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My Three Words for 2011: Seek, Sense, and Share

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

My Three Words for 2011 inspired by Harold Jarche's Networked Learning Model. For 2011, my three words are: Seek, Sense, and Share inspired by Harold Jarche’s model for networked learning. How these words will guide me in 2011: Seek: Seeking is the process of keeping up to date in your field.

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Share Reflection Social Media Model

10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

Written for the June 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Not blogging. YouTube.com/nonprofits.

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Social Media: What To Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Get It

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011. A quick Google search of “social media stats 2011″ pulls up a wide range of stats to share with unaware executive staff. Subscribe to social media blogs.

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11NTC Round-Up: Your Posts, Highlights, and Take-aways

NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

Last week, as I emerged from the post-conference haze of catching up on sleep and clearing my in-box, I started reading through blog posts from attendees and speakers. If I missed your blog post, I'm sorry! And, here are all the photos on Flickr tagged "11NTC" ! Then I couldn't stop!

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Blog: blog.nature.org. Flickr: flickr.com/groups/thenatureconservancy. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites. We use Flickr to collect all of the photos for our annual nature photo competition.

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

There’s no shortage of year-end-and-beginning blog posts about social media, but I thought I’d throw mine into the mix as well. In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long. By early December I was anxious, angry, and hopeless.

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What leadership skills do nonprofit emerging leaders need to succeed?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2014

Flickr Photo by Flower Factor. The Accelerated Millennial Manager ” by Devon Scheef and Diane Thielfoldt of The Learning Café is a summary of a research survey from 2011 through 2013 of 400 millennial managers, their managers, peer managers, team members, HR, and business leaders.

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Skills Leadership Mentoring Summary

E-Mediat: Social Media Capacity Building for NGOs in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut. I’ll be Jordan and Morocco in March, 2011). I’ve culling through different videos and blog posts from the in-country teams – and it is so exciting to their learning products on online and hear about some of their success stories. I’d like to share some of these below.

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NTEN Is Hiring a Membership Director (Breathe Easy, We're Keeping Annaliese Too!)

NTEN

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Teaser: Flickr photo: niallkennedy. Blog Content: Flickr photo: niallkennedy. Look for the inaugural issue at the 2011 NTC !). 2010 has been a good year for NTEN. We're not joking when we say we couldn't have done it without you. Also cat videos. We love those, too.). Are you NTEN's next Membership Director?

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NTEN Director Flickr Case Study

2010 NTEN Member Appreciation: Final Daily Give-Away, But No End to Our Appreciation

NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Teaser: Flickr: vernhart After a month-long celebration of NTEN members. 2011 NTEN Webinar Season Pass. We are pulling the winner from all those members who renewed for 2011 by yesterday. Blog Content: Flickr: vernhart After a month-long celebration of NTEN members in November, we've come to the final daily give-away.

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NTEN Giving Celebrate Flickr

MultiChannel Donors: Real? Or Yeti?

NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

Flickr photo: ibarir I know only the biggest nerds have favorite white papers, but we've already established my nerd street cred, right? Well, my favorite white paper of 2009 just became my favorite white paper of 2011! According to the report, the answer is essentially "not so much."

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Blog: www.wildlifepromise.org. While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. What is on your To Do List for 2011? Organization: National Wildlife Federation.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.), ” When engaging your fans, followers, and friends on social networking sites, on your blog, and in email, it’s amazing what a “Please” and “Thank You” can do. The era of winging it in social media is over.

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Zoetica Salon February Theme: Practical and Tactical Social Media for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Top 10 Young Nonprofit Bloggers to Watch in 2011. My LinkedIn Network Map – a set on Flickr. Time Management for Nonprofit Social Media Professionals: What’s Your Best Tip? How Networked Nonprofits Visualize Their Networks. Donate $5, $10, or $25 to Lights. to Provide a Video Workshop for Five Area NonProfits.

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Zoetica Salon: This Month’s Theme: Social Media Tune Up

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2011

Flickr Photo by Robert Couse-Baker. But, maybe you’ve done some of that thinking and implemented a few focused social media activities in 2011 and have gleaned some insights. Our intent is to provide a space for just-in-time answers, share best practices at no charge , and deepened our learning based on a monthly theme.

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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. Add links to your nonprofit’s website, blog, and social networking communities. Add the Google+ icon to your website, blog, and e-newsletter!

