Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2007

There are a lot of answers to that question, but if you want to do outreach to bloggers about an issue you care about, here are a few tips: 1. Search for bloggers who write about topics related to your cause on Technorati , Google Blog Search and Ask.com's blog search engine. Find the name and contact information for the blogger.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 20, 2020

This could include blog and website content, social media updates, press releases, email marketing, and so on. They are often stand alone campaigns that you do one time for a very specific purpose. Applying Remarkables to Your Nonprofit If ever there was a time for engaging and inspiring communication, it's right now.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

What’s kind of funny is that I was quoted on the press release , which was out 3 weeks ago or so, but it’s taken me this long to blog it. Bad Blogger! (I I think my clients thank me for being a bad blogger.) at 3:45 am { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 David Geilhufe 07.07.08

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

But working with the media is tricky, especially if you don't have a dedicated marketing or press relations person on staff. After years of being on both the press side and the PR side of the media game, here are some of my favorite tips for elevating a fundraising campaign. Connect with Neighborhood Bloggers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

A lot of nonprofit blogs have come on the scene in the year between these events and I feel like it is time to revise and update my "10 Ways" post to include not only ways that nonprofits can use blogs, but also engage bloggers to support their cause. 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

I thought this would be timely post because just this morning, I got an email alert from Momsrising that John Boehner, the new Speaker of the House, announced that the House will vote on January 12th to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the health care reform bill. MomsRising collected over 250 member stories from 44 states through this effort.

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Forum One

JUNE 1, 2009

This follows on three recent press events with newspapers, radio and bloggers on similar topics, so it will be interesting to compare the Twitter results and my experience from these different media channels. Top of my mind are these issues: I am preparing three main talking points to anchor my comments, as I do with all press events.

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Care2

AUGUST 17, 2011

You convinced the bigwigs to let you start a blog for your organization, you recruited peers to join you as staff bloggers, you’ve set clear guidelines , and shared some creative blog post ideas for your staff to draw from. Blogger List. While you’re at it you send it to your blogger contacts. Media List.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 22, 2010

If you don’t consider yourself a writer, it can be daunting to pull something together a couple of times a week. Invite guest bloggers in – clients, staff, Board, volunteers, and donors. Ask questions in blog posts and invite readers to comment. Summarize press releases or link to current news stories.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 16, 2013

Time or Money. Here’s another tip: 47 percent of Millennials prefer to support nonprofits with their time, while only 16 percent prefer to give exclusively through financial support. I’d love your thoughts on Millennial fundraising (and your birthday wishes) in the comments section of this post. Peer to Peer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Many other nonprofit and do good bloggers helped promote the contest. The press release from Chase describes the two-step process: In Round One of the Chase Community Giving program, Facebook users will vote for non-profit organizations they think should receive a portion of Chase's philanthropy funds. I'm sure I've missed something.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

At it’s heyday, a few hours a day sending friend requests and posting wall comments on MySpace profiles quickly resulted in large, thriving online communities. For the last two years we’ve been bombarded with articles from bloggers and the mainstream media that MySpace is dead. MySpace was designed to be a marketing tool.

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

It will be a powerful grassroots greening machine; with bloggers, writers, and volunteers all contributing to local greening efforts; and held together by the added sticky-ness of good dynamic content, great search engine optimization, and of course that Web 2.0 To create a new comment, use the form below. 60) Search « Care2.com

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 20, 2014

Did you notice what bad press one of the oil companies got for having what was regarded as an out-of-date plan? Question: How has Social Media (particularly Twitter and Facebook) changed the dynamics a company faces today during a crisis versus pre-Social Media times? Moorhead : Have you ever played an advanced level video game?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Did you notice what bad press one of the oil companies got for having what was regarded as an out-of-date plan? Question: How has Social Media (particularly Twitter and Facebook) changed the dynamics a company faces today during a crisis versus pre-Social Media times? Moorhead: Have you ever played an advanced level video game?

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

The topic of conversation was social media in organizational communications, and here are a few representative comments: * On social web spaces like Facebook and Twitter: "they're talking about us out there: we need to be out there talking too!"

