Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2017

The book is about our behavioral addictions to our smartphones, video games, social media, and email and how to break them. Rosen’s research has found that the average person checks their phone every 15 minutes or less and that approximately 50% of the time there isn’t a notification beckoning them to do so. This is a Ludic Loop!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

You’ll need to have the spot produced professionally if you don’t have someone on your team who can edit videos and provide at least a.mov or.mp4 file. Tip: Connect with sales reps or other employees of the stations via LinkedIn, over the phone, or in person. Step 3: Produce the PSA. Include PSAs in Your Nonprofit Marketing Strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2021

By harnessing the convenience of the mobile phones donors use daily, you can transform your virtual fundraising events into engaging, revenue-boosting opportunities. Text-to-donate enables your attendees to give by phone without having to navigate away from your virtual event page. Try it from your mobile phone now!

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

And the best way to do that is through “distributed content”—especially video content—that is uploaded and available on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and all the rest. So how do you leverage social media site mania when it comes to dispersing the stellar videos your non-profit has worked so hard to compile, edit and tweak?

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The Sponsorship Collective

MARCH 13, 2024

You can have the discovery session on the phone or through Facetime, Zoom, or any other popular video-chatting platform. Once you’ve identified your sponsorship prospects, your next goal is to set up a discovery session. This first meeting doesn’t always take place in person, especially anymore.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

Video marketing is probably the best medium available at the moment for engaging audiences and promoting messages. According to research by HubSpot, 90% of users make decisions based somewhat on videos, and 92% of viewers on mobile platforms share video with others. Firstly, why are you making it? Don’t Forget Audio.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2020

We’ll also discuss how nonprofits can create livestreamed and/or a recorded video series that both cultivates donors, inspires advocacy, and raises fund through for your organization. Nonprofits of all sizes are invited to join this webinar to learn how to recruit and retain digital sponsors for online events and campaigns.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

First names only! Here are 6 channel options: A simple phone call from you, or even better—a board member A postcard A video email A letter An email A text 3 time-saving ways to report impact with scale and efficiency (no matter how big or small you are!) Bomb Bomb offers free video email accounts to nonprofits.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

There’s all kinds of videos you can watch. I got plenty of videos on my YouTube that they can watch about how to build more courage. If it’s too late for that, and you have too many donors that you need to contact, then you can call them on the phone. You can send them voice memos, if you have their cell phone.

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EveryAction

MAY 2, 2023

Mobile optimization —M+R’s Benchmarks for the year 2022 found that “users on mobile devices (including both phones and tablets) accounted for 57% of nonprofit website traffic.” Your technology should enable you to attach photos and documents, include links for video stories, and easily manage everything within your database.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Note from Beth: Is Facebook Live or posting videos part of your nonprofit’s strategy for 2018? Using a tool like Animato can make it easy for your nonprofit to create DYI videos, but to be successful you need to develop a strategy and use compelling storytelling. Video is a medium uniquely suited to do just that.”.

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Forj

MAY 18, 2021

Through the pandemic, everyone is learning to get more and more used to being on video. That being said, it’s no mystery there’s a plethora of video services on the market right now. The main difference between video services is their intended use. Types of Video Interviews. Live Video Interview.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

Why Your Nonprofit Should Invest in Video As Part Its Communications Strategy – Guest Post by Michael Hoffman, CEO of See3. It’s obvious to anyone who spends time online that video is taking over the internet. It is the dominant form of content we all engage with – on our desktops, our tablets and now our phones.

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Qgiv

MAY 5, 2021

Back then, if we wanted to create a video to share with our supporters, it was a big deal. It couldn’t be done without professional (and expensive) camera equipment —and a tech-savvy cameraperson and editor to boot—so we had to pick our video topics wisely. 15 Types of Nonprofit Videos to Help You Connect with Supporters.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Three actions In an effort for our board members to take our year-end giving to the next level, we recommend three actions for your immediate attention as follows: Rapid-fire personal phone and text outreach. Flash engagement video recording. In the attached document, we’ave assigned each board member a few key donors.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

An eye-catching opening, slick text animation, smooth transitions — these are all important elements of polished social videos. In all cases, video stories are most memorable when they have a core message — a "so what" moment. A few strong pieces of copy can help your video shine. Who Am I Talking To?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2020

Stars would ask for donations and answer phone calls, and people would ring in to donate over the phone. Gamers, some with enormous fan bases in the tens of millions, host live streams where they play video games and interact with their audience as a tool to raise money for nonprofits. McLoughlin currently has 23.6

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The MatrixFiles

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Hosts and speakers must use the Twitter app on their mobile phone to participate in the discussion. But why audio only when video is THE thing?” Engage members and customers who may be reluctant to get on a video call (yes, you can always turn off your camera, but some people will be on video and then it gets awkward).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 13, 2020

