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This is a small excerpt from my book, How to Build and Mobilize a Social Media Community for Your Nonprofit in 90 Days, out now! . Internal Social Media Policies. Model good behaviors of productive sharing and positive participation on social media. . MORE
We asked you to put eight social networks in “order of importance to your nonprofit’s communications strategy in 2015.” ” This is what that ranking looks like as of today: Which social networks will be most important to nonprofits in 2015 (preliminary data from the 2015 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report). While Facebook is still in the lead, other social networks are gaining ground. MORE
Contributing writer Antionette Kerr is back with another edition, this time on social media storytelling and some bonus tips on Snapchat. This penchant for emotional storytelling runs throughout the organization’s social media, into its well-established brand, and corporate America seems to LOVE IT! Most of the images were previously shared on some other form of social media. . Nonprofit Communications Showdown Social Networking Storytelling MORE
All of these characteristics add up to the perfect storm on social media! How can you celebrate February 29th and the Leap Year overall on social media? ” on your social networks. Social Media 2020 leap year social media fun MORE
The social media that get all the ink have one thing in common: they are open to everyone. But House (or Private) Social Networks are gaining ground among nonprofits. The third annual Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report notes that 13% of nonprofits operate at least one – and among those nonprofits, 42% started up their house networks in the past year. MORE
Nonprofits small and large dived into social media last year, and some found huge success – but many did not get the results that they expected. I hear these social media laments all the time from nonprofits: “Social media algorithms have killed our engagement this year.”. “It’s Before I provide some tactical advice on how to get more social media engagement, we need some real talk on algorithms. Experiment with paid social media ads. MORE
Creating social networks before anyone knew what they were. In 2001, long before ‘social network’ was a concept bandied about by anyone trying to explain what brings together more than a half-dozen people, four young Canadians wanted to start a company and then build a product from it. Like any network of peers, colleagues, browsers… you tend to get out what you put in. MORE
Think about social media as a way to open the doors of your organization to new guests and friends. But unlike hosting guests at you home for an hour or two, social media is open to guests 24/7. Because of the constant accessibility of social media, keeping profiles tidy all the time is a must. Always include a short description about your organization and a link back to your website in your social media profiles’ “about” section. MORE
Last Tuesday, I presented a workshop on social media crisis communications for the Virginia Association of Fund Raising Executives and I’m sharing the deck with you here. Crisis Communications in Social Media for Nonprofits from Kivi Leroux Miller. I’ve saved a bunch of great links with more resources on social media crisis communications for you. Tomorrow I’ll share the deck from Friday’s workshop on social media fundraising. MORE
True, social media is considered by some researchers to be more addictive than sex , so we might be temped to carry our work home with us – or do it in the car when no one is looking. But if you want efficient toys, er, tools , for monitoring and updating your business’s social media, we’d like to suggest a few dashboards that can cull your various accounts into one place, allow scheduling of posts, and offer ways to save and/or reply to specific messages. MORE
There are a myriad of benefits that can be gained through a strategic online foray into nonprofit social media storytelling – benefits that will resonate throughout the entire organization, from donors to clients to staff. Increased media attention. MORE
You’ve probably been cautioned to avoid using social media as a fundraising tool and to focus instead on donor “engagement” – which will someday lead to fundraising opportunities. What about all of those nonprofits using social media to raise money right now? Can you create a social media strategy that does both? Here are six different ways that I see social media and fundraising fitting together. MORE
The draw of the story about the media-streaming service raising its rates by over 60% earlier this week (a raise that will not have an impact on current subscribers until the fall) is how Netflix’s subscribers jumped all over the service via their social networks and Facebook. Netflix runs the risk of enduring a social-media backlash akin to that endured by BP during last year’s terrible oil-platform disaster and leak. Image via Wikipedia. MORE
Last week, I asked for your thoughts on how your newsletter has changed , including how your organization’s use of social media has affected your newsletter, whether print or online. Of the 299 people who had answered this particular question when I pulled the data yesterday, a third said that social media had little to no effect , because. The other two-thirds described several ways in which social media has changed their newsletters , mostly in positive ways. MORE
I’m speaking at the Essex County Community Foundation’s Institute for Trustees on March 22 , and the topic is “Online Marketing & Social Media: What a Board Member Needs to Know” If you’ve seen me speak, you know I cram in a ton of information into my sessions, and this one is just one hour. Here it is, as a free JPG for you to download: Julia’s Nonprofit Social Media Checklist. Julia’s Nonprofit Social Media Checklist. MORE
