Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

on the wiki. I put a call out for a mini-case study, for someone to add it or agree to an email interview. I've been observing how he uses the Chronicle of Philanthropy's Twitter Feed to participate. How is the Chronicle using Twitter to participate? How is the Chronicle using Twitter to participate?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

To top it off, I did an interview with Wendy Harman from the Red Cross about her recent experience using Twitter and other tools to spread buzz for campaign - Social Media Roadblock. I had already been working on the social media tools wiki so we could offer our supporters a bunch of easy ways to help online. I have no idea!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

My sources of inspiration came from my personal learning wiki, WeAreMedia listening resources , and Marnie Webb's slide deck. A Living Case Study of Red Cross Listening Techniques. Doing a living case study with Wendy Harman provided a chance to catch up her current practice. Six Ways To Make Listening A Practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2010

Altimeter Group has a good collection (although mostly corporate) on its wiki. Charlene Li's Wiki of social Media Policies. The social media policy tool helps you with part of the of step 1. . I think it is also very useful to review other organization's policies. See my other posts on social media policy. Social Media Policies.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery.

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Care2

JULY 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!" Why not contribute to the Social Actions Labs Idea Wiki? Thanks again for the post. com , Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Crowdsourcing Questions: I use this when I'm developing training materials, particularly for case studies or sometimes for demos of Twitter as a crowdsourcing tools. Usually I ask a question, and try to get people to answer in another place like a google document or wiki. Also, see my Twitter Primers or WeAreMedia.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. That’s the question that the monthly #4Change chats (that take place on Twitter) address, this month focusing on the Climate Change movement.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

In addition, we will be using a wiki to showcase learning and a private Facebook group for daily contact and “just in time” support. However, it is important to have a mix – examples from other fields and countries. If participants can see themselves in the case studies and examples, there is less resistance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

Over the past few months, you could view the development of the strategy on their wiki , most of the work was done on a wiki that was open for anyone to read. . Want to write a mini case study or guest post, please sign up here or leave a comment if you'd like to do an interview. The Smithsonian is an excellent example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Why Twitter Matters View more presentations from Laura lee Dooley. Check out blog for in-depth posts on Twitter tools, for example this one about url shorterners. I'd like to point a few examples that were not on his list and share some good nonprofit Twitter resources. There is a terrific article on Mashable by Lon S.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

By now, you've probably heard all the benefits of building a social media presence on Facebook or Twitter. So what's the secret to maintaining a popular Facebook profile or Twitter account? TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki is designed to be a starting place for organizations just getting started on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

We used a wiki and conference calls to check in as a group. You can dig deeper into the details over at the wiki as each participant shared a one-page “lab report.&# The experiments were very focused initial forays into social media. PreSchool California : Did an experiment using Twitter as a way to connect with journalists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Grantees get better results integrating Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels best practices and measurement. Content Curation on Twitter. Next Bruce Lesley gave a virtuoso case study of how he uses Twitter to curate news articles and resources related to children’s issues.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

The next set of modules, that are more tool based (with case studies) are next to be developed. A year ago, I was bear-ish on Facebook, and said I wouldn’t Twitter. Now, I tell my clients that they really have to think about a Facebook strategy, and that nonprofit staff can gain a lot from networks like Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Facebook was just getting its first venture funding, YouTube was just starting, and Twitter was still a year away from being founded. Tools social media Twitter NetSquared' The buzzword then was Web 2.0, which heralded a new, participatory web culture. Online social networking was just being born. Text messaging.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

By now, you've probably heard all the benefits of building a social media presence on Facebook or Twitter. So what's the secret to maintaining a popular Facebook profile or Twitter account? TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki is designed to be a starting place for organizations just getting started on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

In a networked nonprofit, VCs might mine their personal and professional networks for ideation, best practices, and case studies to learn how organizations are engaging volunteers effectively. Training could also be done virtually with videos or through shared docs on a wiki. Opportunity Design. Outreach/Marketing.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Some people are beginning to use twitter for adverts…and doing ‘paid tweets’ Is this going against the whole ethos of SM and especially Twitter, when authenticity is the key?” We Are Media, a wiki-based community project curating resources about using social media in nonprofit organizations. Dealing with Resistance.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Co-Create – Shared Content: Mapping, Mosaic, Wiki, Links, Games. Authenticate – FB Login, Twitter OAuth. HandsOn created a page on their site to showcase the livestreamed panel discussion on volunteering and leadership, and encouraged online participation through its live Twitter stream and Facebook stream on the website page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

I asked for some recommendations on Twitter for the best practical sources for change management. I also wondered about the historical context of change management and technology tool adoption, asking on Twitter if there case studies about the adoption of the typewriter in the workplace. projects in organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I also need to streamline the many wiki portfolios and resource collections that I've put together over the years. I will also continue to write case studies, step-by-steps instructional pieces, and trend pieces. One example recently was I post I wrote about a Twitter tool. A Guide to Creating a Minimalist Website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

We also use it an opportunity for participants to get on Twitter as an individual and how to use it as a personal professional learning and branding tool. In India, the line between personality and brand is not strict as it is in the US – and the identities can be fluid. I wrote about the practice of Team Tweeting here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

The add-on to my previous workshops were three "experiment in a box" modules which included Listening , Twitter , and Facebook Fan Pages. I created these for Twitter , Facebook Fan Pages , and Listening. . We'll have check-in conference calls as well as use the wiki and hashtag to provide just-in-time learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

It uses sources such as how many delicious bookmarks, incoming links, how many times mentioned on Twitter, how many comments, etc. Twitter As Charitable Gift Spreader. Twitter Demographics. Twitter is the Second Highest Referral After Google. Donor Solicitation Techniques on Twitter. Twitter on Paper Icebreaker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2008

.  But we also had people in the room who were new to social media - trying to understand the concepts of listening, participating, sharing content, and online communtiy building - and who were just being introduced to many of the tools - like Twitter or Utterli.    I set up a wiki.   Heck no! 

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Care2

AUGUST 8, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

Some examples: A follower on Twitter or someone you're following. For example, a one-way connection on Twitter is someone who follows you, but you don't follow back. A two-way connection is someone you follow on Twitter and follows you back. (BTW, Each dot represents a person or in network jargon, a node. Family members.

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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!" Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. What is your real output?

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Care2

JULY 15, 2008

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2010

blog, many case studies and design principles in the book will be new to even the most devoted blog followers. The second half focuses on participation in practice, looking in detail at ways that institutions can involve visitors while staying true to their mission and staff culture. While the book draws heavily from the Museum 2.0

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Case studies and best practices. case studies. How web masters and administrators can do more with less. and Social Media trends. Ease of use - technologies that delight you and those that frustrate you. Industry news and upcoming events. Crowdsourcing: How Business and Nonprofits Tap into the Wisdom of Crowds.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I know a lot of the free site tools, wikis like wetpaint.com, keep trying to move to become more social, and let the audience/membership interact more – that is definitely related. I’m assembling a panel now and need some good case studies, so if you’ve got examples, please email me. 11 Tompkins Spann 01.23.09

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Social and Nonprofits ROI: Case Study Slam submitted by Beth Kanter Using a poetry slam format, each panelist will present a five-minute poem or story about how their organization has successfully implemented a social media strategy experiment and how they considered the ROI. To vote: 1. Create an account. Vote for the choices below.

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