NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Most people will tell you that learning how to effectively monitor (or listen to) what’s being said on the web is the beginning of social media success. The increasing popularity of social networking, blogs and social media on the web validates this point nicely – People are talking about you, but is your nonprofit listening to them?

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TechImpact

MARCH 10, 2014

Search engine result pages are difficult to grasp and take complete control of, while social media feeds become more saturated with our peers, Even more difficult and mysterious, especially to many of us in the nonprofit sector, is the search engine and where it places our websites and social media outlets on those first few pages.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 8, 2009

Who should speak for your organization in social media? If you're not sure, it may be time to work out a social media policy for your staff and volunteers who blog and chat and comment online, where the personal and professional lines often blur.( How can you control what’s being said about your group and your cause?

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TechImpact

MARCH 25, 2014

Let us know in the comment section below. This could be from an article written about your nonprofit, from your social media accounts, or any other site. Fundraising Industry News Tech fundraising nonprofit npTech social media supporters' Have a good tip for tracking your fundraisers success in Google Analytics?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Here’s what some social media pros -- and our own Facebook fans -- have to say about responding to negative comments on blogs, forums and Facebook. If a comment contains information about you that is inaccurate or incorrect, play an active role in correcting it. Surprise, surprise: there’s no one right way to do it.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2011

How many fans have commented on our Page updates? What were the top three days for post comments within a specific time period? Understanding how to update your Page with content that gets likes and comments is a challenge for all nonprofits. How many specific comments did our content receive in this specific time period?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2011

And I’ll be Google+ing (rather than Tweeting, which is mostly for my writing , or Facebooking, which is friends/family) interesting Tech and NPTech topics as they come along and are discussed. Perhaps you can tell me in comments. For the curious (well, OK, it was mostly me who was curious): There are 409 posts and 922 comments.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 13, 2014

However powerful, Facebook seems to have become lost in the social media swirl of late. Its many tools and features left unused and ignored with so many other options available to nonprofits looking to advocate through social media. Let us know in the comment section below. How does your nonprofit best utilize Facebook?

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TechImpact

JANUARY 16, 2014

As social media becomes more important to every nonprofit’s marketing plan, targeting youth through the traditional social media feeds is becoming obsolete. Let us know in the comment section below. Vine and Instagram have built in features for sharing, commenting on, and liking content. Short videos. Built in features.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

If you don’t find exactly the kind of training you’re looking for today, do check back here as the month goes on – any late-arriving webinar announcement will be added in the comments thread, below. And if you’re offering a free webinar of interest to non-profit folks that didn’t make October’s list, please leave a comment.(

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TechImpact

JULY 11, 2014

Let us know in the comment section below! General Industry News Tech donors nonprofit nonprofit technology npTech social media supporters technology volunteers website' Do you have a rule your nonprofit follows? Image courtesy of OneLeap.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Through our Wild Apricot Blog Reader Survey and comments to recent posts, we're hearing that our blog followers want more information on social media for membership and non-profit organizations. read more ).

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 30, 2010

As always, you’ll want to check back from time to time through the month, as late-coming webinar notices are often added in the comments section, down below. And if you’re aware of a free nonprofit webinar.( read more ).

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TechImpact

JANUARY 14, 2014

Mobile, software, clouds, and social media are each uniquely poised to make huge strides in 2014. Let us and other readers know in the comment section below. Social media will become more integral. Social media allows us a link to a vast network of potential donors, supporters, volunteers and future clients.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

In this post, Maddie and Lindy answer a few questions for the NetWits Think Tank community (Oh, and please ask more in the comments. to the lack of organizational support and the unwieldy processes for monitoring and managing social media, and that’s just the beginning. We’d love to chat!). Why did you write Open Community?

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Let us know in the comments… Tags: Mobile #nptech marketing nonprofit qr code social media. That’s all there is too it – now it’s just up to your creativity to get a QR code-enabled campaign going! Happy scanning! Is your nonprofit already using QR codes?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2009

Today was the first webinar in the Storytelling & Social Media series from NTEN and TechSoup Global. Here’s my slide deck: Social Media Building Blocks. tags: nonprofit nptech ). Upcoming events in the series include podcasting, video creation, creating social buzz, and social media ROI.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Your turn … If you’ve got a custom Facebook landing tab please share it with us in the comments. Tags: Marketing and Communication Social Media #nptech Facebook Non-Profit Social Media Strategy Social Media Tools.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

