Forum One

MAY 25, 2023

As a government entity, you may have joined Twitter years ago, using it to provide valuable customer experiences to your constituents and communities. But what if Twitter is no longer a reliable way to interact with your “customers”? The majority of Americans who use Twitter have taken a break from the platform in the past year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

They are active in our communities, in our schools, and have valuable knowledge and experience that our nation’s elected officials could learn from and be inspired by, and yet very few U.S. politicians follow any nonprofits on Twitter. Politicians have a lot to gain by being more connected with nonprofits on Twitter.

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NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

Fret not, however, as the number of nonprofits using Twitter continues to grow. However, many are confused about how Twitter can help advance their organization’s goals. Consider how you can use Twitter to network with other professionals in your line of work. Staff Networking. Location Based Services. Timely Actions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 26, 2010

The majority have moved on to Facebook and Twitter. They just don’t tend to be the same folks that regularly visit Facebook and Twitter. There are lots of friendly activists and comment fairies on MySpace that do care very much about social causes and nonprofits. Comments are up. That said, MySpace is not dead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2011

I got to introduce myself and my role in the project, but the most valuable part of the meeting was briefing on social media and activism. Mary Joyce , who is an expert on digital activism and will be delivering a training on that topic, gave us an overview of how social media is being used for activism around the world.

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sgEngage

JULY 18, 2023

By liking, commenting, reposting, or sharing, you and your followers can keep a conversation going across your networks. The functionality is just like Twitter, focusing on short, written exchanges and timely discourse. Recruit early adopters and your most active / influential followers to expand your reach! Sound familiar?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2012

Many government leaders in Rwanda have embraced Twitter, both in the “official’ capacity, tweeting from their Ministry’s profile for formal communication or often from a personally branded profile. There are many women in leadership government positions in Rwanda, and many are on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

How do we activate the online activists to take action offline?" I was not presenting, but decided to use Twitter crowd source some suggestions, screencapture them, and put those into my presentation later in the day. Ironically, one of my Twitter followers suggested asking them nicely and giving them schwag. SheilaS @ kanter.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

However, just because your nonprofit has an active Facebook doesn’t mean you can automatically utilize Twitter or LinkedIn effectively. billion active users. Get People Talking on: Twitter. Twitter is an opportunity for continuous and open conversation with your supporters. Build Your Following on: Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Social Snap – add simple social share buttons to your pages and posts that are customizable: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Mix, and Instagram; display amount of total shares and likes. Events, Fundraising and Donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This will give people an added incentive to actively engage with you on social media. on Twitter and $5.26 The first thing that you’ll need to do is decide what type of social media platform you want to target. Currently, there are a few popular options that you might want to consider using: Facebook. There might also be smaller sites.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2014

Update: Due to overwhelming demand on the FCC's website, causing intermittent outages, they have extended the deadline for comments through midnight on Friday, July 18 , so there is still time to put your opinion in. Keep them coming!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2008

MyBlogLog recently implemented a new feature called " activity streams." " An activity stream is a feed of recent activities by your blog friends on various social networks - blog posts, new photos, bookmarks on Delicious, Facebook updates, Twitter updates, etc.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Image Credit: dole777 on unsplash After more than a decade of dominating the social media landscape, Big Tech platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are in flux. For example, shortly after Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, the company’s entire accessibility staff was laid off.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. People like knowing the charitable activities of friends, family, and neighbors.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This is a key time to generate activity on your site and across social channels. This means using your Ad Grant , running ads on Meta (Facebook) and/or Instagram and/or X (Twitter) and/or YouTube and/or Google Display Network , depending on where your audience spends their internet-time. Readers, FOMO (fear of missing out) is real.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

The list offers a wide range of activities to choose from to support the financial growth of the organization. This is a low-lift activity that gets prospects in the “funnel” for a later solicitation by someone else. This is fun and easy and could become an ongoing activity.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Yet about a third of the folks you initially identify as major donor prospects will be receptive to bonding activities. Reassign: If the problem is leadership heaping so many additional activities on this person’s plate (e.g., Even if they’re using a fake background, it gives you something to comment on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

