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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Photo by Fensterbme on Flickr. The American Jewish World Service (AJWS) , for example, shot amazing video of their work in India, Uganda and El Salvador a few years ago. Here’s an example of a video See3 produced in partnership with Charity Dynamics for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Image by Codilicious from Flickr. For example, they recently set up an Amazon wish list for their Food Pantry and posted to their FB page. Within minutes, a fan commented that they had just placed an order for them. They have successfully used Facebook to identify and cultivate donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2015

Flickr Photo by Wesley Fryer. From 2001 – 2011, nonprofit growth represented 25% of economic growth; and for-profits? Here’s an example that hit close to home. Here’s an example. Let em sink in. 1) The retirement of baby boomer nonprofit CEOs is a mission critical issue facing the nonprofit sector. The problem?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Image courtesy Tsahi Levent-Levi via Flickr. For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. A powerful and recent example of this is the Smithsonian’s campaign to Reboot the Suit and preserve the space suit Neil Armstrong wore when he walked on the moon. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2011.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in November 2011. The late Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, famously announced the post-PC era in March 2011 during the launch of the iPad 2. RCI), for example, has been tracking the price of refurbished computers since 2005. Jobs was as usual quite prescient.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

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. For more on the differences among different types of museums (with examples), check out this post. The Butterfly House manager shares photos on Flickr. The animal keepers run their blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

Flickr Photo by Star Dust. Wednesday, April 4, 2011 – 10:30-Noon. Exciting examples: What are some great examples from nonprofits? Experts in innovation in the nonprofit sector will discuss why innovation is important, share some examples, and ways that more nonprofits can embrace innovation.

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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. Blackbaud released an infographic earlier this week at the 2011 Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits depicting how offline and online fundraising go hand in hand.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

Flickr: flickr.com/humanrights. WITNESS currently utilizes the following social media tools: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and “Video for Change” (blog). A good example is witness.org/spring2010. What is on your To Do List for 2011? Title: Online Outreach and Production. Website: www.witness.org.

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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% And 52% are not fundraising at all. 7% have raised more than $100K.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

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. As of Febuary 2011 however, they have added a feature that goes a step beyond: streetview history. You can even add diary entries.

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