Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 26, 2010

Thousands of nonprofits haven’t logged into their MySpace profiles in months, or even a year or more. Traffic has definitely sloooowed, but the site still has 57 million monthly visitors in the United States ( as of December 2009 ). Age, class, race, and location play a huge role in who uses what social networking sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2011

I “met&# virtually Chris first through the NpTech Tag in 2007 and he kindly helped me clean up an RSS mess. It uses machine translation but on the Meedan site there is a cue for human translators. What has been your experience with user-centered design process for online communities and web sites?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2010

Part social networking site, part smartphone App, and part social experiment, FourSquare is a tool meant to be primary used on the go on your smartphone. I’ll be doing a couple more blog posts on FourSquare over the next month and the site will likely add a lot of new features in 2010 (I’m excited!),

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

A whopping 86% of nonprofits say they have a presence on Facebook or another social media site according to the 2010 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. . This socially-sourced crowd spends upwards of 15 minutes per day, every day , on social media sites, 3 to 7 times more than on any other major web property. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

2) After your nonprofit is approved, you then create a profile. 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. In fact, I was prompted to add a “Donate Now&# box onto my Facebook profile after giving.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

It shows a pledge counter, providing a sense of collective participation as soon as you visit the site, and asks you to take the pledge: You are then prompted to fill out some basic information. IAVA has done a great job ensuring a live count is active on the site for visitors to see their number add to the total.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

Build up your presence on social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Instead, be strategic: Profile your ideal donor and then determine their preferred social networks. Use social media. Don’t overwhelm yourself with having to manage and pay attention to too many networks at a time. Optimize your website.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

So far, trying to navigate the site to browse or set up a profile has about a 50/50 chance of hitting either a 504 or 500 error page. I’m always the first to admit I’m not patient, but I persistence this morning has gotten me pretty deep into the site – so keep refreshing your browser and you’ll get through!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 20, 2010

All 501c3’s in the United States have profiles on GuideStar. Therefore, all nonprofits inside the GuideStar database also have profiles on Network for Good, Give a Tweet, Change.org, Razoo and Facebook Causes. Tags: Online Fundraising. Social media fundraising is built upon and empowered by the GuideStar database.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The mobile web’s growth is exploding as well as the use of social networking sites on the mobile devices. I would greatly appreciate you checking out the new site on your mobile phone and letting me know how it looks in a comment below. Tags: Mobile Technology Facebook Flickr LinkedIn MySpace Twitter YouTube. Suggestions?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Engage with your audience by responding to comments Participate in conversations Be authentic and avoid highly polished replies Track your top 10 or 20 followers and tag them to help share your content Ask followers to opt in to your email list for more direct communication, Pro Tip: Befriend the algorithms with inspiring content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

You need to know basic HTML to utilize the Static FBML App on Facebook, to correctly design your Twitter and MySpace profiles, your YouTube channel, and to create and maintain a blog that is visually appealing and professional. Make it clear that you do receive the donations made on these sites and that they are put good use.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

But you’re just scratching the surface with those two mainstream social media sites. At the 2014 AFP International Conference on Fundraising in San Antonio, Lisa Chmiola and David Tinker helped us through some of the lesser known social media sites that can help your nonprofit with efficiency and productivity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. I am now down to 7 profiles, 5 days a week, and a 45-50 hour work week. Don’t update your organization’s profiles on the weekend. Here’s a few tips on how to deal with it: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

With over 45 million active users worldwide, LinkedIn is a social networking site that is becoming much more than just a place to have a Web 2.0 While the focus tends to be primarily on employment and recruitment, there is a good chance that these profiles will expand in functionality over time. Tags: LinkedIn.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

This is also why campaigns that involve tagging friends and encouraging them to pass on the message are effective. Some social media sites such as Facebook shows you a list of people who have engaged in your campaign, and you can invite them to like your profile page to become followers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

Social media skeptics often say that it’s a waste of time to utilize social networking sites because they are here today, and then gone tomorrow. While it is definitely true these sites could be here today, and gone tomorrow, your supporters will indeed migrate with you on to The Next Big Thing. Five Lessons Learned.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Save some time and just right-click the icons below for those sites your organization uses: I know many of you want to know how to add these icons to your blog, website, Facebook Pages, etc. Finally, you can follow me on Google Buzz at google.com/profiles/nonprofitorgs ! Tags: Google Buzz Uncategorized.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Let’s say you’ve been tasked with researching potential nonprofits to partner with on an upcoming funding initiative by doing some online research, using Google, Candid’s nonprofit profiles , or the like. Regardless of the platform you chose, be sure to post content to the site and share the link across your marketing channels.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Create connections between your site and social profiles. Create connections between your site and social profiles. Ask for followers to tag you in their posts about your nonprofit, then share those posts on your main accounts. Use social media for quick updates and fun content. Encourage plenty of interaction.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