This year he joined a few of us for the Ignite Panel at Blackbaud’s conference where we talked about how social media is helping non-profits change the world. I’d love to hear your take on each of these in the comments. Tags: Social Media #nptech Non-Profit Social Media Strategy. Check out the video. Be consistent.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

We also find, from time to time, that advances in technology -- say, the microwave, or social media -- cause us to rethink everything we thought we knew. Reading through them all, we found that there were questions and comments that fell into six themes: Listening. Resources: Social Media Listening Tools. Social Media Policies.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Let us know in the comment section below. Whether it is online through social media networks, or in person at the local pub running a fundraising event, making ensuring your nonprofit is visible and always in front of your target audience is important. How does your nonprofit engage with today’s youth? Go to them.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 7, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Heye-Tech: Social Media Comments Gone Wild! – "So in addition to the Air Force Blog Assessment we decided to create a comment escalation flow chart. What to do?

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Wild Apricot

JULY 22, 2009

In a recent comment on An Introduction to Twitter Hashtags , Wild Apricot reader 88keyman came through with a really great question: Suppose I’m writing on a topic concerning Iran. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Twitter search social media. Wouldn’t both come up equally in a search of the topic? read more ).

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Thought about different ways to increase social sharing, increase conversions, traffic, comments, and anything that has to do optimization. Perhaps even more difficult is spurring interactions and comments on your blog. General Mobile blog blogging nonprofit technology nonprofits npTech website' Guest posts. Photos do more.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Employees are being terminated or pressured to resign due to social media instances ranging from criticizing a customer's hometown, surfing Facebook while calling in sick, and posting pictures of drinking alcohol at social events. Whatever social media site you use -- Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn -- read the privacy settings on the website.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Title: Social Media for Social Good: How Digital Charity is Changing our World. She has spoken about the intersection of social media and activism at SXSW, the International Fundraising Conference, and the Independent Sector Conference. Leave your thoughts in the comments below. Here’s the detail … ?Title:

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Many are turning to social media to assist them. . In our integrated communications plan, we believed that taking advantage of social media tools would assist us because of its social nature; allowing us “always be on” and present in the community conversation. Developing a strategy . Implementing the strategy.

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TechImpact

JUNE 24, 2014

There’s so much talk over where a nonprofit’s audience is online, and where a nonprofit needs to be concentrating their social media marketing efforts. Facebook is one of the most important social media channels for almost every nonprofit in operation today. But with over 2 billion users, everyone’s audience is on Facebook.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 31, 2009

A Wild Apricot reader left a comment on our post about how to publish your Facebook Page to Twitter, asking: “Is there an application out there to update a Facebook Fan Page’s status from Twitter?” Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Social networking Facebook Non-profit Communications Twitter application social media.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

In our one attempt at soliciting action through social media, we'd tried getting our Facebook fans to donate through Causes, with next-to-no success. But then, in our ongoing conversation about social media, my colleagues realized something: we didn't have to reinvent the wheel. Social media, indeed.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 14, 2013

To get started on Google+, The Social Media Hat recommends using the G+ button directly from your blog to share to your nonprofits Google+ network, that way all the +1s transfer to the blog! Hashtags help users who might not be in your network find your posts when searching for keywords they are interested in, such as #nptech or #DoGood.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 20, 2014

Whether it be a CRM , GoogleAnalytics , or a social media analytic tool like SproutSocial , measuring and understanding data is an essential part of contemporary business. Let us know in the comment section below. Fundraising Tech CRM database donation donors fundraising nonprofit nonprofit technology nonprofits npTech'

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

We have until September 30 th to vote for those we think will be the most valuable to the overall NPTech community. Nonprofit Social Media Jam Session. Unlocking the True value of Social Media – the Answers are in the Data. Get Engaged – Donor Engagement through Social Media. Are you the picture taker???

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

As the conference nears I’m getting ready for an exciting session focused on the use of social media in the non-profit sector, but I need YOUR help. After each of the speakers present’s I’ll be moderating a discussion with them focused on helping nonprofits understand how they can use social media for social good. Thanks for your help!

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2014

Last week I got to attend the National Alliance for Media and Culture (NAMAC) and Alliance for Community Media (ACM) ''s first-ever joint National Conference: State and Main 2014 ( #StateMain14 ) in Philadelphia, PA. NTEN Member and Social Media Strategist, Lyndal Cairns , moderated the panel, and helped put together this blog post.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Tags: roundup behavior bethkanter bookmarks campaigns challenges climatechange competitions disaster facebook fundraising innovation list mob mobile nature nptech postalicious resources strategy.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. In order to accomplish the goals of social media strategy, Deputy Director Risa Breckman knew that 1.)

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