Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. There is no question that you will get out of twitter what you give.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Note From Beth: Back in 2011, I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson and Jai Sen from Sen Associates where I learned about research study they were conducting about social media use in the arts. Click here to participate in the study.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 18, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The Power of Testimonials: Inspiring Action for Your Nonprofit. The art of persuasion is a science that everyone has the ability to improve upon, according to psychologist Dr. Robert Cialdini. As a nonprofit, you can use this concept to your advantage to motivate action for the benefit of your work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

#GivingTuesday 2020 is December 1 and below are important data about GivingTuesday donors to help your nonprofit create a successful campaign. From the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report : 2) 9% of donors worldwide donated to a nonprofit, NGO, or charity on GivingTuesday 2019. Arts, cultural preservation, and humanities – 6%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

It is also a Twitter term that describes a keyword, prefixed by that symbol, that helps people track conversations on Twitter. The HashTags site, a centralized directory of hashtags on Twitter, also offers a good definition: Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2021

I doubt these same nonprofit CEOs and/or board members would brazenly walk into an operating room and try their hands at surgery. . swapping out the plain English for cold, sterile nonprofit business jargon terms like “food insecurity.” . 5 Tips to Overcome Meddling Nonprofit Management & Boards . #1: What can you do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

Source: National Arts Index It's at times like these -- in the midst of an extended recession and the wake of the tragedy in Haiti -- that the role of funding arts in society may be called into question. After all, funding for the arts (theater, dance, music, museums etc.) Many may be asking, therefore, “Why fund the arts?”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

Not relevant to the vast majority of nonprofits and (whew!) I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring. That said, here are eight steps to get your nonprofit started on Pinterest: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2012

Gold Medaling in Social Media and Arts Organizations, guest post by James Nickerson. But I was also asked to present on Social Media and the Arts at this “Gay Chorus Olympics.”. Above all, the Olympic sized theme we walked away with is Arts organizations lead the way in social media innovation. Our group also discussed.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

nonprofits for three years. In a panel hosted by TechSoup, representatives from four arts organizations discussed how they are using social media in new and innovative ways to market the arts. Art and Social Media: Case Studies. Danielle Siembieda (@art_inspector) created a project called Art Ambassadors.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why I’m twittering December 7, 2007 Yes, it’s hard to believe. I have said many times that I wouldn’t Twitter. Michelle twittering? I succumbed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Twitter Lists: A Natural Evolution of Internet List Culture. What that meant was that the Library pointed to my dance links on the Arts Wire server. There is something about Twitter Lists, the new feature recently launched by Twitter , that allows Twitter users to create their own lists of followers that reminds of the gopher.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. It is clearly not a fad, and yet the vast majority of nonprofits have zero budgets for social media.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 25, 2021

Small nonprofits saw a 17% decline in donations during April, May, and June 2020 compared to the prior year. The outlook for nonprofits in 2021 and 2022 seeking more donations is optimistic—this is especially true if your nonprofit is flexible and willing to adapt to the online donation ecosystem. 2015 Stats. Giving Report.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

You may be wondering where to focus your fundraising as we emerge from the fog of 2020 and into, perhaps, a less cloudy future when it comes to nonprofit giving trends. Charitable giving was up in 2020 , and projections for nonprofit giving trends in 2021 and 2022 are even rosier. Nonprofit Giving Trends on the Horizon.

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NetWits

JULY 27, 2012

If you have a link to your Facebook and Twitter at the top of your homepage and your listserve at the bottom, it implies that you prefer to interact with your audience on your social media sites. Portland Museum of Art groups their E-newsletter with links to their social media accounts. Add it to your Facebook Apps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

When I got to showing Twitter, I was met with the usual skepticism. So, I twittered about it as part of the demo and asked my network to leave some comments on the flickr photo. Chris Brogan started a project called " Twitter Packs " which is a simple list of people who use twitter organized by interests or locations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

Earlier this month, Mary Beth Westmorland shared how technology will shape the nonprofit sector in 2014. As always, I read this article through the lens of our arts and cultural customers. As a result, I put together my perspective on this game changing technology for arts and cultural organizations. If not, it needs to be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

We are witnessing the rise of a new generation of donors and nonprofit employees. This is a question I broached in “ What Will a Post-COVID Nonprofit Economy Reveal ? ” We’re living in a transformational – new and unprecedented – novel nonprofit economy. The digital revolution created hyper-connection. — Brian Solis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. After Marc finished reading the Networked Nonprofit , he was curious about crowdfunding and free agents, chapters in our book. Definitely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Community Block Party attendees check out participating nonprofit organizations during the event. million for nonprofits guest post by Jessica Hodder. million for 520 South Florida nonprofits, with a total of 19,245 gifts. Collaboration among nonprofits is key; Miami Arts Brigade was a huge testament to that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2014

Content curation – the process of finding, organizing, and sharing topical, relevant content for your audience that supports your nonprofit’s engagement or campaign goals (or your professional learning) begins with “ Spotting the Awesome.” Flickr Photo by Soyignatius.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2013

I recently read “ The Social Media Police: Nonprofit Edition.” ” In it the authors discussed how you should use social media at a nonprofit and it made me curious about how museums are using Twitter. Here are eleven things your museum should should do to get the most out of Twitter: Create a Twitter account.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

There was no doubt in my mind from day one on Myspace that online social networking was going change everything about how nonprofits and activists communicate, mobilize and fundraise online. Maybe, just maybe, the old Nonprofit Organizations Myspace community could be revitalized. So, does your nonprofit need to be on the new Myspace?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

I asked colleagues what nonprofits had good employee champion programs and Chris Tuttle pointed me to Human Rights Watch. In 2009, they embraced Twitter because journalists were active on Twitter and it was an efficient way to reach them. Over time, using Twitter has become more an organizational cultural norm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits. AI Now Institute Co-Founder, Kate Crawford, shared the top line trends as a thread on Twitter. She was also interviewed on the City Arts and Lectures podcast recently and well worth a listen. Here’s this month’s roundup.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

As those in the nonprofit world realize, few things are as effective—or as time consuming—as fundraising events. With this in mind, how should your nonprofit go about effectively marketing your next fundraiser? Also existing nonprofit mail channels, newsletters or PS in mailed donor communications or letters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

By shopping at any of the 27 online stores listed below, conscious consumers can channel some of their spending power into the nonprofit sector. Or, if you prefer to donate to a nonprofit in the name of a friend, colleague, or loved one, you can purchase a tribute holiday gift. Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop. ACLU Store.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2009

As someone who spent half her career working for and with arts organizations this news makes me sad: A report yesterday from the USAToday that quotes Bob Lynch , the President of Americans for the Arts estimating that 10,000 arts organizations will close this year, 10% of the total number.

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

Can emotions go beyond igniting one-off donations and mobilizing people to participate in rallies to creating long-term supporters for nonprofit organizations? . Donations of any kind are always going to benefit the missions of nonprofits everywhere. Now, we have to ask ourselves—how will donor behavior continue? .

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I was having a conversation the other day about the ways in which Pintrest and Instagram can be used at nonprofit organizations. Arts and cultural organizations have an advantage over other nonprofit organizations : they have things to take pictures of. Note: I also think this could be great for performing arts organizations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me March 13, 2007 I read Beth’s recent blog entry on Twitter , and of course, the neo-luddite in me said “waste of time!&#

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 in the newly released Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. The best practice listed below are result of spending the last three years maintaining and building the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. for Nonprofits. for Nonprofits.

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