Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2009

Take a look at the web site of any well-established nonprofit organization , and you'll probably see past invitations to these types of events or one for an upcoming event We're seeing the rise of social media to promote, organize, and in some cases hold the actual charity event itself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

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. Bloggers Who Create Community Award. New Year's Resolution: Do Something About That Pile of E-Waste. Micro Fundraising and Trust.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

No matter how important you think your work is (and I am sure you are doing amazing things for others in the world), your organization needs to be notable, according to Wikipedia’s guidelines , before it can be Wikipedia-worthy. Make the page about your organization, not your programs. Not notable enough. Does it suck? Last few tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Why aren’t more local philanthropists directing their dollars toward these organizations? Silicon Valley philanthropy is increasing: Individual giving rose 150 percent between 2008 and 2013, from $1.9 Why aren’t more local philanthropists directing their dollars toward these organizations?… billion to $4.8

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

We’ll also share some some tips and frameworks for measuring engagement to improve relationships with your organization’s stakeholders. We’ll also share some some tips and frameworks for measuring engagement to improve relationships with your organization’s stakeholders. That’s the secret!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2012

Here’s how it works, according to their recent Facebook and Tumblr posts: The Nature Conservancy has used photo contests to crowdsource photos from its network through social media in the post, as far back as 2008 when it ran a contest on Flickr. There are some obvious benefits: Engaging its network beyond the like on Facebook.

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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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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. August, 2008 Using Twitter and other channels, I raised $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org has discovered what social media folks who work for zoos, aquariums, and animal welfare organizations already know. What types of photos or videos that your organization shares on the social web get the most attention? So, grist-.org They’re inviting folks to submit their own cute dog photos. Marine animals and much.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

How do traditional non-profit organizations link up to movements that are sparked by a moment in time and the conditions preceding it? It’s getting a little easier (I think). * “Building Organizations in a Movement Moment,” Beth Zemsky and Dave Mann. Social Policy: Organizing for Social and Economic Justice , vol.28,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2013

I delivered the keynote there in 2008 and taught a workshop, “ Take Me To The Social Web.” This workshop is for intermediate organizations and will focus on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media. I am excited for a return visit to Australia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

According to a survey recently released by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, the answer appears to be ‘not by much’ or at least not fast enough. Getting It Right at the GEO Conference in Seattle – Guest post by Albert Ruesga. Is grantmaking getting smarter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

I started my current blog in 2008 just after I gave birth to my first daughter. of San Antonio, I’m organizing the very first meeting of MissRepresentation Social Action Reps in San Antonio to help champion for change locally in the way that media portrays women. Words of wisdom about blogging? Together with Girls Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

What surprised me though, was the share pair report out exercise, “What are the conversation starters about concerns that your organization needs to have to build a social media policy?&# I was surprised that most of the topics were tactical and how to questions. Perhaps I didn’t ask the question well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Over the years, I've been able to rub elbows with metrics geeks, even to pretend to be one at the 2008 E-Metrics Summit in DC. The Web Analytics Association is a (young) organization whose goal is to spread awareness, some standardization and generally "fight the good fight" in favor of analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2008

Do you work in an organization whose mission includes social or economic development? The Networking for Success project is targeted at Nigerian women working in NGOs, and other social development and change-oriented programs, who are seeking to use technology to advance the work of their organizations and programs.

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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. Check out his illustration of the panel).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Note From Beth: Yesterday, I attended a convening called “ Beyond Dynamic Adaptability ” for arts organizations about cultural participation in the arts. This year’s Academy Award winning film – Inside Job – is one of the most powerful descriptions of what went wrong leading up to the financial collapse of 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2008

The most recent donation was made May 1, 2008 to the Adopt An Acre. According to Jonathan Colman, (Lil) Green Patch's most recent donation just occurred this past week, but they've been donating $6-$10k a month to Nature Conservancy Cause since January, 2008. raised per nonprofit. Not very impressive at all."

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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 The Challenge raised $1.8

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Weber Shandwick released the results of a survey of 200 nonprofit and foundation executives to explore how their organizations (range of budgets) are using social media and the value they derive from these efforts. Ultimately, for most nonprofit executives (79%), the true value of social media has yet to be determined for their organizations.

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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. Network effectiveness is clearly a distinctive set of behaviors and strengths for a leader or organization to build.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

We see examples in the ongoing success of Kickstarter , in the record number of small donations President Barack Obama collected during his 2008 campaign and, humorously, in the manner Stephen Colbert has solicited funds for his satiric Super Pac. But to pull it off organizations need to think beyond platforms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

To celebrate all of the good going on around us, they’ve created a huge, global image gallery of people, organizations and businesses doing good this holiday on their Facebook page – because they believe that #GoodSpotting is everywhere, and something everyone can do. The call to action?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

Photo Source: Yuba Colleage Public Space Back in September, 2008, after reading this post by Chris Brogan about taking your blog to the next level, I was inspired. I started blogging here in 2003, it has become increasingly difficult to find older posts because I have too many categories and an idiosyncratic way of organizing them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

I used the same fictional organization, the Earth Worm Sustainability Network, as I used in the Network Effectiveness Grantee Convening back in May. . This is the first time I ran it for people all from the same organization, with a limited amount of time, and mix of experience. It was from April, 2008!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2008

The OpenSocial Foundation will be an independent non-profit entity with a formal intellectual property and governance framework; related assets will be assigned to the new organization by July 1, 2008. If you are the Internet marketing person or responsible for your organization's web strategy, how does this impact your strategy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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 Frogloop Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2008

On Tuesday, March 25, 2008, I will be co-moderating with Flickr's Community Manager, Heather Champ, an online event over at TechSoup called Images of Social Change. The Flickr photo sharing service has teamed up with TechSoup Stock to offer premium "pro" accounts to individuals within eligible organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

.” I started with a full-day workshop outside of Auckland called “The Networked NGO in New Zealand,” this workshop was for activist organizations and focused on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media as a network. Space to Move Around.

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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. They know how to use social media to engage people inside and outside the organization to improve programs, services, or reach communications goals. Let me explain. Photo by Dietrich of Joey Chestnut, Winner of the 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever. Everyone will pledge will change one mind in their organization. Getting that new email system, update web site, or the cloud. We want every nonprofit to have a seat on the leadership table at organizations. How many of you report to the Finance Director?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Technologies to Recruit, Organize and Engage Youth. Leave your comment before May 9th, 2008 at midnight EST 3.) Ben Rigby of Mobile Voter, and the folks from Rock the Vote have just written a new book, Mobilizing Generation 2.0: A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0 Anyway, I'm giving away a copy of Ben's book. Here's how it will work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

Though the numbers aren't in, it must be likely be higher in 2008 as this article by David Cay Johnston in the New York Times points out. I thought I'd highlight a few charitable organizations that are working to end hunger and some opportunities for donations. Hunger isn't just a problem in America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

She recently wrote a post about how much time it takes to do social media based on some thinking from a post I wrote in 2008. Her blog posts certainly get me to think!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Many of us have been up early playing with Jumo, setting up our individual profiles and finding issues and organizations or setting up profiles for organizations. The platform was seeded with some initial organization profiles and a focused set of issues. Here’s the article from today’s New York Times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2008

The organization's goal is to makes it easy for people to find and share opportunities to give or volunteer for social causes using social networking strategies. For the last 2.5 years, Peter has been working extremely hard to build Social Actions from scratch. Over the past year he has moved his idea forward in a powerful reality.

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