A good social media policy will provide clear guidelines as to
what staff should and shouldn’t do when posting and interacting
with the community on a day-to-day basis.
The New Media Toolkit
is a curated collection of online tools, tutorials and resources
is designed to help nonprofits and ethnic and community news
organizations navigate the often intimidating and ever-evolving
new media landscape. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, you will
find valuable information on the technologies and best practices
you need to tell a community’s stories in compelling ways; engage
new audiences; optimize your website; and measure online impact.
Watch GuideStar’s
video about the new and improved design of their nonprofit
reports. Based on what donors want to see it focuses on
impact and transparency to help people who research nonprofits
make better, more educated, and more confident decisions.
For an example of this new format, visit GuideStar’s own
nonprofit
report.
Storytelling Best Practices: Websites by Andy Goodman is a new
free e-book that showcases the best in online storytelling by
nonprofits, foundations, government agencies, educational and
cultural institutions.
Here are seven tools ranging from social media policy and advice
to video distribution to managing your social media presence to
charting your social graph.
The Smart
Chart, developed by
Spitfire Strategies, guides users through six steps toward a
successful communications plan. It’s available in English and
Spanish, as a free, interactive Web-based tool.
The We Are Media Project is a community of people from nonprofits
who are interested in learning and teaching about how social
media strategies and tools can enable nonprofit organizations to
create, compile, and distribute their stories and change the
world. Covers everything you need to know to get your
nonprofit social media savvy.
Clearly, social media can be useful to nonprofits. The key
question is, how useful? What can an organization reasonably
expect in terms of results and benefits, and for what investment
of time and effort? This Decision Guide helps answer those
questions and more by walking you through a combination of
information, research results and a workbook. All together, these
resources will help you think through your own needs
step-by-step.
Cause Communications is a nonprofit organization that shares and
elevates best practices from all sectors and explores how to
apply them effectively in the social sector.
Founded to help nonprofits recruit, propose, persuade, and
present more effectively. Offers free-range thinking™ a
free monthly newsletter of communications best practices and
resources.
We express our gratitude to Wells Fargo for providing the funding
for our new website. The goal of this project has been to create
a highly accessible resource for all nonprofit organizations in
the region, providing information at the fingertips of executive
directors, staff and board members.
Wells Fargo has been a partner in the project from the beginning,
helping us to leverage the website grant into a regional resource
hub, and we appreciate their dedication.
The Nonprofit Social Media Policy Workbook
A good social media policy will provide clear guidelines as to what staff should and shouldn’t do when posting and interacting with the community on a day-to-day basis.
2012 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report
Learn how nonprofits are succeeding with social networks
2012 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report. 4th annual report on nonprofits & social networks.
Social Media Toolkit
The New Media Toolkit is a curated collection of online tools, tutorials and resources is designed to help nonprofits and ethnic and community news organizations navigate the often intimidating and ever-evolving new media landscape. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, you will find valuable information on the technologies and best practices you need to tell a community’s stories in compelling ways; engage new audiences; optimize your website; and measure online impact.
Is Your GuideStar Report Up To Date?
Watch GuideStar’s video about the new and improved design of their nonprofit reports. Based on what donors want to see it focuses on impact and transparency to help people who research nonprofits make better, more educated, and more confident decisions. For an example of this new format, visit GuideStar’s own nonprofit report.
Storytelling Best Practices: Website
Learn from the best in this free e-book
Storytelling Best Practices: Websites by Andy Goodman is a new free e-book that showcases the best in online storytelling by nonprofits, foundations, government agencies, educational and cultural institutions.
7 Social Media Resources & Tools
From John Kenyon nonprofit technology consultant, educator and author
Here are seven tools ranging from social media policy and advice to video distribution to managing your social media presence to charting your social graph.
All About Marketing
A comprehensive set of links to articles and advice about marketing topics.
Communications Plan
The Smart Chart
The Smart Chart, developed by Spitfire Strategies, guides users through six steps toward a successful communications plan. It’s available in English and Spanish, as a free, interactive Web-based tool.
We Are Media
The We Are Media Project is a community of people from nonprofits who are interested in learning and teaching about how social media strategies and tools can enable nonprofit organizations to create, compile, and distribute their stories and change the world. Covers everything you need to know to get your nonprofit social media savvy.
The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide
from Idealware
Clearly, social media can be useful to nonprofits. The key question is, how useful? What can an organization reasonably expect in terms of results and benefits, and for what investment of time and effort? This Decision Guide helps answer those questions and more by walking you through a combination of information, research results and a workbook. All together, these resources will help you think through your own needs step-by-step.
Cause Communications
Cause Communications is a nonprofit organization that shares and elevates best practices from all sectors and explores how to apply them effectively in the social sector.
Katya’s Nonprofit Marketing Blog
A good beginner’s guide to nonprofit marketing.
The Goodman Center
Founded to help nonprofits recruit, propose, persuade, and present more effectively. Offers free-range thinking™ a free monthly newsletter of communications best practices and resources.