By Tereza Litsa, Social Media Manager at Lightful, a simple social media management platform for nonprofits. A new year brings new goals and now is the perfect time to plan your social media content calendar for 2019. A content calendar is the link between posting daily on social media and a social media strategy. It will help you stay...
By Julia Campbell, a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. Also, on October 8 in partnership with Nonprofit Tech for Good, Julia will be presenting a free webinar about how nonprofits can use social...
An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies, General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. 1) From the outside, it appears that NGOs in Kenya do not have access to the traditional fundraising services that are so...
By Becky Brooks, Director of Communications at Animoto, an online video maker that makes it easy to create marketing videos for social media and beyond. Facebook has, for a couple years now, committed to making their platforms “video first.” Unsurprisingly, other networks followed suit. From Twitter to Pinterest to Instagram to LinkedIn, social networks are becoming environments where video...
By Katy Teson, a content strategist at Wired Impact, an organization seeking to make powerful websites something all nonprofits can afford. She also writes about digital marketing with helpful and actionable advice on Wired Impact’s nonprofit marketing blog and for their online guides. Are you getting that sinking feeling that your nonprofit’s website isn’t helping your mission as much as...
For the first time, Nonprofit Tech for Good is seeking sponsorships from companies or organizations that serve the nonprofit sector. For almost a decade Nonprofit Tech for Good has been a one-person blog that has been funded primarily through income I have earned through consulting and speaking engagements. However, for the past six months a new vision for Nonprofit...
By Jean O’Brien, founder of Digital Charity Lab, a social enterprise that builds digital skills in non-profits and shares free learning resources. She also works part-time as Head of Digital for Barnardos Ireland and does freelance consulting. 1) You can get $10k per month in free advertising from Google Google Ad Grants is an in-kind programme that gives non-profits free access...
Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful themes upon which to launch online fundraising campaigns. The real-time, in-the-moment nature of cause awareness and giving days can inspire donors to give provided that your nonprofit knows how to promote the days effectively. The first step is to decide which days to build a campaign upon and add them to your 2019 editorial...
Join us for a tweet chat on January 16 at 12pm EST to discuss nonprofit tech trends in the new year! Nonprofit Tech for Good will be co-hosting a tweet chat with Wired Impact to lead a discussion on nonprofit tech trends, such as website design, social media fundraising, email marketing, privacy, and web accessibility. How to Participate At...
An Interview with Ruy Fortini, Founder and CEO of Doare and official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. According to the Institute of Applied Economic Research, there are 820,000 existing NGOs, also know as ONGs (organizaciónes no gubernamentales), in Brazil. 1) The Global Trends in Giving Report is meant to help the nonprofit sector better understand individual giving...
6,057 donors completed the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Survey and based on their responses, the donor community worldwide is made up of primarily women (65%) who have a liberal ideology (53%), characterize themselves as religious (72%), and give between ($101-$1,000 USD) annually (43%). These donors are most likely to support the causes of children and youth (15%), health...
Date: January 8, 2019 Time: 1pm EST Presented by: Heather Mansfield, Founder of Nonprofit Tech for Good Sponsored by: TBD Packed with practical, how-to advice and customized for small nonprofits on a limited budget, this free webinar will stress the importance of professional website design and strategic email marketing and fundraising. Topics discussed include: • Current trends in nonprofit website...
By Julia Campbell, a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. Year-end giving is a vital piece of the nonprofit fundraising puzzle, and the time when many organizations reap the harvest of...