Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Facebook Ad Platform November 13, 2007 It always takes me a bit to digest new Web 2.0 news, so I’m just now blogging about last week’s news that Facebook launched a new ad platform.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 27, 2022

Individual executives have a significant advantage over company accounts across many platforms both from a storytelling and algorithmic standpoint. LinkedIn Analytics with Shield AI tool for a personal profile. This can be used to track the engagement rates overtime of the posts on a personal profile. Thoughts on Brand Voice.

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TechImpact

APRIL 8, 2014

Following too few accounts will not allow you to fully utilize the platform, while following too many can over-saturate your feed, making it impossible to find the pertinent content. This innovative feed provides information about the always changing Facebook algorithm. Look no further than Jay Frost’s Twitter feed.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The company announced multiple updates today for Groups that include automating moderation and covering people’s News Feeds with group discussions. Facebook says it’ll start surfacing public group discussions in people’s News Feeds. Facebook has struggled to keep hate groups off the platform.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

The session focused on using core social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to raise awareness and inspire others as a volunteer. And the content – is that a platform or application that supports that kind of content? The people you want to talk to are closely connected to the goal and if one changes, the other may react.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Facebook is a communications platform with close to a billion users. With the release of their new “ Subscriptions &# feature, Facebook has made it even more compelling to use the platform as a way to communicate, connect, engage and impact people. They can simply subscribe to see your public feed. Subscriptions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

By Laura Bucher , Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. That said, the number of businesses fighting for their attention in their inboxes and on their news feeds may have left them feeling a bit fatigued. Not to worry. 4) Find new, creative ways to show impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2024

routine that nonprofits have had to enlist when growing a new community on a new social media platform. 1) Claim your username and upload a profile pic, add a bio and website, and post a first thread immediately. You can “Pin to profile” and “Save” threads. You can add polls to post.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The way that Facebook controls its News Feed is often controversial and largely opaque to the outside world. On Thursday, Facebook published its “Content Distribution Guidelines” detailing the roughly three-dozen types of posts it demotes for various reasons in the News Feed, like clickbait and posts by repeat policy offenders.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2024

According to the latest Community Brands research, 52% of association professionals use an online member community but only 14% rate their use of the platform as excellent. Associations can utilize online community platforms to create a virtual environment for members to connect.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Facebook has, for a couple years now, committed to making their platforms “video first.” Square videos provide 78% more space in social feeds than landscape and they don’t require that the user tilt their phone to view it in full-screen. Another consideration is that around 80% of videos in social feeds are watched with the sound off.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

13) Of those nonprofits that use Instagram Charitable Giving Tools, respondents said the following tools raised the most money: 57%: “Donate” button featured on their Instagram Profile. Please Note: Instagram Feed Fundraisers had not yet launched when the Global NGO Technology Survey was released, therefore are not factored into the data.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 20, 2013

This is what I’ve learned, having now self-published three books (selling close to 10,000 copies total)—two using Gumroad and Sellfy (which are indie sales platforms, aka: digital goods e-commerce services, or “indies” from here on in), and my latest on Amazon’s KDP Select platform. Gumroad, Sellfy and Amazon KDP have great support.

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Association Analytics

JULY 11, 2022

And most association technology pros agree a data analytics platform should be a required part of their tech ecosystem. That’s why the most innovative associations have finally prioritized and invested in true analytics capabilities with a data analytics platform. A Better Approach.

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The Verge

MARCH 31, 2022

From left to right: reply from feed, the new reshare menu, and online indicators. Instagram is giving users a host of new options when sending direct messages (or DMs to you and I) on its platform. The most useful is a new option to quickly reply to a DM directly from your feed without having to go into your inbox and lose your place.

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The Verge

MARCH 5, 2021

Last month, The Verge broke news of Mark Cuban and Falon Fatemi’s new app Fireside, which promises to deliver a “next-gen podcast platform,” and today, we can provide a better sense of the app’s functionality and interface. Looking at the desktop view, users’ profiles include a photo, bio, and follower / following count.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Campus is designed to be a place where students can interact only with peers at their school; they can access a Campus-only News Feed and join Groups, events, and group chat rooms, called Campus Chats, pertaining to campus life. At the same time, it’s building off behavior Facebook says it’s already seen on the platform.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles.

