Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Many activist nonprofits have used it to inspire people to raise awareness, change behavior, or other action. Recruiting additional supporters through high quality content and action opportunities. The “Hold A Sign” meme has been around for almost ten years. Providing information to educate our supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2009

A strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal. Specific actions you will take]. Here are some specific actions you can take that fit nicely into the strategy outlined above. It’s back to call to action 101. Post it on YouTube and use their nonprofit call to action. What’s strategy you ask?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2007

You can see our action in the message below, or by going to: [link].net/OneMinute The second item in this member newsletter highlighted the successes of these actions: [link].net/members/newsletter/index.php/2007-05/29/

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2007

The NonProfit Times has an e-newsletter. Disclosure - I've written a few articles for the TechnoBuzz newsletter) But, that's not why I'm pointing you over there. This week's TechnoBuzz Newsletter has an excellent piece by Jonah Sachs from FreeRange Studios on online storytelling, making the point that you don't need the latest web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2009

Though one dominant force that moved us to action was the race issue.    We had newsletters. In the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s action took place at meetings and demonstrations. The action people take now is different. Hitler was gaining in Europe. Other fascist leaders were rising to power. We spoke publicly. 

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

I was excited and terrified, and, ultimately, did not complete my action learning project. For Resource Media’s blog and e-newsletter, I pay close attention to the posts that perform, try to isolate the secret sauce, and replicate those successes. What gets measured gets better – Guest Post by Nicole Lampe. Work intervened.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2014

In 2012, President Obama responded to the activism, passion, and residency of the Dreamers, by issuing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to protect them from deportation and provided them with temporary work visas. Diversify the “ask” strategies: Personal and informal appeals, Social Media, & inspirational Newsletters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Increased Relevant Visitor Traffic and Page Rankings: You're using social media tactics to drive traffic to your organization's web site or newsletter sign up or improving search engine results or using social media channels to spread your web site or blog content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

He made some points that resonated with me: shrink or contract routine and recurring actions to their simplest and most efficient forms—everything from operating systems to routine functions, such as providing food for meetings and creating newsletters. He goes to describe ways that a network can scale, but be efficient.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

So many people don’t bother to fill out all the information for an Event (or a Page or Group) and so they’re missing out on important messaging, keywords and calls to action. Think about tie-ins to holidays, other marketing messaging, and creating a synergy between Facebook posts and email newsletter or Twitter updates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

"We're using social media because the technology is here and it's helpful, but if it weren't here, we'd make a newsletter and Xerox it for everyone we know. Email Newsletters So, What's an E-mail Address Worth is the title of this week's Tip Sheet Tuesday from the Democracy in Action Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

Fundraise Elsewhere "The primary goals of a MySpace page are to make friends, generate awareness, and take action -- not necessarily to make money." Images and videos have a way of motivating people to take action. " MySpace and Awareness Raising Campaigns. Add videos to your MySpace pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

What content is producing the desired action of registering, donating or taking action? Plan on spending some time on this and blow your boss away next time you bring her your web stats and action plan! What content is being viewed for the longest time? How can you optimize, modify and adapt? by Avinash Kaushik. See #1 above).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

" Jon Stahl of OneNorthWest newsletter article " How To Gather Email Addresses From Your Members, and What To Do With Them " is worth a read. Global Action Network reports on a session about how to create a global conversation about issues like water and aids. Global Action Network blog. New (to me) Blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2008

On Monday, my article, The ROI of Social Media , was published in the NTEN Newsletter and in March I'll lead a panel at the NTC on that topic. I've been thinking a lot about ROI because at the end of the month, I'll be doing a session at the Legal Services Corporation's TIG Conference on ROI in the Nonprofit World. ROI is a ROI is a ROI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2009

On The Digital Habits: Stewarding Technology Communities blog , Nancy, John, and Etienne have compiled a Action Notebook with detailed worksheets to help you make decisions about selecting tools in the context. a newsletter, publishing an article, etc.). The big steps: Preamble: reflection on the role of tech steward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Look beyond what you need people to do (whether it's giving money, volunteering, taking action, etc.). I haven't done a lot of work with Facebook, but integration (linking from your website and enewsletter, writing about it in your newsletter, and sharing it through your other marketing and fundraising presence will help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

