Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Synapses Ablaze at GEO 2012 – guest post by Victoria Dunning. The wonderful thing about this conference is hearing from the greatest thought leaders in the business of philanthropy, social media, capacity-building, and non-profit effectiveness. GEO’s 2012 National [.] After Day 2 at the GEO conference my mind is abuzz!

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JANUARY 17, 2012

Date : January 17, 2012, 6 pm EST. Location : New York, NY. Topic : Philanthropy and Social Media. Description : To launch the whitepaper, Philanthropy and Social Media, presented by The Institute for Philanthropy and The Indigo Trust, this panel discussed the impact of social media on philanthropy and giving from various perspectives.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Last week, I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Crowdfunding Social Ventures at SXSW. Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. I was joined today for a panel at SXSW to discuss the blurry or blurring lines of personal and professional identify online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2012

For the past two days, I’ve been attending (and also a speaker ) at The Social Innovation Summit , a private, invitation-only forum that explores the frontiers of social innovation. She framed it as “edgy technology that may not work, but if it does it will leads to dramatic social innovation.”

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Date : February 22, 2012, 3 pm EST. Location : Online. Topic : Listening & Engaging: DIY Tools for Social Media Management. In addition, nonprofits have an increasing need to know on what blogs, websites and other online venues they and their issues are being mentioned and discussed, both favorably and less favorably.

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2012

flickr: *saxon* Whether you’ll be there in person, or you’re participating online, we want you to take part in all the 2012 NTC buzz. Here’s how: On the NTEN Blog We’ll be streamlining coverage of 2012 NTC on the NTEN blog. We can't wait to see you in person and online for the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference!

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Also discussed are low-cost or free photo-editing tools that allow nonprofits to create images that not only work well on Pinterest, but also on other social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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APRIL 5, 2013

It contains online fundraising, advocacy, email, social, and mobile results from 55 U.S.-based based national nonprofits in 2012. One of the eye-catching findings from the study was the steep decline in the performance of fundraising emails in 2012. percent to 4.5 percent over the past year. What’s to blame?

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

We try to provide many built in opportunities for attendees to connect, like the evening receptions, discussion tables at lunch, and the Science Fair. flickr: nonprofity Each year, the Nonprofit Technology Conference brings to its host city the largest and geekiest family reunion around, and this year is no exception.

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MARCH 18, 2012

It’s been close to two weeks since Invisible Children released it’s "Kony 2012" video, which quickly spread across social networks, blogs, and made headlines across major news networks and newspapers like the NYT and the Washington Post. Last week Frogloop asked readers "Can Viral Videos Really Create Social Change?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Explores the ecosystem of data for social problem solving and the role philanthropy can play. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012. Also discussed are low-cost or free photo-editing tools that allow nonprofits to create images that not only work well on Pinterest, but also on other social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The Mobile Web is often discussed as a future trend that nonprofits have time to prepare for, but the reality is that by the end of 2014, the majority of your supporters and donors will be viewing your website, email communications, blogs, and social media content on smartphones and tablets. Social networks have gone mobile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Date: Thursday, November 8, 2012. This webinar begins with a general introduction to LinkedIn , a social network with more than 175 million professionals worldwide. Also discussed is how to tap into the power of LinkedIn Company Pages already created and managed by others that are related to your mission and programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 5, 2012

Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012. Also discussed are low-cost or free photo-editing tools that allow nonprofits to create images that not only work well on Pinterest, but also on other social networking sites. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Summer Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Date: Thursday, November 8, 2012. This webinar begins with a general introduction to LinkedIn , a social network with more than 175 million professionals worldwide. Also discussed is how to tap into the power of LinkedIn Company Pages already created and managed by others that are related to your mission and programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Also discussed are low-cost or free photo-editing tools that allow nonprofits to create images that not only work well on Pinterest, but also on other social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2012. Although social media has revolutionized how nonprofits communicate online with their supporters and donors, online fundraising tools like “Donate Now” buttons and e-newsletters are essential building blocks to a successful social media strategy. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

I'll be interviewing Stacey, the Founder of Global Girlfriend , for Have Fun, Do Good in early 2012. My virtual social changey book club is reading this for our January call. A friend and I are reading one of the 12 chapters each month, and then getting together to discuss it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2012. The webinar then closes with a discussion of 15 blog content ideas so you’ll never struggle from writer’s block, thus enabling you to maintain a consistent and effective blog for your nonprofit. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The webinar also shows click-by-click how to successfully set-up and custom-design a Twitter profile for your organization, discusses best practices, and features numerous nonprofits that excel in their use of Twitter. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0 Most often these new experiments have grown out of frustration with the fact that, despite several decades of rapid growth in philanthropy and nonprofits, many of the same social and environmental problems persist, or are getting worse. Call this “social change 2.0”.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2012

The Personal Democracy Forum (PDF) 2012 conference is June 11-12 in New York. This means PDF 2012 is a chance to explore and discuss how technology tools can be used to help change the world (a topic we're obviously passionate about here at TechSoup). And lucky you! Getting the Discount.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference offered a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and present opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2012

Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012. The webinar also shows click-by-click how to successfully set-up and custom-design a Twitter profile for your organization, discusses best practices, and features numerous nonprofits that excel in their use of Twitter. Time: 1pm-2:30 ET. Cost: $50. How to Register: Sign up !

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Do you have passion for social good and want to step out and lead it? Or maybe you have a great idea to create your own business, but want to balance making a profit with creating social impact? Yet another alternative is to form a Social Cooperative.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

2012 NTC Feature. It’s already February, and the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference is only two months away ! We want to make sure you make the most of the social and networking events at the 2012 NTC, so this week we’re filling you in on the NTC Connect Track and other opportunities to connect with the NTC Community.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last week, in honor of Labor Day, we shared an introduction to unions, including six things people might not know about the role of unions in the social sector. labor unions based on Candid’s data and discuss trends and opportunities for future research. A Provocation for further discussion and research. Unions by the numbers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

I love this new video from the Case Foundation about the power of social media for social change. The numbers illustrate how far the field has come in adopting social media, although not 100% adoption. The video reminded me of the classic video, “ The Machine is US/ing Us.”

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MAY 8, 2023

It is important to think about all the different ways you can communicate with your donor base – email drip campaigns, social event calendars, social media posting (Instagram, LinkedIn), and your own registration website. When it comes to planning an effective nonprofit event, communication is key.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Note from Beth: E arlier this month, the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, hosted the USRIO 2.0 Preparation Conference where policy-makers, practitioners, and innovators discussed how to use connection technologies to advance sustainable development in advance of the June USRIO2.o conference (Rio+2.0:

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Thanks to you, we received a record 4,607 responses nationwide to our 2012 State of the Sector Survey, more than doubling responses from last year. As part of a. continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to. And that you did.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. Flickr Photo by Johnny Hall.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 10, 2012

Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Although social media has revolutionized the way nonprofits get out their message to supporters and donors, online fundraising tools like “Donate Now” buttons and e-newsletters are essential building blocks to a successful social media strategy. Time: 1pm-2:30 ET. Cost: $50.

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Care2

DECEMBER 30, 2012

As you have probably experienced yourself, raising money for your nonprofit campaign on social media is like pulling teeth. According to the 2012 Nonprofit benchmark Social Network Benchmarking Report, 98% of nonprofits didn’t raise a dime on Facebook, which is second most trafficked site on the web in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Then I build out the content and discussion questions. In reviewing the data and themes from the audience input, some terrific questions about engagement popped out: How can we become better at using social media so that our channels experience more engagement and convert people to get involved? verena_fidelia) April 4, 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. By: Rebecca Shore.

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