Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

And, then it is an ongoing activity of f eeding and tuning your network as Howard Rheingold says it in this still very relevant article about building your professional network on Twitter back in 2009. Googling is great, but when I needed to know about content strategy, I tapped my network on Facebook.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 24, 2014

Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc.) Unfortunately, response time in social media is measured in minutes. In 2009, he co-founded the award-winning ITWorks program which helps vulnerable young adults get started in careers in technology. 1) Not All Social Media Channels Are Created Equal. Each social media channel (i.e.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

The truth is that Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization, began in 2009 and so too did the genesis crypto culture. Cryptocurrency is currently transitioning from the ‘laugh’ to the ‘fight’ stage as the Federal Government is making plans for measured regulation s. Different Terminology .

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

For example, your fundraising email list versus your Facebook page versus your direct mail—three different channels translates to three different communication tactics. Roz Lemieux argued that where we are with social networks today is where we were with email in 1999.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

They’ve got this great Facebook application – basically a template that allows an organization to create their own Facebook app. Speaking of Kintera … Kintera: try to catch up – Of course, the big 800 pound gorilla has become Salesforce – and their platform is becoming what people are measuring against.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

For example, your fundraising email list versus your Facebook page versus your direct mail—three different channels translates to three different communication tactics. Roz Lemieux argued that where we are with social networks today is where we were with email in 1999.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2010

However, for the older generation of nonprofit leaders, many are not used to working this way and it feels uncomfortable or unnatural. At last year’s IS conference, some participants (mostly NGEN participants) used social media tools to share their learnings with their networks through tools like Twitter, Blogs, and Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2009

They are using Twitter and a Facebook Fan Page to grow an audience interested in carefully vetted research. I'd like to know more about the specific results and how they are measuring the success of their social media strategy - as well as what they are tracking to improve what they are doing. Source: Compete Media Trends for 2008 .

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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. Before the Internet and Facebook, it used to be called professional development. Mixing in social media, the practice has been called developing “ personal learning network ,&# but some, like Harold Jarche, are calling it “ networked learning.&#.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Facebook General Growth data: More than 200 million active users. billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day (worldwide). Natalie has found that many more people are online and available to take action or respond in the evening - sending a message or call to action via Facebook in the evening can garner far more responses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

On June 25, 2009, I announced on my blog that I was five days away from a cross-country move and knew it would disrupt my routine, including my blogging routine. Frank Barry, Guest Post: Frank Barry, Guest Post: 4 Facebook Tips for Nonprofit Success – See What Others are Doing. The solution? I'm taking it as a compliment.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

But then you're asked, "Hey, are you on Facebook?" " The blur between our personal and professional identities on social networking sites may seem all too obvious, but the issue is becoming more prevalent as we use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as professional networking tools. Know the Risks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

The nonprofit Generations of Hope is competing in the top category, for the $250,000 prize, approximately 1/3 its operating budget in 2009. Those who use Facebook, Twitter and Linked-In solicited the support of friends and followers. and measurement of our tweets. Rank is the best way to measure overall effectiveness.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

In 2009, 350, working in tandem with communities around the world and partner organizations aligned on the shared goal of creating a global movement to solve the climate crisis, ignited the largest collective action that has ever been taken around the world with their 10/10/10 Day of Action. What do you measure every day, week, month, year?

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Coca-Cola used Twitter hashtags, Facebook pages, interactive kiosks, TV ads, email marketing, YouTube videos—you name it. In a 2009 campaign, the American Red Cross achieved an 11:1 ROI and increased the average donor gifts by 43 percent with an integrated campaign. Take the Share a Coke campaign, for example. Get Started.

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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. Perhaps you're looking to make your strategy more effective, less time consuming, or see measurable results. Learn to use the tools that help you measure success. Good for you! Great work.

