Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

That’s part of the key to success when using Twitter for a Global conversation. Using hashtags lets you mark your message as pertaining to a certain topic, then automatically include that message in a stream with everyone else’s that include the same hashtag. What do those # mean? Build a landing pad.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2015

And that's where live streaming can be useful. Live Streaming for the People. Live streaming events is not new. Live streaming via mobile to many, however, is. Meanwhile, they also raise good questions about what live streaming means for civil society, content appropriation, and security. What about privacy?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2010

As a tech guy who also plays a social entrepreneur, I often get asked by my SE buddies about what are the practical use of a tool like Twitter. But rather than making this an extensive essay on the glories of social media, I just want to give some examples from my UK trip, just from Twitter. Working the exit options to get home.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Twitter really shines as a communications tool when you use it with hashtags. Do a persistent and regular search for a popular industry hashtag – #fundraising is another example – and you have access to a pure, topical news stream. Twitter chats often occur on a regular schedule (once a week, twice a month, etc.).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Nonprofit Tech for Good experimented with Periscope for live streaming for the first time during the 2015 Independent Sector Conference. Streaming from events is an obvious fit for Periscope, but site visits and interviews with communities served, that’s where the real power of Periscope will unfold.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Deborah Elizabeth Finn just posed a terrific question: This is a question for nonprofit organizations that use Twitter for outreach, fundraising, and advocacy campaigns: do you factor your organization’s Twitter follow cost into your campaign strategy? Tags: issues roi twitter. And the list goes on. What do you think?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

It’s that time of year to start your 2023 GivingTuesday prep! Preparing your emails ahead of time will allow you to schedule out your GivingTuesday email campaign in advance. X, formally Twitter, has also had a lot of changes that may affect your strategy for the platform.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 21, 2022

Or choose an “audio room” with Clubhouse , Facebook Audio Rooms , or Twitter Spaces. . Advertise via “Connected TV Advertising” and Other Streaming Services . Developing a video is an investment of resources and time but can have a big return. The possibilities are endless. Have an online fundraiser or volunteer training.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Now, of course it’s humanly impossible to follow the tweets of that many Twitter accounts, so to make the chaos manageable I organize my favorite nonprofits and those whose tweets consistently stand out from the rest into Twitter Lists. Translation: Please stop posting a steady stream of “Thanks for the RTs!”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

At the same time, our industry has shown remarkable resilience in times of greatest need, and this year has been no exception. Virtual participation in fundraising events isn’t new to 2020; the pandemic has just mandated a full transition from physical to virtual for the first time in history.

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Forum One

JULY 11, 2023

Meta launched its response to Twitter last week, Threads. To put this into perspective, this growth rate makes it the fastest-growing app ever (even faster than ChatGPT, TikTok, and Instagram), and this massive rush of users brings Threads’ audience size to nearly 30% of Twitter’s total audience of around 330 million.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 29, 2009

There’s been a bit of talk lately in the technosphere about the role of blogs in the new real-time web. Louis Gray has a wonderful post on the subject that reflects my own opinion, “Blogging Is Still the Foundation In A World of Streams.&#. I think there’s another benefit to a blog: it’s a mandatory time out.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2022

International Women’s Day is on March 8 th , 2022, and it’s a time to reflect on the state of women and girls worldwide, how current events may make violence and abuse even worse than they were, and how to move forward by empowering each other. UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women on Twitter. Listen Now: Resources: Vesna Jaric.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Back in November, someone in Senator Dowd’s office made this epic Twitter mistake. Here’s a play by play of the Twitter Faux Pas. The hashtag #gettingslizzerd , a reference to drinking too much, trended on Twitter. Twitter mistakes are going t happen. They apologized and moved on.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 11, 2022

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Free Social Media Scheduling Tools for Nonprofits. Unless you have a dedicated social media manager at your nonprofit, you know that routinely sharing your stories on social media can take up a lot of your time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 23, 2012

Most nonprofits are still experimenting to discover their Google+ voice and hone in on a frequency of publishing content to the stream that makes Google+ both viable long-term and worth the time spent exploring Google+. To me, the Google+ Stream feels like a mixture of Twitter and Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 16, 2016

If you can’t attend in person, thanks to social media and live streaming technology you can still participate in the conference online. Follow #AFPFC on Twitter. Watch the live stream. Attended by over 4,000 fundraising professionals, the 2016 AFP International Fundraising Conference will be held March 20-22 in Boston, MA.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

On October 28 start sharing “Save the Date” posts/graphics on social media 2-3 times weekly. 800 x 400: Best for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. Go live at least once and if you have signed up for Facebook fundraising tools, add a “Donate” button to your Facebook Live streams. Best Practice #2: Design Visual Content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Currently, these channels can not easily be viewed on the digital TV sets in our living rooms, kitchens, and bedrooms, but it’s just a matter of time. Start building your channel and live-streaming communities now. Ideally, it should match your Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace and Foursquare URLs. user/nonprofitorgs.

