Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

Each topic introduced a framework and story, and was followed by discussion and activities to identify examples in the Arab world and or determine whether the principle was relevant. The Team from Tunisia identified Sawty as an example of a networked nonprofit in Tunisia, while the Lebanon Team pointed to Nasawiya.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

The first day of training is this Sunday and we’ll be covering networked approaches for NGOs and social media trainers. The participants include in-country teams from six different countries: Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. It is interested that we do not yet have many overlapping connections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Lisa Gansky’s presentation on The Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing (learn more at [link] ) and the joint presentation from Bill Traynor and Audrey Jordan about Lawrence CommunityWorks, a project in Lawrence, Massachusetts that is rebuilding a profoundly shredded civic infrastructure. Audrey Jordan, a loaned exec of Annie E.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

We are working with refugees on the ground in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. For example, a donation of $56 can provide bread for a family of five for two weeks, $70 can provide a family with clean water for 6 months, and $160 can provide a family with weatherproofing for their makeshift shelter. Even small donations can make a difference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

In a google document , some how they put the word out and 66 people signed up to blog and tweet about the birthday wish propelling its success! For example, in reading Allison Fine's post , the coauthor with me of our forthcoming book, The Networked Nonprofit, I realized that we've known each other through out blogs since 2006.

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JANUARY 15, 2009

As Jordan Viator explains on the Connection Café blog: It’s no surprise that every other blog post you read these days talks about how to raise money, stretch funds and build supporters in the current economic climate. Give to the Scholarship Fund. Spread the Word. Put this great little widget made by NTEN to good use!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Note from Beth: Two years ago while working on a capacity building project for NGOs funded by the Dept of State in the Middle East, I found myself in Jordan and visiting colleague Rami Al Karmi’s start up lab. along with examples and case studies from the social good world. We hope you check out some (of all of these!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2012

Nermeen Obeidat, Country Director, Jordan, @nobeidatDiana. Heather Murphy, Senior Program Officer, @hmurphyiiesf. Stacey Ramirez, Program Officer, @ramirez_stacey. Madhavi Bhasin, Senior Program Associate, @madi_bhasin. Al-Mallahi, Training Coordinator, @dalmallahi. Nada Hamzeh, Country Directory, Lebanon, @NADO23.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

A big shout out to their new Director of Social Media, Jordan Viator. Social Media Initiative Guide: This guide from Spreadfast, a social media management tool vendor, has some great tips and ways to think about Key Performance Indicators, tactics, and metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

In the past, I made an effort to visit various blogs, websites, and other online information sources to stay apprised of my field (both philanthropy and the areas where the Irvine Foundation works). Examples include when I read the papers, on the train on the way to work or back home, waiting for a meeting, on line while buying lunch, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2008

The Brooklyn Museum kept coming up as a stellar example, particularly its Click Exhibition (Nina Simon wrote an analysis of the project here ). Shelley Bernstein, staff members at the Museum responsible for social media projects, left a comment on my blog. Hat Tip Jordan V at Convio )

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Rob Jordan, Idealist Consulting. npsf@googlegroups.com) and blogs (i.e. For example, QuickBooks offline to QuickBooks online is almost seamless, whereas a move from Sage MIP to QuickBooks online would require a multi-step process (i.e. Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN rob jordan IT Staff.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

A silent data revolution in the Arab World This World Bank blog post by Paolo Verme explains how the 2011 Arab Revolution also led to a lesser recognised cultural revolution with regard to open data. Libya, Djibouti and Jordan have also granted restricted access to micro data to selected individuals and organizations.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Rob Jordan, Idealist Consulting. npsf@googlegroups.com) and blogs (i.e. For example, QuickBooks offline to QuickBooks online is almost seamless, whereas a move from Sage MIP to QuickBooks online would require a multi-step process (i.e. Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN rob jordan IT Staff.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Compare anomalies, spikes in engagement and other data to the content and/or events that drive the result (see presentation for example charts). Cluster together similar tactics such as Tweets, blog posts, mentions, Facebook posts to determine trends (examples in presentation below).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

I have found it especially useful to do this to kick off a longer-term peer learning experience as in the example below illustrating the knowledge and expertise of a cohort of NGOs from Pakistan that I worked with during my time as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I’ve been tasked with designing and facilitating a session for trainers during our two-day e-Mediat networked nonprofit and social media bootcamps in Jordan and Morocco. The training for the NGOs that have completed the 5 workshops from the different countries over the past year. Working in Cohorts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2007

I'm focusing on the campaigns function and so I'm on the hunt for some stellars examples and tips. Anyway, I had a chance to pick the brain of Rob Jordan, Idealist Consulting on the phone. I'm working on the second screencast of a series, sponsored by NTEN and SalesForce.Com Foundation. The first one is here ). Leave comments).

