to “like” something on Facebook or retweet on Twitter? You name it, they have asked me to “like” it.

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Forum One

JULY 11, 2023

Meta launched its response to Twitter last week, Threads. To put this into perspective, this growth rate makes it the fastest-growing app ever (even faster than ChatGPT, TikTok, and Instagram), and this massive rush of users brings Threads’ audience size to nearly 30% of Twitter’s total audience of around 330 million.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Many of these virtual events were born from a spirit of innovation and resiliency from organizations that were forced to evolve in a matter of days and raise much-needed funds in new ways. This was evident in the new partnerships we saw forming between for-profit companies and nonprofit organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Back in November, someone in Senator Dowd’s office made this epic Twitter mistake. In a discussion thread about this mistake, my colleague Wendy Harman from the Red Cross said she hoped that if her organization made this mistake, she could find humor and an honest discussion. Here’s a play by play of the Twitter Faux Pas.

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AccelEvents

JULY 21, 2021

As an all-in-one virtual, hybrid and in-person event management platform , event organizers can host exquisite events and empower human connections with Accelevents. Integrated live-streamed videos. Their virtual meeting platform has live streaming, hosting, live chat, virtual networking, and more on their easy-to-access platform.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The current technology of live-streaming on the Web has been around for a few years, but only recently with the launch of smartphone Apps that convert phones into video cameras and social media integration, has the technology started to reach mass adoption by Web users ( its up 600% in the last year !). For example, www.ustream.tv/user/nonprofitorgs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 16, 2016

If you can’t attend in person, thanks to social media and live streaming technology you can still participate in the conference online. Follow #AFPFC on Twitter. Watch the live stream. Attended by over 4,000 fundraising professionals, the 2016 AFP International Fundraising Conference will be held March 20-22 in Boston, MA.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Now, of course it’s humanly impossible to follow the tweets of that many Twitter accounts, so to make the chaos manageable I organize my favorite nonprofits and those whose tweets consistently stand out from the rest into Twitter Lists. Translation: Please stop posting a steady stream of “Thanks for the RTs!”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 23, 2012

Most nonprofits are still experimenting to discover their Google+ voice and hone in on a frequency of publishing content to the stream that makes Google+ both viable long-term and worth the time spent exploring Google+. To me, the Google+ Stream feels like a mixture of Twitter and Facebook. Rotary International. United Nations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2010

How Abundance Can Connect Arts Organizations With Audiences by Marc van Bree. A month or two ago, museums and galleries around the world participated in a Twitter event called Ask a Curator. A month or two ago, museums and galleries around the world participated in a Twitter event called Ask a Curator. What was the objective?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2009

It got me thinking about managing multiples: multiple twitter accounts, multiple people tweeting from one account, and how do you tweet a network of affiliates or a movement. There are no official rules, although there is some great advice in the O'Reilly Twitter Book on this topic for corporate examples.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 11, 2022

While both Facebook and Twitter have fairly robust built-in scheduling tools, in this post we’re listing the top platforms that let you plan and schedule social media content for all your social media profiles from one place: 1. You can take advantage of these tools to save time, post consistently, and build awareness for your cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

To tap this potential, your NGO, nonprofit, or charity needs to activate its social media presence before, during, and after #GivingTuesday to help build the movement and, in the process, raise awareness and funds for your organization and mission. 800 x 400: Best for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. Countdown graphics. Powerful stats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Now that you are personally set up on Google+, you are ready to start building a brand for nonprofit inside of the Google+ community by creating a Google+ Page for your nonprofit , such as the Nonprofit Organizations Page : In November I wrote a step-by-step tutorial entitled: HOW TO: Create a Google Page for Your Nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

Circles are how you organize your contacts. My Google+ profile automatically includes a Google Buzz tab to see the stream from that space. For example, people are talking about viewing their Google+ circles in Tweetdeck or Hootsuite where they can already view Twitter and Facebook. Google+ and Facebook in Early Days.

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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations opted to move in-person operations online. Whether you’re a new nonprofit or an existing one, understanding how to apply these three lessons from the pandemic can greatly benefit your organization: . In order to overcome challenges, your nonprofit organization needs a strategic plan.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 30, 2020

While they can be great money makers for an organization, they can also be time consuming and expensive. Perhaps your organization may be hoping to raise money at the charity event, but the main function of the event is to gain publicity, or reach out to a new network. Charity events are a popular form of fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Google searches likely had a big effect because other posts got a lot more buzz on Twitter and Facebook. My guess is the top posts for 2011 will be quite different – more Mobile Web, geolocation, LinkedIn, and live-streaming. 10 Social Media Metrics for Nonprofit Organizations (and How To Track Them). Somewhat surprising!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Now that you are personally set up on Google+, you are ready to start building a brand for nonprofit inside of the Google+ community by creating a Google+ Page for your nonprofit , such as the Nonprofit Organizations Page : In November I wrote a step-by-step tutorial entitled: HOW TO: Create a Google Page for Your Nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

In-person events are on hold this fundraising event season, but fortunately, streaming tools like Zoom implemented new features throughout the year that make virtually interacting with guests a lot easier and way more fun. Consider searching social media for posts about your organization and interacting with the people who’ve posted them.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

IAVA’s #gosilent campaign is a terrific example of social campaigning because it uses tools and tactics that make it easy for the organization to track, measure, and evaluate success – in real time and after the campaign is over. Sharing across platforms – Twitter.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Here are some promotion tactics that we recommend: Pre-event live streaming. By promoting your event through a live stream, you will be speaking directly to the type of crowd that would be more inclined to attend your event simply because it is a virtual video event. Sponsored event speech. Prioritize one over the other.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Think Giving Tuesday but without all the clutter of thousands of organizations asking for money. Choose one day- a day that possibly has some symbol or importance to your organization (ex. You can give them time during your livestream to highlight their organization. Live-Streaming. A giving day if you will.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

A little while ago, we got a question from a client about Twitter. It’s a good question, and it got me thinking about the kind of content nonprofits might want to share on Twitter on a day-to-day basis, and how an organization can get the most out of microblogging. See pictures on our Flickr stream”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Unless you study Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. 2) You are rarely retweeted on Twitter. People follow nonprofits on Twitter to learn about your cause or because they care about the work you do. Let them be activists for your organization and your cause. Pinterest is like Twitter. Google, etc. Pace yourself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

There are significant benefits to both the organization and the leaders themselves by building a thought leadership profile on social. Your leader as a champion and personal brand for your organization is going to have less risk than external volunteers or champions. But in today’s world, those boundaries are pretty blurred.

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Achieve

AUGUST 18, 2020

While engagement events like discussions, parties, and announcements can be easily adapted to live-streamed settings and can generate donations, more strategically incorporating fundraising into your virtual events has probably proved to be more challenging. How much can your organization afford to spend on a virtual auction?

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Greater Giving

MAY 25, 2022

For example, with segments in hand, you might decide to focus your digital marketing strategies on a younger, tech-savvy audience by combining targeted ads on Google with organic social media posts on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Email streams. Leverage free advertising opportunities. You should consider: Google Ad Grants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2008

She also mentioned how they were beginning to experiment with Twitter. They are setting up twitter accounts linked to programmatic areas and affinity groups. I'm sure we'll see more particularly as Kevin Dando urged stations to get a twitter account with their name. For example, here's the arts programming account.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

No matter how you curate this event, one aspect you should include is live streaming. . Live streaming is where an event streams live video feeds so that viewers can see what’s going on. Live streaming is one of the best ways to connect with virtual attendees but pulling it off can be a little complicated. .

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