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2012

Did you notice what bad press one of the oil companies got for having what was regarded as an out-of-date plan? Question: How has Social Media (particularly Twitter and Facebook) changed the dynamics a company faces today during a crisis versus pre-Social Media times? Moorhead: Have you ever played an advanced level video game?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Not only can you share organizational news as it happens, you can also comment on how breaking news in the world relates to your cause, or organization. It's been said that people need to see an advertisement seven times before they will buy. Blogs can give you the press you seek. Blogs can help you reach more people.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 10, 2007

Being an organization's blogger involves not only writing for the blog, but also building relationships with other bloggers by reading them, linking to them, commenting on their blogs and inviting them to comment on your blog. Have an RSS feed and comments. Post consistently. Blogging is part of social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Not only can you share organizational news as it happens, you can also comment on how breaking news in the world relates to your cause, or organization. It's been said that people need to see an advertisement seven times before they will buy. When another blogger links to it on their blog. Blogs can give you the press you seek.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

We need to make the time to blog after hours. Doing a blog involves additional time and energy and some of us won't have this time available. He covered the following platforms: Blogs: It is more than a web site, built by one person or a small community or group of bloggers. There 10-15 bloggers - a wide range of ages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

Since this brought dogfighting into the spotlight and put it on the minds of many Americans, we figured it was a good time to reach out to people. WHY THIS CAMPAIGN People were buzzing about the issue online and obviously outraged by their comments. We could tell by all the comments and images floating around. Youtube UGC ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the article from today’s New York Times. If you have had a change to play with Jumo and have some insights, please share in the comments. By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5 What is Jumo? by Steve MacLaughlin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

" She suggests that Newbies (bloggers, vloggers, etc) should: Here is what you should do when you are a newbie: Keep a notepad handy and write down the steps to accomplish your task including any "glitches" or nuances. Take screen shots by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Print Scrn and copying them into your photo program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

" They have begun inviting local bloggers as press to openings and events - usually they get in touch with Mike Woycheck or Cynthia Closkey, two of the co-founders of Pittsburgh Bloggers , who then re-blog the invitation and spread it via Facebook or their own Twitter streams. Not the press release. s Blog about?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Forgive me if you've seen a lot of these links before, and please feel free to add more examples of blogs about writing, or by writers who publish in print, as well as online, in the comments. Corante , and other topics for The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Worthwhile , and The New York Times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

It is a challenging and exciting at the same time." Free software, but expensive in terms of your time -Set out with minimal (achievable) goals and guidelines (policy) They differed in the audience building strategy and definition. Need time and patience. What kinds of comments do you make on other blogs?

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

Earned media is media you dont “buy” but earn the old-fashioned way - by taking the time to properly engage reporters, bloggers, and influentials about your issue. Leave comments on blogs. Add your comments below. Reader Comments (1) Thanks for all this information, especially on tracking earned media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Michelle Murrain is curbing her time on "walled gardens " like LinkedIn and Facebook while pondering the question, " How Open Is Facebook, Really? Official press release here. Nonprofit Times covers it here. is coming " Bloggers go to the SF Symphony! Good discussion in the comments too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook! The AFP blog points to a press release from Firstgiving about the launch of a social networking site. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

I was turned on to this blog by a friend and then given it to review as part of the Nonprofit Blog Exchange , which introduces nonprofit bloggers (like me) to other nonprofit bloggers through our work. Share and Enjoy: 3 Comments comment Shai Gluskin Wow, that Beery piece was long. Is Facebook and MySpace a trend?

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Care2

APRIL 14, 2009

Keep your ear to the ground at all times. It is essential not only to read the blogs and websites of the influencers in your community, but also become a frequent commenter. This article was written by Jen Nedeau, Project Manager at New Media Strategies and blogger. Reader Comments (4) Great tips, Jen. Make the time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2007

I received an embargoed press release in my email about Convio's Open Initiative. Blogger's angst. That saves time and money. " ( Although it a bit ironic that the Open Convio site has a blog like section , but no comments or trackbacks. So, what would any geek with a treo do? Check twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2006

Today I discovered Cityzenjane's blog and her i_like_to_watch tag/delicious rss feed via a comment to one of my blog posts. At first, I thought it was comment spam promoting a porno site but far from it. My blog is partially a place for me to make sense of the rush of information coming at me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

local time). He was also in NYC and live blogging the event as was Danah Boyd - the official MacArthur Foundation live blogger. "As a blogger, one issue is 'who is reading?' " At that comment, all the avatars started clapping, cheering, and agreeing with quips like "Wow, MacArthur Foundation really gets it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The world doesn’t need another blogger, right? Here are five reasons why: 1) Blogging allows your nonprofit to have a consistent stream of fresh, timely new content to Tweet, post on Facebook, etc. Blogging allows nonprofits to quickly and easily create and post content that’s timely and relevant to the here and now.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2015

Even creating press releases about data may be useful. Additonally, Timing is important as well. Events are press-worthy and should have a press release to go with them. Get Bloggers Involved. This improves their link earning efforts and provides quality content at the same time.

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