5 Social Media Trends That Could Impact Nonprofits In 2015
Wild Apricot
DECEMBER 12, 2014
In this guest post, Alex Balan offers his take on 5 social media trends non-profits should pay attention to for 2015. social media'
Online Education Events for Nonprofits in July 2015
Tech Soup
JULY 9, 2015
How to Launch a Social Media and Content Strategy for Your NGO OnGood / Webinar / Fee: Free. Product Spotlight: Giving Gone Viral: How to Optimize Your Fundraising Campaigns for Social Media NTEN / Webinar / Fee: Free. For submissions for the August edition of this page, please sent before July 20, 2015. July 9 — 2 p.m.
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Try a New P2P Challenge: Tips to Move Beyond Run-Walk-Bike Events
Blackbaud
MARCH 11, 2025
Mobilizing support online and on social media, they get behind your cause in their own waysometimes without you even knowing theyre doing it. Along the way, he set social media challenges for his followers, such as naming his watercraft (Thamesy McThamesFace won). How can your organization participate in such a personal effort?
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GivingTuesday Partnerships: 3 Opportunities To Enhance Your Campaign
CauseVox
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Make sure you let your donors know about this matching gift opportunity through all your platforms: your website, social media, and your campaign page. Between commercials, ads, social media, and more, everyone is fighting for their name and mission to be seen by millions of potential consumers and donors.
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News by the Spoonful: TechSoup's 2015 Tech Predictions
Tech Soup
DECEMBER 9, 2014
We recently polled our TechSoup employees and NetSquared community on what they see as looming large in 2015. Prices on all this gear will continue to drop in 2015, and the effect on nonprofit offices will be an acceleration of the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend. Amplifying Social Media. Privacy and Security.
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See You at the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference!
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 12, 2015
Will you be joining us in Austin for the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference ? We're using the hashtag #TechedUp on social media, and we'd love it if you would too. Box , Twilio.org , Caravan Studios , and TechSoup are celebrating you on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. NTC NTEN NTC 2015'
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NetSquared Celebrates Progress and Looks Forward to 2015
Tech Soup
DECEMBER 2, 2014
In 2015, NetSquared will continue to grow. Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Tuesday, January 13, 2015. Toronto, Ontario: Nonprofit Tech and Design Trends for 2015. Toronto, Ontario: Nonprofit Tech and Design Trends for 2015. Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Thursday, January 15, 2015.
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What I Learned From 30 Years in Sustainer Giving
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Since 2015, so much has changed that it's making sustainer giving much easier for donors and nonprofits. Payment platforms; donor database; smartphones; and growth in email, social media and other channels have made a huge impact.
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NetSquared Events to Cure Your Social Media Ailments
Tech Soup
JUNE 1, 2015
However, our organizers are currently very keen on social media surgeries. A social media surgery is an informal gathering of people who want to learn how to use the web to communicate, campaign, or collaborate. Whatever your social media problem, we'll have a cure for what ails you this June. Tuesday, June 2, 2015.
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TechSoup's Netsquared Organizers Win 2015 NTENny Awards
Tech Soup
MARCH 19, 2015
He was our senior manager of online community and social media, and he tragically died last year after just turning 40. He was a social media wizard, but more importantly, beloved among us. We just want to thank Megan and Amy and everyone at NTEN for recognizing our Michael DeLong. We mourn him and remember him well.
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Top 2015 Tech Trends
Tech Soup
DECEMBER 9, 2015
It's fun to compare against TechSoup's 2015 Tech Predictions from the start of the year and Capterra's Biggest Nonprofit Technology Trends of 2015 from March. Here's our take on what 2015 brought in the areas of fundraising, software, hardware, mobile, cloud adoption, and security. What else happened in 2015?
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NetSquared: The Place for Free Nonprofit Tech Help
Tech Soup
JULY 31, 2015
Monday, August 3, 2015. Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Thursday, August 6, 2015. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Friday, August 14, 2015. Monday, August 17, 2015. Wednesday, August 19, 2015. Thursday, August 20, 2015. spanhidden.