One very popular use of the dashboard concept is to monitor social media conversations about your organizations and issues. Christina Johns, online media manager for the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews uses Netvibes. I’ve also used Google Translate and set up Hebrew keywords to monitor our organization in Israeli media well. Here are some resources to help you create your own social media dashboard: Say What? MORE
Pairing your nonprofit storytelling with social media is a smart tactic for engaging supporters and inspiring them to take action. Here ''s why it works : It''s d ynamic: Social media makes it easy to combine text, photos, video and interactive elements to tell a richer story than just words alone. It puts stories f ront and center: For many, social media is part of a daily routine. Think outside the box when presenting your stories via social media. MORE
Think because your organization caters to seniors, you don’t need social media? One of my biggest tasks is increasing awareness of our beautiful community and all it offers, and one of the ways I seek to do this is through using social media. I was pretty familiar with using social media for my own personal purposes, but I wasn’t quite sure what role it could play in marketing a senior community. Kerry Barnes and Frances. MORE
True, social media is considered by some researchers to be more addictive than sex , so we might be temped to carry our work home with us – or do it in the car when no one is looking. But if you want efficient tools for monitoring and updating your business’s social media, we’d like to suggest a few dashboards that can cull your various accounts into one place, allow scheduling of posts, and offer ways to save and/or reply to specific messages. MORE
Today we are going to tackle social media. 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report (NTEN, Common Knowledge and Blackbaud). Convio focused more on email and websites than social media, so we’ll focus on the last two here. Overall, social media use by nonprofits has seen significant growth, especially in their Facebook and Twitter communities. 43% budget $0 for their social networking activities. MORE
Market Research Nonprofit Communications Social Networking TrendsWe've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. MORE
Social Media for Social Good Academy 2.0 So I’ll spare you the “why social media is essential to nonprofits” lecture. . 90% of NGOs worldwide regularly use social media to engage their supporters and donors. Social Media for Social Good Academy 2.0 MORE
On Friday, I taught a workshop called Social Media: Your On-Ramp to Future Fundraising at the annual conference of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits. Social Media: Your On-Ramp to Future Fundraising from Kivi Leroux Miller. While everyone wants to focus on peer-to-peer fundraising in social media, you can actually use social media to support your fundraising in many different ways, including the six ways we focused on. MORE
A: Brad Bumgardner, our interpretive naturalist at Indiana Dunes State Park and one of our most savvy social media users, first noticed something similar with marshmallows on the South Dakota State Parks page. Q: Were you specifically looking for a social media strategy? Q: Was a significant part of the campaign focused on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest or other social media outlets, too? Julia Reich. MORE
Nonprofit Communications Social Networking TrendsWe've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. MORE
If your nonprofit is still doing an e-newsletter over here and doing social media over there , as if they were two people who only occasionally glance at each other from across the room, you have some matchmaking to do. It’s time to marry your e-newsletter and social media strategies. Clarify the WHY and the WHAT of your e-newsletter and social media. Integrate and sync up your email and social media lists. MORE
Creating a vibrant, effective, and workable social media storytelling strategy can be daunting for many nonprofits, especially small and grassroots organizations with little to no staff capacity or tech savvy. This one answer should guide all of your social media storytelling efforts and provide the backbone of your strategy. 2) Consider What We Know About Social Media. We know that trust in social media channels is declining. MORE
Here are a few more of my favorites, this time on social media and mobile specifically. Half of Boomers use social media, as do a 1/3 of people over 65. We’ve also shared stats on nonprofit email trends , online fundraising trends and social media trends. Mobile Nonprofit Communications Nonprofit Marketing Strategy Online Marketing Social Networking Trends MORE
Most nonprofits understand the potential power of social media to connect with both old and new supporters, advocates, and clients. But have you considered how social media like blogging, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube can be used to increase your organization’s accountability to and transparency with those same people? Social media can help you improve your accountability in seven ways. Social media is about the here and now. MORE
The draw of the story about the media-streaming service raising its rates by over 60% earlier this week (a raise that will not have an impact on current subscribers until the fall) is how Netflix’s subscribers jumped all over the service via their social networks and Facebook. Netflix runs the risk of enduring a social-media backlash akin to that endured by BP during last year’s terrible oil-platform disaster and leak. Image via Wikipedia. MORE
