Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

For more than a decade the blogosphere has touted the power and promise of social media (this blog included) , but there is also a downside to using social media for your nonprofit. Nonprofits have spent years promoting Facebook and get rewarded with a 2% organic reach. ” or “Like Our Facebook Page!”

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Online networks have transferred the tools of organizing and programmatic leadership from organizations and placed them into the hands of the citizen/member. Meanwhile, organizations typically approach social networks as a staff-driven, top-down push towards higher numbers of fans, friends, and followers.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Do to the lack of activity on MySpace, we’ve decided to focus our efforts on the Causes Application on Facebook.&# (To read the full message, click here.) Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. What it Means to Individuals.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Do to the lack of activity on MySpace, we’ve decided to focus our efforts on the Causes Application on Facebook.&# (To read the full message, click here.) Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. What it Means to Individuals.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

(For comparison’s sake — Apple’s Ping had 2,000 artists two months out of the gate.)&# I’ve been playing around with the new social platform this morning and wanted to share some of my early reactions. (So So have others – here’s a blog post from Beth Kanter and Steve McLaughlin on Jumo.). Facebook Requirements.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

Nonprofit marketers should realize the importance of social media for brand engagement and donor retention ? especially since social networks are naturally optimized for visual storytelling. Nonprofits can use socials to demonstrate their impact and engage their communities with this approach. . Post a Facebook survey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Submitted by Kari Dunn Saratovsky (@socialcitizen), publisher of Social Citizens An interview with Facebook’s “in-house sociologist” Cameron Marlow, appeared in last week’s issue of The Economist and has since created an interesting debate about the value and depth of our online social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Participants were a mix of CEOs and senior staff. This blog post is a summary of my notes from the day. In response, there was a campaign to hire her back on Facebook, it garnered mainstream media attention, and was a public relations nightmare for AppleBee’s. Bell was on networked TV apologizing. 3: Social Networking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Promote the stream in advance on social media and in email. Write a blog post summarizing your Periscope plans, list the date(s) and approximate time(s), and promote the blog post in your email newsletter and on social media with a promotional image. Upload the stream(s) to YouTube or social networks after the live event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

(I'll be leading this workshop in Philadelphia for the Philadelphia Cultural Alliance in about two weeks) As part of my research process (using social media, of course), I looked at what arts organizations were doing on social networking sites like Facebook. Does this story illustrate the art of network weaving ?

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Care2

JUNE 4, 2012

Earlier this spring, NTEN surveyed readers of the NTEN:Change Journal (a quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders) to find out how they were using their various communications channels (like their website, Twitter and Facebook profiles, as well as direct email).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I became a documentary filmmaker to tell meaningful stories that explore social issues and inspire change. When I started out, the “broadcast, festival, and screenings” model of distribution dictated community engagement strategies that were more linear, and limited.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. LauraatNing was listening and just pinged me to point me over to this blog post about nonprofits that are using Ning with their donors and supporters.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2012

And it got me thinking how so many organizations fighting for the environment, women’s rights, religious freedom in other countries, (insert your cause here), continue to use social media as a tool to just broadcast their blog posts, press releases, or action alerts. Listen to your Community. Is it positive?

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AFP Blog

JULY 24, 2008

Facebook Connect takes the web under its wing - Times Online: "Facebook is seeking to extend its reach by allowing other websites to have their content and services promoted more heavily to Facebook users.The social networking site said that that people would be able to log in to other sites using their Facebook account information, and have their (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

It recently launched a ning site - a branded social network for its community of nonprofits. Tell me a little about your organization's social media strategy for its ning (branded social network) site? social website apps, Ning seems to be the most flexible, the most affordable (regarding ROI), and easy to use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2008

Reciprocity : Roger Carr helped me with winning the America's Giving Challenge he blogged (more than once I might add), left supportive comments, retweeted to his network ( connected me to Dr. Mani ), and personally donated to my campaign. He invested some of his social capital in my cause and I want to invest in his.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

