Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2010

Joey Chestnut won the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest in 2008. It’s the same sort of discomfort that some people feel about approaching the task of listening for learning using the social web. Doesn’t listening require plowing through mountains and mountains of unstructured information?

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JULY 1, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Thanks to the 100 people who took our nonprofit sector quiz ! In 2008, the Valley of the Sun made $50.1

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APRIL 28, 2010

Many privacy experts argue that the recent decline in reported data breaches ( 498 in 2009 versus 657 in 2008 (PDF)) is not due to an improvement in data security practices, but rather that fewer organizations are publicly reporting such breaches. Do you really need this sensitive donor information to perform your mission?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Each blog post is given a score from 1 to 10, representing how interesting and relevant people have found your content. Information Coping Skills: Turn off the damn computer and go for a walk. Nonprofit Blogging Policies. Information Coping Skills: How Information Overloaded Are You? Twitter on Paper Icebreaker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. Organized crime, Mr. Carlin, says is selling our information and making some very serious money. And for good reason. I’m not a lawyer. Can a judge and a lawyer be “friends” and do they need to “un-friend” each other if they’re working the same case?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Photo by Dietrich I love the Red Cross's approach to scaling its engagement strategy by involving the whole organization - it is spelled out in their strategy handbook and policy guidelines. The first steps are simple once you have policy/philosophy in place and the right mix of bottom up/top down adoption or acceptance of social media.

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JUNE 27, 2008

Whether the movement of information is one-way (knowledge transfer) or a two-way flow (knowledge exchange), an organizations ability to pursue its core mission can depend in large part on effective communication. and give them the information that is most useful to them, then follow up to ensure that your message wont be forgotten.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A large part of the motivation for the Playbook event was to get people engaged in discussing the Obama Administration?s to information exchange. EPA has also apparently trained 60 people to be trainers in online collaboration. Unbiased information + neutral facilitation are provided. to agreements. to stakeholder action.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Which, of course, is why many people and many organizations don’t need blogs. The originators of blogging probably thought of it mostly as a way for people to be able to easily update their websites quickly, and provide interesting content on a moving basis. 3) keep stakeholders informed? That’s part of the point.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

The goal is to encourage nonprofits to make New Year's resolutions to that help them more efficiently and effectively move people to support their organizations. 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 you have a friending policy ?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

"Understand that a movement means that people gotta do something. When TV personality Glenn Beck proclaimed in 2009 on the "Fox & Friends" morning show that President Obama was a racist with a "deep-seated hatred for white people," many people were understandably up-in-arms. Additional Resources.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

And you need a way to organize the contact records for the people behind the organizations who apply. Collect What You Need—and Use What You Collect When requesting information about the organizations and individuals who request funding, don’t just keep track of the basics. Like peanut butter and chocolate. No problem!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

It is nice to arrive on scene where 800 people in modest surroundings are energetically pursuing questions that have to be answered to build a movement. Lucy Bernholz, moderating, said that metrics are the carbon in the ecosystem and the oxygen is the policy frame. She’s launched a policy project you can read about here.

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MARCH 12, 2008

Here’s the release: Somerville, MA (PRWEB) March 12, 2008 — Firstgiving, a leader in providing Web-based fundraising services for individuals and charities, today announced the ability for its users to add YouTube™ video and Flickr photos to their personal Web pages.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2008

One thing I have learned about the Internet is the persistence of information. No one noticed the original post, and few people read the blog, but once they take it down lots of people are interested in what it says. All Rights Reserved Sitemap • Privacy Policy • Newsletter Sign-Up • Contact • About Us

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Care2

MAY 9, 2008

Excell also provides scholarships to people who want training in the industry. If you know of a non-profit that could use some kitchen equipment, go to [link] for more information. May 9, 2008 | Kaya Matteo Thanks for sharing. May 14, 2008 | Kivi Miller Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2008

Excell also provides scholarships to people who want training in the industry. If you know of a non-profit that could use some kitchen equipment, go to [link] for more information. May 9, 2008 | Kaya Matteo Thanks for sharing. May 14, 2008 | Kivi Miller Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

The GEO project is intended to collect and show data and geospatial information (on maps) of energy resources, generation, transmission, usage, and environmental impacts. To encourage all interested people to understand and analyze energy systems and their impacts on the environment. * Again - the GEO site is here: [link].