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2010

That there is no reason not to do a lot more video in 2010 than they did in 2009. The widespread adoption of social media is clearly the most important trend for nonprofit technology in 2010. What makes up an online video and how can we, whatever our circumstances, do one. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009, there were more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. Turning Facebook Followers Into Change Agents 100,000 followers, and you still want more.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It? You might also consider other factors that arent measured here: Opportunity cost: what else could I have my staff or volunteers doing if they werent spending time in social networks?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2009

19 Free Webinars for Nonprofits - November 2009 on Wild Apricot Blog. 10 Tips for an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Facebook Fan Page by Beth Kanter on BlogHer. 7 Tips for Measuring the Success of Your Blog on Beth's Blog Create a Listening Dashboard for your Organization on NetSquared.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

If we expect productivity and results, we need to measure them. These measurements will form the basis of employee reviews. Howe has presented at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) since 2009. This simply won't work for WFH 2.0. You "tweeted" on my LinkedIn!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, the authors of The Networked Nonprofit that inspired this experiment, wrote an Assessment and Reflection Report on America’s Giving Challenge 2009. Measure those elements as well. But consider the following: Networking.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It? You might also consider other factors that arent measured here: Opportunity cost: what else could I have my staff or volunteers doing if they werent spending time in social networks?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2010

You will be able to tag everything from Facebook updates to the txt messages you send your friends. He was the American Marketing Association Nonprofit Social Media Marketer of the year for 2009 as well as a Senior Digital Strategist at Ridgewood: Ingenious Communications Strategies. Two important things will rise out this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

The original Seafood Watch iPhone app was released in January 2009. How will you measure success? We want people to sign up to hear from us in any and all ways they would like and use those channels – email, Facebook, Twitter being the most popular channels. (Your organization was one of the early adopters of mobile phone apps.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

Facebook General Growth data: More than 200 million active users The fastest growing demographic is those 35 years old and older More than 3.5 There are many people on Facebook; but far more people have the internet and are not on Facebook than those who are. Link to things that can be measured.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « Twestival: To Meet, Tweet And Raise $500K For Charity | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 » Wednesday Feb 04 2009 Why Every Nonprofit Should Embrace the Web 2.0 conference, many people asked: “How do you measure the return on investment (ROI) for social networking campaigns.” is a buzzword.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It? You might also consider other factors that arent measured here: Opportunity cost: what else could I have my staff or volunteers doing if they werent spending time in social networks?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

How your key stakeholders, donors and activists talk about the issues surrounding your work is not only observable, it is measurable. Understanding what this love looks like on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter can help you support your own donors, influencers and the activists that care deeply about your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Social Media for Non Profits and Special Causes John Sheridan’s presentation at at Pod Camp Halifax 2009 gives an overview of social media and social networking, with plenty of non-profit examples. An Introduction to Facebook and Twitter for Nonprofits (Nathan Wright). Tips and Case Studies Who’s Doing What, Where, and How?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

Every nonprofit sector has seen double-digit online fundraising growth since 2009. Once someone completes their puzzle they are prompted to promote their work via email, Facebook and, Twitter. How does your nonprofit measure up? Online giving up 13% year-over-year *. 87% of organizations had at least one online gift of $1,000+.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The 2009 NMC Symposium for the Future , the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia (October 27-29th), will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond. Some of the future has already arrived, so may be talk about those examples.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Current best practices will serve nonprofits just fine in 2009. Donations will be a consequence of meaningful engagement, not a measurement of it. Today, it's becoming standard practice to communicate with supporters using tools like Flickr, MySpace , Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. Four years ago, web 2.0

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

Main | The ROI of Social Media » Friday May 29 2009 Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? Friday, May 29, 2009 at 09:41AM | by Allyson Kapin In the next five years, money spent annually on direct mail will decline by as much as 40%, from $49.7 May 29, 2009 | Robert W. 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Here is a short list of innovations that happened after online giving began in 1999: Airbnb, Android, Bitcoin, Chrome, Dropbox, Etsy, Facebook, Github, Hashtags, iPod, iPhone, iPad, jQuery, Kindle, LinkedIn, MySpace, Netflix, Oculus Rift, Pinterest, Reddit, Slack, Tesla, Twitter, USB Flash Drive, Venmo, Wii, Xbox, YouTube, and the Zettabyte.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Google extracts the pagerank, a measure of how important a page is, from our (implicit) linking and clicking behavior. In its first iteration, Vote Report India leveraged Co-creation by creating a platform for collectively tracking irregularities in the 2009 Indian elections. The Pink Chaddi Campaign leveraged Collective Action.

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