Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

By Becky Brooks , Director of Communications at Animoto , an online video maker that makes it easy to create marketing videos for social media and beyond. From Twitter to Pinterest to Instagram to LinkedIn, social networks are becoming environments where video content not only thrives, but is expected. Save the Best for First.

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Volunteer Hub

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Social media is a powerful, yet affordable, way to inform, engage, and recruit volunteers. Here are 7 tips to help your organization get the most value from social media. If you’re wondering if social media can be an effective tool to recruit volunteers, the answer is yes. It is a win-win.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Let’s dive in and explore how creating donor personas can help us engage and resonate with our target audience better, so that in turn, we can create more impact in our areas of work. Social media platforms : help us gauge who and what our audience is engaging with. Why Do Donor Personas Matter? Add a little incentive!

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 4, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Your Social Media Strategy: What You Need to Know. Social media is essential to the livelihood of any organization, big or small. And social media users are continuously on the rise, increasing by 176 million in just the last year. Know Your Audience. billion users.

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Qgiv

APRIL 13, 2021

According to our research report, Navigating the Unknown: Findings to Future-Proof your Fundraising , social media posts were the number one drivers of charitable gifts in 2020. Pandemic shutdowns in 2020 made social media usage increase drastically! Why incorporate social media into your online fundraising strategy?

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Social Media Platforms for Nonprofits. It’s hard to be an expert in any one social media platform, yet legitimate businesses and nonprofits are expected to maintain several different accounts. Already a social media guru? Which platforms does your nonprofit use and why?

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Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Social media is an indispensable tool for raising awareness for your nonprofit’s cause, reaching new audiences, and strengthening your relationships with donors. However, your nonprofit isn’t the only one that understands just how valuable social media can be for your fundraising efforts. After all, with 4.9

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Qgiv

MAY 31, 2023

By now you probably know that you should have social media accounts for your nonprofit organization (and if you didn’t, now you do). Social media is a very effective method to connect with current and potential donors. But building a successful social media campaign is more than just creating a page or posting a picture.

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NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Top 5 Social Media Tactics Every School Should Implement. First off, your school should have a blog that’s the center of your social media strategy. Make your blog the place where you produce original content that’s tailored to your audience. Build your audience on those platforms.

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Classy

MAY 12, 2021

Your nonprofit social media presence doesn’t have to be a stressful part of your job with a social media plan to simplify content creation. Social media drove 51% of donation traffic to the Classy platform in 2020. . Social media usage is growing rapidly among 4.7 billion users worldwide.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2024

Related Webinar: Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits Related Certificate Program: Certificate in Social Media Marketing & Fundraising Threads Nonprofit Tech for Good launched in 2005 as a Myspace page. routine that nonprofits have had to enlist when growing a new community on a new social media platform.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 13, 2014

In past blogs we’ve talked seemingly ad nausea about how technology, donation forms, and social media can support a nonprofit’s fundraising efforts. Social media in particular is where nonprofits are turning to get their mission talked about, with the ultimate goal of driving more donations to that mission. The community.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 18, 2022

The social media platform announced last month that it will be taking additional steps to align with evolving privacy regulations. So, get your campaigns up and running now in order to ensure a bit of a longer window before the targeting changes take place. Focus on Owned Audiences. More changes are coming to Facebook.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Social media can be an extremely effective way to reach new audiences for your nonprofit and secure more donations for your cause. Nonprofit outreach should balance donor acquisition with donor engagement, so how do you utilize social media for both efforts? Create connections between your site and social profiles.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

In today’s modernized world, social media branding has become a no-brainer. With millions surfing the web at any given moment, social channels have proven to be super valuable as a way to keep in touch with friends and family ? billion social media users worldwide. Think about your target audience.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

For nonprofits, LinkedIn can be a valuable tool to add to your social media toolbox. LinkedIn is a great resource for nonprofits because of its audience. Just as with any other social media network, posting is what drives engagement and expands your reach on LinkedIn. Use LinkedIn Analytics. Final thoughts.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 18, 2022

In this three-part series, we will share what 2021 social media trends we’re keeping, which ones we’re leaving behind, and what we can expect to see on social media in 2022. This trend can clearly be expected to cross over become a staple of the 2022 social media “wardrobe”. Trends we’re keeping from 2021.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

I have social media ennui. I’m tired of reading and hearing about about social media and nonprofits, and I’m annoyed that social media is taking up so much of the air space in the #nptech world. I’ve been using social media to actively promote my new science fiction books.

