Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Nonprofits often question what kind of an impact social media has on donors. Does engaging with people on social media encourage them to donate money? In short, does having someone follow your nonprofit organization on social media mean that they are committed to your organization? Let’s take a look at some of the data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I have been thinking a lot about actionable social media measurement strategies that are fit and trim and light on their feet! Inspired by the Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? , I thought I'd share how I look at my Facebook page data. The target audience is people who work for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." Proclaiming that fundraising using Facebook Causes was a failure based on a calculation of dollars per donor. . My fundraising colleagues concur.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The growth of social media and the rapid adoption of internet-enabled mobile devices have changed the way Americans engage in the political process. What’s missing is a way to effectively leverage FB, Twitter and the like. Takeways: Deepen advocacy engagement with existing supporters. Liberate your data from Facebook (i.e.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

"I'm taking FB/twitter hiatus for August as part of deepening my practice and my ability to listen and be present for this next year." - Facebook update by Marianne Manilov, Engage Network Maybe it's because it's summer, but lately I've been hearing more and more people talking about spending less time online.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

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!" Over 179,000 nonprofits utilize Facebook Causes but just how sticky is Facebook?

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Care2

MARCH 20, 2013

While CNN is in the business of researching and reporting on the news and Komen is in the business of raising money for breast cancer research, neither of them understands the human side of operating in a multichannel world where people are engaging with you 24/7.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! They’ve also leveled the playing field and have a special category for smaller nonprofits (under $1 million budget). And there is also an award category for individual champion, whether board members, volunteers, or a free agent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. Written social media policy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Bethany Deines and Betsy Woods Last month, shortly after Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith was published, there was discussion on nonprofit blogs about how to apply some of the principles to a nonprofit context. Frank Barry chimed in with a follow up post illustrating trust agent characteristics with nonprofit examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The session was designed a mix of strategy with a deep dive into content, measurement, Facebook, and Twitter. Best practices for effective use of common social media tools: Facebook and Twitter. Monitors, listens, and researches the people in their network. Morning Session. Most people easily come up with a question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2014

Next each of the panelists presented a research study based that combined large sample survey data on our issue area and appended actual social media activity usage. In the nonprofit sector, we are also lucky to have excellent financial and benchmarking data from Blackbaud and Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 9, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! This is where strong family ties can make a big impact. May 9, 2011 2:23 PM Kayla said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

I also facilitated several workshops for London-based nonprofit CEOs and communications directors on developing a strategy for their leadership profiles on social and internal champions (board, staff, and volunteers). Kevin McSpadden, Facebook. He is working on a social good strategy for Facebook. Charles Wells, JustGiving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The post initially caught my eye because there was a quote from Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith, co-authors of The Dragonfly Effect (I’m giving away a copy ). I posted a link on FB page and it prompted quite a discussion from nonprofit folks. She Jillian York’s critique. But there are other mechanisms at work too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2013

March is not only great for basketball, but is also good for nonprofit research studies about digital strategies and launches of new data tools. So if you like looking at and thinking about data and love to get your hands dirty with a data jujitsu, here’s a couple of goodies for you. RESEARCH STUDIES.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2011

At this month's packed Online Community Meetup (also referred to as #OCTribe), Jen Burton , director of Community and Support at Causes.com , spoke about Facebook's largest fundraising platform and its role in supporting nonprofits. With over 150 million installs, Causes is one of the largest apps on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

Chocolate activates the pleasure center of the brain, at least according to some research. Supporting my Facebook Causes all the time? Engagement. 2047 Clicks [link] (call to action, linked to the FB Causes Birthday Wish). Views on Facebook Causes Birthday Wish Landing Page. Can you guess the song?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

” designed to help grantees institutionalize social media and networked nonprofit skills and strategies and integrate them into their broader strategy for communications on children’s health. Understanding the Recent Facebook Algorithm Changes and What It Means for Nonprofits. Source: Tweet4Ok Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

For example, Facebook users share 684,478 pieces of content in a minute. When you’re constantly jumping between Facebook, email and texts, however, your brain has to divide its limited resources. That thought that pops into your head, “Before I write that report, I’m just going to check my email or Facebook.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

For example, Facebook users share 684,478 pieces of content in a minute. When you’re constantly jumping between Facebook, email and texts, however, your brain has to divide its limited resources. That thought that pops into your head, “Before I write that report, I’m just going to check my email or Facebook.”

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2017

The key to engaging social media influencers at scale (especially if they are already on your email list) is to treat them as a distinct segment. Examples of how influencers drive engagement. And it points to a major untapped opportunity for nonprofits to get their message read and spread by people who may be even better messengers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2012

The Glasspocket’s blog has a post from Claire Gibbons, a senior program officer in the Research & Evaluation Unit at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that illustrates or describes the change. (KD Paine and I devoted an entire chapter to this topic in our forthcoming book , Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.).

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