Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

You don’t necessarily have to do this with an online fundraising platform: you can start by using social media to encourage people to interact with and be vocal about your cause. You can then make each testimonial a piece of content for your social channels by quoting the best parts in an image. Harrison has over 61.5k

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Tailor your most compelling narratives for different channels to share them widely. WFP USA has posted a nearly 650-word story of Rani on their blog with a big headline, full-size photos, large text, and bold quotes. For the feature image, they used a photo of Rani looking directly at the camera.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Hurricane Sandy has crippled the East Coast is this morning’s New York Time’s headline. But the story is personal for me. You can only look at the photos for so long before you want to do something. ACBoardwalk #Frankenstorm #Sandy twitter.com/ChrisBonanni/s…. Chris Bonanni (@ChrisBonanni) October 29, 2012.

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Classy

MAY 25, 2021

On Classy, you can effortlessly maintain brand consistency by enabling domain-masking, plugging in photos or video, customizing your messaging, and elevating your email receipts with a unique headline, background image, and thank you note. Deliver Your Form on Multiple Channels. Check out how the Eat.Learn.Play.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Let’s look at ways to make your event stand out from the crowd and grab some headlines. Photos that help tell your story. Great photos can help ensure your story gets picked up. Social media channels are essential tools for extending your reach. Original quotes make your story read like news.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

There seems to be a new social media tool or channel every week. Facebook Paper, released in February for the iPhone, is a whole new way to browse the social media network. I added "Headlines," "Tech," "Equality," and a few others. The Bottom Line.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Photo by Fuel Relief Fund on GlobalGiving. Dreadful disaster stories are still making headlines; isn’t the public tired of giving? We’ve seen that donations increased to lesser-covered disasters when other similar disasters were covered by the media. I surpassed my giving budget for disaster relief giving. So take heart!

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Create a content calendar for the month including the target publish date, channel (Website, Facebook, Twitter, etc) topic or related initiative, call-to-action, and the staff person responsible for producing each piece of content for the month. topic, draft headline, and bulleted ideas to expand on. Media – Photos, Video, Audio.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2017

Email is re-emerging as a communications channel that is new and powerful again. With the oversaturation of social media and the challenges over fake news, people are turning back to receiving email from organizations they trust. Write less lengthy copy and better headlines. Invest in Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. Erika Croxton, the grist.org staffer who oversees social media strategy, says. “We

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Post a variety of different media types, photographs and visuals get attention, shorter status updates, and curated links. The art of writing good teaser headlines is critical to getting more interaction. Engaging photos, especially of local places and animals work well. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2021

Social media remains a powerful force for nonprofits to communicate with their stakeholders and supporters. According to the Global NGO Technology Report, 94% of NGOs worldwide agree that social media is effective for creating online brand awareness. Visuals are imperative on social media channels.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2015

Voices are constantly peppering you with how to simplify your donation form, employ stronger calls to action, and use headlines that even a 15-year-old playing a video game wouldn't be able to ignore. Share a page, blog post, or article via social media share buttons. Social Media Actions. Post on a forum.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. Draft your pitch as an email with the subject as the headline you would like to see. Start with a headline that summarizes your news. Include 1 – 3 photos and a short video, if you have one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2013

Flicker Photo By Mike Willis. That headline isn’t a lawyer joke. And let me say upfront, I respect lawyers and legal issues that nonprofits and foundations have to navigate around social media. Often, the lawyers start from a position of fear and declare that no one can use social via work.

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Classy

AUGUST 23, 2021

Step 1: Upload a custom image to use as your headline. . Use a headline image on your landing page instead of a simple text headline to add visual appeal and give you more control over how your page looks. Share your campaign on social media. billion people use social media worldwide as of 2021. .

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Multimedia elements like photos, videos, and audio break up long text blocks and allow readers to form a deeper connection with the subjects of your stories. Through A/B testing research, some organizations have found that using photos of people in web content leads to more conversions than paintings or generic icons.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

Social media links. Include your most popular social media channels at the bottom of your newsletter. Share something on social media. Use headlines to let the reader know what to expect in each section. What should be left out. Give a donation. Sign up for monthly giving. Buy an event ticket.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

When nonprofits marry tried-and-true fundraising techniques with social media and online networks, they are able to tap into the power of crowd funding. Social channels are also used to continue to cultivate and engage with the donor to retain them. Giving Day Campaigns and Crowd Funding Campaigns Are Than Dollars Raised.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2014

Yes, it is the opposite of longform content – reports, books, slidedecks, articles – and even blog posts. Micro-content is optimized for social media channels and sharing. The e-book covers examples of micro-content on different social media platforms and channels, pretty much the usual suspects.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

I’m also a girl dad and I can’t miss an opportunity to show photos of my three daughters. And that can be written, videos, photos, audio, there’s a lot of ways to tell a story and it’s okay to take the same story and retell it in all of these ways. I really just literally can’t pass up an opportunity.

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Neon CRM

JULY 14, 2023

By using thought leadership and social media content you can build your nonprofit public relations strategy on pillars of trust and credibility. They’ve also shared thousands of pages, videos, social media comments, blog posts, and white papers discussing relief efforts and their own initiatives.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

So this is what you’re going to spend on a copywriter, what you’re going to spend on printing, what you’re going to spend on, you know, social media ads, like all your printing, your design, your ads, your Facebook fundraising. Have a short story with a photo if possible. Like what are you going to spend?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

million tweets and 914,000 photos shared, the Movember movement did something right. On Friday alone, there were 78,000 tweets and 10,000 photos shared of him. Now that’s social engagement #SFBatkid and it’s evidence to the power of social media. And I want more. And we talked. People give to people.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 31, 2022

These layouts also prioritize showing the most important elements of the page, like the headline of a blog post, at the top rather than decorative elements. Often, dynamic web designs are used for sites where users log in to a unique profile, including e-commerce and social media websites. Choose just a few images.

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