Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Yesterday I did one of the Chronicle's Live Chat Discussions that was billed as "How Can Charities Figure out How Much Time and Money To Invest in Social Media." The transcript is here. I'm elevating them from the comments because they make a great post. Although our members will comment and post on our Facebook and Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Time Chart - See Flickr Discussion on Version 1 Wanna Remix it? Here's a question I get all the time: How much time and resources does it take to implement social media? In my presentations, I use a slide from Nina Simon's blog post called " How Much Time Does It Take To Do Web2.0 Download it here. In A Museum?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

I’ll leave the complaining about Croatian food and other things to my personal blog, when I get the time. My role has been to gather up the use cases (specific examples of translation processes). 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Kevin Mark 11.30.07 The event itself has been fab. How does this all get paid for?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Like the freedom that RSS gives to end users in terms of getting the data that you want in your hands, to read when and how you want it, APIs give programmers (and, at times, end users) the freedom to get data from Web 2.0 One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 9, 2006

I’ve been learning about some interesting examples of the use of APIs in nonprofit organizations, as well as learning what vendors (both proprietary and open source) are thinking about the issue. If you have any API wisdom, examples, strategies, what have you, that you’d like me to hear about, please drop me a line.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Beth Kanter digs deep to try and figure out how to pull RSS content into Facebook I review Facebook’s new ad platform. Nancy Schwartz of Getting Attention has some great examples (that I’ll be using really soon!) Maybe it’s time for me to go out and find some blue and yellow clothes. 2 Beth Kanter 11.19.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

How much time generally passes between major or minor releases? Minor releases are, for example, when a project goes from 2.2.3 0 release – for example from 2.x Look at the “download&# page (or “releases&# ). When was the last release? Depending on project, going from x.2 3 might be a major or minor release.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. He talks about three examples which have become classic – free/open source software, SETI@Home , and Wikipedia. He spends a fair bit of time talking about the Wikipedia model, and how, basically, amazing it is.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

At this point, I still have to futz with the configs every time I start up, and it still isn’t right. But plugging in a new monitor just should not be this hard. &# With all of the amazing examples of really great free and open source software, here is an example of one that just isn’t what it should be. {

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

use your RSS reader. at ARC, listening has been the core value of our last three year’s of social media (mentioned online over 400 times a day), learn what people want and expect from us. How do you use a RSS feed like a rockstar? How much time is spent listening? use monitoring tools. know your keywords.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. Netvibes will let you track all kinds of things online, all by using RSS feeds or ready-built widgets. You can read all the details here. ].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

We are much more successful when the stories come with a blurb than when they are simply automated RSS-feeds. This prompted me to post a question on my wall: How many of you Facebook Page admins notice your post quality ranking every time you visit? This is a fairly small staff, with limited resources. Rinse and repeat.&#.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

They do a good job of using examples for each of these things (like why Southwest Airlines is so successful, and why the Kidney Heist urban legend sticks so well, among other stories. It uses examples and such, but it is not anywhere near as engaging and readable as “Made to Stick.&# He thinks that time-based billing is bad.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

So, here is a real life example of someone with a measly 195 records in her contacts database. But the last time I tried Evolution, it was a horrible experience. 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Kevin Mark 07.09.07 I rail against vendors who promote lock-in. I tout the benefits of open source software.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

There are a few examples of SaaS that are based on open source projects, although most SaaS are proprietary – the code is never meant to be released. at 11:01 am { 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Joe Baker 09.24.08 For example, we (DonorPerfect Online), use Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for the database engine.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

I had originally planned to talk about RSS/XML after tagging, but I decided instead to hold off on that as a start on the posts about the inner guts of Web 2.0. And the major engine that makes these three types of ephemeral media really work, is RSS, which is the subject of the next post. Such is life. Should staff of a nonprofit blog?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

For example, on Facebook the average user creates 90 pieces of content each month. Take for example, how Bruce Lesley from First Focus uses Twitter to establish authority as a content curator on children welfare issues. Content curators have integrated this skill into their daily routine. Why is Content Curation Valuable?

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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. Tip: If you're going to use your blog as a regular communication tool, please allow readers to subscribe by email as well as rss. Many, many people do not know how to subscribe by rss.

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Care2

JANUARY 23, 2009

For one thing, the staff time and budget it takes to run patch-through call campaigns can be overwhelming. Click2Call, a new online tool that the folks at web development firm Advomatic have built on Drupal’s open-source software platform, is the latest indication that patch-through call campaigns may finally be ready for prime time.

