Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2013

#TechFail #GenerosityWin on Minnesota’s Give to the Max Day: Understanding social media’s role in damage control and crisis communication Guest post by Jeff Achen, GiveMN Digital Strategist. Thousands of Minnesota nonprofits and schools were lighting up Twitter and Facebook with posts about the need for support and requests for donations.

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For example, if you work with an animal nonprofit and rescue stray animals off the street, you may sometimes take in animals in pretty awful shape. Check out this great example from Brother Wolf Animal Rescue! Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Minnesota does a great job with auction item reveals. Take viewers on a journey.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Check out the [blog]([link] to get a taste of our grassroots community. * **Katharine Bierce** recorded her recent [tech and philanthropy panel]([link]. --> Upcoming Tech4Good Events. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Getting the Most Mileage from Annual Reports. Naples, Florida: Best Blogging Practices and Editorial Calendar.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

In the first blog post of this series, we discussed the basics that need to occur to onboard any volunteer at any level. It’s important that your volunteers have context about why you need, for example, to feed lunch to 100 people in an hour. Mary’s University of Minnesota. Help Them Get to Know the Program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

  It goes "Minnesota from"where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." " Earlier this week, I wrote about giveMN.org as an example of local and regional online giving initiatives.    However, Minnesota has set the bar pretty high!

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JANUARY 13, 2023

Operations at Headwaters Foundation for Justice , a foundation that invests in grassroots organizations across Minnesota, were humming along well. The Parkinson’s Foundation is one example of a nonprofit that benefited from technology during a time of growth. Then 2020 happened and community needs spiked.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Give to the Max in Minnesota Day. Here's three recent examples. GiveMN a new online resource that hopes to encourage more Minnesotans to give and help create a stronger nonprofit community for Minnesota. I've been noticing a social media spin on making charitable donations in your community, regional, or state. 1) GiveMN.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

I’m not sure it’s possible to write this blog post without looking like a grammar Nazi, but I’m going to give it a whirl. Before I wind my way to my point, let me give a couple examples of how the words we use signal whether we are in with the cool kids or outside in the cold. Should be interesting, anyway. Or non-profit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2012

In the free report, Unleashing Innovation: Using Everyday Technology to Improve Nonprofit Services , we share nine examples of what real world organizations are doing—and a framework for innovation you can use to emulate their results at your own nonprofit. The organization’s social media presence became like a snowball gathering mass.

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JUNE 1, 2017

Webinars are awesome, and so are blog posts — but there's a special magic that happens when we get face to face. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch: Fostering Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Your Communications. We've already scheduled 66 events for June, and the month is just beginning.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

You can discover more about the NetSquared community by reviewing the responses on the NetSquared blog. Saint Paul, Minnesota: State Legislative Preview for Nonprofit Organizations. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. Find your closest NetSquared group.

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MARCH 7, 2007

Nik inquired as to how I feel about museum blogs. what's your take on museums that keep blogs? In general, yes, I think that museums maintaining blogs is an effective, cheap way to get changing content out to the public frequently. However, there are many different approaches to take--as there are with blogs in general.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Naples, Florida: Boost Your Nonprofit's Blogging Strategy. Paul, Minnesota: QuickBooks Made Easy. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Usability Day of Events at U of M | World Usability Day. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Treading Lightly | The Delicate Art of Internal Communications. Tuesday, November 1, 2016. Friday, November 11, 2016.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I always enjoy the opportunity to present on social fundraising because while the tools come and go, the principles for success don’t change. I illustrated each principle with examples of nonprofit social fundraising campaigns that highlight a particular practice.

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MARCH 29, 2016

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Video and Photography 101. Saint Paul, Minnesota. Toronto, Ontario: How to Run a Professional Blog. HTML EXAMPLE Image: NetSquared : Tannis Sullivan / CC BY-NC 2.0. --> spanhidden. Thursday, April 7. Cleveland, Ohio: A Well-Told Story Is Powerful. Kenya: NetSquared Camp — Storytelling 2016.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Mary’s University of Minnesota. For example, the board member may question why you maintain a particular program that loses money. The post Nonprofit Board Member Onboarding: 12 Things to Cover appeared first on Qgiv Blog. He has a BS from Juniata College and an MA in Philanthropy and Development from St. They bring energy.

