Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The new design places focus on where the vast majority of ROI (Return on Investment) for your nonprofit comes from on Facebook… the Status Updates. That said, there are seven things that nonprofits need to know about the new Facebook Pages. The new design has been in the works for over a year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

This is the seventh post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 9, 2011

Ninety percent of your nonprofit’s success on Facebook is dependent upon the Admin who manages your Facebook Page. If she or he doesn’t have the personality or passion to elicit Comments and Thumbs Ups in response to their Status Updates, then the ROI from your Facebook Page will be minimal. org :: facebook.com/350.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. The range of nonprofits using social media and their subsequent levels of commitment vary widely — as do their expertise, implementation and, of course, return on investment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 14, 2012

One of the most important lessons that all nonprofit social media managers need to learn is that social media is constantly in flux. Rather than lamenting this new reality, a good social media manager will adapt quickly. Once you get accustomed to a tool, it changes in an attempt to reinvent itself.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 As of last month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 received 93,000 visits and as traffic grows consistently from month to month so does my ROI. Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Share and Comment on Breaking News. received 13,000 visitors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

The vast of majority of nonprofits love Facebook too. Yet recently, I sense some frustration with Facebook from nonprofits. I think the time has come for nonprofits to examine Facebook a little deeper. 1) Nonprofits have been advertising Facebook for free to untold millions for years, and Facebook has yet to return the favor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2009

My first instinct is that the changes below are going to significantly impact nonprofits, and in some cases, not in a good way. I think those nonprofits with national and international brand recognition, lots of fans, and technical resources will benefit and the changes will hardly affect them. Engagement is now a lot more important.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

If you haven’t yet noticed, three very important changes have been made that significantly effect your organization’s Facebook community: 1) Status Updates are no longer guaranteed to get exposure in the News Feed. More are seemingly showing up in the News Feed > Most Recent view, but definitely not all.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 25, 2012

My Return on Investment (ROI) from using Pinterest to promote Nonprofit Organizations is somewhere between minimal and better-than-expected, but using the site on a regular basis has fundamentally changed how I think about social media and the people who use it. Photos with Your Nonprofit’s Logo or Avatar.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

By actively bringing together different departments and leading discussions around revenue diversification, you can set measurable goals, evaluate the ROI of each funding source, and make informed decisions about where to invest time and resources. The good news? Diversifying funding doesn’t have to be a massive overhaul.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Thanks to the Social Web, there is no shortage of possible topics for your nonprofit to blog about. Still, understand that the content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI. Still, understand that the content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI. Share and Comment on Breaking News.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2012

View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create and manage a Facebook Page for your nonprofit. Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create and manage a Facebook Page for your nonprofit. Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

This is the fourth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

There are now over 143 million blogs on the Internet and when I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Many nonprofits don’t consider blogging either because they think they need to blog everyday and that it would be too time consuming, or they have no idea what to blog about. Share breaking news. Share resources. Write your own.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2013

View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create and manage a Facebook Page for your nonprofit. Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2012

View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create and manage a Facebook Page for your nonprofit. Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. Most nonprofit Thank You’s are still long, text-intensive messages which more often than not these days feel cumbersome and overwhelming to supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

By Stephanie Kanak , Content Strategist at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. We surveyed over 700 nonprofits to find out what advice they’d give themselves and others about fundraising in the new normal. Many nonprofits rely heavily on in-person fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. The ROI for us is measured in lives saved more than just the money raised to do so. What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 2, 2010

Over the last few weeks I have been running a Facebook Advertising experiment for the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page. Purchasing advertising did not increase my fan base or help my Status Updates show up in the News Feed > Top News. That’s the new Facebook. The results are below: 1. It’s time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. It is clearly not a fad, and yet the vast majority of nonprofits have zero budgets for social media.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

To better understand how nonprofits have been investing or will invest in various technologies, "The State of Nonprofit Technology" survey will look at nonprofit organizations' technology investments, as well as the corresponding ROI for those investments.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2012

View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create and manage a Facebook Page for your nonprofit. Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 10, 2012

This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create a Facebook Page for your nonprofit. The webinar also demonstrates how to add Apps and highlights what Apps are best for nonprofits.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Email marketing for nonprofits is a powerful tool that can do much more for your brand than just raising awareness. Investing in strategic email marketing can amplify your fundraising return on investment (ROI), engage supporters personally, and rally even more people to champion your mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. below are 33 of must-read updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Replace the “Web 1.0: The Mobile Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

My e-newsletter is by far the driving force behind Nonprofit Tech 2.0. Those 27,000+ subscribers produce more return on investment (ROI) in terms of bringing in new clients and webinar attendees than my 600,000+ Twitter followers and 40,000+ Facebook fans combined. Human Rights Watch e-Newsletter :: Subscribe.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Except for a short test in 2009 , your nonprofit’s Facebook Fans have never seen all your posts and as most of us have by now have realized, the percentage that do has gotten significantly smaller over time. According to Facebook Help: When you create a list, you’ll see the best posts from that list in your main News Feed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

On the day that I submitted the final manuscript of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits to McGraw-Hill, Facebook launched Timeline for Pages. here are 22 of must-read updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits : 1. Know that using third-party apps decreases ROI if not used carefully.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. I am tracking the ROI. I track the ROI a few ways. (1) Summary of ROI. What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? We have over 70 affiliates in the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 in the newly released Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. The best practice listed below are result of spending the last three years maintaining and building the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. for Nonprofits. for Nonprofits.

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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. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

The number of low-cost or free online resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 26, 2013

View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create and manage a Facebook Page for your nonprofit. Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Did you know that small nonprofits have an average 1.26 IT staff members , and that larger nonprofits average 8.56 ? According to a 2012 infographic from NTEN , nonprofits have miniscule budgets when it comes to IT support and services, but realize the important role technology plays in their organization. Believe it.

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