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. 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. Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay.

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MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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FEBRUARY 25, 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!" Their Causes page garnered over $94,000 from 6,268 members in 50 days.

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MARCH 29, 2009

Million For 20,000 Charities And NonProfits by Michael Arrington, TechCrunch.Com, Washington Post, May 29, 2008. Million and Counting , The Agitator, May 29, 2008. Social Networks: It’s About the Relationship by Stephen MacLaughlin, BlackBaud Blog, May 29, 2008. Causes Reports On Its First Year - $2.5 I used a cli.gs

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OCTOBER 13, 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 can read all the details on the contest and submit your idea here.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2008

There were a number of social media influentials who reached out to their networks helping to contributing to a community culture of giving on Twitter. January 2008 As the first place winner in the America's Giving Challenge for Global Causes, I use several twitter strategies. The experiment was to test Twitter's speed.

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DECEMBER 12, 2007

Because we believe that increasingly we will be seeing engagement move to these social networking models and away from email. Share and Enjoy: 4 Comments comment Social Networking News for Myspace / Facebook / Etc. » Why you need social media marketing. [.] … sucks. Link to the original story.

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APRIL 16, 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!" March 27, 2008 | Tompkins Spann This is a great start to an important question.

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MARCH 25, 2008

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JANUARY 17, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman JAN 17, 2008 Need a job?

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AUGUST 16, 2008

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JULY 14, 2008

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MARCH 13, 2008

Work with the Public Affairs team to identify, develop, and execute communication tactics via the organization’s website, including video streaming, blogging, RSS feeds, subscription systems, social networking media, and other forms of electronic communication and convening. Kellogg Foundation The W.K. This is a newly created position.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

You can see the first video, “Free&# , below: On the website, there are interactive ways for new activists to get involved with NARAL Pro-Choice America’s work, including taking action on a choice-related issue, learning about state-by-state legislation, or entering (and later voting in) a $1,000 t-shirt design contest. (We

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AUGUST 4, 2008

I suspect that the good folks at SeaChange are busy updated the 2008 the Procrastinators Guide To Year-End Fundraising. The Wall Street Journal published a very positive piece about the potential for online giving and social networks. The article profiles Networked For Good's Six Degrees of Separation.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2008

On the IdeaDrivenMarketing.com blog there is a post about a social networking/content sites for Baby Boomers called Eons.com. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? This is an important question for anyone trying to market a product or idea or organization.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

A kind of companion social network then tracks and rates how the people did in predicting the outcomes. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? We co-hosted the reception on Thursday night and there was a great turn-out and great energy at the conference.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2006

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

Don’t give me their email, but connect me to them through the social network. Complete with typical social networking “friend&# and “share&# features. Do social networks drive donations? Thanks, Ian 3 Jan 2008 lili Thank you very much for the great information. Can anyone help me.

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

Don’t give me their email, but connect me to them through the social network. Complete with typical social networking “friend&# and “share&# features. Do social networks drive donations? Thanks, Ian 3 Jan 2008 lili Thank you very much for the great information. Can anyone help me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

I started using Twitter on September 24, 2008, and my first tweet was, "Working on two new loan requests on Lend4Health." I actually joined Twitter because I had just submitted my entry into the Ideablob contest and there were links to share your entry on "social media" so I clicked on Twitter and that was that.

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

ScratchR is a true social network, connecting hundreds of thousands of people--kids and adults--in about 200 countries around the world. Here is the user profile by age circa July 2008 (per this report ). This is the most novel sharing tool I've seen on any social network. You can also remix other projects.

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MARCH 18, 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!" crowdsourcing contest by them that shows a great use of Flickrs API.

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OCTOBER 22, 2007

Carie opened with an intro to social media. She says social networks are “not just a bunch of lonely teenage boys.” She notes that people really rely on social networks for influence on decision-making. This shows the viral potential of raising awareness in the social networks.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

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APRIL 16, 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!" Online social networks in general? For example: Mobile devices?

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MARCH 4, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Shel tells the story of the holiday season 2008, when the city of Toronto Transit Authority canceled its New Year's eve free-ride transportation due to budget pressures. The team uses social media, twitter to initiate community generosity projects. Contests/Challenges: Directly involve stakeholders in social change project or program.

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MAY 4, 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!" Do you have more tips to add to my top 10 list? Comment below!

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

While " Tweet and Meet " events, called "Tweet Ups," were popular with Twitter users in 2008, "Tweet-Meet-Donate" events became more and more common in 2009. Or maybe as more nonprofit explore the possibilities of location-based social networks and fundraising , the distinctions between online/offline fundraising will melt away.

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MARCH 20, 2009

Some feel that "nice social media" isn't effective and that we should be focusing on real social change. "Do Gooders," "Feel Good Marketing", and "Nicey Nicey Social Networks" irk social change activists using social media. Social media strategies are part of multi-channel campaigns.

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JANUARY 4, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman JAN 4, 2008 O-Bama, O-Bama, O-Bama Wow.

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