Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

The Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group reached 40,000 members today – a benchmark that took three years, 323 days, and countless clicks of “Flag as Promotion” and “Block & Delete” to keep the group as spam free as possible and on its trajectory of growth. Attention Nonprofits!

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

Those results should give pause to anyone convinced that email is losing sway to text messaging, social media, or other channels. “I If it reads and sounds like spam to you, it’s probably going to look like spam to other providers,” McClelland said. Research backs this up.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

For more than a decade the blogosphere has touted the power and promise of social media (this blog included) , but there is also a downside to using social media for your nonprofit. Facebook’s organic reach is equivilent to sending 100 donors a fundraising email and having 98 of them classified spam and consequently blocked.

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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. Like all social media today, organic reach is very low.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

Nonprofits lose about $15,000 per year of donations due to wrong targeting and missing out spam filters, which blocks the emails from prospects.”. One of the main downsides could be a poor response rate or spamming of your emails. . Avoid using any spam buzzwords in the subject line. . Buy only from a reputed vendor. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. Strangely, nonprofits have been slow to embrace LinkedIn.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 31, 2013

69% of of the Millennial population don’t like seeing repetitive social posts and organizations that frequently post asking users for donations. 70% don’t like getting spammed by nonprofits. The post 7 Strong Stats About The Next Generation Of Donors appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2012

That said, the actual voting numbers are low likely due to a fear that voting will result in spam tweet exclaiming you voted. November 2012 [1,734 Views] :: Which social media tool do you think has the most potential for nonprofits in 2013? August 2012 [756 Views] :: Are you experiencing social media burnout? twtpoll.com/t7brsr.

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2011

In an ever-changing world of social media and web collaboration, tools for user interaction and engagement are becoming increasingly prevalent. When developing social sites, personal user accounts and profiles form the backbone of such destinations. Social Conversations. User Accounts & Profiles. Keep Accessibility in Mind.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 in the newly released Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. The best practice listed below are result of spending the last three years maintaining and building the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. for Nonprofits. Require Approval to Join.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 24, 2018

As the End-of-Year fundraising season approaches and strategic planning for 2019 looms, technological advances, donor demographic shifts and nonprofit workloads all pose challenges for nonprofit fundraising professionals. Rising email spam rates Many nonprofits depend on email as the backbone of their digital fundraising programs.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

If you want to learn how nonprofits can use technology to advance their mission and generally be more effective and efficient TechSoup has got you covered with their blog and webinars. That’s why TechSoup Global also offers NetSquared, community of nonprofit technology meetups with groups in twenty countries. Sunday, April 27.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Did you know Millennials (1980s – 2000s) prefer to receive email from nonprofits over their smartphones versus social media? It all starts to turn into spam (to donors at least) after a while. The post Email Campaign Tips To Inspire Millennials appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Using a CMS to Make Your Website Social by Laura Quinn. But a good CMS can also facilitate constituent relationships in a number of other ways, including facilitating comments, blogs and social media. A good CMS should also include a built-in Spam filter to keep obviously unrelated content from cluttering your comments sections.

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TechImpact

MAY 1, 2014

Whether it be through social feeds or blogs, the goal is always the same. Without doing so, your audiences will categorize your blog or website as just another site spamming their social media feeds sharking for clicks. Industry News Social content marketing nonprofit nonprofits social media' Fill a niche.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2011

However, be authentic and don’t spam tens or hundreds of Venue Pages with the same Tip. Simply add posting Foursquare Tips to your weekly social media routine. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Mobile Websites, Group Text Messaging, and Text-to-Give Technology. 3) Inspirational Quotes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

The focus is how to effectively integrate social media channels and measure and learn. Two grantees that work on Children’s Healthcare at the national level and have experience using social media as part of an integrated campaign were co-presenters. Wait for maturation?

