Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

Note from Beth: Social media is not a waste a time, but there are ways to waste your time. If you know of other tools (or tips) that make you more efficient managing content, engagement, and tracking on social media, please share them in the comments. So Many Social Networks, So Little Time.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

billion active social media users? As usage numbers continue to grow across all age groups, it is safe to say that social media has become an essential element of digital marketing. Focus on the social channels that work with your brand. When it comes to social, you can’t do it all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Social Impact Nonprofit Social Media Survey View more presentations from Weber Shandwick Social Impact. The results of two new research studies about nonprofits and adoption of social media were released this week. Measure social media with key metrics for visibility, engagement and advocacy .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

There have been a lot of questions about customized Facebook landing pages and my business partner at Zoetica, Kami Huyse, wrote this fantastic summary of the resources shared. This post harvests some of the insights shared about social media measurement and nonprofits. The Social Media Measurement Checklist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

There's a lot happening this week in the nonprofit and social media space, particularly related to encouraging generosity, giving, and volunteering using social media tools. At the ending "All Star" panel, there was a moderated conversation with 7 luminaries, including Ami Dar and Steve Wright.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

Danielle Brigida, NWF Social Media Outreach Coordinator ( @starfocus on Twitter) Note from Beth: In the coming weeks, we're peeking over the shoulder of nonprofit social media practitioners to learn about their work flow and techniques. Being heard, counting, being recognized. I got curious.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Geoff Livingston live blogged the Network Solutions Solutions Stars Video Conference -- by a team of Internet marketing and social media rock stars.  The Social Opportunity. You Need Social Networks.   Where does social media time/money fit within the overall web marketing budget? . 

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

I’m talking about the stuff we consume daily to keep inform of our professional field. It comes speeding at us from our email boxes, social networks, kindles, and even paper and snail mail! We scan, we browse, we try to thoughtfully read the best stuff, and interact through online conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

This is especially important if you want to be effective using social media for your organization, but it is bigger than that. Having a networked mindset as you approach your daily work can help you get better results. Identify Specific Network Weaving Techniques To Integrate. You can more efficient.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Social Media Explained View more presentations from kanter. Allison Fine and I have been busy working on a book about how social media and connectedness is changing the way nonprofits are creating social change. And, as you know being successful with social media is the opposite of that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

We kicked off the conference with an interview style keynote about the Networked Nonprofit, moderated by fabulous Shireen Mitchell (aka digitalsista ). The best part is when the audience joins the conversation. She shared some insights about the Red Cross’s social media work leading up to Haiti.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2008

Source: Mzinga: How To Determine Operational Readiness for Building a A Community vs. Just Enabling conversation. Via post from Rachel Happe on the Social Organization. To understand the techniques for encouraging online community participation. A critical factor for success in both is having an engagement strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2007

David Wilcox has an excellent post about generating conversation on blogs or for that matter other social media tools. The other reason is that I'm prepping for a couple of conference sessions on Social Media Metrics and one of the areas to consider is "conversation index" - more on that later.

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JANUARY 10, 2012

Whether your organization is local or national, with the right tools and techniques, you can tap into the rising tide of advocacy and make your voice heard. Social Media Strategy Summit, Las Vegas. Use social media promotions to engage. Take advantage of the many social media platforms.

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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. What if you used that five minutes of reflection, to visualize and understand your network?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Many of you know that I have had the honor of working with IIE on some amazing Networked NGO and social media skills capacity building and train the trainer projects in the Middle East over the last 2-3 years. ” It also brings up issues about the r ole of social media and a connected society for delicate diplomacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

Click to see larger image I'm very tempted to start using Results On Insights for ROI thanks to Barb Chamberlain's comment in yesterday's post " What Are The Best I-Words For Nonprofits To Think About Social Media and ROI? " But what does that really mean? This requires engaging in a conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2011

Kicking off Wednesday’s activities will be Pulitzer Prize winning author Sheryl WuDunn ( Half the Sky ), who will be leading a keynote conversation with Laura Pincus Hartman of ( Zynga.org ) and Pierre Guillaume Wielezynski, the Head of Web at the World Food Programme. June 20 – 22 is fast approaching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

