Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Another part of the workshop, makes time for participants to begin to write a self-care plan for themselves, discussing the types of activities or habits they want to embrace. She is also very mindful while reading the news to monitor her reactions and emotions. Here’s a humorous take on this from the New Yorker.

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.orgSource

JULY 22, 2024

It is our bible for sustaining quality over time. Membership Growth Rate Retention Rate Demographics Engagement Event Attendance Website Traffic and User Behavior Volunteer Activity Finance Revenue Streams Operating Reserves Leadership and Governance Board Member Engagement. We believe excellence is a state of mind.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To produce meaningful reports to help you do this, you must track all financial activity and ideally compare it to your budget, or your financial representation of what you think you’ll pursue during the year. There are four core reports, known as financial statements, that nonprofits should create to review financial data and activities.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

When you work in fundraising, the last thing you may think you can do is take time off from work. And one thing you absolutely, positively MUST DO if you want to stay at the top of your game is take time off. To succeed at a fast-paced job that requires hard work and focus … you have to regularly take time off from work.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

Are you taking advantage of this important information, or are you still creating events, products, and activities based on what’s always been done? Be mindful not to overweigh activities that have limited opportunities for participation (i.e. Finally, you’ll want to consider the time decay of your offered activities.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 30, 2017

There are so many active blogs operating in our virtual world today that it would take countless lifetimes to read them all. And besides that, many people keep their speakers on all the time, and having music blare the moment they land on your site can be incredibly jarring.

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Association Analytics

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Surveys, engagement scoring, tracking online community activity, even just bugging people via phone, there’s so much. Sifting through noise, filtering out the overly boisterous minority voices that just want things precisely their way, it can be mind-numbing. But this leaves a lot of other activities ignored.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Listen, starting a nonprofit is NOT a “build it and they will come” activity. It takes resilience so that every time you hear “no,” you don’t let it stop you, especially when times are hard, the economy is tanking, or some other crisis is looming. Okay, now that we’ve shifted your thinking, it’s time to refine your Ask.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 14, 2022

When you have a score for an individual member or a group of members, you can better engage them by reaching them with the right messaging at the right time. Consider questions with your business goals in mind. Are we doing better with connecting with members over time? Step 1: Choose the Activities to Use in Your Model.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

A successful nonprofit has diversified funding streams , and individual donors play an important role in sustainability, especially during times of crisis. Here are a few tips to help you build strong relationships with individual donors to support your cause in these uncertain times: 1. Engage and r etain.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As a nonprofit professional, time is our most valuable resource, and it often feels like there’s not enough of it. Not only are they intellectually painful, but they waste time. There’s no miracle cure, but a little time spent choosing tools that work for you and setting up some simple automations will pay dividends over time.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 26, 2023

This is for all the inquiring minds curious about how and why some of the top talent landed together at Association Analytics (A2), or anyone who just wants to hear a fun story. It was much more so about getting into the room with the smartest people; watching, listening, learning, and knowing when it was the right time to speak up.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 28, 2022

When choosing a fund accounting software solution , finding one that’s was made with fund accounting in mind is key. Users enjoy access to real-time information such as expenses, sub-awards, obligations; all presented in easy-to-understand displays. 1) Improve decision making. 3) Streamline processes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2023

2) Meeting your target audience where they are is important Big brands and retailers know this—to reach their target audience they need to have an active presence on the social media platforms their target audience uses, and they need to use the communication channels their audience prefers. The sky’s the limit!

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

We’ve touched on task-based event fundraising contest here before, but because this way of motivating your supporters is so effective we thought it was time to0 revisit the topic in more details. Send emails to as many people as possible, multiple times. Look to get 5-10 times your money back on the contest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Let’s explore how to manage your prize items so they make an impact in your next online silent auction : 1) Choose Prizes to Suit Your Audience When selecting items, it’s crucial to keep your audience in mind. Your auction participants should be able to bid in real-time and see on-going bid activity right up until the auction closes.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 28, 2023

Did you find it easy to juggle your team’s schedule along with fundraising activities? As you reflect on these questions, keep in mind that this is a problem many organizations face. Fundraising can feel like a full-time job, and balancing it with your team’s practices, games, and tournaments presents an added challenge.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It usually gets sent to every donor in your donor file (or at least, every donor that has been active over the past several years) and normally gets sent out around the same time each year (the time of year differs by nonprofit, but once you pick a time of year, you normally stick with it). Start using Fundwriter.ai

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

There was no doubt in my mind from day one on Myspace that online social networking was going change everything about how nonprofits and activists communicate, mobilize and fundraise online. For most others, I think a better time investment would be Google+, Pinterest and Instagram. But until then, my time is already spread too thin.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

It’s about being strategic and focusing on the RIGHT activities. The truth is that there will never be enough time to get everything done in a day. Your time is your most precious resource. Find and plug the time leaks. Time leaks are those things that suck your time, sometimes without you noticing.

