Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2007

I'm not as creative as Chris Brogan who wrote about 2008 needs or CogDog Blog's Top Zero List. During the holidays, one tradition in this house is to try to get things organized. What lessons have I learned that will stick with me for 2008?" " Here are my lessons: 1. What would I do differently?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

But he had help from another free agent, Corey Griffen , a management consultant who organized the fundraiser. But, there was not a central coordinating organization or purpose for this celebrity participation, it was self-organizing. I chronicled some of these back in 2008.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

The Summit welcomed some of the most impressive individuals and organizations in the nonprofit sector, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America , Mary’s Meals, World Central Kitchen, the Ford Foundation, Greenpeace, Save the Children, and more to speak at the event’s global mainstage, in breakout sessions, and on thought leadership panels. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

Chronicle of Philanthropy has a roundup of predictions for 2008 from. And finally, Chris Brogan focused on needs for 2008. What are the nptech social media needs for 2008? As we move into 2008, one last reflection, what are you lessons learned about Nonprofits and Social Media ? Let's take a look.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) 2 Comments | by Share Article in Misc.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Not only must you replace staff members who leave (assuming you have budget to do so), but you also lose knowledge about your organization as staff walks out the door. But making software training a central part of how your organization operates is easier than you might think. The effects of employee turnover at nonprofits can be big.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

I first got on MySpace in February 2006 when I created a portal to Nonprofit Organizations on MySpace. So I launched the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page and started promoting the Facebook Page to my MySpace community. At the same time I created the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel. Five Lessons Learned.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Her work on nonprofit studies has appeared in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly , Nonprofit Management & Leadership , Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations , and Public Management Review. I joined ASU in Fall 2008, and it’s been 8 years. Meet Dr. Wang. For how long have you worked at ASU?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 23, 2015

Other organizations may undergo a strategic planning process, but fail to operationalize the plan. For example, a nonprofit music lesson provider might face competition from school music programs, but also from sports and other after-school activities, or from video games. How does my organization compare? SWOT analyses?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Because it was such a painfully long process and because I couldn’t find too many complete articles when I googled “ Wikipedia nonprofits “, I decided to share the lessons we learned so that you may not make the same mistakes we made. Make the page about your organization, not your programs. All content must be verifiable.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How to choose a CRM March 26, 2008 I’ll be doing a webinar on open source CRMs tomorrow. I’m glad to see that.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Our Story Recently, four allied grassroots campaigns (1Sky, Clean Energy Works, the Energy Action Coalition and Focus the Nation) set out to build an unprecedented online community: multiple organizations engaging their supporters together toward common goals on a shared online platform. We called it “The Climate Network.&#.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2010

I’m connected in different ways to numerous nonprofit organizations. From my interactions with them over the years, I became aware of how these organizations could engage me more effectively so that I feel even more committed to supporting their cause. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Multi-Channel Engagement. They asked.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

You don't go into using a Twitter strategy without having built up a little social capital or as Tara Hunt calls " Whuffie." I also wonder about the effectiveness of fundraising on Twitter as more and more organizations or individuals start doing it? Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 13, 2009

You know your organization should use social media, but you’re not sure where to start. Join hosts, John Haydon , social media coach for nonprofits, and blogger and internet marketing consultant, Chris Garrett , as they demonstrate how to get started with social media and the value this can bring your organization. Have any questions?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

How is it being organized? This event combines the lessons learned from previous fundraising activities on Twitter: A local, face-to-face component based on the popular "Tweet Ups" or " Net2Tuesday " meetups. Decentralized event organizing, it's grassroots and anyone can organize a local event.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2012

These training products are considered separate from main Adobe Donation Program, so eligible organizations may request training products without affecting their request limits for the main program. Check out the restrictions for the Adobe Training donations to see if your organization qualifies. Online Training for Dreamweaver.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

With support from the Blue Shield of California Foundation , NFF recently released Navigating a New Course , a report on the challenges these organizations are facing. Lessons learned from our work with agencies in the field. The report was primarily informed by two sources: Financial data showing trends from the field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

An Internet Lesson in Rural Cambodia. If your organization Tweets, will they donate? Your Organization's Social Networking Strategy Doesn't Have To Be Like Mastercard. How To Share the Social Media Workload in Your Organization. Thanks Teresa Crawford For Helping Us Swim Upstream. Social Media ROI: Compare With Paper.

