Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Today’s nonprofit donors, volunteers, and fans are living a complex world, have busy lives and probably receive more messages and information than they can deal with. (Don’t Don’t take my word for, see Pew Internet’s recent Networked and Hyperconnected study ). Does your organization have a ladder of engagement?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit professional to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Ongoing mindfulness to the alignment of missions and values will help assure that the partnership is both successful and equally beneficial.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Through December 31, 2009, Sweb Apps will defer all set-up fees for nonprofits organizations and all you are required to pay is $25 a month to host the App. That’s something to keep in mind. This information will be important to track over the coming months. That’s how new it is for nonprofits to have iPhone Apps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Aliza and I ran into each other again in 2009 at the first Wisdom 2.0 We talked about the need for being more mindful of our technology. Managing technology and information overload. Mindful Leadership. Aliza was focused mostly in business sector, while I was focused on nonprofits. Stress reduction techniques.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 8, 2009

It's often a hard thing to wrap our minds around because so much of social media doesn't provide straightforward numbers. 40+ Inspirational Non-Profit Website Designs - Is a website redesign in your organization's 2009 plan? Check out some great designs that could get you thinking!

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Founded: 2009 A leader in the crowdfunding space, it doesn’t get much more straightforward than setting up a page with Fundly for a simple means of collecting donations online. Founded: 2010 Designed with fundraising staff in mind, iDonate’s overall mission is to move overall giving from 2% of disposable income to 4% by 2025.

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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. As far as geekery topics, I’m particularly excited to explore some of the new tools for coping with the ever expanding information on social networks and mobile. Sense: Sensing is making sense of the information. Then, try to think in even broader terms.

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JUNE 6, 2023

Since 2009, Facebook has provided the option to create featured ads on their platform to help businesses and organizations reach others’ newsfeeds. When scheduling your ad campaigns, keep in mind that some months are more lucrative when it comes to donations. Don’t write a book, just include the key information for your ad.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

These are the questions on my mind, and as I think more, and learn more, I’ll write more here. at 6:11 am Interesting idea here – informing technology with spirituality. How do I talk about these issues in a way that people from all perspectives and traditions can appreciate, from completely athiestic, to deeply religious?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2010

His total for the day was 64 hot dogs. In 2009, he won again, beating his own record by consuming 68 hot dogs. Doesn’t listening require plowing through mountains and mountains of unstructured information? They also need to get past the concern about information overload and too much unstructured information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Note from Beth: Here’s a guest post from my colleague Steve MacLaughlin that is a great example of “ data informed fundraising.” ” Also keep in mind that only 30% of American taxpayers itemize their deductions, which often gets overlooked in end-of-year holiday appeals. Flickr Photo by Su Lin. No more guessing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

So just to say really, that we should be mindful that as well as the biggies out there that we all know about, we should promote and participate in other great FOSS CMS that are futureproofed and adaptable for the nptech world too! (If BTW, really enjoying your 100 foss posts… keep it up!

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

I’ve certainly had worse experiences at the airport with my “condoms are not refundable&# experience in 2006 on Delta quickly coming to mind. I read it before I even got off the plane: On behalf of all of us here at United, I want to express my sincere apologies for the experience you had on Flight 186 on November 20, 2009.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2012

scholar, student, or professional to highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day. In fact, all but 18 of the collaborations that were included in the top 177 of the 2009 nominations involved some sort of cost savings through shared overhead. nonprofit practice. Shared Facilities.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Joel Bartlett runs marketing for PETA ( People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ) and is the creative mind behind a lot of what PETA has going on in the gaming department. The game was released in the fall of 2009 and has had more than 20 million plays. Back in March I got a chance to catch up with Joel while at SXSW in Austin, TX.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. The "Fall Festival" advertised on their homepage is for 2008, and the "events" link opens up to a May 2009 calendar.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Here are three things you need to make sure you do in order to raise the most money you can in the final quarter of 2009. If your communication plans include a newsletter, make it a donor-focused on and include the information donors want to read. . Your organization is probably not always on the mind of your donors.

