Are you interested in learning about the different ways your nonprofit could be using Instagram video and Vine? My guest post for About.com Nonprofit Charitable Orgs covers this topic! It’s posted here. How are you using mobile video sharing apps to accomplish your mission and connect with supporters?
Nonprofit Blogging Best Practices: Why Your Nonprofit Needs a Blog and How to Create a Great One
On November 5, I will be presenting a FREE webinar with Nonprofit Webinars (a service of 4Good). I hope you can join me! The topic will be Nonprofit Blogging Best Practices: Why Your Nonprofit Needs a Blog and How to Create a Great One. Webinar Description: Despite the popularity of social media including “micro-blogging” sites like Tumblr and twitter, traditional blogging …
Are you sure your nonprofit is ready for social media?
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a psychological theory proposed by Abraham Maslow in 1943. The famous framework states that you are not able to reach the upper levels of the human experience – “self-actualization” and “esteem” – without the bottom levels being satisfied – breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, etc. I see digital marketing (and all marketing) tools through this …
Increase In Online Giving Presents Nonprofits With Great Opportunity
Get excited – online giving is definitely on the rise! But, it’s important to manage your expectations. Online giving, while definitely growing, is still a very minor part of overall funds raised for nonprofits. (In other words, don’t throw out that direct mail appeal just yet!) Search Mojo has created the below infographic, drawing on research from the 2013 eNonprofit …
4 Brand New Pinterest Features Nonprofits Should Know About
Pinterest has been busy, busy, busy! I’ve written about the many reasons nonprofits should be interested in Pinterest, and I have hosted webinars on the multiple ways nonprofits can harness the power of pinning for good. I recognize that in the resource-strapped nonprofit world, with information overload and overwhelm running rampant, it’s hard to stay on top of the fast-moving …
2 examples of great nonprofit video storytelling
Last night I attended a pretty standard nonprofit fundraising event – a fashion show at a local restaurant, complete with silent auction. The event was very well put together, but what stood out to me most were the two videos played during the introductions. The first was from Bottom Line. While longer than I normally recommenced (clocking in a 6 …
7 Ways Social Media Makes Nonprofits Better
A version of this post originally appeared on the GiftWorks Guest Blog. NOTE: This week I cautioned nonprofits not to put all their eggs in the social media basket. While I worry that some nonprofits are using “social media” as their only marketing strategy (and it’s not a strategy at all), I do think that the ideas behind using social …
Social media won’t solve your nonprofit’s problems
Many nonprofit organizations subscribe to the “if you build it, they will come” fallacy. If you host an event, people will register. If you add a Donate Now button to your homepage, people will donate. If you create a Facebook page, people will Like the page and share your content. The problem is that none of these fundraising and marketing …
Nonprofit Storytelling in A Digital World
I’m happy to announce that I will be teaching a free two hour seminar with HandsOn Tech Boston! Description: Digital technologies have fundamentally changed the way people read and consume information. If your nonprofit is not embracing digital tools to compose a compelling narrative around your cause, your information could be getting lost in the noise. In this increasingly competitive …