Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

Google+ , the latest iteration on social networking from Google, is here. There are bound to be many, many versions of this blog post as people from around the world start investigating the tool and sharing their impressions. You can share with all of your circles, any specific one/s, or with the world, every time you post.

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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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Care2

JUNE 23, 2012

Photos Were the Most Liked and Shared. Zarella’s study had similar results to the Social Media Today study that showed Photos Get the Most "Likes" on Facebook than any other status updates. People Comment the Most on Text Updates. Links were the least Shared. million posts published on the top 10,000 pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. LinkedIn Pages.

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NetWits

JULY 14, 2011

This is a follow-up post to yesterday’s “ 10 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Use Twitter ,&# in which we talked about some of the many ways nonprofit can use social media networks, such as Twitter , as a communications vehicle to support their organization’s larger goals. 1 – Chris Tuttle. 2 – Heidi Massey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. . For example, I learned that the first ever social networking analysis map was created by Jacob Moreno.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

In fact, 56 percent of individuals who follow nonprofits on mobile and social networks take further action, the number one action being making a donation, after they have read a compelling story published by a nonprofit. On mobile and social media, whoever shares, posts, tweets, and features the best content wins.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Prominently feature your “Donate” button, e-newsletter opt-in, and social network icons. According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , the top three communication tools that most inspire donors to give are social media (29%), email (27%), and an organization’s website (18%). On Mobile: 8) Use a social sharing app.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

It’s like seeing a new place through the eyes of a local, where you engage in authentic conversations, share personal experiences, and build a community that’s genuinely interested in your cause. Social platforms are all about relationships first. Respond to comments and questions to show you are listening.

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NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

If you have mobile outreach services, consider using Twitter to update and share location updates. Additionally, blood drives may again consider sharing type-specific and other emergency response needs. With the social age of the web so large, sending press releases and news announcements to media outlets simply isn’t enough.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

Small nonprofits that are not in a position to hire a part- or full-time social media manager should limit themselves to one or two social networks and place the highest priority on their website, email communications, and online fundraising campaigns.

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NetWits

JUNE 29, 2012

Key Influencers — These individuals have a powerful impact on not only the people they know but also social media members they don’t know. Their posts are widely read and shared by more people than posts generated by any other group. Tweet It!]. Tweet It!]. Tweet It!]. Tweet It!]. Check out the Infographic.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

It’s very common for nonprofits to assume that volunteers and interns can effectively manage their mobile and social media presence simply because they are young and came of age during the rise of social networking. HTML looks much more intimidating than it actually is, and all new media managers should be skilled in basic HTML.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Who maintains your social media campaigns? I am a full-time employee of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and as the Social Media Manager I manage all the social networking efforts for the organization. 1) Using Google Analytics to track referrals to www.pancan.org from social networking outlets. (2)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2011

The last four chapters of my book cover mobile social networking and mobile communications and fundraising for nonprofits, and I need some examples of success, or attempted success. If your nonprofit is experimenting with mobile technology, please share your experiences and links (if any) in a comment below.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

In fact, 56 percent of individuals who follow nonprofits on mobile and social networks take further action, the number one action being making a donation, after they have read a compelling story published by a nonprofit. to every comment posted on their Facebook Page, neither of which is effective or a good investment of time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

Web 2.0 = Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites. People can post comments and converse with your organization in public for all to see. It’s one person or organization publishing content to many on social networking sites who then re-publish your content to their friends, fans, followers, connections, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

These resources are invaluable when looking for quality content to utilize and share on social media sites. If you have any favorites that you would like to share, please add them in a comment below. Worldometers : Provides world statistics updated in real-time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Through blogging, nonprofits can share their stories, break news, and share resources quickly, easily, and successfully to their communities on social networking sites. 5) To grow your fans and followers on social networking sites. 2) To improve your search engine results.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2012

One that really speaks to me is the point that “measurement helps nonprofits understand and improve their social networks.” We were looking to build the same kind of group sharing on social platforms that we were seeing on the blog. Share what you’d like to try! Just getting started?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

A custom-branded “Thank You” Landing Page that can be easily set-up, designed, and modified to include social networking icons and pitches as well as videos and images and slideshows. If so, please post their name and website in a comment below. I’ll share my findings in the next couple of weeks. Soooo 2004.

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TechImpact

JUNE 16, 2014

The inherent community nature, pervasiveness of the platform, and the fact Facebook is constantly adding tools for nonprofits to better utilize the social network has made it the perfect choice for most nonprofits. But understanding how to increase your penetration of the social network is often a challenge for nonprofits.

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Statistically, there are only a few of them—about one percent of all social media users—but they drive many a conversation. Their posts are widely read and broadly shared. They belong to the major social networks—Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn—and are the few that deliver messages to the many.

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Judi Sohn

JULY 3, 2011

I couldn’t stomach looking at even one more new social networking/collaboration site that no one would care about in 6 minutes, much less 6 months. It’s a paradigm shift in large scale at-your-fingertips social networking. Established social sharing model (blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, etc.):

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2019

During the tweet chat, we will share insights on how your supporters can create successful fundraising campaigns, use their personal stories and social networks to inspire giving, and how to convert these new one-time donors into dependable regular donors. Retweet what you’d like to share with your followers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Vizify scans your Twitter account to find your most retweeted tweets, most influencial and engagaged followers, and the most common words associated with your Twitter account and then packages the data into a Twitter video that you can share with staff and followers. For mobile social networkers, Viddy is a must-download.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

(For comparison’s sake — Apple’s Ping had 2,000 artists two months out of the gate.)&# I’ve been playing around with the new social platform this morning and wanted to share some of my early reactions. (So Not just to broadcast, but to have a conversation, share ideas, and provide context. Building a Network.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

” Now, just two weeks into January, I am completely addicted to pinning boards for social good on Pinterest. I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

I hope you’ll also vote for my panel proposal, Nonprofits and Free Agents in A Networked World and while you’re there vote for the other awesome nonprofit panel proposals (I’ve shared a list below). They want to share in more than one medium. How much do we share? Trust me. They want to connect.

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TechImpact

MARCH 11, 2014

Facebook’s 10th birthday just passed on February 4th and during that time all the social networking site has done is engage over a billion users and create a generational icon. 36% of Facebook users dislike people sharing too much information. But these are all statistics you’ve heard before.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Google+ is still very new in terms of a social network, but more and more people are moving towards the new social realm. 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!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

What nonprofits can do about it: Share more success stories, please. As the agents for social good, nonprofits are in a unique position to help reverse this trend of extreme negativity in the online collective consciousness. If your nonprofit works in disaster relief, share a story of survival. They need to feel hope.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2012

” comes around every year or so, reigniting some debate and sparking long comment threads on blogs (and, always ironically, email list servs). Beth Kanter, a thought leader on technology for nonprofits, presented a great session on data visualization and shared some low-cost tools for organizations to use.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Based in the U.K.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. I just finished the Women for Women International social media strategy for 2011 today, actually. YouTube: youtube.com/womenforwomenintl. Book Tour ?. ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

In fact, a study released in the fall of 2011 revealed that auto-posting to Facebook decreases likes and comments by up to 70% which can have a detrimental impact on a nonprofit’s EdgeRank score on Facebook. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another.

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