Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Brent Merritt is a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. The Ads Manager interface is not particularly intuitive, and the advertising advice offered by Facebook and third parties is almost always focused on e-commerce rather than nonprofits and advocacy campaigns. 4) Design your creative.

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 19, 2016

As the advice our guest bloggers offered in 2015 is certainly just as timely as we start 2016, we thought it would be a great idea to thank our guest bloggers again for their wisdom and republish their great advice with you now! Five of Our Most Popular Blog Posts of 2015. Thanks Tech Impact!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Blogger and LinkedIn both launched in 2003. There will be times this year when a thank you email or tweet just isn’t enough to communicate your appreciation. My mind wanders after a couple of paragraphs even when reading New York Times Bestsellers. Good luck. 2) Ask for a social media budget.

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 13, 2015

As the advice our guest bloggers offered in 2014 is certainly just as timely as we start 2015, we thought it would be a great idea to thank our guest bloggers again for their wisdom and republish their great advice with you now! Our 5 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2014. Planning Your Next Career Move?

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Care2

JANUARY 14, 2013

I find them useful to bookmark, especially when you need to get your hands on an important article that has good data or strategic advice that you want to share with senior leadership to get their buy in. It's not bookmarking : You don't need an Internet connection to access the content at a later time. ”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

You can add your blog content, slide shows, reading lists, files, business travel, and more. What that means is that I won't have to spend time on LinkedIn ignoring application invitations. Here's some great advice from Chris Brogan who how make your LinkedIn profile support your professional goals. more here ).

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Maura Thomas , a speaker and trainer on productivity for nonprofits and author of Personal Productivity Secrets , explains personal productivity is not time management, a 20th century idea that has outlived its usefulness in a world of email and social networks. It is all about managing your attention. Personal Productivity in Practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

Even though I'm more like twenty-something times 2.5, Julia Smith, who blogs at the idealist and was in the room asked "Where are the twenty something/millennial bloggers writing about social change, activism, and nonprofits?" There are lots of twenty-something bloggers and gen-y bloggers. Why did I go?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

Each panel allotted ample time for Q/A from the audience which consisted of nonprofit techies and bloggers. The Google Translate gadget is something that I often use for web content that can translate phrases between over 50 languages, but I had never seen it used on a smart phone in the way it was demonstrated.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 23, 2014

Due to the incredible response we received the last time we brought together leading nonprofit experts to share their best fundraising insights, we decided to do it again! I have no doubt that you’ll improve your fundraising efforts and boost acquisition rates if you take the advice each of these professionals are sharing.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2014

Times have changed since the launch of npENGAGE in 2011—as have the expectations and needs of our audience—s o we decided it was time for us to make some changes, too. . In this digital age of smart phones, search, and instant gratification, it’s important to us that our site, and the content on it, is fresh and relevant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. Workshop Handouts work in Arabic and French. Design for Flexibility. Showcase Panel.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Time to mentor emerging storytellers. Your most important work will come after you've pitched the idea and gained approval; each day, you'll need to be the conduit between those who want to contribute their voices to the blog and those who want to use those voices for other organizational content, such as marketing pieces and social media.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2011

Schedule blogging time into your week, just like you'd block out time for something else that's important to you. Write posts with links to blog posts you love, share other bloggers' posts on your social networks, ask your favorite bloggers if they'd like to guest post on your blog. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn).

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2009

When we looked in phpMyAdmin, 6 years of blog content was gone. After the content was restored, I had to reset my.htaccess file and some Thesis settings. Unfortunately, this was a matter of bad timing. It emails me a backup of my database every night. We used iChat for screen sharing, which worked really well. Just do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

And, last week I was outed as a widget slob by another well-respected blogger no less! Even worse, it cause some slow loading of my content. So, I asked the commenter for some advice and did a little reflecting on my own and cleaned things up a bit. Does it add value to your blog content or for your readers?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

Nonprofit Leadership Blogger Rosetta Thurman. Rosetta Thurman , who writes about nonprofits and leadership issues from a Gen Y blogger perspective , shared some thoughts about the generations, nonprofits, and social media. They had social content. That was the gift of attending Nonprofit 2.0 Wendy Harman from the Red Cross.