You’ve heard of Facebook, right? That social network thingy? As if I needed to provide the justification for why you need a presence in Facebook, here are the latest statistics from Facebook, as posted on their site at the time this post was published. I can think of at least 5 things to do in Facebook: 1.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Ads that let you check in at your favorite billboard - San Jose Mercury News: "Foursquare, a rapidly growing social network, lets people use their mobile phones to announce their location to friends.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

I wondered if we have gotten so caught up in digital social networking that we've forgotten how to do the original social networking – talking with one another! We had already received the message that the class would be "broadcast only". She now lives in New Jersey off of exit 109, and is still not on Facebook.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This time I’ll review some new developments in privacy and security, social media, cloud computing, digital inclusion, gaming for good, and the new tech blog, Re/code. The story maintains that even though Google+ is a distant social media competitor to Facebook and its users are much less active, it is very valuable to Google.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

In order to do this, they need to work with free agents, hyper-connected individuals who are passionate about social change, but don’t work within institutional walls. Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. They want to connect.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

For nonprofits to succeed on social media, they have to be good at social media and that requires a clear understanding of how, when, and why individuals engage with nonprofits on social media. It was the final presentation of the social media strategies webinar. Embrace social media fundraising.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" com , which has more than 10 million members, 25% of these members are 50+.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

This isn't a broadcast medium; this is a place to engage with your community. (A On Facebook: According to Non Profit Social Network Survey , 80% of respondents have a staff person dedicating 25% of their time to social media. Betsy Harman, on Beth's Blog. So, how are people using Facebook?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. Based in the U.K.,

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2008

Each person with an account on Twitter effectively has two social networks—your outgoing set of followers (people who receive your tweets) and your incoming set of tweets from the people you follow. Twitter is often categorized as “micro-blogging,” and for the haiku experts among us, you could post very short blog entries via Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

You may also want to listen to a 30-minute radio interview I did about the book on May 17 which also discusses how social and mobile media has changed since the release of the book. The Broadcast Web.” ” Social Media for Social Good is written as a how-to, step-by-step strategic plan for nonprofits in three parts: Web 1.0:

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" com , which has more than 10 million members, 25% of these members are 50+.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

On the day that I submitted the final manuscript of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits to McGraw-Hill, Facebook launched Timeline for Pages. The Broadcast Web.” ” Social Media for Social Good is written as a how-to, step-by-step strategic plan for nonprofits in three parts: Web 1.0:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

You may also want to listen to a 30-minute radio interview I did about the book on May 17 which also discusses how social and mobile media has changed since the release of the book. The Broadcast Web.” ” Social Media for Social Good is written as a how-to, step-by-step strategic plan for nonprofits in three parts: Web 1.0:

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See3

JANUARY 29, 2009

I can’t keep up with Facebook. Like the world needs ANOTHER ego-massaging, social-networking time drain? Between e-mail and blogs and Web sites and Facebook and chat and text messages, who on earth has the bandwidth to keep interrupting the day to visit a Web site and type in, “I’m now having lunch”?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

When David explained that each of the Holocaust Museum’s myriad comment boards, blogs, and online forums is moderated by a staff member, the audience turned a little green. It may take you only a few minutes to create a blog, but doing so means (hopefully) a commitment to frequent content posts. Start a blog. the comments.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Is the blog used and updated? How many friends do organizations have?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

My post over at Katya's blog generated some excellent advice and has also raised many more questions. Have a question: I want to publically acknowledge the names of the donors here on this blog and what I don't know is whether donors opted to be anonymous or not? Should have set up a campaign tag to track blog posts, etc.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 4, 2007

It may not be safe or appropriate to broadcast all of this content out to third party sites, like YouTube or Facebook, but you could effectively imagine a museum creating their own micro-Facebook for visitors to the museum, with updates when new exhibits were used, new photos recorded, new stories written.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Is the blog used and updated? How many friends do organizations have?

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