Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

I resisted it for a year because I was concerned about having yet another social media outpost to feed and tune. I wanted to avoid automated cross-posting of social content because I think it isn't very effective. My experiments were quite granular: What gets more interactions - sharing video or photos or links?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

To jump-start your group, you will need to promote it on your website, in your e-newsletter, and in your social networking profiles. If not, you’ll need to enlist a designer who can create one, or you can use a photo. Don’t Use News Feeds. It needs to be a strong avatar that makes a solid first impression.

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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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AUGUST 12, 2007

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. 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?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Swedish-Lesson - (Photo: International Federation of Red Cross/Hakan Flank/VolunteerMatch). Note from Beth: Last month, we did a Networked Nonprofit session at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. At the same time, volunteer service organizations need to rethink how they work and what technology they use.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Instagram is the fastest-growing major social network: 59% of people age 18 to 29 are using “Insta” and other demographics are likely to adopt it in increasing numbers. However, engaging celebrities with high media profiles and large audiences doesn’t always work on social networks like Instagram. byp100 , BYP 100.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

MySpace was and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. As a regualr MySpace user, there is no denying that MySpace is more diverse than any other social networking site. MySpace is also the number one accessed social networking website on mobile devices today.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. Facebook’s Problematic News Feeds.

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MAY 22, 2009

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

If after asking yourself the 10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project, you've decided that a blog is good tool for you, consider incorporating the following 10 elements of an effective nonprofit, or do-good blog into your blogging strategy: 1. Make it easy to subscribe Have an rss feed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Flickr Photo by Jek in the Box. We also just started reporting on the metrics we already had available (web analytics, FB insights, email campaign stats) and are now moving towards more of a “digital content services&# model with metrics related to specific campaigns, etc.&#. We launched the Zoetica Salon this week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Flickr Photo from Wokka. He makes this point: The integration of customer service into social media marketing programs is a logical imperative and usually will follow right on the heels of integrating corporate communications. " And I changed the word blogger to social networker or facebooker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. social website apps, Ning seems to be the most flexible, the most affordable, and easy to use. A Ning site was developed in order to answer this specific need.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Most apps are games and entertainment, social networking tools (like Twitter), informational feeds for a specific topic area or a specific news source, or business and productivity tools like email that fits your particular devices' screen. Photo: Jorge Quinteros. Anyone have any suggestions?

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JANUARY 15, 2009

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Finally, during the process of hiring a designer or agency, it’s crucial that they understand how to integrate your new website with your customer relationship manager (CRM ) and any other third-party services (MailChimp, PayPal, etc.) Prominently feature your “Donate” button, e-newsletter opt-in, and social network icons.

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JUNE 13, 2009

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Enable subscription to your rss feed with Feedburner. Bookmark your posts in del.icio.us, and other social bookmarking services. Participate in social networks like Facebook and MySpace, as well as niche social networks related to the theme of your blog. Have a blogroll. Make it easy to comment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide. 1) Maximize your Instagram Profile Photo and Bio. First, make sure that your nonprofit uses a well-designed, visually-striking profile photo a.k.a.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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!" YouTube and TV networks), while 41 percent had visited social networks (e.g.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Photo from Cambodia4kids. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Kim Lowery also gives us a round up the sessions she attended as well as her Day of Service experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. There’s no other service like it and they are currently accepting new nonprofit partners.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Well, as of October 2012, Google Wallet is the first wallet service to launch the ability to donate online via a Google Wallet “Donate” button. Chapter 1 :: Network for Good. Network for Good now offers mobile-optimized donate pages and donation “Share” functionality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2007

re a videoblogger, or use a photo service like Flickr , edit and upload your media quickly. Look for these new friends on sites like LinkedIN , Flickr , MySpace , Twitter , and wherever else is an appropriate social network for the group you???ve Sorry, but it???s s still true that we love to see our names in print.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Search and social media are two realms in which there is a lot of activity by constituents (call them what you want) – service beneficiaries, donors, activists, event participants. All of these constituents are out there talking about things, sharing photos and videos, and looking for thing through search engines.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Well, as of October 2012, Google Wallet is the first wallet service to launch the ability to donate online via a Google Wallet “Donate” button. Chapter 1 :: Network for Good. Network for Good now offers mobile-optimized donate pages and donation “Share” functionality.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

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APRIL 26, 2007

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Well, as of October 2012, Google Wallet is the first wallet service to launch the ability to donate online via a Google Wallet “Donate” button. Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. The tide in social media is currently turning against automation and I think that’s a good thing.

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MARCH 4, 2009

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MAY 7, 2007

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FEBRUARY 13, 2008

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FEBRUARY 25, 2008

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Pinterest is a new(ish) and growing a image based social network and the newest darling of social media marketers. Create a shared Board for visitors to pin their favorite works of art or to share shots of themselves feeding their favorite animals. (In If you're a museum, zoo, or aquarium: 19. Some of them are beautiful.

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APRIL 1, 2008

For those who are unfamiliar with it, Twitter is a service that allows you to send messages of 140 characters in length to a set of people (“followers”) who self-elect to receive your messages (“tweets”). It's more discussion-oriented than social networks because there isn't the other content (video, photos, profiles) to get in the way.

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