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3 more examples of charities using social media
Looking for inspiration about how your organisation can put social media to use? Well, look no further: here are 3 more examples of how voluntary organisations are putting social media’s shoulder to the wheel. Facebook app for people with metastatic … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, Case Studies, Fundraising
Tagged community, Fundraising, social media for third sector
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Monitoring: are we asking the right questions?
I recently went to an excellent workshop on web metrics, organised by CharityComms. I was surprised to see that the workshop was absolutely packed, so it seems that I was not alone about wondering whether I was really asking the … Continue reading
Posted in Big Issues, How it Works
Tagged Fundraising, measure, monitor, social media for third sector
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Quick round-up of Pinterest posts
Pinterest is still the darling of the social media bloggers, and if you are a fan then check out these articles for more dets about your favourite new tool. Mashable wants to tell us What People Are Pinning on Pinterest … Continue reading
Using video to tell your stories
If your organisation works directly with others to transform lives, build hope or develop skills then chances are that you are sitting on a reserve of compelling stories that will help you tell other people about your work. Getting first-hand … Continue reading
Posted in Big Issues, YouTube and Video
Tagged engagement, Fundraising, influencing, storytelling, video
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Social media ROI: the fundraising perspective
If you are the fundraiser in your organisation then you may be like fundraisers in many a charitable organisation and be using social media as part of your set of tools. But do you wake up at two in the … Continue reading
Posted in Big Issues, Fundraising, How it Works
Tagged community, engagement, Facebook marketing, Fundraising, reach, social media for third sector, storytelling, Twitter
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2011 Donation Trends (infographic)
Morning, all. Here’s an interesting infographic, courtesy of Allyson Kapin in Frogloop: it gives some trends for why people donate money to good causes, and how they do this. Although this graphic relates to US donations, it’s still interesting to … Continue reading
New guide to Facebook fundraising
Howard Lake, creator of UK Fundraising and one of this blog’s guest bloggers has written a new guide to using Facebook to fundraise for your organisation. If you’re struggling to see how the mighty FB can be used to raise … Continue reading
Timeline of a Twitter donation
Here’s a useful example of how someone gets engaged with some campaigning tweets, and is encouraged to take some action. This has come via UK Fundraising, and uses Storify to track the exchange of tweets between the charity and the … Continue reading
Posted in Case Studies, Twitter
Tagged engagement, Fundraising, social media for third sector, Twitter tips
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Engage or exploit? The risks of using stories
Mashable this morning discusses the imminent launch of website HopeMob, which is going to combine the features of social voting and crowdsourcing to raise money for various good causes. According to the Mashable article, registered users of the site will … Continue reading
Are you thinking ahead?
Putting together a coherent and effective social media strategy – or even a simple social media plan – can be tricky, especially when we spend most of our time handling day-to-day things rather than planning far ahead. But without a … Continue reading →