Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Millions of low-income students rely on free or low-cost school meals. The good news is: there are thousands of sites serving free summer meals to low-income youth. That's when the federal Summer Food Service Program steps in, offering nutritious, free summertime meals to low-income school-age youth.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 18, 2010

Is you’re organization looking to support free agent fundraisers and the changemakers who are passionate about your cause, want to support your work, but do it their way? A free agent changemaker having success fundraising with Twitter. Social networks are built from all the content individuals share. I want to share that story!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. e-Newsletter. BrainyQuote :: brainyquote.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. BlogPulse :: blogpulse.com. Instagram :: instagr.am.

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Fun Resource Stats Wikipedia 230

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Intro to Coding’s website features animated geometric shapes in the hero area of their site (aka the “above the fold” area), in-line with 2020 geometric shape and animation trends. Released in 2003, WordPress is open-source software and free to use and fully-customizable using WordPress themes and plug-ins.

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Websites Design Practice WordPress 350

TechImpact

JANUARY 28, 2014

In October, the social media giant made previews of their “Twitpics” immediately viewable on a user’s feed. The social media site best known for its recipes, cat pictures, and fashion advice, Pinterest reported a nearly 44% increase in ecommerce sales in 2013, a category that should raise more than a few eyebrows in the nonprofit sector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. e-Newsletter. BrainyQuote :: brainyquote.com.

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Fun Resource Mobile Social Media 259

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Social Media Social Chapter Media 258

NCE Social Media

APRIL 29, 2009

These “Asks” can range from requests for volunteers to calls for immediate online action and will soon show up in numerous feeds throughout Change.org. To view a feed of most recent “Asks” from all nonprofits on Change.org, go to: [link]. As always, I am here to help and hope to hear from you or see you on the site soon!

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Service Myspace Free Linkedin 117

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 14, 2012

As far as I can guess, on average only about 6-9% of my fans now get my status updates posted to their News Feed which is about half the 16% that Facebook announced in March. Facebook is a free service and as most us have learned, you get what you pay for. As far as getting angry at Facebook, there’s really no point.

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Facebook Social Media ROI Gift 273

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

Also, on October 8 in partnership with Nonprofit Tech for Good, Julia will be presenting a free webinar about how nonprofits can use social media to raise money online. The site shows no sign of slowing down, with 1 billion people using Instagram every month, 71% of them under the age of 35. Well, it depends!

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Money Raise Donation Ideas 279

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #12: Miro February 26, 2008 Miro used to be called “Democracy Player&#. Miro is basically a video player, which can recognize RSS feeds, and automatically download videos.

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NetWits

MARCH 25, 2013

Perhaps you’ve even started to feed live posts and tweets to your organization’s homepage. You have actions you want people to take on your site – donate, volunteer, write their political leader, sign up for an event, join, sign up for your eNewsletter or even inquire or apply. Free (and viral) marketing instigated by you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 2, 2010

Purchasing advertising did not increase my fan base or help my Status Updates show up in the News Feed > Top News. Additionally, purchasing adverting did not appear to have any effect on getting my Status Updates to show up more often in the News Feed > Top News. The results are below: 1. That’s the new Facebook.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 27, 2014

Blogging, or content marketing, is one of the best ways to promote traffic to your site, build relationships, and cultivate your position within whatever community you are trying to establish yourself. Social media accounts are free, easy to use, and incredibly powerful. Start blogging. If you don’t have a blog, you need to make one.

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Tech Strategy Fundraising Nonprofit 218

Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The version that gets the more favorable reactions from users wins the prize and gets to stay prominently positioned on your site. That done, simply publish your post and visit your site; the optimizer program will randomly select and display either one of the two images to visitors.

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NTEN

JANUARY 8, 2013

Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! There are many sites that allow you to upload data, as well as download other data, for free. You can learn about other organizations in your area, analyze giving trends, and download data directly from their site.

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Site Share Data Journal 76

NetWits

JUNE 8, 2012

Try these easy steps to showing your timeliness: Utilize automatic feeds. Integrating the social experience into your organization’s web site will help promote the channel, engage supporters, and provide a constant source of dynamic content …” - Melanie Mathos and Chad Norman “101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits: A Field Guide.”.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

It’s a great catch all that monitors numerous social sites. Each of the above will let you search for a word or phrase and then get the RSS feed for that search. You’ll want to grab the RSS feed for each of the searches you performed before you move on to the next step in the process(setting up an iGoogle Listening Dashboard).

