Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Social network communities are highly responsive to giving and promoting your nonprofit’s cause on cause awareness days and provided your nonprofit prepares at least one month in advance, cause awareness days provide ample opportunity to create visual and text-based content that inspires engagement and interaction on your social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 5, 2012

For the mobile social media manager, Instagram is a must-download photo-sharing smartphone app – and with more than 80 million users who to date have shared over four billion photos – its quickly becoming a community that early adopter nonprofits have added to their regular list of must-do’s.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

“I think that the core idea that software can change the way that people interact with the world is still meaningful and unsolved in many ways, and that’s what keeps drawing me back to the challenge.” But that was like 13 or 14 years ago, and technology has changed,” Crowley tells TechCrunch.

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NetWits

JULY 12, 2011

Bottom line – nonprofits are having some success in connecting with new constituents and generating action, but the social network works best when requiring a low level of commitment. Like other studies have noted, social networks like Facebook are not raising much money. hours per week on the social network.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Meanwhile, the unique blocking mechanics of the audio social network Clubhouse — and their enthusiastic use by the platform’s lead investors — have raised questions about whether people in positions of power should be blocking to avoid public scrutiny. That scrutiny is necessary and good. But privacy is necessary and good, too.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

Be genuine in your interactions. Interact frequently with followers. 100s of the world’s top nonprofits trust GoodUnited to help grow their mission on social networks – including Susan G. Show real humans talking to the camera through videos and storytelling. Don’t fake it. Authenticity builds trust.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The photo essay should be published on your website or blog and ensure that a donate button, e-newsletter subscribe option, and social network icons are prominently featured. When titling your essay, think like a journalist and craft titles that are more likely to receive interaction and engagement on social media.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

All this innovation birthed a new type of website – one that’s not driven by a specific non-profit, but is focused on individual people and their online networks. Social media for social good is grassroots organizing, fundraising and impact in the digital world. 1) Crowdrise – [link]. 4) Razoo – [link].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

It’s very common for nonprofits to assume that volunteers and interns can effectively manage their mobile and social media presence simply because they are young and came of age during the rise of social networking. HTML looks much more intimidating than it actually is, and all new media managers should be skilled in basic HTML.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 30, 2013

Some of the most current and meaningful stats about nonprofits and the digital realm, from sources such as Nonprofit Tech For Good , Waggener Edstrom , TechSoup , and the Artez Interactive. Social media: 56% of people donated to an organization because they read a story via social media.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

Google+ , the latest iteration on social networking from Google, is here. Now, your sharing and connecting settings apply to much more of the web than just your social networking profile. When joining, the presence of ad-recommending data was very clear. Note: I am connected directly with Debra, but not with Andy).

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

It is easy to overlook some small aspects of Twitter, that’s why we’ve compiled this list of simple things you can do to help increase interaction on your nonprofits Twitter account according to Julia Claire Campbell of JC Social Marketing. Interact directly with followers. Entice your followers to interact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Who maintains your social media campaigns? I am a full-time employee of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and as the Social Media Manager I manage all the social networking efforts for the organization. 1) Using Google Analytics to track referrals to www.pancan.org from social networking outlets. (2)

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Share what you do and ask for enewsletter subscriptions on social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc). In fact, we know that 86% of Blackbaud customers participate on social networks and over 90% of non-profits in the world participate on at least one social network. How To Write Effective Emails.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Based in the U.K.,

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Byte Technology

APRIL 20, 2017

Well, if you have, then it’s time to check out heat-mapping, programs that help you gain insights into user interactions such as where on your site they click, what specific areas they explore more than others and generally how they use your site for their purposes. Here are a handful worth investigating and implementing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

The donation process is not interactive or public. Web 2.0 = Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites. It’s one person or organization publishing content to many on social networking sites who then re-publish your content to their friends, fans, followers, connections, etc. It’s one-way communication.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

