Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. Twitter is not for every nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Last year, one thing that annoyed me about Causes, that it was time consuming to welcome new members and thank them personally once they joined or donated to the Cause. It's an important principle of building online community - greeting new members. Then again, I am probably not the demographic that is targeted.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

First, spam was going to kill email. It certainly is true that most email sent these days is spam, but that hasn’t managed to kill it. Recent studies suggest that there is a demographic shift happening – social media being more primary communications avenues for Millenials and Gen Y, and email for everyone older.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 8, 2011

When the “ HOW TO &# time comes, I’ll let you know, but in the meantime just a few things to be aware of (be sure to read number 6!): The beta is limited to the personal side of social networking. Just in time for Google+. We have time. 4) Google has redesigned YouTube Channels i.e., Cosmic Panda.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

They have since published a report on The Real-Time Web and Its Future. The Real-Time Web: it's more than just immediate delivery of Twitter messages to an always-on mobile device, disrupting the concentration that civilization is based on and bringing a rush to crazed social media addicts obsessed with the hottest new buzzwords.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

5% A social networking site (like Facebook). Which social networking sites does your organization have an “official&# presence/profile on? Warning: Poll has been spammed: [link] ]. 20% Two or three times a week. [ [link] ]. 43% Yes… our organization blogs regularly. 13% Check/snail mail.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook’s organic reach is equivilent to sending 100 donors a fundraising email and having 98 of them classified spam and consequently blocked. That’s a wasted use of time and resources and that’s how many nonprofits are feeling these days about Facebook. Don’t. Just block and forget.

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2011

Scenario: Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, bacon and spam. The following is real — or should I say, sotto voce, the following events occur in real time. It seems your baby steps into the world of user-generated content and social networking have turned on you. Suddenly you're a spammer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2008

He invested some of his social capital in my cause and I want to invest in his. Relationship : It's spring fundraising season and I'm getting spammed. Dr.Mani - Spamming for Good??? It takes a lot of time and effort, which is why volume isn't the answer for you, quality is. Mani ), and personally donated to my campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Every time you follow a new Twitterer that is one more time that your nonprofit’s avatar is seeded throughout the Twitterverse. That’s 82,250 times that the @nonprofitorgs account and avatar is visible throughout the Twitterverse. As of today that number is 82,250.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Thus, over the next three weeks I am going to blog a series of fundraising and social media best practices specifically tailored for small NGOs with the hope that I can use my experience and my social networks to be of service. Of course, being based in the U.S., Many NGOs do send e-newsletters, but via BCC.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

MySpace was and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. As a regualr MySpace user, there is no denying that MySpace is more diverse than any other social networking site. MySpace is also the number one accessed social networking website on mobile devices today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. I don't think there is a cookie cutter approach yet -- a fish to toss at you.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

Like ‘how many times can I invite my Facebook friends to a fundraising event before it’s considered spam?’ And now the social networking giant is poised to delve even deeper into users’ messaging activity with a new mobile app with SMS-like functionality."

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

This type of sponsorship provides the time and space to present a well-rounded narrative as to what benefits your event will have for that audience. Sponsoring another conference, meeting, or networking event, whether it is in-person, hybrid, or virtual, is a great way to get your event brand out there and to generate brand awareness.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2010

As social networks try and become profitable they are experimenting with new ad models and trying to drive more traffic to increase ad revenue. Later, Twitter plans to show promoted tweets in the stream of tweets, based on how relevant they might be to a particular user, according to the New York Times.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Whether you’ve been using social media for years, months, or days or you have yet to get started, the information and strategies in this chapter can save you a lot of time and frustration. If your nonprofit is on the right track with social media, then you’ll notice an increase in the metrics from month to month over time.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Your social media influencers are power users who represent your institution online. Influencers could be peers posting pictures help to turn prospects into new students, or they could be alumni or donors who use social networking to promote alumni relations activities or annual fund donations. Find Your Influencers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

He isn't relying on the traditional approach of asking an expert, but wants to crowdsource suggestions through social networks. I'm not quite sure how to make this work, but I expect that in 10 years we will have much smarter "collective" systems that leverage small bits of time, knowledge, etc from large groups.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

