Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2010

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in Twitter chat series #socialmedia. Someone asked what the definition of a KPI was, and since I noticed that Tom Kelly who is an expert in evaluation was following the chat, I asked him for a definition. Best definition I’ve seen. What was the experience?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

The title of this blog post is of course a wildly inaccurate claim. All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Two donors were former colleagues who also have Twitter accounts. I counted most on Twitter followers to spread the word. Definitely. Here is what he learned.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 9, 2010

Definitely something we’ll be sure to tackle! The RSS Connection : A comment from Emily got me thinking about the different experience readers have when they follow the blog via RSS opposed to visiting the site itself. Tags: blogging blog redesign redesign round up strategy website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2009

Click to see larger image Flickr Photo By @briansolis and @jess3 Last October, Brian Solis created the definitive list of Twitter Tools , a handy list of Twitter helper applications by key categories. Tags: twitter. The reaction I often get from folks in the room is a feeling of being overwhelmed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 30, 2009

Here’s the April edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival. While it can be a great technique, there are definitely things that work and things that don’t. Britt Bravo talks about philanthropy on Twitter in her piece called “Hugh Jackman Makes $100,000 Donation Using Twitter.&#.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

Is it simply the number of followers you have on Twitter, or how many people "like" you on Facebook? The definition of engagement that most resonates with us is Jeremiah Owyang ’s definition: “the level of authentic involvement, intensity, contribution, and ownership.”. Plan ahead. Make it known.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Scandals have been all-too-common on twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

I was also reminded by one very smart colleague that the Twitter audience card had out-of-date information. In the last few months , Twitter become popular with old people. If you’re under 25 and use Twitter, you’re not the source of the site’s tremendous growth. The Mashable blog raised the question, "Why don't they tweet?".

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MARCH 7, 2011

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. Follow Frank on Twitter. Ramya blogs regularly at www.citizentube.com. Find her on Twitter – @claired.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 20, 2011

The vast majority of online donations come from a click in an e-newsletter, as do most new Facebook Fans, Twitter Followers, and text alert subscribers. E-newsletters will likely be eulogized at some point, but for now and in the near future, nonprofits that do not publish e-newsletters are definitely at a disadvantage.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

People are often surprised when I say that if given the choice, I would choose 10,000 e-Newsletter subscribers over 10,000 Followers on Twitter, 10,000 Fans on Facebook, or 10,000 Friends on Foursquare… combined. That said, here are five ways to do so using social media: 1) Blog, blog, blog!

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

In the weeks after Google+ launched I saw a number of blog posts and articles about how brands should drop Facebook and Twitter, and migrate their communities over to Google+. Gen X is big on blogging, e-mail, and social networking. That definition rings true (very loudly) when utilizing social media successfully.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In the weeks after Google+ launched I saw a number of blog posts and articles about how brands should drop Facebook and Twitter, and migrate their communities over to Google+. Gen X is big on blogging, e-mail, and social networking. That definition rings true (very loudly) when utilizing social media successfully.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

They will Tweet from location, break news on Facebook, send out group text calls to action, document in real-time photos and videos, and blog report backs live from events as they unfold. Twitter has a mobile website ( m.twitter.com ) and its own official Twitter App for iPhone, iPhone Touch and iPad. 12Seconds.tv. 12Seconds.tv

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly. As a starting point, all nonprofits should be investing time and resources in the “Big Three”: Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube. All nonprofits should also experiment with Twitter. Of the Big Three, Twitter requires the most time to utilize.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2009

This is one book that I'm definitely taking with me on the big move, but I'm also giving away a copy too. (I Anyway, this small book about Twitter is packed with simple, practical advice for getting you up to speed quickly. Twitter for Business. But, the book also inspired me to improve my Twitter use. Conversations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

I’ve only been away for 10 days and in that short amount of time Facebook has launched Timeline , Twitter has been redesigned , and YouTube Channels have a whole new look and functionality. I was hoping to blog at least once or twice while I am away, but it’s turning out not to be possible.

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NetWits

JUNE 8, 2012

We can’t help you with the effort and persistence, but we can definitely give you a little web design know-how. Gather user-generated content via blogs, forums or posts and let your audience help keep content fresh! It’s not enough to have a Facebook page or a Twitter account. Tweet, blog and post.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 19, 2021

I've had the honor of featuring her on my blog in the past. According to Dan Cable (@DanCable1 on Twitter) of the London Business School , “As leaders, it falls to us to build a sense of collective purpose. Debbie : Like many of us, I miss the social aspect of working in an office environment, but I definitely do not miss the noise.

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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

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Google+ is a bit more complicated than Facebook or Twitter, but already a significant source of traffic to this blog, and like most communities that get a lot of initial buzz, the growth rate of new followers is exponentially much faster during the early adoption phase. It’s definitely been worth the time investment thus far.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2008

twInfluence uses social network analysis techniques to analyze your Twitter followers. Here's the description from the site of the various metrics, but would really like to get a sense of how to use the numbers to improve Twitter presence - and what the scale/range is for some. Definitions. The Twitterer is the.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. What we saw was that by 9 pm on January 12th we were able to launch the program and for the next thee days people only found out about it from Twitter and facebook and so many shared it. David Smith and Michael Weiser, National Conference on Citizenship.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Jay Cross is making a point (couldn't resist) about Twitter by referring to the art work of Georges Seurat who was a pointillist. Twitter is like pointillism. Stepping back and seeing patterns is an important skill when you use Twitter, particularly as a listening tool. type of Twitter user. mememememe???

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Blog: blog.nature.org. Twitter: twitter.com/nature_org. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. For tools specifically, we use CoTweet to manage our Twitter communications and MBuzz for monitoring our social media mentions. Yes, we definitely are. Anything else?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 27, 2011

Add a Facebook icon to your blog and website. Seems obvious, but you would be surprised how many nonprofits do not have social media icons on their website and blog ( see five nonprofits that do ). Nonprofits that do not publish e-newsletters are definitely at a disadvantage.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Also, the caliber of other workshop facilitators was definitely a plus!

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Disclaimer Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

My guest post is up on Care2′s Frogloop blog; you can read the post and join the discussion there. Posterous is a blogging tool, that is really so much more. You can, as with traditional blogs, have a site that shares your posts with the world. You do need a Twitter account to use it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. While it is definitely true these sites could be here today, and gone tomorrow, your supporters will indeed migrate with you on to The Next Big Thing. Then in June 2008 I launched the @ NonprofitOrgs profile on Twitter.

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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. Nonprofit social media managers have to deal with weird, random mean people on Twitter. Don’t. Just block and forget.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 3, 2010

The January #4Change Twitter Chat will focus on the use of Twitter and other social media tools in campaigning. by leaving a comment on this blog post. Join the Twitter chat: If you want to contribute to the conversation, you’ll need to have a twitter account (it’s free). Where : Twitter (search for #4Change ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

This morning I got a pitch a from someone who wanted me to blog about one of their programs. Even worse, hadn't made the attempt to comment on my blog or refer to any posts. It was a number of thoughtful comments on some blog posts. or perhaps evening reading the blog. Some of this applies to twitter as well.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Linking to a desktop site in text alerts is definitely not a best practice. If you are going to use one of these early do-it-yourself smartphone App tools, then you most definitely need mobile versions of your about, donate, e-newsletter subscribe and text alert subscribe pages. To reach out to your text-to-give donors.

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