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. One of the most recent examples I've seen that exemplifies this concept is from the organization Free The Kids that used its influencers earlier this year when the earthquake in Haiti struck. Any other great examples of campaigns tapping into the power of "influencing the influencers"?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

For example,we agreed that we could quote those who are tweeting and have open accounts, but our tweets would not attribute quotes. In the morning, we did a team building exercise to better understand the network core, the in-country teams from Yemen, Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Jordan. Some observations from the discussion: 1.)

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NTEN

OCTOBER 16, 2009

09 NTENnies At Large (Blackbaud's Chad Norman, and Convio's Jordan Viator) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Members are in bold. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . world for nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Because of me, Matt is now able to spend time posting a blog entry on OMBWatch.org about the lack of government oversight that lead to the BP Oil Spill (you’re welcome, Matt). • For $25, a donor is able to support an OMBW staffer writing a blog post about workplace safety or the BP oil spill.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. Beaconfire Blog, " The Twilight of Direct Mail " provides an analysis of the role of direct mail in Obama Campaign. TechSoup blog profiles Taproot Foundation. Which one worked best?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. Seth Godin wrote an interesting blog post yesterday entitled “ The problem with non ” that has definitely sparked a bit of conversation. Like many of the commenters and blog post responses, I see this as a multi-faceted issue. He's out of touch. ” via @ geoffliving.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

February 7, 2009 | Jordan Viator Copyright © 2008, Care2.com The most popular and relevant resolutions were grouped into four areas-- empowering supporters, using social media networks, focusing on the needs of supporters and making websites user-friendly. " tactics finds the guide useful in the new year. All rights reserved.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Seek Out The Charity’s Authorized Website – Refer to our blog from yesterday as to why this is important. Please visit our blog for a longer explanation. For example, you can donate $10 to the American Red Cross by texting “Haiti” to 90999.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Most that I know monitor the blogs, Facebook, and Twitter for people talking about their brand or organization. Here’s a quick example. This is an oversimplified example, but you get the picture. A great example of this tension can be observed in the airline industry. Think Again! -

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. And the nonprofit community is an exceptional example of a group that thrives from people. If you’ve been paying attention to the news in the past week , you’ve most likely heard about the new changes making their way into Facebook to make sharing interests across the web easier.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. You'll learn about Livestrong's community and Bike Hugger's blog, events like the Mobile Social, and the millions who follow Lance Armstrong on Twitter. It's a discussion of bike and pop culture and socializing the good with these Interweb tools” 10.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

There are some great examples of nonprofits that are doing an excellent job with online video. One example is 24HoursforDarfur who has collected over 800 videos from celebrities, elected officials, and citizens urging Congress to do more about the genocide in Darfur. Our Terms of Use explain it all. Why or why not?

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

There are some great examples of nonprofits that are doing an excellent job with online video. One example is 24HoursforDarfur who has collected over 800 videos from celebrities, elected officials, and citizens urging Congress to do more about the genocide in Darfur. Our Terms of Use explain it all. Why or why not?

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 27, 2022

You had to really love IU in order to give,” said Jordan Sites, the Senior Director of Advancement supporting both IUF and IUAA. Making it Easy for Donors + Alumni to Give One of the most shining examples of IUA’s innovation through Salesforce is its MyIU.org page, which acts as the foundation for all online giving at the institution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

For background, in the 3 previous NMC conferences I have been involved with since starting my job there in 2006- we’ve done mainly a “tag this conference” approach where we ask people to tag photos, web sites, blog posts e.g. 2006 , 2007 , 2008 where I cobbled together some summary pages using mainly my own Feed2JS code.

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MAY 27, 2010

Neff and Jordan Viator -- had the great opportunity to lead a session entitled " The Real Housewives of Social Media " Funny Photoshopped pictures were displayed of us, we sported aprons to hype the theme, and we shared information and case studies on various aspects of social media campaigning. BAM, time to tell the story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2009

In a blog post on the League’s conference blog , he wrote: I found today’s Social Networking session interesting up to a point. I was glad to see another post on the League’s conference blog. Alexandra Samuel has an interesting article at the Harvard Business blog on why nonprofits are so good at social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

Photo by James Jordan I'm actually in the clouds, flying to California on Virgin America using the (not free) wifi listening to Mark Pesce's keynote via Mike Seyfang delivered the other day at Connecting Up Australia the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Australia (see web site for details). I keynoted the conference last year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Benchmark Studies and Examples. In the US, there are several terrific benchmark studies of nonprofits and technology , including some on social networking but these are focused mostly on US nonprofits. I spent some time searching for similar studies or compilations for international organizations as well as some specific examples.

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