Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. Expert new media managers have the ability to anticipate the impact of emerging trends in mobile and social media. Woe to the nonprofit that incorrectly assumes that a new media manager is a tech position.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

If you already have social media, see which posts were most popular with your followers and engagers. Someone may have already asked a question on one of your social media posts that could lead to a blog post. Use it to tell your story. Reach your audience Audience is key. Use SEO It’s essential to think about SEO.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

You’ve got social media covered. But you’re just scratching the surface with those two mainstream social media sites. But this is a social media platform designed to be all about you. houses all of your social media accounts and links in one place. But now, it applies to social media.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Social media may seem like the way to reach the next generation of donors. But, can you really raise money through social networks? Social Media Generation Profiles. LinkedIn use rose 24% from our 2010 study to 48% in 2013. Gen X: Second most active social network users. Giving on Social Networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Their marketing has tangible results: in 2012 alone they raised $33 million, and over $8 million of that was raised through their online fundraising platform. At the time of writing this article nearly 180,000 people had collectively raised almost $29 million on charity: water’s online platform. How can your organization apply this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Three Analytics Tools to Gauge Your Social Audience’s PulseGuest Blog by Ritu Sharma, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Social Media for Nonprofits. In particular, their free reports give you your social audience’s pulse on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, and other platforms. Then check out Simply Measured.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

This is called disposable media. Snapchat users share “snaps” or micro moments of their lives privately with a their friends, or as “stories” with their followers. I waited to see if other nonprofits would embrace this emerging social media platform. ” Nonprofits and SnapChat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

Gwen Walden (@WaldenPhil) April 15, 2013. gpf13 Technical part about data easy – hard part is getting humans to collaborate @ jacobharold — Beth Kanter (@kanter) April 15, 2013. He referenced that there are over 371 platforms for social change data. Beth Kanter (@kanter) April 16, 2013. gpf13 #philanthropy.

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JUNE 1, 2015

senior campaigner for the world’s largest petitioning platform, Change.org. In this role, he helps petition starters successfully launch national and international campaigns using storytelling, media relations, email marketing, stakeholder engagement and social media. Justin is a U.S. Robin Williams tunnel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Place a little bet & or share your #failure story… you could win a Surface! Case Foundation (@CaseFoundation) April 13, 2013. The Case Foundation offered to give away a Microsoft Surface and so we issued a call to nonprofits to submit their “Little Bets” stories. Social Media. 13ntcbets ow.ly/k24ok.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2013

” Or a variation – What’s the cutting edge on social media , mobile , or data ? You also want to get a sense of how to create a video for these short form platforms. Madeleine Hammond did some scanning on Vine and Instagram, and came up with these stellar examples mostly from the UK. What’s not?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 5, 2013

Nonprofit organizations can use WordPress , an easy to use application, for blogging and websites, making telling your riveting story and engaging your supporter’s interest easier and with far less expense. You can be extremely search engine friendly without putting limitations on video, audio, or depth of social media reach.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Here are some first steps to tackle as you embrace 100% staff participation in building your digital community: Engage leadership - Commitment, excitement, and encouragement from the leadership around all staff using social media to promote the organization’s activities/mission online goes a long way. and on and on. for " Ctrl.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

Thankfully, with the power of mobile apps, you can be a photographer, videographer, social media promoter, and a liveblogger for your events. To kick off TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge , we have compiled apps to help you showcase your organization in action. Liveblogging, Curation, and Social Media.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

This guest post was authored by Ritu Sharma, Social Media for Nonprofits co-founder and executive director. Under her leadership, the world’s only series dedicated to social media for social good has earned a 92-percent approval rating from more than 2,500 nonprofit leaders across the country.

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Care2

OCTOBER 31, 2013

and platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Vine, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.) The 2013 Millennial Impact Report concluded that: "Millennials are highly selective about what organizations they follow in a crowded and noisy media landscape. percent) follow one to five organizations on social media.".

