Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Even though I was “offline,&# I couldn’t completely escape reminders of how social networks have become a part of our lives. Browsing the local cheese shop in town, there was an invitation to join their Fan Club on Facebook!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the first post in a year-long blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Prominently feature your “Donate” button, e-newsletter opt-in, and social network icons. Publish content on a regular basis, such as a blog or news section.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Please be open to the idea that you may need social media training. The vast majority of logos are horizontal and when uploaded to social networks they either get cropped or shrunk so small that they are visually illegible. We’re now ten years into the Social Web. blogs, social networks, peer-to-peer fundraising).

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Whole Whale

JUNE 15, 2022

Grab the RSS feed at the bottom of the search results page and add to Google Reader. Feedly.com is a way to follow news thems and track multiple RSS feeds or blogs in one place. Talkwalker Alerts is a tool that tracks news stories, social media activity, and blog posts mentioning your brand or keywords.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2024

Read our blog to learn more about online communities and discover how your association can use one to boost member connections and loyalty. Shape individual member journeys With the right online community platform, you can offer personalized content feeds based on a member’s interests and activities, helping to drive engagement.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 6, 2014

One of the most attractive things about social media marketing is how measurable it. Want to know how many clicks your Twitter feed gets on Mondays vs Wednesdays? While across the major social media networks there are a seemingly infinite number of analytics, there is a hierarchy of importance among them. No problem.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2014

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The short version is, Facebook has the ability to make you feel good or bad, just by tweaking what shows up in your news feed.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

on the Social Web must come to an end – that until we start paying for premium services ( and staff time ), nonprofits will continue to be at the mercy of for-profit revenue models and non-existent customer service, but that’s another blog post. Your lists will also appear in the Interests section of your bookmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2008

I met Ian Kennedy who is the product manager at MyBlogLog, a blogger social network. " An activity stream is a feed of recent activities by your blog friends on various social networks - blog posts, new photos, bookmarks on Delicious, Facebook updates, Twitter updates, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI. If your nonprofit is making five or more of the 10 mistakes below, odds are that training and a re-examination of your social-media strategy are required.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 13, 2014

According to Twitter, 80% of millennials are accessing Twitter through their mobile phoen at least once per day, with 15% of millennial users accessing the social network over 10 times per day. Not only are they checking their Twitter feeds, 60% say they Tweet at least once per day.

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Forum One

JULY 15, 2010

What I've seen thus far on the social networking scene has been interesting, and hopefully as this week progresses, we’ll see more initiatives cropping up: @ UNAIDS says: If you're tweeting from #AIDS2010 join this Google group for tweeps at the conference: [link].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 9, 2014

Schedule the tweet chat at least one month in advance and create a page on their website or blog that details the date, time, and topic and highlights their nonprofit’s Twitter username, the tweet chat hashtag, and special guests that will participate in the tweet chat (include their Twitter usernames and avatars).

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Twitter’s most recent update now allows thumbnails of images to appear in feeds. People around this time are taking a load off and are relaxing with some social networking over the lunch table. That being said, staying active on your Twitter feed can be difficult. Tweet pictures. Tweet timely.

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TechImpact

JUNE 18, 2014

You’ve had blogs yelling at you for years, urging you to take advantage of social media to help promote your nonprofit. Yes, it’s true your nonprofit should have some form of a social component, it certainly does not need all of them. Social media feeds are about creating meaningful conversation and connections with people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

This is the ninth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Twitter Cards allow website developers to clarify how website and blog content should appear in tweets.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 28, 2014

Subscribe to our blog for daily tips and information to help streamline your nonprofit’s tech growth. Here are 5 changes that social media experienced in 2013 that your nonprofit may have missed according to Resource Media. The nonprofit social media platform was pretty much dominated by Facebook and Twitter until Instagram came along.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Digital Payments on Social Networks. Since the release of Facebook Live , Facebook video exposure has increased 360% across everyone’s news feed. Advanced social media managers will repackage the stream into blog, email, and social media content. Facebook Fundraising Tools [ Conservation International ].

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OneCause

JUNE 15, 2023

At its core, Peer-to-Peer fundraising (also known as peer-to-peer or Social Fundraising) refers to any fundraiser that uses supporter networks to raise money for your cause. Yep, your fundraisers’ social networks are here to help at year-end! Update Progress: Have ways for individuals to see the collective impact.

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Byte Technology

MAY 23, 2017

If you’re looking for lightning fast speed from your social media plugin, EA Share Count is a no-brainer. Easy to install and start using, it supports the most popular social networks and offers different button styles that you can put anywhere you like, such as around content, in a sidebar area etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. Based in the U.K.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

Social networking communities are migrant communities, but that’s another blog post. Those that read my blog regularly know I am annoyed with Community Pages , but Facebook redeemed itself a bit for me by authenticating the Page. and in the News Feed of your Fans. and in the News Feed of your Fans.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Read our blog post to find out more about how videos can be powerful fundraising tools. Help Me Feed Hungry Kids! We’ll cover how to best reach your supporters through different avenues and how to cast a wider net to reach people outside of your social network. Read our blog post, How to Ask for Donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

What reading level is your blog? Most NpTech blogs are high school level. Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. IconsPedia :: iconspedia.com/pack/social-me-1467. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

Even more cumbersome is the trend to not only publish your stories on your blog and website, but to also have to publish them on Medium , Steller , as Facebook Notes , on LinkedIn Publisher , and soon directly into Google.com. Your nonprofit blogs or publishes a story on your website at least twice monthly. We’ve all heard it.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 27, 2021

Craft short but potent narratives that tell your nonprofit’s story , and curate compelling images and video to bring those stories to life on social media feeds. Activate young donors’ social networks to spread your story and encourage collective action. Embrace small donations! Many small donations can add up quickly!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2015

Cause awareness days can be very powerful for fundraising because social network communities are highly likely to promoting your nonprofit on cause awareness days. Experiment with at least one new social network. Also, now ten years into social networking, online communities are becoming more niche-oriented and mobile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

" I used the technique two years ago for a presentation at the first netsquared conference called " I Tag the Hand that Feeds Me " or what I should retitle "Meet Sally." " Is this the generational divide that play out in workplaces over the next 15-20 years?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Windows Live Writer is primarily known as tool to help you better format and publish blog posts to the Web, but it’s also a very useful, simple, and free tool that can be used to easily generate HTML code. For mobile social networkers, Viddy is a must-download. Windows Live Writer :: explore.live.com/livewriter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

Put a Facebook Badge on your website or blog. [ Done - even though I think it looks messy! ]. If it is the later, then the Status Updates of the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page will no longer show up in the News Feeds. This is the risk of building communities on social networking sites over which we have no control over.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Social networks and media applications like Twitter, Vine, Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, and Reddit, among others, put an emphasis on visual media, over textual content. A picture is more likely to catch a user’s attention as they scroll through a feed or your website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. Based in the U.K.,

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 6, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). An Important New Foundation Blog | Tactical Philanthropy – Great post from Sean about a new blog from the Peery Foundation. Free blogs.

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