Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

to test out some ways to encourage more people to use social media tools and online fundraising to give online, they did not know what would emerge. The experiment called the Giving Challenge was: A 50 day event from December 2007 through January 2008. When the Case Foundation team launched their Giving Challenge.

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JANUARY 11, 2011

But now over 300 million people log-in to Facebook daily, Twitter supports over 50 million tweets per day, and 2 billion videos are watched every day on YouTube. All this innovation birthed a new type of website – one that’s not driven by a specific non-profit, but is focused on individual people and their online networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Anything else?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. Follow back those that support your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

It was the optimal time for early adoption of social media by nonprofits, and it’s no coincidence that the nonprofits that embraced these new tools in 2006 through 2008 are today the most successful nonprofits on the Social Web. Executives were terrified by the legal implications of using social networking tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

For over 10 years Heather has been my primary reference point and mentor for all things pertaining to online community management and social networking for nonprofits. If I want to find out who is doing social media correctly, I always look to Heather’s blog and tweets. Publisher: McGraw-Hill. Testimonials.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

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!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2010

Nonprofits and their adoption of social media has created an interesting, albeit interdependent relationship with large companies like Google, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr. I was very glad to see that every company listed below is doing some good for nonprofits and social causes.What do you think? for Good program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

If you hire a social media manager who can invest 40 hours a week in engaging your supporters online, then your ROI will be significantly higher. How many social media tools your nonprofit can use effectively is directly related to the number of hours your nonprofit can invest. The era of “winging” it in social media is over.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

Wendy Harman, American Red Cross According to Wendy Harman, employees at the Red Cross were blocked from accessing social networking sites, like Facebook, from work. 2008 has been a record year for disasters and therefore a record year for disaster response. Recently, a change in policy has allowed access.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

We know that professional relationships are moving from the Rolodex to the social networks. LinkedIn is designed for specifically for business professional networking, while Facebook is a bit more casual. Yet, I do professional networking on Facebook and I'm noticing a number of colleagues are too. by Mark Dykeman.

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Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2008

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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Care2

OCTOBER 3, 2008

From the article : "For example, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency) partnered with Care2 , an activist social network of over 8 million Americans, to promote awareness of the deterioration of coral reefs. The idea was that the federal agency would work with Care2 to build support for the International Year of the Reef 2008.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2011

For over 10 years Heather has been my primary reference point and mentor for all things pertaining to online community management and social networking for nonprofits. If I want to find out who is doing social media correctly, I always look to Heather’s blog and tweets. e-Newsletter. Testimonials. Heather is great.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now. and our own Social Source Commons , are a different animal.) 1 trackback } The Better Scoial Network 08.24.07 It’s supports a distributed social networking, uh, network.

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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. Facebook is credited with starting and fueling the development of social network applications. a public benefit???) s not easy!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 2, 2010

You can bet that the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections will not be a repeat of the 2008 election with such a massive differential in use of technology and social networks. The second motive force is simply to empty your wallet so you can get shiny.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

My experience searching for Bob is concrete evidence of the helpfulness of various social networking sites (SNS) like LinkedIn and Facebook. So, I was intrigued with a report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project about the social impact of widespread use of social networking sites.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The newest report, out today, focused on the use of social networking platforms by young people who are/aren’t also involved with charities. Read the full press release here or download the Social Media data slides here.) Female respondents reported a significantly higher usage across all the top 4 networking sites.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Blackbaud buys Kintera May 29, 2008 In retrospect, this probably was inevitable. And I’m sure that the very low stock price of Kintera’s certainly made a buyout of it by Blackbaud easier.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

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! Sharing Foundation Has Supporters in Finland. Social Fundraising: Leveraging On and Offline Connections. Social Media In An Economic Downturn.

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Care2

JUNE 26, 2009

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 12, 2008

I think these mashups are tremendously helpful to organizations working to make real change in their communities, allowing them to more dynamically tell their story and make their case in a compelling way to supporters, funders, and the community at large. Tools like Twitter, FriendFeed and social networking. Community Movement.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

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!" ” Whereas Web 1.0 had a PC centric approach, Web 2.0

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Care2

MAY 3, 2011

This was true for Obama’s 2008 campaign for President, and remains true for most, if not all, nonprofits raising money online. But supporters will never go there on their own in numbers enough to move the needle. But supporters will never go there on their own in numbers enough to move the needle.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

Add links to your website, blog, and social networking communities to your Google Profile. As the proponents of social good online, I urge nonprofits to stay committed to diversifying their brand online across multiple sites and platforms – not just because it’s smart, but also because it is the right thing to do.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 13, 2009

This Wednesday, April 15th, you can participate in a free online event and webinar from TechSoup, Basics for Beginners: Getting Started with Social Media Tools. So you’ve heard about Facebook, Twitter, and other online social networking sites. Smart ways to use social media to engage new and existing supporters.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To be able to advocate a cause, nonprofits need to engage with their supporters. There is a constant need to reach out to more supporters who exist on different (evolving) social platforms, and cultivate a personal relationship with them. The best thing supporters can do for you, is to tell their friends to support your cause!

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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. New models like social networking and text messaging rank near the bottom.

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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

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Should they establish a nonprofit for their work to support growth? His online communities are the most tech-savvy of the independent diabetes communities : Hernandez built it on social networking platform Ning, the company at which he worked before starting these online communities and his nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Most nonprofits (52%) do not currently have the infrastructure, staff and expertise necessary to take full advantage of social media’s potential. Ultimately, for most nonprofit executives (79%), the true value of social media has yet to be determined for their organizations. There are no silver bullets.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

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Care2

JUNE 22, 2010

How You Will Change the World with Social Networking ," a new book from Berrett-Koehler by technologist and nonprofit consultant Deanna Zandt. Those who are reluctant to use social networks to effect change also frequently express fear over lost privacy. The following post is excerpted from " Share This! Absolutely not.

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