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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. It was organized by Ed Schipul. But free agents are smashing headfirst into nonprofit fortresses—organizations with high walls and wide moats that work very hard to keep insiders in and outsiders out. My nonprofit has found a free agent, now what?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I want to share some lessons this celebration of gratitude and giving and the program's approach that I think are relevant to organizing social nonprofit campaigns. Simplicity played a big role in the success of the first TweetsGiving in 2008. Simplicity Rules.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

New research out today from nfpSynergy shows that organizations who serve youth may want to be going online to reach them. Despite this, less than half (48%) of the 187 charities that were surveyed as part of nfpSynergy’s Virtual Promise (2008) report said that their organization used social networking websites. The Research.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2015

In 2008, the Baltimore Ravens made what some would say was an unconventional hire when they named John Harbaugh as their new Head Coach. I spend my days talking to organizations who are asking for proven results. I hope you’ll stay with me as share some insights I’ve learned from a coach who influences more than just his players.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 19, 2016

Sure there are special broadcasts that detail typical training regimens for certain prolific athletes, and I for one am quite interested in attempting to eat the 2008 diet of Michael Phelps, who famously proclaimed he was consuming 12,000 calories a day. This is an important lesson for members of the Training and Development community.

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NTEN

JANUARY 15, 2010

Want a way to make sure your nonprofit organization is represented -- artistically, that is? Robert Weiner has been documenting this type of SPAM and sharing with the community since 2008. Finally, answers! And a green solution! Thank you, Gavin. So you wanted to go to this year's SXSW conference but can't make it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

My take away was from something that Marnie Webb said, "The new tools allow people to self-organize, something that nonprofits have been great at doing. The experiment called the Giving Challenge was: A 50 day event from December 2007 through January 2008. My notes are here. The Challenge raised $1.8

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Despite the facts and the data, organizations small and large that are spending huge amounts on direct mail and telemarketing are reluctant to move spending to the online channel — even when the data clearly shows that integrating online with offline campaigns makes the overall program more successful. You can’t afford to wait any longer!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When you remove the estimated $122 million in corporate pledges from that number, more than half of all funds raised came online through those organizations. Many of these organizations continue to see 2X to 3X the daily traffic of average days in 2008. (A Since then, organizations have expanded mobile efforts.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

I've added a fourth model to this citizen science typology, one may be more appropriate to facilities like museums than to scientific organizations: co-option. The community-stated need drives the development, implementation, and dissemination of research activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

In 2008, I had my first opportunity to speak on a panel at SXSW called " Pimp My Nonprofit " with Ed Schipul as the moderator. For example, through a Twitter campaign during the conference, Mark Horwath raised $50,000 for his organization InvisiblePeople.tv We had to replace one of the speakers and I recommended Michaela.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2015

My interview with Bob Lynn, the technology manager at the Omaha, Nebraska branch of Habitat for Humanity, is a lesson in the advantages of remote work tools. Habitat for Humanity of Omaha has built 993 homes for families since 1984, and has doubled in size twice since Bob Lynn joined the team in 2008.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2013

Instead of leading with $100, I’m seeing organizations lead with $200 or $250. Here are the percentages from 2008-2012: 27%, 29%, 28%, 27% and 27%. Sisyphus teaches us the lesson of futile labor. Since fundraisers are raising more than $100, why ask them to raise an amount lower than what they’re actually raising.

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See3

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

This is an important question for anyone trying to market a product or idea or organization. There is a big strategic lesson here for marketers. Is your organization or campaign helping them become that person? Do you see people as old or young or religious or rich? They might not see themselves that way.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 16, 2009

CDF had help during this process - Omni Studio completely redesigned CDF's web assets in 2008, and RedEngine Digital led the process to integrate SEO recommendations. And the proof of the pudding is in the eating - since the new site was launched on March, 2009: overall site visits from 2008 to 2009 increased by 12%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Last year, I was on a panel organized by Ed Schipul and we were hoping that there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this year I just scanned the list of over 1200 panel submissions to SXSW in search of nonprofit oriented panels (in addition the two I submitted) and found a number of them for your consideration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

We'll be back before 2008 with a roundup of 2007. What lessons can nonprofits take from this in using social media campaigns for social good? Twitter and Nonprofits On January 8th, the next NetTuesday meetup will focus on Twitter and campaign organizing. It is authentic, it is caring, and it is beautiful. Details here.

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