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Taking Baby Steps to Social Media Maturity with Your Peers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Flickr Photo by Johnny Hall. As 2011 came to a close, our board members wanted to know what we were “doing” about social media. She blogs about social media on her personal blog , Meg Goes To Washington. ). It was a fantastic laboratory to explore the power of peer learning and the right mix. One size does not fit all.

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Member Round Up: Little of this and a whole lot of that!

NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Flickr: coolcatcookie Our community continually strives to further their missions and help other organizations further their causes, too! This week, NTEN released the 2011 Community Survey Report , which is all about YOU. Have more news to share? Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! Anything we missed?

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NTEN Members Online Round-Up: We're Back in Action, and So Are You!

NTEN

APRIL 22, 2011

Flickr: gareth1953 As you know, this Spring has seen some new faces at NTEN – including mine! During the transition, one thing has fallen from the blog: the regular member round-up. Well, don't fret! It's back now and here to stay. Feel free to add it to this week's comments by sharing a link or message in the comments.

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NTEN Members Online Round-Up: Events and Tools to Engage

NTEN

JUNE 17, 2011

Flickr: magnuscanis This week, NTEN members are busy sharing ideas and experience on a range of topics. OpenSo urcery 's 2011 Drupal Training Tour this summer hits eight cities on the West Coast, from Seattle to Salt Lake. The NASCO 2011 Conference focuses on exploring the emerging issues in Charity Regulations.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: September 22, 2010

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

NTEN Members are our heroes (Flickr: levork) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. The study and blog post also spurred some great discussion in the NTEN Disscus online group , which might be worth joining if you haven't already! Members are in bold.

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Webinar Notes: Social Media Measurement Standards: Progress and Roadmap

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2012

Flickr Photo by Joel Goodman. They began working together in the Fall of 2011 and have identified six initial standardization priorities: Content Sourcing & Methods; Reach & Impressions; Engagement; Influence & Relevance; Opinion & Advocacy; Impact & Value.

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NTC Day of Service: Our Tenth Year!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2010

Michaela Hackner , a talented photographer, was on hand to document the Day of Service on Flickr. See you in 2011 in Washington, DC. Photos: Lydia Mann - Flickr. And, I saw a few thank you tweets from local organizations in Atlanta too! Thanks to all who participated and helped make this year's Day of Service a huge success.

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NTEN Communities of Practice FAQ

NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

flickr: Horia Varlan Like all organizations, the staff at NTEN does our best to stay in tune with our awesome community; but every once in a while we find ourselves in a bubble or at least not fully understanding what new decisions will look like from the outside. How will the CoP members interact?

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FAQ NTEN Practice Community

Nonprofits Need To Nurture the Next Generation of New Leaders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2015

Flickr Photo by Wesley Fryer. I invited to her put her thoughts into a blog post and this is the result! From 2001 – 2011, nonprofit growth represented 25% of economic growth; and for-profits? We Need New Leaders – Guest Post by Joan Garry. Let em sink in. 2) The nonprofit sector is growing at breakneck speed.

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Generation Leadership Nonprofit Director

6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Image courtesy Tsahi Levent-Levi via Flickr. I’ve taken a little break from blogging to enjoy some much needed family time. I’m lucky because my colleague, Joe Waters, offered me a guest post for your to read while I’m away from blogging. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2011. Co-Disruptor: Indiegogo.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Image by Codilicious from Flickr. I’m kicking off the training day with a couple of campfire stories about the benefits of online contests and how to build capacity before, during, and after such a campaign as well as highlight some stories from the audience.

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Video Can Help Boost Donations in End-Of-The-Year Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Photo by Fensterbme on Flickr. Why is 2011 even more important? Note from Beth: I’m planning a year-end campaign for one of my favorite charities and wanted some good tips on incorporating video. Make a video that answers these questions: What did we do in 2010? Why did it matter? Isn’t this the heart of the matter?

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Virtual Platforms for Good: Empowering Individuals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

Photo UgoTrade Blog. The Second Thoughts blog, in a post called " We Need A New Kind of Philanthropy " outlines ten ways a new kind of philanthropy could get started with the combination of social media and virtuality in worlds and games. I predict the same fate for Second Life and other 3D-Virtual Words.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

blog posts from the past. Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. I wrote a blog post on this topic last year, but it''s one that still comes up frequently in discussions with colleagues. The animal keepers run their blog.

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Museum Question Participatory Evaluation

11 Qualities of an Effective Social Media Manager

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The following is an excerpt from the newly released Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits and was published in the September 2011 edition of Fundraising Success Magazine (@ frsuccess ). Reads blogs about social media and mobile technology. Please get training! On location!&#

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33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly. Blogging: 10 Hours Weekly. Chapter 7 :: Add Share Functionality to Your Blog.