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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

APRIL 4, 2011

Of course, don’t start spamming Questions, but this is an excellent way to increase your nonprofit’s exposure inside the Facebook community: Related Links: Webinar :: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Facebook and Facebook Apps. e-Newsletter :: Social Media and Mobile Technology for Nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. Time suck: Social networks are a time suck. goodiness.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

Social media can be a useful (though often overlooked) tool for frontline workers in social service agencies to engage with youth, according to Jason Shim, a Program Facilitator at the Canadian nonprofit, Mosaic Counselling & Family Services. It's a burial ground for spam." Tips for Using Social Media with Youth.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

However, growing up with technology and the internet has also led millennials to have certain expectations about marketing, especially in online spaces. No matter how much technology advances, handwritten thank you cards are unlikely to go out of fashion. At first glance, it’s easy to assume that traditional tactics such as.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Thanks to Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific , I’ve had the great honor to present a series of online fundraising and social media trainings to over three hundred non-governmental organizations (NGOs) throughout Asia Pacific over the last three years. Of course, being based in the U.S., Of course, being based in the U.S.,

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2011

Gavin Claubaugh, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Effective IT management is more about wetware than it is about hardware and software: it's all about managing the intersection of technology and these rather strange things called people. Scenario: Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, bacon and spam.

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Seth Godin has a great blog post on how to catch up if your company (or agency) has not embraced technology as a means for communication. Here’s a video on how to integrate MailChimp into your social media tools. It’s not too late! Many of these companies have a nonprofit discount that isn’t listed on their website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

There is such a thing as hashtag spamming. nptech : This hashtag stands for nonprofit technology and can be used in any Tweets relevant to how nonprofits are use technology and social media. Example Tweet: Nominate your favorite nonprofit for the “Best Non-Profit Use of Social Media&# [link] || #nptech.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2014

NTEN’s Nonprofit Tech Job Board is a platform dedicated exclusively to paid nonprofit technology career opportunities. Job postings will also receive social media promotion. We aim to please and we’re thrilled to announce a beta version of NTEN’s brand new job board. We don''t want to discourage hiring from this community!

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

To make sure yours don’t get lumped in with the spam, here’s how to use your email communication to forge (or maintain) relationships with your constituents. Add “subscribe” buttons not only on your website, but also in the footer of your emails, in email signatures, on direct mail QR codes, and in your social media bios.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Below are the 11 TwtPoll results that I think are the most telling: 1) Is your nonprofit planning on utilizing mobile technology in 2010 (live Tweeting, group texting, iPhone Apps, launching a mobile site)? [ [link] ]. 5% A social networking site (like Facebook). Warning: Poll has been spammed: [link] ]. 13% Check/snail mail.

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M+R

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In 2020 this helped get tons of voters registered and out to vote…but it also led to consumer complaints about being spammed with too many texts. Talk with your digital team about alternate ways you could reach your supporters digitally—starting with relational organizing or social media. The Bottom Line: Think Holistically.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2011

Well, the Nonprofit Technology Conference is an amazing experience every year: people from all kinds of organizations, all kinds of backgrounds, and with all kinds of passion, joining together to talk about how we can use technology to make even more social impact – it’s just my kind of community!

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

So be sure to encourage your speakers, staff, and partners to promote the event on their social networks, in their industry associations or networking groups, and through their portfolios, blogs, or websites. . We have all had to adjust and adapt to shifting social norms. Target your influencers based on their audience reach and niche.

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M+R

MAY 21, 2021

For regular user-to-user emails, like the message you send to your friends about going on a socially distanced hike, this works well and consistently across email clients. For example, gray for someone’s signature or bright blue for social icons. Find us on social @mrcampaigns and let us know how it’s going on the dark side! ————.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2006

His other article is titled " Questions As Technology ," and while it was written in 2002, it still resonates: Because the new information landscape is streaming by at supersonic speeds, we find ourselves working overtime to ??? Some of them are correspondence, some of them spam and many of them information ???alerts???

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

A virtual event is only as good as the technology that supports it. Integrates with social media: Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are great tools for networking. A platform like Accelevents can help you create a branded event website , market your event through social and email integrations, and make registration a breeze. .

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AFP Blog

APRIL 9, 2012

The Dangers of an Inactive E-Mail List - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : The Dangers of an Inactive E-Mail List April 5, 2012, 9:20 am By Nicole Wallace Inactive e-mail lists have always posed a challenge to fundraisers, but as spam filters get more sophisticated, the (..)

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