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Welcome to the first episode of Nonprofit Social Media Nerds, where we discuss and demo social media tools, tech, tips, and tricks. (Most) Fridays at noon we will come to you live and discuss a topic designed to help you use your limited time and resources for social media more effectively and efficiently. We are working on the full schedule …
A recent report released Facebook showcases the impact of their nonprofit fundraising tools last year on Giving Tuesday, and the results are encouraging. If you have never heard of Giving Tuesday, it’s an international day of giving – on the calendar the Tuesday after we have a day of thanks (Thanksgiving) – and then two days of rampant consumerism and …
Giving Tuesday is arguably the biggest international social media fundraising event for nonprofits and charities. Occurring after the Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday shopping blitzes each year, Giving Tuesday was created as a day to give back. Here are just a few statistics from Giving Tuesday 2017: **$300 million raised online **2.5 million gifts **Participants in over 150 countries …
Nonprofits that want to reach new supporters, establish thought leadership, and be at the forefront of trending news topics need to be on Twitter. Their user-base is nothing to sneeze at: Twitter now claims 330 million monthly active users, and is growing year over year. Want to reach Millennials? Twitter itself says that 80% of their users are “affluent millennials.” …
Do you want to raise more money and connect with more supporters this #GivingTuesday? You’re in luck! Today on Facebook Live I talked with special guest all about what goes into planning and executing a successful Giving Tuesday campaign at your nonprofit. Josh Hirsch is the Director of Mission and Communication for Susan G. Komen South Florida, and he is …
I recently gave a free educational webinar with Bloomerang, on the topic of Digital PR Basics for Nonprofits- How to Get Visibility for Your Cause. Over 1000 nonprofits registered! In the webinar, I covered: **What is Digital PR and why it’s more than just “getting on social media” **How to start a manageable Digital PR Plan for your nonprofit **Tried-and-true techniques …
Instagram is consistently growing in popularity, with 1 billion monthly users and is expected to continue it’s meteoric rise 5% each quarter. 60% of U.S. adult Instagram users visit the site daily. 71% of 18- to 29-year-olds are on Instagram. According to Bloomerang’s latest Nonprofit Social Media Benchmark Survey: 44% of the over 500 nonprofits surveyed said that they’re active on …
Charlotte and Dave Willner started a Facebook fundraiser on June 16, titled “Reunite an immigrant parent with their child,” after they saw a viral photo of a 2-year-old Honduran girl looking up and crying as her mother was searched by a Border Patrol agent in southern Texas. They aimed to raise $1,500. As of June 24, more than 400,000 donors have …
Recently I have been reading the wonderful book series The Baby-Sitters Club by Anne M. Martin, with my daughter. I haven’t read these in years, but I remember how much they spoke to me and how much I loved them. The storytelling and the rich character development were pretty revolutionary. Way before women my age defined themselves as a …