Social Networking podcast social goodWe've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. MORE
Difficult to say that social networks have already grown to be mature means of communication. Moreover, some platforms shoot wide and far ( vis Facebook for everyone), while others target a specific subset of the social-media community ( vis Epernicus for the scientific community). Indeed, catch the attention of a person or peer group with some real social-media clout, and you could see a sudden amplification of interest. MORE
Something is always going on with that social platform and it makes the news almost every day. big data Facebook Mobile app Nonprofit organization Oreo social media social networking Tinder Image via Digital Inspiration Let''s talk about Facebook this week. MORE
You know you want to… We are often extolling the virtues of particular social-networking platforms or encouraging specific strategies to reach out to your audience(s) across these platforms. When moving through the ‘tubes’ of our social networks, it is easy to think that each post we prepare is the most important one ever and that if we don’t get to each post on our nonprofit’s wall we’ll be upsetting a potential volunteer or donor. MORE
A definition of irony: using social media to encourage you to find ways to trim your time on social media. Here are some recommendations to rethink how you are using your time and mental energies on social networks. of social networks is that they can throw new information about unexpected developments at you without warning. Give yourself time throughout the day to check on your social networks. MORE
Nonprofits use social media platforms every single day to connect with constituents , raise awareness for causes, and collect donations. However, simply having 1,000 Facebook fans or 200 Twitter followers is not the best indication of social media success. MORE
Nonprofits often ask me – What is the one piece of advice you can give to help us achieve social media success? Not to mention that “social media success” looks different for every organization. Slow and steady wins the social media race. Don’t give up on a social network because it’s not doing exactly what you want it to do immediately. This is not brain surgery – its social media. MORE
A flurry of questions came in at the end of today’s webinar on Writing for Social Media, so I’m going to try to quickly answer a bunch of them here. This sounds to me like there might be bigger issue with someone not really appreciating how social media works and how it is different from other more traditional forms of communication. February 16: Social Media Fear Factor: Getting Over What’s Holding You Back. MORE
Between answering emails, making phone calls to supporters, editing the annual appeal letter and coordinating fundraising events, who has time to maintain more than one social media site? Use a simple Social Media Calendar: To plan a month or more worth of social media posts; To manage all online communications that go out during the week; To avoid that middle-of-the-day dread when you have yet to post to Facebook or send a tweet. MORE
The pressure to generate social media miracles. Start by reviewing the Pew Foundation’s recent Social Media report ( great summary here ). Follow with these four steps to get the social media monkey off of your back: Get to know your people. Pew tells us that more older adults are on social media than ever before, especially Facebook, while younger adults 18-29 are visual platforms like Instagram. Social Media Pressure. MORE
Wouldn’t life be easier if you didn’t have to read through pages and pages of blog posts in order to figure what works best on what social networks? My handy dandy Social Media Essentials Cheat Sheet in a one-page download that quickly reminds you what type of content works on different networks, how often to post and how to get fans engaged. It also has a quick reference guide for the Six G’s of Social Media Marketing. MORE
You’ve undoubtedly heard that to amplify your nonprofit marketing, you need a strategy to create and share great videos on your website and social media channels. Video is the best performing content type on social. Understand why people share on social media. To get more shares, nonprofits need to understand the psychology behind social media and online sharing. To gain social capital. Social media is a value exchange. MORE
If you are planning on leveraging the social media power of that day to ask for donations, you probably know that you can’t do it alone. Carrying out an online fundraising campaign that needs social media to spread requires more than just your nonprofit’s Facebook Page or Twitter account. You need a critical mass of passionate people spreading the word about your campaign and raising money from their networks. Your social networks. MORE
If you’re a social-networks maven, you’ve probably heard a lot, perhaps even too much, about the exclusive/VIP/by-invite-only launch of Google+. My goal is simply to introduce some of the issues they raise, offer some resources for you to read about the features of each, and provide a bit of context about the mother-of-all-social-media-battles. Were you invited? MORE
J Campbell Social Marketing
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
This is a small excerpt from my book, How to Build and Mobilize a Social Media Community for Your Nonprofit in 90 Days, out now! . Internal Social Media Policies. Model good behaviors of productive sharing and positive participation on social media. .
J Campbell Social Marketing
JANUARY 22, 2020
Nonprofits use social media platforms every single day to connect with constituents , raise awareness for causes, and collect donations. However, simply having 1,000 Facebook fans or 200 Twitter followers is not the best indication of social media success.