When Ashley Sumner designed and launched Quilt, it was meant to be a response to digital social networking, preferring creating authentic in-person interactions between people who didn’t necessarily know each other. Quilt, an audio social network focused on self care, raises $3.5 million in seed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. LinkedIn Pages.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 28, 2014

Every day enormous strides are made in the industry that have the potential to change the way millions of individuals interact online. The nonprofit social media platform was pretty much dominated by Facebook and Twitter until Instagram came along. These sweeping changes are not something you or your nonprofit can afford to miss.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The recent Pew Internet & American Life Project report, The Demographics of Social Media Users, had many of the trends and findings aren’t shocking but a couple were more or less dramatic than I expected.

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

They belong to the major social networks—Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn—and are the few that deliver messages to the many. And they will do it through their social networks, all of which are the key to your fundraising efforts. To date, much of our conversation has been based on guesswork.

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NetWits

JUNE 23, 2011

The core of the sustainability chapter looks at best practices from a diverse group of nonprofits, companies and social networks; Care2, Dell, the Humane Society of the United States, LinkedIn, and Wiser Earth. Every single one of the organizations measured their social media and how the community used it.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 20, 2013

Experiment with more dynamic charts, like social network maps, tree map, floating charts, and even infographics, which are great for a whole mess of charts. Also, talk to your organization’s web developer and see if there is way to make the data more interactive. Chart diversity. There is a wide variety of charts.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 9, 2014

15% Social / Networking events. A major contributing factor to depression is isolation and volunteering encourages consistent interactions with others. Here’s a list of the top reasons volunteers keep coming back, according to volunteer consultancy company , Software Advice : 27% convenient scheduling. Click Here!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

For over 10 years Heather has been my primary reference point and mentor for all things pertaining to online community management and social networking for nonprofits. If I want to find out who is doing social media correctly, I always look to Heather’s blog and tweets. Publisher: McGraw-Hill. Testimonials.

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NetWits

MARCH 31, 2011

A non-profit tech (#NPTech), communications and interactive strategy guy who’s all about helping non-profits and people for a living. He worked at the American Cancer Society (ACS) for 9 years directing their web and interactive strategy. and how the future of online fundraising is heavily tied to peoples social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. It’s a throwback from social networking circa 2006.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. It’s a throwback from social networking circa 2006.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Based in the U.K.,

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TechImpact

JUNE 16, 2014

The inherent community nature, pervasiveness of the platform, and the fact Facebook is constantly adding tools for nonprofits to better utilize the social network has made it the perfect choice for most nonprofits. But understanding how to increase your penetration of the social network is often a challenge for nonprofits.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Mark Cuban-backed streaming app Fireside , which today offers podcasters and other creators a way to host interactive, live shows with audience engagement, will soon expand to the TV’s big screen. Shows on Fireside’s platform could be streamed live to its app, recorded, saved, or even simulcast to other social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Based in the U.K.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Knowing basic HTML or using a tool like Live Writer to generate HtML can transform a nonprofit’s ROI (Return on Investment) from using social media. For mobile social networkers, Viddy is a must-download. TwtPoll enables nonprofits to create polls that can be shared on Twitter or any any other social network.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

New platforms like Crowdrise , Razoo , HelpAttack and many others are springing up along side establish platforms like Friends Asking Friends to help passionate individuals raise money through their social networks for causes they support. existing tight knit community that interacts with the spokesperson on behalf of the cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 22, 2011

It’s important to remember that much of the interaction on Foursquare occurs on mobile devices, so if you have any mobile websites or campaigns be sure to add those links: 4. When launching social media campaigns it’s always wise to prepare for the worst-case scenario by having at least two admins for each account.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

South by South West Interactive 2011 is upon us. There are a ton of great activities, networking opportunities and sessions focused on the non-profit space this year – one of which Blackbaud will be moderating. It’s that time again. Moderator: Frank Barry – Blackbaud.

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