Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

Stephen Blyth, a nonprofit capacity builder who I met when I keynoted Connecting Up in 2008, hosted my trip to NZ and arranged for this workshop to take place on Makaurau Marae which is the land of Maori. One technique I use is the “Burning Question” board. New Zealand Workshop: Burning Questions.

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See3

JANUARY 23, 2008

In the video he even points down to the donation form from his YouTube box, asking the viewer to donate right now to kick of the 2008 campaign activities. At See3 we’ve been exploring this direct response video technique for a while. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

Once you understand your own behavior and a technique for letting go of failure, you need to understand other people in your organization and establish this as a way of working. I’ve written about a number of techniques that nonprofits use on their teams to let go of failure here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Geoff Livingston did a great job at live blogging the first section in the morning. The afternoon featured six mini-workshops that drilled down in the use of the tools such as Facebook , Blogging , Storytelling , Listening , Twitter , and Social Media 101. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.). Some Reflections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2008

The project is aimed at demonstrating and guiding women to work more efficiently using tools that support more collaborative information building and sharing techniques. technologies such as blogs, wikis, podcasts and social bookmarking tools. The project, which will last for 3 months, will run from May to July 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

January 2008 As the first place winner in the America's Giving Challenge for Global Causes, I use several twitter strategies. I also learned that one-on-one donor solicitation techniques can also work and some of the challenges of being able to track the velocity or flow of networked donations.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

This blog is for volunteers, webmasters and administrators of associations, clubs, charities, communities and other groups. This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

But, maybe you've done some of that thinking and implemented a few focused social media experiments in 2008 and have gleaned some insights. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Starting a personal blog which is an excellent way to build reflection time into your day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Chris Brogan, one of my favorite bloggers, has started a project called The Social Media 100 where he has pledged to writing 100 useful blog posts in a row about the tools, techniques, and strategies behind using social media for business, organization, or personal interests. re in software, subscribe to an art or marketing blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2010

Joey Chestnut won the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest in 2008. This can be put practice by using listening (and engaging techniques) for program development. Sometimes that happens by writing a blog post which take me 30 minutes. Let me explain. One strategy is to use it as a professional learning tool.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

blog posts from the past. Granted, I live in an increasingly narrow world of people who are exploring these topics and want me to work with them, but I still learn a lot from the questions and struggles I hear from colleagues and people who comment on the blog. In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

The speakers included an amazing morning key note by Arianna Huffington, luncheon talk by Facebook's Randi Zuckerberg, and an all-star closing discussion panel. (I live tweeted and blogged the event) One of the best quotes of the day came from Arianna Huffington who said, "To be generous, practice generosity." The Challenge raised $1.8

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Granted, I live in an increasingly narrow world of people who are exploring these topics and want me to work with them, but I still learn a lot from the questions and struggles I hear from colleagues and people who comment on the blog. In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." The Museum 2.0 Yes and no.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

” This was one of the reasons why I wanted to write the book, “ The Networked Nonprofit ,” with co-author Alison Fine back in 2008-09. I noticed a big change in 2010, the year the book was published. There were slightly less crossed-legs and arms and more curiosity and questions like, “What are the best practices?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The survey was implemented between July 2008 and March 2009 - and the results presented here are focused on impact metrics In terms of fundraising and attracting volunteers, metrics that most nonprofit boards and executive directors highly value, the available evidence suggests that social media is not very effective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

One of the approaches I've been thinking about lately is how professional learning through social media channels can be put into practice by using listening (and engaging techniques) for program development. I needed to do that for myself! His total for the day was 64 hot dogs.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Are you up-to-date on the latest tactics and techniques in your area of focus? Jennie Anderson of AIDS.gov and William Neuheisel of DC Central Kitchen, who work on communications at their respective agencies, share some of their tactics and techniques. In addition to our AIDS.gov website, we also have an AIDS.gov blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

In 2008, I was honored to be on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. What are the techniques and strategies that nonprofits use to find free agents? In 2008, I designed the Nonprofit and Social Media ROI Poetry Slam and last year was a panel on crowdsourcing that modeled crowdsourcing in the design and delivery.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

I review both fundraising and friendraising techniques and how to take them, to varying levels, online – from email solicitations and events to social media and websites. In 2008, the event netted about $18,000. It also posted a host kit online that gave party volunteers the tools they needed to organize a party.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

” [Did you notice the title of this blog post, by the way? This is a very important technique, one that Amazon and Google for example use very effectively, and one that with a little practice is easy to experiment without a budget. January 22, 2009 | Jill Foster Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Full disclosure: Care2 operates the Frogloop blog, and hired me to be its editor. Another 2008 market research study conducted by NPD Group showed that 61 percent of Boomer Internet users had visited sites that offer streaming or downloadable video (e.g., February 24, 2009 | Laura Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

The Handbook details important concepts like which formats are best for uploading, camera techniques, lighting/sound advice, and information on how to use a webcam. July 31, 2008 | Jordan Viator Hatef, Your article is very informative, especially for new social media users like my self. Whats the longest video a nonprofit can post?

