Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy. 1) Set up your nonprofit’s Facebook Page to make a good first impression.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Organic social is considered free, non-paid content created, uploaded, and shared within social platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube. Imagine extending SEO principles to social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. That’s Social SEO at work.

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APRIL 9, 2024

Every dollar counts in the fundraising world, so the free marketing that social media provides can be crucial to raising awareness for your cause without breaking your budget. Other outreach methods for engaging your community can start to be costly, but outside of paid advertising, social media is free! Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2019

This week I interviewed long-time blog reader, Alison Lowndes who I first met via my blog as a regular commenter. We reconnected, of course, through a recent blog comment. AI and ML is all about freeing up staff hours because they are spending less time on tedious, laborious tasks. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

You can set up the posting times by looking at your analytics to see which are the best times to reach your audience. You can try our tool for free, but there are also many other options beyond the nonprofit sector that you can try out. Your success metrics can focus on likes, comments, shares, clicks, and even conversion.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 17, 2024

For example, you could create a short promotional reel for Instagram and a well-designed graphic and caption for an informative Facebook post. Consider all of these channels as you finalize your marketing strategy and track the analytics related to each. Sponsor connections. Posting on a regular schedule.

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NTEN

JUNE 14, 2012

Last summer, we pulled together data from some of the country’s leading nonprofits to bring you the 2011 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook report, laying out basic benchmarks for nonprofit pages on Facebook. To download the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook, simply “like” M+R's page on Facebook. Hope to see you then!

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Analytics tracking takes the guesswork out of important decisions around fund allocation, investment and marketing. Essential companion reads for this article are our Beginner’s Guide to Analytics and our Guide to Custom Analytics Dashboards for Nonprofits. See Twenti's Analytics Services. This is the big one.

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NTEN

MARCH 3, 2011

Here are 5 (FREE!) Kurrently ( kurrently.com ) It is amazing, and scary, how many people still do not lock down the privacy on their Facebook profiles. That’s what makes Kurrently so useful: it’s a search engine for public Facebook updates. For Facebook, check out their built-in analytics for your fan page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. You might also consider setting up a Facebook Group just for alumni and encourage them to share this information. Notice the engagement in the comments, with people tagging each other. Connect Alumni with Current School Experience.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 10, 2021

Data and analytics. Common streaming platforms used for online events include Facebook Live , Periscope , IBM’s Video with Watson , Livestream , Youtube , Instagram Live , Intercall , or platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Features typically included in an event platform: Event ticketing, sales, and registration. Event branding.

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Classy

JUNE 8, 2021

To make the most of live streaming, incorporate interactive elements, like responding to audience comments, to make the event feel more engaging and less like audiences are just staring at their screen. To learn more about hosting successful events on LinkedIn, explore our free resource, Events and Groups on LinkedIn: A guide for nonprofits.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 10, 2021

Data and analytics. Common streaming platforms used for online events include Facebook Live , Periscope , IBM’s Video with Watson , Livestream , Youtube , Instagram Live , Intercall , or platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Features typically included in an event platform: Event ticketing, sales, and registration. Event branding.

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2011

By Brett Meyer, Communications Director, NTEN As part of our effort to build the subscriber base for NTEN:Change , our quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders , we purchased advertising space – on Facebook, LinkedIn, and in GrantStation 's weekly newsletter. from Facebook. Let's use Facebook as the example. from GrantStation.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 31, 2019

If you find something that you think your audience would appreciate, or if it’s similar to the type of content you usually post, feel free to share it. With Facebook and Instagram, posting more than one or two times daily creates depreciating engagement for each post. Use analytics tools to monitor your engagement.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

If you can only focus on one channel, I’d pick Facebook for its advanced advertising capabilities and. Between the visual storytelling opportunities, real time update capabilities, almost all of the same advertising options as Facebook, and 1 billion active monthly users* – Instagram is a no brainer to me. Let’s take this post from.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. It's a free download at ebenchmarkstudy.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

A few weeks ago, I started a thread on my blog’s Facebook Page, “What are the best tips and tools for saving time managing your nonprofit’s Facebook Page?&# I summarized the tips shared in this earlier post. Is there a tool that can automate this someone asked on my blog’s Facebook page ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I have been thinking a lot about actionable social media measurement strategies that are fit and trim and light on their feet! Inspired by the Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? , I thought I'd share how I look at my Facebook page data. Your Facebook Page is like a garden that needs regularly tending.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

On Wednesday, I attended the AMA webinar, "Leveraging Social Media to Make Your Webinars A Success" The event was free and full of great tips. We kicked this off today with the Web Analytics Extravaganza series (#ntenanalytics) and so far, it's been a smashing success. Post event summaries on the blog.

