Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. Tip: Nonprofits may consider specifically tailoring their Pinterest content to the female segment of their donors and supporters. It’s not about what you are eating in the moment or your current vacation photos.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

Photo by Notemily. That’s what we’d like to discuss in this January’s blog carnival. Wondering what a blog carnival is? Here’s the most recently published blog carnival hot off the press. Here are some more examples ). You write anything you want as long as it is about measurement and learning from your data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Last year, I marked the date with the above photo and a post with tips for cultivating bloggers and how it was like a long term relationship. from Esquire Magazine's Awkward Wedding Photos . This morning I got a pitch a from someone who wanted me to blog about one of their programs. It wasn't really a pitch.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

A big thanks to everyone who contributed a post to this month's Nonprofit Blog Carnival! She also has seven more tips you can check out. • In her post, Nonprofit blogs: why this one works , Lisbeth of Nonprofit Execs on the Edge points to 2 keys to a juicy blog: a focus on storytelling and blog posts that aren't staff-generated.

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JULY 6, 2011

Photo: Pune Dracker Everything I know about the editorial process I learned from Teddy Bear Review. That sounds like a no-brainer—but not all blogs do it. For more tips, check out the “Ask Questions” section on Beth Kanter’s post, “ What the Research Says About Increasing Facebook Engagement ”. vs. “Do you have questions?”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Flickr Photo by alshepmcr. ” My colleagues at Momsrising, the poster child for Networked Nonprofits, offered this amazing guest post filled with great tips on how to get your blog noticed. .” It’s every blogger’s nightmare.

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JUNE 15, 2011

When I give talks about nonprofit blogging, I often use the Case Foundation's blog as an example of a juicy blog. Here's why: • Each post is illustrated with a photo • It's featured on the home page. TED Fellow profiles, social media tips , reporting back from events , calls to action ). It has a blog roll.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Inspired by my post, 20 Ways to be a Generous Blogger, I shared 12 Prompts for Generous Living and Blogging in this month's Juicy Blogging e-News. You don't need to be a blogger, to try the Generous Living prompts, so I thought I'd share them here too. Blog it: Share your reflections on your blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. While the photos and videos within each Story are never out of order, the accounts that get the most interaction and views on their Stories rise to the top of the pile. .

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 10, 2017

Here with all the tips on the latest way to optimize your Facebook marketing are our friends from Tech Impact down in Philadelphia. 5 Facebook Marketing Tips for Nonprofits. Tip 1: Build Out Your Bio. Tip 2: Write a Memorable Tagline. Tip 3: Create a Branded Cover Photo. With your cover photo.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2011

One of the first Juicy Blogging E-Course assignments I give to my students is to write a blog post that has more images than words. Here are a few examples: First Book Robin Hood Doctors without Borders Meatless Monday Red Cross This blog was created to, "celebrate unique contributions to the Red Cross mission."

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

My friend and engaging community leader for all those looking to have fun while improving the world, Britt Bravo, is doing a little experiment and asking a handful of bloggers to write short guest posts about how they have fun and do good. Here’s my guest post: you can read it and join the conversation on Britt’s blog here.

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JULY 30, 2006

The last BlogHer Conference session I went to yesterday, before leaving early to go to a wedding, was about using blogging for Community Assistance. Here are some of the tips they gave for other disaster relief bloggers: Tips from Grace 1. Your blog needs to be a place to “help the helper.” Tips from Sara 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Actually uploading photos to Flickr doesn’t require much time, but shooting digital photos, editing them, and then properly adding them to Flickr sets and collections with tags and titles can become time-consuming. Time and resources permitting, you can then expand to also using tools like TwitPic and Facebook Photos.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

A collection of blog posts and articles that caught my eye this week. I've organized them into sections: creative ladies, yummy food, nonprofits/do-gooding, blogging/social media, and events, so that you can peruse the ones that fit your interests. Photo by me. I can't remember!) Share Tweet.

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JULY 19, 2017

These are two photos of me and Tharum Bun , a Cambodia blogger I met via our blogs back in 2003. In 2005, we got a chance to meet face-to-face in London at the Global Voices Blogging Summit after I transitioned from being the Cambodia bridge blogger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Blogger Vu Lee, who wrote the forward to The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , offers up 9 tips for self-care , including downloading a chrome plugin that replaces 45 with photos of kittens. And, of course, tons of photos of kittens and cats. The Red Cross swiftly write an apology on its blog, using humor. The response?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Flickr Photo by Mangee. I thought of that cartoon today as I read Chris Brogan's brilliant post " Scaling Yourself " which seems to be resonating with bloggers and micro-bloggers including me. Chris reflects and shares some tips. Go read it. I love the say no with kindness.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Not to worry, here are some tips that Avi Kaplan and I of Rad Campaign compiled to help nonprofits rock your online presence. Review the content calendar and tweak it for the upcoming week based on current events or stories happening within your community including day, channel (website, blog post, Facebook, Twitter, etc.),

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Photo by Mean Lux used with permission. What tools and techniques do you use to create good conversations on your blog? What advice would you offer to Cambodian bloggers? Do you have an awesome example of a conversation on your blog or one that you've started elsewhere? " for the Bloggers Summit. Look forward.

