Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2014

Currently, more than 50 percent of children ages 0–8 spend an average of 43 minutes daily on smartphones and tablets watching videos, reading, and playing games. Eighty-three percent of millennials ages 18–29 use social networking sites on a regular basis as do 73 percent of teens. This generation, however, is silent no longer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

They were on Myspace and organizing via Facebook Groups years before corporate brands, higher education, and broadcast and print media. It allows you to easily upload and share your mobile photos (and videos!) That said, the community on Daily Booth has a lot of active teens. Nonprofits pioneered social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ raised over $10M in one day by Jeff Achen of GiveMN.org. “Do Do what you do best and network the rest.”. That’s simple, but wise advice from the definitive nonprofit social media strategy manual, “ The Networked Nonprofit.” Facebook = 21,865. Leveraging our network. Twitter = 827.

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JULY 11, 2023

Posts, or threads, on the platform can be up to 500 characters long and can include links, photos, and videos up to five minutes long. Threads also eventually plans to become part of the Fediverse , a digital universe of interoperable networks that can communicate with each other.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Growing up, my kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events. I recently keynoted the Social Good Brazil Conference in November.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

Launched in 2011, Snapchat is an image and video messaging app that is very popular with tweens and teens and increasingly Millennials and Gen Xers. As we have learned in the past with Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram the early adoption phase is when new communities grow the fastest. Do not make snap judgments about Snapchat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ raised $13.4M Here are some statistics that show just how important Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were to our success. Our Give to the Max Day celebrity PSA video has earned 2,620 views on YouTube , in addition to being aired on numerous local and state television networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

Snapcha t is a mobile app that lets users exchange text messages, photos and videos that disappear in 24 hours. So, why another social network, especially one where the focus is to create content, not consume and the culture of it is rather secretive? Taylor Swift released a new video…again.) This is called disposable media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

I believe that, too, and I love working for an organization — Common Sense Media , an independent nonprofit — that’s dedicated to preparing kids to make the most of the incredible opportunities this networked culture provides us, while overcoming its potential pitfalls. Who knows what’s coming at us? Location sharing?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

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!" Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. How did they do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Our largest “good idea” to date will be a fully accredited residential high school for homeless teens in San Francisco, which we will look to replicate in other cities across the country. Well…sheer hustle, an inspiring video , and a supportive network. Thanks for reading and of course, you can vote for us.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

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!" Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. How did they do it?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2013

For a while now, social media’s no longer seen as simply a fad of teens and college students. We shouldn’t see the same post each day on our Facebook timeline or Twitter feed. It is important to have a visual focus when it comes to marketing your event, especially on Facebook. Avoid Monotony. Keep It Visual. Stop Shouting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Disruptor: Facebook. Disruptive Model: Social Network. Why Facebook is a Fundraising Game Changer: John Haydon, blogger and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies , believes that without Facebook pushing the limits of how people use social media, fundraising wouldn’t be as social. million challenge videos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

The point, in the context of this conversation, is that a minority of social media users are creators—people who write blog posts, upload photos onto Flickr, or share homemade videos on YouTube. There are so many more people who join social networks, who collect and aggregate favored content, and critique and rate books and movies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

launched a contest on Facebook. Friendship Circle, has a web contest landing page that provides instructions on how to vote and a direct link to the Facebook app page. . In November, the Chase Community Giving launched a contest on Facebook. (Screen capture of Leaderboard as of Monday, Jan. For example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

I told the story about posting a video interview with my dad (who was 86 at the time) on YouTube about his first blog post and how I discovered a community of "older" people using YouTube. Some recent studies on social media and social networking use and baby boomers show that more and more are adopting social media. I answered no.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2022

TikTok is a social media platform that allows users to generate 15-second videos and host live streams. At first, the ability for users to quickly gain fame through their videos is what made the app so appealing to teenagers, but for-profit companies caught wind of the speed at which content could go viral and wanted to get in on the action.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

The point, in the context of this conversation, is that a minority of social media users are creators—people who write blog posts, upload photos onto Flickr, or share homemade videos on YouTube. There are so many more people who join social networks, who collect and aggregate favored content, and critique and rate books and movies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

What is interesting to me about this concept of a platform for change that is very different from say - campaigns on social networking sites like Facebook or the use of widgets and charity badges on blogs for personal fundraising campaigns -- is that while Virtual Worlds are empowering individuals -- we are empowering collective action.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 21, 2008

Workshop leaders, Katya Andresen of Network for Good and the Non-profit Marketing Blog , and Mark Rovner of Sea Change Strategies and the Sea Change Strategies Blog believe that there are 7 Deep Human Needs that you need to remember when you are creating nonprofit campaigns. The Yes We Can Obama video. . The Yes We Can Obama video.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

This can go hand in hand with a countdown on social media, both in the newsfeed as well as utilizing the story features on Facebook and Instagram. your connection to soccer, teens, nonprofits, Classy, etc.). Check out this video to learn more about them. Lean on your team captains. Make it more personal to you (i.e.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 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!" and social networking experts emerge and offer their services as these new tools gain prominence.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

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!" and social networking experts emerge and offer their services as these new tools gain prominence.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

There may be networking groups, professional affiliations, recreation, sports, clubs. So I encourage people to follow or like a funder’s page, whether it be on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. Most likely, they’re going to be on Facebook. ” It’s my private Facebook group.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Video of your work in action? Can they share your message and Ask with their personal and social networks? Give Every Teen the Chance to Chase Their Dream. Create short videos when possible. The best story has a photo or video of a program participant talking about how the organization positively impacted their life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. The NY Chapter of the Red Cross offers Ten Tips in this YouTube Video. NTEN has two fantastic events this month! Good Reads: Online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2013

But that’s only half of it as KD Paine and I write in our book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” What are our best ads on Facebook? Should we invest in many social media platforms, or concentrate on Facebook? Next week, for my org…How much time should I spend on Facebook? What is a conversion?

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

SEEP Network. Create Amazing looks, well, amazing on the big screen, but the landing page’s full-width layout and high-quality video loop still work just as well on tablets and mobile devices. They also take advantage of multimedia through their short video with a volunteer. Check out the embedded video in the image below.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Now, the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report found that 25% of donors said that social media is a communication tool that inspires them to give and that 32% of them donated through Facebook fundraising tools. What I found interesting is that of those people that donated 89% said they’re likely to give through Facebook again.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Harness the power of social dynamics by : Making sure your donors, Board members, volunteers, and supporters have opportunities to invite people in their social networks to events and fundraisers or to follow your organization online. If someone donates through your Facebook link, thank the person publicly if possible. Get creative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

I went to learn from thought-leaders focused on social media and its impact on politics, in the hopes that many of the lessons would be relevant for nonprofits, foundations, grassroots activists, and for our emerging networks practice at the Monitor Institute. Facebook now has 200M users, the majority of whom are outside of the US.

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