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

The Handbook details important concepts like which formats are best for uploading, camera techniques, lighting/sound advice, and information on how to use a webcam. July 31, 2008 | Jordan Viator Hatef, Your article is very informative, especially for new social media users like my self. Whats the longest video a nonprofit can post?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Full disclosure: Care2 operates the Frogloop blog, and hired me to be its editor. Another 2008 market research study conducted by NPD Group showed that 61 percent of Boomer Internet users had visited sites that offer streaming or downloadable video (e.g., February 24, 2009 | Laura Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

So give these tips a try -- and if you have other tips or techniques you use, Id love to hear about them. May 1, 2006 | Sandy thank you September 18, 2007 | sohbet Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « A great read about e-mail fundraising. Sound off in the comments below! Has anyone tried/tested this strategy?

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Care2

APRIL 26, 2007

The mobile expert and strategist explained how nonprofits can use cell phone technology to organize, mobilize, motivate and inspire through a delightful array of tech-savvy techniques. Katrin May 2, 2007 | Katrin Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Happy texting! All rights reserved.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

I’ve emerged from this week’s frenzy of buzzwords like “blogging,&# “open API,&# “e-advocacy,&# “municipal wireless&# and “social networking&# not surprised at how much things have changed, really, but how much they have stayed exactly the same. 1 trackback } The Bamboo Project Blog 04.09.07

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JUNE 2, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Questions for Geoff Livingston Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on June 2nd, 2011 I’m starting a new series of short interviews with people who are really changing what’s happening in the nonprofit sector.

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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. Figuring out the Return on Investment for your blog can't be done with a single metric.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2009

Greed, because creative greediness motivates us to hunt down and steal the best design techniques the world has to offer, and generosity, because giving those great ideas and applications away is the only way to change the larger cultural landscape. In a small act of generosity, I made my learning a public act via a blog called Museum 2.0.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Called “Web 2.0 – New Outreach and Fundraising Techniques,” the topic of this workshop is something every nonprofit marketing manager and online communications professional wants to talk about. They both use the MySpace blog, which reminds us again to speak to the community where they are, don’t try and drag them over to your main blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

Beth's 51st Birthday : This was part of an overall campaign for the America's Giving Challenge in 2008 for the Sharing Foundation that raised over $50,000. It also ties right into the lecture/presentation and class exercise of learning the technique of learning loops or real time tracking and reflection. Metric: Content created.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

Picturing Your Data is Better Than 1,000 Numbers:Data Visualization Techniques for Social Change. To share techniques and low costs tools for data visualization that nearly any user can begin using quickly. Arlene McCrehan, Goodwill. Bryan Breckenridge, Linked In. Wednesday, April 4, 2011 – 10:30-Noon. The NTC Conference.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

We used this technique for DIGG, forums, Twitter, Bing, and Google and then set up various searches along with monitoring of certain Twitter feeds. In 2008, I helped start the Frozen Pea Fund against breast cancer. Then, grab the search RSS feed and add it to your iGoogle. Now, anyone can log in to monitor this.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Myth #1: Online fundraising isn't as effective as offline techniques. The truth is, online fundraising can and should be far more effective than "offline" fundraising techniques, in terms of response rates, dollars raised, cost per dollar raised and, importantly, connections with new and younger donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Increased Relevant Visitor Traffic and Page Rankings: You're using social media tactics to drive traffic to your organization's web site or newsletter sign up or improving search engine results or using social media channels to spread your web site or blog content. Josh Bernhoff, Social Technographics 2008 3.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

That said, the longer I work in the online world the more I realize how much of old-school, direct mail techniques are applicable to online marketing. I do, however, think that some old fashioned direct marketing techniques might be effective in the social marketing space. 60) Search « MySpace.com: A Place for Donors?

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