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Leveraging Social Media for Fundraising and Events

Leveraging social media for fundraising & events by suzanne mc donald from Designated Editor

Events and fundraisers: Getting folks to show up & give

By Suzanne McDonald

It was a pleasure to return to share my insights with AFP-RI at its annual Fundraising Day conference. As with all my talks, this one was very interactive: Attendees shared their insights and asked a number of great questions. Even before we started, chatting with early-arrivers, I was demo’ing Hootsuite on my iPhone. Nothing like digging in!

If you’re not familiar with AFP-RI, these are the folks behind Save the Bay, the Potter League, Butler Hospital, numerous housing, welfare agencies, women’s shelters, arts organizations, and more. My talk eschewed the obvious Kickstarter and online fund-raising tools: This is more about getting people to show up and truly engage.

The slides above offer a roadmap to enhance nonprofits’ online following through social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and much more. Much of this talk is adapted from the Event Planning and New Media course I developed and taught at Framingham State University.

Tweets from attendees

Amy Cogan @cogan715 great talk! Thank you for the fantastic, quick, simple tips!!

Michele Berard @MicheleBerard @AFPRIChapter thx for sharing your expertise in leveraging social media for FR event. #afpmeet. http://Afpri.org

Social Media tactics to promote and boost your events

LinkedIn: Sharing your event with groups
Twitter & HootSuite, which allow you to set up your tweeting automatically
EventBrite, a virtual invitation and guest tracker
Facebook & its analytic capabilities
Google Analytics is also a great tool to determine your ROI

Other Social Media platforms that may boost your reach

Pinterest
Foursquare
Instagram
YouTube

You can also follow Suzanne by attending her group of networking sessions and events Newport Interactive Marketers.

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The 1,000+ who have turned out for Newport Interactive Marketers event have proven one thing: There’s a great thirst for new media insights. So often the hourlong NIM presentation has merely sparked greater interest, without a means to develop the fundamentals.

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You’ll be learning from Social & Content Strategist Suzanne McDonald, who teaches university-level courses in Social Media and Event Planning.

Leverage LinkedIn & Twitter: Hands-on Workshop

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Utilize LinkedIn’s key features: Groups, Events, Skills, Answers, Recommendations, Reading List, and more
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