Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2005

Via the Berkman Bloggers list, Cameron Marlow at MIT is working on some social research about weblogs. There is an online survey and anyone can participate. It is a general social survey of the weblog community to help understand the way that weblogs are affecting the way people communicate with each other.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

There is also an opportunity to weave in analysis of your data from surveys and incorporate storytelling with your data. My colleague, blogger Michele Martin has this well-researched deck with many more examples of methods for doing a process evaluation and reflective practice. This can avoid repeating mistakes of the past.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 8, 2009

" Traveling Geeks - "The Traveling Geeks are an informal group of technology influencers and bloggers rooted chiefly in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ninety-two percent of nonprofits responding to the May 2009 survey indicated they were experiencing the effects of the downturn, up from 75 percent in November.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 22, 2013

When I recently surveyed my Juicy Blogging eNews readers , I was moved by how many of them completed the sentence, " My big vision for my blog is: " with " to inspire others. " with grace, etc.) with grace, etc.)

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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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BoardAssist

AUGUST 26, 2014

Guest blogger Allison Gauss offers some terrific advice this week on how to be most effective when you follow up. In a survey asking donors why they stopped supporting an organization, 53% cited poor communication with the nonprofit. . Anonymous surveys and comment cards can also be a good tool for this stage of follow up.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

." 29 Nonprofit Bloggers to Follow on Twitter « Nonprofit Tech 2.0 - I'm so honored to be part of this list! "Last week I asked the followers of @NonprofitOrgs to nominate their favorite nonprofit bloggers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 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. Action #2: This session made me think about how we could try something more interactive with our recently completed grant seeker survey. Flickr Photo by Andy Beal.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Playing Big by Tara Mohr A few years ago, I sent a survey to my blog readers and asked them, “What’s the biggest challenge in your life?” When the survey results came back in, I was stunned. 14 (Berkeley, CA): Tea & Cupcakes with Creative Bloggers Oct. __Work-family balance. __My work isn’t satisfying. __Health issues.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The survey found that blogging and blog outreach was the most popular social media choice. 83 percent currently reach out to bloggers and the remaining 17 percent plan to in the future. Over half of the organizations surveyed reported that they do not use Twitter and do not intend to, with only 24% reporting use of the tool.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

Guest blogger Grant Howe, VP of research and development for Sage North America's nonprofit solutions, kicks off a series of posts about providing great IT leadership. Cynthia Adams, President and CEO of GrantStation, reports on the results of GrantStation's survey about grantseeking challenges facing nonprofit organizations.

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2012

Pierre Khawand is a guest blogger with more than 20 years of experience in the software industry. Share your experience with cloud computing in this survey for a chance to win a copy of Cloud Surfing by Thomas Koulopoulos! He is the author of the popular Less-Is-More Blog on the People-OntheGo.com website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2012

If I had my druthers we would do a baseline and post-survey, too to determine attitudinal shifts, but alas, because of the way the campaign is structured, we are unable to do this. We have a blogger/influencer resource kit built already where you can grab pictures, pre-drafted tweet, Twibbons, and other good stuff.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2010

This post was penned by guest blogger MeiMei Fox , who is a social media consultant, life coach, yoga instructor, and writer. And surveys show that we want to help — so there is a desire. You can follow her on Twitter. Here's what she had to say about the event and getting people to volunteer. So we have spare time.

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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. We get lots of feedback from them, real-time, via independent / anonymous surveys, etc. Flickr Photo by hanspoldoja. BUT we do not get beneficiary feedback directly.

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BoardAssist

JULY 28, 2015

That’s the message from this week’s guest blogger, finance pro Paul Konigstein. A recent survey from Robert Half Finance and Accounting suggests that this is no longer true. Finance and accounting have moved from the back room to the board room. Thanks Paul! 6 Reasons Finance Belongs in Your Nonprofit Board Room.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

For this week’s post, we welcome Angela Francis from Nonprofit Finance Fund to discuss NFF’s recently released State of the Sector survey findings. Nonprofit Finance Fund recently completed its third annual "State of the Nonprofit Sector" survey with the help of nearly 2,000 nonprofit leaders nationwide. So why do we do it?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 27, 2012

Pierre Khawand is a guest blogger with more than 20 years of experience in the software industry. Additional Resources: The New New Inbox Survey Report?. He is the author of the popular Less-Is-More Blog on the People-OntheGo.com website. Corporate employees send and receive about 105 emails daily. 5 Symptoms of Email Addiction.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, Frogloop Blogger-In-Chief Allyson Kapin highlighted some key findings from IdealWare’s Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide and their survey of over 750 nonprofit staffers. What if people only say they are more likely to purchase (or donate), but they behave otherwise?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Fundraiser and blogger Chuck English asserted that a tagline is nothing but a tool, and that approaching it otherwise diverts organizations from the critical work of strategy. In response, Katya Andresen, COO at Network for Good, commented, “Taglines are a great test of your strategy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2011

