Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. Holly Ross, after her 21-day experiment, now says she's an addict and others are trying to like twitter. million users.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2009

It got me thinking about managing multiples: multiple twitter accounts, multiple people tweeting from one account, and how do you tweet a network of affiliates or a movement. There are no official rules, although there is some great advice in the O'Reilly Twitter Book on this topic for corporate examples.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

If you’re in the US today, there’s probably little chance you didn’t know it was Memorial Day – from the specials on TV, to local events, to remembrance stories, and even community gatherings, it’s hard to miss the message of today’s holiday. Sharing across platforms – Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2009

Youth Haven't Adopted Twitter in Drives. On Sunday, if you were tuning into Twitter you might have noticed the TWTRCON tag trending. The tweets were from a business conference focused on Twitter. Some Twitter Tidbits plucked from the TWTRCON stream (and beyond). I have it on video). ease up.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Some of the events include: Using Tinychat to broadcast multiple live streams, chats, interviews and guest panels. Special event by the Looking Glass girls. These are just some of the ideas and confirmed events already in place—watch for more updates soon! All proceeds raised go directly to the chosen charities.

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2012

On Twitter The NTC conversation on Twitter is already picking up speed. You can follow along with this handy hashtag guide: #12NTC: The main tag for the conference. We’ll show the Twitter stream as we play the music in the Grand Ballroom before plenaries and lunches. Session tags: Each session has it’s own hashtag.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2010

As part of a blog series leading up to the event, I was asked to share some thoughts on the event, especially for those coming along for the first time that may not know what to expect. Especially with the NFPTweetup, these events are intended to be educational and valuable. Tip #1: Share Great Stories. Lesson: Listen!

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JUNE 1, 2009

This Wednesday I'll be a guest presenter in a two-hour Twitter-based discussion of environmental issues and social entrepreneurship. This follows on three recent press events with newspapers, radio and bloggers on similar topics, so it will be interesting to compare the Twitter results and my experience from these different media channels.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Today, David Wilcox and I will be running a version of the Social by Social game at the Chain Reaction event in London … which promises to be a terrific 400-strong gathering of community activists, policy people, business leaders, with a few Cabinet Ministers too. We’ll shoot some video and report back later. Follow us, too! socialbysocial.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Today, David Wilcox and I will be running a version of the Social by Social game at the Chain Reaction event in London … which promises to be a terrific 400-strong gathering of community activists, policy people, business leaders, with a few Cabinet Ministers too. We’ll shoot some video and report back later. Follow us, too! socialbysocial.

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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. Here’s an outlook of sessions and events on my radar. You can always reach me on email or Twitter - or follow this blog and my Twitter stream for updates.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

You can follow the session on Twitter at: [link]. I’m going to be helping the panel by moderating the Twitter conversation and pulling questions out from the stream to ask the panel. Tags: beth kanter sxsw events. HOW TO PARTICIPATE.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 10, 2009

Where: Twitter (search for #4Change ). Journalism – writers are now using their social media platforms (whether it’s Twitter or Facebook, or even the newspaper’s comment-enabled websites) to collaborate with witnesses, locals, and experts for their contributions to the story. Details: Date: August, 13th. When: 5 – 7 pm US Eastern Time.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

A little while ago, we got a question from a client about Twitter. It’s a good question, and it got me thinking about the kind of content nonprofits might want to share on Twitter on a day-to-day basis, and how an organization can get the most out of microblogging. See pictures on our Flickr stream”. Learn more or sign up”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2010

Take Twitter for example. It is an in-person meeting of Twitter users. It is also used to describe any in-person networking event that integrates social media. Others are pre-scheduled events with activities and presentations or part of an existing event. Also encourage people to live tweet from the event.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 7, 2009

Where: Twitter (search for #4Change ). Twitter, I believe, provides us with such a platform. If you want to contribute to the conversation, you’ll need to have a twitter account (it’s free). Jump in to the conversation by adding “#4Change” (without the “”) to one of your Twitter messages. Details: Date: Thursday, July 9.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2010

This is a hybrid event which means you don’t have to be in Washington, DC to participate. There are two ways: 1) First is via U-Stream, which will be hosted on the NextGenWeb site ( [link] ). This U-Stream will be archived via The Emergency Social Data blog. 2) Via Twitter and #crisisdata hashtag. EDT/10 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

The Net2 Secret Plan from Marnie Webb NpTech Tag New Year's Reflections, Predictions, and Best Ofs What are some of the ways that the social web marks the New Year? The main reason I'm still tagging is for retrieval when asked for a resource on and to write this summary. Diego Fires using the Twitter network. Let's take a look.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 23, 2010

