Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. The site currently has 1.6

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

Note from Beth: Anne Mai Bertlesen and I had a quick exchange at the end of year after I blogged about the Pepsi and Chase Giving Contests in December. She offered to write a guest post that provides an "insider's perspective" having run a number of cause-related ventures including contests.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 5, 2014

Write a Mobile and Social Fundraising Strategic Plan : - Overview (Stats, the rise of mobile, etc.). Action Items (Mobile-optimize donate page, launch presence on Instagram, host Google+ Hangout, rebrand social networks, etc.). Track and report success in a Social Media ROI spreadsheet. Chapter 3: Websites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2016

That said, there are proven strategies that can help your nonprofit quickly grow your e-mail list, such as: Create an e-newsletter subscribe page on your website that describes your e-newsletter and how often it will be sent and promote this page on your social networks. Create online petitions and pledges. Host free webinars.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

People around this time are taking a load off and are relaxing with some social networking over the lunch table. One way to keep your followers engaged is to hold a weekly or bi weekly contest that entices users to interact with your page and other users following your page. Interact directly with followers.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 6, 2014

While across the major social media networks there are a seemingly infinite number of analytics, there is a hierarchy of importance among them. If your nonprofit is struggling with what analytics to start tracking, here are a few, on the most prominent social networking sites, to get you started.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Encourage them to use their social network. As Anthony Sicola’s recently mentioned, fundraisers who use who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube increase fundraising results by up to 40%. Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Provide samples of everything.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2017

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the apps and tools listed below to significantly improve your web and email communications and your social media campaigns. Social Media. Buffer enables social media managers to schedule posts on social networks throughout the day and evening.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

There are a ton of great activities, networking opportunities and sessions focused on the non-profit space this year – one of which Blackbaud will be moderating. It should be a great conversation between (check out the panelists below) social networking providers and their non-profit users. He loves bacon.

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Care2

JULY 23, 2010

world, cause marketing contests such as Pepsi Refresh and Chase Community Giving have caused a different kind of ruckus. Because in cause marketing contests, charities and ordinary citizens are encouraged to reach out to their online networks and ask people to vote for their favorite charities. In the Web 2.0 What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

launched a contest on Facebook. At the time, it was one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities and offering over $5 million in prizes. (In In December, Pepsi topped that amount with its Pepsi Refresh, a contest offering $20 million in prizes and also launching this week.) . For example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2010

This is their second online competition that encouraged people to leverage their social networks to raise money and awareness and recruit supporters for the causes they care about most. We look forward to more lively discussions and sharing of ideas about online contests.

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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.” Well, that’s my dog and he’s pretty cute, but Beth and Katie are also running a dog vs cat photo contest. In the book, Beth and Katie identify a number of themes. Why the dog photo?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

"This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy. "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

15) Brand design contests. Consider a brand design contest for a more inventive competition. While TikTok might not be everyone’s thing, one can’t deny all the people this social network attracts. 30) Social Media Challenge. 29) TikTok Fundraiser. In Conclusion.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the apps and tools listed below to significantly improve your web and email communications and your social media campaigns. Social Media. Buffer enables social media managers to schedule posts on social networks throughout the day and evening.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Here are seven ways to use social media to improve the quality of your email list. Hosting contests, sweepstakes, giveaways and other types of promotions is a common strategy for businesses looking to build their following on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social media channels. Offer relevant promotions.

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 31, 2009

This is a national competition to encourage people to use their personal and social networks to help win cash for their favorite nonprofit. The contest runs through November 6, 2009. The Giving Challenge is not focused on how much money you can raise, but on how successful you are at getting people to donate to your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Mani Children Heart Foundation : To raise money using social media as part of your strategy, you need a group of champions with tight connections to your mission and voluntary opt-in email works well for this. Jewish Federations : When developing a strategy for an engagement campaign, don’t be off the cuff.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Among the other top social networks, YouTube was the channel checked the most by teenagers. Build an engaging contest around a star’s core audience. The most engaging type of advocate partnerships are those that not only involve a YouTube star, but involves their audience to participate in a branded contest.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. As Allyson Kapin wrote recently on the Care2 Frogloop blog , “Activists and donors rely more on their personal and social networks today, not celebrity endorsements.&#

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2012

Using contests and challenges to engage communities was the topic of the July 17 edition of the weekly CommBuild chat. The chat, facilitated by by TechSoup online community manager, Michael DeLong, included helpful advice learned by participants who have run contests. Why hold a contest or challenge? Promote, promote, promote!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

7 Things I learned From #Beth53 Fundraiser and PoST Class – Beth's Blog: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Use Social Media to Power Social Networks for Change – Beth shares some great lessons from the fundraising campaign she recently ran for her birthday. "This Thanks for all that you are doing, ARC!

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Care2

OCTOBER 25, 2013

It’s also a great time for nonprofits to host a contest or run a Halloween campaign focusing on one of your issues to enage your constituents before launching into the holiday season and the year-end fundraising. You can also host a themed pumpkin carving contest that is connected to one of the campaigns you are working on.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the tools listed below to significantly improve your web and email communications and your social media campaigns. Social Media. Buffer enables social media managers to schedule posts on social networks throughout the day and evening.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

- Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA) of Maastricht University are conducting a survey: "We are investigating the effects of online social network memberships on your daily life. In particular, we are interested in the role of social network sites and receiving information about job openings."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The social strategy includes the widget above that can be customized to show the charity and be shared on different social networking sites or blogs. They have created many social sharing opportunities, for example: Visit Create Change select a charity and share the widget with your network. Here's my contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

Wendy Harman, American Red Cross According to Wendy Harman, employees at the Red Cross were blocked from accessing social networking sites, like Facebook, from work. Since the great wall fell, we've been able to promote initiatives like the Western Union Foundation contest to all of our chapters and blood regions.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Federighi’s picture of doom doesn’t just stop there, though: he also raises the concern that if Apple were to allow sideloading, “some social networking apps will probably try to avoid the pesky privacy protections of the App Store and only make their apps available via sideloading.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

Razoo is a social networking platform built to, "promote social good and to inspire others to get involved by making giving and serving fun, easy, and meaningful." Its primary platforms are: Razoo.com : The social network itself. Razoo social network net2 philanthropy water Good Happens : Their blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Note from Beth: This post was written before the New York Times article describing a misstep with the Pepsi Charity Contest. For context, please see this guest post by Bonin Bough, The Global Director of Social Media for Pepsi, published earlier this month. Tags: contest crowdsourcing. Photo: Jim Harrison.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2010

As more and more nonprofits and individuals flock to social networks, creating acacophony of fundraising pitches and the subsequent cause fatigue, how can organizations scale? charity:water was one of the first to create it's own social network for fundraising. There's also a cake contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. How have social networking tools helped spread the word about your cause?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Facebook’s grant will encourage users of the social network to learn more about service opportunities through ServiceNation’s Facebook Page and connect with MyNation, a new, online social-networking community on ServiceNation.org being launched in preparation for the first National Day of Service on September 11, 2009.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Dig out that camcorder 'cause Quantum Shift TV has launched a video contest with social impact for students in the U.S. School Video Contest. Student teams will work on social or environmental projects of their choice and document their progress in a series of two short videos. Share the Story!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 27, 2012

The whole show is devoted to using social media and social networks to help you reach your supporters and draw them close to your work. The regular contributors will also be on hand talking about social media! Scott Koegler on technology; Maria Semple on prospect research; and Gene Takagi & Emily Chan on legal.

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