Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned. I'm drawing from my experience using Twitter drawing and those of others. I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex.

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The tool, while only in beta, gathered some quick attention across news outlets and Twitter users that took screenshots of surprise. Grammarly, the first grammar checker, was actually created in 2009. This means that they get smarter over time as they learn from the mistakes that users make. Quick History of Grammar Checks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

2009 - Connected Action - Marc Smith - Social Media Network Analysis View more presentations from Marc Smith. In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. Here is what he learned. All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. I hope to learn the art of sentence combining. I have a confession.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 20, 2009

Edward Harran is a blogger and nonprofit technologist I have connected with through NetSquared, this blog, and of course Twitter. Below is the blog post from him, calling for help. Every little bit helps…well, you can read that in his words, not mine. I need your help. How I need your help? So here I am.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Here's a summary and chronology of blog posts and Facebook and Twitter chatter. Many other nonprofit and do good bloggers helped promote the contest. The Chase Community Giving Advisory Board will review the top vote-getters to help ensure compliance with the program's rules. Marc Pitman wonders what can be learned?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 13, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). A social enterprise, Zoetica provides superior communication consulting, training, and strategy to help mindful organizations affect social change."

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Read all of the lessons Carol learned – and I'd love to hear what you learned! Download the December 2009 version of this list here.

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MARCH 23, 2012

Every nonprofit sector has seen double-digit online fundraising growth since 2009. >> This tactic is genius because it helps do two things. You can’t sign up for their newsletter, register for an event, learn more about their programs, or anything else that might otherwise distract you from completing the transaction.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

Wireframes Magazine – I’ve been doing Information Architecture for a very long time, now, but it’s great to learn new tricks and tools. Be Helpful. 3 homefreeorg 11.06.09 at 1:09 pm Thanks so much for the shout out…take a look at the latest article [link] Thanks so much for the support!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/PanCAN , twitter.com/Advocate4PanCAN. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. gid=104492.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. Learn basic HTML.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2010

From these, I pulled together this set of lessons learned. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Participant Fundraising. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) to promote your event and recruit participants. You can also encourage registered participants to use social media to help them reach their fundraising goal. The 5/50 rule.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Kathy Reich, Director of Organizational Effectiveness Grantmaking at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, write up this summary of the session. I am looking forward to the next chapter of work which will continue to focus on networks, but how they can be used by nonprofit for learning that leads to greater impact. Stay tuned.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 8, 2008

Thanks to twitter (hat tip to marshallk ), I learned about today’s big news: Google, Plaxo and Facebook joined the Data Portability working group. Update: LinkedIn, Flickr, SixApart and Twitter have now joined Dataportability.org. Be Helpful. Read/Write Web and TechCruch have good coverage of this.

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APRIL 12, 2011

Especially when they help reveal a lot of information in a visual format. World Giving Index Charities Aid Foundation looked at three different types of charitable behavior – giving money, giving time and helping a stranger and used the results to produce the “World Giving Index.&#

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 4, 2009

Now is the time to help choose the local organizations that will benefit from the twitter-powered organizing and convening. Vote for your local organization: Some cities have already chosen the organization and others need local people to vote, so use the map on the Twestival site to find your city’s Twestival page to learn more!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2009

Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009. Already Twitter, Facebook, and the rest are revolutionizing the business and marketing of social impact. They can even help elect a new president.). Please register and join us as we learn and engage about the use and misuse of Twitter, Facebook, and the rest. Absolutely, we say.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

BusinessWeek innovation blog reached out to its readers on Facebook, Twitter, and its blog asking for suggestions for social media innovators for 2009. 2) Eyes to the World: People innovating with social media to help others. And she shares what she learns with nonprofits everywhere. Beth Kanter is our pick.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Chrome September 4, 2008 The hiatus is over with a short entry about Google Chrome , the new browser from Google that I learned about on the twitterverse while I was stopped at one rest stop or another.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

But I love Twitter and I am finding time for it and I want to explain why. Who has time to learn that so and so is getting on a plane. What Twitter is, actually, is an adult conversation. I have met amazing people on Twitter and it has become my go-to resource for questions big and small. Which brings us to Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Next week, participants will share what they are grateful for through Twitter and other online media and attend gratitude parties around the world. Learn more and show your gratitude! Last year, funds from TweetsGiving helped build a classroom in Tanzania. There’s just one week before TweetsGiving ! Why TweetsGiving?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I’m quite excited about really getting my hands dirty working on some plug ins, or some such, really learning the ins and outs of Drupal. It will be interesting to learn the innards of a CMS. Be Helpful. So far, it’s been largely painless.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 9, 2009

I LOVE helping other women feel empowered to learn, share, and succeed in the technology sector, too. Women Who Tech TeleSummit: April 2009. The second annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit (which will take place in April 2009) is looking for panel suggestions. Ada Lovelace Day: March 24, 2009. Who was Ada?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You may recall that the NTEN community recently helped us raise over $15,000 to host more local events throughout 2012.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

But in the nonprofit realm, my perspective on helping nonprofit organizations with technology issues has a lot to do with client empowerment, learning based on what’s needed at the moment, and active collaboration. I learned a lot. Thanks for your inspirational commitment to learning of all types.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

You know why I started to twitter. What have I learned in all of this? What else have I learned? Just like how search engines allow you to quickly find anything you want, future technologies will help you easily connect with friends from anywhere. I hope this will help in understanding how it works. 4 Ade 12.18.07

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

Are you a nonprofit that could benefit from some techie help? Check out the Mozilla Service Week, taking place September 14-21, and sign up to participate - whether you want to help, or want to get some help! These are some links I wanted to share from June 16th. Find me on Delicious for more! " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits February 14, 2008 These are tidbits of things I’ve gotten recently from vendors, or gotten via feeds or twitter. When will people learn that to be open, you need to really be open ?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

But I help them plan their technology initiatives (a new database, a new website, etc.,) help them find the vendors that will do the work by helping them craft good RFPs. I answer all of their tech questions, and solve pretty much all of their tech problems (mostly by helping them figure out who they should call.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

The other arm is learning. And I can’t stay a technology expert without continually learning. Be Helpful. The vendor is expert at what they do, but cannot always provide a channel of communication that the client can really work with. I provide that clear channel, so both sides benefit. at 6:06 am Michelle, I love this!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 16, 2007

Although he writes about the technology field as a whole, and seems very tapped into the for-profit world, he has lots of words of wisdom I think we can learn from. Be Helpful. We all don’t need to be on the bleeding edge to get stuff done. { We all don’t need to be on the bleeding edge to get stuff done. {

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? The last drawing/map is from a peer learning group of Packard Grantees that I am facilitating based on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” from Radio Bilingue. Click to See Larger Image and Full Data by Marc Smith. Radio Bilingue. NodeXL and Marc Smith.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to connect with John Brennan , the driving force behind OpenAction.org , which empowers individuals and organizations by helping them tell the world about the positive impact their actions have. You can learn more about John and OpenAction in the interview below. On July 5 the real fun began.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Michele Martin talks about developing a personal learning plan. Be Helpful. David Geilhufe ponders how technology solutions split communities, and issues of a lack of strategic vision. It’s a great, thoughtful post. David is always a great source for thoughtful insights about open source.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 2008

You don’t have to code to do what should be basic tasks using the tool (for instance, this eliminates a good time tracking program, which at some point I might blog about, but that you have to learn scheme[1] to get customized reports with any complexity. ) Be Helpful.

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