Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

” Blend the personal and professional. “As I have wanted to develop genuine interaction with people closely affected by bowel cancer it’s been important that there is a good dose of me in my Twitter feed. Does your nonprofit’s CEO use social media in support of the organization’s mission? Have an example?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

She’s a go-to resource for nonprofit marketing and her new book is called The Nonprofit Marketing Guide ( get your copy here ). —– Kivi Leroux Miller helps small nonprofits and communications departments of one make a big impression with smart, savvy communications and marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

One of the more chilling innovations in marketing over the past few years is called “predictive analytics” It’s this blend of statistical analysis, data mining and psychology which enabled Target to conclude that a teenage girl was pregnant before her father did. But not all kinds of audience analysis are evil.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While focused on selling products, many of Ogilvy’s principles and “rules” around research, messaging, and motivating action remain surprisingly relevant today, especially for nonprofit organizations seeking to engage donors and volunteers. Remember your goal is persuading consumers. Helping real people should be the star.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I feel that my technology training for nonprofits work is more like a calling for me than simply a job or career. For the past 15 years, I have been excited about nonprofit technology training design and delivery and it is what I will continue to focus on as part of my role at Zoetica over the coming years. Some Reflections.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

Following the first successful Nonprofits Live (NPLive) event on the Future of Fundraising , the second edition of TechSoup’s NPLive covered the topic of social video. ” The hour-long discussion featured nonprofit video experts, examples of effective nonprofit videos, live chat and questions from the audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Nonprofits that have built their network can use social media tools to crowdsource ideas for projects at an amazingly fast pace. Using Twitter, a digital camera and software that makes it easy to post photos to twitter and his network, he was able to quickly identify this mystery bird.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

I look at what was being tweeted and the voice used (institutional versus personal versus a blend). Kivi's Nonprofit Marketing Blog has a summary of Chris Brogan and Julien Smith's book, Trust Agents. Kivi goes on to summarize four principles in the book that apply to nonprofits. We like the fact that humans are social.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

You may be wondering if that means that your executive director and CEO needs to write a blog or have their own Twitter account to share their wisdom. Here are some good examples of CEO and Executive Director use of social media in the US social sector: Holly Ross is the executive director of NTEN, the nonprofit technology network in the US.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Yesterday, I attended — and live tweeted (#baruchnp) — an interesting panel discussion at Baruch College here in New York, “ Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know.” The panel featured some great nonprofit social media heavy-hitters: Allison Fine , Speaker and Author of Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2013

Note from Beth: I’m thrilled to participate in the LinkedIn Influencer Program where I get to write regular posts about leadership, failure, analytics, big data, presenting, and training from a nonprofit perspective. It’s why people brag about their thousands of Twitter followers or their kids’ SAT scores.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Today I facilitated a couple of workshops as part of the Social Media track for annual conference for the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Louisville, KY. At the end of the conference, I interviewed Rosetta along with Ashely Cecil , Erin McMahon , and Diana Church -- all young nonprofit professionals. Let me explain.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 4, 2016

Tammy Moloy is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. Tammy has been a leader in the nonprofit sector for 25+ years, currently working as a Senior Consultant for nonprofit consulting firm, Ashley|Rountree and Associates. Follow on her on Twitter @TammyMoloy. _. Let’s talk about some of the reasons why.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

I hope it's a fun read for anyone either looking to redo their own small nonprofit brand, or who wants a deeper dive on what we did at Fight Colorectal Cancer. An example of our early "brand" circa 2005 Like everything else that has gone well in my career, it started with a NTC (Nonprofit Technology Conference).

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The newest addition to TechSoup's vast array of nonprofit resources is a live monthly interactive video chat series, Nonprofits Live. The event blended virtual video speaker conferencing; online presentation and video; and live audience chatting and social networking, including conversation on Twitter using the #NPLive hashtag.

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Achieve

AUGUST 13, 2015

In the nonprofit world, generations complain about how the next generation isn’t as active or engaged in causes as they are. They also like to blend their personal and professional interests, so leveraging a service opportunity with the availability to network and meet new people will increase participation. I reject this label.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Derrick Feldmann is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. This article originally ran in our Nonprofit Hub Magazine. They also like to blend their personal and professional interests, so leveraging a service opportunity with the availability to network and meet new people will increase participation.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

Note: the speakers today are being introduced and interviewed by journalist and emcee Nadira Hira , on Twitter at @nadirahira. Notes from the Interview with Rachael Chong, Catchafire Catchafire connects nonprofits to probono talent--specifically, they match nonprofit projects with professionals with certain skill sets or interests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Hosting engaging online events and learning experiences has been of interest to me over the past ten years and the question of whether or not virtual events replace the face-to-face or how to best blend together. Will the Virtual Summit Replace Face-to-Face? Kari Dunn Saratovsky ( @socialcitizen ) is Senior Advisor to the Case Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Typically, this information about your brand or nonprofit. She mentioned the growing importance of the “share” button – which she described as the equivalent to “retweet” on Twitter. She suggested encouraging more share with a specific call to action on the post itself.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Oh, the high-wire balancing act of nonprofit CEO compensation. We welcome your comments and feedback.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

I hope it’s a fun read for anyone either looking to redo their own small nonprofit brand, or who wants a deeper dive on what we did at Fight Colorectal Cancer. Like everything else that has gone well in my career, it started with a NTC (Nonprofit Technology Conference). And each of us explained it a little differently.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Nonprofit Leadership. The nonprofit lesson: Organizations deal with tough challenges every day. The nonprofit lesson: We need to take our work seriously, but we don't always need to take ourselves so seriously. Everything is a blend of people, flavors, sights and sounds; all are welcome. and Professor for the University.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2011

Since around 2008, the Community Manager has become a position in high demand in the business and nonprofit sectors. But things can get confusing for a nonprofit organization, especially when staffing resources are strapped and many staff already wear multiple hats. What's the difference? Sometimes that works; other times it doesn't.".

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

One of the places I go for inspiration during my day is to the books , blog , podcast, and Twitter feed of Kimberly Wilson. What tips do you have for starting a nonprofit? What tips do you have overall for starting a nonprofit, but also for business owners. That's been super handy. I've really found that to be a powerful piece.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week, I was honored to deliver the lunch keynote at the 2014 TechNow Conference in Pittsburgh, PA organized by The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University. (My When nonprofits marry tried-and-true fundraising techniques with social media and online networks, they are able to tap into the power of crowd funding.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Effective nonprofit web design matters more than ever before. The COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing guidelines, and a disrupted economy have all completely changed business-as-usual for nonprofits. For instance, there are a few foundational nonprofit web development strategies your team should definitely implement.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Cause Camp is an annual conference for nonprofit professionals held in Lincoln, Neb. at Innovation Campus, and it brings the best of the nonprofit sector together in one place. If you’re attending in-person, you’ll have access to a workshop on April 7th where you can better your nonprofit organization through hands-on learning.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 23, 2021

I’ll keep an eye on the Twitter feed as well. I come to you today with about six years of fundraising experience, traditionally, and lots of other additional nonprofit experience as well. I like to say that I have been in this nonprofit thing for a real long time and I’m true to the game at this point.

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