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TechImpact

MARCH 20, 2014

To many nonprofits (especially smaller nonprofits) social media was once viewed as a burden. However, once social media established itself as a full fledged phenomenon nonprofits quickly jumped on the bandwagon. The lack of man power is what hampers the progress of many social media accounts for most smaller nonprofits.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 18, 2022

Instagram Reels still seems slightly out of place for those used to the photo-centric days of Instagram yet as Instagram announced itself to be a video-first platform in 2021 , it’s beginning to serve as an addictive substitute for those still holding off hitting that TikTok download button. Audio Social Spaces.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

There are a variety of different ways that nonprofits use social media on a daily basis. These include sharing updates with supporters, hosting fundraising campaigns , marketing upcoming events, researching your audience, or even celebrating birthdays. The last thing you want is for these relationships to fall to the wayside!

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Social Media Marketing: What, when and where should I post? Social media has changed the way businesses market forever, but it can be harder than it looks. Social Media Marketing: A Wealth of Opportunity for your Business. With a global audience of 2.32 by Angharad Miller. – Hubspot Research.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Social Media Marketing: What, when and where should I post? Social media has changed the way businesses market forever, but it can be harder than it looks. Social Media Marketing: A Wealth of Opportunity for your Business. With a global audience of 2.32 by Angharad Miller. – Hubspot Research.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 18, 2022

In marketing, it is critical that we are speaking our audience’s language. And if your audience uses emojis, it’s important to start incorporating them into your social media messaging and strategy! Research shows that social media users respond positively to seeing the emojis they use themselves.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2023

Here’s why storytelling is so vital: 1) Creating an Emotional Connection: Stories have the power to evoke emotions and connect with audiences on a personal level. According to a report by Classy , social media posts with compelling stories generate up to 10 times more engagement than posts without stories.

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Socialbrite

MARCH 24, 2020

Take advantage of social media monitoring tools to advance your nonprofit’s cause. Social Data Analyst, Awario. To mobilize the public and inspire change, nonprofits need the right tools, and this goes for social media marketing more than anything. How nonprofits can use social listening.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2024

It’s as Easy as Sharing a Link Once you have an event website in place, your marketing becomes as simple as sharing a link in every promotional piece. Using tech to market your golf tournament lets you seamlessly fold it into your current digital strategies on channels such as: Social media. Email campaigns. Partner marketing.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Fenton just released a terrific guide book focused on actionable metrics: “See, Say, Feel, Do: Social Media Metrics that Matter” It is tempting to imagine social media as its own communications island where Twitter Follower counts are valuable currency that can be exchanged for internal high-fives.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Last week, I sat down with Amy Peyrot, Senior Consultant, Social Media Specialist, and resident mathlete at M+R , to discuss all things social media metrics. Here are some of Amy's thoughts on these common social media metrics and how to achieve them. Measuring beyond "likes".

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Achieve

MAY 10, 2021

At each of these phases, understanding exactly who your audience is and how you should connect with them will be essential, especially after a year of pandemic challenges and distractions. Let’s walk through each of these audiences, when you’ll need to connect with them, and a few tips for making those connections as impactfully as possible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Focusing on experience leads to higher survey scores, more supporters inviting a friend or sharing on social media, greater reach, larger results, and most importantly, more impact generated. Understand Your Audience. Give a shout-out to the business and volunteers by celebrating them on social media and at your event.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

On social media and the news. They answer questions, make requested lists, and, if you ask, will write a letter, blog post, or social media captions. Using them, you can build email campaigns, create social media posts, repurpose content, summarize text, and even generate images. At the dog park.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This analysis can help guide you towards what best engages your target audiences. If you are incorporating new ideas into this year’s fundraising efforts, use this data to make some predictions about how you can best motivate your audiences into action. You might think they’re redundant—but your audience won’t.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment).

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 5, 2016

Love it or hate it, social media is a critical element of any successful non-profit’s overall marketing strategy. But what if your non-profit just doesn’t have the resources or manpower to keep all your social media profiles up to date with fresh, engaging content on a regular schedule?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

These amazing organizations are committed to social change and making the world a better place. As a result, it means they have to genuinely engage their audiences. User-generated content (UGC) is a powerful approach for nonprofits to engage meaningfully with their audiences.

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