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Care2

JUNE 22, 2007

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!" Examples of serif fonts are Times New Roman and Courier New. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

It was, perhaps an odd perspective, but in any event, I figured it was time to revisit this, and review what I’ve found. 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Jonathan Trenn 01.31.08 Here’s an example of some activists using it: [link] And, yes, I’m doing some work for ooVoo. 2 admin 01.31.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Their code on the server-based method examples only include PHP at this point (the client based method code examples are in the expected HTML and Javascript.) gods: Flickr, RSS, Google, etc. But I think time will tell. at 8:50 pm { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Katrin 10.15.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

at 3:45 am { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 David Geilhufe 07.07.08 At the same time, it really doesn’t make a lot of difference to the customer that was going to hire Mpower anyway. But there are successful counter examples. “If we build it they will come&# only works in the movies. {

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

I recorded the above skype interview as a technology back up – it is filled with great advice and worth listening to for 14 minutes. (If you’re short on time, I have a transcript linked to resources here ). The discovery tools help you discover the best stuff through the use of RSS feeds and persistent search. (You

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JUNE 10, 2011

A robust knowledge sharing network might involve people sharing resources, best practices, worst practices, just-in-time information, quick tips, and deep thinking, all focused on a specific topic. What are some examples of knowledge sharing networks? Peter Campbell leveraged RSS to pull the tagged items into nptech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

This is a draft for a listening curriculum that I will be doing for the first time as part of WeAreMedia Workshop later this week. Listening by using rss feeds helps refine their services and help stay sharp and connected to experts in the field. Beth Kanter, Examples of How Listening Returns Value for Nonprofit Organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

For example, last year's vacation in Florida and my encounter with an alligator on from an airboat on the St. To hold steady with RSS subscribers and visitors. Engagement on PostRank is calculated with a number of metrics including commenting, clicks, sharing on google reader, retweeting, and saving on social bookmarking services.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

But first, a great example of Web 1.0 7 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Dru 08.05.09 at 1:27 am From my personal experience after using both: Sitemeter scripts are slow and increase your page load time, whereas the Google Analytics script is fast! vs Web 2.0 – I wanted to talk about Google Analytics.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

It is made up of people who are techically-oriented, largely affluent, and largely spend inordinate amounts of time in contact with electronic devices. Should they spend a bit of time tying their RSS feed (if they have one) to a twitter account? at 10:15 pm { 7 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Matt Radel 04.11.08

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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. Tip: If you're going to use your blog as a regular communication tool, please allow readers to subscribe by email as well as rss. Many, many people do not know how to subscribe by rss.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

It has been fun, in many ways, but I’ve not figured out the utility for me in terms of my work, although others have had a better time of it. I’ve always been an advocate of open data and open standards, and Facebook is a great example of a one-way street. Wired says : Therein lies the rub.

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APRIL 1, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. Most of us can think of examples of this from our own lives. Excellent example Kayla. In regards to your comments on connections I learned more about this in the past few weeks. Travis: this is an excellent example! It's a nice trade.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

I don’t get paid to blog, so I don’t really want to spend my time doing that. They each have their good points and bad, strengths and reasons I use them (I use furl, for instance, to save pages I think might go away, or become paid content after a short time being free.) at 7:28 am Glad I read the comments.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

Technorati Tags: microsoft , web2.0 { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Scott Wells 04.18.07 Can you tell us some examples of how Excel is superior or more supple than Calc? at 6:14 am Thanks for the comment. Phil: I agree – with time and effort, OO or any open source spreadsheet could out Excel Excel.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Toward the end, a young man, who worked with urban kids of color on media and music, commented that he didn’t really know how to get access to the kinds of things available, and he noticed how few people of color were in the room. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 06.29.07 But it needs addressing. {

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I've been looking at the examples the folks have shared in the WeAreMedia Module 3: Sharing Your Story Social Media Style , particularly blogs and thinking about questions, strategies, and frameworks that one might think about before getting into the nitty gritty of the tool itself.  Examples: Humane Society CEO Blog.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 17, 2016

Instead of sitting around a campfire and playing “6 degrees from Kevin Bacon”, I could proactively comment on one of his Twitter posts and get a reaction directly from the star himself. In modern times, there is not a day that goes by in which I forego attempting to learn from my peers.

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