In 2009, they embraced Twitter because journalists were active on Twitter and it was an efficient way to reach them. Policy makers, another target audience, were also using Twitter as a communications channel. Over time, using Twitter has become more an organizational cultural norm. There’s another benefit.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 4, 2021

It’s always better to have a selective number of effective and active social media accounts than to spread yourself thin with several inactive ones. Comment on posts, respond to other’s comments, retweet, and share quality posts from other organizations, causes, and users. We’d love to hear your comments. billion users.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I do an online pre-survey if possible and browse their social media outposts, ask questions about the audience to the host, etc. But one thing I’ve always wanted to try is a Twitter Chat before the session and use it as a focus group. A list of active Twitter users who do summer learning programs and their members.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2009

Because of search, it no longer matters whether you are a blogger or a company, because search will sift the most active conversations to the top. Enter Twitter. Twitter has created the most up-to-the minute archive of conversations around the world. But with Twitter, it isn’t static. Because it’s all conversation.

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NetWits

JULY 27, 2012

If you have a link to your Facebook and Twitter at the top of your homepage and your listserve at the bottom, it implies that you prefer to interact with your audience on your social media sites. Include your events, photos, maps, twitter link, polls, and of course, your email list. Include Links to Your Social Media Accounts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

One of their newest experiments is a Twitter campaign, #150jobs. I interviewed Arlene to learn more about they’re measuring their Twitter campaign and what they’re learning. What is the objective of the Twitter campaign? We identified two quantitative success measures, Twitter impressions and content sharing.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

What's next for organizations wanting to start using new media or to take their current activities to the next level? Is it simply the number of followers you have on Twitter, or how many people "like" you on Facebook? Here are some of things we keep in mind as we plan our new media activities: Be consistent.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Seth writes “Take a look at the top 100 twitter users in terms of followers. The problem is same as the twitter resistance: The internet represents a change. with activity over the post. Like many of the commenters and blog post responses, I see this as a multi-faceted issue. None of them are non-profits.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Visit: Launch the Chat (not active until the 16th). Building a loop between online and offline community activities. Share your ideas ahead of time in the comments below, or on twitter using #4change and/or #commbuild – have an idea for a better hashtag for this chat? Please leave a comment with your idea!

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

Build up your presence on social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Actively engage with followers by answering their questions, tagging them in photos and videos, and commenting on and resharing posts they make about your organization. Compile a list of prospects based on donors to other organizations.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

There are a ton of great activities, networking opportunities and sessions focused on the non-profit space this year – one of which Blackbaud will be moderating. Follow Frank on Twitter. Claire Díaz Ortiz – Twitter – Claire Díaz Ortiz (nee Williams) leads social innovation and philanthropy at Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2013

1) Include your nonprofit’s Twitter username. Print, broadcast and digital media outlets have embraced Twitter, but I’ve yet to see a nonprofit press release that includes a Twitter username in the contact section of a press release. 3) Include a photo on your press release. and be available to answer questions.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 26, 2024

I was in an Instagram Live from the Netflix account that was supposed to broadcast the show, and the comments were going off. Included in the comments? It garnered more than 2 million views, 300,000 likes and 2,000 comments. Everyone was cracking jokes about the failed live reunion. Brand Instagram accounts.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

If someone was scrolling through their social media account and came across a post from your nonprofit, would they like, comment, or share it? For example, Gen Z and Millennial audiences are active Instagram users, while older generations tend to be more active on Facebook. What should you post?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 27, 2011

They can post more often with less risk of getting hidden or unliked, their fan base grows faster, and they often have great content to share in status updates that easily inspire comments and likes. Their fans will see your activity in their News Feeds and some will become fans of your page as well as a result.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring. If you have a Twitter account, sign up with your Twitter username and password.

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TechImpact

APRIL 17, 2014

Reach can be generated by purchasing Facebook advertisement, achieving organic reach, and having users like, comment, or share your post. Whenever someone posts on your page, that activity shows up in their friends’ news feed. Reply to comments. The more reach you generate, the more people see your content.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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