In April, I blogged about HSUS "Stop Canada's Cruel Seal Hunt" campaign over at blogher and my blog and last December on my blog as part of a roundup of articles on using social networking spaces for campaigns. As part of her job as Internet Marketing Manager in the Online Communications and Media department at the HSUS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But expect how you report and measure impact with the social business sector. The social business sector has shared metrics and understanding of being data-informed. That changes the conversation for nonprofits. She touched on some of the implications for staffing and governance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit and Social Media workshop at the Independent Sector Annual Conference “ Forging A Stronger Future Together &# in Atlanta. The second half of the workshop looks at social media strategy and tactics. Technology Changes, People Don’t.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2011

I’ve noticed on Google + that it is useful participate in the threads of other people’s posts where good reflective conversations are happening related to topics and ideas I am interested in learning more about. Ask clarifying questions, provide links to useful links that answer someone’s questions. #

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

He didn’t do the “sage of the stage&# thing, he gave ample opportunities for the audience digest the ideas he shared as well as engage them in conversation. Alison Carl White from NPower Seattle has a good summary on her blog. There are people who just want an expert on the stage to share their wisdom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

I am honored to have facilitated this project with NTEN over the past 18 months on the WeAreMedia: Nonprofit and Social Media Starter Kit. I think one of my favorite community curriculum building efforts was the toolbox - a community curated selection of how-tos, tips, and information about social media tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

As the news traveled from email boxes to social networks to mainstream media, activists, men, and women expressed their outrage. Last week Kivi wrote about “ newsjacking ” the technique of piggy backing on a crisis to get more media attention. ” Read her analysis. Let me go a little meta here.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

You can learn more techniques for boosting your time management and productivity in their free upcoming webinar: Staying Focused in an Information-Saturated World. Pop on over to NTEN's Community Builders (CommBuild) Community of Practice group and add your ideas to the conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2009

Flickr photo by Vidiot : Person Dressed Up Like ATM Machine Maddie Grant from Social Fish sent me a link to their training ' Buzz2009 Social Media for Associations " on July 9th in Washington, DC featuring presenters Guy Kawasaki and Andy Sernovitz. Now I'm wondering where the techniques of engagement need to be incorporated.

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MARCH 11, 2013

You can learn more techniques for boosting your time management and productivity in their free upcoming webinar: Staying Focused in an Information-Saturated World. Pop on over to NTEN's Community Builders (CommBuild) Community of Practice group and add your ideas to the conversation. Anything we missed? Let us know in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. I don't think there is a cookie cutter approach yet -- a fish to toss at you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg? Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Thinking Strategically About Social Media. Social Change Behind the Firewall. The Intangible Benefits of Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Our dinner conversations still inevitably turn to social media in some way or another. What are you some efficient techniques for monitoring responses on Facebook? There are lots of free (and paid) social media monitoring tools. As for trolls and spammers, create a social media policy and stick to it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

The biggest challenge to becoming a content curator is getting past the feeling of “ content fried ” or so much good content and so little time to digest it. There are techniques that we can use to minimize feeling distracted and with some discipline make it of our work flow. ” A quick tutorial on how to use it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

Emergence: This is a term that I first heard from Eugene Eric Kim when talked about how making your ideas or content transparent on social networks like Twitter was similar to what ants do when they leave tracks so other ants can follow. Co-Create: At this higher level, the conversations lead to co-creation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Casey Foundation's " Making Connections " initiative Part of the Making Connections core approach uses (offline) social networks. You can read more in this series of five reports that looks at the definitions, research, power, practices, and insights relating the impact of social networks on family strengthening and community change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

using social media tools. Jeremiah Owyang posted this case study about how they used YouTube and Flickr to share their media and encouraged the community to create content. Social Media Readiness. What are the organizational change issues necessary for implementing a successful social media strategy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2008

I'm presenting on a few panels, coordinating the Day of Service (have done this since 2002 as a paid consultant), and designing a panel on Social Media and ROI. I've been blogging and tracking conversations about social media measurement and ROI over the last few months. I'll include on a handout or wiki).

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