Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Encourage brainstorming. Develop shared language.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 23, 2010

You can see the embeded versions of the tool on my blog here and here , or you can see examples on the original site for the SXSWi session, Net2 Open Space session, Community Building session, or the Online Campaigning session. Maybe there is also another way to show tweets that the community likes, too – like most RTs or something.

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

Check out notes taken by session attendees throughout the conference using Google Docs , too! Session Materials If you attended the conference, visit myNTC for individual session pages, links, notes, and more. If you did not attend the conference, visit the SlideShare event to review presentations.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

If you’re part of the organization being left, use these as a guide to help the exiting person leave well and feel free to download our sample transition checklist here. . Here is a short list to help guide your steps: Internal Communication. Community Partners/Stakeholders. External Communication. Probably not.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

You also have the chance to start identifying ideal donor prospects and create a plan for finding them in the community. Lots of little events throughout the year are exhausting for you, your volunteers, and the community, so focus on just one. You can start with a clean slate and build the fundraising plan you want.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2011

We wrote a sweetness in front of an office for a friend grieving the death of his child, in front of our doc's office saying thanks for being such a great healer, and loud praise for the librarians at the library. What was truly cool was how long some of the messages lasted - in some cases, weeks!

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

Don’t repeat the 5K just because some people in your community love it. A Google Doc or Sheet is a great place to start, because you can collaborate with your team. I’ll walk you through these steps, plus you’ll go home with my color-coded, detailed annual fundraising plan template AND a sample plan! Is it time to dump it?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Here’s a quick overview of both initiatives.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

For example, “Thank you for your generous gift of 10 cases of bottled water for our community event. Making sure everyone in our community has enough to eat has never been harder. State the type of gift, but don’t attach any value to it. That is the donor’s responsibility under IRS guidelines. Our tax ID number is 11-1111111.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

To their credit Convio asks this question on their blog : “Should organizations like Convio, and Giving USA continue to offer these sorts of insights to the nonprofit community, or is this simply self-serving marketing fluff?&# And yeah after reading the docs, I agree, it’s bad. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

JournaMarketing has a post called " Why Your Blog Is Worthless without Connectedness " which harkens back to an ongoing debate we've had in this space -- is a blog just a web site or a community? The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. Her selection criteria.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

listening has been to the community and to the quantitative results. Qui - for clients that are larger, we set up media citation reports (like a word doc with titles and links and relevant info about the mentions and how they should respond). How do you use a RSS feed like a rockstar? How much time is spent listening?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I knew it was hitting many more people than the average news story when I saw tweets, facebook posts, and other online comments coming from people in my community and network that I rarely see participating online. 10 Lessons from Community-Driven Organizing. I also created a customized bit.ly

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

In addition to being super active in her San Francisco nonprofit community, she also does a lot, including teaching a CFRE class. And this is introduced very simply with invest in our community. And again, the focus is on the benefits of doing this to the donor and to the community, as opposed to the planned giving features.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Many people use Google Docs for this, though I find the interface a bit confusing. Here's a sample document that you can add to and change to get the feel for wiki editing, this time using a wiki service called WetPaint. (I applications (Google Docs and Google sites). Do you need a way to author and revise documents with others?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

An effective program should be responsive to community needs, have a well-defined scope, and have well-defined realistic operations, including staffing, timeline, and budget. . We recommend that you use something like Word or Google Docs to set up a template that you can then use for drafting the application.

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