Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI. Not adding social-networking icons to your website. Blogging is the glue that holds your social-media strategy together. Craziness!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? Please summarize your ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? I identified a trend forming with social networking, and set up our very first profile. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Absolutely email.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

The successful use of social media requires a significant time investment. To be successful on the Social Web, nonprofits need to have a presence on mutliple social networks and should be consistently creating content that can be shared on the Social Web, such as blog posts, photos, and videos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 7, 2011

Rather that keeping them separate, once they are merged to compliment one another, your nonprofit’s ROI begins to grow exponentially. To begin, here are five ways to integrate social media into your nonprofit’s website: 1) Add social networking icons to your homepage. Forest Ethics :: www.forestethics.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

The estimates below allow for the time required to research and create content for your social media campaigns, the actual time spent engaging and participating in your nonprofit’s online communities, and the time necessary to monitor and report ROI. Deciding What Social Media Tools to Use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Social Media Roi Slidesbk. I’m doing a panel titled “Social Media ROI&# with Lauren Vargas from Radian 6 and moderated by Roz Lemieux from Fission Strategy. Here’s the description: Do you know what kind of an impact social media is having on your brand, mission, or bottom line? Is it worth it?

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2010

A couple of years ago I put together the "social network" calculator as a free resource to assess the opportunity cost of recruiting email subscribers and donors online. And if you're going to spend time on social media, and you aren't leveraging your email list to do so, you're doing things the hard way. The irony).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Who maintains your social media campaigns? We have two full-time, paid people working on social networking along with me. Please summarize your ROI.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 31, 2010

Women Who Tech’s thought provoking virtual panels offer the latest resources and tools for launching a successful startup, tools and apps to build your online community, Social Media ROI, and more. ROI of Social Networking. Among the sessions: Launching Your Own Startup. Female Ferocity.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide. To get access to Insights, to post ads, set up a Shop, and use Instagram Charitable Giving Tools, your nonprofit must have an Instagram Business Account.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

After spending all that energy and time researching, writing, and editing 75,000+ words about social and mobile media best practices for nonprofits – living and breathing it for three months straight – it was frustrating, heart-breaking, mind-boggling even to have to let it go and accept that the book was going to be imperfect.

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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. ” Social Media for Social Good is written as a how-to, step-by-step strategic plan for nonprofits in three parts: Web 1.0:

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Social Media Social Media Chapter 261

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The design and layout of your e-newsletter in order to maximize online fundraising success and social media ROI (Return on Investment). Your nonprofit’s presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Google+, and other social networking websites. The design and content of your nonprofit’s blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI.

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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. A section of the e-newsletter entitled “Resource Spotlight” features a new tool in each edition. Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 e-Newsletter. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. Based in the U.K.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Though Facebook had gone public nine months previous, Facebook Groups were only just beginning to be used as community-building tools by nonprofits and Facebook Pages didn’t exist yet. The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

then as your numbers grow on social networks so will your e-newsletter and mobile lists which in turn significantly increases your fundraising success. There is also a science to social and mobile media. The foundation upon which all successful social and mobile campaigns are built is a well-designed, mobile compatible website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The design and layout of your e-newsletter in order to maximize online fundraising success and social media ROI (Return on Investment). Your nonprofit’s presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Google+, and other social networking websites. The design and content of your nonprofit’s blog.

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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. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 e-Newsletter. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

5% A social networking site (like Facebook). 5) Does your nonprofit poll your online donors about what communication tool inspired them most to donate on your Website? [ [link] ]. Which social networking sites does your organization have an “official&# presence/profile on? [ [link] ]. 13% Check/snail mail.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 30, 2014

A study conducted by Gartner last year stated that 80 percent of attempts to gain benefits from using social collaboration tools will not be seen until at least 2015. Wouldn’t you think most businessmen and women know how to use social collaboration tools and exchange information in feeds, forums and chatrooms by now?

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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. That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech for Good 2.0 Wordle is an online tool that allows you to easily create word clouds.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 22, 2009

By now, even your grandmother knows social media is hot, but what’s the ROI on that social networking? Even for nonprofits on a tight budget, there are plenty of good monitoring tools. Widgets Social networking Facebook Twitter analytics social media YouTube LinkedIn. read more ). read more ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2013

My guess as to why is that many nonprofits are still trying to master the Social Web and all its tools. According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, as of August 2012 40% of Americans access social networking sites using a mobile device and 28% do so daily (not including tablet browsing).

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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. They usually have the staff, passion, resources, and training necessary to make a new tool succeed if it has any possibility of succeeding. Learn basic HTML.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? As for the least useful tool, I find it hard to pick any one in particular.

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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. ” Social Media for Social Good is written as a how-to, step-by-step strategic plan for nonprofits in three parts: Web 1.0:

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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. Despite popular memes that social media is “Free!” 2) Ask for a social media budget.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Care2

MAY 27, 2009

While we’ve seen explosive growth in use of social networks ( NYT reported last week that time spent on social networks has exceeded that of emai l ) many organizations are asking how do you effectively deploy a social media strategy and what is the return on investment (ROI)?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2009

He's an example of one of my loose ties strengthened through online social networks. It's also an example of how online social networks can connect you to people in your professional area who may not have met and open the door to valuable informal learning. Then look at the tools. Then look at the tools.

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