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JULY 20, 2009

On June 25, 2009, I announced on my blog that I was five days away from a cross-country move and knew it would disrupt my routine, including my blogging routine. I didn't want the stress of writing posts or the stress of having a blog go dark and disappoint loyal readers. I've even lived blogged my vacations.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

A new option for nonprofits'' status updates, though, is the ability to embed your Facebook statuses in a blog post or on a website. Once you''ve accessed the embed code, you can places the HTML on your blog or website. Pages can still edit text on photos that they''ve uploaded, but not status updates. The downside?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Last March I was on a blogging panel for an event put on by the Alliance of Technology and Women. To prepare for the panel, I wrote up 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs. You can read Steve's blog at the Eye of Bakersfield. Blogs fall under the category of "social media" because they are, well, social. So here it goes.10

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Next week I'll be teaching a session about blogging during a nonprofit social media webinar, We Are Media, presented by NTEN. As part of my preparation, it seems like a good time to update my 2006 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Us Blogs , and my 2007 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

The Big Picture: Storytelling through Video and Photos. Eleven Profile Tips for Nonprofit Professionals. Chapter 7 Blogging. Selecting a Blogging Platform. Eleven Blog Design Best Practices for Nonprofits. Five Must-Have Characteristics of a Nonprofit Blogger. Eleven Blog Content Ideas for Nonprofits.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

If after asking yourself the 10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project, you've decided that a blog is good tool for you, consider incorporating the following 10 elements of an effective nonprofit, or do-good blog into your blogging strategy: 1. Guest blog posts. How to lists.

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JUNE 24, 2021

You can also create a branded registration page for your website that includes a welcome video, photos of people having a great time at past events, a branded header, your logo, and all event details. Nonetheless, I dug in and used all my resources and managed to get writeups not only on local blogs, but in big newspapers as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2008

Flickr Photo by Veesees Elise Bauer , a food blogger who writes Simple Recipes. Blog about something you care about. Link to blogs at are at the same stage as you. Know the basics of search engines optimization (see the page in her presentation, there are some great tips). She has 1,000,000 feed readers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Between the internet strategy teleseminar for the San Francisco Writing Conference I did on Monday, the blogging presentation I did for the Oakland branch of Ladies Who Launch on Tuesday, and the consults I had with individual bloggers on Wednesday and Thursday, I've been asked several times this week: "How do I increase my blog traffic?"

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Blogger and LinkedIn both launched in 2003. and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). Posting status updates and photos while backpacking through Central America or from a cafe in Paris is their normal mode of travel. 10 Tips for Managing Social Media Burnout. Good luck.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

We’ve made it easy for CauseVox clients to get on board with #GivingTuesday by creating a set of resources, tips, guides, and providing extra support specific to the campaign. Here’s our tips for planning a hybrid fundraising event. If your site has a blog or stories section, create at least one post relevant to the campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2006

I'm gearing up to do some live blogging at blogher and NCDD. Over the past year, I've done a lot of live blogging which is basically taking notes at lectures, conferences, and presentations of what was said. Perhaps it may be helpful to others who have not live blogged before. So, you have to not be afraid of making mistakes.

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JULY 27, 2008

I recently discovered a blogging work flow tool called Zemanta , that according to its web site. It works on a number of different blogging platforms, including the one I use, typepad. It recommends links and photos while you write. maybe it is suggesting that I should write a post about my blogging workflow!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

My first step with a new platform is to create a “Circle of the Wise” consisting of people who regularly share useful tips and news about the platform. I look for people in the nonprofit space, but also those who work for the platform or have specialized in blogging about the platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2015

(Having 300 people and doing a participatory style of teaching gave me an opportunity to use some of my facilitation techniques for large groups that are in my tool set – and because colleagues have asked me to share tips about it, expect that in another blog post next week.). What are your best tips?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Are you considering a photo or video campaign for your organization? If you have ever asked your members to post photos on Facebook or asked for stories from your clients, you have tasted the abundance that user-generated content (UGC) can bring to your organization. Pacific time Hashtag: #NPLive RSVP.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Today is Blog Action Day where over 11,000 bloggers/sites around the world will publish, donate, or promote the issue of poverty.  Observe is his photos in flickr , read his blog , follow him on Twitter , join his Ning community , and learn why you should care about poverty. Participate in Blog Action Day ! (if

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