Last week when I got on Facebook, I saw an ad at the side of my timeline for a wedding website. After I cried a little at the fact that I am so far away from planning a wedding, I thought to myself, “Wow – that company really hasn’t narrowed down their audience very […]
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Is your organization getting enough “likes”, shares, and comments? Would you like to see better results from your social media efforts? Take time to explore new ways to boost your social media presence and maximize engagement with your supporters. First and foremost, be sure to have a social media strategy. If you don’t have one, […]
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by James Zackal Is your organization using Facebook but gaining little feedback? While Facebook is a great tool for audience engagement, who doesn’t want to improve feedback? In 8 Ways to Improve Your Facebook Engagement, Social Media Examiner examines ways to keep your audience engaged, informed, and entertained. Photos & Video Posts with images […]
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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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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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I call this series More than a Millennial. A series where I profile Millennials who, I think, are doing some really incredible things – young people who ignore all of the flack our generation catches and continue to do incredible things each day to change the world. On the last edition of More than a […]
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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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This post was originally published on NTEN‘s site, and is being shared here with their permission: M+R and NTEN’s 2015 Nonprofit Benchmarks Report returns for the ninth year, the ultimate guide to nonprofit industry standards for online fundraising, advocacy, and list building. The data from the nonprofits we survey is big. So big, it couldn’t […]
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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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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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