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AccelEvents

JULY 21, 2021

Integrated live-streamed videos. Integrate your Stripe account for seamless ticketing sales, and then integrate your live stream with a connected Youtube account, LinkedIn account, Facebook, or Twitter profile. It has multiple networking rooms, the ability to live stream, one-to-one messaging, and keynote presentations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

2) Gain fun face time opportunities with virtual events. In-person events are on hold this fundraising event season, but fortunately, streaming tools like Zoom implemented new features throughout the year that make virtually interacting with guests a lot easier and way more fun. 4) Find new, creative ways to show impact.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 29, 2016

There was a time when live-streaming video around the globe was reserved for mega-corporations and celebrities. Getting started with live streaming is truly snap, not hard to believe given that the site goes to great lengths to make things easy and intuitive. Consider your content. Start small. Give viewers the heads up.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. If your nonprofit has yet to get on Google+, now would be a very good time to start. Post quality content to the Google+ Stream.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Here are some promotion tactics that we recommend: Pre-event live streaming. By promoting your event through a live stream, you will be speaking directly to the type of crowd that would be more inclined to attend your event simply because it is a virtual video event. Sponsored event speech. Sponsorship of another conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2010

A month or two ago, museums and galleries around the world participated in a Twitter event called Ask a Curator. The hash tag #askacurator became a top trending topic on Twitter on the day of the event. The hash tag #askacurator became a top trending topic on Twitter on the day of the event. What was the objective?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2009

It got me thinking about managing multiples: multiple twitter accounts, multiple people tweeting from one account, and how do you tweet a network of affiliates or a movement. There are no official rules, although there is some great advice in the O'Reilly Twitter Book on this topic for corporate examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I've been asking myself how can we leverage the addition of nonprofits and charities on the Twitter Suggested User List? I got up really early this morning PST time to fly to the East Coast for some trainings I'm doing. Sean points out the value of being on the list: In June the New York Times wrote about the “suggested user” list.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 30, 2022

The amount of time you have to promote. If you can, try hosting an in-person event and then filming and streaming each session online so the virtual audience can get as much as possible from the experience. . You need a virtual event management platform with RTMP services and integrated live streaming for virtual events. .

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 30, 2020

While they can be great money makers for an organization, they can also be time consuming and expensive. The first decisions involve online services, what fundraising or streaming services do you plan to use. You need to convince your supporters that your organization and event are worthy of their time and money.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

) In some ways, this could be confusing to people who’ve become accustomed to Facebook’s approach which has layers of settings and changes those layers, options, and controls all of the time. You can share with all of your circles, any specific one/s, or with the world, every time you post.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

The timing coincides with the President’s remarks in Arlington, but one minute of silence can be pledged at any time, really. Sharing across platforms – Twitter. IAVA didn’t confine their own use of social tools to Facebook and Twitter, as their supporters would be using other tools, too.

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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2022

Instead, they had to get creative to fulfill their missions during this unprecedented time. Consider where your audience spends the most amount of time — whether that’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or somewhere else — and develop engaging content on your chosen platform(s). . Make your fundraiser widely accessible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2007

Photo from Lynetter's Flickr Stream and discovered via Twitter from Cogdog. That was one of gems I found while taking a quick twitter break. since water cooler time might be considering "wasting time" and taking time away from doing work to learn something isn't work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Post quality content to the Google+ Stream. Over time and through implementing the best practices listed below and those yet to come, you will find your Google+ voice. However, in the beginning I want you to ask yourself before each and every post to the stream: Will this content be interesting to our followers?

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In 2020, the pandemic and its resulting social distancing guidelines led nonprofits to experiment with virtual events (many of them for the first time). While your gala is ultimately for your guests, ensure that your volunteers also have an enjoyable time helping out. Live-streaming functionality. Social media. Live music.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Either way, it’s time to brush up on your peer-to-peer fundraising chops and check out some online fundraising ideas that you can use to attract donors to your nonprofit. Choose a day and actively encourage donations and sharing through all your social media channels, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Snapchat.

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Achieve

AUGUST 18, 2020

However, now is the perfect time to try new strategies to keep your donors engaged while raising support for your mission. With the right strategies and tools on your side, you’ll be launching your first virtual auction in no time. This gives bidders plenty of time to compete for items. online and virtual fundraising.

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