Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2014

I’m just back from the SXSW Interactive Festival where I was on a panel called “ What Social Media Analytics Can’t Tell You ” moderated by Alexandra Samuel of Vision Critical , Jeremiah Owyang , Crowd Companies, and Colby Flint, Discovery Channel. That’s not what we found. It is more of an on-ramp to donations.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2025

For the public at-large, the most popular resolutions are exercising more, eating healthier, losing weight, and saving more money, followed by more time with family and friends, and spending less time on social media. Get to know the donor prospect’s communications preferences print, digital, and new media.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The organization’s social media feeds do not appear to have been updated since early 2022. The Red Cross provided a publicly available link to a chart detailing expenditures within Haiti starting in 2010 and running through today ( [link] ). Haitian Diaspora PAC is based in Washington, D.C.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

As an example, see the primary donation page for the Humane Society of the United States : However, to effectively promote your monthly giving campaign in print, in email, and on social media, you need an additional donation page with a unique URL where monthly giving is the only option. 10) Include a phone number and mailing address.

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The Verge

JULY 2, 2020

Ubisoft’s new battle royale, Hyper Scape , was officially announced today in unconventional fashion: by rising to the top of the Twitch charts. Developers for both games used streamers and a direct marketing approach to build an organic appeal for the game beyond the standard media cycle of most big-budget game releases.

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M+R

DECEMBER 23, 2021

As always with this series, the hope is that communications professionals will keep the lessons of how coverage of the issue of voting rights shifted in 2020 in mind when charting a course for the future, especially as 2022 midterms fast approach. Celebrity activism in voting rights was at a high, and the media followed.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Your organization’s impact data will be much easier for website visitors to understand and contextualize if you present it using charts, tables, and graphs. Additionally, include alternative text for images and closed captions for videos so all users can gain value from your website’s media. Infographics. Video embeds.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Both campaigns leveraged the community and competition aspects of social media. But, on the top of the chart: a compelling cause. Both campaigns created opportunity for people to participate and then share it with their networks and make personal recommendations. Getting Over Celebrities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The pie chart illustrates proportionately how each contributes to the campaigns’ success. 25% RED: Multi-channel Fundraising Utilizing a combination of digital tools, social media, email, website, and traditional media allowed these nonprofits to reach diverse demographics several times. It’s worth its weight in gold.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 3, 2019

So, you’ve mastered the art of creating effective, engaging social media content. To view each tweet in more detail, which you’ll need to do in order to view your engagement rates, click “View all Tweet activity” directly under the “Top Media Tweet” section. Congratulations! But your job doesn’t stop there. Engagement.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. At SXSW, there….

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Association Analytics

MARCH 1, 2023

Social listening is when you search social media channels for mentions of your association, products, events, hashtags, or even your industry at large. You won’t get this time back when the economy is booming and sales are off the charts. Other options to consider are social and community listening.

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Tableau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The mix of design with storytelling is well balanced; the story [they’re] telling is very clear and so we have charts that are easy to read … Any decisions to go off the beaten track feel like they've been made with intent,” - An excerpt from my judge’s feedback on one of the winning #Viz4ClimateAction entries. Radial Column Chart.

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TechNode

AUGUST 13, 2024

AFK Journey , a free-to-play fantasy RPG (role-playing game) released by Lilith Games, has reached the top of China’s iOS free game download charts having just been released last Thursday. Local media outlet Gaming Daily estimated that AFK Journeys overseas revenue in its first month was around RMB 300 million ($42 million).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

That, that, that don’t kill me, can only make me stronger ” : Two of our top stories for today centered on the same topic — Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, surprising us all by announcing he was going to buy the conservative social media site Parler. Flipping over the metaverse : Manish had yet another chart-topper today.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2021

If you’re looking to dispel any nervousness about your tech options, check out our Tech Setup Guide for Virtual Fundraising Events , where we break it all down for you into simple, easy-to-use terms and flow charts. 4) Online Registration for Virtual Events Has Many Benefits.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 7, 2024

Effective dashboards use simple, meaningful visuals like line charts and bar charts to highlight trends and performance. Visualize the Plan: Dashboards that are visually intuitive and make complex data easy to understand make them more usable.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Creators frequently branch out onto other social networks and into more traditional media formats once they’ve found success on one platform. The whole family has been expanding to different types of media. The D’Amelio crew has been quick to build out an ecosystem of media around not just Charli, but the whole family.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 3, 2020

The video app registered 250 million downloads in the last week alone.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

.” Seward suggested that while Uzabase’s ownership was “helpful,” the company is “better off right now as a startup, freer to chart our own path.” Quartz was founded in 2012 by Atlantic Media, then acquired by Uzabase (a Japanese financial data and media company) for $86 million in 2018.

