Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

Here’s the basics if you are getting the C-Suite up to speed: Instagram is a free application for iPhone or Android that lets people take photos, apply filters to change the look of the photos and then share them. There are lots of photo editing apps that work with Instagram, management tools, and tools to measure Instagram.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

Updated: March 4, 2010. Released: February 12, 2010. Released: March 29, 2010. Released: March 9, 2010. Released: March 17, 2010. Released: Updated February 25, 2010. National Public Radio :: Download. App Name: NPR News. Users can also download stories for offline reading. App Name: Humane TV.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Blogger Vu Lee, who wrote the forward to The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , offers up 9 tips for self-care , including downloading a chrome plugin that replaces 45 with photos of kittens. And, of course, tons of photos of kittens and cats. Photo Source: Rebecca Reppert-Klich. You could go on a new diet and consume news mindfully.

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2010

" You're certainly not going to get many Twitter followers with that philosophy. Some dude posed his Stormtrooper action figures in a different photo every day for a year. Then, of course, there's Big Data , which may or may not tranform the social sciences -- hopefully not in the same way Big Oil helped transform the environment.

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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. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 29, 2012

I don't know what it is about November, but there are a bunch of challenges for creating and giving coming up: 30 Days of Gratitude Carla Kay White, creator of the Gratitude Journal app , is encouraging folks to record 30 days of gratitude in their journal, with her app, or as a photo journal on Instagram. Check out their website.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology I’m hosting the carnival next week April 11, 2008 (Photo by frankienose ) I’m hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants here, next week. So send in your best of the week! {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

It can bring in your photos (and the photos of your contacts) from flickr. It can keep track of your Twitter friends, etc. Today, I’m talking about Flock. Flock is the “social browser.&# For bookmarking, it uses your del.icio.us You can also use it as a blog editor, which I am going to start trying out. A true gift!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2010

This is a quick roundup of some of the wonderful reviews, blog posts, photos, and videos of The Networked Nonprofit. Join us on Friday, July 23, 2010, from 6 to 8 pm at Pro Arts Gallery ( [link] ) at 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, a stone’s throw from the Oakland City Center/12th Street BART station. Photo by Curious Lee.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

The photo above is Leng Sopharath. I raised money through my blog and later on Twitter to help send her to college from 2006-2010 through the Sharing Foundation’s program. The photo above is Keo Savon with me this summer in Cambodia. She graduated from college and is married.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

He printed photos posted on Instagram to document a large gathering in Sweden. Instagram is a photo-sharing app (for Android phones and the iPhone) that has a built-in social network. Like Twitter, you can add searchable hashtags (like #event2012), and then view all photos with that particular hashtag.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2020

According to a 2019 Statistica report on social media use, users spend an average of 136 minutes per day on social channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat. Social media and online giving both increased six percent between 2010 and 2018. Facebook alone has 2.41 Be consistent.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Is building your nonprofits online community a priority for your organization in 2010? Blogs: Building Your Online Community If your organization doesn’t have a blog, you should consider launching one in 2010. Search engines, Facebook and Twitter reward valuable blog content with expert status and donor support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. Twitter engagement rates for brands are actually higher on the weekend. According to this Mashable study , Pinterest actually drives more traffic to publishers than Twitter, LinkedIn and Reddit combined. Sometimes there’s no getting around a staff increase: since 2010, the U.S. Government.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

First, links for the day: High Tech Trash – it’s an in depth photo essay and interactive feature on the National Geographic website. I wish all a holiday season full of fun, quality time with family (chosen or otherwise), and joy. {

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

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. Hope you will too.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

I think one of the biggest mistakes that an organization can make with its website is to promise more than it can deliver – make sure that the resources to create that blog, or podcast, or photo gallery, or whatever bells and whistles that you promise on your website, are there when the website goes live. Check This List 07.28.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 9, 2007

Photo by rob_pym ) I’m hosting this week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants ! Sorry it’s a day late. The topic I chose was a tough one, too: I asked people to talk about mistakes they make with clients, and how they deal with them. at 3:04 pm Last minute tidbits » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.20.07

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Here’s the basics: Instagram is a free application for iPhone or Android that lets people take photos, apply filters to change the look of the photos and then share them. There are lots of photo editing apps that work with Instagram, management tools, and tools to measure Instagram. Instagram Cheat Sheet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

I was able to share photos , tweets , Facebook updates , and Instagram photos in real time. Also, Twitter was really helpful in making connections to places and people to see in Cambodia once in country. I tweeted about visiting a wild life and the NGO offered a great tip about not missing the sun bear via Twitter.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