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

The GEO project is intended to collect and show data and geospatial information (on maps) of energy resources, generation, transmission, usage, and environmental impacts. To encourage all interested people to understand and analyze energy systems and their impacts on the environment. * Again - the GEO site is here: [link].

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

and Trackable (of 60 people who opened the email, 25 clicked to the donate page and 12 donated). Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of HIV/AIDS Policy. The AIDS.gov website is a gateway to all Federal domestic HIV testing, prevention, treatment, and research information. Why should people respond now ?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 16, 2009

CDF is the foremost national proponent of policies and programs that provide children with the resources they need to succeed. Heidi Hess, the Director of Online Communications at CDF, wanted to make www.childrensdefense.org the destination site for people searching for information about child advocacy issues.

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

But what we’ve seen in the market out there is that people are seeing subscription pricing models as a solution to the problem of deflation in CE pricing (see the Value-based Accreditation entry, above, for more discussion of that issue). Think of those Google Alerts you excitedly set up in 2008 and haven’t read since 2009.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

60) Search « Email Is Most Popular for a Reason: Its the Strongest Performing | Main | Join WVU for Integrated Marketing Degree Information Session » Wednesday Feb 06 2008 Worldwide Protest Organized on Facebook Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 10:43AM | by Caitlin Ochs Need more proof of the organizing power of social networks?

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2009

“These are the people who only want to know about our work on healthcare.”) But going into lengthy, technical, inside baseball detail about an urgent issue is not the way to win friends and influence people. People are interested in stories – stories that offer drama, emotion, and human connection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

welcomed everyone "The people on the end of your web site will be informed than the CEO. He mentioned that "digital natives" get their information from their peers. With so much information coming out, how we can get our message out and heard? We provide basic financial information.

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See3

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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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

An XML sitemap can provide search engines with important information about your site and improve your search rankings. Many Content Management Systems can automate this process, keeping the sitemap up to date and informing search engines of the changes. Number 4 in particular is an SEO tip that many people overlook.

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See3

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

. • They documented the efforts of their street teams, and made a fun and inspiring piece out of young people advocating their way onto the Today Show. • And bravo to the UN Foundation and orgs like it who create terrific pieces that keep web site users engaged and inform supporters of your activities.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

For example, between 2006 and 2007, online donations grew by 26% but between 2007 and 2008 online donations only grew by 14%. “People are still giving. After all, the number one reason people cite for not donating is that they werent asked”, said Weiner. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

Elana Wolowitz (EW): Im pretty sure we started in May or June of 2008. Really, I think that the people who have said that Twitter is hard to access but once you start doing it, you find its usefulness to you have it right on. As I become more familiar with the service, and followed more people, it became easier.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Is there a fine line between sending too much that's irrelevant vs. useful information? Make sure you're sending useful, relevant information, and do your best to spread it out. Look beyond what you need people to do (whether it's giving money, volunteering, taking action, etc.). Quality is more important than quantity.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Last week, Douglas McLellan of artsJournal ran a multi-vocal forum on the relationship between arts organizations and audiences, asking: In this age of self expression and information overload, do our artists and arts organizations need to lead more or learn to follow their communities more?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 12, 2007

Sign the AsktheCandidates petition asking all of the 2008 Presidential candidates to commit to ending the genocide in Darfur. The Genocide Intervention Network has created the first anti-genocide hotline. When you call you will be connected directly to your elected officials for free. All you need is your zip code.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Resolution One: "I resolve to empower our supporters to tell our story, reach new people and raise funds." Resolution Four: "I resolve to make our web site easier to use and more informative." February 7, 2009 | Jordan Viator Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

In this interview, she shares her insights into the strategic and the tactical information nonprofits might find useful as they consider their approach to using video to reach their communications goals. This Is Why Im Hot" instead of "Global Warming is Serious") or interesting tags can increase the number of people who click on your video.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

Earlier in the month I taught a Nonprofit Blogging 101 workshop at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. Answer comments that people leave. Comment on other people's blogs. How can you use a blog to fundraise and mobilize people to action? Figuring out what niche information need your blog can fill. .

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See3

JANUARY 24, 2008

If you are a nonprofit working to help low-income Americans or to rebuild the levees in New Orleans or to assist developing countries, you then should care deeply whether and how people get their news. So the pothole and the PTA meeting are covered by the people it most impacts. Here’s my office neighborhood on Outside.In

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