Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. Get your base to give first. Gather your tribe and rally the base. Keep cheer leading no matter what happens.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Here are three ways (with examples) you can use Instagram and Pintrest at your organization: 1. Arts and cultural organizations have an advantage over other nonprofit organizations : they have things to take pictures of. Why not give them a sneak peak online or remind them what they are missing out on by not visiting regularly?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

What should we be building to help artists make and sell art, engage their audiences, and connect to other artists? What lies just beyond the current state of the art, for the arts? Nonprofit social communications wizards share examples and tips to get your fans mobilized for action.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 25, 2020

If you have a spring giving day, let me encourage you to take parts, it not all of it online. General Tips to Keep Your Giving Day Going at Full Steam. Livestream Ideas for Giving Days. Use Facebook to host live streams or post specific messages for your Giving Day. Livestream your mission. Not sure what to livestream?

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JUNE 15, 2021

Think about including 15-20 minutes of fundraising education at every board meeting and pass on worthwhile studies, articles, and winning examples of fundraising appeals. . Wondering where to find great examples of successful fundraising campaigns? Fundraising is both an art and a science. Drop them in the comments below! .

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JULY 24, 2023

Board members can monitor the organization’s Facebook account to see when people start birthday or personal fundraisers and then reach out, thank the volunteer, and give them pre-written tips about how to raise the most money. Follow up with lapsed monthly donors Monthly donors may stop giving because a credit card expired or was shut down.

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JULY 22, 2021

It is an art and a science, Lou says. Lou: Most importantly, you want to make sure that you’ve done a good job with your research to identify those individuals that would have a strong affinity to your cause and propensity for giving at a major gift level. JoAnn: Can you give an example for our readers? Lou: Right.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2011

I’m also excited to announce that I’ll be giving away a copy of the book for free to a reader! I recently caught up with Mazarine and asked her, “If there was one example or story you could share that exemplifies why you wrote this book, and a few examples of the kinds of content and resources included in the book, what would it be?”

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

As you start planning messaging and emails for Giving Tuesday, spread a little love to your donation forms too. Below I will outline the five tips that can help you stand out from the crowd on a day like Giving Tuesday but are also good enhancements for your everyday forms. Make it easy to give monthly. Mrs., etc.). middle name.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

Arts and Social Media. For example, you could collect number of fans or the post to like or commenting ratio – without having to survey other organizations. If you wanted to gather information that isn’t publically available, you could collect useful data points in a survey using a free tool like Google Forms.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2020

Developed in 2019 and envisioned by the Seattle Public Library Foundation, Library Giving Day was created to support libraries nationwide. This one-day giving event was formed to encourage patrons to support their individual library systems and this year will be held on April 23. Step 4: Develop a Day-of Digital Communications Plan.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 4, 2010

I hope you'll share your thoughts in the comments. Wikipedia Loves Art, Take One The first version of Wikipedia Loves Art first took place in February 2009. Other challenges derived from the complicated and shifting setup (see, for example, this discussion about clarifications to the rules).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

A policy for how to respond to negative comments or social media workflow. Right now it is difficult to discover bots, but after a bit of research I found a few examples of nonprofits making use of Facebook Messenger platform. The Whisky Bot , while not a nonprofit focus, it is a good example of a more elaborate bot.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 1, 2011 Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving? We welcome your comments and feedback. And I tell my students that Ill give to any of the worthy causes they pour their hearts into, but they have to ask me in person (not on Facebook)! As the old adage goes, "people give to people, not causes."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

He has focused on one channel, Instagram, because he wants to show the world his professional life at the Met through the eyes of his iPhone. I analyzed his photo stream and witty narrative to connect examples of what he shares to the criteria for an effective personal brand. He gives you the inside story about the work of art.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

On Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we shop for gifts to give to people we care about. GivingTuesday inspires us to give to causes that we care about. A Call to Action That Celebrates Giving. She characterized #GivingTuesday as a call to action that celebrates giving and encourages more, better, and smarter giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2008

The GiveList is great idea from Allison Fine and Marnie Webb that is encouraging conversation and other ways to give contributions that aren't cash to charitable causes. When I heard about the idea from Allison Fine I immediately thought about the work of Lewis Hyde and gift economies or the art of pay it forward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2011

