Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

With an objective eye and knowledge gained from utilizing online technology for nonprofits for more than 15 years, Heather will review: The design and navigation of your nonprofit’s website to ensure that the aesthetic and functionality is compatible with today’s online donors and supporters. The design and content of your nonprofit’s blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

There’s no shortage of year-end-and-beginning blog posts about social media, but I thought I’d throw mine into the mix as well. I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. WWF Mobile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

I identified a trend forming with social networking, and set up our very first profile. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Every full time staffer we have on the Emerging Media team has been paid for by raising money on social networks. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Beyond the power and promise, nonprofit technology needs to produce results that can be quantified and that’s becoming harder to do in respect to social media. Millions of nonprofits worldwide have been asking supporters and donors to “Follow Us on Facebook!” The Next Big Thing in social media has no tangible ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. Executives were terrified by the legal implications of using social networking tools. Executives have come a long way in understanding the Social Web. Flash forward four and a half years. Get training.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

The estimates below allow for the time required to research and create content for your social media campaigns, the actual time spent engaging and participating in your nonprofit’s online communities, and the time necessary to monitor and report ROI. The truth is that you get out of social media what you put into it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

With an objective eye and knowledge gained from utilizing online technology for nonprofits for more than 15 years, Heather will review: The design and navigation of your nonprofit’s website to ensure that the aesthetic and functionality is compatible with today’s online donors and supporters. The design and content of your nonprofit’s blog.

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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. Please summarize your ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Below are the 11 TwtPoll results that I think are the most telling: 1) Is your nonprofit planning on utilizing mobile technology in 2010 (live Tweeting, group texting, iPhone Apps, launching a mobile site)? [ [link] ]. 2) ATTN Donors: Have you ever donated to a nonprofit organization through your cell phone? [ [link] ].

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

EveryAction stores over 89 million "Action Profiles" of donors and supporters, which means that a significant number of EveryAction forms come pre-filled. This network effect makes EveryAction donation pages some of the highest-converting in the industry. Recruit supporters & take contributions on mobile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. With specific social media campaigns, it is easier to have specific goals and measure whether or not you met them with the time allotted. When it comes to the overall organization I track social media in three basic ways.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

As a result of this temporary decline in social media ROI, web and email campaigns are being rejuvenated and very soon digital payments within social networks will revitalize online fundraising. 90% of nonprofits miss this very obvious opportunity to convert their online donors into social media followers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Six months ago I came pretty close to complete social media burnout. I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. If you are managing numerous social networking profiles Monday-Friday, then you need some down time on Saturday and Sunday.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). The era of winging it in social media is over. If you need to pop in to an Internet cafe to connect every other day or so, please do… but my advice to you as social media manager and a fellow traveler is to leave the gadgets at home.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

received 93,000 visits and as traffic grows consistently from month to month so does my ROI. All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Thanks to the Social Web, there is no shortage of possible topics for your nonprofit to blog about.

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Everyaction

APRIL 30, 2018

In order to be loyal donors, alumni must feel that they are part of a thriving college community. Maintaining relationships with alumni who are considered major donors is a process that requires flexibility, detail, and the ability to capture personal details about individual relationships in an accessible way.

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Everyaction

APRIL 30, 2018

In order to be loyal donors, alumni must feel that they are part of a thriving college community. Maintaining relationships with alumni who are considered major donors is a process that requires flexibility, detail, and the ability to capture personal details about individual relationships in an accessible way.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

In this post, we'll focus on three ways your organization can use social data in concert with existing information about your donors, volunteers, or community to increase the effectiveness and ROI of your marketing initiatives. What do you get when you combine your donor performance data with social engagement data?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Still, understand that the content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI. That said, the the following is an excerpt from the Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Highlight Special Donors, Fund-Raisers, and Volunteers. offers a 90-minute webinar on blogging on WordPress.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" So, which one social network should you consider for your next campaign?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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Care2

JUNE 16, 2009

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

received 93,000 visits and as traffic grows consistently from month to month so does my ROI. All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Thanks to the Social Web, there is no shortage of possible topics for your nonprofit to blog about.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

It’s all about your return on your engagement; Return on Engagement (ROE) is the new Return on Investment (ROI). Social media is a great tool for increasing supporter engagement; a majority of nonprofits have realized this. of internet user time is spent on social media and social networking. Why Go Mobile?

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Apps are fine, but nonprofits seriously need to invest in mobile versions of their sites. You don't have to translate your whole site, but be strategic about what content mobile browsers want, and what you want mobile browsers to see. This gives them options to move between different CMS's or Mobile apps. And not apps.

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Care2

APRIL 26, 2007

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

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Care2

AUGUST 26, 2008

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Everyaction

APRIL 23, 2018

Leverage the power of social networks with peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns. This type of social fundraising campaign harnesses the power of that personal network-based trust to help you promote your organization through your existing members. Communicate constantly with mobile optimization and social media matching.

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Care2

AUGUST 8, 2008

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

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