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APRIL 13, 2012

The following examples illustrate some best practices in online communication and how integrating those practices into your operations can lead to the development of online ambassadors who will help spread your message on the Internet and beyond. Check out what The University of Minnesota has done with its YouTube channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2010

The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works. In this interview, Jennifer Ford Reedy , VP for Strategy and Knowledge Management, at the Minnesota Community Foundation shares the how they designed this online social good contest for success. What was your judging process?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2005

Recently I came across a metaphorm for the blogosphere, Blog-poly : a game of monopoly. But, before I could even begin to play with that idea, I need to blog some examples of nonprofit blogging. "Visits on this new blog have steadily grown from approximately 400 last month to 900 this month."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2008

In a recent post on Blogher, Virginia DeBolt mentions the list titled 100 Awesome Webmaster Blogs by and for Women by Jimmy Atkinson. She was on the list and checked it out, finding a wide range of excellent blogs written by women. (I I live in northern Minnesota with my husband. I blog at Marketing 2.0 &

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

For example, they recently set up an Amazon wish list for their Food Pantry and posted to their FB page. Within minutes, a fan commented that they had just placed an order for them. They have successfully used Facebook to identify and cultivate donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2006

This morning I got an email from my colleagues at NTEN telling me it was an awesome example of tagging. The intent of the project is "By tagging content related to Minnesota's election, more voter s will be heard." " They are using tags to aggregate voter-generated content about Minnesota's 2006 election and politics.

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APRIL 22, 2009

I was starting to hear more and more about the service (from bloggers and early adopters like Beth Kanter and others), and simultaneously was launching a new website for Wellstone Action that we wanted to be more interactive, and which included a blog. Also, are there any specific examples of a "Twitter success" that you can share?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2005

I'm trying to get some links assembled in one place for the Berkman Thursday evening bloggers meetings where we will discuss nonprofit blogging. There is no official organized nonprofit blog census, npo blogroll or a bridge blog like Global s. Omidyar Thread on Nonprofit Blogging. Omidyar Thread on Nonprofit Blogging.

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MAY 1, 2017

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch: "You're a Wizard, __!" Kampala, Uganda: Social Media Surgery — Blogging as a Business. HTML EXAMPLE Image: Siobhan Aspinall with Umbrella at The Digital Nonprofit 201 : Elijah van der Giessen via Michele Mateus / CC BY-NC 2.0. --> spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

Check out the [blog]([link] to get a taste of our grassroots community. * **Katharine Bierce** recorded her recent [tech and philanthropy panel]([link]. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Preparing for Give to the Max Day. What have NetSquared groups been up to recently? Want to learn about PCI compliance? Thursday, September 8, 2016.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The following blog post is by Shana Masterson and Jonathan Cass. He currents works at Animal Humane Society in Minnesota's Twin Cities as the e-Communications Manager. Example: Use discounts at the beginning of your event cycle. Author: Guest Blogger. Find her on Twitter: @npshana. Find him on Twitter: @jcassAHS.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

At the same time, employees began expressing reservations about the use of AI in the HR context; for example, 71% oppose the use of AI to make hiring decisions, and 41% are worried about AI reviewing job applications. The post Top 6 Workplace Trends for HR and Compliance Leaders in 2024 first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I used the example of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, which has a mission statement that includes unusual words like “bold” and “fearless.” If you say, “we need a blog,” others in your organization won’t know how to contextualize that within the programs and mission of the institution. It invites people to play.

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APRIL 10, 2008

When David explained that each of the Holocaust Museum’s myriad comment boards, blogs, and online forums is moderated by a staff member, the audience turned a little green. It may take you only a few minutes to create a blog, but doing so means (hopefully) a commitment to frequent content posts. Start a blog. the comments.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

When I was 9 years old, I told my parents who were volunteers in a lot of ways, our church, the summer celebration, political campaigns, I told them that I thought I wanted to help everyone in Minnesota, and so I should try to be governor of Minnesota. So a few examples that I have for you, one is as you’re shouting out.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2008

And when I think back on the last year and how it compared to year one of blogging, the shining difference is you--your interest, your comments, and most of all, your extraordinary example. blog in 2006 as a personal learning exercise about "the ways that museums do and can evolve from 1.0 Today, Museum 2.0

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MAY 20, 2008

This blog often analyzes how websites, designed spaces, even dogs promote participatory experiences among users. The photos above were provided by Paul Martin of the Science Museum of Minnesota from their award-winning exhibition RACE. The ultimate example of this is an eclipse. The sun is big.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

Liza Pryor, from the Science Museum of Minnesota, offers a list of arguments why museums should be engaging with social technologies—worth co-opting for any tough chats with marketing or executives about the value of blogging, public comment-sharing, and the like. Take a page from Ontario and install it in a public, high-traffic area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Recently, I presented a high level overview of crowdsourcing , including examples from the lens of funding and doing. And, you can use social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, to support engaging crowds to participate in the activity. 1) Creating collective knowledge or wisdom. 2) Crowd Creation.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I spoke about the importance of designing intentional frameworks for asking visitors questions, based on this blog post. Beyond being totally exhausting, this session offered some highly varied insights into the value of prototyping, the dangers of the color red, and what happens when good exhibits go bad.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

He did and gave me permission to blog! He went on to say something that made me pause for a minute: The user behavior on my blog is quite different. " And I'd add blogs, twitter, flickr, tagging, and all the other social media tools and strategies to the list too. Unique Blog Readers (content consumption ???

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