Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005. Page Fundraisers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

Expert new media managers have the ability to anticipate the impact of emerging trends in mobile and social media. They voraciously consume nonprofit technology blogs and study the mobile and social media campaigns of other nonprofits for inspiration. Photo and Video Editing Ability. Creative Thinking.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 23, 2012

Is it a trend or just me? That way, you can still enjoy using Myspace Music and Video and if you ever want to come back, it's here waiting for you! In the past 2 days I've received spams in the form of confirmations from MySpace, Habbo, Tagged, and Foursquare. They don't look related, but it's an odd coincidence.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

And even though a recent report pointed out that email open and donor response are dropping in the nonprofit sector, I can’t help but wonder if current (yet old) e-newsletter design trends have a lot to do with the results. Pitch to “Follow” on social networking sites in every issue. Bottom of e-Newsletter: 1.

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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. Upload powerful photos and videos.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

Pinterest remains one of the fastest growing social media platforms, reportedly closing in on 250 million users, the majority of whom are women. . As a general trend, women make up more of the population on social networking sites than men do – but on Pinterest, they make up a whopping 81% of active users.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2014

Gen X and gen Y both came of age during the rise mass Internet communications and increasingly shun print communications and fundraising while adapting quickly to new trends in mobile and social giving. Eighty-three percent of millennials ages 18–29 use social networking sites on a regular basis as do 73 percent of teens.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 28, 2014

Social media is a comparatively very young frontier in the nonprofit sector which features surprises around every twist and turn. Because of this, it is important to keep up with the latest trends to make sure your nonprofit does not fall tragically behind. Mobile video goes mainstream. Instagram rounds out the “Big 3”.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 10, 2022

According to the Community Brands Association Trends Study, members in their mid and late career identified industry information as their top priority. Ensure you develop a variety of pieces for your association like whitepapers, blogs, videos, podcasts, or webinars. Also, consider contributing to guest blogs in your industry. .

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Care2

JANUARY 20, 2015

Let''s flashback to 2013 when Facebook announced in a blog post that they''d start autoplaying videos: Since September, we’ ve been testing a way to make videos more engaging on Facebook , and as a result we’ ve seen views, likes, shares and comments increase more than 10 percent. And, they''re being watched more often.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

The truth is I think it has only just begun and that we’re on the cusp of a radical transformation in how we use the Internet in our personal and work lives as well as how we use it to foster social good. VIDEO: HTML All Writers Need to Know. The best social media managers have a voracious appetite for news and current affairs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. A collection of economic and media trends and stats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

With social media, comments are increasingly rarely on blogs and there’s a good chance that the comments you do get are spam or argumentative for the sake of being argumentative. The conversation has shifted from blog comments to social media. Embed images and videos that are consistent in size. Bold hyperlinks.

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2012

The 30-minute “Kony 2012” video produced by the nonprofit Invisible Children , which generated over 70M views on YouTube over the past week, has caused a firestorm in the nonprofit community. This video is what we believe to be the first part of a multi-pronged approach for their 2012 campaign to lobby the U.S.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

It’s a growing trend, especially at conferences and big events with interesting lineups, presenters, or activities. Particularly if you emphasize specific #hashtags, you can guide live Tweeters to target your primary audience or break ground with a new network. Eventbrite has a mobile app that allows you to do just that!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. A collection of economic and media trends and stats.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The Barcelona tradeshow sets the mobile trends for the year with major announcements expected from Nokia, Samsung, LG, and others. The standout feature of the G Pro 2 is the fact that its camera can capture 4K resolution video. What mobile trends are capturing your attention? the Open C and the Open II. Image 1: miuet.

