Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2009

I've been re-reading Patti Anklam's book, Net Work: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and in the World which covers the many different forms of networks and how they work. It covers different models for purpose, structure, style, value creation, design, leadership, and change management.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

In defining your target audience, too, keep the intended outcome in mind: Which people are actually in a position to act on your information? While celebrity endorsements have power in marketing, studies suggest that most people are more open to a transfer or exchange of knowledge with a respected peer. Toronto : Imagine Canada , 2007.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

Somewhere around 2006 or 2007, I got a call from Michaela asking for advice on a career path for Nonprofit Technology. I spent some time on the phone answering questions, referring resources, and later introduced her to colleagues. . I am ready to do big things, help people, and make some real strides this year.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 09:10AM | by Justin Perkins Wonder if you should spend your time campaigning in social networks?

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AUGUST 7, 2007

60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? The developers hope to revolutionize the way people give money, using the principles of group fundraising and social networking. The Data What kind of results are people seeing to date? " or "Fight Hate."

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JULY 24, 2007

60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? The developers hope to revolutionize the way people give money, using the principles of group fundraising and social networking. The Data What kind of results are people seeing to date? " or "Fight Hate."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

The audience was a group of 90 or so people from Canadian non-profits. Not just important or famous people, either. Are you connected to lots of different kinds of people who can complete different tasks? What do people say about your expertise? What people are up to now. This is incredibly important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

As Wendy Harman, Red Cross Social Media Manager, observes, "When Katrina hit, we knew people are talking but we’re not listening to conversation. But now, the process of listening has changed concerns into strong interest about what people have to say." The first project was to listen to what was being said on blogs about the Red Cross.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

People who are already your fan will not see this page by default, but it will be visible and accessible as an extra tab on your regular page. You will also need to host all the pictures that you use for your landing page somewhere, and only reference their location in your code.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Don’t forget, if you get calls or letters that reference an online campaign, the online campaign needs to be credited for those gifts in your database so you can accurately measure the impact of the campaign.) Yes, you do good work. Yes, I care about these issues. OK, you got me. I will donate. But not now. When I get around to it.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

» Tuesday Apr 10 2007 How to Leverage Celebrities for Fundraising Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 10:26AM | by Heidi Bucheister Understanding what attracts donors is vital to effectively appealing to an existing donor base or to expand the base. Surprisingly, celebrities were influential to only 15% of the people surveyed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. Will people be more or less likely to visit an online social network for domestic violence survivors, and who will find out if they do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

When you link to someone else’s post it’s good practice to mention their name, link their name to their blog, and then link to the post you’re referring to (it’s also a good way of getting people to visit your site). So can you please tell us about: What are your 3 most important tips for writing better blog posts?

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

What you need to know is that those are three different ways a recipient can authenticate an email. Ensure that sending domains or IPs have valid forward and reverse DNS records, also referred to as PTR records You’ve almost definitely got this already set up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

" She not only gives an overview of the different choices of analytics software tools available, but also provides basic definitions for the data one might collect. This is the number of site visits by different users. For example, you can check the referring url and look at the messaging there. Unique Visitors.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 12, 2006

I don't know if people know what peak oil is, but it is basically just the phenomenon that refers to petroleum depletion. And also by raising awareness about the concept of re-localizing to bring other people into the movement as well. That's something that a few people in our organization are working towards.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The book is an expanded version of their seminal article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review from 2007, “Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition.” I always refer aspiring social entrepreneurs to the article when they ask me how they can win a Skoll Award. But, it’s always useful to explore the framework of one’s work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2017

Cross-sector collaboration can be defined as partnerships between nonprofit, private, and government entities working together towards mutual goals to produce change (Simo & Bies, 2007). Individually we make a difference; through cross-sector collaboration we achieve resounding impact. References: Grudinschi, D., Simo, G.,

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 7, 2011

The term Latino refers to the nearly one in four youth residing in the U.S. who come from different Latin American nationalities, although they have varying races, cultures, language proficiencies, and experiences in the U.S. In addition, an increasing number of these individuals are simply referring to themselves as American.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Beth is hoping that people will sign an online petition letting Apple know that people want to give on their iPhones. I just happen to have a slightly different perspective on this topic and I’m sure she’d agree that a healthy debate is always a good thing. Probably not. You’re not Angry Birds or Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm looking to blend different perspectives and have a workshop session that can speak to nonprofits and grassroots media makers. Different metrics matter for different social media makers for different reasons. To understand why social media metrics are different from traditional web metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

A year ago, he said that measuring outcomes for social media is, "an evolving art (not quite a science yet) and you have to be up to the challenge of both thinking a bit differently and be ok with leveraging several different tools." I think there will be different metrics for different strategies, organizations, and tools.

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2011

LinkedIn showcases the number of contacts and references you have as well as how many questions you have answered. The actionable goal of the tool is to get users to check-in online when they visit various locations and to store related user and GPS data that help to showcase locations and connect people to them.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

In the 2007 Philanthropic Giving Index report published by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , only 34 percent of nonprofits surveyed reported success with online fundraising, and participants ranked online giving as the least successful fundraising technique in the survey. Myth #2: People won't give online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

This illustration along with the notes tool in flickr shows how the NPTech Meta Feed 2007 Version 1 - which is an aggregated feed of all sources that people tag resources with the nptech. I fondly refer to it as the firehose. What are the differences in community behaviors and roles in a digg community versus tagging community?

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Care2

MAY 27, 2009

We decided to organize our session, organized by Monique, by doing a little 101 on social media (what it is), ROI (how do you define it, different metrics used to measure it) and the challenges those organizations of all stripes face. an awareness study (before and after) what percentage of refers are coming from various sites.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

"I think there are many different ways in which you define leadership. She has been the recipient of many awards, including Fast Company's 2007 Social Capitalist Award, and the League of Women Voters' Women Who Could Be President Award. How do you know that you are making a difference or an impact; how do you measure that?

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