Make sure your website is mobile optimized for donors using their cell phones. Create a special video from your executive director, staff, board members or even a beneficiary featuring a heartfelt thank you for donating and emphasizing one call-to-action. 2) Encourage to Volunteer. 3) Send to Social Media.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

Personalized thank-you video. Send your top donors a personalized thank-you video. An ideal video gives a peek into your nonprofit’s work and shows the donor the impact their donation made. You can do a voice over and subtitle the video to provide context. ” Your video doesn’t need to be professional quality.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

When you're building a movement, video is an indispensable storytelling tool. By appealing to a wide range of our senses, videos capture our attention and activate our emotions, unlike any other medium. The original DIY video platform, YouTube, is now the world's second largest social network and search engine.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Consider building regular check-ins with your donors, either via phone, email, Zoom, or in-person, to share updates about your work. Create a thank you video. I did this one year, and donors loved receiving a special video from the entire staff.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 12, 2019

Think for a second, how many videos have you watched this week? If your browsing habits are anything like the majority of people’s, chances are you see at least a couple of videos every day. Video content has grown to be so ubiquitous that you’d need to go out of your way to avoid watching them. What Is An Explainer Video?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Super-short videos have become one of the coolest (and easiest!) Free video services like Instagram and Vine that feature short videos now attract millions of users, offering nonprofits, charities, and libraries an opportunity to connect with new audiences. Why Super-Short Videos? Fundraising videos. Really short.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This video by Dr. Baxter Bell offers some exercises to help relieve and prevent neck pain. He asked them to leave his phones behind and take a ten-minute walk around the block. Before they left, they had to tilt their cameras down so he could see their phones that were left behind. He made them do it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

WhatsApp represents one such medium that presents nonprofits with an outstanding opportunity to engage with stakeholders through texts, attachments, and multiple forms of conversations delivered to their mobile phones and now to their desktops. Recent data indicates that there are in excess of 1.5 2) Information Hub.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

However, you might also want to list a phone number or email address that they will be able to use. 6) Use video and live streaming for storytelling. While photos can be fun, videos create a more visceral experience and will create a more powerful memory. Collaborate with popular people in your niche.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Last week, we covered Windows Phones and Windows 8 tablets. This week, we'll cover how to back up your Android phone or tablet. With Google's mobile operating system, Android, you can link your phone or tablet data with your personal Google account. If your phone is running Android 4.0 (Ice It includes: apps.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2013

we get new cell phones on average every 18 months. One of biggest risks we face is the critical data stored in our old phones that we get rid of. The good news is that it’s pretty easy to do a hard reset and clear mobile phones of personal information. from your cell phone, if your phone has one of those.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

In fact, most Americans have a cell phone, smart phone, or tablet that they use to keep their schedule straight and stay in touch with their large and diverse networks of colleagues, friends, family, and acquaintances. So why not engage volunteers where they spend most of their time–on their mobile phone. Share Multimedia.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2024

Some people prefer email; others texting, cell phone calls, landline calls, video conferencing, social media. After several failed attempts at following up by email and phone, my campaign committee members got nervous, and told me to submit a revised proposal of $125,000. This means you must meet them where they are.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Whether in person, over the phone, or on a video call, a presentation is an opportunity to convince a funder that you should be invited to apply for a grant. If you are new to grantmaking, preparing for a grant presentation can be a confusing and overwhelming task.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2022

Nonprofits have noticed this and are starting to make use of the video sharing platform to reach its 700 million active monthly users in order to fundraise. This shows that donors are using their phones to make gifts. You can expand on that cell phone usage by sending appeals via text to your donors. Fundraising videos.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2011

He forecasts that in a couple of years smartphones will become powerful enough to run a full desktop operating system that can do virtually everything a computer can do, including photo editing and high definition video conferencing. Most African and Latin American countries are on a completely different mobile phone infrastructure track.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2013

Video conferencing software makes it easy to connect with volunteers in the field, donors who aren't local, or remote staff. Video chat and conferencing apps. Tango (Android, iOS, Windows Phone 7.5) stands out because it lets you video chat over 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi networks (some video chat apps restrict how you connect).

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Consider the hours of time you spend reading articles and books, attending webinars, conferences and meetings, watching videos, and whatever else you generally do to explore and develop new skills. Make a 20 second thank-you video on your phone and send it to a targeted group of donors (e.g., If not, might there be a better way?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Mobile Phone Access. These days, this means making sure that you’ll be able to get the CRM on your mobile phone, which has become an increasingly important part of both our private and work lives. In fact, it’s estimated that 71 percent of workers access company information from their phones. Integrates With Other Software.

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