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See3

OCTOBER 3, 2014

This means that nonprofit videos need to be entertaining – not just informative. By keeping your audience and their search interests in mind when uploading your video, you can increase the chances people will find it and watch. Keep in mind that what people are searching isn’t always an accurate description of the video.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2012

Every sector surveyed in our 2011 Online Fundraising Report experienced double-digit growth since 2009 , including roughly 13 percent* in the past year. With that in mind, here are four online fundraising tactics that every. Pro Tip : Keep donors – both scarce and consistent – up-to-date with information.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

In August of 2009, the following exchange occurred between an employee known only as "Lindsay" and her boss, "Brian": [Lindsay]. Be aware that participating in quizzes will reveal information about you to others. Personal Information. Protect confidential and proprietary information. Know the Risks.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

This is useful because a user can freely distribute one of her keys (called the public key) so that others can encrypt information that only the other key (called her private key) can decrypt. A key with an n with 232 digits (768 bits) was factored in 2009 using many years of computing time and dozens of computers spread around the world.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

at 3:02 am Have you tried StumbleUpon for ’stumbling’ upon websites that other like minded people have visited and liked. at 9:17 am Thanks for this informative article! But in the meantime, social bookmarking tools are I think a useful part of Web 2.0. { Its great for lunch hours! 2 marnie webb 09.25.06 3 Beth 09.27.06

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I wrote about her project The Born2Fly Project to stop child trafficking in January, 2009 on National Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Awareness Day. Aim for somewhere between “gutter” and “Are you out of your mind?” 6. People love information. 2. Think big, but don’t set your goal in concrete.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

As luck would have it, I got to chatting right away with Ned Malik, CTO of Vision Online , a DC-based company that provides cutting-edge information technology to government. It’s basically typing with the mind. The Muse offers a variety of neuro feedback games that help you focus the mind and reduce anxiety and stress.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Staff have to receive emotionally engaging information they would feel inspired to share with their community. Building community takes many forms and is done for many different reasons: to raise money, pass legislation, connect with like-minded people, have fun, learn new things. So where to begin? and on and on.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

It’s fairly easy to extrapolate that even with the poorest of clients, we’re seeing web adoption especially as traditional sources of information for job and apartment listings leave print media. Looking at them in isolation without all the other data and the trends and information they entail makes no sense.

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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. Resident apps help us put the most up-to-date information in the hands of users, since our consumer seafood recommendations are updated twice a year. Our website , is the hub for all in-depth information and news. What were some of the results?

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

We try to keep it light, informal, and funny -- providing helpful resources and interesting links, and being responsive to our followers, while also using it as a way to crowdsource and get buy-in and guidance on new projects. www.MHPonline.org April 22, 2009 | Rick Bernardo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

It is difficult because you have shift gears from your Outlook calendar, answering emails, getting tasks done mind shift. The concern about information overload and too much unstructured information. His total for the day was 64 hot dogs. In 2009, he won again, beating his own record by consuming 68 hot dogs.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2015

With crowdfunding sites taking the business, art, and nonprofit world by storm with exponential growth since 2009, it's easy to overlook peer-to-peer fundraising. Still need more information? This form of fundraising is called peer-to-peer fundraising , and it's not just for kids. Use yours to engage and empower your audience!

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Forum One

JANUARY 27, 2009

Right now, there is an excellent example of this by the team behind the Davos 2009 World Economic Forum. They can house key resources & event materials/background resources, or bulletin boards for ride sharing, or contact information for people coming in from the same city, etc. Check it out !

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Launched in April 2009 in response to President Barack Obama’s national call for volunteerism, NYC Service is a division of the Office of the Mayor. What other communities of practice have you encountered and what made them particularly useful to informing your perspective or work? NYC Service: NYC Corporate Service Coalition.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

In 2010, SAP invested almost US$17 million in universities and nonprofits worldwide, an increase from US$10 million in 2009. With this in mind, SAP donates their products and services through TechSoup but also connects their employees with organizations to provide them with volunteer help in devising technology solutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Organized crime, Mr. Carlin, says is selling our information and making some very serious money. Is “content” what you write on your wall or post on your friends page, or is it also “transactional,” the information collected about your use of the social network: what did you search for? And for good reason. What pages did you visit?

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

There’s just a human tendency to get excited about a good idea and view it as the solution to all your problems: “if all you have (on the mind) is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Think of those Google Alerts you excitedly set up in 2008 and haven’t read since 2009. Slope of Enlightenment.

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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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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

to information exchange. NIH does this to allow teens a way to get credible information from a trusted third party - and NIH gets some great intelligence about what is on the minds of teens (eg in 2009 twice as many marijuana questions as in 2008.). Unbiased information + neutral facilitation are provided.

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