Connection Cafe

MARCH 10, 2017

These days, individuals receive a LOT of email and see a LOT of posts on their social media feeds. It’s not uncommon to hear a friend say that they are going to take a “detox break” from Twitter or Facebook, or that they are going to declare email bankruptcy. WWF harnessed social media to elevate the issue.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

The creation and communication of this knowledge occurs in social networks of relationships, empowered by social media. Join us for a discussion and exploration of how social media are being used to accelerate our transition to a global sustainable culture. Jon Lebkowsky - Social Web Strategies. What is social media? -

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

You’ll find their mission statements, creative fundraising examples , and how to connect with each of them below. When our lives shifted around social distancing rules, our appreciation for the environment bloomed. Volkswagen, GM, Amazon, and the USPS pledged a commitment to green vehicles. Twitter: @Energy_Leaders.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 3, 2015

All medium and large nonprofits with multiple chapters eventually experience a unique, but common problem in their mobile and social media campaigns. It’s common for the chapters to resent the head office’s sudden intervention and they don’t want to lose their creative freedom and control over their social network communities.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

In a time when climate change and developing the green economy are somewhat passé, nonprofits have not given up on the mission. Find out how they're greening the planet and using the leanest greenest IT possible. They have no infrastructure beyond that, which is why cloud computing is regarded as green IT.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2009

Submitted by Chad Norman, publisher of I dig webby things.and I bet you do too I dig speaking at nonprofit conferences and events, and one of my favorite topics to cover is the real-time use of social media. It's the perfect mix of emerging technologies, social media, communities, and the web - some of my favorite things.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Twitter and Facebook, but with Skype Out, Email Rules A few nptech bloggers are experimenting with Twitter and seeing some of the benefits. Holly Ross, after her 21-day experiment, now says she's an addict and others are trying to like twitter. All part of the Twitter cycle of adoption ! million users. and Katya A.

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Ted Fickes, Electronic Communications Manager, The Wilderness Society (Central Rockies Regional Office) In September, 2008, Green for All , 1Sky and the We Campaign organized a national day of action -- Green Jobs Now -- to demand progress on green jobs and a green economy. Social capital is tangible and malleable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

” Now, just two weeks into January, I am completely addicted to pinning boards for social good on Pinterest. I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The Real-Time Web: it's more than just immediate delivery of Twitter messages to an always-on mobile device, disrupting the concentration that civilization is based on and bringing a rush to crazed social media addicts obsessed with the hottest new buzzwords. Twitter as Trigger. You can pre-order the report here.].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

After your web guru gives the green light, open up Ads Manager and create a new campaign. You could, for example, base one on an email list of your past donors to try and reach the most productive segment of your following. For example, what messages most effectively drive donations in your email campaigns? He holds an M.A.

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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?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2009

Joe Green, one of the founders of Causes, spent an hour on the phone with me to discuss how they hope to work differently with the nonprofit community. They also have a @causes on Twitter and I hope they will use that to engage directly with the nonprofits who want to get better results rather than just tweeting about themselves. .

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Social Media Tools Social media is an important marketing and communication avenue for small nonprofits, because social media, especially Facebook, is where many of your supporters already are. There’s a lot to understand about social media to effectively drive supporters to your page. These tools also collect donations.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 28, 2021

And when compared to posts on social media, 82% said that they would prefer a live video, and 87% of responders suggested even more interest if the video showed behind-the-scenes content. So naturally, much of this is due to the popularity and growth of live-streamed video through social media platforms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The project is a hyperlocal source of information about living green–powered by network of environmental activists, nonprofits, and grassroots organizations. It celebrates the natural beauty of the area while educating the community about a green life style. Cara talked about the network formation phase of the project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. Take for example their coverage on food that is devoured by a devoted flock of foodies.