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J Campbell Social Marketing
AUGUST 3, 2020
Social Media for Social Good Academy 2.0 So I’ll spare you the “why social media is essential to nonprofits” lecture. . 90% of NGOs worldwide regularly use social media to engage their supporters and donors. Social Media for Social Good Academy 2.0
Fundraising 123
JULY 19, 2013
Think about social media as a way to open the doors of your organization to new guests and friends. But unlike hosting guests at you home for an hour or two, social media is open to guests 24/7. Because of the constant accessibility of social media, keeping profiles tidy all the time is a must. Always include a short description about your organization and a link back to your website in your social media profiles’ “about” section.
Non Profit Marketing 360
JULY 13, 2011
The draw of the story about the media-streaming service raising its rates by over 60% earlier this week (a raise that will not have an impact on current subscribers until the fall) is how Netflix’s subscribers jumped all over the service via their social networks and Facebook. Netflix runs the risk of enduring a social-media backlash akin to that endured by BP during last year’s terrible oil-platform disaster and leak. Image via Wikipedia.
J Campbell Social Marketing
MAY 18, 2020
There are a myriad of benefits that can be gained through a strategic online foray into nonprofit social media storytelling – benefits that will resonate throughout the entire organization, from donors to clients to staff. Increased media attention.
J Campbell Social Marketing
JANUARY 28, 2020
All of these characteristics add up to the perfect storm on social media! How can you celebrate February 29th and the Leap Year overall on social media? ” on your social networks. Social Media 2020 leap year social media fun
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
On Friday, I taught a workshop called Social Media: Your On-Ramp to Future Fundraising at the annual conference of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits. Social Media: Your On-Ramp to Future Fundraising from Kivi Leroux Miller. While everyone wants to focus on peer-to-peer fundraising in social media, you can actually use social media to support your fundraising in many different ways, including the six ways we focused on.
Getting Attention
JANUARY 27, 2015
The pressure to generate social media miracles. Start by reviewing the Pew Foundation’s recent Social Media report ( great summary here ). Follow with these four steps to get the social media monkey off of your back: Get to know your people. Pew tells us that more older adults are on social media than ever before, especially Facebook, while younger adults 18-29 are visual platforms like Instagram. Social Media Pressure.
J Campbell Social Marketing
MAY 9, 2018
Creating a vibrant, effective, and workable social media storytelling strategy can be daunting for many nonprofits, especially small and grassroots organizations with little to no staff capacity or tech savvy. This one answer should guide all of your social media storytelling efforts and provide the backbone of your strategy. 2) Consider What We Know About Social Media. We know that trust in social media channels is declining.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
Nonprofit Communications Social Networking TrendsWe've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us.
Social Media Bird Brain
MARCH 26, 2014
Something is always going on with that social platform and it makes the news almost every day. big data Facebook Mobile app Nonprofit organization Oreo social media social networking Tinder Image via Digital Inspiration Let''s talk about Facebook this week.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JANUARY 20, 2011
A flurry of questions came in at the end of today’s webinar on Writing for Social Media, so I’m going to try to quickly answer a bunch of them here. This sounds to me like there might be bigger issue with someone not really appreciating how social media works and how it is different from other more traditional forms of communication. February 16: Social Media Fear Factor: Getting Over What’s Holding You Back.
Non Profit Marketing 360
JULY 16, 2012
Difficult to say that social networks have already grown to be mature means of communication. Moreover, some platforms shoot wide and far ( vis Facebook for everyone), while others target a specific subset of the social-media community ( vis Epernicus for the scientific community). Indeed, catch the attention of a person or peer group with some real social-media clout, and you could see a sudden amplification of interest.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
Think because your organization caters to seniors, you don’t need social media? One of my biggest tasks is increasing awareness of our beautiful community and all it offers, and one of the ways I seek to do this is through using social media. I was pretty familiar with using social media for my own personal purposes, but I wasn’t quite sure what role it could play in marketing a senior community. Kerry Barnes and Frances.
J Campbell Social Marketing
JANUARY 8, 2018
Nonprofits small and large dived into social media last year, and some found huge success – but many did not get the results that they expected. I hear these social media laments all the time from nonprofits: “Social media algorithms have killed our engagement this year.”. “It’s Before I provide some tactical advice on how to get more social media engagement, we need some real talk on algorithms. Experiment with paid social media ads.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
APRIL 25, 2011
One very popular use of the dashboard concept is to monitor social media conversations about your organizations and issues. Christina Johns, online media manager for the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews uses Netvibes. I’ve also used Google Translate and set up Hebrew keywords to monitor our organization in Israeli media well. Here are some resources to help you create your own social media dashboard: Say What?
