Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Going for Goal: Shared Knowledge Inspires Successful Giving Days. To complement the Playbook, we organized a Peer Learning Exchange where participants could gather, share ideas and ask questions. The foundations learned several things that helped them surpass their goals. What impact did all this have on communities?

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 4, 2021

Decide on which team-building idea you want to do , how long each takes, and then prepare a schedule. No matter which type your team performs, the idea of the activity is that it is challenging and fun. 5 Fun and Engaging Corporate Team Building Ideas. Picture Pieces Game. Be prepared to do this. Life Highlights Game.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 1, 2021

While individual members were seeing results, it was difficult for SEIU to capture the impact of the program, especially in a timely way that supported ongoing fundraising to keep the Education Fund growing. Sometimes we don’t have as clear of a picture of the tools or processes that will deliver the greatest impact.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

Your plan will: Keep you focused on what works and stop you from chasing every shiny new idea. Allow you to time your appeals for the best results and spread your grant writing throughout the year, instead of cranking out a year’s worth of grants in the fall when you’re also planning your year-end campaign. Set an Impact Goal.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

However, creating a strong social media presence isn’t as simple as writing a post and hitting “send” or taking a few pictures and uploading them online. Set SMART goals Build your audience persona Develop your brand Determine what channels to use Put together a content strategy Drive engagement Track your results.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. Remember: Averages are a useful starting point, but there are all sorts of reasons why your results may deviate from the norm. The point is this: You are where you are; the goal is to improve. Above that average?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

By Jessica Fox , writer at Eventgroove – a one-stop, integrated platform for events, fundraisers, and e-commerce driven to help its customers amplify their brand and reach their goals. Though it’s startlingly articulate, AI doesn’t think, and it doesn’t know your nonprofit’s goals or supporters as well as you do.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning is the process of creating a blueprint that guides an organization for a specified time period and helps accomplish its goals. The strategic planning process involves reflecting on your mission to identify your most important goals and determining the strategies you’ll use to reach them.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Determine your goals and audience. The first step to creating a nonprofit content strategy for WordPress is to determine your goal and your audience. To help you figure out your goal and audience, answer the following questions: Why do you want to start a WordPress site? Analyze your results. About page. Donation page.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Stories are much more powerful and motivating than merely using statistics or discussing administrative goals. Those things may be important, but only as a means to the real goal of helping make the world a better place. They need to know that goals are being met and lives are being improved. Was there a measurable impact?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 25, 2021

This means it can sometimes seem like we’re making very little progress on our development goals as we head into fall fundraising. Again, using your past results as reference, make sure that you’re truly sending the right message to the right audience at the right time. If you aren’t, your past results will show you. .

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NetWits

MAY 12, 2011

The results we’re pretty amazing (though arguably not in any way shocking). This resulted in increased fundraising results by up to 40%. Twitter users set higher fundraising goals and raised more money. So, how does the use of social networks have such a significant impact on fundraising? Twitter as a Multiplier.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 6, 2021

See how these nonprofits handled Giving Tuesday and what you can do to boost your fundraising results. The result was a huge success. They raised 101% of their fundraising goal for Giving Tuesday, raising more than $8,000 for those they serve! Boys & Girls Club of Indianapolis. What they did. What they did. What they did.

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Gyrus

MARCH 4, 2024

Picture having a personal tutor equipped with versatile features to elevate your learning journey, ensuring a smooth and impactful educational experience. D2L Brightspace Picture a personalized learning experience – D2L Brightspace does just that with its adaptive learning and analytics, catering to individualized education.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2019

The website is one component of an end to end digital strategy, and to get the results you want, they all need to work together. The right information architecture on your site will funnel the visitor towards your goals of having them call you or use the contact form. There are other critical components to consider. Time Is Money.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 16, 2024

At the same time, there is often a visceral emotional reaction to the idea of not doing an annual report as it can often be one of the few times your organization celebrates what it has accomplished. For every story, every picture, every number, stop and ask yourself, “What is this telling our donors?” It will transform your report.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2012

Your website is more than just a pretty picture. organization, your goals, and your mission — let’s test it and see how. big impact based on real feedback and results. Join us for the series where we’ll dig into these topics in detail, and feel free to share your ideas here! Guide Session Overview.

