Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

We went to a pub with some David Wilcox and Nick Booth, ordered up a few rounds of drinks, and had a fantastic conversation about social media and nonprofits. The type of conversation you have with your peers about your work that you can only have face-to-face. The planning wiki (very much a work in progress right now) is here. #3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

on the wiki. This week we've had a lively discussion about Module 2: Participate in the Conversation. How do you find conversations on Twitter that you want to join? When I see posts that relate to these topics -- or am pointed to people and organizations who are using Twitter -- I follow them. Has it brought you readers?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2011

Conversation about FB Custom Tabs. Last month, Zoetica launched “ Leveraging Social Media: Becoming A Networked Arts Nonprofit ,” a peer learning project to build capacity for arts organizations in using social media effectively with a one-day masterclass. Principles. Small Nonprofits Can Do This Too!

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

delivers the best of both worlds, offering great keynote sessions led by Amanda Rose, Founder of Twestival, but in an unconference way with no PowerPoint, 15 minute leads, and open questions and dialogue for fantastic conversations. Are you a an online advocacy guru, a fundraiser, or grassroots organizer? Grassroots Organizing.

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JUNE 12, 2012

To keep this exciting conversation going, we are also producing a tweet chat on Thursday, June 21 at 10:00 a.m. The tweet chat is designed to spark an international conversation, spanning multiple time zones. Join us directly in the TweetChat room to follow along with the conversation. Pacific time / 6:00 p.m.

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MAY 2, 2013

Hi friends, I've been inspired by this community for a long time - from being mentored by Britt Bravo when first starting a little Net2 chapter in Vancouver (which Elijah van der Giessen and team have turned into something huge and magnificently helpful), to being inspired by Amy Sample Ward to grow conversations and dig deeper.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

One of the biggest barriers to sharing our experience and knowledge, and learning as organizations is the belief that we are all so different we can’t actually share or learn from each other. what other organizations have a vested interest in the success of our station? Defining Community. Using Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

When Sue Gardner, Wikimedia’s Executive Director set out to draft her organization’s strategic plan, she didn’t do what most ED’s do: select a handpicked and “elite” team and sequester them in a room for a few days to think about the future of the organization and what needed to be done to get there. If we wanted to get real buy-in.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2011

Here’s a number of ways that you join the conversation about philanthropy and networks. Speakers: • Kathleen Enright, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (moderator). You can follow the conversation and join the discussion by also using the hashtag #netfunders. Steve Downs, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources across the web ever day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Do you have a branded online community for your organization or project? " What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

Background: CTX services over 8,000 charity and community organizations in the UK and wants to nurture that network of organizations by providing more than just software and services, but also opportunities to build community. Key Questions: The session was designed to be a conversation – with an avid note taker (me).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

" Jayne Cravens from Coyote Communications offers advice and commentary for nonprofit organizations about online social networking. A Couple of Really Good Wikis. A WikiTation is a presentation delivered in a wiki. The topic is " How do Nonprofit Communicators Compete for Audience Attention? " Web 2.0,

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 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 May 17th).

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2014

TechSoup's Senior Online Community Manager, Lewis Haidt, introduced me to Vendor Relationship Management (more commonly shortened to VRM), which is sort of the converse to Customer Relationship Management. These same tools can support individuals' relations with schools, churches, government entities, and other kinds of organizations."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

is one person or organization pushing content out to many people via websites and e-mail newsletters. Web 2.0 = Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites. People can post comments and converse with your organization in public for all to see. and Web 3.0 The donation process is not interactive or public.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Five Hot Conversations. Might we start seeing tag called "NpTechUk" or a wiki for the UK Riders List? The 59 Smartest orgs online is a list of 59 organizations that make good use of the web2.0 Screenshot of a poll from Philanthropy 2173 Still time to register your opinion! NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Change the World!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I've done a number of presentations and workshops for arts organizations over the years and have even created a wiki " Social Media for Arts People " with stories, links, and other resources, but haven't spoken to arts organizations recently. It was a good opportunity to see how things have changed. customer service , .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. Via Laura Quinn at Idealware comes a pointer to a research paper titled " Technology Motivators and Usage in Not-for-Profit Arts Organizations " that comes from the Systems Synthesis Project course at the H.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2008