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
We asked you to put eight social networks in “order of importance to your nonprofit’s communications strategy in 2015.” ” This is what that ranking looks like as of today: Which social networks will be most important to nonprofits in 2015 (preliminary data from the 2015 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report). While Facebook is still in the lead, other social networks are gaining ground.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
AUGUST 13, 2012
You’ve probably been cautioned to avoid using social media as a fundraising tool and to focus instead on donor “engagement” – which will someday lead to fundraising opportunities. What about all of those nonprofits using social media to raise money right now? Can you create a social media strategy that does both? Here are six different ways that I see social media and fundraising fitting together.
Non Profit Marketing 360
JUNE 7, 2012
Creating social networks before anyone knew what they were. In 2001, long before ‘social network’ was a concept bandied about by anyone trying to explain what brings together more than a half-dozen people, four young Canadians wanted to start a company and then build a product from it. Like any network of peers, colleagues, browsers… you tend to get out what you put in.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
Last Tuesday, I presented a workshop on social media crisis communications for the Virginia Association of Fund Raising Executives and I’m sharing the deck with you here. Crisis Communications in Social Media for Nonprofits from Kivi Leroux Miller. I’ve saved a bunch of great links with more resources on social media crisis communications for you. Tomorrow I’ll share the deck from Friday’s workshop on social media fundraising.
J Campbell Social Marketing
MARCH 17, 2015
Nonprofits often ask me – What is the one piece of advice you can give to help us achieve social media success? Not to mention that “social media success” looks different for every organization. Slow and steady wins the social media race. Don’t give up on a social network because it’s not doing exactly what you want it to do immediately. This is not brain surgery – its social media.
Non Profit Marketing 360
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
True, social media is considered by some researchers to be more addictive than sex , so we might be temped to carry our work home with us – or do it in the car when no one is looking. But if you want efficient tools for monitoring and updating your business’s social media, we’d like to suggest a few dashboards that can cull your various accounts into one place, allow scheduling of posts, and offer ways to save and/or reply to specific messages.
Non Profit Marketing 360
MARCH 1, 2013
You know you want to… We are often extolling the virtues of particular social-networking platforms or encouraging specific strategies to reach out to your audience(s) across these platforms. When moving through the ‘tubes’ of our social networks, it is easy to think that each post we prepare is the most important one ever and that if we don’t get to each post on our nonprofit’s wall we’ll be upsetting a potential volunteer or donor.
J Campbell Social Marketing
MARCH 11, 2014
I’m speaking at the Essex County Community Foundation’s Institute for Trustees on March 22 , and the topic is “Online Marketing & Social Media: What a Board Member Needs to Know” If you’ve seen me speak, you know I cram in a ton of information into my sessions, and this one is just one hour. Here it is, as a free JPG for you to download: Julia’s Nonprofit Social Media Checklist. Julia’s Nonprofit Social Media Checklist.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
OCTOBER 9, 2012
Here are a few more of my favorites, this time on social media and mobile specifically. Half of Boomers use social media, as do a 1/3 of people over 65. We’ve also shared stats on nonprofit email trends , online fundraising trends and social media trends. Mobile Nonprofit Communications Nonprofit Marketing Strategy Online Marketing Social Networking Trends
J Campbell Social Marketing
JULY 18, 2019
You’ve undoubtedly heard that to amplify your nonprofit marketing, you need a strategy to create and share great videos on your website and social media channels. Video is the best performing content type on social. Understand why people share on social media. To get more shares, nonprofits need to understand the psychology behind social media and online sharing. To gain social capital. Social media is a value exchange.
Fundraising 123
MAY 6, 2013
Pairing your nonprofit storytelling with social media is a smart tactic for engaging supporters and inspiring them to take action. Here ''s why it works : It''s d ynamic: Social media makes it easy to combine text, photos, video and interactive elements to tell a richer story than just words alone. It puts stories f ront and center: For many, social media is part of a daily routine. Think outside the box when presenting your stories via social media.
Non Profit Marketing 360
NOVEMBER 11, 2011
The social media that get all the ink have one thing in common: they are open to everyone. But House (or Private) Social Networks are gaining ground among nonprofits. The third annual Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report notes that 13% of nonprofits operate at least one – and among those nonprofits, 42% started up their house networks in the past year.