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Bloomerang

MAY 29, 2021

Some examples include technology upgrades and person hours or large items donated for our live auction which make us thousands of dollars in the auction for each item. See some examples here ). Twitter | LinkedIn | The post [ASK AN EXPERT] How to be Appropriately Kind to In-Kind Donors? But definitely list them!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

I asked for some recommendations on Twitter for the best practical sources for change management. I did a mashup with social media framing. Green-print thinking. The book, written in 2002, does not address social media and change management or even technology. I interviewed Joitske about her work way back in 2006.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 29, 2016

Ann Green , a nonprofit communications consultant and blogger, says that while the term is very broad in meaning, she sees it as sharing any sort of information for a specific purpose, such as connecting with an audience or thanking donors. Donors need to know they are helping the organization make a difference,” Green said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Find more photos like this on So You Think You Can Do Social Media. Note From Beth: Since 2007, I've been using, adapting, and remixing the Social Media Game social media workshops for nonprofits. We know that very soon, social media will no longer be optional. This year, the retreat theme was social media.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 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). Here are my top trends in sustainable social media (hat tip to Reuters)." What do you think? The total value of the prize could be up to $7,200!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

For example, if you are an animal welfare organization , perhaps dog bowls or pet toys with your logo or designs on them would be appropriate. You can use social media, email marketing, and other methods to let people know about your merchandise and the cause it supports.

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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. Further, we also know that to scale, it requires all staff to include social media.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

Online tools like Twitter , Ushahidi , Google Person Finder , CrisisMappers , and the work of nonprofit organizations like Crisis Commons. A great example of crowdsourcing is Voluntweeters. This is a group of largely self-organizing digital volunteers who use Twitter to respond to all of the major disasters around the world.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 28, 2021

And when compared to posts on social media, 82% said that they would prefer a live video, and 87% of responders suggested even more interest if the video showed behind-the-scenes content. So naturally, much of this is due to the popularity and growth of live-streamed video through social media platforms.

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Stream Content Virtual Product 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Note from Beth: I’ve been looking for good examples of nonprofit mobile strategies. I wanted to find out more about how Seafood Watch integrates its mobile strategy across its communications channel, including social media. I had to look no further than the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch Program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Tyson Foods has perfected a social media strategy that leverages blog comments for food donations as noted on the Fast Company blog , (part of its innovative giving series which included a profile of me !) Here's a few examples. Yesterday, I caught a story on NPR about charity giving trends and social media use.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

the social good sector hasn't collectively jumped into the sharing economy yet. " It's essential that nonprofits are not only at the table, but that the social sector be a leader in helping to establish the way this new, monetized-sharing economy works. Does the Sharing Economy Enable Social Good?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

My role is to work with USA for UNHCR on building out the digital and social media aspects of the campaign, particularly from an online community-building point of view. The Blue Key site was only launched in December 2010, and its social/digital aspects were relatively new, so there was not a lot of data to base KPIs on.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING FOR NONPROFITS. 5 Nonprofits Winning At Social Media. Case studies of nonprofits winning at social media is an opportunity to see the strategies in action. Here we take a look at how some of the top nonprofits are leveraging social platforms to get results (and how you can do the same).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

Environmental Defense Fund tackles the most serious environmental problems with four pronged approach: sound science , economic incentives , corporate partnerships , and getting the law right. (If you want to learn more about the organization, their CEO, Fred Krupp , is on Twitter and does his own tweets!)

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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. For example, turning to your professional online networks can help save you time because you don’t need to know everything about a topic area. You can more efficient. These can be done offline and online.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

Priebatsch even proposed how school could be improved by adding better game mechanics than those that already exist: for example, having a points system that allows you to "level up" rather than our current grading-average system, and building in an honor system to eliminate cheating ( as Princeton has done , with huge success).

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2008

You can see some fancy examples on BookVideos.tv Here are a couple examples of videos individual authors created on their own: • Gayle Brandeis' video for her novel, Self Storage • Michael Belfiore's video for his book, Rocketeers 5. You may also want to start Twittering. and the BookVideos.tv YouTube channel.

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