Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2009

I organized at the NTC last year. Each panelist will share a story about how their organization has successfully implemented a social media strategy and how they considered the ROI. I am participating in several panels and events at SXSW. I'm really excited about the Social Media Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

Allan Benamer reported on the Security breach at Convio on November 4. Last week, he wrote a post about some suggested security guidelines, also noting that only four out of 92 organizations affected had disclosed it to their subscribers. Today, TechSoup alerted it's email subscriber. Go here to read. Go here to ask questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

But I know that in trying to recruit some panelists, that not everyone is able to convince their organizations to make the investment in professional development, especially when travel and training can be easily chopped from a budget. Convio is offering to match the dollars raised up to $10,000. And, you can donate miles too. (I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2008

Last week I taught a social media workshop for artists and arts nonprofits and did some research on different arts organizations using social media effectively. While hunting through Facebook for examples, I connected with the Rob Stein from Indianapolis Art Museum - another arts organization using social media effectively.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Here are my slides from the Convio " Social Media for Social Good " for tomorrow. The webinar is sold out, but the folks at Convio are making the recording available if you sign up. Convio asked me to prepare something for organizations that are just getting ready to embrace social media. tags: nonprofit socialmedia ).

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MARCH 25, 2008

Convio , Sea Change Strategies and Edge Research asked 3,000 donors from 32 nonprofit organizations about their online behaviors and preferences. What was surprised me was they came from people we didn't already have on our radar (yep, we've cultivated them since).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Steve MacLaughlin and Claudia from Convio were kind enough to each send me a review copy of this new book on fundraising and social networks called People To People Fundraising. That let's me keep one for my bookshelf and give away the second copy. So, here's how this book giveaway is going to work. There's a good chapter by Steven R.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

More on the GetActive and Convio Merger Jason has a post commenting on the recent release of a benchmarks study from Convio observing that findings like "Email addresses are valuable" won't surprise many people, although he notes there are few worthwhile nuggets. Michael Hoffman from See3 is worried. " Web 2.0,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

GetActive GetsAcquired - By Convio This is big news and it bounced around the nonprofit and progressive blogs, listservs, IM, and emails. Or will Convio innovate less due to their massive new market share and potential perceived lack of competition? tools in their web sites. Some commentary on methodology here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by RedRaspu Convio invited me to share my number one New Year's resolution as part of its "Now is the Time" campaign. The goal is to encourage nonprofits to make New Year's resolutions to that help them more efficiently and effectively move people to support their organizations. Why the number 52? Take Breaks.

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DECEMBER 23, 2008

And then I remember answering a similar question during the Convio Webinar last week. On Twitter, your organization should have a personality. Holly Ross's Twitter account is ntenhross - so it is branded as both her and her organization. Twitter Is Not A Billboard and It's Not All About You. I like the way NTEN does it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2007

I stopped for yet another a latte on the way home, checked my treo and discovered this email from Ryan at PicNet about the big news in the Nonprofit Technology World -- Convio Buys GetActive. Convio says it plans to integrate GetActive???s s management will take key roles in the Convio organization. GetActive???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

In short, nonprofits need to develop an integrated strategy using email marketing, outreach and social media to brand their organizations and raise money. In the words of Vinay Bhagat, CEO of Convio : “Donors increasingly prefer online channels. Connie Reece, co-founder of Social Media Club International.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Twitter Focus Group: Jordan V from Convio calls Twitter an unofficial focus group! " Beth Dunn is using TwitterLocal with local artists -- a way to listen to a specific group of people who might be served by her organization's programs. Gary Vaynerchuk puts a different spin on the "noise."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

Online auction anecdote: He shared a story about an organization that had received a donation of toilet paper for an event 12 months before the event. The organization didn???t Unfortunately, the organization didn???t So, as a first step, organizations should be at least collecting mobile phone numbers in their databases.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2007

Once an organization has implemented their first campaign, what should they do to improve the next campaign? If you decide to invest some of your organization's marketing budget in the Google advertising network which gets your ad out to the advertising affiliates, you'll want to use your dollars wisely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Rolling your own social network wrapped with your organization's branding, data, and integrated into an organizational site will provide more control. First, neither site has all the custom features, branding, or data integration that many organizations want. What do you think? Jon Stahl has a live blog post of remarks by the speakers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2012

Convio , along with CAREUSA , recently completed Insights into Integrated Marketing Constituent Behavior to further the thinking and dialog around integrated marketing. How is your organization optimizing integrated marketing to enhance the donor experience? What strategies and tactics can you share?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2011

Tell me about your dashboard in the comments – and if you’re willing to take a screen capture or two, your organization’s dashboard could be featured on this blog! Fundraising and advocacy management tools like Convio use dashboards to display campaign status. Nonprofit Dashboards, Guest Post by Jacob Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

But not everyone is able to convince their nonprofit organizations to make the investment in this time of tough choices. Thanks to Convio , NTEN will waive the registration fees for up to 57 attendees. Thanks to Convio , NTEN will waive the registration fees for up to 57 attendees. Donate Airline Miles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2009

The video above is the result of a brilliant online fundraising campaign that NTEN's executive director, Holly Ross, launched back in February to help raise $10,000 in matching scholarship money to Convio's scholarship sponsorship. Organizations have value in convening power. Organizations also have staying power.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Stand: This organization may have dabbled in social media or created a blog, but activity is infrequent and not generally viewed as important within the organization. An executive sponsor is necessary to lead the program and communicate its value and reach to the organization. Not true.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

I spoke about creating a culture of authentic generosity in your network, Stacey Monk talked about her organization, Epic Change, and Tweetsgiving Campaign, and David Armano talked about how social media is strengthening weak ties and how he leveraged his network to help a woman named Daniella. Obviously this isn't systemic, societal change.

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