You know why I started to twitter. So when someone in your addressbook posts a new photo to Picasa, or tweets, you’ll know about it. BTW, I’m paranoid enough that I wrote a tool for easily finding people on Twitter that doesn’t require you to give up your Gmail account. I was underwhelmed, and forgot about it.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

The study, which builds on a similar study conducted in 2010, looked at the philanthropic habits of the following generations of Canadians: Generation Y (or Gen Y, born 1981 – 1995). Have the highest increase in engagement through photo streaming sites: 41% on Instagram and 22% on Flickr. Social Media Generation Profiles.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

We learn to use mobile production tools, cooperative social sites for group curation and unique filesharing services like Dropbox , Skype along with new tools like Instagram, WeVideo , Stroome and many new apps to edit our captured video and photos for story creation. Get your story ideas ready and RSVP for Nonprofits Live on February 8.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Mail to, and my absolute favorite Photo Compass. It’s brill — it gets rid of all the ads on Facebook. I use several Greasemonkey scripts for Flickr: AllSizes+, How Interesting?, Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Include photos of the donors or the company logo whenever possible. followers on Twitter and nearly 10k followers on Instagram. In both social media profiles his publications are mostly about charity: water, including anecdotes about the team, photos from the field and retweets from the official charity: water account.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 9, 2008

Redesigning Charity for the Digital Age Skip to content Home More about Steve Bridger UK Charities Twitter 100 Woodland walk Took the family on a magical walk yesterday afternoon in Clevedon Court Woods. Filed under photos , unplugged. Tagged photos , walk. There’s nothing that compares to the majesty of trees.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2007

But there are a few tidbits that I’ve enjoyed: There is a great Flickr stream building up of photos tagged with “07NTC &# including one of me. And I think most of the bloggers are too busy giving, or going to sessions to blog much. Michael also has a really interesting map of the nonprofit technology space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Flickr Photo by Geoff Livingston. Claire Williams Diaz who works on social innovation at Twitter. She leads social innovation, philanthropy, and causes at Twitter and Blogs at Claire.us.com. Looking to get more out of Twitter? Why Twitter Matters | Getting Started with Twitter | Twitter 101 for Nonprofits.

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Steve Bridger

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Redesigning Charity for the Digital Age Skip to content Home More about Steve Bridger UK Charities Twitter 100 Colalife: make it real This neat little video is part of Colalife’s submission to Google’s Project 10 to the 100th - a call for ideas to change the world. ¶ veryplaintxt theme ¶

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Twitter Photo by Jennifer Barr @rjenbarr. The conference was created by Soren Gordhamer in 2010, author of the book, Wisdom 2.0. I attended the first conference in May, 2010 was filled with gratitude to Soren for the amazing experience and opportunity to reflect life and balance in age of social networks.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

However, when it comes to building communities online, often the first place an organization starts is with social networking accounts -- creating organizational Twitter and Facebook accounts. If the program staff posted Facebook photos of the successful food drive? Follow Jamie on Twitter @jjmilliard Lori L.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. We have a robust social media presence on all the sites you'd expect: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and our blog. "One person can take a photo. social tools + people = lives saved. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

Creative Commons Licensed Photo from Flickr by United Nations Photo. The Blue Key site was only launched in December 2010, and its social/digital aspects were relatively new, so there was not a lot of data to base KPIs on. Describe the Twitter Charts: What are you showing? Why important? What tool did you use?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Flickr Photo by Vox Photo. MomsRising Health Reform Blog Carnival – September 2010. To inspire parents to inform their communities about health reform through their blogs, Facebook pages, Twitter and one-on-one communication. Many new diverse Twitter followers– also meant new folks in our comments section.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2010

Allison Fine and Beth Kanter on Launch Day June 21, 2010. We had a lot of fun with the Ustream live stream and Twitter chat where we discussed the themes from the book and answer questions. We also had an opportunity to get a photo with Randi Zuckerberg who wrote the foreword for the book. What a send off!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2007

If you don’t fall into either of these categories, but you enjoy the photos of fluffy kittens, more power to you. You either have to find gamer/hacker/leet speak very amusing in itself, or be fascinated by the linguistic implications. at 9:37 pm I really enjoyed writing stuff for Lasa and the UK point of view.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Other examples include desktop applications that allow uploading photos to flickr. These are using data in your own databases, and grabbing maps from google maps and putting them inside your application. Folks at NTEN have been thinking about APIs , and will host a discussion about them on Friday.

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