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M+R

APRIL 27, 2023

The maître d’ has called your name, the table is set, and the napkins are folded up like fancy little swans: it’s time to dig in to a year’s worth of M+R Benchmarks charts, findings, and insights at mrbenchmarks.com ! Nonprofits sent 60 email messages per subscriber , including 29 fundraising appeals. Also: we say goodbye to open rates!

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Tableau

AUGUST 5, 2022

Consider every day things like television and print media—more data visualizations are seeping into the mainstream. Charting "Top N and Others" via Table Calculations in Tableau. How to build and interpret an index chart using Tableau. Learn to build a Butterfly Chart in Tableau. Maddie Dierkes , Playfair Data.

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M+R

APRIL 27, 2022

Go explore the findings, charts, and analysis at mrbenchmarks.com. . We’ve put a year’s worth of data from 187 amazing nonprofit partners through the X-ray machine, and we’re ready to take you on a tour of digital ads, social media, email, web traffic, and more. . No other social media platform reached 10% participation.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 29, 2015

I wanted to quickly write and share with you the local and national media coverage that VisionLink has been recently receiving in response to winter storm Juno. We are very excited and proud to have been mentioned in various media outlets throughout the country. How does it work?

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Tableau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The mix of design with storytelling is well balanced; the story [they’re] telling is very clear and so we have charts that are easy to read … Any decisions to go off the beaten track feel like they've been made with intent.” . — Tableau Stunning Charts Series?Radial Radial Column Chart. Chart Chat Live — Round 24.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

Zynn zoomed to the top of app charts in May by paying users to sign up and refer friends. Controversial Chinese video app Zynn has returned to iOS and Android after being booted from both platforms following reports of plagiarism and complaints about a pay-to-watch system that one media watchdog described as a “pyramid scheme.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2022

BeReal declined to talk to TechCrunch, saying they “are not ready for medias [sic].”). The current ambassador program is running from January through June 2022, per BeReal’s website. There is nothing really wrong with paid user acquisition — this is how the app ecosystem works, after all.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

Associations are ideally positioned to fill that need in a way that social media and other online activities cannot. A social media following doesn’t guarantee that exclusive pedigree. Jane Pearson,orgSource Vice President of Marketing and Communications, offers this guidance, “In the post-pandemic world, people crave connection.

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Tableau

AUGUST 5, 2022

Consider every day things like television and print media—more data visualizations are seeping into the mainstream. Charting "Top N and Others" via Table Calculations in Tableau. How to build and interpret an index chart using Tableau. Learn to build a Butterfly Chart in Tableau. Maddie Dierkes , Playfair Data.

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TechNode

JANUARY 22, 2025

The Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, which recently saw a rise in interest in the US amid legislation intended to ban TikTok, has adopted the English name rednote in the Apple iOS App Store, according to Chinese media outlet IThome. IThome , in Chinese]

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

See chart below.) This chart highlights the exponential growth in training compute requirements for notable machine learning models since 2012. Their ability to turn text descriptions into artistic images attracted casual users to create amazing images that went viral on social media. The field continues to move fast.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Weve made a few charts to illustrate the explosive growth, fierce competition, and unprecedented adoption of these platforms. The time taken to reach 100 million users chart is a stark reminder of how fast things are changing in the digital world. All this, before January 2025, when the AI app race hit a new level of drama.

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The Verge

JANUARY 18, 2022

Microsoft’s new gaming org chart. Microsoft’s huge Activision Blizzard deal comes nearly a year after the company acquired Bethesda (ZeniMax Media) for $7.5 That settlement is being appealed, and reports indicate that nearly 40 Activision Blizzard employees have reportedly “exited” the company since last July. Image: Microsoft.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

According to the Open Data Project , 87% of nonprofits worldwide use social media. But is social media worth the time and money that it takes? One simple question should guide all of your social media efforts and will provide the backbone of your strategy. Consider What We Know About Social Media. billion in 2015.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2014

Chart the Course. This framework leads you through a logical decision-making chain where each step and decision builds upon the next. The six simple stages to successful campaign planning are: Define the Victory. Evaluate the Campaign Climate. Choose Your Influence Strategy. Message for Impact. Manage the Campaign.

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Forum One

AUGUST 17, 2022

Just like images on websites, including alt text for social media images is important to make your social media posts accessible for people with disabilities and in low-bandwidth environments. Remember, social media isn’t just about brand-building—these messages matter. Common examples are “logo,” “illustration,” and “chart.”.

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Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 2, 2022

Social media channels (such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram). Paid media (examples: digital banners, commercials, pay-per-click advertising). Here is an example of a branded VolunteerHub landing page : Promote Volunteer Opportunities on Social Media. What are the top social media channels for nonprofits?

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