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Care2

MARCH 18, 2012

It’s been close to two weeks since Invisible Children released it’s "Kony 2012" video, which quickly spread across social networks, blogs, and made headlines across major news networks and newspapers like the NYT and the Washington Post. The KONY video simplified it, but left out important facts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Source: Nielsen Online The We Are Media Festival of Tools is starts the last week of work on the Nonprofit Social Media Toolbox with a focus on social networking tools and widgets and apps. So for today, our focus is on social networking sites.  And perhaps nonprofits?)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly. Facebook is the largest social network in the world and is becoming increasingly integrated into the Social Web with every passing second. It is highly trafficked and should be the foundation for your nonprofit’s video campaigns.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2022

Experts and popular advocates will support the organizations they care about on social media and market that organization to their thousands — or in some cases, millions — of followers. This trend has been made popular on networks like TikTok and Instagram. Ask them to host a webinar or create a video discussing your mission.

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Care2

APRIL 24, 2014

17 billion referred visits from social sites. Some key findings that might be useful to your nonprofit: Friday may be the ideal day to release content on Facebook as 1/4 of videos played on FB occur on Fridays, and over 15% of FB post impressions happen on Fridays (FYI: Sunday''s the least likely day to receive a comment on a post).

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 18, 2011

Mapping Trends in Philanthropy « NathanielJames.org – "Philanthropy is changing, and I want to contribute to creating the best of all possible worlds for the social sector. Today, I’ll start with a basic taxonomy of these trends, and unpack each one over time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

Instagram’s new algorithm will require top-notch visual and video content which most small nonprofits will struggle to create and curate. All these new tools and trends are exciting, but impossible to effectively utilize if you don’t have a full-time new media manager. Yeah, right. All that said, don’t worry too much.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Note from Beth: Social networks allow to connect with people from outside of our community and it is easy to have your conversation get lost in translation. Here’s some good tips when your network is global. How to Approach Social Media Internationally Guest Post By Christian Arno. Flickr Photo by John K.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Multimedia :: The World Wildlife Fund now embeds video (from YouTube) and slideshows into their website. Social Networks :: The promotion of social networks first appears on the World Wildlife Fund’s homepage as a link entitled “Social Spot.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2010

Here are five reasons why: 1) To update social networking profiles on the go. You can send out Facebook Status Updates, Tweets, and even record videos and upload it to your YouTube channel while on location at events, fundraisers, conferences, or protests using a smartphone. 3) To experiment with text messaging campaigns.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Primarily, those that donate via digital platforms do so because they are influenced by their social network, not by what an organization accomplishes. Lastly, the social network effect will impact success in a positive way. Build relationships with donors over social media. Add interactivity to donor messages.

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Care2

JANUARY 27, 2014

Upworthy, a site that focuses on curating social cause related videos and content has been receiving a lot of media attention for changing how bloggers write headlines. And what does this trend mean for nonprofits? However, memes and videos should not be your only source of content.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

– "Despite the enormous popularity of peer-to-peer social networking, the adoption cycle for branded online communities has been relatively slow. rst draft of a longer effort dedicated to the study and advancement of developments in social media in the public interest that enable people to write history by acting online.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 14, 2022

You’ll reach them on social media platforms or in their text messages. Be sure to tailor your messages to each medium — don’t cross-post the same photo and slogan to every social network. For more nonprofit insights, download our Nonprofit Trends Report. Make your message shareable. And in turn, we will change the world.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

Once you know what worked and what didn’t, you can start looking at the current trends in fundraising to create the best GivingTuesday campaign to maximize your donor acquisition and retention. Different platforms have unique audiences and trends for you to use to your advantage. Use these 10 tips to kickstart your GivingTuesday prep!

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

When you share an article on social media, how long are people staying on that page to read the article, watch the video, etc.? Most Popular Articles Across Channels: What articles generated the most comments and traffic on your website and social media? Social Networking Trends Web 2.0'

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Care2

JUNE 19, 2012

Both “Likes” and comments on photos are a lot more popular then posts that have links, status updates, and video. Interestingly, answering questions on Facebook are also quite popular, which signals that people still like to be engaged in more social ways and offer their opinions.

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