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2014

Get hands-on help at a social media surgery, or learn about databases at a meetup or discover the top tech trends of 2014 at one of our panel discussions. Vancouver, Canada: Social Media Success with HootSuite. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Social Media Surgery - hands on help with social media.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

The Social Media Surgery community (of which Net2 Manchester organizer Steven Flower is a key member) won the BBC Learning Through Technology Award. Not sure what a Social Media Surgery is? Ushahidi is a NetSquared project alumnus who has gone on to create an amazing interactive mapping platform. Wednesday, May 1.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 27, 2017

billion in 2013 and are expected to reach 5.07 The Humane Society uses text-to-give and social media campaigns together to raise funds for their causes. When Hurricane Sandy hit, they launched a successful text-to-give campaign and realized that social media is the perfect companion to texting. billion by 2019.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2013

The plenary session was called “ Placing Little Bets: Failing Informatively for the Nonprofit Technology Sector,” and I was joined by smart folks – Brian Reich, Erin Shy, Megan Kashner, and Allie Burns who represent different points of view in our community – from funders, disrupters, software platform, and nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

million in a day on #GivingTuesday 2013. Sharing memories – stories, pictures – after the party keeps the good feeling going, and makes everyone want to attend next year. Saying Thank You: Find creative ways to say thank you to your donors beyond the generic thank you email from the platform.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Speaking during bbcon 2013, Blackbaud’s Conference for Nonprofits in National Harbor, Md., Speaking during bbcon 2013, Blackbaud’s Conference for Nonprofits in National Harbor, Md., Not every organization is going to be successful at launching a social media campaign. To subscribe to a future newsletter, visit [link].

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Dennis McCarthy gave us a sneak peak of the 2013 online benchmark report last year , who will make an appearance this year? NTC includes a lineup of over 100 sessions from experts in nptech ranging from topics like social media, big data, mobile fundraising, cloud computing, and more. Social Media. Lewis and J.R.R

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2014

“We utilize social media, letting our families know about the campaigns. The only thing you do is design the shirt and promote it through social media networks and Teespring takes care of everything else. Mobile access – donors can browse and buy from your store using iOS via mobile platforms.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 31, 2015

Some organizations have had success raising operating funds, but generally, you need the story of a particular project to drive people to give. These examples from the best nonprofit social media campaigns of 2013 are great templates for how you could tell your story in a campaign. Why Crowdfund?

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 31, 2015

Some organizations have had success raising operating funds, but generally, you need the story of a particular project to drive people to give. These examples from the best nonprofit social media campaigns of 2013 are great templates for how you could tell your story in a campaign. Why Crowdfund?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

Also, if you have not read it, Kivi Leroux-Miller has written a stellar piece called “ The Heroes and Villains of Give Local America Story. It would be easy for community foundations to back away from giving days in the wake of the Kimbia disaster and similar problems that plagued Minnesota’s popular Give to the Max Day in 2013.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Mail is just one of the platforms that allows us to get to know and thank our donors. John’s had about a dozen members back in 2013 but since then we’ve managed to get it to almost 70. Our website is centered around creating a sense of place while also sharing our story. We were very frustrated with their platform.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

As a result, more and more content is being produced; Facebook says on average, 1,500 stories can appear in someone's news feed when they log on. This increased competition makes it hard for any one story — your story — to gain exposure. It was a huge success.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2014

Here are the 7 ‘can’t miss’ breakout sessions coming up at this year’s #14NTC : 50 Shades of Social Media: Navigating Policies, Laws, and Ethics [#14NTC Shades]. Key Takeaways: Ideas for managing and setting the tone for your social media community and balancing the opportunity of social media with ethical and legal implications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Today is the last day to vote for your favorite NTC 2013 sessions. Multichannel strategies bring your staff together and connect your community across platforms for more targeted actions. Strong brands tell clear, consistent, and compelling stories about who you are. Have you finished casting your votes yet?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Visit their website, read annual reports, success stories of previous grants, staff biographies, current guidelines. Teespring is an online fundraising platform that allows organizations to launch free web-based campaigns offering custom-branded shirts. Refine and target your search, work from general to specific. Image: Shutterstock.

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

Over 73 percent of all Netflix subscribers are watching documentaries — that’s nearly 70 million people on just a single platform. Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s 2013 tearjerker circles around an orca named Tilikum, who was captured at two years old and held captive in various aquatic zoos until his death 25 years later. Take Blackfish.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

All social media is utterly native to mobile devices. In our recent stories on how TechSoup employees are using apps , we found an incredible array of work-related things people are doing on their phones. Just under 200 million of them were sold worldwide in 2013. Often our best contact lists are now on our phones.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). Baldrick’s Foundation shares expert story-telling advice. And we talked.

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

Over 73 percent of all Netflix subscribers are watching documentaries — that’s nearly 70 million people on just a single platform. Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s 2013 tearjerker circles around an orca named Tilikum, who was captured at two years old and held captive in various aquatic zoos until his death 25 years later. Take Blackfish.

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