Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

On January 1st, I wrote about my goals for 2009 using Chris Brogan's process of selecting three words or larger concepts to frame them. Putting a resolution into action with baby steps is the best way to succeed. Understand how information overload might be effecting you and take a break to assess and rethink.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2009

Main | Advocacy Online Unveils Social Networking Platform in Toronto » Thursday Jun 11 2009 Five Tips to Engaging New Online Activists Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 11:58AM | by Allyson Kapin Your nonprofit spends time and money growing your online list. Take another action? June 11, 2009 | Tara Great list of tips!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and push for policies that will put the world on track to reduce our planetary CO2 to safe levels - 350 parts per million. The organization is one of the most prominent front -line, direct-action environmental nonprofits addressing the problem of global climate change.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

to information exchange. to stakeholder action. Some people asked questions about the role of GSA in establishing policy for Federal agencies on open government issues. Unbiased information + neutral facilitation are provided. Presented a nice paradigm for to model/plan citizen engagement: from outreach. to agreements.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

but pack in a tremendous amount of information. Use email to reach out to your constituents to let them know what you’re up to or to ask them to take action. With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

The BlueCross' original breach occurred in October 2009, but five months, $7 million and 110,000 work hours later, they are still dealing with the issue. Would they still be willing to provide their credit card or personal information to you? Indentify the safeguards in place; how are you currently protecting that information?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

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. View the slides from this presentation , as well as information on the presenters and other resources.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. When NFF began this survey in 2009, many of our clients were in “triage” mode: they were dealing with mission and finance-related emergencies, relying on short-term coping strategies—like reserve depletion and staff furloughs—to make ends meet until the financial crisis was over.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and push for policies that will put the world on track to reduce our planetary CO2 to safe levels - 350 parts per million. The organization is one of the most prominent front -line, direct-action environmental nonprofits addressing the problem of global climate change.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

And once member lists, actions and events, emails and documents are collected and stored by an online service, outdated electronic privacy law is failing to keep this information safe from inappropriate access and potential misuse. But everything we do online leaves a digital trail behind about our activities and our members.

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

60) Search « Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team | Main | Year-End Fundraising » Tuesday Jan 06 2009 Defining a Nonprofit Websites Google Analytics KPIs (Part 2) Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 12:43PM | by James OMalley In part 1 of this series, we discussed how to correctly install your Google Analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I started experimenting with these concepts back in 2008 at SXSW session on Nonprofit ROI and SXSW Session on Nonprofit Crowdsourcin g as well as at the NTC in 2009 on a session mapping metrics to strategy. That is one reason why I always incorporate a reflection at the end that helps participates identify one small action step.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

In the Fall 2009 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review , Gregory and Howard identified the “nonprofit starvation cycle” which they defined as follows: The first step in this cycle is the funders’ unrealistic expectations about how much it costs to run a nonprofit.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

A good site gives users the information that they need quickly and efficiently. You’ll find it’s not hard after spending a little time away from it to cut down unnecessary text and still convey the relevant information. February 26, 2009 | Gayle Thorsen Allyson, Great overview of web content best practices.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

Use email to reach out to your constituents to let them know what youre up to or to ask them to take action. With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more. The details of your emails are critical.

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

The winner will be awarded an all-expense paid trip to the 2009 NTC to be held in San Francisco. Our background in video production, web development and nonprofit marketing and fundraising are combined to create campaigns with emotional appeal that compel target audiences to action. net www.dogooder.tv

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 1. April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3. April 27 , 2009 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 5. Burks | Mercy Corps Communications Track - Franciscan B Action is at the heart of what our organizations do. Without further ado here are my favorites. Better Online Storytelling Designed by Roger O.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Now, our goal is to increase our conversions — the number of people who click on an ad and then sign up to join our e-mail list, or download a free resource, or take another action. Even for organizations that dont qualify for Google Grants, this informations extremely valuable. February 6, 2009 | Robin Reed Thanks Daniel.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

During the calls, speakers talk about what is going on in Sudan at the moment, and what actions people can take. I took notes on the call today to share with you, but I'm not much of a policy person, so forgive me if I simplify too much, and feel free to correct me if I make an error. Darfur Sudan activism genocide

