Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2014

Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices. The importance of mobile-optimizing your email communications. Fundraising via mobile wallets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices. The importance of mobile-optimizing your email communications.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 5, 2014

Attended by more than 2,000 nonprofit professionals and volunteers, the webinar featured one best practice from each of the book’s sixteen chapters and provided the basis for writing and implementing a comprehensive mobile and social fundraising strategy. All online communications are now mobile and social. Chapter 3: Websites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices. The importance of mobile-optimizing your email communications.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 3, 2015

All medium and large nonprofits with multiple chapters eventually experience a unique, but common problem in their mobile and social media campaigns. In the cases where the head office has to reign in the chapters, it is much more complicated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Note from Beth: In this post, Craig offers a few tips on using social media for nonprofits. Folks, if you check out the infographic ( click here for full version ), there’s one big lesson: effective use of social media has little to do with size or funding. It has to do with engaging your audience. Craig Newmark.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Embrace a writing style known as plain language which is becoming an increasingly important skill for social media managers. Twitter is not for every nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Why event registration and data collection are important to nonprofits It’s true you can post on social media to get supporters’ attention, but that’s kind of like throwing spaghetti at a wall and hoping some of it’ll stick. To do that, you need names and email addresses, at the bare minimum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

I'm not saying that social media is harmful to your brain or an addiction. (Well, maybe for those people who Twitter on their mobile phones while on the toilet ). This chapter and the subsequent advice in the book about going on data/information fasts always left me with a lingering question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Rob Cottingham, Social Signal – Cartoon for Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. It is not too early to start thinking about your nonprofit’s social media strategy for 2018, including how you want to capitalize on social media trends that will have maximum impact in 2018. Not all influencers are the same.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Last week, I had the honor of doing a mini workshop at the annual BoardSource Conference called “Governing the Networked Nonprofit in An Age of Social Media &# where I had an opportunity to share some ideas on social media culture, transparency, and simplicity from the Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2024

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

As I’ve been working on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” with co-author KD Paine, we’ve come to the chapter on measurement tools. I sent out a query nonprofit tech colleagues who are social media mavens and ask that age old question, “ What’s in your social media measurement tool box ?”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

For more than a decade the blogosphere has touted the power and promise of social media (this blog included) , but there is also a downside to using social media for your nonprofit. Nonprofit social media managers are bombarded with depressing content. ” or “Like Our Facebook Page!”

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Panelists: Wendy Harmon: social media manager, philosophy is to use social media to execute mission. Discussion: What is your learning process from social media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

One of the key principles for an effective social media strategy is experimentation, learning, and rapid prototyping. Being iterative or rapid pro-typing is the secret to getting tangible results from your social media efforts over time, yet many organizations find it difficult to do. . unless you experiment and learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The description: Using Social Media to Engage and Inspire Your Alumni Network. It is also important to be mindful of how different generations use online social networking and the trends. It is also about reconnecting with those who have already graduated. Social media is an important channel for both these groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

Steve MacLaughlin recently pointed this in an email. was going mainstream in nonprofit workplaces, along with the need to develop technology plans. Similar adoption issues and themes surfaced as I identified in my recent post on social media policy. using the web, email, etc. If you witnessed how Web 1.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2012

One area of challenge: balancing strategic communications with spontaneity of social media. The spontaneous part is all the organic stuff, including relationship building, maintaining light touches and connections with your network until there is a moment of opportunity, being nimble and adaptable, and well, being social.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Each radio program/live call allows 5,000 listeners and topics range from social media to philanthropy. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. A collection of economic and media trends and stats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Otherwise, nonprofits who already have websites can use Flavors to create landing pages for social media and fundraising campaigns as needed. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Knowing basic HTML or using a tool like Live Writer to generate HtML can transform a nonprofit’s ROI (Return on Investment) from using social media. Ideal for mobile social media managers, VoiceTexter is an iPhone app that instantly transcribes your voice messages. Wibbitz :: wibbitz.com. Vizify :: vizify.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The ideas and issues do focus, though, on the emphasis that nonprofits and individual supporting causes, campaigns and specific groups online have put on free, social media, 3rd party tools. And then yesterday, another tool that’s been used by many changemakers and social innovation groups has dropped off: Ideablob : Goodbye!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2010

To be eligible to win, leave a comment (be sure to include your email address). The book is a comprehensive collection of philosophy and advice on social media, strategy, brands, and business integration. What I appreciate are the info graphics that accompany most of the chapters. Source: Brian Solis.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The ideas and issues do focus, though, on the emphasis that nonprofits and individual supporting causes, campaigns and specific groups online have put on free, social media, 3rd party tools. And then yesterday, another tool that’s been used by many changemakers and social innovation groups has dropped off: Ideablob : Goodbye!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2015

Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices. The importance of mobile-optimizing your email communications.

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Mobile Fundraising Free Social Media 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 4, 2015

Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices. The importance of mobile-optimizing your email communications.

Mobile 100

Mobile Fundraising Free Social Media 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Contrary to its title, the last four chapters of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits are dedicated to mobile technology and mobile fundraising. That said, below is an excerpt from Chapter 10: Group Text Messaging and Text-to-Give Technology. and your “Thank You” landing pages and e-mails.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices. The importance of mobile-optimizing your email communications.

Mobile 100

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 20, 2015

Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices. The importance of mobile-optimizing your email communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2014

But the real question is, how can your nonprofit leverage this device for social change? Just as most nonprofits initially resisted getting on board with social media, they’re also apprehensive to spend the time and resources to devise and implement a mobile strategy. Darian is also the former E.D.

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Direct mail donors give more if they are hearing from you via email and social networks. Monthly Donors, Social Media, and Cross-Channel Integration: Critical Tactics to Boost Your Fundraising in 2013 -- Tuesday, January 29th at 2:00PM ET. Engaging on Facebook, converting in email. Phoning your email supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

I first became interested in the topic after reading David Shenk’s “ Data Smog ” in 1998 using the metaphor of environmental problems to talk about the dangers of having too much online information, primarily email. 11-12: Email. 4-5: Email. 8-10pm: Entertainment time – television, social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2022

Many of you have been loyal readers of my blog for many years, I hope you will consider sharing a message about The Smart Nonprofit on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or email asking your colleagues to buy the book this week. You can use the social sharing buttons to share this post on social media or forward in email here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2012

We began the Book Club by carefully crafting a couple questions per chapter, and focusing on about one chapter per week. We quoted the book, took inspiration from the questions listed at the end of each chapter, and attempted to lead a traditional book club on Facebook. It was working pretty well as planned.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In addition to email and your website, social media has become one of the more effective tools for nonprofit fundraising, especially for a crowdfunding campaign. However, a successful social media strategy can be difficult to nail down. When managing your social media outreach, you should: Tell a story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2012

Marketing in the Round is a new book by colleague Geoff Livingston and co-author Gini Dietrich that explores how to develop an integrated marketing campaign in an age of social media and mobile. Direct: Using email, mail, social, mobile and other channels to speak directly to customers. What can we afford to do?

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