But it can be time-consuming to pick through a wide range of slideshows to find those that are up-to-date, actionable, and appropriate to nonprofits. Upgrading Your E-Newsletter (CanadaHelps.org). Here's a hand-picked selection of presentations to get you started. Social Media Campaign Report: Tour de Kids (Sarah Allen).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2007

Breast Cancer Action. Following out a bunch of the links, I discovered Diosa Communications which has site and newsletter focused on myspace best practices , tips for setting up your profile and "friending" people. 9) Use your blog to inspire support and action. Here's a list culled from the portal. happy browsing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

I also carve out time to read articles or newsletters I find interesting. The last thing I’ll say here is that I encourage folks to be mindful about whether email is always the best action to take. So for me, I don’t check my email first thing in the morning or before going to bed at night. All tech tools aren’t alike.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

A Free Photos Directory , Free Video Directory and Free Music Directory that offers nonprofits, cause organizations and Web publishers a guide to hundreds of online resources for adding legal, high-quality content to their own websites, blogs, newsletters, printed materials or online presentations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

NTEN's September Newsletter has tons of excellent content, in particular check out these articles about new fundraising techniques using tools like mobile phones and Facebook. Peter Dietz gives us a video walk through of his site, Social Actions which focuses on micro-philanthropy. Fundraising 2.0 Hurry the deadline is today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

The key skill is pattern analysis and of course, using what you find to inform decisions or actions. You can find more stories and lots of tips and resources in the WeAreMedia Listening Module and really basic primer from the NTEN Social Media Newsletter. #4 I think NTEN is a terrific example of the rule of thirds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

I was hired to write their newsletter, but the budget was so tight that I shared an office with the controller. Pamela then worked for the YWCA of Sonoma County, a nonprofit focused on domestic violence and childcare before moving to a large community action nonprofit where she became the financial manager. She says, ???One

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

I think there are ways to design and deploy limited experiments or action learning around these tools - and take incremental steps towards adoption. I agree with Jayne's points above, but I see it a little less black and white.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Free Agent Social Fundraising: I am very interested in seeing how people can take action on their own, outside of an organizational context, because of the connectedness that social media has facilitated. It is an area that I need to learn more myself. This will be a new area of inquiry and a major one for me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Answer: When they are engaged and ready to take action for you! Facebook alone doesn’t do get an engaged crowd that takes action. They highlighted the campaign in their email newsletter – before, during, and after the event. Answer: When they are engaged and ready to take action for you! Earlier this month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2017

Bots can answer basic questions like “How can I learn more,” and offer a link to sign up for your nonprofit’s email newsletters or action alerts. More sophisticated bots can help educate and engage your supporters about your nonprofit’s issues, programs or services. Climate Reality Bot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2010

Single Call To Action: Spread Awareness The Whole Foods sponsored Re-Tweet donations is focused on a lower level of engagement, simply spreading the message. Integrated Call To Action: Spread Awareness and Donate My colleague, Geoff Livingston, recently wrote an analysis on Mashable about Twitter's new social good initiative Hope 140.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Increased Relevant Visitor Traffic and Page Rankings: You're using social media tactics to drive traffic to your organization's web site or newsletter sign up or improving search engine results or using social media channels to spread your web site or blog content. What Slice of the Internet Budget Pie Should Social Media Get ? Measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2013

newsletter subscribers, event attendees, one-time donors, monthly donors, etc) along the engagement cycle throughout the course of the year. But wait, there’s more. It’ll be a love-fest that’ll make even Romeo & Juliette jealous. Your patience will pay off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2009

Goals The main goals were to raise awareness of childhood hunger in America, give people the tools to take meaningful action to help end this solvable problem, and create a case study from which non-profits and corporations could learn how to better use social media in their cause marketing. give people clear, simple action steps, 3.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2007

My next blogging obsession will be to try to accomplish that for the Sharing Foundation - now that we've entered into the world of online fundraising - we need to get our database, newsletter, and campaign software act together. They have issued a call-to-action -- the " Integration Proclamation." More about this later.).

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