Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

By Becky Brooks , Director of Communications at Animoto , an online video maker that makes it easy to create marketing videos for social media and beyond. Facebook has, for a couple years now, committed to making their platforms “video first.” Unsurprisingly, other networks followed suit.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Based on their birth range (1997-2012) Generation Z has always known our digital environment of the internet, computers, and smartphones. Rather than engaging with Gen Z members on TikTok or YouTube, Community Brands research found that 78% of member-based organizations used LinkedIn as their primary form of social networking.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

And many of us in these social environments, she said, “have gotten into the habit of crossing the street like we always do to avoid the riff-raff.” - NYO. You’ve probably heard of Facebook ; you may even have set up a group or a fan page there for your organization. Did you consider MySpace ? Go where the community already is!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2012

These days,"social network" is a term that often refers to a social media community, such as Facebook, and thus is not a term that many managers would take seriously unless they were discussing a social media campaign. The connection between two people within a social network is referred to as a tie.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

As part of my research at the Packard Foundation, I've had the opportunity to attend a lot of briefings and discussions related to social media and network effectiveness. WiserEarth is more than a "green" online social network for individuals, although you join as an individual.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

For example, your fundraising email list versus your Facebook page versus your direct mail—three different channels translates to three different communication tactics. Roz Lemieux argued that where we are with social networks today is where we were with email in 1999.

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Channel Data Strategy Tips 63

Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Such was the sentiment in 2010 of tech CEOs such as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Eric Schmidt, and Sun Microsystem’s Scott McNealy. However, today, we have Zuckerberg discussing a privacy-focused future on Facebook. . Facebook, which is the dominant social networking platform globally with 2.4

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

For example, your fundraising email list versus your Facebook page versus your direct mail—three different channels translates to three different communication tactics. Roz Lemieux argued that where we are with social networks today is where we were with email in 1999.

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Channel Data Strategy Tips 59

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

Or, if your nonprofit works to protect the environment or animals, for every tragic loss of habitat or endangered species, share a story of conservation or progress. If your nonprofit works in disaster relief, share a story of survival. 2) The rise of the Internet troll.

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Care2

JUNE 25, 2014

We discussed how online campaigns are built around email lists, Facebook, Twitter, text messaging and phone calls and that we are reaching more people with less face to face interaction. However, is the nature of digital campaigning contributing to an environment that makes harassment possible?

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Online Campaign Game Advocacy 70

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Mobile learning is really gaining a foothold in the industry and is continuing to become a vital component of a well-rounded blended learning environment. Follow us on your preferred social networks: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gyrussystems/. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/256100?trk=tyah.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Right before I left for Cambodia, Ranger Rick's profile (the spokesperson for NWF) was deleted from Facebook because it was "fake" and the policy is that only individuals can set up profiles. The resulting discussion thread on the progressive exchange listserv prompted some reflections on how nonprofits can effectively use Facebook.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 29, 2018

Create Clear Job Descriptions – State the title of the position, what job duties are included, what type of environment volunteers will be working in, and the name of the person they report to. A welcoming environment can calm nerves and help the volunteer save time trying to find simple answers to “newbie” questions.

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Retention Volunteer Practice Management 49

Everyaction

JANUARY 31, 2018

Across the country, state and local governments make meaningful policy decisions that affect nearly every issue - from preventing gun violence, to protecting the environment, or safeguarding LGBTQ rights. Connect Supporters with Local Elected Officials using Local Advocacy Change doesn’t just happen in Washington, DC.

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NTEN

JUNE 17, 2011

Given the adoption of social media, the opportunity for nonprofits to capitalize on low cost means to improve engagement with members and potential donors is greater than ever before. People join an organization’s social community for a variety of reasons, including: Social Influence: A friend, co-worker or family member requested support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger. Our use of social networking has exposed many cultural differences within our organization.

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Ning Community Social Media Culture 92

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2008

Does your museum need a custom online social network? A social networking site is one in which users connect with one another. Most social networking sites give each user a unique user profile, along with a personal "home base" where you can always find your content, your contacts, and your interests.

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Social Network Museum Case Study Discussion 20

NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Most organizations incorporate messaging training as part of the new hire process and encourage employees to “represent” when they are out and about at professional networking events. If the program staff posted Facebook photos of the successful food drive? Lori''s passion is to create fundraising environments of ease and joy.

