Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 14, 2012

That said, the following is a short excerpt from Chapter 9 of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. In 2009 and 2010, nonprofits were busy launching and improving their social media campaigns. In 2009 and 2010, many nonprofits rushed to launch smartphone apps.

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. While it does not yet amount to the bulk of fundraising for most nonprofits, online giving grew by 13 percent from 2010 to 2011.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 21, 2009

2010 is going to be a big year for social media. Group texting, iPhone apps, and mobile websites are on the 2010 To Do Lists of most national and international nonprofits. From now until January 4, all social media and mobile technology webinars are 2-for-1. Thank you so much for a great 2009.

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2009

As nonprofits scramble to meet their year-end fundraising goals, this is also a great time of year to reflect on what online fundraising and advocacy strategies worked well in 2009. But what's coming up in 2010? Cheryl Contee, Fission Strategy: In 2010, nonprofits need to get serious about mobile outreach. Here's their advice.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

While many nonprofits have a social media presence these days, senior leadership is still struggling to figure out how to best integrate it into their communications plans. ” How much time should you spend on social media if you have limited resources? Social media is an incredibly active and social space.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 22, 2009

I just wanted to thank everyone (especially my clients , followers, friends and fans) for making 2009 such a great year for DIOSA Communications. FFFFFF ].

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

2009 total mobile fundraising: $4 million. 2010 Haiti earthquake mobile fundraising: $30+ million. Pew Internet, in their report on " Social Media and Young Adults ", reveals that the number of teen bloggers has plummeted since 2006. Should Executive Directors use social media ? Do you eat it ?

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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Check out the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN which surveyed 40 nonprofit organizations and analyzed all of this data and more. Online fundraising grew 14% from 2009 to 2010. The 2010 advocacy response rate was 3.3%. Are nonprofits experimenting with mobile more? Online Fundraising.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Get the latest data on email open rates, social media usage, email churn, and more. Tags: Fundraising , Nonprofit Trends , nptech , Online Giving , Social Media , Web 2.0 Based on 2006 data, the chart features the 10 major sources of revenue for U.S. All Rights Reserved

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2010

The process is simple: Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. Last year, I used Chris Brogan's "Three Words" to set some professional/personal goals for the year. Then, try to think in even broader terms. Extrapolate on.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

Social Media: What I Learned This Year | Millennial Marketing – Carol Phillips has a great post recapping what she learned about social media in 2009, including: "Effective use of Social Media requires enthusiasm and diligence." Download the December 2009 version of this list here.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

After that, similar events called Brand Camp were held on and off annually through 2009. In 2010, the event had a transformation. The Conference “Curse” While so much good was happening with Cause Camp, the first instance suggesting a “Cause Camp Curse” happened in 2010. Nine scholarships for attendees were awarded.

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NetWits

APRIL 10, 2011

Heading in to 2011 most nonprofits (92%), regardless of organization size are using at least one social network like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn and close to nine out of ten nonprofits (89%) have a presence on Facebook – up from 74% in 2009. Fundraising via Social Networking.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

rst draft of a longer effort dedicated to the study and advancement of developments in social media in the public interest that enable people to write history by acting online. nitions and examples for ten trends that we believe are shaping the use of social media in the public interest. It features concept de?nitions

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 13, 2010

" Deadline: January 31, 2010. Nominees for the Osocio’s Best Campaign of 2009 announced – Osocio, Social Advertising and Non-profit Campaigns – "Osocio is happy to announce a list of ten nominees for the Osocio’s Best Campaign of 2009 award.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 9, 2012

My overall predictions are that most things will be pretty much the same as last year (and 2010 and 2009, etc.): NTEN published my somewhat snarky predictions for nonprofits' use of fundraising technologies in 2012. many nonprofits will struggle with out-of-date systems. No surprise -- many will also lack the funding to replace them.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Beth Kanter asks whether or not we can add some more steps to Chris Brogan’s fabulous 50 steps to create a social media presence. and social network guru for the nptech community. BTW, I thought of you today after reading Nancy’s comments about the online community module for NTEN We Are Media.

