Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is from the September 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Whether the initiative is purchasing smart phones for staff or replacing your accounting system, measuring the Return on Investment (ROI) should be a key aspect of your decision.

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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. Take this example comparing nonprofits performance in pinerest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

I am leading a #Nettalks Webinar on “ Leveraging Social Media to Engagement and Inspire Alumni Networks ” at 2 PM EST today. On Monday, I shared a post about some network and strategy concepts. Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

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? How can we get people to talk to us? Even asking direct questions doesn’t result in replies.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

While generational cutoffs aren’t set in stone, Gen Z includes individuals born between 1997 and 2012. Members of Gen Z are digital natives growing up with tech, social media, and information available at their fingertips. Gen Z youth and young adults are inclined to be socially conscious and politically active. population.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I will be in the USA from doing a training in Tunisia for NGOs and trainers who will deliver training to women entrepreneurs as part of the WES program and also improve their NGO’s use of social media. So now the 2013 version has twice the hooks to inspire nonprofit communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

For many nonprofits, Google Analytics is the tool of choice for measuring traffic, reach, engagement, and action primarily because it is free. While it is somewhat easy to use, some of the more valuable features may require a little tutoring to understand and use. The syllabus includes: An overview of today’s digital measurement landscape.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

I’m thrilled to be spending a few days in London where I am keynoting The Future of Social conference hosted by Social Misfits Media. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency. Gen Z have (social) entrepreneurial spirit in their DNA. Tips for Engaging Gen Z On Social and Mobile Channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

Note from Beth: In the decade or so that I’ve been doing social media, I’ve always been an advocate of the “Listen, Learn, Adapt” approach to doing social and a decade later, it is still very important for success. New Guide: How To Engage Your Supporters with Social Listening Guest Post By Roz Lemieux.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

Semphonic Web Analytics Consulting: The X Change Non-Profit Analytics Challenge – "The Non-Profit Analytics Challenge is a rare opportunity for the brightest analysts in the digital measurement field to collaborate & assist non-profit organizations to optimize their websites. Martin Luther King Jr.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

She is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media , one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency. Gen Z have (social) entrepreneurial spirit in their DNA. Beth Kanter is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

For nearly 50 years, the Federal Poverty Limit (FPL) has been the standard measure used by governments and nonprofit organizations serving low income individuals and families to determine eligibility for anti-poverty programs. As part of a. continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Started in 2012, this movement inspires millions of individuals to donate to their favorite causes annually. Having a dollar amount goal is important when measuring success. That’s why a toolkit of templated social media and email language is crucial. To put this in perspective, in 2018, 3.6 Set A Goal. Develop A Toolkit.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 5, 2014

Data published last year in the Chronicle of Philanthropy shows this trend clearly: online donations to nonprofits increased 14% in 2012 relative to 2011, while overall donations increased by only 1.5% Consider two examples. As long as you’re measuring results, you can experiment freely and find what works for you. The result?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

As a different kind of Silicon Valley tech company—a nonprofit with a pure focus on social good—our goal is to see that the best of technology gets applied to social needs left unaddressed by for-profit businesses. Making content accessible for the blind has been a traditional example of fair use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

It also creates a resource called the Horizon Navigator an online, open-content database of free research on emerging technologies, is a dynamic social media platform overlying an innovative set of intelligent search tools and a comprehensive collection of resources. The State of Learning Analytics in 2012: A Review and Future Challenges.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 at the 92nd Street Y’s Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact in New York City. Giving Tuesday has come a long way since its inception in 2012. For example, instead of something like “WestwoodHumaneSocietyGivingTuesdayCampaign2021,” try “WHS21.”. Encourage social sharing.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Make sure the payment process you choose offers security measures like: PCI-compliance. For example, Bloomerang’s support team provides implementation and onboarding support, coaching, and consulting services based on the level of support you need. The support team should be available via live chat, phone, or email. Read reviews.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Tyson Foods has perfected a social media strategy that leverages blog comments for food donations as noted on the Fast Company blog , (part of its innovative giving series which included a profile of me !) Here's a few examples. Yesterday, I caught a story on NPR about charity giving trends and social media use.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Though Eric Ries makes it clear in The Lean Startup that a lean framework can and should be applied to existing organizations – in particular social enterprises – examples of longstanding organizations in the nonprofit sector wholly adopting the framework are difficult to come across. '" Paul said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

