Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

According to a recent survey by OTX , 43% of respondents say they have shared content on social media sites because it is funny. Nonprofit technology professionals know how to converts laughs to donations and devoted an entire session to sharing tips, techniques, and examples during a NTEN conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The first Nonprofit Blog Carnival of 2015 is on the theme is personal productivity. That was the call for blog posts. I received a rich selection covering this topic – from changing mindsets, new tool sets, and lots of tips on how to manage your social media, email, and work flow. Here’s a summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2013

It represents the convergence of two ideas: mobile phones have great cameras and you can quickly create great visual content as part of your content strategy by using it, along with a few tips and tools. I’ve included a select list of resource blogs, books, collections, and additional curated lists. Photography'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2013

E-Book #1: Fundraising and Marketing Tips for Nonprofits. Nonprofits + Internet = People Inspiring People by Ted Hart , ACFRE and Host of The Nonprofit Coach on Blog Talk Radio. E-Book #2: Feeding the Content Beast. Hat Tip to fellow curator, Giuseppe Mauriello, for surfacing this gem. Want to Raise Money Online?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

Participants at FFL Training Doing Content Strategy Brainstorm. And, if you want to dive deeper into content marketing for nonprofits, go subscribe to Kivi Leroux Miller’s blog. Nelson offers more insights on CompassPoint’s experience here on Kivi Leroux Miller’s excellent blog nonprofitmarketinggiude.com.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2014

You not only get a great mobile wireless plan, but through their nonprofit giving partners, a person in need will receive a mobile device loaded with content to help break the cycle of poverty and empower their life. Top 6 Tips for Taking Your Cause Mobile Guest Blog by Darian Rodriguez Heyman. It’s easy to switch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Colleague Miriam Brousseau tagged me and several other “close professional ties” asking us for resources on nonprofits and content strategy. I asked Miriam if she would summarize what she learned about nonprofits and content strategy in a guest post and here it is. Content strategist Jonathon Colman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

This is selective list of best practice and tips blog posts ordered in a way to help you master Instagram. Best Practices and Tips for Nonprofits. Here several excellent recent posts written for nonprofits that want to use Instagram: Best Practices and Tips for Nonprofits by Nonprofit Tech for Good (2014).

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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.). Content Assets: Organizing and Archiving Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2010

To help her celebrate, I invited to write a post with some steps and tips for integrating web content, email, and social media. Your supporters should be able to effortlessly travel between your website, blog, email newsletter, and social media profiles without having to hunt down those connections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2014

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. Check back at on Beth’s Blog on Wednesday, 1/29 to see if your post is included, and enjoy a bump in traffic as the Carnival is promoted across the web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

(You can get a discount of $20 off the registration by entering the code “Beth” when you sign up ). This year, since content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching , I’ll be doing a conversational presentation on the topic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2012

Post consistent content that your audience loves and your social media will be successful. Yes and no. Using best practices and tips based on research can help you improve. But if you want to get better results, you need a content strategy, strong creation and curation skills, and a robust measurement process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Here’s a summary of tips, tools, examples, and resources for getting the most of our your nonprofit event with social media. (Here’s a curated link list used to create this post). You also need to post inviting content on your social channels that builds excitement, anticipation, and engagement about the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Here are six tips that will help you deliver highly successful technology training workshops by using effective evaluation techniques. I also ask for feedback on what exercises or content in the workshop helped learning and what should be changed. Here’s an example from a recent workshop I did on Content Curation at Scoop.It.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Note from Beth: Recently, Networked for Good offered a free e-book about how nonprofits can development a micro-content for their social media presences filled with useful tips and best practices. Carie Lewis gives an excellent mini case study of how to leverage micro content during the holiday and get results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Facebook Video Tips from Non-Profit Marketers – Guest Post by Rebecca Brooks, Animoto. Mark Zuckerberg’s recently announced that Facebook’s News Feed will be veering away from branded content to prioritize content posted by personal accounts. This article shares insights from nonprofit marketers. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

This guest post from Marika Lynch shares some of the most recent lessons learned about Giving Days and was also published on the Knight Foundation blog. New Tips From the Giving Day Playbook on Crowdfunding Campaigns by Marika Lynch. Today, we are excited to share them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2008