Non Profit Marketing 360
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
True, social media is considered by some researchers to be more addictive than sex , so we might be temped to carry our work home with us – or do it in the car when no one is looking. But if you want efficient toys, er, tools , for monitoring and updating your business’s social media, we’d like to suggest a few dashboards that can cull your various accounts into one place, allow scheduling of posts, and offer ways to save and/or reply to specific messages.
Non Profit Marketing 360
JULY 13, 2011
The draw of the story about the media-streaming service raising its rates by over 60% earlier this week (a raise that will not have an impact on current subscribers until the fall) is how Netflix’s subscribers jumped all over the service via their social networks and Facebook. Netflix runs the risk of enduring a social-media backlash akin to that endured by BP during last year’s terrible oil-platform disaster and leak. Image via Wikipedia.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
APRIL 18, 2012
Today we are going to tackle social media. 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report (NTEN, Common Knowledge and Blackbaud). Convio focused more on email and websites than social media, so we’ll focus on the last two here. Overall, social media use by nonprofits has seen significant growth, especially in their Facebook and Twitter communities. 43% budget $0 for their social networking activities.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 11, 2011
Most nonprofits understand the potential power of social media to connect with both old and new supporters, advocates, and clients. But have you considered how social media like blogging, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube can be used to increase your organization’s accountability to and transparency with those same people? Social media can help you improve your accountability in seven ways. Social media is about the here and now.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MARCH 26, 2013
Market Research Nonprofit Communications Social Networking TrendsWe've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
AUGUST 16, 2012
Last week, I asked for your thoughts on how your newsletter has changed , including how your organization’s use of social media has affected your newsletter, whether print or online. Of the 299 people who had answered this particular question when I pulled the data yesterday, a third said that social media had little to no effect , because. The other two-thirds described several ways in which social media has changed their newsletters , mostly in positive ways.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
APRIL 13, 2016
If your nonprofit is still doing an e-newsletter over here and doing social media over there , as if they were two people who only occasionally glance at each other from across the room, you have some matchmaking to do. It’s time to marry your e-newsletter and social media strategies. Clarify the WHY and the WHAT of your e-newsletter and social media. Integrate and sync up your email and social media lists.
Non Profit Marketing 360
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
A definition of irony: using social media to encourage you to find ways to trim your time on social media. Here are some recommendations to rethink how you are using your time and mental energies on social networks. of social networks is that they can throw new information about unexpected developments at you without warning. Give yourself time throughout the day to check on your social networks.
J Campbell Social Marketing
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
If you are planning on leveraging the social media power of that day to ask for donations, you probably know that you can’t do it alone. Carrying out an online fundraising campaign that needs social media to spread requires more than just your nonprofit’s Facebook Page or Twitter account. You need a critical mass of passionate people spreading the word about your campaign and raising money from their networks. Your social networks.
Non Profit Marketing 360
JULY 8, 2011
If you’re a social-networks maven, you’ve probably heard a lot, perhaps even too much, about the exclusive/VIP/by-invite-only launch of Google+. My goal is simply to introduce some of the issues they raise, offer some resources for you to read about the features of each, and provide a bit of context about the mother-of-all-social-media-battles. Were you invited?
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JANUARY 24, 2013
Social Networking podcast social goodWe've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
OCTOBER 22, 2014
A: Brad Bumgardner, our interpretive naturalist at Indiana Dunes State Park and one of our most savvy social media users, first noticed something similar with marshmallows on the South Dakota State Parks page. Q: Were you specifically looking for a social media strategy? Q: Was a significant part of the campaign focused on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest or other social media outlets, too? Julia Reich.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
Contributing writer Antionette Kerr is back with another edition, this time on social media storytelling and some bonus tips on Snapchat. This penchant for emotional storytelling runs throughout the organization’s social media, into its well-established brand, and corporate America seems to LOVE IT! Most of the images were previously shared on some other form of social media. . Nonprofit Communications Showdown Social Networking Storytelling
J Campbell Social Marketing
OCTOBER 23, 2017
Between answering emails, making phone calls to supporters, editing the annual appeal letter and coordinating fundraising events, who has time to maintain more than one social media site? Use a simple Social Media Calendar: To plan a month or more worth of social media posts; To manage all online communications that go out during the week; To avoid that middle-of-the-day dread when you have yet to post to Facebook or send a tweet.
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