Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2011

I’ve been involved with too many projects that embrace a platform too quickly without thinking about the end users and they fail. Working with the Meedan and their creative development process was refreshing. I “met&# virtually Chris first through the NpTech Tag in 2007 and he kindly helped me clean up an RSS mess.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

However, it is also worth noting that in addition to their advantages, producing a nonprofit explainer video often comes with a price tag and can be a time-consuming process. To ensure your video conveys all of the necessary information in a short amount of time, I recommend adhering to this general structure: Introduce the problem.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

Follow him on Twitter and read his first post in the Tag, You're IT! People find comfort in talking to others they perceive as "wise" when they are without direction or have lackluster solutions to their problems at hand. I've heard a lot employees and managers talk about "needing a mentor."

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Lauren Henderson, IT database administrator, Dexter Southfield This clean-up process is a great opportunity to take stock of who is in your donor base. Pay extra attention to tags on top donors and reach out to those who haven’t given in a while or haven ’ t been contacted lately. The same goes for employer matching gift programs.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Because of the challenges nonprofits face, they need to be at least as cognizant of the planning process as larger, more well resourced organizations. You have to find a way to make sure your own needs don't get lost in the process of implementing the solution. They often have ideas about what they think will make their lives better.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Salesforce is a platform that processes close to a billion transactions a day , serves ~100,000 commercial customers and 16,000 nonprofits. No problem. No problem. No problem. Tagged: Blackbaud , Common Ground , platform , Salesforce. That's the frame of the house. Why does it matter? It has the appexchange.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

If your nonprofits is legal with your own nonprofit status, you shouldn’t have any problem at all. It’s rumored that doing so helps speed up the approval process. Tags: Online Video YouTube. Once approved, you can then also participate in the Do Gooder Nonprofit Video Awards.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

But just the same there are lots of CMS platforms promising all sorts of wonderful things, from being easy to learn to easy to edit to having a nice cheap price tag. This means that, as long as you fulfill certain parameters—such as using proper keywords and tags—you can expect to rank well in search results and get yourself noticed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2005

Marshall has a great post about a technorati tag bookmarklet that can save you a lot of grunt work. Technorati tags can help you attract more readers for your blog and also facilitate contributing to the collective community wisdom surrounding a particular tag. But it required some editing to make it link the tag to Technorati.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 21, 2006

Thought I'd polish up and post this blog entry on problem solving that's been hanging around half written. One of the things I notice working with our users is that some IT folks are born problem solvers and troubleshooters, and some aren't. I realize we are talking about two kinds of problems here. Which one do you solve?

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 27, 2022

There are many problems with this which is the subject of a different novel… The purpose of this guide is to help organizations take advantage of this truth. LinkedIn Insight Tag – Marketing Solutions will help understand who is coming from LinkedIn to your website. Thoughts on Process for CEO Social Account Management.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 21, 2012

I’m tired of apps and technologies that sure, solve a problem, but in order to do it you have to completely change the way you think or work. Instead, IFTTT typically prompts you through the app’s authorization process. I didn’t start using IFTTT because I was bored or curious…I had a problem.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Load that up and let it help diagnose any problem areas! Again, this might be more of a technical thing, but there are plenty of resources online to help with the process. Make sure you include an “alt” tag in each image that is rich in your desired keywords as well. Another great tool is Google’s Webmaster tool.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Two problems create ineffective RFPs: first, although well-intentioned, RFPs often demonstrate unrealistic expectations about the time and cost for executing on digital products or services; second, nonprofits often solicit technology they don’t need because they don’t know the right questions to ask. Expertise and time cost money.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Public voting process. A process like this can ensure that lots of different ideas are included but that the competition can stay true to it’s purpose or the goals of the sponsoring organization. The most important way to use social media in a crowdsourced process is to allow the community to use social media anyway they want!

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Gen Zers are impact-oriented and they care about solving social problems. In fact, over half of all traffic to nonprofit websites was on a mobile device and 26% of all online fundraising was processed through mobile devices. So, how do we refocus and tailor our fundraising to this new generation of savvy movers and shakers?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

" There's also another article on a similar theme that focuses on the describing the problem -- or why nonprofits, designers, and techies can't talk to each other. Here's a couple of GTD tips for processing your email and being more efficient from LifeHacker. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Hashtags allow your organization to participate and inspire conversations (and in the process get new followers) and organize the Twitterverse around campaigns ( #climatechange ) and events ( #openwebawards ). fundraising : This hashtag is best used when tagged on to a Tweet that discusses fundraising trends. Tags: Twitter.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

You also need a targeted recruiting process, an onboarding process, an orientation, volunteer management practices, and volunteer recognition. Volunteer policies and procedures: It is critical that you have policies and procedures in place that minimize potential problems that could arise. Is there a media release?

