Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. The title of this blog post is of course a wildly inaccurate claim. But consider the following: Networking. All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The design and content of your nonprofit’s blog. Successful blogging can significantly increase your nonprofit’s online brand recognition, your fundraising success, and social media ROI, but unfortunately many nonprofits still launch and maintain a blog utilizing outdated blogging best practices.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Read our blog post to find out more about how videos can be powerful fundraising tools. To promote your fundraiser even more and encourage sharing on social media platforms, try creating a fundraiser hashtag. Consider writing a blog post specifically about the fundraiser and including a link to it. Collettey’s Cookies.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

Google+ , the latest iteration on social networking from Google, is here. There are bound to be many, many versions of this blog post as people from around the world start investigating the tool and sharing their impressions. Circles are how you organize your contacts. Google+ and Facebook in Early Days.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The design and content of your nonprofit’s blog. Successful blogging can significantly increase your nonprofit’s online brand recognition, your fundraising success, and social media ROI, but unfortunately many nonprofits still launch and maintain a blog utilizing outdated blogging best practices.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

This is the fourth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ). Also, with organic reach at an all-time low, your nonprofit should invest in social media advertising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2008

She also mentioned how they were beginning to experiment with Twitter. They are setting up twitter accounts linked to programmatic areas and affinity groups. This PBS station just started their social media experimentation less than a year ago and is already seeing increased audience engagement and visitors to their site.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

It’s also worth noting that social media, not even blogging, is not yet integrated into their website. These new tools helped nonprofits create change and awareness, but online advocacy also enabled nonprofits to significantly grow their database of contacts for both print and online funding appeals.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Continuing on last week's discussion about Causes leaving MySpace, TechSoup's own Amy has written an interesting guest post on Sean Stannard-Stockton's Tactical Philanthropy blog. Amy discusses the Causes fallout as well as Ideablob's sudden disappearance. It's definitely worth the read.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The design and content of your nonprofit’s blog. Successful blogging can significantly increase your nonprofit’s online brand recognition, your fundraising success, and social media ROI, but unfortunately many nonprofits still launch and maintain a blog utilizing outdated blogging best practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Source: HP Labs: Twitter Under the Microscope Jeremiah Owyang has a post that summarizes the key learnings from the HP Lab Research report. What stood out for me was that while social networks like Twitter can connect us to lots of people, we can only really develop deeper relationships with a small subset.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

If your nonprofit is a legal 501(c)(3), then it has a profile in the GuideStar database, and consequently on Network for Good, JustGive.org, Facebook Causes, and Crowdrise as well. Increasingly, online donors are giving through portals and social networking sites, so you must make sure that your nonprofit is properly listed in GuideStar.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Reading or posting on any other social network (Twitter, Google+, Diaspora, etc.). Blogging or reading Blogs. I will be reading email, and answering my cell phone and texts, so you can still be in contact, if you wish (besides, I still need to make a living.) Blog Category: Personal. Spirituality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

What reading level is your blog? Most NpTech blogs are high school level. Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 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!" Deanna Zandt (DZ): How long have you been on Twitter?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The upper right-hand corner is the most valuable section of your website—use it to plug your e-newsletter and group text messaging campaigns, donate now functionality, and social networking communities. Include Social Media Icons or Graphics. Host Your Blog Inside Your Website. Overall, avoid clutter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

We know that professional relationships are moving from the Rolodex to the social networks. LinkedIn is designed for specifically for business professional networking, while Facebook is a bit more casual. Yet, I do professional networking on Facebook and I'm noticing a number of colleagues are too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

In January, after the Haiti Earthquake struck, if you were participating on social networks, you couldn’t help but notice the many, many Tweets and Facebook status messages about the Haiti Earthquake. During an emergency, 41% of respondents would use social media to let their love ones know they are safe.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 3, 2015

All medium and large nonprofits with multiple chapters eventually experience a unique, but common problem in their mobile and social media campaigns. It’s common for the chapters to resent the head office’s sudden intervention and they don’t want to lose their creative freedom and control over their social network communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Come join me in a discussion about how to effectively pump up your professional network with social networking tools over at Social Edge beginning on September 23rd. Professional networking --meeting and connecting with people who can help you get things done-- is an indispensable skill for social entrepreneurs.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 18, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. What can you learn? «

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

I'm going to riff on Ivan's advice, " You Don't Have To Be Everywhere" (like Mastercard) After an organization has identified an audience, objective, and strategy, a question that often comes up: What social networks should we establish our presence on? How many social networks should we participate on?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Most nonprofit leaders have to keep up with their sector, field, or issues anyway – and openly sharing what they are reading – useful content and news with some analysis helps contributes to thought leadership – especially on social channels like Twitter where many reporters use it to source leaders for stories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

You can add me as your first contact to begin, if necessary. Also, since Google+ Business Profiles will launch after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. Simply copy and paste the code into your website or blog.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Known as the largest professional social networking platform, LinkedIn is the go-to resource for millions of job-seekers, professionals, and businesses to network and connect. For nonprofits, LinkedIn can be a valuable tool to add to your social media toolbox. Network and create an outreach strategy.

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NetWits

AUGUST 8, 2011

What I do have, though, is a family, a best friend, a neighbor (an Aunt Mabel, if you will) that I’d much rather receive an e-mail, Facebook post or Twitter mention from than pretty much any non-profit organization. — Full disclosure: I don’t actually have an Aunt Mabel. If you can do it, make sure your participants can do it, too.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Reading or posting on any other social network (Twitter, Google+, Diaspora, etc.). Blogging or reading Blogs. I will be reading email, and answering my cell phone and texts, so you can still be in contact, if you wish (besides, I still need to make a living.) Blog Category: Personal. Spirituality.

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Care2

JULY 17, 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!"

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know « Nonprofit Communications: Duck Call Blog - I really love the highlights Farra shares from the “Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know" panel she attended yesterday as part of #baruchnp, at Baruch College in New York.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Posted on Stanford Social Innovation Review’s Opinion blog. The newest report, out today, focused on the use of social networking platforms by young people who are/aren’t also involved with charities. Read the full press release here or download the Social Media data slides here.) What It Means.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

If your organization currently excludes mobile learnings and you are interested in its value going forward; be sure to tune into the Gyrus Systems Blog, as we will continue to explore this captivating topic. Follow us on your preferred social networks: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gyrussystems/. feature=mhee.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

It was interesting seeing which platform (Facebook, Twitter, email, face-to-face, etc.) Using Movember.com as a home base, participants are encouraged to use their email contacts, work colleagues, social networks, and any other means to promote the cause and raise money. Multimedia Tells the Story.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 12, 2008

Yesterday, at Make Your Mark’s Social Media Afternoon, I was asked what my predictions were. I hadn’t blogged about it. So, here are my 2009 Predictions for the Social Web. We are going to see tools developed that provide a space to interact with your contacts and content in new ways. And I realized.

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Care2

JULY 26, 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!"

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2008

I actually didn't know, so I asked my Twitter network. Twitter is a micro-blogging and social networking tool. It's a super useful tool for tapping the collective wisdom of your network. wakot of everyday sustainable suggested I contact Karen Henke of Nimble Press for ideas. Pretty cool, huh?

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