NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. . Why Internal Tools?

Social Network 64

Social Network Social Media International Network 64

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 23, 2008

NTEN & TechSoup have teamed up to deliver a series of webinars on storytelling and social media - and I’m the presenter for the first one! A webinar can be collaborative [ 1 ] and include polling and question & answer sessions to allow full participation between the audience and the presenter. Is sharing really caring?

Social Media 100

Social Media NTEN Build Bookmarking 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2011

The use of mobile and social media enhanced the experience beyond having the standard back channel via a hashtag on Twitter, but the substance of his comments resonated. He discussed the topic of regional philanthropy and giving. He urged people in the room to lead with the heart, not the head. Carson , Ph.D., he asked.

Social Media 101

Social Media Mobile Professional Conference 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

Text Poll App from MobileCause. The format is a mix of Ted style presentations and interactive panel discussions. I just finished moderating a panel on the topic of social and mobile integration. Here’s the description: Where and how do mobile and social strategy intersect. The focus is on Mobile Giving.

Integration 97

Integration Mobile Conference Strategy 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I Love Social Media Measurement. The Five Stages of Social Media Measurement Love. That’s why I always start a webinar with a framework for learners to assess where they are and what change is needed (if anything) to embrace a new way of doing something. Denial: You can’t measure social media!

Social Media 96

Social Media Measure Analytics Learning 96

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 14, 2012

One of the most important lessons that all nonprofit social media managers need to learn is that social media is constantly in flux. Once you get accustomed to a tool, it changes in an attempt to reinvent itself. Rather than lamenting this new reality, a good social media manager will adapt quickly.

Facebook 276

Facebook Social Media ROI Gift 276

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

The main part of the call featured case studies by peer grantees who shared their strategies for social media integration, measurable objectives, measurement, and social media techniques, particularly use of Twitter. Next up was Hanna Welch, Social Media Producer, from grist.org. Peer Case Studies.

Social Media 100

Social Media Integration Media Case Study 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

Create Free Polls. I am working on a screencast about widgets -- more specifically free and easy-to-use community building tools for your blog. I ended up today at the Bamboo Project site where Michele takes us through how easy it is to set up a Vizu Poll. Apparently, polls are big on myspace.). Add interactivity.

Poll 50

Poll Widget Myspace Screencast 50

Classy

MAY 18, 2021

We re-evaluated the tools we were using in order to get coverage in new locations. We discussed the implications of having remote employees at length with our accounting and finance departments to ensure that as a company, we could support new locations from a process and compliance perspective. Optimized Our Tech Stack.

San Diego 66

San Diego Interview Environment Module 66

Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In this session, we discussed what retention has looked like for organizations during COVID-19 and what predictions we have for audiences returning. On January 11, 2021, a small group of nonprofit leaders came together to discuss how we are connecting to our audiences in a disconnected world.

Conversation 52

Conversation Mexico Museum Europe 52

AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

Social distancing, gathering restrictions, and even lockdown orders have put an end to in-person events for the foreseeable future. For best results, look for a virtual events platform that includes live streaming options and production tools. With a virtual event, this simple social interaction becomes more complicated.

Virtual 64

Virtual Stream Poll Audience 64

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

The focus is how to effectively integrate social media channels and measure and learn. Two grantees that work on Children’s Healthcare at the national level and have experience using social media as part of an integrated campaign were co-presenters. During the Webinar, I polled the group’s general approach.

Google 116

Google Change Social Adopt 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media. I said yes.

Social Media 94

Social Media Reflection Learning Social 94

Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

As donor retention and engagement continue to challenge the space, virtual events are a viable tool you can explore to enhance these efforts. Notice that social media didn’t even make the list. Create a unique hashtag for your live event to encourage attendees to get active on social. Show your love across social media.

Virtual 62

Virtual Donor Fundraising Retention 62

AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

Social distancing, gathering restrictions, and even lockdown orders have put an end to in-person events for the foreseeable future. For best results, look for a virtual events platform that includes live streaming options and production tools. With a virtual event, this simple social interaction becomes more complicated.

Virtual 52

Virtual Stream Poll Audience 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2008

What keeps me excited about social media is the ability to connect with people who you have never met and have a conversation about ideas you care about. What are some techniques and tools for interactive presenting? During the NTC social media ROI Case Study Slam I asked the audience to @kanter me with questions.

Tools 50

Tools Poll Channel Blended 50

NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

Giving them the tools they need to be successful fundraisers is important, but beyond that there’s so much more that can be done. Utilize discussions boards, polls, blogs, surveys and social media to actively engage participants throughout the fundraising campaign. 4) Activate.

Relationship 208

Relationship Raise Tips Fundraising 208

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. I didn't know anything about UNIX, discussion forums, email, or any of the technology used. For almost six years, she has been integrating social media tools and tricks into her instructional practice. My job was the network weaver.

Social Media 93

Social Media Share Media Instruction 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Time Chart - See Flickr Discussion on Version 1 Wanna Remix it? I usually do this in a room with a quick poll, but I wanted to push myself to create the content based on their questions. I usually do this in a room with a quick poll, but I wanted to push myself to create the content based on their questions. Download it here.