Earlier this week, I wrote a post called “ Content Curation Is Listening and Engaging &# about the art and science of curating information. Danielle Brigida’s Wildlife News (excellent example of how useful this could be for an organization’s content strategy). Flickr Photo by JC Burns.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

What do you do if someone comments with a racial slur on a photo of your volunteer? Should you take down a comment that discusses a negative experience that someone had with your organization? What if you get comments that are dishonest or misleading? posted by Colleen Dunbar , Project Specialist , Marketing/Communications.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, March 16, 2011 How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man posted by Michael Soto , 2nd Year Fellow – Public Allies Arizona / Arizona Citizens for the Arts Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to serve my country. I give my mother all the credit. Her service didn’t end with the Army.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

Arts Council of Silicon Valley Staff. The number of stars depends on how your Post Quality compares to similar Pages (for example, Pages that have a similar number of fans.). Holly Ross simply ignores it and track the number of comments and likes on individual posts. Understand why we had more new fans on a certain day.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

But this one resonated clearly, as I got 75 retweets and 61 comments. As someone texted me recently, Art History grad school didn't teach us anything about working with others in museums. And here are a few suggestions from commenters. And set the right example by not doing it yourself, either. Read Fierce Conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

Photo by American Art Museum Note from Beth: This week I'm trying to understand crowdsourcing and nonprofits, hopefully with a crowd of other folks. I'm looking for guest posts, ideas, and examples of nonprofits using crowdsourcing for their programs, fundraising, and marketing. In essence, it is visible storage for the museum.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants July 27, 2008 This week, it is my pleasure to host the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. She makes some great points, and gives good tips to make changes.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 23, 2014

They give high-energy, interactive tours of the Metropolitan Museum and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). They were “preaching the museum gospel” in NYC via alternative tours at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Can you give an example of the kind of Museum Hack activity that makes this different from other museum tours?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

This post features an interview with Sarah Schultz, a museum staffer at one of the institutions Light profiled in the book (the Walker Art Center). Can you give me an example? We created a teen arts council, invested in staff, and invested in programming. Now the teen arts council model is no longer considered innovative.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

Also, it’s worth pointing out and as I explain more below, that Pinterest allows users to create accounts using their Twitter accounts by default gives the green light that Pinterest Profiles can be brands, not just individuals: Next, you’ll be presented with a screen of that interests you can follow. Edit/Set up your Pinboards.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2015

" Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions by Guy Kawasaki — Former apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki illuminates the art of persuasion. I love the variety of examples it provides, as well as its focus on serving grassroots activists." Give us your suggestions in the comments!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. Other examples include desktop applications that allow uploading photos to flickr. for geeks is APIs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

For example, on Facebook the average user creates 90 pieces of content each month. Take for example, how Bruce Lesley from First Focus uses Twitter to establish authority as a content curator on children welfare issues. Putting content curation into practice is part art form, part science, but mostly about daily practice.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Their institution has started experimenting with giving out beverages at parties in branded adult sippy cups that visitors can take into the museum’s theater. Phillip, for example, wanted more college students as he is on a college campus, so he put a college student on the board. Share here in the comments or on social.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants November 19, 2007 Today, it’s my turn to host the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. The Donor Power Blog shows that to give, is to receive. Good stuff!

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Salman Khan's videos give people access to good instructional content on standard (and often confusing or poorly taught) educational topics. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker's content about art history is social and dialogue-based in format. We wrote about that in a recent blog post, Why the Google Art Project is Important.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

Punjammies is one example of a nonprofit that is using e-commerce — specifically, a tool called Shopify — to give women a renewed sense of purpose and to operate sustainably. But this is only one example of how nonprofits can use an online store. Nonprofit art galleries. Share your thoughts in the comments.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

From the arts to youth, and everything in between – you’re passionate about your cause and the world is a better place because of it. If you’re “too busy for prospect research,” take one minute to read this example and you may change your mind. Use Giving Data to Increase Donations. and Canada.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2009

Earlier this week, I wrote a post called " What happens when you set your content free using Creative Commons Licensing? " I explained why I set my own work free, provided some examples, and pointed to a new tool. As I responded in the comments, I run across a lot of abuse. Its from " The Science of Leonardo " by Fritjof Capra.

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