Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org has discovered what social media folks who work for zoos, aquariums, and animal welfare organizations already know. Cute animals rule the social web! The example below is from the Monterrey Bay Aquarium and one of their most popular videos. Time to Update The Cute Dog Theory of Social Media: Cute Animal Theory.

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Achieve was founded in 2008 and started off working in the nonprofit sector primarily in research, strategy, and fundraising. As an example, the ‘Millennial Impact Report’ was a study commissioned by the Case Foundation. We even work with some corporations through their corporate social responsibility offices.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Mark Becker, Founding Partner at Cathexis Partners – Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008 to help nonprofit organizations get the most from their existing technology tools, implement new technology to address gaps, and find the best overall approach to using technology to support their missions. Build your fundraising invitations.

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Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. For example, Pencils of Promise will be hosting, for the first time in two years, its PoP Gala on October 20 at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City. Stanfill, Ph.D.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The Need for the 4Cs Social Media Framework. Over the last year, I have had to explain how social media works to diplomats, defense officials, and academics and students focused on fields as diverse as international affairs, management and sociology. I have found that first-timer find social media confusing because of two reasons.

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JULY 9, 2008

In May 2008, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported that six groups (Fetzer Institute, Ford Foundation, Hidden Leaf Foundation, Jewish Funds for Justice, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and Seeds of Justice Foundation) had formed the Seasons Fund for Social Transformation.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

Ted Fickes, Electronic Communications Manager, The Wilderness Society (Central Rockies Regional Office) In September, 2008, Green for All , 1Sky and the We Campaign organized a national day of action -- Green Jobs Now -- to demand progress on green jobs and a green economy. Social capital is tangible and malleable.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

” Now, just two weeks into January, I am completely addicted to pinning boards for social good on Pinterest. I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring.

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JUNE 7, 2011

As social media taught us, those nonprofits who act quickly and embrace emerging trends tend to experience the highest success rate, and similar to the rise of e-advocacy and “E-mail Action Networks&# beginning in 2000-01, the nonprofit sector is on the brink of transitioning their e-advocacy efforts to the Mobile Web.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits. I think I can write something up.

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MAY 5, 2021

But now, as a mom to two boys, my kids have shown me the well-paved path to a lifestyle of accidental activism. From planting trees to cleaning parks, eating less meat and reusing plastics, my kids are real examples of living a values-based existence day to day so we can all do better for each other and the world.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Minor releases are, for example, when a project goes from 2.2.3 0 release – for example from 2.x Look at ohloh.net – they have great info on most projects – how many developers, lines of code, how active development activity is. When was the last release? Depending on project, going from x.2

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JANUARY 8, 2019

Since 2008, SEFCU’s Community Support Program has helped more than seven million people within its branch footprint – which includes upstate New York’s Capital Region, Binghamton, Syracuse and Buffalo areas – through funding vital nonprofit organizations. with more than $3.7

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

There's a lot happening this week in the nonprofit and social media space, particularly related to encouraging generosity, giving, and volunteering using social media tools. It's more than that - it as an API. (It looks very similar conceptually to the pioneering work from Social Actions.) It also has widgets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

I'm drilling down into the concept of " streamline " to brainstorm 52 ideas to help make your organization's social media strategy and use more effective and efficient. Why Your Nonprofit Should Streamline Social Media Social media is still relatively new. My three words: streamline, weave, and Einstein. Good for you!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. But the real story is much more complicated. 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Posted on Stanford Social Innovation Review’s Opinion blog. The newest report, out today, focused on the use of social networking platforms by young people who are/aren’t also involved with charities. Read the full press release here or download the Social Media data slides here.) Visit the original post here.

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JULY 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology MPower Open keeps moving forward July 6, 2008 This is old news, but I’ve been busy. So far, there is basically no activity in the forums and mailing list. But there are successful counter examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

I'm doing a presentation on a panel called "Let's Get Social." It is a remix of the " Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism " which was the title of a talk given by Ethan Zuckerman at O'Reilly's E-Tech Conference in March, 2008 (notes from Ryan Singel. | View | Upload your own. of Wired Blog).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

.” I started with a full-day workshop outside of Auckland called “The Networked NGO in New Zealand,” this workshop was for activist organizations and focused on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media as a network. Most useful handouts and activities ever! 13CU #netnon.

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JULY 26, 2007

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

They do a good job of using examples for each of these things (like why Southwest Airlines is so successful, and why the Kidney Heist urban legend sticks so well, among other stories. It uses examples and such, but it is not anywhere near as engaging and readable as “Made to Stick.&#

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Analytic Activism is a book about how advocacy organizations can make better decisions in the digital age. I wrote the book because it seemed like something was missing from the conversation about digital advocacy and activism. Some social media campaigns are empowering; others are dispiriting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. As the platform matures , we’ll get a better sense of the power and potential of this network that lets people find, connect, and support social change organizations and issues. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&#

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JUNE 1, 2017

Let’s explore just one of the many options you have in starting a socially responsible organization: a low-profit limited liability company (L3C). In essence, it operates to better social welfare in some way. Other examples have included farmers’ markets, newspapers, law groups and art centers. Can I start an L3C?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

I keep 2 blogs of my own, and contribute actively to one community blog (at nosi.net ) and could, potentially, contribute to quite a number of others. And even if they were, they might not integrate well (For example, I use three different Basecamp accounts – which don’t integrate with each other.) 3 Beth 12.01.06

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For example, if we are telling a story about a client who lives in a certain area, we make sure the constituents that live in that part of the city know our clients are their neighbors. Offline activities. An example of this: After a recent survey, we learned that many of our constituents were interested in gardening.

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MARCH 15, 2010

The report cites a number of examples of successful contests, including from DARPA, Energy Department, EPA, and the U.S. The government's active support of challenges and prizes is a big deal. Tags: Influence Collaboration Government Internet Strategy Online Community Social Media. State Department.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Clean1982 The NpTech Tag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. The summaries are more focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Which one worked best? possibly related classroom projects???

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I’ll have follow up posts on specific examples of this integration using open source tools (on one end or the other, or both.) I know a lot of the free site tools, wikis like wetpaint.com, keep trying to move to become more social, and let the audience/membership interact more – that is definitely related.

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JUNE 27, 2008

s needs, knowledge, and the sorts of practices they face on a daily basis is critical in an effective knowledge transfer and exchange activity.". Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. But youve really hit the nail on the head here with the real-world examples. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM. June 8, 2008 11:03 AM.

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MAY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Allan is convinced, rightly or wrongly that an organization’s web site will become the hub of their activity; that their mission will be focused through the web site and that all their constituents will make use of the web site as a vehicle for interacting with the organization. at 7:52 pm @Allan: Leading by example is great.

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MAY 31, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Thanks - Janine June 20, 2007 | Janine Kraus Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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