However, there are times when simple surveys produce very meaningful information — and can provide the basis for deeper research projects. And it is a simple (and small) survey upon which this blog is based. What Next — Charles Best is "Character Approved" Twitter Updates Powered by Blogger.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

So, when I survey the mainstream tech and social media conference circuit and see on average that only a dismal 10% to 20% of panel presenters are women, it shocks me. O'Reilly, bloggers, and other conference organizers responded immediately. My business partner at Rad Campaign , who also happens to be my husband, is a progressive.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

The main point of comparison is information on volunteering from the Current Population Survey (CPS), conducted by the U.S. The ASU Morrison Institute presents both numbers and asserts that both survey methods have strengths and weaknesses, likely leaving the true rate somewhere “between these two estimates.&# One in three.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Beth Ogilvie and Margy Levine Young from that community compiled some survey results from the group. This site also has a list of additional church tech bloggers. I’ve been following the discussions on the Unitarian Universalist techie listserv and it’s a great information sharing group.

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JUNE 24, 2021

You can plan an email marketing campaign that starts with a save-the-date and ends with a final thank you email, complete with post-event survey. Bloggers and journalists alike are always in need of tips, and most blogs and local weeklies make finding contact information pretty easy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

4) Get To Know Your Audience: We don’t always have the ability to do in-depth participant surveys or interviews prior to a training to understand in great detail what participants know and feel about the topic. A good opener will also help you as the trainer to better understand the people in the room and adjust accordingly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2007

this is an interesting way to pitch a story -- use of a screencapture from a blogger who is sitting in the audience and pitch them in front of the group.). Some bits from the survey: 88% of respondents plan to increase social media spending next year (no big surprise perhaps, but a commanding number).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

For us, this has been linked not just to content like articles a blog posts but also forum threads, email outreach, and broad campaigns — like our recent Cloud Survey. So we want to make sure that we getting conversions from our content — which, depending on the content type, is a variety of next actions.”

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2013

My eyes may be bloodshot, but the sight of the blogger interface still warms my heart. Back to the land of the blogging! I''ve spent the last eight weeks on a "blogcation" so I could focus on the birth of our new baby, Rocket. Check out the comments for more unlikely connections between Mao and the American national past time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2008

   Gave an example of a blogger outreach program where they gave bloggers a product - solar powered batter recharger.    One of the bloggers got on CNN to talk about the product. Conversions Measured this with a survey - after watching beachwalks - desire more or less to visit. 

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

Members of the NTEN Research Committee serve by sharing ideas for new projects, providing feedback on existing research and analysis, and support outreach for surveys, report launches, and research partners. Emily Weinberg, Nonprofit Blogger. NTEN Research Committee. Alexandra Saavedra, Marketing Programs Manager, Greater Giving.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

2] To better understand the skills and knowledge needed by nonprofit professionals, we conducted a needs-assessment study based on surveys of NMI instructors, advisory board members, alumni, and participants in NMI courses since 2007. What Next — Charles Best is "Character Approved" Twitter Updates Powered by Blogger.

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2009

A recent survey of over 160 giving circles by the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers shows that 81 percent of giving circle participants are women. Buddy up with women bloggers. If you do a good job of connecting with these e-journalists, you may be able to garner more PR and leverage their networks for success.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 2, 2007

The BlogHersAct survey is live until July 8th if you want to vote on what issue the members of BlogHer should put their energy towards this year. After our panel will be a complementary session: Getting it On(line) for a Cause : Part 2 - Raising Consciousness moderated by Rochelle Robinson. If you go to the Conference, come say hi!

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

For some good how-to posts, check out my co-blogger Alissa Ruehl , perhaps starting with her Intro to Google Analytics. Surveys and Interviews. If you don’t have it, I’d highly recommend going out and installing it right away. It’s totally free, really comprehensive and easy to install. Other Posts in this Series. Introduction.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 17, 2009

Ever since Allyson Kaplin of RAD Campaign became the editor of Frogloop, Care2's nonprofit online marketing blog , Frogloop has experienced a Renaissance of regular, valuable postings both from Allyson herself and guest bloggers. Next, the Beaconfire Wire. What do they think of the new Facebook? The new iPhone? Find out here.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

Part of the webinar included this survey of the listeners below, which in of itself is useful for tracking how nonprofits and libraries recruit and support their volunteers. Blogs are usually quite easy to create through blog hosting sites like Blogger and WordPress , and can look very professional with not too much work.

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