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NTEN

MAY 26, 2011

Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! Are you using Google Analytics for your organization's website, blog, or other online space? Our friends at NPower Northwest shared some exciting news about more free tools for nonprofits: Microsoft hopes to help your organization tell stories with free Windows Live.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Custom Facebook Audiences. Custom Facebook audiences are an effective way to leverage your existing email lists. They work by matching your database with Facebook, creating a custom audience. This means you can target Facebook ads to appear on the feeds of people who have donated to your nonprofit. That’s it.

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

Facebook Live uses a variation of this. . Unlike other platforms covered here, Restream has social media features like broadcasting chats from social media into the stream, cross-platform chat, on-screen captions, and real-time comments. RTMPS: RTMP streaming which uses secure streaming on an SSL connection.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2011

We'll probably share the link to this round-up on Facebook. Will you comment? Are you looking to get Facebook engagement up in your community? Speaking of Facebook , NTEN member and partner when it comes to all things analytical Idealware has put the focus on how organizations measure success (and failure) on Facebook.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Here are a few ideas for you: Keywords you use on your website or in your analytics. Backtype allows you to watch what’s being said in blog comments around the web. It’s free, web-based and simple to use. Please start asking in the comments below. 5 Free Tools for Personal Reputation Management by Dan Schawbel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

I proposed two panels You Can’t Recycle Wasted Time on Social Networks and I’ve Found My Free Agent, Now What? Here’s my complete list (if I missed your panel, add it in a comment – there were so many entries …). The Potentials and Pitfalls Of Using Web Analytics. Please vote for it. Serenity Now!:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 8, 2019

However, there seems to be confusion around the best way to thank Facebook fundraisers, with many nonprofits not thanking them at all. The reasons for this vary, but usually, it is a mixture of a lack of time and resources as well as a lack of knowledge on how to find who has created a Facebook Fundraiser for your nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

As someone who loves to play with analytics, visuals, maps, and other geekery, I explored some of the tools and techniques to apply some of the big ideas about understanding social networks that are our book, The Networked Nonprofit. It includes a step-by-step guided approach. You need software to do it. Who is connected to whom?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Blog posts will be longer pieces, whereas Facebook posts will be much shorter. Not only should the members of your audience be able to share your content with the click of a button, they should also be able to add their own comments to what they share. Look at the analytics and see for yourself. Make Sharing Your Content Easy.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

In the same way that organizations can save money on video editing software by using what is already on their computers or available at a low cost or free over the Internet, obtaining videography equipment can be as simple as reaching into your pocket. Applications such as Ustream , Qik.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year. But what that really means is that nonprofits in more than 75 cities have access to free training and networking events every month! You like numbers? Thursday, May 4, 2017.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared meetups will bring local nonprofits free digital storytelling workshops in more than 40 cities between August and October. Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Naples, Florida: Google Analytics: From Setup to Decision-Making Tool.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

This is by no means a comprehensive list, so please add your suggestions in the comments! Hosting included) WordPress.org: [link] (Free software. 42 on Amazon Skype Podcast Recording Software Skype [link] (Skype to Skype is free. Odeo: Free [link] Copyright Free Music Podsafe Music Network.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 16, 2024

The list is far from exhaustive – please comment to add your own! Facebook offers the convenient option to “boost” an existing post, and while it’s a good place to dip your toes, using that alone is unlikely to give you a good return on investment.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

Consider starting with your long-form blog post on your website, then slice it up into shorter forms on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Facebook groups and websites such as Quora, Buzzsumo and Reddit can provide some good content ideas around any topic. Use social widgets to allow easy interactions such as like, share, comment, etc.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

We hold free weekly webinars on topics like GrantStation and how to develop a tech training plan. Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Naples, Florida: How to Stand Out and Get Attention on Facebook! Columbus, Ohio: Nonprofit IT Forum: Google Analytics Overview.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Free and Inexpensive Communications Tools | MCN (free). New York, New York: Too Important To "Go Viral" — Using Facebook Ads to Drive Predictable, Repeatable Impact. Monday, June 6, 2016.

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