Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

As part of Social Media September (#SocMedSep), we've been tapping into the wisdom of our global TechSoup and NetSquared communities as well as experts in nonprofit technology. Additionally, I wanted her to share how they determine which social networks to use and their most successful campaigns. AP: Data is key.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Claire Sale, NetSquared. She now uses Google Search, reads her news online, sends and receives email, and even uses Facebook to check-in with family and friends. My Grandmother also has a whole network of friends who are at various stages of computer use/online adoption. Thanks for sharing this resource, Sarah Marston!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. I hope to go deeper on one theme rather than cover many resources superficially. s the same thing when it comes to social networks. Not buying into social media/Facebook hype.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. Using the social web to market your cause, communicate your services, and interact with your audience is an important part of the. communication function for many socially-focused organizations. Twitter and Facebook are the de facto.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

We've compiled a list of Tools and Resources to share with participants, and thought that you might enjoy seeing it as well. Tomorrow, October 18th, Eric Leland of Leland Design , and I will be presenting about, "Internet Strategy on the Cheap" at the San Francisco Bay Area Nonprofit Boot Camp.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

I've also added the pink ribbon to my Facebook profile. The Technovist offers some 5 tips for nonprofits to get started with social networking sites. Facebook The Non-Profits on Facebook Group is for those who work for, belong to, or support nonprofits on Facebook. and color schemes for your blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

In the age of the social network, new sites want to be “the hub” for information/engagement and the non-profit space is no different. It’s exciting to see how much resources we can help non-profits obtain just with a little bit of technology. It works similarly to your Facebook feed. Support Center.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Make the first words they read the ones with the most impact and importance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2010

Does your nonprofit have a social media policy? Netsquared is running a thinktank on this topic and you contribute your ideas here. ASHA (nonprofit) social media guidelines. Intel Social Media Guidelines. IBM Social Computing Policy. Charlene Li's Wiki of social Media Policies. How did you educate people?

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Through technology, data, and resource-sharing, Community Boost_r seeks to empower Balkan citizens to voice their opinions, demand solutions to everyday problems, and stay informed on accountability and transparency issues. Image: Community Boost_r Facebook. Through technology! Community Boost_r , an initiative from Fundacja TechSoup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. NetSquared. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Content curation is not about collecting links or being an information pack rat, it is more about putting them into a context with organization, annotation, and presentation. Content curators provide a customized, vetted selection of the best and most relevant resources on a very specific topic or theme.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Facebook and CNN have partnered to create the I'm Voting Facebook app. The app encourages users to pledge to vote and to share that pledge across their social network. registration button and links to voting resources. Head on over to NetSquared and share your election app idea. More Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Win $10,000 DonateNow Mashup Challenge at NetSquared. Could a local social change site knock off Facebook for the social networking webby? Circleup is a social messaging application that allows nonprofits to communicate and collaborate with groups. Want to listen on Twitter? A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. Email still gets a good response - if it will best help you reach your desired output, don’t feel obligated to short change your capacity there to try to use social networking or something else.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

In addition, a lot of ad hoc conversation and informal resource sharing unfolded. As she says, it combines social bookmarking, feed reading, and the casual interactions of Twitter into something that works somewhat like mailing list, but doesn't add to your email overload. Clay Newton shared What CEOs need to know about the social web?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Ranger Rick, the persona of the National Wildlife Federation , has been banished from Facebook! They need your help to bring back Ranger Rick's profile that was recently taken down by Facebook Staff. Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

It recently launched a ning site - a branded social network for its community of nonprofits. Tell me a little about your organization's social media strategy for its ning (branded social network) site? social website apps, Ning seems to be the most flexible, the most affordable (regarding ROI), and easy to use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

As bloggers and others give it closer scrutiny, we're hearing a debate about which Facebook App is better? See3 Blog writes about the advantages of the Convio Face App (integration with organization's Convio database) and the limitations (can only run one Facebook app at time). Dave Winer describes in detail why Why Facebook Sucks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Truly embrace social networking by encouraging your staff, your volunteers, your donors and your Board to join Facebook or Myspace and teach(!) Post that video on your website, any major sharing sites, and social networks -- then encourage people to share the videos far and wide!! them how to promote your cause.

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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. Laura White wonders whether " Twitter and Facebook, will they change the way we connect and communicate ? Non-Profit Tech Blog lets us know that project agape (Facebook causes) now at 2.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Social Media Roundup There are places in the world where YouTube has been banned, including Turkey and Thailand. What should Netsquared's Facebook strategy be? Are you suffering from Social Networking Web Sites overload syndrome ? Maybe open Social Graphs will help ? Here's a growing list.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The Hacker Helper project is closely aligned with our NetSquared vision of bringing communities together to solve social problems – including nonprofits, beneficiaries, activists, technologists, concerned citizens. Nominet Trust is a leading social technology funder in the UK. Hacker Helper is currently in beta.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 20, 2007

Networking for Change. JOIN: Join a social network, or two, or three! Facebook isn't just for college students anymore. You might be surprised how many nonprofits and individuals are using Facebook groups to organize. Beth Kanter 's fundraisers using ChipIn and Facebook to send a Cambodian orphan to college.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

First there was a flickr group for NpTech Dogs and then we started seeing NpTechers with dog profiles on their Facebook profiles. Tools Here's yet another post declaring the death of email due to Facebook and Myspace. Beaconfire Consultants has an analysis of nonprofit apps on Facebook. Why nothing about social aggregators ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Michelle Murrain is curbing her time on "walled gardens " like LinkedIn and Facebook while pondering the question, " How Open Is Facebook, Really? An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. FrogLoop has a ROI calculator for social networking sites in a campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Social Media and social networks allow for the quantum effects, paired elements at a distance. And another multiplier comes from Network Theory (not Einstein directly but building on physics and mathematics) which shows that a network strength is in its Weak ties / Loose connections. Especially in this economy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Clean1982 The NpTech Tag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. The Wall Street Journal published a very positive piece about the potential for online giving and social networks. Which one worked best? And if you???re

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" We look forward to seeing you at the next roundtable! Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Micro-philanthropy -- that ambiguous term that refers to all things socially networked, small-scale, and charitable -- will have matured. Nonprofits are spicing up their social media communications strategy with language and informalities that may turn-off older supporters and major donors. This is a flawed assumption.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2012

One that really speaks to me is the point that “measurement helps nonprofits understand and improve their social networks.” Before I worked at NTEN, I managed the NetSquared program at TechSoup Global. In the book, Beth and Katie identify a number of themes. Here’s a case study of my own!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I have years of blog content and resource collections. A few blog redesign resources I need to sink my teeth into after I share my goals, audience, etc. I also need to streamline the many wiki portfolios and resource collections that I've put together over the years. I have a confession. The Blog Usability Checklist.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2012

On March 31, Facebook altered the basic layout for all brands and organizations on the platform. These changes are an opportunity for you to better tell your group's story on the social network. Your Organization's Entire History : The Facebook profile page isn't just about what's happening now anymore.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

The bloggers who cover journalism and blogs by newspapers are great resources on this topic - particularly about whether or not to edit comments by readers: [link]. Also CauseWired - which was recently published and is all about online fundraising using social networks. Beth : See [link].

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. tips, tactics, and resources for content curation with the rest of the. The roundup of contributions will be posted on the NetSquared blog on Monday, September 26. We want to learn from you about curating content! A buzzword in the.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the tools and resources listed below to significantly improve your digital marketing and fundraising campaigns. Social Media. Buffer enables social media managers to schedule posts on social networks throughout the day and evening.

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