Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

For nonprofits, that means moving from the transactional to the constant relationships. As we discovered last week from looking at movement building , relationship building skills are really important. what does this type of relationship building look like in the weeds? I got curious.

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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. In my book, there are two things all blogs must have: a way to subscribe and comments. Now, I know that many organizations have a fear of being overrun with negative comments.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Online learning is awesome (and TechSoup has got you covered ), but a special magic is created when we get together in the same room and start building relationships. But what if you can't make it to NTC this year? Attending our events is like going to NTC in Austin — except without the cost of a hotel and flight.

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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. In my book, there are two things all blogs must have: a way to subscribe and comments. Now, I know that many organizations have a fear of being overrun with negative comments.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Online learning is awesome (and TechSoup has got you covered ), but a special magic is created when we get together in the same room and start building relationships. But what if you can't make it to NTC this year? Attending our events is like going to NTC in DC — except without the cost of a hotel and flight!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Chicago, Illinois: Social Media for Social Impact: Fundraising and Customer Relationship Management. Portland, Oregon: NTC Round-Up: Mini-Presentations from the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Tuesday, March 31, 2015.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Doug mentioned attending the NTC/NTEN conference in New Orleans and had RSS and Tagging ringing in his ears. He summarized some learnings from NTC sessions he attended and the keynote by David Pogue. What kinds of comments do you make on other blogs? Generally I wrote an honest comment and respond to what the blogger wrote.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

Now that you know who you want to communicate with, who and what you have to work with in your organization, and where you want to go with the relationships, you can identify some tools to start exploring. Liveblogging notes from Beth Kanter’s NTC session on “Mapping your social media strategy to metrics&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

What I need is your input -I'd love to hear about your social media "adaption stories" - please leave me a comment. They determine what comments need action, whether to say thank you and build a relationship, repair a customer service issue, or ignore. We don’t really care about views as much as we care about comments.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2016

I’m headed to NTC again and want to give you the run down of the sessions I’m excited about and plan to attend. Hopefully you’re planning your own ME moment in 2016, tell me about it in the comments below. Relationships are multi-channel and increasingly digital, that includes social media. 10:30-12:00 pm.

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2012

For complex you will almost certainly need some outside help, whether that’s a one-time build or an ongoing consulting relationship. This is convenient and efficient for mid-size to large orgs – less vendor relationships to manage – and price breaks may be available. What is the significance of simple vs. complex?

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2010

If used effectively -- and not just as a one-way messaging platform with passive audiences -- mobile use can be an ideal tool to create and strengthen relationships with supporters new and old to your organization. I’m excited about the potential it holds and to hear about some of the successes (and challenges) at NTC 2011!

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2010

If used effectively -- and not just as a one-way messaging platform with passive audiences -- mobile use can be an ideal tool to create and strengthen relationships with supporters new and old to your organization. I’m excited about the potential it holds and to hear about some of the successes (and challenges) at NTC 2011!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

at 4:38 pm { 14 comments… read them below or add one } 1 mathew 01.15.09 at 2:36 pm This is actually a topic I’ll be discussing at the NTC this year. And because of this, it makes sense that integration of these two is something that is a need to be filled. at 3:50 pm CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) 01.26.09

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

In the comments, Mike Pascucci , emphasizes how important the internal evangelism skills are: It is very important that a Community Manager highlights the “wins” that have resulted because of the Community offerings that a company provides. Numbers speak yes - but the qualitative data tells the story and gives context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

This is a real POWER RELATIONSHIP. Fear about letting the public comment back "publicly". There are many different tools to support this - from leaving comments on blogs or using twitter. His tweets reveal him as a renaissance thinker, not just a narrow-minded tech geek. . The more Weak ties/ the stronger the network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I started experimenting with these concepts back in 2008 at SXSW session on Nonprofit ROI and SXSW Session on Nonprofit Crowdsourcin g as well as at the NTC in 2009 on a session mapping metrics to strategy. I’ve been playing with the conversational panel or conversational keynote models for short sessions (60, 75 or 90 minutes.)

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Early Bird Registration for 2011 NTEN NTC is Open Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 12th, 2010 NTEN’s 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference is now open for early bird registration. The NTC has been a sell out the past few years.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2015

At this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), Maite Arce, executive director of HAF, and Osvaldo Gomez, technology director at Upleaf , shared how they combined technology with grassroots outreach to help Spanish-speaking immigrants across the country. Share with us in the comments. Image 1 : Hispanic Access Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2010

Listening, Engaging, and Valuing relationships. These institutions work hard to keep their communities and constituents at a distance, pushing out messages and dictating strategy rather than listening or building relationships. We believe that Networked Nonprofits first have to be, before they can do. What works?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

For the social media library giveaway I asked folks to leave a comment on how they would use the books to shape their 2010 social media strategy. I had over 60 comments and boy was it hard to choose only one winner - so I didn't. Brian Reich author of Media Rules left a comment offering to include a copy of his book.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! Creating a relationship with individuals in your database can be tricky, especially if you wait too long. Creating a relationship with individuals in your database can be tricky, especially if you wait too long. Share your links in the comments! Learn more and apply !

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

I ran into an old colleague at NTC , and it came up, because he had been thinking of contributing to the journal, but decided that he probably won’t, for reasons I will talk about. Please feel free to join the dialogue, either in comments, or on your own blog. This comment is for Michael. Below is his response.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

At the upcoming Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), I will be facilitating a discussion among nonprofit communicators where we'll examine how copywriting, design, structure, color, and more work together to communicate an organization's personality, positioning, and identity. How do you use your website as an experience of your brand?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

I knew many of the people in the room face-to-face, some for many years, or I knew them from online, having exchanged tweets or blog comments with them. Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer who I've meet before face-to-face through attending NTEN NTC conferences, although we first encountered each other via leaving comments on each other's blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2012

I had the honored of moderating a free wheeling plenary discussion on Day #3 of NTC on “ Innovation and Nonprofits.” So philanthropists have a huge responsibility to rethink and innovate around their relationship with nonprofits, no matter what their gift-size is. Flickr Photo by Julia Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Twitter comments included: @Katrinskaya : #socialgood panel. There were some snarky comments on Twitter and during the Q&A wasn't the best time for exploring and understanding different points of view. Some early examples have used the comments on blogs to generate product donations. Unicef's Rapid SMS.

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