Social Media: Nonprofit Guides and Resources

Is your nonprofit wondering how the recent update to Facebook affects your existing page? In this post, I explore what these changes mean for your nonprofit, how they affect your page layout and functionality, and provide tips to make the most out of your new Facebook Page!

Before your nonprofit embarks on a website redesign, be sure to dedicate sufficient time and resources to developing a clear, specific plan. Learn key questions to ask yourself before deciding to redesign your nonprofit website and four essential steps in successfully planning your next website.

Your reputation in the social media world is important. Social media allows people opinions to spread far and wide quickly. Word of mouth is a powerful reason to manage your reputation. What would you do when a crisis breaks? Author Jay Baer and Amber Naslund provide us with eight steps to recovering from a social media crisis.

Charity is a obviously a good thing, and when iOS apps let you give to worthy causes by playing games or checking in, it’s a no-brain…right? You choose what causes matter to you, and the app acts as the go-between. Sometimes you simply buy the app, and some of the profits go to the cause. Learn how Earthjustice and The Beautiful Day Foundation are using mobile technology to engage with their supporters.

This is blog 2 of 6 in the series “Quickbooks Guide for Nonprofits.” Mark McCallick, founder of Nonprofit Connect and a certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor, walks us through building and setting up a chart of accounts, funding sources and programs. Download a Unified Chart of Accounts Toolkit and watch a video explaining this entire process step-by-step.

Did you know that 4% of online Americans use location-based services such as Foursquare? Using internet-connected mobile devices’ geolocation capabilities, this social network let users notify others of their locations by “checking in” to that location. Learn how your nonprofit can use Foursquare to increase brand visibility, raise funds and engage with supporters.

Social media can tell us a tremendous amount about our supporters. Is your nonprofit capturing this data? Check out 5 tips for collecting and tracking social media data that can inform your communications and fundraising programs.

From Charity: Water and Alex’s Lemonade to Kiva and Tom’s Shoes, The Dragonfly Effect tells the stories of how nonprofit organizations are using social technologies to engage and inspire people to participate in movements for change. Learn the four main components of a successful engagement strategy.

Melanie Mathos and Chad Norman give us “50 (More) Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits.” Learn how to better engage your supporters, communicate your mission and inspire action using the social web. I will show you how to implement ten of my favorite tactics in a series of blogs.Turbo-charge your social media strategy today!

Watch 5 great presentations from this year’s Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits. From Beth Kanter & Alison Fine, authors of The Networked Nonprofit, to Holly Ross, Executive Director of NTEN, and Chris Brogan, co-author of Trust Agents. Get tips, strategies and how-to’s from industry leaders and experts.