Hashtag : I would love to be able to include multiple hashtags or search terms – especially if the dashboard is going to be used in non-conference settings where people may be using variations on a name or event, etc. Tags: webtools 10ntc review the extraordinaries tools twitter. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2010

I’ll be doing a keynote about the Networked Nonprofit on Thursday, October 21st from 8-9:30 am along with Allison Fine (live-streamed here ). But with the use of the #bbcon and #netnon hashtag on Twitter and a video, I’ll be there! Tags: Conferences Networked Nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

The messages included pleas for support or retweeting the news, but beyond that the stream included pleas from people on the ground in Haiti asking for emergency assistance or letting loved ones and friends know they’re okay. This will facilitate a self-organized, community scrapbook of the event from attendees.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

On June 7th TechSoup representatives Elliot Harmon, Susan Tenby, and Evonne Heyning will present in a unique Interactive Strategy event at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New Orleans, LA ( NCVS ). Live: Participatory Events, Webinars, Conversations, Local and Global. We think Watchitoo.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2009

Also, check out the twitter stream for the #omc09 hashtag. Thanks to MobileActive.org and the Open Mobile Consortium for a fabulous event. Tags: CRM Mobile Nonprofit Tech Open Source Open Standards civicrm nptech opensource. The place to find reports on what happend is on the wiki. I learned a ton.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 9, 2009

#4Change is a monthly Twitter-based conversation about how social media is helping to create change , and you can see it via the hashtag #4Change. Where: Twitter (search for #4Change). Twitter, I believe, provides us with such a platform. Tags: community events. Details: Date: Thursday, June 11. And beyond.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The hashtag, as defined by Twitter , was created because Twitter provided no easy way to group tweets or add extra data. Since Twitter did not develop this capability into its system, the community came up with their own way: hashtags. A hashtag is similar to other web tags: it is metadata that helps add tweets to a category.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

calendar, call, sms, facebook, twitter, address book = level of closeness of social data. have to trust someone with your content, contacts and stream in order to get the kind of data back that you want/need. create maps of communication streams. Tags: open web sxsw platforms liveblogging issues events. Activities.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Anecdotely, I see a lot of blogs and Flickr photo streams, some YouTube and Vimeo use. " Check it out! ." Why limit yourself?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The Causes event makes many of the inherent risks in such emphasis or dependency on the tools very clear, like: No access to data - whether it’s email addresses of supporters, actions taken, or anything else. Tags: community issues challenges competitions shutdown socialmedia. I would love to hear your ideas!

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Forum One

AUGUST 17, 2009

Before the event we used the Knowledge Garage to share document resources with participants, promote discussions and idea sharing, and to facilitate online connections so participants could better connect with each other when the Summit began. Knowing your audience: what they want to get out of the online portion of the event (e.g.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Here are some helpful hints to make your Facebook group a truly vibrant platform: Maximizing group features for networking and engagement: Tagging individuals in posts. Facebook is a “picture economy” (whereas Twitter is a “link economy” ); pics are the most engaged content, the most in-demand. The power of pictures. Timing is key.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2010

If you have any questions, you can connect me directly on Twitter or on email. There are various ways you can follow the NTC online from wherever you are, as select sessions and keynote speakers will be live-streamed, various people will be live-blogging, and the Twitter stream for sessions will be active.

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JUNE 1, 2010

You can discuss this webinar on Twitter with the hashtag #techsoup or join us for a live-stream of the event in Second Life. Tags: Acquiring Technology Event Online Seminar Tech Planning TechSoup Help. TechSoup's donation programs are open to eligible nonprofits and public libraries.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

On Wednesday, I attended the AMA webinar, "Leveraging Social Media to Make Your Webinars A Success" The event was free and full of great tips. Here are three super easy tactics mentioned we'll be implementing right away: Create event specific hash tags. Post event summaries on the blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The Causes event makes many of the inherent risks in such emphasis or dependency on the tools very clear, like: No access to data – whether it’s email addresses of supporters, actions taken, or anything else. Tags: community issues challenges competitions shutdown socialmedia. I would love to hear your ideas!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

I've been on Twitter since almost the beginning and have watched charitable giving and fundraising go from the edge to mainstream. Twitter is establishing itself as a charitable giving and cause marketing channel. . The event attracted a lot of attention because it was an example of integrating a live charity event with Twitter. (See

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. We're hearing some early tweets about Netsquared on twitter. Marshall Kirkpatrick's Comparing 5 Ways To Tag Videos hit dig popular. NetSquared Community. Momentum is building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

You may be wondering if that means that your executive director and CEO needs to write a blog or have their own Twitter account to share their wisdom. She uses Twitter to share what's going on at NTEN, announce new initiatives, and have conversations with NTEN members. He is using Twitter for donor accountability.

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