Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field. We experimented with “Conversational Case Studies&# and found that conversation in the comments helped improve the richness of the final report.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Many are turning to social media to assist them. . The Office of Marketing & Communications began the task of dealing with the uncertainty of the library’s future with one strategy in mind – creating communication messages asking the public to “learn the facts” and “join the conversation”. Developing a strategy .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2012

James Nickerson, who has worked with the SFGMC and was a participant in a peer group learning exchange that I designed and facilitated for two years had the opportunity to share some lessons learned about social media with peer chorus organizations. Here’s his reflection. The critical path quickly became clear.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

Living Case Studies: Social Media and Sustainable Agriculture. As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m designing and delivering peer training sessions for grantees all around the theme of social media, learning, and measurement. Spectragram.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Let’s look at the ones that allow you to see the current relationships and potential ways to weave them on social media and social networks like Twitter. There are many tools to visualize your Twitter network. E-Mediat Twitter Network. There are many approaches and visual analysis tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

When colleague Dan Cohen told me of his recent experience using guided imagery in a social media workshop, I thought it was definitely valuable to share with others. Seeing Social Media Success Before It Happens by Dan Cohen. A powerful lesson hit home during a recent two-day training.

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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. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

When nonprofits started to read and apply our book, ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” I noticed this tweet from the ACLU in NJ showing a white board capturing their team meetings to define success for social media. How did your organization apply it to social media measurement? Starting Conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2007

It made me think about the question, "What if I could start all my social media and nonprofits work over from scratch? What lessons have I learned that will stick with me for 2008?" " Here are my lessons: 1. Don't Join New Social Networks Without Thinking. What would I do differently?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

Sean takes a point of view: I think that technology and social media in particular is best used when it helps us more fully express those things that make us uniquely human. Using social media to be authentically human seems to be pattern today in my reading. We like the fact that humans are social.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Regardless of the tool we’re using, the team at MomsRising is committed to deepening and broadening the conversation around public policy issues that impact families in our country. To build capacity for social media in policy partners. Tweet about the carnival to traditional media. To grow our membership. Key Strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

It is also a Twitter term that describes a keyword, prefixed by that symbol, that helps people track conversations on Twitter. The HashTags site, a centralized directory of hashtags on Twitter, also offers a good definition: Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

“ Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time – Guest Post by Peter Panepento. Rather than dismissing these campaigns as too risky, foundations and nonprofits should take lessons from this fiasco, look at groups that ended up doing well, invest more wisely in technology, and plan more effectively for the unexpected.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Two donors were former colleagues who also have Twitter accounts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Social Media Trainer's Bag of Tricks View more presentations from Beth Kanter. It was almost five years ago to the day, that I did a webinar for NTEN on the topic and have been integrating social media into teaching and learning experiences ever since. How to think like a social instructional designer.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2010

Would it be possible to sift through a year’s worth of engagements as an independent marketing consultant and boil down the lessons I learned in 2009 into a series of “Top 5” lists? Well, I decided to give it my best shot, starting with social media. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Social Media.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups – whether nonprofit organizations or not – to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW. Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 24, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Your organization's crisis plan should include a social piece in the communications section.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

1) Set up a conversion event and create a campaign. The very first step before you even open Ads Manager is to have your web developer set up a conversion event that’s triggered when someone makes a donation on your website. Select “Conversions” as your marketing objective, name the campaign, then continue on to plan your ad sets.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

As part of that work we get to connect with and learn from organizations using new media in the field -- and this summer we hit the road, attending the International AIDS Conference , CDC's Health Communication, Marketing, and Marketing Conference , the Ryan White All Grantee meeting , and the U.S. Conference on AIDS. Plan ahead.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

Read the post and join the conversation on the NTEN blog. Wherever you are, and whatever the kind of community you are wrangling, there are some general lessons that I recommend. I hope you’ll share your lessons, too! on social media platforms like Facebook each day. This post is cross-published from NTEN.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " 11 Innovative Crowdfunding Platforms for Social Good – "Why crowdsource? Event management?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

How networked nonprofits use twitter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. "What is social interpreneurship you ask? Have real pictures and have real conversations. The jury is out."

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2011

On April 14, TechSoup presented a webinar on using social media tools to support, involve, and recruit volunteers. University of Oregon's campus group AHA was mentioned in #techsoup 's webinar on social media for volunteer managing. Social media managers adding their name to a nonprofits page they manage?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! " My favorite lesson? . "This

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Take a look at your social media to see what posts are getting clicked and shared. Music Lessons and Activities for Your Digital Classroom. They must write for the website, blog, email, social media, and more. . Here are a few things you should do today: . If you have Yelp reviews, look at those too. .

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Internet upstarts (eg Business Insider, Politico), corporate/owned platforms and social."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

We’ll be live tweeting insights, so if you want to follow along, ask questions, or share ideas about networks, follow the #netfunders hashtag on Twitter. In the evening on April 5th from 6-7 PM PST, I’ll facilitate an evening conversation about inspirational stories of the power of networks. When don’t networks work?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

This is my first time attending the huge event and I’m already quite overwhelmed by all the people and conversations converging around me. You can always reach me on email or Twitter - or follow this blog and my Twitter stream for updates. Future of social networks. Future of social networks.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Case in point: I spent the beginning of this week in fab-tastic Denver, talking with members of the Colorado Nonprofit Association about -- what else? -- social media. We had a bunch of brilliant folks in the room who were really excited about the idea of participating in conversations, not just shouting from the rooftops.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

If you are interested in technology, sustainability, and collaboration, then Jean's for you: "Technology consultant, entrepreneur and thrivability theorist Jean Russell joined Jerry Michalski's August 3 Yi-Tan Conference Call for a conversation about thrivability as a conceptual replacement for sustainabilty.

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Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Last April, 1Sky decided to invest a significant amount of time, energy, and resources into Twitter. We actually recognized Twitter’s potential for live blogging events, commenting on relevant issues surrounding climate legislation, and creating conversations with like-minded supporters to build a groundswell of support for our issues.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Actions can include making donations, social media sharing, signing a petition, and more.

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Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Last April, 1Sky decided to invest a significant amount of time, energy, and resources into Twitter. We actually recognized Twitter’s potential for live blogging events, commenting on relevant issues surrounding climate legislation, and creating conversations with like-minded supporters to build a groundswell of support for our issues.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of August 11th).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Zoe Amar and Matt Collins of Platypus Digital created the #SocialCEO Awards in 2013 with the goal to celebrate charity leaders who are using social media in support of their organization’s missions. She shares a case study of lessons learned. ” CEO Social Media Advice from Matt Collins.

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