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TechImpact

MARCH 6, 2014

Big data is the name given to the millions of digital interactions corporations and nonprofits experience every day across social media platforms, websites, and third party resources. Tracking the amount of overall messages sent, received, shares, Retweets, and Favorites your social feeds receive per day can be invaluable information.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Share your best stories—but go beyond just posting them on one platform. Read on to learn how the World Food Program USA, Partners in Health, and The Mission Continues have customized one story for different platforms so they can reach more people with their impactful work. How can you break through the noise?

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 28, 2013

Beside giving your startup a platform, having a blog can help you establish thought leadership, build SEO, and promote things that central to your brand’s messaging. And in the early days, positioning the founders as thought leaders through blogging is helpful when raising early investment and working on high-profile deals.”.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

By feeding a list of your favorite books and movies to an AI assistant, you can uncover hidden patterns in what you love. It accepts files of up to 50,000 words, up to 200mb, so its especially useful if you run into file size caps on other platforms. Share for human insight Share your taste profile with a friend or librarian.

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Whole Whale

JULY 7, 2023

The truth for organizations is that it makes sense to at least claim your Thread profile from your Instagram account, regardless of how you plan to use it. Account Linkage : Threads requires users to have an Instagram account and allows them to import bio information and followers from an existing Instagram profile.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

Users create a profile, upload an avatar picture, write a short biography and can then scream into the ether to other users on behalf of their digitally sculpted selves. To build a platform that allows for us to have consultants who are thinking about accessibility, safety and privacy, we have to pay them.”. Somewhere Good.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2021

Jobandtalent says more than 80,000 workers have used its platform to secure temp gigs in the last year across the seven markets where it operates in Europe and LatAm (namely: Spain, U.K., “The pandemic has helped us with both workers and employers in terms of adoption of our platform.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

That way, users can have more say on what items they see on their curated feeds. This is a natural step for the company as Evans is also the co-founder of True Fit , the personalization company that built a data platform to help online shoppers find the correct sizes for apparel and footwear.

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Video-first platforms like YouTube have provided auto-captioning for quite some time now, while Tiktok launched it in April of this year and Instagram is testing functionality in Stories. Additionally, you may see special characters used to create artistic typefaces for profiles on Twitter and Instagram. Capitalizing Hashtags.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

That means you can a pin a few comments to the top of your feed post and better manage the conversation. Now, on the far left of those three options, you should see a pushpin icon. Today we’re rolling out pinned comments everywhere. pic.twitter.com/iPCMJVLxMh — Instagram (@instagram) July 7, 2020.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Snap is finally ready to compete with TikTok and will pay creators to post on the platform. For one, Spotlight snaps won’t feature a public comments section, and profiles themselves are private by default, so Snapchatters can keep their accounts locked down while still posting content. Imagine, basically, TikTok but in Snapchat.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

Mobile landing page builder Beacons has raised a $6 million seed round to expand its vision for empowering creators to make money beyond the cramped confines of their social media profiles. Other companies in the “link in bio” space include Shorby , Milkshake , Tap.bio , Link in Profile , bio.fm and Campsite. Image Credits: Beacons.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Change.org is the world’s largest petition platform. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Change.org :: change.org.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

YouTube is adding a new indicator to show when a channel is live streaming on the platform, its chief product officer Neal Mohan has announced on Twitter. It consists of showing a ring with the word “Live” on it around a channel’s profile picture when they’re live streaming, which you can tap to jump straight into the live broadcast.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 11, 2022

These are the platforms that social media pros and big companies use—and that your nonprofit can use for free. The free version of Hootsuite lets you manage up to 3 social media profiles and schedule up to 5 messages at any one time. If you want to bulk upload posts via Buffer, you’ll have to connect a third-party app to publish.

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Classy

JUNE 8, 2021

Given its member base of 756 million global professionals in over 200 countries, LinkedIn can be a powerful social media platform to help achieve your organization’s goals. Creating a LinkedIn Page for your nonprofit and posting content on a regular basis can help you attract a loyal and dedicated following on the platform.

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