Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

They are experts in using social media as part of their multi-channel advocacy campaigns. They are also experts in reflecting and learning about what works and what doesn’t with social media and I’m lucky that they have offered to continue sharing their knowledge on my blog! You’ll learn lots.

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Candid

JUNE 5, 2023

Starting today and through August 5, 2023, we are making the proposed changes available for public comment. program support, general support, advocacy); transaction type (e.g., Candid staff will review these comments in August and September and share the finalized changes with the sector in the fall.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Averaging 200 interactions per post on Facebook (this includes comments, likes and wall posts). Summary of ROI.

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NetWits

MARCH 3, 2011

For a sector often looking for creative ways to communicate our message, QR codes are a great tool for things like advocacy and scavenger hunts. The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is a national organization creating hope in a comprehensive way through research, patient support, community outreach, and advocacy for a cure.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

However, to stand out from the other nearly one hundred million Facebook Pages vying for likes, comments, and shares, your nonprofit needs to excel at Facebook to ensure News Feed exposure. 1) Set up your nonprofit’s Facebook Page to make a good first impression. First impressions are important on social media.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2012

Engagement, advocacy, fundraising – these are all areas where QR codes will help you tap into the mobile market. Share what you’ve learned in the comments below! Are you using QR codes at your nonprofit? Scanning for Good: How Nonprofits Can Use QR Codes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change. In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely. Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

It’s like seeing a new place through the eyes of a local, where you engage in authentic conversations, share personal experiences, and build a community that’s genuinely interested in your cause. Instead, share your mission through stories and behind-the-scenes looks at your work. Make eye contact with your audience.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2010

As Beth shared in your post: “I love my iPhone,but I don’t want to support a company that is so nonprofit unfriendly. You can also join the conversation on Gizmodo about the same issue, “Why Does Apple Make Donation Apps So Hard?&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

I hope you’ll also vote for my panel proposal, Nonprofits and Free Agents in A Networked World and while you’re there vote for the other awesome nonprofit panel proposals (I’ve shared a list below). They want to share in more than one medium. How much do we share? Check out his illustration of the panel).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

These are people who want to help amplify your message to increase your impact, share their passion, and recruit others to join the cause. . No wonder brand messages are shared 24 times more frequently when coming from employees (real people) compared to when posted by the company. . Share the why with your ambassadors.

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sgEngage

APRIL 6, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Video: Online Advocacy Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 6th, 2011 The recordings from Blackbaud and Care2′s Advocacy Live 2011 event are now online.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

So now that it’s over, I wanted to share some thoughts that might help you and your nonprofit. For most men, growing a mustache generates a lot of comments, conversation, and laughter – which is the point! When I posted an updated pic on Facebook, I received a lot of likes and comments, but also a donation or two.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

The only exception is in crisis situations where urgent calls to action require mobilizing your social networking communities to donate, volunteer, or participate in advocacy campaigns. Links shared on Google+ are mostly ignored while photos garner high +1 rates and shares. Engage authentically. Your nonprofit is not a person.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Social Media: A Bubble About to Burst – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – "Are your nonprofit staffers addicted to social media? Doing Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Note from Beth: Online harassment is a problem especially for nonprofits that are doing advocacy for controversial issues. My colleague Hannah Brennan, Senior Manager at Social Misfits Media , has written this post to share with a useful infographic on how to deal with trolls online. Determine the tone of the comment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s OK to not include links in conversational tweets and replies, but even then sharing links to resources or call-to-actions (CTAs) is often appropriate and useful, especially in Twitter Threads. Ideally, your website and blog content display a large default image when shared on Twitter (and all social media).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

based nonprofits and nonprofit staff that regularly participate in e-advocacy should monitor what issues/petitions are most important to U.S. Vine is Twitter’s mobile app that can be used to create and share 6-second videos on Twitter. A smartphone app that allows users to easily record, edit, and share videos in just a few taps.

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NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

If you have mobile outreach services, consider using Twitter to update and share location updates. Additionally, blood drives may again consider sharing type-specific and other emergency response needs. Also be sure to add yourself to such services so others can find you. Location Based Services. Remote Participation.

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2013

It means that they want more people to know what is going on around them…and by pushing more stories with the most comments, the most shares, and the most likes to the top of your feed, they believe you will want to see that story. That said what if your constituents don’t see a post announcing a new advocacy initiative?

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Care2

JANUARY 17, 2012

But the latest contribution to the genre – “ Share, Retweet, Repeat: Get Your Message Read and Spread ” -- from veteran online marketing whiz John Hlinko, is a terrific read. Books about online marketing are hit or miss. They’re either just too basic, or else they’re bone dry technical.

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

You can now identify your most “social” constituents, and when you know that you are in position to develop mutually beneficial relationships with them that are productive and respect their advocacy of your cause. Their posts are widely read and broadly shared. Four Social Media Types.

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VQ Strategies

JULY 15, 2024

VE’s submitted Public Comment (pdf) Share with the Field: Encourage colleagues and other stakeholders to join the advocacy efforts. Submission Process Download the template here for the language and instructions to submit your comments. You can reference AL!VE’s

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. If your nonprofit engages in advocacy, it’s worth experimenting with.

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Media Cause

JUNE 1, 2024

Fostering Authentic Relationships With and Amongst Your Audience Digital advocacy is critical to moving missions forward, creating systemic change, educating your base, and mobilizing leaders who are loyal to your organization and committed to the larger movement in which you operate. This is especially true during an election year.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

At the SHARE Conference last month, I spent time watching venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and techies praise how the sharing economy was the new way to make money and catalyze sharing and change. Where Are Nonprofits and Libraries on Sharing? Does the Sharing Economy Enable Social Good?

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Here are a few statistics that we shared: 27% of Americans say they have not too much or no confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interest ( Pew Research ) 39% of Americans, a record-high, say they don’t trust the media at all. Many attendees expressed surprise over the trust statistics that we shared.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " It’s About Impact NOT Influence – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – "Do you think your organization has clout or Klout? Are you a leader or a follower?

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

At Media Cause, we conceptualize advocacy as shifting the balance of power. Effective advocacy, which leads to systemic and cultural change, starts with the stories we tell—and believe—about our own experiences, community, and world. Which audience is key in taking the actions needed to achieve your advocacy goal?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. On the one hand, they want their material to be shared as widely as possible, on the other hand they want to have total control. The decision matrix in below will help you decide which photos to share and how."

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 17, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Cause Global: Social Media for Social Change: Crowdsourcing Social Change – Marcia Stepanek has a terrific recap of our sxsw Crowdsourcing session with quotes and links to the case studies we shared.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. This year, we updated the entire guide with new research, additional sections on goals and strategies, and information about using social media for advocacy and fundraising." Event management?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2011

My colleagues at The Monitor Institute just published a study called “ Disruption: Evolving Models of Engagement and Support ,&# a national study of member-based advocacy organizations. Nothing is settled about how even the most relevant and impactful advocacy organizations engage constituencies or attracts resources.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Your nonprofit is getting ready to lead an important advocacy campaign: a key bill central to your mission has just been introduced in the state legislature, but the process of getting it passed is fraught with uncertainty. Using APIs for Political Advocacy. Let’s take the first example above: political advocacy.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Thanks for sharing this!

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Thanks for sharing this!

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Coming from a background in community organizing and public policy — specifically in the anti-rape movement — I understand the importance of effective messaging in advocacy campaigns. At Media Cause, we conceptualize advocacy in that same vein: It’s about shifting the balance of power. Identify Your Own Story .

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