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Bloomerang

JULY 29, 2024

This can also help you easily analyze shift attendance in real time. Send personalized messages, impact reports, shift reminders, new upcoming opportunities, words of appreciation, and other important updates through real-time notifications. Check-in and checkout tools. Features for your volunteers 90% of Americans own a smartphone.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

For the past 12 years, Points of Light has recognized successful company and nonprofit collaborations with The Civic 50 , an annual program highlighting the 50 most community-minded companies in the nation. Encourage use of Volunteer Time Off Eighty-four percent of Civic 50 companies offer their employees paid volunteer time off (VTO).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2023

According to Pew Research Center , 85% of people have a smartphone and even more than that are active on a number of social media platforms. While it will require some staff or volunteer time to establish your presence and maintain your profile, it’s still a valuable resource to build into your nonprofit marketing strategy.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Retirees are actively giving back through volunteerism, often dedicating significant time and experiencing meaningful benefits, while pre-retirees show even stronger intentions to volunteer, potentially suggesting a positive generational trend for the future of philanthropy, according to the report’s authors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2015

Never in a million years did I ever think I would use data and mindfulness in the same sentence. For the past two months, I’ve been wearing a rock in a bra, a device called Spire. Perhaps that is why the spire had not yet tracked any “tension” time for me yet!

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

According to a study from GWWC, a charity based in England and Wales, pledgers were better at identifying fearful faces, were more morally expansive and higher in actively open-minded thinking, need for cognition and two subscales of utilitarianism and, tentatively, lower in social dominance orientation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Sure, many gift-buyers will continue to turn to Amazon, Walmart, and Target, but increasingly c onsumers are being more mindful with purchases. Nonprofits with online shops can tap into these trends on social media to reach mindful shoppers and raise revenue in support of their mission. You know your audience best.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

We’ll also look at how popular fundraising activities can be adapted to these different galas and what online platforms you can use to help build a better fundraising strategy. However, this hinged upon adapting a fundraising events strategy that could adapt popular activities and events to online and hybrid venues.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

The list created by Sean Kosofsky of Mind the Gap Consulting can be used by an executive director, board chair, or any individual board member to consider their contribution to your organization’s financial health. The term “call to action” (CTA) is used multiple times in the list. This could be done annually or just one time.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Nimble AMS makes it easy to drive a superior member experience with our continuous product updates three times a year. Identify members in their grace period with a clear visual indicator, enabling you to market effectively and offer them a chance to become active members again. Check out the Winter ‘25 release notes Learn more

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EveryAction

MARCH 29, 2023

With that in mind, you can create targeted and segmented messaging using calls to action (CTAs) tailored to their motivations and values. While keeping in mind our three components, of course!) Identify the audiences you can speak to and develop messaging with them in mind. Everyone loves a quiz!)

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Our team led Common Sense through a series of activities designed to uncover opportunities to elevate their user experience. We have some great minds on our team and I’m confident we will figure out the “how” of making changes happen. GP: What other initiatives are top of mind at Common Sense right now?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

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. Experiment and keep in mind that those who use Twitter regularly tend to love Twitter. Twitter is not for every nonprofit.

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

I’m still skeptical about its suitability for most nonprofits, and the NY Times said the same yesterday. If you have an urgent call to action, a way of reaching a mass audience, and don’t mind not being able to identify, steward, or resolicit most of the donors who give via text, mobile giving can definitely be effective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

We are living in traumatic times, and we need to prioritize building resilience. Our sense of time is distorted, making it easier than ever to work (or think about work) all the time. You don’t need to walk as your fake commute and other activities help you establish boundaries. Your mind and body need these boundaries.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Budget website hosting also guarantees slow load times which is detrimental to your nonprofit’s search engine optimization (SEO) and a poor user experience for your donors and supporters. Safety, speed, and peace are mind are the hallmarks of premium website hosting. It was just a matter of time until a problem would arise.

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Candid

MAY 20, 2021

We’ve walked nonprofits of all sizes through the process of determining whether a capital campaign makes sense for them at this particular time. There’s no reason why organizations can’t use the key principles of capital campaign fundraising to reach smaller goals over shorter periods of time. In many cases, they do.

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