Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Peter Panepento, Web Editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy Also blogs at GlobalErie. During the fall, the WeAreMedia project is discussing the content in the tactical modules. Each module discussing ideas and content that will progressively take more time to implement. How is the Chronicle using Twitter to participate?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2011

I’ll be at SXSWi Festival next week to moderate a panel and discussion on Free Agents and Nonprofits in a Networked World on Sunday, March 13 at 3:30 pm. Our panelists include Danielle Brigida, National Wildlife Federation, Mark Horvath, Invisible People, and Jessica Dheere, SMEX Beirut. Here’s what will happen: 1.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2008

A (blog) conversation strategy is how you support and nurture a conversation on your blog in the comments. It is a combination of how you will comment on other blogs, how you track the conversation, and how you respond to comments on your blog. I recently commented on Emily Williamson's blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

I just happen to notice a Twitter follower, David Lipscomb, who retweeted this great find from the McKinssey. This can be done with direct replies @ on Twitter or hashtags. It's a Twitter Guide to the Climate Bill Discussion. For example, take a look at what EDF has put together.

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MARCH 9, 2013

A lot of organizations focus more of their engagement efforts on Facebook than Twitter. Twitter can be a great platform to engage with people though, if campaigners take the time to have back and forth discussions and not just use Twitter to promote blog posts, press releases or fact sheets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2009

The other day of I saw the term "Conversation Graph" in a title on a post by Brian Solis. That inspired the above illustration - the social life of a blog post. The Conversation Graph Has Gotten More Complex. From Comments as Group Discussion by Skelliwag. That's where the recently launched BackType Connect comes in.

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JULY 27, 2012

If you have a link to your Facebook and Twitter at the top of your homepage and your listserve at the bottom, it implies that you prefer to interact with your audience on your social media sites. Include your events, photos, maps, twitter link, polls, and of course, your email list. Include Links to Your Social Media Accounts.

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JULY 14, 2014

They voraciously consume nonprofit technology blogs and study the mobile and social media campaigns of other nonprofits for inspiration. To add a donate button, e-newsletter, mobile alerts opt-ins, and social network icons to your blog, for example, you need to know how to work with an HTML editing software. Creative Thinking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I've been asking myself how can we leverage the addition of nonprofits and charities on the Twitter Suggested User List? I followed the ant trails to the Chronicle of Philanthropy blog post today asking the question, Should Twitter Recommend More Charities? saying that Twitter was now a “king maker”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

It is also a Twitter term that describes a keyword, prefixed by that symbol, that helps people track conversations on Twitter. The HashTags site, a centralized directory of hashtags on Twitter, also offers a good definition: Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Twitter for me is mostly a listening tool. A place to quickly get a range of responses to questions, rapid research for blog posts, and social presence. A side benefit is that brings people over to my blog. I do share URLs to my posts, but try to link to a conversation. Is Twitter A Traffic Tool, Not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2010

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in Twitter chat series #socialmedia. The beauty of Twitter is that you can do a little bit of network weaving to bring other people in the thread. I was scanning who else was on Twitter, but not participating in the thread and I tweeted a question or invitation to join them.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. It also feels that sometimes genx is being forgotten in this conversations. What are the conversations that should be happening and what advice do you have for organizations on how to be the teacher? Kari: I'm so glad you brought that up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

They recently held a blog carnival and are sharing some reflections. Regardless of the tool we’re using, the team at MomsRising is committed to deepening and broadening the conversation around public policy issues that impact families in our country. MomsRising Health Reform Blog Carnival – September 2010.

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MARCH 7, 2011

It should be a great conversation between (check out the panelists below) social networking providers and their non-profit users. Join us as we talk about the latest social good initiatives underway at Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and YouTube while also seeing how non-profit organizers are using these tools to change the world.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. Social Philanthropy: Raising Money on YouTube and Twitter. Case, and her….

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2010

As social media tools like Twitter and Facebook become core components of nonprofit communication strategies, there is a corresponding need to assess how well programmatic messaging and organizational identity are propagating in those channels: “We Tweet; is anybody listening? If you missed the webinar, that’s okay!