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Your #NPtech Community Calendar for July
Tech Soup
JULY 6, 2015
Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Thursday, July 9, 2015. Friday, July 10, 2015. Monday, July 13, 2015. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Thursday, July 16, 2015. Friday, July 17, 2015. Saturday, July 18, 2015. Sunday, July 19, 2015.
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New to TechSoup: The TINT Social Media Display Platform
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 9, 2015
TINT is an online platform for displaying user-generated and branded social media content on a single website or screen. More than just a social media aggregator, TINT also allows you to customize the look and feel of your aggregated feed and analyze the success of your social campaigns. Is It Right for My Organization? spanhidden.
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52 Love to Learn Tech Tips in Person? NetSquared Is for You!
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
Tuesday, November 3, 2015. Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Thursday, November 5, 2015. Friday, November 6, 2015. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 2015 Tech Impact Awards Luncheon. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 2015 Tech Impact Awards Luncheon. Saturday, November 7, 2015. Monday, November 9, 2015.
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Free In-Person Events for Nonprofit Techies
Tech Soup
AUGUST 31, 2015
Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Wednesday, September 2, 2015. Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Vancouver, Canada: Listening to Your Community: Using Social (Media) Intelligence. Wednesday, September 9, 2015. Atlanta, Georgia: Visual Storytelling: Using Digital Media. Friday, September 11, 2015.
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Get Fundraising Tips at a NetSquared Community Event
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 8, 2015
Wednesday, October 7, 2015. Thursday, October 8, 2015. Washington, DC: GiveBack DC 2015. Friday, October 9, 2015. Tuesday, October 13, 2015. Wednesday, October 14, 2015. Thursday, October 15, 2015. Monday, October 19, 2015. Tuesday, October 20, 2015. Wednesday, October 21, 2015.
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The Deep Learning When Nonprofit Techies Get Together
Tech Soup
MARCH 16, 2015
Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Thursday, March 19, 2015. Toronto, Ontario: Free Webinar: Social Media for Nonprofits. Orlando, Florida: Webinar: Leverage the 3E Approach in 2015. Saturday, March 21, 2015. Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Thursday, March 26, 2015. Friday, March 27, 2015.
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Tips to Future-Proof Your Social Media Strategy by Julia Campbell
Qgiv
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
According to the Open Data Project , 87% of nonprofits worldwide use social media. But is social media worth the time and money that it takes? One simple question should guide all of your social media efforts and will provide the backbone of your strategy. Consider What We Know About Social Media. billion in 2015.
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Learn Nonprofit Tech Skills at a NetSquared Meetup
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Thursday, February 5, 2015. Friday, February 6, 2015. Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Wednesday, February 11, 2015. Thursday, February 12, 2015. Friday, February 13, 2015. Wednesday, February 18, 2015. Thursday, February 19, 2015. Saturday, February 21, 2015.
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Fundraising Statistics: Incredible Insights to Raise More [Updated for 2021]
Qgiv
JULY 12, 2021
Social Media Fundraising Statistics. Social Media Fundraising Statistics. Since launching Facebook fundraising tools in 2015, Facebook fundraisers have raised more than $2 billion for nonprofits and personal causes. Social media posts were the #1 drivers of charitable giving in 2020. . General Fundraising Statistics.
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116 What Does a NetSquared Event Look Like?
Tech Soup
APRIL 3, 2015
Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Wednesday, April 8, 2015. Thursday, April 9, 2015. Monday, April 13, 2015. Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Houston, Texas: "Truth and Dare": Ideas and Insights from TED 2015. Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Thursday, April 16, 2015. Tuesday, April 21, 2015.
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Share Your Green Tech Story and Win a Laptop or Tablet!