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 10, 2017

Think about user needs and then position the content into your bio to meet those needs. Once you know what they are and which one makes the most sense, it’s time to get one active on your page. If you’re a blogger, think about the content you’ve already written. Don’t forget to sprinkle in keywords. Contact Us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Content Delivery Is Not Learning. Content delivery is less important then the skill to making sense of it and that needs to be what “classroom time” is about. Content delivery is less important then the skill to making sense of it and that needs to be what “classroom time” is about.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

A first-of-its-kind Twitter widget that tracks tweets about nonprofits or social causes in real time. Socialbrite draws on a team of experts whose practical, easy-to-grasp advice will help organizations find social media success. The Socialbrite site features dozens of videos, screencasts and slide presentations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2009

My favorite part is advice on how to respond and a story about how a negative comment was an opportunity. When not to respond: If the blogger or commenter is talking about another United Way. If the blogger or commenter is clearly baiting, being antagonistic, or trying to incite a fight. You only have so much time!

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Disclaimer: I shall start this post by stating that the internal views of this article are that of the blogger himself and not Gyrus Systems as an entity. Disclaimer 2: There is a high likelihood that much like the debate itself, I will go over my self-allotted time limit. Learning and Development: The Presidential Debate Edition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2008

So, I took her advice to update the firmware. I actually called three times - the third time I decided to live broadcast it. Amy Gahran wrote about my experience here , listened to the video, and offered some great advice if you are thinking about a N95 so you don't get screwed. s blogger outreach program.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 27, 2011

The blogger, Katie Hawkes, had written this post encouraging our audience to be optimistic about volunteering. We've had a couple bloggers explore similar sentiments, too, including my fellow Lodestar staff member Laura E. I know you keep getting a barrage of advice and articles that say, "Social media is different!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Vimeo, another popular video sharing site, was recommended because its pro account does not impose a time limit on videos. One pro tip was to use Blip.TV, a video-uploading site that gives users the added option to syndicate their content to other channels.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 10, 2007

I am often asked for advice from nonprofits that want to start a blog. Not only will this give you a feel for the different styles of blogs, but it will also provide content for some of your first blog posts. A natural person to be the staff blogger is whoever writes the organization's newsletter or e-newsletter. Read blogs.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

I spend a lot (and I mean a lot) of time trying to figure out how to use social networking, bookmarking and news sites to enhance the National Wildlife Federation's online presence. My co-worker, Anne Keisman, recently came to me for advice on how she could get started using social media to promote web content. Everyone wins!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

We want to distinguish the salon from the informal knowledge sharing that happens daily on the web or behind pay walls by offering a regular synthesis of the stories, knowledge, tips, resources, and wisdom shared in real time in the salon. Many nonprofit social media managers shared tips and advice. The answer is here.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

NTEN committee members are the volunteers who work behind the scenes, contributing their expertise, time, and advice to help shape NTEN programming. Michaela Hackner, Project Director & Content Strategist, Forum One Communications. Emily Weinberg, Nonprofit Blogger. Robert Weiner, President, Robert L.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

When was the last time you went to a conference and had a deep learning experience through conversation and stimulation of all senses from a traditional panel? If you are bored with my description of process and hungering for the content, here’s Devon’s “Storify&# documentation for the session. How much do you apply?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while is review my blog content for the year and select the "Top 10" posts or the "best of" posts. But, a top ten post would focus on the content itself - and also jump start some thinking that I need to do for a redesign of this blog. Bloggers Who Create Community Award.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. I realize that finding the time to experiment for many of us can be difficult, especially if those experiments do not lead to direct outcomes. members ten at a time. Or even to convince someone else of the proof of concept.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2007

Work out who your target audience is and write your content exclusively for them. If time is a problem, post less. Also, some good advice here on encouraging people to subscribe in terms of usability: Despite this, the basic tenet of usability holds true: if you want someone to do something, you better make it as easy as possible.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Knowing this, here’s our advice: if your website is set up in a way that a search engine knows exactly what it’s about, and it’s not trying to cheat the system, the search engines will reward you. Now, this advice isn’t a silver bullet. Basically, you’ll come to understand if your content is using the right words.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

With that said, it is difficult to make time for learning when you have a big, hairy to do list breathing facing you or in this case when grief is involved. Content of photos of my Dad with personal stories performed the best in terms of engagement. 95% of donations were made online through the Razoo site, with 5% via mobile app.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. So, while it may very difficult to find Internet content from Burma, it is getting onto the Internet. Fundraising 2.0 And if you???re

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