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The chat used the #CommBuild hashtag to pull regular and new participants together on Twitter and elsewhere, though we found that having the chats take place on a platform like CoverItLive helped people jump in and follow the conversation and create instant archives people could share and review asynchronously. So, what do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

The participants are the content – and the design of getting participants into small group discussions where we can discuss topics related to our work that we are passionate about and want to explore and learn. These discussions are not lectures or traditional panels and are participant driven. The notes are here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

We’ll be live tweeting insights, so if you want to follow along, ask questions, or share ideas about networks, follow the #netfunders hashtag on Twitter. On the afternoon of Tuesday, April 5th, here’s a few of the topics we’ll be discussing: Taking Risks with Networks. How and when to catalyze networks?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

Twitter App Looks Up Zip Code to Tweet Your Legislator. They are integrating social media tactics to their online advocacy tool box with this Twitter tool. You just type in your zip code , and their Twitter handles are displayed with buttons that allow you to easily Tweet them about not cutting Medicaid.

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MAY 17, 2021

Shape the Conversation . Once you have a good handle on the subject matter, consider how you might want to shape a conversation on the topic with your key stakeholders. When leading a development team and/or participating as a member of executive management , consider how you might engage everyone in a conversation on the topic.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Today, on every measure of growth and engagement, Twitter is growing at a record pace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Fine Blog Lucy pointed me to this great post on Change.org about Tori Hogan’s video series called Beyond Good Intentions. I’ve been thinking about conversation lately. Conversation is the natural, driving force of social change. Social media speeds up the conversations and allows more people to participate and shape them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

How networked nonprofits use twitter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. The internet connection here is such that I don’t think a live blog portal will sustain itself. Can’t wait!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2009

The article ignited a discussion on nonprofit blogs prompted by some astute observations by colleague Allison Fine. The article and subsequent blog posts prompted more reflections (summarized here ). He also wanted to introduce to The Causes Exchange , their new blog. Take for example this recent case study on the blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

Two weeks ago I shared a couple reflections that I had on a recent #4change chat about community building – the major output from that chat and the follow up blog post was the call I heard for a regular opportunity to talk about community building. has twitter integration, 3. Monthly Community Builder Chats. Let me know.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s opinion blog is up – you can read the post and contribute to the conversation on SSIR , or read it in full below. Ensure that your Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and any other online profile you have includes a link back to your organization’s website.

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JULY 29, 2011

I normally separate my post-presentation blog posts and slides but think it will be valuable to group them together this time. Many public media organizations are looking to use social media as a way to have conversations directly with community members. Blog posts: How to: Create a Listening Dashboard. Defining Community.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. This blog seeks to capture the information gathered at the workshop, keep the discussion alive and build momentum."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2016

If you want to learn more about self-care, my co-author, Aliza Sherman and I will be presenting several free Webinars and Twitter chats in the next few weeks. Here’s the information: On Thursday, October 20th at 1 pm EST, Blackbaud is hosting a Twitter Chat to explore what it takes for your nonprofit to become healthy and happy.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

This was one of our most interactive webinars - it was filled with community organizers, after all - the Twitter stream and chat channel were delightfully out of control! Check out the event Storify Praan put together.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

Last week, I had a fun time moderating the June #4Change Twitter Chat on Online Community Building. Thanks to all those who participated or followed along, and to those who will join the conversation now! What makes a Twitter chat different than a blog post, for example, is that the conversation is 1. co-created.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A calendar also will help you identify quieter moments where you’ll want to create some tactics that can keep the conversation going (rallies in communities across the country, a reporter roundtable, etc.). Aim to have these conversations as early as possible (like…now?)

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Developments out of Twitter have been coming in fast and furious since our last blog post providing initial guidance on Musk-era Twitter. This should be the first thing to do given the volatile situation at Twitter. We recommend waiting for Twitter to roll out this update and not paying for Verification.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of December 8th). Does Directgov Deliver?

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