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NetWits

JULY 9, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. This communication can be done via email, newsletter, direct mail or social media. Download the report now! .

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Both campaigns leveraged the community and competition aspects of social media. Online fundraising revenue grew overall by 14% between 2009 and 2010. Both campaigns created opportunity for people to participate and then share it with their networks and make personal recommendations. Getting Over Celebrities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The conference highlights include honoring General Colin and Alma Powell with the 2010 John W. In the for-profit sector, we’re seeing more and more senior managers turn to social networks to keep up with their employees as this study indicates. 3. The number of retweets using the hashtag #ISconf increases from 2009.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. Social media is a great tool for increasing supporter engagement; a majority of nonprofits have realized this. 1] Bango Annual Mobile Usage Study, Feb 2010. [2]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In total, GiveMN has helped raise $46 million for nonprofit organizations across the state of Minnesota since launching in November 2009. Social media strategy payoff. Those relationships were strengthened through the use of social media. Jeff Achen is the interactive media strategist for GiveMN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

To get there, we employed a number of strategies, but chief among them was social media. Social media has always been a key communication tool for Give to the Max Day. A quick look at the social media data from Give to the Max Day 2012 shows a sizable jump over the previous year. Check out the webinars here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 24, 2007

Probably it just means that when the “Social Media Director&# or the “Goddess of Communication&# arrived in their office in the morning, they ran their standard set of google blog and technorati searches, and voila, there I was. I guess that’s a good thing. Maybe it means I have “arrived&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

In 2009 , Aston Kutcher challenged CNN (@cnnbrk) to a Twitter race to see which could reach 1M followers first. The race was part of the World Malaria Day in 2009. For World Malaria Day in 2010, there were many ways that social media users could participate and support World Malaria Day while supporting Malaria No More.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

In 2009, my three words were: Streamline, Weave, and Einstein. In 2010, my three words were Networked, Generosity, and Full of Life. Over the past decade, the Internet and social media have been one of my primary sources for professional learning. Then, try to think in even broader terms.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

2 trackbacks } Web 2.0 - Social Media - Internet News - Blogging » Facebook Ad Platform 11.13.07 And, more importantly, will nonprofit messages get lost in the stream of news feed posts about Joe being a fan of Apple, and Jane renting a four star movie from Blockbuster? { at 10:46 am Michelle, Thanks for this roundup!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

We are trying to eat our own dog food re: transparency and openness in social media. I understand you just got a nice new cut! If it makes you feel any better – I feel your pain too. And it’s hard. I’m also trying to eat my own dog food and model good behavior for my 2 yo all the time. That’s also REALLY hard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

I will also continue to follow my passion and calling as a trainer and capacity builder through my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation working with grantees designing and facilitating capacity building programs that incorporate social media and networked approaches.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Since the rise of social media many “experts&# have claimed that email is dying and won’t exist in 10 years. In 2010 mobile email grew by 36% in the US. This is probably the reason why the number of visitors to web-based email sites declined 6% and engagement dropped between 9% and 15% in 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Two weeks ago, I wrote up my prediction for fundraising trends for 2009. My guess is as we enter 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events As more nonprofit explore the possibilities of location-based social networks and fundraising , the distinctions between online/offline fundraising will melt away.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

After that, similar events called Brand Camp were held on and off annually through 2009. In 2010, the event had a transformation. The Conference “Curse” While so much good was happening with Cause Camp, the first instance suggesting a “Cause Camp Curse” happened in 2010. Nine scholarships for attendees were awarded.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

This project, housed on a social media enhanced micro-site allows people to commit to a year of service via an email sign up. Ten for Ten: Philanthropy from 2010-2020 (December 20, 2010) | Opinion Blog | Stanford Social Innovation Review – "Earlier this year, I took a look back at my decade of predictions, 1999-2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Note from Beth: Last week, Washington, DC held its first ever Give to the Max Day where 1300 nonprofits were fundraising and experimenting with social media tools and raised over $2 million in 24 hours. Launched in 2009, the third match day will happen on Wednesday, November 16th. Jeff Achen gives us the inside view.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

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