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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

1) Downer News Cycle: Last week, in an interview with NPR , I pointed to the long cycle of bad news we had experienced over the summer as one possible reason the Ice Bucket Challenge had so much appeal. I chronicled some of these back in 2008. What can or cannot be reproduced? (1)

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Lili Wang

ASU Lodestar Center

We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. I joined ASU in Fall 2008, and it’s been 8 years. Welcome to a new ASU Lodestar Center Blog series, “Get to Know the Lodestar Center!” Lili Wang, Ph.D.,

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Interview with Jonathon Colman. Social Media Metrics: Distributed Influence. Things You Can Do In Ten Minutes. The Cute Dog Theory. Pimp My Nonprofit Panel at SXSW. Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. The Intangible Benefits of Social Media. Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Not True!

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What I learned from this campaign that it is important to get help from influencers on Twitter and that inbetween campaigns if you cultivate your network, the donations will not be a one-time only thing. Connie Reece shared some insights in this interview and you find more links to case studies and post campaign reflections here.

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Getting More out of Online & Offline Events

Forum One

We've been helping groups for many years with ways to have a little more influence and get a little more impact out of their online and offline events. We happen to have a software for this very thing: Live Interviews Online.) See a recent tweme from our Marketing & Online Community conference 2008.

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Meet A Social Butterfly Who Cares About Nonprofits Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What influences you in the actions you take? My research looks at the media landscape and the concept of influence and how this affects the public agenda.and within this mess and shades of gray, how and where the practice of social marketing fits in. the opinions or attitudes you hold? What shapes how you feel?

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The team, a little faith and fundraising success!

Connection Cafe

I hope you’ll stay with me as share some insights I’ve learned from a coach who influences more than just his players. In 2008, the Baltimore Ravens made what some would say was an unconventional hire with they named John Harbaugh as their new Head Coach.

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