Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Source: nwlink.com via Beth on Pinterest. The After Action Review is a reflective practice that can be used for anything, but I find it especially valuable for social media pilots and experiments. The After Action Review (AAR) is a structured way to capture the lessons learned from any project, with the intent of improving future performance. It is an opportunity for a group to reflect on a project, activity, event or task so that they can do it better the next time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I Love Social Media Measurement. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Yesterday, I had the honor of kicking off Compasspoint’s Webinar Week , with a webinar on social media measurement 101 as part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. To mark Valentine’s Day, I took some inspiration from Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the vintage Valentine’s Day Cards pinterest board to create a presentation about social media measurement love.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Flickr Photo by ESML. Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and using social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. It was a fantastic laboratory to explore the power of peer learning and the right mix.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

This week my brand page on Facebook, Beth’s Blog Facebook Page , reached 10,000 fans when Kim Murray clicked the “like” button. Inspired by the Humane Society celebration of reaching one million fans , I couldn’t let benchmark go by without some commentary. While numbers of fans isn’t the most important metric, it is a milestone nonetheless.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Source: Uploaded by user via Beth on Pinterest. This post covers some simple techniques to give your fans the content they want most and inspire more engagement. Many times we’re on the hunt for the tips of what to do and when we find them, we just implement them. But how do you know if those tips are producing results? To get more impact, you need to do some measurement to help you continuously improve and get more ideas about what to try next.

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