She looks at traffic building in three elements: content, community, and technology that you use to support. Content: Three most important elements of content - useful, entertaining, or timely. Blog about something you care about. Link to blogs at are at the same stage as you. She has 1,000,000 feed readers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In this post, I’m sharing my slides , resources , and practical engagement tips with a higher purpose. Celebratory interactions should be a consistent part of your engagement and content calendar, so set up systems to capture and share alumni personal, social, and professional news. pic.twitter.com/PXdIUl0IIQ.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

” 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. Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed, Guest Post By Elisa Batista, Donna Norton, and Monifa Bandele from Momsrising. It’s every blogger’s nightmare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

A good training begins with igniting the participants curiosity and passion for the content during the first 15-30 minutes. The goal is to get everyone comfortable, thinking about the content, and ready to enhance their preexisting knowledge. Nonprofit blogger Vu Lee has some tips on what types of openers to avoid.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2012

1) So, you’re encouraging your donors/stakeholders to create their own content or user-generated content. We sent them all a storytelling kit with video cameras, directions on filming and tips on sharing their stories on camera. What is your definition of success? Why are you doing? What value does it provide?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

We've gotten some excellent "user generated" content (for example, check out the tips ). But, we need some more content. I asked folks on Twitter for mini case studies from nonprofits who have been successful getting stakeholders to contribute content. Go here to add your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

You can add your blog content, slide shows, reading lists, files, business travel, and more. For my profile, I added BlogLink (it posts my blog posts to my profile automatically) and SlideShare's Application. Chris Brogan calls the addition of adding your business travel schedule "dog clever." tags: linkedin kawasaki ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

Photo Source: Yuba Colleage Public Space Back in September, 2008, after reading this post by Chris Brogan about taking your blog to the next level, I was inspired. I knew that I was outgrowing my information design as well as my blogging platform. The Blog Usability Checklist. 50 Tips to Unclutter Your Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I've been looking at the examples the folks have shared in the WeAreMedia Module 3: Sharing Your Story Social Media Style , particularly blogs and thinking about questions, strategies, and frameworks that one might think about before getting into the nitty gritty of the tool itself.  Who will write for the blog?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Steve did a content delivery presentation right before and then brought me in via audio as a “cameo appearance.&# We didn’t have enough bandwidth for video, so he projected my photo. Tags: Conferences Tips Training Design ffog remote presentation skype twitter video. We had a very reliable Internet connection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

As a content curator, I’m not just on the hunt for learning and sharing snippets of the new or what’s buzzing. Content curation is ultimately organizing, synthesizing, presenting, and maintaining your resource collections. Best Practices and Tips for Nonprofits. What’s your best tip or tool or resource?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I shared a couple of resources and tips that you can use to have a brief strategy discussion with your team. After you have identified how you will integrate your branding strategy, revise your editorial/content strategy, and administrative work flow, you’re ready to get into some nitty gritty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

The unfortunate fact of blogging is writing good blog posts is more than just the words. If you want to use blogging for your personal learning you need to be effective at engaging and having conversations with readers. Heading 3 works the best with my blog themes. #3 5 Subscribe To Your Own Blog Feed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Your nonprofit can co-create high quality content that is of value to your audience. Your nonprofit can have influencers share your content with their networks, expanding your reach and engagement. The Engage Blog has a different way to describe nonprofit influencers. Read Blackbaud’s white paper on how to engage with them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

tags: blogging nptech ).   So, in that spirit,  I'm sharing my presentation from last week which is a case study of my blogging ROI.  Tips, tools and stories from the trenches from three people who focus on online engagement and have more links, friends and followers than some small countries have citizens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

The session will share a wide range of free and low cost tools for implementing an organization’s content strategy as well as group and personal productivity. We all know that with so much content out there, it is eating our brains and memory , relying more on “google it.” and Sean Waugh, San Francisco Opera.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

While I delivered some content sessions on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn strategy, I also facilitated interactive sessions. I thought I’d share a few quick insights and tips that I learned for others who may be preparing for doing tech training internationally and want to use participatory techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Stephanie Clegg was inspired to write this excellent piece in response with some tips for getting better reach without paying. Very useful for small nonprofits with a very limited budget. Ironically, these posts and a few others last week upped my reach by 274% but more importantly supported my goal of generating ideas for blog content!

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