Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

I delivered a keynote for Social Good Brasil in 2012 and for a conference on volunteering hosted by Fundação Telefônica in 2014. Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. Content is king.

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AUGUST 15, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from a feature article in the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. By Beth Kanter, Beth's Blog. It's why I felt the need to dive into visual facilitation and thinking techniques as a way to cope with getting "content fried.".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I happened to stumble upon this funny tweet from Billboard that asks its Twitter followers to tweet with the hashtag #ReplaceGirlWithSquirrelInASong and gave the example “I kissed a squirrel and I liked it.” 2. Use Participatory Research Techniques To Discover Engagement Topics. Billboard (@billboard) April 7, 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. Luckily, there is no shortage of techniques and resources and books. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. Two oft-cited examples are the Strive network in Cincinnati, and the ReAmp network in the Midwest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. Celebrate the Accomplishments of Individuals in Your Alumni Network. RamahSeminar (@RamahSeminar) December 24, 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

From a blog post in my archives, June, 2005 I took that photo of myself with a sign to illustrate a post that talked about the professionalization of blogging. It was the first mainstream article that I saw that described people being paid to blog. Here's a few examples. Notice something strange about those tasks?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy.

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NTEN

JUNE 27, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from an article in the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. By Beth Kanter, Author of Beth's Blog Content curation is the process of sifting through information on the web and organizing, filtering and making sense of it and sharing the very best content with your network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

I also think that 2012 will be the year of content curation. The practice of curation is being able to sift through daily whirlwind of tweets, blog posts, and other content streams quickly in order to pick the right pieces that create an accurate view of the subject matter. Moreover, adding context is another curation skill.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

is a guide written nonprofits that shares some techniques you can put to use right away and help your organization engage in the right place at the right time. For example, one of the best places to start is to create a simple list of keywords, then work towards narrowing your terms that describe your programs, campaigns or issue area.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

One would like to think that after 20 years of testing, more testing, conferences, webinars, and pithy blog posts about online giving that there might be wide adoption of best practices. For example, 65% of charities still do not pre-select a mid-range gift on their donation forms even though the data shows this approach performs better.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

I've been interested in applying game design concepts to museums for a long time (there are over sixty posts on this blog on the topic). At the end of October, we started handing visitors business cards with all the Fridays through the end of 2012 listed on it. I know it's a challenge in itself to write a blog comment.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

This annual “Global Day of Giving” event takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving (this year it’s Nov 30 which might feel late but is sneaking up fast) and has helped to amplify year-end fundraising efforts for nonprofits and charitable causes since 2012. CauseVox resources and blog are a great place to start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

I’m speaking at three events as follows: Monday, April 2, 2012, 11:30 am. Picturing Your Data is Better Than 1,000 Numbers:Data Visualization Techniques for Social Change. Exciting examples: What are some great examples from nonprofits? You can find the details here. Innogive Conference. Arlene McCrehan, Goodwill.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

There are some great organizations out there, like California FarmLink ; for example, that will link farmers that are aspiring to farm, with retiring farmers to help bridge the gap a little bit. So the next 2012 Farm Bill, is definitely a thing that I will be advocating for. which is an idea that really interests me.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Tuesday, November 9, 2010 How To Produce An Effective Company Blog If you lead a business and aren’t part of the 34% of U.S. Make your blog as non-promotional as possible. Post regularly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2013

I have an in-depth blog post about that coming up, but I wanted to touch on a theme that came up: “Fail early and often. What are some examples? For example, you might show a photo of a celebrity or sing a song lyric or reference some other (funny) comp. 5. Sector-Wide Examples. Here’s a few.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

While there are many differences in nonprofit versus for-profit design, there are a lot of UX techniques we can borrow from one another. The rotating image carousel is a good example. Figure 4: Browse by Topic box from Project on Government Oversight’s blog. Borrowing For-profit UX. it to trickle down to the small town?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2013

For example, one can test different wording for Facebook ads and use Google Analytics to see which one did the best in terms of converting people to an action. Figure 1: Metal fragments from an old gunshot wound in the head of California sea lion patient Whirlybird (patient in The Marine Mammal Center’s hospital in 2012).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2012

NTC 2012: Data Visualizaiton Panel. I’m here at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco this week. I am on a panel about measurement: Picturing Your Data is Better Than 1,000 Numbers:Data Visualization Techniques for Social Change. Exciting examples: What are some great examples from nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

And, there is also a Lean Start Up Conference taking place in December that I will cover on this blog, taking the lens of how to apply to nonprofit work. The ideas and techniques in Lean Start Up movement also work for nonprofits and what some are calling “ Lean Impact.” Kyle Rush, Author and Technology Consultant.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Voting for the 2012 NTC (Nonprofit Technology Conference) is now open and the competition is fierce. Picturing Your Data is Better Than 1,000 Numbers: Data Visualization Techniques for Social Change Are you intrigued by infographics and how they could improve your communication strategy? “But what do you actually do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Benchmark Studies and Examples. In the US, there are several terrific benchmark studies of nonprofits and technology , including some on social networking but these are focused mostly on US nonprofits. I spent some time searching for similar studies or compilations for international organizations as well as some specific examples.

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