We invite you to join the conversation each week as roll we out a new theme related to social media and nonprofits. Under what circumstances should your organization NOT pursue a social media strategy ? Flickr Photo by Mike Monteiro NTEN's We Are Media : where the community is the curriculum !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Then the project first launched, we invited the community to help us build the curriculum on a wiki. A Two-Day Face-to-Face Intensive Workshop that looked at strategy and tactics and co-taught by contributors to the wiki. But having a conversation with your supporters is only half the job. You also need social content.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 19, 2011

What cloud-based applications does your organization use? Join us directly in the TweetChat room to follow along with the conversation. Participate in the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #npcloud. Check out this how-to in TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki and watch the video below.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Join us directly on TweetChat.com to follow along with the conversation. Participate in the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #commbuild. Check out this how-to in TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki and watch the video below. How to Participate. Never participated in a tweet chat before?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

But what does this really mean for nonprofit organizations and their missions? Like other social sites, LinkedIn is a place to tell your story and connect with others – and LinkedIn’s new and expanded tools make that even easier for nonprofit organizations. Expanded Features for Conversation and Connection.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2009

When I talk with organizations about how they are using social media tools to engage online, whether they’ve already started or not, I find that the most common approach is to set up that Facebook group, add a blog to the website, or even set up a wiki for an event. But that’s it. For the full post, visit the SSIR blog here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2013

OE grants help nonprofits strengthen their leadership, organizations, and networks. They can, for example, provide executive directors with leadership training, organizations with skills and tools to develop strategic plans, and networks with training on the latest technologies to scale their work across the globe. If not more so.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

Live: Participatory Events, Webinars, Conversations, Local and Global. Tweetchats — A TweetChat room opens with a hashtag like our recent #NPtagging conversation. Anyone who uses the designated tag on Twitter automatically becomes a part of the ongoing global conversation on that topic of interest. We think Watchitoo.

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MAY 5, 2011

TechSoup kicked off its Social Media Mondays in May , designed to accompany the launch of the Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , with a discussion on using Facebook for nonprofits. Six questions guided the conversation so we've posted the questions and responses below: 1. What is the difference between pages, groups and profiles?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Ken Homer is the founding partner of Collaborative Conversations , a consultancy offering numerous approaches to bringing people together in ways that are both productive and fulfilling. Homer started off the conversation by talking about the roadblocks to collaboration. Collaborate with Wikis. Barriers to Collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

We've had some fantastic conversations and brainstorming on the wiki about the strategic issues, including how to know if social media is a good fit for your organization , strategy mapping , meeting resistance , storytelling , engagement skills , and ROI. After a brief pause, the WeAreMedia. that will take place in December.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

TechSoup continued its Social Media Mondays in May with a discussion on Twitter to expand on the resources offered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki. Action can be thought of as creating conversation. One participant said, "A good tweet is something that elicits action offline, for example, a laugh or a conversation.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2009

Because I want people to know that I expect them to share things they find interesting, or to help further the conversation but that in sharing, others need to keep the content free, too. If you want to suggest ideas or features for the Facebook application, you can visit the Creative Commons wiki. What do you think?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Join us directly on TweetChat.com to follow along with the conversation. Participate in the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #commbuild. Check out this how-to in TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki and watch the video below. How to Participate. Never participated in a tweet chat before? About Sarah Washburn.

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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. Note: the @names provide links to the Twitter users who made specific comments, just in case you want to connect and continue the conversation!*.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I've done a number of presentations and workshops for arts organizations over the years and have even created a wiki " Social Media for Arts People " with stories, links, and other resources, but haven't spoken to arts organizations recently. It was a good opportunity to see how things have changed. customer service , .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2008

Earlier this week, the WeAreMedia project we had an amazing phone call with some of the really smart people who are contributing the wiki (Michelle Murrain, Jocelyn Harmon, John Kenyon, Ben Sheldon, Ruby Sinreich, Amy Sample Ward, Sheetal Singh, and Katya Andersen). More information is here. Prizes will offered too!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

And they expect a response from emergency and disaster response organizations. with government agencies, emergency management professionals, disaster response organizations, tech companies and concerned citizens. . This will facilitate a self-organized, community scrapbook of the event from attendees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The later focused on how nonprofit could become social content creators, that how to effectively communicate the organization's story effectively through social media channels like blogs, video, podcasts, and photos. We also touched on user-generated content, inspiring others to tell your organization's story in their own words.

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