Tech Soup
MARCH 30, 2015
April 1, 2015. The April 2015 TechSoup Green Tech Story Challenge (the "Challenge"). Challenge submission opens April 1, 2015 at 8:00:01 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) and ends April 17, 2015 at 11:59:59 p.m. Official Rules. Sponsored by TechSoup Global (" Sponsor "), 435 Brannan St., Challenge Schedule.
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Supercharge Your Nonprofit Tech Powers with NetSquared
Tech Soup
JANUARY 14, 2015
I bet you made all sorts of grand New Year's resolutions for 2015. So join us and check one resolution off your list for 2015! Thursday, January 15, 2015. Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Thursday, January 22, 2015. Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Wednesday, January 28, 2015.
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Join Our #NPTechChat on Civil Society Under Threat — A Deeper Dive
Tech Soup
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
On October 6, 2015, join TechSoup, CIVICUS, the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, FHI 360, and +SocialGood for a deeper dive into the threats that civil society faces. On September 1, 2015, we held a #NPTechchat on this topic. Lewis Haidt , senior online community and social media manager; @lewisha.
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What’s Next for Tech at Your Nonprofit?
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 11, 2014
What software solutions is your organization looking for in 2015 and beyond? Follow this Technology Wish List conversation in the forums and on social media with the hashtag #SoupChat. On Tuesday, November 18 from 11 a.m. Meet Our Expert.
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76 Insights from the Blackbaud #GivingTuesday Trends Report
Tech Soup
SEPTEMBER 7, 2015
The next GivingTuesday is on December 1, 2015. Developing some email, social media, or old-school direct mail capacity. Check out the Blackbaud on-demand webinar recording, Planning Ahead: Preparing for #GivingTuesday 2015. The idea worked. Key Findings of the Blackbaud Report. organizations since #GivingTuesday's inception.
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Will Your Nonprofit Pick QR Codes or NFC?
Selfish Giving
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
Mobile phone sales are expected to hit a billion units in 2015. million by 2015, a 350% increase. But consider this: the average adult spends over seven hours a day consuming media. That means one out of every seven people on the planet will own a smartphone. Just last year Android sold 250 million phones, or 8 phones a second!
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Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
Wednesday, February 18, 2015. Thursday, February 19, 2015. Cleveland, Ohio: Tech4Good Cleveland — Social Media Workshop. Saturday, February 21, 2015. Monday, February 23, 2015. Vancouver, British Columbia: Social Media Tune-Up for Nonprofits (with Hootsuite). Wednesday, February 25, 2015.
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Giving in America: A look at philanthropy’s history and a unique Candid connection
Candid
MAY 18, 2022
About a month ago, Candid was tagged in a social media post from someone who had visited the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Specifically, they saw the exhibition Giving in America , which includes one of the first copies of Foundation Directory.
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98 Why Are We Obsessed with Social Media Fundraising?
Tech Soup
JANUARY 5, 2016
In fundraising, many of us share a guilty pleasure: social media fundraising. The answer, I suspect, lies in our own use of social media, our often-overzealous boards, and misguided expectations. As long as it's not abused, social media also provides a convenient, low-cost respite from the daily grind. Okay, Rule #1.
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Windows XP Will Be Supported by Third-Party Anti-Virus … Sort Of
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
Most of them have committed to continue supporting XP for at least a year, if not longer: Avira: April 8, 2015. VIPRE: until April 2015 or later. Sophos: September 30th, 2015. Even Microsoft will support XP with its Microsoft Security Essentials - until July 14th, 2015. BitDefender: January 2016. Bottom Line.
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60 Memejacking: Does Your Nonprofit Dare?
Tech Soup
APRIL 6, 2015
Within days, hundreds of millions of clicks, reblogs, tweets, shares, and media stories, including a key Buzzfeed post , carried the argument around the Internet to every country in the world. The ACLU's quick thinking also got lots of media coverage by journalists looking for fodder for stories about the white-hot (or is it blue-hot?)