By doing so, you’ll avoid the extra time and energy required to redo this work and ensure your forward-facing messaging about your organization is consistent. Create a detailed outlook of the costs associated with your campaign: financial, allocated staff time, advertising/promotion costs, vendor contracts, startup costs, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

A good CMS should also include a built-in Spam filter to keep obviously unrelated content from cluttering your comments sections. Make sure the CMS you choose lets you moderate comments, ban individuals from commenting, and fast-track certain commenters—staff, for example—by allowing them to publish without waiting for moderation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

After a decade of embracing new social networks as they rise in popularity, in recent weeks it became clear that it was time to reassess the value of being active on so many social networks and to prioritize the social networks that most benefit Nonprofit Tech for Good. Quit a Social Network.

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See3

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Because we believe that increasingly we will be seeing engagement move to these social networking models and away from email. “The spam war is a continuous battle between spammers and security vendors,&# said Barracuda chief executive Dean Drako. » Why you need social media marketing. [.] Only time will tell.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

This type of sponsorship provides the time and space to present a well-rounded narrative as to what benefits your event will have for that audience. Sponsoring another conference, meeting, or networking event, whether it is in-person, hybrid, or virtual, is a great way to get your event brand out there and to generate brand awareness.

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Virtual Marketing Guide Stream 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Jessica Kirkwood , VP for Social Media,HandsOn Network agreed to write this about their latest social media experiment and what they were learning. Behind the Scenes Experimentation with Social Gaming for Social Good from HandsOn Network by Jessica Kirkwood. And what will HandsOn Network do to support them?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

I didn't have time check it out and glad that I didn't. According to Mashable : One controversial issue among social networks is how hard they should push for user acquisition. Most social networks these days let you to import your email address book in some way ( Twitter is the latest), but most make it clear if they???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The new algorithm also factors in negative feedback and penalizes posts that have been actively hidden by viewers or reported as spam. Tactic 2: Post at the optimal time to drive activity. Because so much of the new algorithm depends on early activity, timing is just as important as content. He studied more than 1.3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

I'm in the process of an article about tips for nonprofits on social networking sites for TechSoup. On one of my posts trying to digest the research , someone asked a question about strategies for doing outreach on social networking sites. It's also the very definition of "social networking."

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content? Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. The trust that comes with using social networks (engaging people you know, who engage the people they know, and so on) is what creates the power of using social networking tools.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2014

So let's say you're watching a movie and the camera pans to a can of Spam on a kitchen counter. "The special things about the phone are not in the device itself, but in its connection to Amazon's enormous cloud and computing power," writes Claire Cain Miller for the New York Times. Sounds a bit creepy, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2007

We aren't talking about commercial use or spamming. Now that many nonprofits are using social networking actively during the holiday, I recently caught up with Danielle to learn about whether Ranger Rick is back on Facebook and what she has since learned that might be useful to nonprofits thinking about working on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The most common complaint from Facebook users is Newsfeed spam, and the most popular Pages post once a day or less. But no matter what you’re talking about, remember to factor in time differences and post accordingly. One of the most common questions I hear is “How often should we post content to Facebook?&# Any guidelines?

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

It takes place over a period of time. One day at a time. One tide change at a time. The frozen TV dinner was broken the minute the first microwave came out, but popcorn still gets burnt 50% of the time in one. The direct mail world was broken the instant the first email was sent, but 80% of all email sent is spam.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2011

It is considered a wise practice to not post too many updates on your page in one day as it could be construed as spamming and drive followers away. A good example of an organization that is doing this is Epic Change ; Epic Change achieves this with well-timed email reminders and notes across social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use these free or low-cost tools and resources to significantly improve your digital marketing and fundraising campaigns. Nonprofits can use it to study past versions of their website and to monitor their progress in web design over time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

In the comments of a post I wrote titled " Reports of Social Networking's Death Are Exaggerated ," Paul Caplan from Content to Be Different said I think the point about measurement/evaluation is vital as long as we don't get hung up on stats etc. At any rate, it is a good example of how NOT to spam the Flickr community.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

One of the big perks to being registered is the exclusive conference social network, NTConnect brought to you by the fine folks at Acteva. If for some reason, like your spam folder, you haven't gotten it, please send a friendly note to support@ntconnect.org and they'll be happy to get your login info to you).

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