You can access your nonprofit’s profile and the Change.org tool set by signing up for a Nonprofit Admin account. Brand your organization’s profile on Change.org. Nonprofits can easily design their profile on change.org to match their website and other social networking sites. Now on to the best practices: 1.

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NCE Social Media

MAY 4, 2010

When you place the like button on your site, a visitor, who has a Facebook profile, can click on it to show their friends on Facebook that they liked your site or specific web page. Since the content is hosted by Facebook, the button can display personalized content whether or not the user has logged into your site.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

To date, over 1 million sites use the Facebook Like button. Some publishers are seeing up to 85% more time spent on their site by people who use the Facebook Like button. Highlighting most popular content on your site leads people to view more articles. I suspect you’re in at least one of those categories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

If not an entire site, then at the very least your organization should create select web pages that are designed to be easily read on mobile devices. Three are sending me text alerts with links to their desktops sites. Linking to a desktop site in text alerts is definitely not a best practice. Here are four reasons why: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Additionally, Google Reader allows you to Share content on your various social media sites directly from your Google account. If it is still available, create an account that matches you social media profiles. Tags: Google Google Buzz Social Media iGoogle. That topic will be discussed later.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2023

Plus, if you stick around at the end of the post, you’ll discover a few key tips for finding the right fundraising site for your needs. Update donor profiles, track donations in real-time, and research supporters as needed, all from your mobile device. Tag supporters in your posts to thank them for contributing. Mobile app.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Within a few minutes and a couple of clicks, your nonprofit could have a new promotional video that you can use on your Web site, your Blog, in your e-mail newsletters, and on social networking sites. Tags: Animoto Facebook Online Video. You can also embed text in your Animotos videos. 2) People can leave comments.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 17, 2022

billion visits per month ( blog.hootsuite ), and AdEspresso reports that 200 million people visit an Instagram business profile everyday, with 66% of those visits coming from users that do not yet follow them. Use the Keyword or a Variation in the Title and Header Tags. Utilize Heading Tags Properly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

That said, I wanted to let nonprofits know that I think it would be a good idea to grab a Gmail account that matches your nonprofit’s Web site and social media URLs (if it is still available), because seemingly your Gmail account becomes your Google Wave persona, if you will. Tags: Uncategorized Google Wave. Know of any others?

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2021

When you visit a website, cookies allow the site to store information on your web browser so it can recognize you in the future and remember information like your language or user name. .” In 2019, Apple updated ITP to version 2.1,

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

To date, over 1 million sites use the Facebook Like button. Some publishers are seeing up to 85% more time spent on their site by people who use the Facebook Like button. Highlighting most popular content on your site leads people to view more articles. Is your nonprofit using the Facebook Like button ? A few interesting facts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

I've also added the pink ribbon to my Facebook profile. The Technovist offers some 5 tips for nonprofits to get started with social networking sites. Tag your post with "net2thinktank." Compete provides information on every site on the Internet including site traffic history and competitive analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Nancy raises a few questions about whether a distributed presence for organizations - splitting the attention of members between an organization's web site and social networking profiles is a liability or an asset. The Wild Apricot blog offers a tutorial and a list of sites currently using the API.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Constituent search features allow your staff to read up on each individual donor’s profile before going to meetings or events. From here, donors can easily update profile information and payment methods, download end-of-year receipts, and more. Compliant reporting. Automate your reporting to save your organization time and energy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

There is also the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter profile , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , and the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. This is the risk of building communities on social networking sites over which we have no control over. It has taken 2.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. But these sites have two important limitations that give nonprofits reason to look for additional tools.

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Media Cause

JUNE 10, 2021

Because of this, the platform is getting an influx of features to make it more functional, including tipping features, a bell that you can select to RSVP for events, topic-suggestion prompts, a history feature to show users you’ve listened to, and profile tagging in bios. Plus, they have fixed bio bugs that have pestered users.

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