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73 Top 10 Sources for Free Images
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
Wikimedia Commons has a database of more than 24 million freely usable media files that include images, sounds, and videos. I also recommend Mashable's excellent piece, 14 Budget-friendly Image Editors for Small Businesses , which I found on Idealware's Best of the Web for January 2015. Many of them are public domain.
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A NetSquared Happy Holidays
Tech Soup
DECEMBER 8, 2015
Tuesday, December 8, 2015. San Francisco, California: SFN2's 2015 Meet, Mingle, and Make Merry Holiday Happy Hour! Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Washington, DC: Digital Trends — Look Back at 2015 and Ahead at 2016. Thursday, December 10, 2015. Friday, December 11, 2015. Monday, December 14, 2015.
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36 Win a Trip to bbcon — Award Nominations Open Through September 21
Tech Soup
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
The awards will be presented at bbcon 2015, Blackbaud's annual conference for nonprofits , being held October 26–28 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. This award goes to the organization that transformed its outreach using digital media. Please consider submitting your proposal or self-nomination.
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Don't Miss Out on Fiscal Year-End Tech Essentials
Tech Soup
JUNE 2, 2015
Automate your bill paying, expense tracking, donation reporting, and so many other financial tasks with QuickBooks 2015. Adobe's powerful tools allow you to create beautiful images and videos to enhance your print materials, websites, social media, invitations, and more. Accounting Tools: Manage Your Finances Effectively.
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67 Legacy of Hope Austin: Dreams for Kids with Special Needs
Tech Soup
MARCH 31, 2015
In fact, 2dance2dream opened a satellite branch in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in February 2015 and has been approached by professional dance schools in Dallas, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. social media Multimedia and Graphics Cisco' The program has also been extremely popular. Support for Parents of Kids with Special Needs, Too. spanhidden.
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71 Your Top 10 Tech Topics
Tech Soup
MAY 28, 2015
This includes understanding what you, our nonprofit community, found most interesting in 2014–2015. If you need free and legal-to-use images for your website, newsletter, or social media, our Top 10 Sources for Free Images will help you break your cheesy stock photo habit. You're (Justifiably) Paranoid.
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66 10 Best Cause Marketing Promotions of 2016 [SLIDESHARE]
Selfish Giving
JANUARY 3, 2017
Best Cause Marketing Promotions of 2015 Best Cause Marketing Promotions of 2014 Best Cause Marketing Promotions of 2013 My goal every January remains the same: to inspire you to create interesting, effective and lucrative cause marketing promotions that transform your cause and the world. Combined these annual posts have over 50,000 views.
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Nonprofit Technology News Celebrity Forecasts for 2014
Tech Soup
DECEMBER 9, 2013
She is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media , one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits. She has also co-authored two books on using social media: “ The Networked Nonprofit ” with Allison Fine and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit with KD Paine. Tablets will rule.
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Best Fundraising Practices from Carousel Ranch, a CauseVox Nonprofit
CauseVox
APRIL 12, 2022
Since 2015, Carousel Wishes and Valentines Kisses has been the ranch’s signature annual campaign to raise funds to serve more individuals with disabilities. For the past 25 years, Carousel Ranch has made it their mission to improve the lives of children and young adults through equestrian therapy and vocational training.
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7 Ways to Make Your Year-End Fundraising Really Count
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 30, 2015
With social media? This post was originally published in Foundation Center's Philanthropy News Digest Philantopic Blog in September 2015 and is reprinted here by permission of Philanthropy News Digest. Does Your Plan Include Repetition? Folks are busy! They may not notice the first time you send your appeal. Or the second or third.
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64 NetSquared Community Events: Get Safer Online
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 13, 2014
Vancouver, British Columbia: Social Media Tune-Up for Nonprofits (with Hootsuite!). Victoria, British Columbia: Doing Good For Nothing Victoria Presentation — Moving to Early 2015. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Social Media Surgery — Hands-On Help with Social Media. social media security netsquared event'
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