Social Media 101

Social Media Time Media Remix 101

Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

Recently, TechSoup hosted a webinar discussing how to use social media to acquire and support volunteers. The webinar explained how each social media tool can be used effectively, how to use the right medium to reach your target audience, and how to manage social media policy for your organization.

Social Media 44

Social Media Volunteer Media Management 44

sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

Then we can more confidently explore a few major guidelines to put your communication tools to maximum efficiency. . The tips that we’ll discuss next are applicable to both print and virtual communication. . It’s best to send these polls after a fundraising event or after a gift is made. Tip #1: Personalize all appeals .

Retention 94

Retention Communication Donor Strategy 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

This can be a mix of presentations by peers, with lots of facilitated discussion and interaction. Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool. This can be as simple as a poll or having participants type a reflective question in the chat at the beginning. Large: Over 50 people.

Facilitation 50

Facilitation Interaction Reflection Design 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

Submitted by Ivan Boothe, publisher of the Rootwork Blog Over at the NetSquared blog, Joe Solomon provided a great roundup of reasons people might be "jaded about social media for change" and ways they overcome it. Joe runs through some great responses from a whole bevy of social-media-for-change folks, including me.

Social Media 50

Social Media Change Social Media 50

NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

A whopping 86% of nonprofits say they have a presence on Facebook or another social media site according to the 2010 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. . This socially-sourced crowd spends upwards of 15 minutes per day, every day , on social media sites, 3 to 7 times more than on any other major web property. .

Social Media 67

Social Media Site Media Social 67

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

The good news is this is completely avoidable in the Age of Social Media. Over the last six years since our founding, MomsRising has worked with hundreds of bloggers and has learned how to strategically use social media to ensure that key audiences don’t miss compelling posts. This proved to be fruitful.

Blogger 111

Blogger Lesson Childhood Poll 111

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Early in the life of this blog, I stumbled into a taxonomy of how social platforms work that I call the hierarchy of participation. The hierarchy comprises five levels, shown above, from passive consumption of content (level one) to collective social engagement (level five). Free2choose is powerful because it introduces social tension.

Poll 22

Poll Interaction Museum Social 22

3rd Sector Labs

MAY 29, 2014

Based on informal discussions with webinar attendees, the problem seems clear. Over the past 10 years, the industry has been introduced to a lot of new technologies – dynamic website content management, CRMs, email marketing, multi-channel marketing, event management, social, etc. Note Q2 in the poll. 52% – not sure.

Data 148

Data Technology Fundraising Database 148

AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

Social distancing measures and the COVID-19 outbreak forced the event industry to make some uncomfortable, yet necessary changes. Integrated into the layout of the virtual trade show should be networking opportunities such as live chat, scheduled breakout sessions, panel discussions, and Q&As. Make use of social media.

Virtual 84

Virtual Guide Registration Sponsor 84

AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

From event ticketing to marketing, an event planning software allows an event organizer to see all of their tools in one cohesive place. The virtual component should have a moderator or virtual emcee available to pull questions from the live chat feature or poll the online audience while the presenter is speaking. .

Software 83

Software Virtual Integration Analytics 83

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

NTEN is also doing this flash poll to learn how nonprofits make sense of their own data. I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement.

Results 95

Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

3rd Sector Labs

JULY 22, 2014

Finally, social media, mobile fundraising, and a whole array of fundraising and volunteer management apps. Further still, how involved is your social media strategy, mobile giving, and text campaigning … more systems and databases? Start with contact databases, donor management systems, and CRMs. We don’t know our data.

Software 161

Software Data Fundraising Database 161

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Rock the Vote offers a customizable voter registration tool you can easily embed in your organization's website. The app encourages users to pledge to vote and to share that pledge across their social network. app offers polling location information, sample ballots, and election. The VoterHub. news and information.

Poll 59

Poll Pledge Mobile Game 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

One of the questions that came up during a discussion of concerns at the beginning of the day, was "We have 5,000 friends on Facebook, now what? remind them that the tools they use can only go so far. jaygoldman @ kanter Rewarding verified offline actions with online social credit. I suggest a tweetup. chloevdc @ kanter.

Activities 50

Activities Active Activism Social Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to do a Webinar called " Social Media for Trainers: A Bag of Tricks " over at the Engage 365 Online Community site. Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Back Channel is a must read for anyone presenting at conferences or planning trainings in age of social media. How: 6 Tools and Tips.

Channel 87

Channel Instruction Instructional Instructional Design 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g. On Facebook, about 39.9%

Social Network 61

Social Network Studies Network Social 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2017

Icebreakers are discussion questions or activities used to help participants relax. break down social barriers. Online Interaction Tools for Icebreakers and More . Teampedia: Tools for Teams. Icebreakers have these benefits: • create a positive group atmosphere. help people to relax. energize & motivate.

Training 78

Training Train Exercise Fun 78

AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

From event ticketing to marketing, an event planning software allows an event organizer to see all of their tools in one cohesive place. The virtual component should have a moderator or virtual emcee available to pull questions from the live chat feature or poll the online audience while the presenter is speaking. .

Software 59

Software Virtual Integration Analytics 59