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Social Media Media Social RSS 171

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Social Media 207

Social Media Social Chapter Media 207

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Social Media Social Chapter Media 247

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 6, 2018

By Jean O’Brien , founder of Digital Charity Lab , a social enterprise that builds digital skills in non-profits and shares free learning resources. 1) You can get $10k per month in free advertising from Google. 9) Your Google Ad Grants account requires care and feeding. 10) Don’t use Google AdWords Express.

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Google Grant Profit Adwords 253

TechImpact

OCTOBER 9, 2013

For nonprofits, these sites work off of a base of able and willing donors who. The way these sites work is, once a worthy cause is recognized, people start pouring in to donate and share the cause with their friends via social media. Select the right site. Also consider peer-to-peer fundraising tools, such as social media.

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Advice Fund Campaign Tech 141

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

1) Nonprofits have been advertising Facebook for free to untold millions for years, and Facebook has yet to return the favor. Essentially, nonprofits have been advertising Facebook to untold millions for free helping it become the powerhouse that it is today – the largest, most active social networking website on the Web.

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Facebook ROI Nonprofit Mail 235

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The “Open Source Software is Free&# myth July 14, 2008 I had a startling realization a few days ago. I’ve been caught using the “free as in kittens&# metaphor many more times than once.

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Open Source Software Open Free 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Pay for the admission or ticket fee for people who you think should attend your nonprofit’s events with the hope they’ll donate on-site or in the future. Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets. 50 helps us feed one child for a week.”).

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

There are many free online website and content creation tools available. Build your online homebase with a wiki, a website (like WordPress.com or Google Sites ), or a blog (like Tumblr or Posterous ). One key element is the use of an online homebase. We are now seeing this put to great use with #OWS.

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Technology Audio Learning New York 189

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Here are four reasons why: 1) Nonprofits have been advertising Facebook for free to untold millions for years, and Facebook has yet to return the favor. Those sites let users know in advance when changes are coming. I have been working social media sites daily for 4.5 Alright… thanks Facebook. I don’t think so.

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ROI Integration Question Facebook 234

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2012

I’ve been using Feedburner for my blog RSS Feeds since 2005! It was one of a few good free options in the early days of blogging. Shortly after Feedburner was acquired by Google in 207, there started to be complaints about the way it was managing the transition and handling subscriber stats. Thank you so much Phil!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 6, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). … But to many in the nonprofit world, the value of the sites remains to be seen. " Free music. Free videos. Free blogs.

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Web Bookmarking Delicious Social Media 114

Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Part of the reason I don’t post to judisohn.com as much anymore is in my frustration with this site. My posterous has its own RSS feed so feel free to subscribe if you want to keep up with me. For now, if you want to follow me I suggest you subscribe to the Posterous feed as that will be more actively updated.

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Feeds Convio Google Hosting 124

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Lots of research shows that donors don’t want the organization to spend money on free merchandise. Design them free on Canva. Free access to trainings or programs that normally have a fee. Can donors participate in building, feeding, clothing, digging, writing, driving, or anything else you do? Touch the work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Note from Beth: Your web site is your home base is the heart and soul of your content strategy. This week Idealware released the much-anticipated 2012 edition of our free Consumers Guide to Low-Cost Nonprofit Management Systems. Download it for free at [LINK: [link] ] to learn more.

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Websites Social RSS Facilitation 105

TechImpact

MAY 1, 2014

Whether it be through social feeds or blogs, the goal is always the same. If you’re expecting so much from your readership, ensure your content is mistake free, timely, and, above all else, engaging. Image courtesy of Engage Designs. Connect with as many people as possible. Fill a niche. And get noticed. Capturing attention.

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Audience Content Marketing Social Media 132

NCE Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2012

Facebook is crunching analyzing people post to Facebook about the games and they are broadcasting NBC’s video feeds. NBC, and other broadcasters, are posting live news to various social media sites. Feel free to share in the comments section. NBC gets stories out of the data that Facebook is analyzing.

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Social Media Media Broadcast Social 117

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). This project, housed on a social media enhanced micro-site allows people to commit to a year of service via an email sign up. Check out Animoto!

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Haiti Web Bookmarking Philanthropy 123

.orgSource

JULY 25, 2023

Backlink analysis—Identify high-quality links to other websites that increase your site’s authority and its position in the search. Continuous improvement—Once you’ve established SEO practices and procedures, AI tools can help you keep your site optimized for peak performance. Here’s a list of providers courtesy of Bard.

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Team Marketing Build Analysis 221