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

There’s a price tag attached for creating the replicas and mailing the boxes, and it may be sizable. In many cases, the roles required new technology to be feasible — new software to streamline a process, new hardware to loan to a volunteer. There’s more potential to engage the viewer with a live demo. The challenge here is the cost.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

Here are some steps that you can walk through either as an individual looking at this process, or as a team in a workshop setting. We are usually pretty quick to highlight problems, so this is probably the easiest step! The next step is highlighting the strategies that specifically address the problem.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Some things we recommend for a great campaign: Write a powerful and engaging story Have a clear call-to-action with an inspiring ask Include high-quality visuals (BONUS: include a heart-warming video ) GT STEP BY STEP WORKBOOK Tip #3 : Engage your community Let your donors know what specific problem they are helping to solve.

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

In 1998, the US Congress sought to alleviate this problem by amending the Rehabilitation Act. Although some software vendors will make you think they are 508 certified via some third party certification process, a real Section 508 certificate does not exist. ALT tags for images).

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

What’s your process in making a giving decision?”. When you ask about their decision-making process, you’ll find out what factors they take into consideration, who else they involve or seek advice from, and how much time they like to take in thinking it over. Frankly, if you ask and get an immediate “yes” you didn’t ask for enough!

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2021

Let your donors know what specific problem they are helping to solve. Remember, it’s about relationship building, so starting these conversations helps you start the relationship-building process. Tag donors in your posts to get your post in front of more people. Have a clear call-to-action with an inspiring ask.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 3, 2018

And the process of capturing those things in a few words might even help your organization decide what it values most. Go beyond the immediate problem that your team solves and look to the big-picture challenges that grab people emotionally. What benefit does your organization provide? Make people think—but not too much.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Use the tag #MPS09 to follow conversations and highlights from others at the event. Think about 5 things: what’s the problem, what technology you’ll use, design sustainability, how will people come to use it and how will you distribute it. I’m capturing notes at the MyPublicServices event from PatientOpinion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

candidate writing a thesis on crowdsourcing for problem solving. This post provides a context for crowdsourcing since Jeff Howe coined the term "crowdsourcing" in his Wired article " The Rise of Crowdsourcing. " It also lays out an argument of crowdsourcing for problem solving. Next Stop Design Process. Brabham , a Ph.D.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

But the more I heard them explain it, the more I started thinking about how the current design “table” is a big problem in and of itself. . To look at design’s diversity problem without discussing current and former power structures is to ignore the root causes and only treat the symptoms. Good often equals a high price tag.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 16, 2008

The process was simple, straightforward, easy, and most importantly, empowering. I just want to point out, this was the easiest application process I’ve ever seen: it did everything for me and I just chose what, when and where. The Causes application has really done it right with the Birthday Cause process.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

and the processing fee of 5% is used to cover donation processing fees. No problems. Tags: Facebook Online Fundraising Ammado Micro Fundraising. Once your profile is up and running, you can then apply to accept online donations by clicking the “Apply for Donations&# button on your Ammado profile. I made a donation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

But to tell you the truth, I’ve had a major squirrel problem with my email. But, today, Google has released Priority In Box – what I like about it is that it automates and extends the manual processing of priority email. This feature has the potential to help me fix my email squirrel problem.

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Hopefully it will never be a problem again. But do these folks know where they can go to help an organization build a better process for managing their programs within their Salesforce instance? Tagged: Blackbaud , Dreamforce , Nonprofit , Salesforce , unemployment. Sad to have missed the first day. Why all the change?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Another problem in theory is fraud, and another problem is that many sites only included last and first names which in a mass of several hundred thousand displaced persons obviously included many duplicates.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 27, 2009

Now that I’m blogging on judisohn.com as the domain, it’s time to tackle another problem. I’ll use tagging more often than I did in the past to help in searches. It’s all a process and learning experience. Tags: Geek Posts Personal Posts Blogging. I’m going to try something new.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

On November 19th 2009, at The Paley Center for Media’s International Council Event, ThinkSocial will be recognizing three outstanding examples of innovation, featuring – an individual, an initiative and a collaboration between institutions, which together represent powerful models for how social media can be used to address global problems.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 22, 2021

Weak profits are never the problem, they are always a symptom of not operating on the other five P’s. The more time a business owner takes to think about their exit strategy, the easier it will be to sell their company for their desired price tag. What are the mistakes that sellers make, and how can I avoid them?

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