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TechImpact

MARCH 18, 2014

Is it goal setting, and the ability to reach these goals? They can prioritize organizational goals ahead of personal goals, and is always more concerned about what they can ‘give’ to others. The big picture is always in focus for a great nonprofit executive. Image courtesy of Shutterstock. Can deal with conflict.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

When it comes to your reporting strategy, it’s important to keep in mind who your key stakeholders are, and how can you package your data and results in a way that speaks to them directly. How to glean insights : Having the data is one thing, but knowing what insights to pull with confidence that it is the right picture is quite another.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In the first part of this series, I talked about why you need to define your goals, your brand and voice, and your audience before crafting your story. This is why you need to look at your goals, measure your results, and tweak your stories based on that data. You can read part one here. Present a struggle and a solution. .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 14, 2021

We often think of fundraising as transactional, but I love the idea of creating “fundraising experiences” that acknowledges that donors want to be involved with nonprofits on an experiential level and not just passively donate. When I worked for a nonprofit, my team and I sat in my office for about 30 minutes and just shouted out ideas.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Adjust your digital marketing strategy according to the responses you receive to make clients feel valued and drive better results. Once you have a clear understanding of which audience(s) to target, start putting your ideas into action. Analyze your CRM. Follow search engine optimization (SEO) best practices.

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2024

Fundraising 4 Donor Segmentation Strategies That Drive Results 7 min read Read Now The Three Key Elements of a Lapsed Donor Letter When you connect with past donors and ask them to renew their support, your letter should achieve three goals. This picture includes a family: a mom, a dad, a toddler, and a baby. I’m so grateful.”

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 4, 2022

Just like creating a fundraising plan or a communications plan, a story strategy is your opportunity to build a clear roadmap to your goals. And more importantly, it’s your opportunity to clarify how storytelling will support your fundraising or communications goals. Goal Setting & Priorities.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

When you focus on your donors, you will get a better result. It’s too easy to drop parts of your imaginary plan, shift others, and back off your goals because you don’t feel like following through. In other words, only add a fundraising activity to your plan because it moves you closer to your goal. Set specific goals.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

Smaller gifts from individuals, events, and items like engraved bricks help support the campaign toward the end, when a small amount is left to reach the goal. That’s actually a bad idea (more on that in a minute). You start with your top prospects and work your way through every prospect until you reach about 80% of your goal.

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Whole Whale

MAY 17, 2023

They’re looking at the big picture, the potential of AI to help us understand our constituents better, improve our operations, and ultimately serve our mission more effectively. Like throwing random ingredients into a pan and then being surprised that the result is tasteless food. Sometimes to go fast, you must go slow.

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Gyrus

MARCH 4, 2024

Picture having a personal tutor equipped with versatile features to elevate your learning journey, ensuring a smooth and impactful educational experience. D2L Brightspace Picture a personalized learning experience – D2L Brightspace does just that with its adaptive learning and analytics, catering to individualized education.

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Learning Management System Examples Learning 40

Gyrus

MARCH 4, 2024

Picture having a personal tutor equipped with versatile features to elevate your learning journey, ensuring a smooth and impactful educational experience. D2L Brightspace Picture a personalized learning experience – D2L Brightspace does just that with its adaptive learning and analytics, catering to individualized education.

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TechImpact

MARCH 20, 2014

They may become frustrated as a result, fold the idea, and not utilize the dynamic platforms to their full potential. Posting images a few times per week from your last function, fundraiser, meeting, or just pictures from around the office will help communicate to the third party viewers what your nonprofit is all about.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 3, 2021

They know that not investing in such education can result in missing a beat or a donation—or lots of them. Learning is about a free exchange of ideas among colleagues. As a result, they funneled their learnings into a matching gift campaign and raised more than five times the campaign’s projected fundraising goal. .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Public ideas about health are changing rapidly as a result of technology, medical research, and preventive and wellness services. The move resulted in 95 million fewer cigarette packs sold and a 4% increase in nicotine patch purchases. Purpose-Driven Companies use a Purpose Mindset to Advance Measurable Goals.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Encourages innovation and creativity A culture of continuous learning can inspire employees to be more innovative and creative, leading to new ideas and solutions that benefit the organization. Unless the program is structured with a scientific approach and rationale, it may not produce substantial results.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Encourages innovation and creativity A culture of continuous learning can inspire employees to be more innovative and creative, leading to new ideas and solutions that benefit the organization. Unless the program is structured with a scientific approach and rationale, it may not produce substantial results.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Encourages innovation and creativity A culture of continuous learning can inspire employees to be more innovative and creative, leading to new ideas and solutions that benefit the organization. Unless the program is structured with a scientific approach and rationale, it may not produce substantial results.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

It’s a strategic, multi-faceted approach with a very clearly defined need and goal. Post the results of what was raised on social media. Images or drawings of your campaign goal: Help your donors envision the end result of your online campaign. Act disappointed in your results, even if you don’t come close to your goal.

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Qgiv

MARCH 21, 2022

Relying on staff alone to run your auction can result in long lines and means longer set up and tear down time. The goal with your theme is to make it memorable. Instead, offer pictures of these items and keep them secured safely offsite. The shirt sales helped them reach 107% of their $27,500 fundraising goal.

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