Note From Beth: With the rise of mobile adoption and the primary use to access the Internet and social platforms, it is reaching across consumer segments of all income levels. Zero Divide published a report called “Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact: The Future is Now”. Please join us for the conversation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

Once you have looked out for the safety and well being of your employees by implementing work from home, social distancing, and community hygiene, it is critical that you turn your attention to your organization’s future fiscal health. For example, donations to food banks in 40 cities increased by 2.2

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Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2013

Similarly, the results or value of efforts we make in our fundraising can accurately be measured in numbers. Number of emails (and social media posts) per participant. It’s easy to find a similar enough event to get some good insight into how your results measure up. Too often we equate effort with value. Number of participants.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2015

with many more retired people getting benefits, and less working people contributing ), there is a vigorous and politically charged debate regarding whether Social Security benefits will exist in their current form by the time today's young people retire. is involved in green or socially responsible investing.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 12, 2013

Sharing their fundraising page on their social media sites ? One email can encourage them to personalize their fundraising page, while another can remind them that email templates are available for their use, and another can guide them on how to easily post their page to their social media sites. Lead By Example. Sending emails?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

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. Back in 2012 , I wrote why nonprofits must avoid the year-end online giving trap. Socializing with the Crowd. It’s a trap! Procrastination is not a strategy.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

(We do this with CRMs, web sites, and all sorts of geeky goodness, but, as with most things, cats make a better example.). Awhile back, I wrote about "Unweighted Open Rates" ; "Click-through by Open" is that metric's compatriot: a measure of how effective your copy is at generating an action. Social Media. Click-through by Open.

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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. With so much information coming at us from social networks, web sites, emails, and other digital sources, we can no longer afford to just whine about it – content curation can empower us to win the battle over too much information.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

From 2005 to 2012, telework growth in charities has been 87 percent. All social media is utterly native to mobile devices. There’s a ton of information on all this, but I still like Time Magazine’s now ancient 2012 article, Your Life Is Fully Mobile , which is part of their larger Mobile Tech Special Edition.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

That may be why technology (for example, rapid mobile phone adoption worldwide) may be so important for realizing the new goals. Inspiring a huge increase in private and social sector investments in health, especially vaccines, immunization, and HIV/AIDS treatment. I'll say more about that below. In 1990, 1.9

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. Here are some examples: 62% of global respondents cite cost as an advantage to adopting cloud computing. no Internet! -

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Some social media campaigns are empowering; others are dispiriting. As one example, after the 2016 election stories circulated online about how Donald Trump’s digital consultants, Cambridge Analytica, psychographically profiled the entire electorate, then supposedly delivered precision-microtargeted propaganda to swing the election.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

In 2012, we tried creating an intercultural community advisory board called C3 (Creative Community Committee). C3 was a list of about 80 people from diverse networks throughout Santa Cruz--from librarians to social services to roller derby. I struggle with both these options.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

” Organizations are always looking to attract more people to their cause and want their website and social media presence to support that goal. It has been described as the ladder of engagement, and has been used to famous effect by the Obama campaign in 2012. Social Engagement. Armchair Engagement. Slam Dunk Engagement.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

I've been working closely with Kevin Lynch, the CEO of the Social Enterprise Alliance, on countering the efforts of Salesforce.com to attempt to trademark the name of our entire field, Social Enterprise. Social enterprise is descriptive. Social enterprise is generic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2013

As colleague Bob Filbin, DoSomething’s Data Scientist, pointed out in his presentation earlier this week , we can apply a/b testing to social media measurement. 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.

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