Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. Social media is going mobile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2009

Mapping Metrics to Strategy View more presentations from kanter. Yesterday, I facilitated a session called Mapping Social Media to Strategy. Here's the description: The session will share an overview of why the sequence listen, learn, and adapt is critical to implementing a successful social media strategy. Takeaways: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I'm working with a small group of Packard Foundation grantees on a social media lab where they are implementing different social media experiments. We know that good practice is to establish measurable objectives for your social media strategy and identify the audience before you executive. You are all the experts here!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

It also connects the social media technical assistance to results. Grantees get better at communication, proactive planning, partner engagement, message discipline and social media integration and measurement. Grantees get better results integrating Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels best practices and measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The description: Using Social Media to Engage and Inspire Your Alumni Network. The art part includes all the ways nonprofits and schools can engage and connect with alumni of their programs through social channels. It is also important to be mindful of how different generations use online social networking and the trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The intent is to help grantees improve their social media practice through measurement and learning. What social media measurement pilot can best help move your practice forward?

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

The online platform provides metrics on over 40 measures of health and drivers of health for over 750 cities across the U.S. The City Health Dashboard provides a case study in data storytelling that is unique to their platform but provides universal lessons for any organization looking to use data to reach audiences or influence action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

I've been following the PepsiFresh contest since the launch in December, the largest social media for social good cause marketing effort put forth to date. I'm most curious to see how Pepsi will demonstrate leadership in social marketing and of course the longer term result - social impact. This is a big bold effort.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Decades before the dawn of digital ads and social media, advertising legend David Ogilvy penned his seminal book “Ogilvy on Advertising” sharing hard-won lessons on how to effectively persuade consumers. Put a human face on the cause through case studies, testimonials, and videos. This was an epiphany for Ogilvy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

Social Media Lab: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit. As Visiting Scholar in Nonprofits and Social Media at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I am coaching grantee organizations and leading workshops and peer trainings on how to become a Networked Nonprofit. There is also a social learning component.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

We Are Media is a terrific resource for anyone looking for tips, examples, case studies and information on using social media in a nonprofit organization. Because we know you’d be disappointed in us if we didn’t include them, we’ll have a live question and answer and a back channel discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. I really like the 7 steps of measurement for their simple elegance and how they can be used to measure social media or anything for that matter. Step 5: Define your metrics. Flickr Photo by HorrorTaxi.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. This comes from participants integrating social media with advocacy and communications strategy and to learn from each other along the way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

” The sense-making part is so important! And, one of the questions that keeps coming up is “How do we get our board or senior staff off their addiction to the wrong metrics, like views?” ” You have to show the connection between the metric and what matters!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Social Media Master Class. Program outcomes: Guidance on developing an effective integrated social media strategy to support your mission. Best practices for effective use of common social media tools: Facebook and Twitter. Aligns social media with their communications strategy and objectives.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 12, 2020

By Lori Byrd-McDevitt After a decade spearheading the social media presence at the world’s largest children’s museum, Lori now co-owns her agency 1909 DIGITAL where she helps others with their digital strategy. She is an adjunct in JHU’s museum studies faculty. Brilliant case studies can show them just what they’re missing out on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2009

8 Principles for Using Social Media Effectively View more OpenOffice presentations from kanter. I learned a lot about the network approaches and was particularly interested learning a bit more about social network analysis and mapping processes. Social Media Game: Washington DC View more OpenOffice presentations from kanter.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Measure all fundraising metrics. No matter how extensive your software features are, the most important thing is that all of these metrics are stored in your centralized CRM system. Use the data in your CRM to measure all metrics, including donation amounts, donation frequency, donor details, and more! Text messages .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This was the launch of a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. Networked NGOs and Social Media Integrated Into Organizational Communications. Program Design.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 10, 2010

Megan Hawkes @CCCINews , Executive Director, Constituent Engagement at Campus Crusade for Christ, International and Dave Raley @daveraley , Director of New Media at Masterworks presented the session Case Studies in Integrated Multichannel Fundraising and did a great job of answering that question in a series of 7 lessons.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Email is a critical channel. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. Email still gets a good response - if it will best help you reach your desired output, don’t feel obligated to short change your capacity there to try to use social networking or something else. Read the full case study here.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Social Change Anytime Everywhere: Best Practices to Build a Multichannel Campaign Plan From your website to social media, email to mobile messages, online to offline, multichannel strategies require coordination and creative thinking across teams and departments, and a focus on the core of your work beyond any one specific call to action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

using social media tools. Jeremiah Owyang posted this case study about how they used YouTube and Flickr to share their media and encouraged the community to create content. Social Media Readiness. What are the organizational change issues necessary for implementing a successful social media strategy? Andy Goodman).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. It takes your RSS feed and applies engagement metrics, analyzing the types and frequency of an audience's interaction with your content. Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? Twitter Demographics.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" While donors continued to donate money, the average gift was smaller.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Email is a critical channel. Idealware.org has reviews of many of these tools as well.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Well examine what can and cant be quantified as well as various metrics and analytics tools.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 16, 2010

Developing Online Relationships with Supporters : The Internet is a fast and cost-effective communication channel to engage with your constituents. Key Metrics : There’s no use in running a campaign if you can’t figure out its level of success. Get them involved in multiple ways to help benefit your organization.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2014

Those of us here at TechSoup work diligently, day in and day out, to provide the social sector with access to better technology, advice, and education. reviewing email and e-newsletter metrics. building social media campaigns. During this session, they walked us through a series of case studies.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

Understand the political, economic, social, and technological factors that may present opportunities or pose challenges to your non-profit’s success. ” Measurable Goals : Establish metrics or key performance indicators (KPIs) that allow you to track progress and success. and any necessary partnerships or collaborations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

You don't go into using a Twitter strategy without having built up a little social capital or as Tara Hunt calls " Whuffie." I also wonder about the effectiveness of fundraising on Twitter as more and more organizations or individuals start doing it? Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The most obvious metric is video view counts. Often, an effective title (e.g.

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Care2

APRIL 25, 2009

Leave it to NTEN to create one of the most fabulous nonprofit conferences packed with nptech rock star panelists and valuable sessions to boot ranging from online fundraising to social media and nonprofit technology tools. We'll examine what can and can't be quantified as well as various metrics and analytics tools.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The most obvious metric is video view counts. Often, an effective title (e.g.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

In our session on Community Voice at NTEN’s 2011 Nonprofit Techology Conference, Arthur provided a case study of the LikeMinded program and how it was built based on engagement with the community. Peggy shared her experience as the Executive Director of WiserEarth , the Social Network for Sustainability.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2012

One that really speaks to me is the point that “measurement helps nonprofits understand and improve their social networks.” Here’s a case study of my own! As part of that role, I was in charge of our various social media channels, including Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. So, we dug deeper.

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