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

You can also see how that translates into cost per action or email viewed (opened). The metric boils down to cost per action as applied to advocacy or outreach (branding, education, etc) campaigns. February 9, 2009 | KM - Milwaukee, USA Marketing is only a part of it. A lot of it comes down to a numbers game.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

You can also see how that translates into cost per action or email viewed (opened). The metric boils down to cost per action as applied to advocacy or outreach (branding, education, etc) campaigns. February 9, 2009 | KM - Milwaukee, USA Marketing is only a part of it. A lot of it comes down to a numbers game.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

You can also see how that translates into cost per action or email viewed (opened). The metric boils down to cost per action as applied to advocacy or outreach (branding, education, etc) campaigns. February 9, 2009 | KM - Milwaukee, USA Marketing is only a part of it. A lot of it comes down to a numbers game.

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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. July 31, 2008 | Jordan Viator Hatef, Your article is very informative, especially for new social media users like my self.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

He was recently named 2009 Young Professional of the Year by the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. I think one of the things that is missing from cities are policies that support the creation of an environment for a company to thrive and to grow. That's where I think we're missing the boat as stakeholders, and as policy makers.

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Causes uses information created within their program and data from Guidestar. It doesn’t allow people to take your organizational actions or sign-up for your newsletters the way Convio’s application does. Usually in typical companies you will find information about structure, policies, and ideologies.

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Care2

JULY 14, 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. July 31, 2008 | Jordan Viator Hatef, Your article is very informative, especially for new social media users like my self.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

So she’s knee deep in and planning, and we’re going to share some more information about that because it’s not too late to check it out even though it’s only a few weeks away. So however it makes sense to move information within your organization, that’s how I would take your input in and aggregate it.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Who stores the donor information and how quickly does the nonprofit get it? One of the biggest problems with all external giving sites is that lag time between the gift and the nonprofit being able to act on the information. Is Apple's policy the worst threat to NPOs today? Mobile is going to be a huge channel.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Err on the side of taking action 13. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Have an open door policy 66. Dig deep within your organization for ideas on how to improve processes, policies and procedures 67. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. Be visible 15.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 3, 2010

If your employee is afraid of ever making a mistake, he will be paralyzed from taking action or taking even calculated risks. Finally, you may discover that the mistake happened because policies, procedures or your assignment instructions were confusing or unclear. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around.

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Care2

MAY 27, 2009

Main | Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It » Wednesday May 27 2009 The ROI of Social Media Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 10:39AM | by Heather Holdridge Social media is a hot topic these days. You can see the metrics in action in the chart below. May 27, 2009 | Beth Kanter Great post here - thank you!

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Accessibility and connectivity are joint rulers of this digital world, transforming how we perceive and consume information. Organizations recognize the importance of social media in present-day connectivity, and, consequentially, its incredible potential to spur action in a vast, increasingly interconnected audience.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

» Sunday May 31 2009 Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 02:22PM | by Mal Warwick My, my. We also have many donors who are still very uncomfortable giving their information online (credit cards, etc.) I get a lot of this mail because I take action alot online. My 2 cents.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

His creative and unusual campaign merged online activism with offline action, and combines the power of the web with live demonstration. To impact the World Banks anti-poverty policies, GCAP needed to show tangible grassroots support, difficult considering that its millions of members were spread out over 100 countries.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

His creative and unusual campaign merged online activism with offline action, and combines the power of the web with live demonstration. To impact the World Banks anti-poverty policies, GCAP needed to show tangible grassroots support, difficult considering that its millions of members were spread out over 100 countries.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Whether for a campaign, an appeal, or an organization's main web presence, I think 2014 will see organizations focus their online content on specific actions or messages, pulling back from the clutter or information overload." As online tools and information become increasing available to non-statisticians.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

But remember don’t treat it as a one way communication tool to just blast out your latest press releases and action alerts. Build Your Community At the end of the day raising money, motivating people to take action and social networking is about building up your community – a base of friends. April 28, 2009 | Joanna M.

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