Posts In Category: Marketing

Teens and Social Media: Consider This Resource

Posted on May 26, 2015 by | No comments
using social media to connect with teens

Though they may be too young to be viable donors or join your board of directors, teenagers still have a lot to contribute to the nonprofit sector. If your volunteer roster consists of even a few teens, you should be looking for creative way to utilize and learn from them. Have questions about Twitter, Instagram, […]

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Is THRED the Next Mobile and Social Media Sensation? 

Posted on May 19, 2015 by | No comments
Is THRED what's next for social media

The guy who brought you SimCity and The Sims, Will Wright, launched his new mobile app last week. THRED brings a series of photos, memes or Internet images together so that users can customize, caption, and string them together to tell a story. The app is pretty simple. You can select photos from your phone’s […]

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3 Reasons Social Media Matters to Your Nonprofit

Posted on May 8, 2015 by | 2 comments
Good Fundraising Ideas for your social media strategy

Need help constructing your nonprofit’s social media strategy? We are happy to help! All too often, nonprofits (and for-profits, too!) jump into the social media world of posts and tweets impulsively.  While those first retweets or likes might seem incredibly, instantaneously gratifying- they may only be providing your cause a small percentage of the engagement potential. Or, […]

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Fashion and Philanthropy: Interview with Fashion Project’s Anna Palmer

Posted on May 1, 2015 by | No comments
Fashion and Philanthropy Anna Palmer

For as far back as I can remember, I’d set my heart on a career in fashion. In 1992, I packed one (very large) suitcase, bought a one-way plane ticket to JFK, and moved to New York City to embark on some life that would connect my love for publishing with fashion. Undoubtedly, I would work at […]

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Tips on Flawlessly Hosting a Nonprofit Event

Posted on April 27, 2015 by | No comments

NEWaukee Speaker Crawl: A modern spin on a traditional nonprofit event   Not every event can give you an experience with dinosaurs as the backdrop. But that’s exactly what the NEWaukee Speaker Crawl did for its young professional participants. Combining traditional and modern event tactics, NEWaukee, a social architecture firm in Milwaukee, executed an event […]

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The Secret of Viral Social Media Campaigns?

Posted on April 16, 2015 by | No comments
Viral Social Media Campaigns panel

Creating a successful social campaign is hard to do. Creating a viral social media campaign is one and a million, but it’s possible. I joined Social Media for Nonprofits at their first Leadership Salon panel to learn the secrets of success from the ALS Association’s #icebucketchallenge and the CleverGirlsCollection’s #batkid. The Ice Bucket Challenge generated […]

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The Power of Storytelling with Storify

Posted on April 16, 2015 by | No comments
Storytelling using storify

Pack one powerful punch by combining the strength of all your social media platforms. Storify is where social media comes together to, yes, tell a story! This application affords you a very easy way to enhance storytelling and increase productivity.   “Storify helps make sense of what people post on social media.” The easy “drop […]

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With #IceBucketChallenge in the Rear View, Where Does Fundraising Go from Here?

Posted on April 15, 2015 by | No comments
Ice Bucket Challenge

This article was originally posted on NPEngage  Last summer we saw an incredible phenomenon in the nonprofit sector—the ALS Association received close to $115M from 2.6M donors in a record one-month period. It was faster and greater than any such social fundraising campaign in the number of donors, from all walks of life—from President Bush, […]

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