Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

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. Pitch to “Follow” on social networking sites in every issue. e-Newsletters Mobile Technology Social Media'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Brands that blog report 97% more links to their website and 434% more indexed pages in search engines. First, blogging allows your nonprofit to have a consistent stream of new content use in your e-newsletter and share on social media which increases traffic to your website and awareness of your nonprofit’s brand.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. 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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

Small nonprofits that are not in a position to hire a part- or full-time social media manager should limit themselves to one or two social networks and place the highest priority on their website, email communications, and online fundraising campaigns. Feedback (1 hour weekly): To track and report on success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

All day, everyday the online masses are being bombarded with terrible news. Today, there’s a defining silence – not because people don’t care, but because the constant barrage of bad news is perpetuating the feeling that our problems are insurmountable and that people can not make a positive impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

Via BBC News Magazine : . But internet users of the same race have recently begun clustering on certain social media websites. The mainstream media and higher education essentially flipped out over the “dangers of social networking,” and Myspace took the brunt of it. Watch Video.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. Diversify your news sources. The best social media managers have a voracious appetite for news and current affairs. Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

According to the Global NGO Technology Report , 44% of nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use WordPress.org as their content management system (CMS) for their website ( 7% use Drupal and 3% use Joomla ). Prominently feature your “Donate” button, e-newsletter opt-in, and social network icons. that your nonprofit uses.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Six months ago I came pretty close to complete social media burnout. I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. If you are managing numerous social networking profiles Monday-Friday, then you need some down time on Saturday and Sunday.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Social media moves very quickly, and your nonprofit will fall behind or miss opportunities to explore the “Next Big Thing&# if your social media manager is not regularly browsing these blogs for breaking news about tools, upgrades, and emerging trends. Well-written, timely content is what drives the Social Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 11, 2011

The good news is that the upgrades signal that Facebook is working towards merging these three types of pages (when possible), thus making managing your nonprofit’s presence on Facebook much easier: 1) Facebook Pages are now displayed under “Info > Education and Work&# on personal Facebook Profiles.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Facebook has decided to block both Australian users and media companies from sharing links to news articles and related content on its main social network, following the country’s proposed landmark regulatory measure that would force tech giants to pay Australian news organizations for using their content.

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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. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. It’s a throwback from social networking circa 2006.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 28, 2014

The nonprofit social media platform was pretty much dominated by Facebook and Twitter until Instagram came along. Instagram is quickly catching the two social networking giants and is not expected to stop. If your nonprofit sells anything, anything at all, Pinterest is a must have in your 2014 social media arsenal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Digital Payments on Social Networks. Must-Read: Millennial Impact Report. Must-Read: Diversity in Giving Report. Live Reporting Using Social Media. Since the release of Facebook Live , Facebook video exposure has increased 360% across everyone’s news feed. 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

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. billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. First impressions are important on social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

Social networking communities are migrant communities, but that’s another blog post. I am happy to report that Facebook has authenticated the Nonprofit Organizations Page and the Page is now officially “Official&#. I would have been incredibly annoyed if at 10,000 fans the Page would have lost News Feed exposure.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

Share statistics, facts, and news related to your cause. Position your nonprofit as a trusted resource on social issues to establish authority. Share financial reports, impact assessments, and breakdowns of where the funds go. Ask followers for input on an upcoming campaign or what they want to see more of on your platforms.

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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. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Thanks to the Social Web, there is no shortage of possible topics for your nonprofit to blog about. Share and Comment on Breaking News. One of the more effective ways to generate buzz for and traffic to your blog is to tap into the breaking news cycle. Post Calls to Action. Provide Organizational Updates.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Working together, citizens could piece together news stories as well as facts from witnesses as they emerged to create the most complete picture of events.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Social good organizations will also be needed to apply pressure on institutions to prioritize diplomacy, human rights, to act on climate change, and to protect the world’s remaining biodiversity. Must-Read: WWF’s Living Planet Report 2016. Source: 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report. Source: WorldPopData.org.

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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. Share and Comment on Breaking News. One of the more effective ways to generate buzz for and traffic to your blog is to tap into the breaking news cycle. Post Calls to Action. Provide Organizational Updates.

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Ideas Content Nonprofit Interview 225

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2014

: The Rockefeller Foundation – “The World Bank recently published a noble and important report with answers to the question Is anyone reading our reports and publications? The short version is, Facebook has the ability to make you feel good or bad, just by tweaking what shows up in your news feed.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 5, 2014

Action Items (Mobile-optimize donate page, launch presence on Instagram, host Google+ Hangout, rebrand social networks, etc.). Track and report success in a Social Media ROI spreadsheet. Add the icons and URLs of your social networks. ? . - Goals (Increase traffic, followers, donations, etc.).

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The Verge

APRIL 29, 2021

Reuters reported the news on Thursday, saying independent journalists could begin applying for the program today. The company is prioritizing reporters in areas without an existing news source — sometimes called “news deserts” — who plan to cover “Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian or other audiences of color.”.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

MySpace was and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. Recent reports have alluded to class and race divisions between MySpace and Facebook users. As a regualr MySpace user, there is no denying that MySpace is more diverse than any other social networking site.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

For mobile social networkers, Viddy is a must-download. Live-streaming is ideal for reporting live from conferences, fundraisers, and protests. TwtPoll enables nonprofits to create polls that can be shared on Twitter or any any other social network. report back from Wimbledon. USTREAM :: ustream.tv.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. The site currently has 1.6

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

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. Positive news about your mission and programs. With so much stressful, depressing news in the world today, positive news stands out. Twitter can be mean.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government. I’ve spent some time taking a look at various reports, studies, and International organizations and the use of networks and social media. Benchmark Studies and Examples.

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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. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook.

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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. Now the social network is attempting to shine more light on the content it surpresses but doesn't remove entirely. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 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. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook.

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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. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook.

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