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33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly. Blogging: 10 Hours Weekly. Chapter 7 :: Add Share Functionality to Your Blog.

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22 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

In fact, a study released in the fall of 2011 revealed that auto-posting to Facebook decreases likes and comments by up to 70% which can have a detrimental impact on a nonprofit’s EdgeRank score on Facebook. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly. Blogging: 10 Hours Weekly. Chapter 7 :: Add Share Functionality to Your Blog.

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What Facebook Knows | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What Facebook Knows Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 7th, 2010 Think about all the things people post on Facebook or any other social networking website. What happens in Vegas stays on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Foursquare.

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11 Mobile Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

If you choose to hard-code your own mobile website, the standard width for a mobile website (as of 2011) is 320 pixels. So, make sure you feature your fresh content first (your blog feed) and calls to action after that. Link to your Facebook Page, Twitter Profile, YouTube Channel, Flickr Photostream, etc. This is a big one!

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Mobile Websites Design Practice

See You at NTC 2012 in San Francisco Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

Flickr Photo by Star Dust. Wednesday, April 4, 2011 – 10:30-Noon. Brian Reich, senior vice president – global editor for Edelman and author of Shift & Reset: Strategies for Addressing Serious Issues in a Connected Society (Wiley, 2011). Amy Gahran, CNN Journalist. Arlene McCrehan, Goodwill. The NTC Conference.

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Member Round Up: Full of Information

NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Flickr: HeathBrandon Even in a world where information overload is the norm, NTEN Members know how to get the word out – and even discuss how they curate information. This week, our members won blogging awards, discussed the implications integrating technology into Democracy, and shared beautiful videos about their cause.

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Mobile Storytelling: An Evolving Story

NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

We tweet, checkin, google, blog, instagram, post status updates, yelp and a host of other things from our handheld devices. An iPhone app called Memento compiles the data from your various disparate personal information repositories such as Twitter, Facebook and Flickr, and brings them back into a diary format, of all things.

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Infographic: Measuring the Impact of Social Media

Care2

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

For example, 46% of nonprofits have raised between $1K and $10K on Facebook, according to the 2011 Nonprofits Social Network Report. Out of five popular social networks (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Flickr) only.7% Twitter ranked number two, followed by blogs, LinkedIn, and YouTube. 7% have raised more than $100K.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: WITNESS

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

Blog: blog.witness.org. Flickr: flickr.com/humanrights. WITNESS currently utilizes the following social media tools: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and “Video for Change” (blog). Our most useful social media tool is our blog site, especially for discussing WITNESS’ campaigns and sharing many of our and others videos.

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My Three Words for 2011: Seek, Sense, and Share

10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

Trending Sources

Social Media: What To Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Get It

11NTC Round-Up: Your Posts, Highlights, and Take-aways

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

What leadership skills do nonprofit emerging leaders need to succeed?

E-Mediat: Social Media Capacity Building for NGOs in the Arab World

NTEN Is Hiring a Membership Director (Breathe Easy, We're Keeping Annaliese Too!)

2010 NTEN Member Appreciation: Final Daily Give-Away, But No End to Our Appreciation

MultiChannel Donors: Real? Or Yeti?

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Zoetica Salon February Theme: Practical and Tactical Social Media for Nonprofits

Zoetica Salon: This Month’s Theme: Social Media Tune Up

Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

Taking Baby Steps to Social Media Maturity with Your Peers

Member Round Up: Little of this and a whole lot of that!

NTEN Members Online Round-Up: We're Back in Action, and So Are You!

NTEN Members Online Round-Up: Events and Tools to Engage

NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: September 22, 2010

Webinar Notes: Social Media Measurement Standards: Progress and Roadmap

NTC Day of Service: Our Tenth Year!

NTEN Communities of Practice FAQ

Nonprofits Need To Nurture the Next Generation of New Leaders

6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Video Can Help Boost Donations in End-Of-The-Year Fundraising

Virtual Platforms for Good: Empowering Individuals

Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

11 Qualities of an Effective Social Media Manager

33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

22 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

What Facebook Knows | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a.

11 Mobile Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits

See You at NTC 2012 in San Francisco Next Week!

Member Round Up: Full of Information

Mobile Storytelling: An Evolving Story

Infographic: Measuring the Impact of Social Media

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: WITNESS

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