Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2015

<iframe width=”420″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uK3un3Wt_Qo” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> Co-Schedule is a word press plugin (and now can be used even if you don’t use a word press blog) that puts all the steps into one dashboard. . <iframe

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. If you’re not attending and curious what funders are learning, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog.

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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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BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

No one likes a dull board meeting, or a long one, or one that doesn’t start on time. That’s why we turned to guest blogger Susan Schaefer for fresh ideas on this problem in this week’s guest post. . Chances are, they share these traits: Convenient, agreed-upon meeting time and location. Prompt start and end times.

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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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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2012

Author: Guest Blogger. Establishing a Discussion Group - When your volunteers can post and reply to messages to events they have an interest in, it facilitates a type of community in which volunteers feel more connected with their peers and committed to the cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Also, those nonprofits that excel today on Facebook and Twitter, like The Humane Society of the United States, National Wildlife Federation and PETA, they all started their social media campaigns on MySpace at a time when only those with a.edu e-mail address could join Facebook. MySpace is not just a community of poor people!

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

It's not often that a little do-good blogger like myself gets invited to cover a big 'ole event, but I am! I'm sitting in the press area at the Presidential Forum on Service at Columbia University in New York City. I know it's dorky, but I'm totally loving the stream of "Immediate Release" press releases being dropped on our table.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Participants had digital copies of the powerpoints translated into french and used their laptops to follow along. We used real-time translators and participants used headsets to tune into the language channel of their choice to understand what was being said. Workshop Handouts work in Arabic and French.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

Attending this press briefing will grant you access to a panel discussion and one-on-one time with some of the greatest minds and most influential s in the fields of technology, digital media, education and learning. "Digital Learning" Press Briefing and Panel Discussion. The John D. and Catherine T.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2008

Back in November when Open Social was announced, we had a round of discussions in the NpTech space that summarized on my blog. Just saw a press release from Yahoo, Google, and MySpace about OpenSocial Foundation. For now, here's the basics culled from the press release, official blog posts, and blog commentary. s benefit only.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

Building community and maintaining engagement is often a full time job – even if it goes unpaid! The ToMamaWithLove campaign saw them try some new tools as well as some trusted favorites, even with a budget of $0 and a lot of volunteer time. When it came to blogger outreach, a Google Doc was the preferred and successful tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The exhibition will coincide with programs about art theory, online communities, and crowd theory, providing a forum for public evaluation and discussion about the process. Similar strategy to what the San Francisco Symphony did with its blogger outreach event. Not the press release. Can I help next time? s Blog about?

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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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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 1, 2012

That contemporary art museum is on the front of the LA Times again," she said. The discussion then shifted to the overall direction of the museum. It's amazing to see papers like the LA Times cover the debate about the future of an art museum deeply. It's wild to see so many bloggers and museum directors and critics weigh in.

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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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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2009

Taking the reins as blogger-in-chief of Care2’s "Frogloop" website ( www.frogloop.com ) for nonprofit professionals is Allyson Kapin, founder and principal of consulting firm Rad Campaign and a blog columnist for Fast Company Magazine. Both Allyson and Stephen are available for press interviews. to maximize their outreach.

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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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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Measuring and monitoring app engagement and user behavior can provide invaluable insights into how to strengthen your strategies over time. Set up a beta release to find bugs, test all potential user interactions, and study other implementation-based elements like loading times. Create a press kit. Stage 1: Pre-Launch.

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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. Pose thought-provoking questions that will help spur discussions amongst the community. What is Earned Media? Word of mouth, etc. Brand Your Issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The AFP blog points to a press release from Firstgiving about the launch of a social networking site. The Case Foundation blog also has a section called " Tech4Good " TechSoup blog posts about an online tool and forum discussion about green policies. , but I think it is probably more useful to think of the ???young

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

2 ) that discusses how to lay the groundwork for board signoff on an organization's social media in initiatives. This post traces the evolution of social networking sites from the 80's to present time, although missing a few major early players. Here's here write up on word press. Her selection criteria. And if you???re

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

I tried to give them a framework in which to think about this kind of change and we discussed different models to explore and teach this subject. He writes: To put it plainly, most Jews do not see the added value in being part of the Jewish People – and therefore would be hard-pressed to answer the question, “Why are you Jewish?”

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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. Almost a year ago, NTEN hosted a field wide discussion about the need for nonprofit tech vendors, particularly CRM systems for online fundraising, to offer open APIs. (A Check twitter.

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Care2

APRIL 14, 2009

Keep your ear to the ground at all times. Look at other platforms to create appropriate engagement such as YouTube with a Video Response, on Facebook with a Note about the situation in an organization’s Fan Page or contact bloggers to attend a press conference and hear the facts from you. Make the time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

I wanted to highlight a couple of observations that Lucy Bernholz makes in her analysis of yesterday's discussion about philanthropy in Second Life by the MacArthur Foundation. New York Times article Photo UgoTrade Blog. I predict the same fate for Second Life and other 3D-Virtual Words. Teen Listening Party and Global Kids coverage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

local time). While the speakers were talking, the avatars in Second Life were carrying on a lively debate in chat about the points raised, suggesting questions to be asked in the room in New York City, and passing along urls/resources related to the discussion at hand. "As a blogger, one issue is 'who is reading?'

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Forum One

JUNE 1, 2009

The upcoming Twitter discussion I blogged about on June 1 (see below) took place last Wednesday, here's my top impressions: First, you can see the full transcript here , posted by the event sponsor Ashoka. The Twitter discussion was substantive, and generated interest in our work amongst participants.

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Forum One

JUNE 1, 2009

The Twitter discussion originally blogged about below took place on June 3, here's my top impressions: First, you can see the full transcript here , posted by the event sponsor Ashoka. It was difficult to respond quickly enough -- periodically, by the time I formulated my 140 character response, the conversation had moved on.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The 33rd Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute features leading nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance and government to discuss the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. General / @southwestfdns. 38th Annual Nonprofit Conference. Technology.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 7, 2021

Post news, updates, and press releases related to your cause. Whether it’s people volunteering to your fundraiser, a committee member, or even a guest blogger, it pays to highlight them and show your audience how they have been helping your cause. . Your blog posts need to show that your nonprofit organization is an authority.

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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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The Arab Spring also demonstrated that storytelling doesn’t need a big budget or tons of editing time to be effective. For example, World Press Photo put together this powerful series on life in North Africa, giving an inside perspective not found in headlines, soundbites, or protest clips. Signs of the Times: Occupy Wall Street.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

Note from Beth: Ashoka's Twitter account was placed on the Twitter Suggested List about the same time as my account. Tom Dawkins, who is responsible for Ashoka Tweets, offered to write a guest post reflecting on some best practices for using Twitter. We wanted to continue to play this role on Twitter.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

She acknowledged it can be very time consuming, and reiterated a suggestion See3 often makes to our clients: get interns and volunteers! However, neither Carie nor Tim discussed social bookmarking or social news strategies in any depth, and Digg, Stumble Upon, and del.icio.us One at a time. How did they get so many friends?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

We learned a lot about what did and didn’t work, and in the interests of transparency, we thought we’d share some of the lessons we learned along the way (and see if we can collect some ideas for next time.) We told a few key bloggers and Twitter personalities about it beforehand; then, on June 30, we started talking about it online.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2008

In this post, a discussion about the art of conversation in the groundswell. Many of the most active bloggers and Web 2.0 talkers do most of their talking on other peoples’ sites--check out this post from a blogger explaining why he comments on 36 blogs each morning. The first is shouting. The second is conversing. initiatives.

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