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Digital Build Community Minneapolis 78

NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

Your principal database – what you might call your “database of record” – also needs to reach out in real time into the systems in which your constituents interact and network. APIs also enable nonprofits to connect and extend inside their own environments, allowing them to combine multiple disparate databases into one holistic data view.

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Integration Personal API Blackbaud 105

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks. Costs & Benefits.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

The prelude to this interview is a tale of networking weaving. " which was a strategic social media for arts organizations workshop. I wanted to find an example of an official social networking presence, one clearly set up by the organization and one that was set up by the users. Tell me about you and your job.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

A few weeks ago, HandsOn Network launched The Good & Ready Campaign that leverages interactive technologies and social networking to support their partners, The American Red Cross , Ready.gov and FLASH by recruiting, inspiring and mobilizing volunteers in support of their goals for September, National Emergency Preparedness Month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

After Marc finished reading the Networked Nonprofit , he was curious about crowdfunding and free agents, chapters in our book. This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. But consider the following: Networking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

Source: Working Wikily Sam's story illustrates the tension between working as an organization versus in a networked way or working wikily. I'm comfortable using social networks and other social media sites, although I use them as an individual, I see great potential for my nonprofit organization's fundraising efforts.

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Social Media Culture Effective Media 75

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

I think of it as being similar to the social networking sites (like FaceBook or LinkedIn) where people have more control on what information gets shared with whom. Some folks are passionate about literacy and helping people with disabilities, others about human rights, and still others about the environment.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Except the door you opened was to your social network space. Trying to raise money, you increase your social networking, adding that responsibility to one of your employees, one who is paid with grant funds. What part of social networking can be charged to program funds? Close the door! Not really.

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Social Media Policy Media Social 50

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

When we canvassed the environment and talked to small and medium non-profits, three themes kept on bubbling up. In the age of the social network, new sites want to be “the hub” for information/engagement and the non-profit space is no different. It works similarly to your Facebook feed. “Technology is hard to use&#.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2010

This year, cloud computing still has its fair share of sessions and discussions, but with the acknowledgement that IT managers will have to accept it in the enterprise environment, as well as address the security risks it poses accordingly. The fact that Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

Founded in 1998, Care2, a B-corporation that works with over 700 nonprofits and has more than 15 million members, defines itself as a social action network. Technology and social networking means, according to Paynter, “Community has never before been more important for organization success.”

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Community Online Causes Social Network 66

Forum One

APRIL 22, 2010

A customizable social network with a wide variety of fun and sophisticated add ons. Directory: A full member directory with a listing of friends, similar to that of Facebook. A social networking tool similar to an intranet, specializing in online collaboration. Hosting: Online. Messaging: Available to members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

It was an exhausting trip but one that would not have been possible if not for the energy and spunk that Danielle brings to her everyday approach to spreading the joy that Social Networking can be. This is rather amusing as she is in such demand to speak at so many conferences regarding the Social Networking program at NWF.

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Social Media Life Media Social 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

When I suggested to Nancy White that she set up a facebook profile for her dead dog tigger in an old photograph, she told me I needed a break. Now, I found it: N OSO is a real-world platform for temporary disengagement from social networking environments.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

From August to October of 2011 the craigconnects team reviewed nonprofits by areas of focus to check out how they do social media and found out some great information. Environment. Check out some of the great data we found: The most talkative category on both Facebook and Twitter are Animal and Environmental Organizations.

Social Media 76

Social Media Media Social Disaster 76

Museum 2.0

APRIL 13, 2009

But the Web is changing into a socially contextualized information environment, and as that change happens, it becomes more important that people can "find you" via their personal social networks. Ask a college student what her homepage is, and you are likely to see Facebook, not Google, pop up on her screen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

The economic crisis has changed the external environment. The tools are changing, so if you've settled into one way of using a particular social media tool or set of tools, don't set yourself on automatic pilot. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics.

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Social Media Media Tips Social 99

NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

I wondered if we have gotten so caught up in digital social networking that we've forgotten how to do the original social networking – talking with one another! He missed the chance to listen to his stakeholders, increase his relevance, and create an environment that fostered trust and engagement. And that's okay.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Greater generational differences appear when it comes to reasons for social networking and selecting virtual destinations. How to' networking sites are increasingly popular among older adults. In this environment, not only the phone, but email, social networking and text messaging have become integral means of staying in touch.

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