Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Social Media Audience Research and Social Network Analysis: I've been tracking social media research snippets for a while, but not in a very well organized way. One example recently was I post I wrote about a Twitter tool. Someone emailed me to complain that I didn't link to a definition of Twitter.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

at 11:31 am Web stats are intended to be an internal control and analysis tool. On a related note, I think a benchmarking study might be a useful exercise for nonprofits. No one in this conversation has their head in the Web 2.0 Holly’s latest post makes the whole thing quite clear. 10 Cindy Leonard 09.26.07

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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!" You might check out some of the online advocacy and fundraising benchmark studies.

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AUGUST 7, 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!" Great analysis of causes! Wonderful post, gentlemen, as always.

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JULY 24, 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!" Great analysis of causes! Wonderful post, gentlemen, as always.

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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 What is the answer?

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MAY 29, 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 What is the answer?

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This data comes from the our donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarking group and looks across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. That’s the power and importance of benchmarking. What you do with the information makes all the difference. It makes for good headlines but doesn’t really help nonprofits very much.

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NOVEMBER 15, 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!" But was there ever any gold? And is there any left? And is it even worth it ? All rights reserved.

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NOVEMBER 8, 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!" But was there ever any gold? And is there any left? And is it even worth it ? All rights reserved.

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MAY 18, 2011

The online giving trend is positive on a year-over-year basis when international relief organizations are removed from the analysis. Blackbaud updates these indices each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue.

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MARCH 15, 2011

The Blackbaud indices include organizations that raised money specifically for Haiti relief in the year-over-year analysis. Some important trends will be explored later to show analysis of post-Haiti giving. Small, medium, and large organizations all had positive growth in the analysis.

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JULY 2, 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!" Eight social media tracking tools: Act.ly: New tool to launch petitions on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2009

Inspiration for How To Think Like A Social Media Marketing Genius Presentation by Beth Kanter For the past two years, I've been doing an annual Blog benchmarking process that attempts to do a ROI analysis. The most valuable part of the blog benchmarking process is the reflection process and linking insights to making improvements.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

ABOUT Nonprofit Trends is a blog by Steve MacLaughlin that takes a look at the trends shaping the nonprofit sector SUBSCRIBE More subscription options: Subscribe to the RSS feed › Follow Steve on Twitter › Popular Posts What is Jumo?

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Tags: Disaster Giving , Fundraising Similiar Articles Lessons Learned from Haiti – Online Rapid Response Strategies Online Giving and Rapid Response Trends Lessons Learned from Haiti Webinar Series Disaster Giving and The Blackbaud Index Analysis of Network for Good’s Online Giving Study blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: 3 Nonprofit (..)

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Next: How Nonprofits Can Avoid Online Credit Card Fraud ABOUT Nonprofit Trends is a blog by Steve MacLaughlin that takes a look at the trends shaping the nonprofit sector SUBSCRIBE More subscription options: Subscribe to the RSS feed › Follow Steve on Twitter › Popular Posts What is Jumo?

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

Blackbaud updates these indices on the 15th of each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

What happens in Vegas stays on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Foursquare. All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What Facebook Knows Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 7th, 2010 Think about all the things people post on Facebook or any other social networking website.

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APRIL 15, 2011

Blackbaud updates these indices each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue. This makes them less sensitive to small timing issues or large fluctuations over a short period of time.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

If this or something similar gets Apple to engage in a conversation, then I'm all for that.

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APRIL 2, 2008

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MAY 27, 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!" 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit?

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MAY 31, 2011

This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits. This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

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!" 60) Search « See3 Releases Their Guide to Online Video.as Its very user friendly.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The 2010 Online Giving Report combines findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multi-year giving data to provide the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. The median online gift of $1,000 or more was $1,250 and the largest amount given online in the analysis was $100,000.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Troubling Nonprofit Statistics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 28th, 2010 I spend a lot of time looking at metrics and benchmarks from across the nonprofit sector. Recurring Giving Benchmarking Analysis says so.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It’s Generational (Not) The donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarking Group recently reviewed 2009 giving data for 14 very large nonprofit organizations. The analysis found that 2% of donors under the age of 35 only gave offline. The same analysis found that donors age 65 or older only give offline 53% of the time.

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APRIL 20, 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!" You probably know the list of campaigners April 20, 2009 | alex Great analysis! All rights reserved.

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