Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and using social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. Flickr Photo by ESML.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Disruptor: Facebook. Why Facebook is a Fundraising Game Changer: John Haydon, blogger and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies , believes that without Facebook pushing the limits of how people use social media, fundraising wouldn’t be as social. Not convinced that Facebook has been a disruptor? More than 1.5

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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. People can tag any of more than one million restaurants and markets across the United States when they find ocean-friendly seafood. is by far the number one question we get by email, Twitter and Facebook when we talk about our app.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The third and probably most important lesson is that we cannot do it all ourselves, especially as a nonprofit. Save the Children is the leading, independent organization that creates lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world. Follow them on Twitter , Facebook and Google+. Strategy'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

A number of nonprofit organizations are promoting Valentine's Day giving opportunities, here's a few: A Day for Hearts is an opportunity to raise awareness about congenital heart defects, a lethal constellation of birth defects of the heart that affect millions of newborn infants and children worldwide. Why not send some geek love from NTEN

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

tools from outside the United States that help digital activists evade Internet censorship and promote human rights issues to a wider audience. This got me thinking about the adoption challenges faced by nonprofits in embracing these new tools. That cute puppy belongs to Nigel Allen, a nonprofit techie in Sydney.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

This has been found in a number of surveys over the past few years (see Allison Fine's astute commentary on the recent Blackbaud survey here ) If we look back a year ago at donation trends on Facebook Causes, we also see the same complaint. The Long Tail of Facebook Causes. Causes Reports On Its First Year - $2.5 Frogloop Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

I keep hearing from nonprofits that one of the reasons they want to incorporate a social networking or media strategy is to reach a younger audience. I wanted to listen to what was on their minds in general, although I was particularly keen on hearing any discussions or snippets about social change, nonprofits, and activism.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

I've been getting Twitter DMs from top players in the nonprofit tech and social media for change space -- sharing how they're unmotivated or jaded with using the web and social media for change. Where it has been getting integrated into social justice organizing, it's largely been outside the United States, in places like Colombia and Egypt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

the Humane Society of United States reached 1 million fans on its Facebook Page. Facebook alone doesn’t do get an engaged crowd that takes action. Like all rock star nonprofit social media mavens, Carie Lewis is a curator of social media metrics. Earlier this month. Click to see full infographic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2010

50 (More) Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits by Chad Norman. One year ago, Melanie Mathos and I created 50 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits to help organizations do just that – plug good ideas into good strategies. The response has been overwhelming, and inspired us to create 50 (More) Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

People contributed more than $125 million on Facebook , up from $45 million in 2017, using the network’s new fundraising tools. . Facebook and PayPal together offered a $7 million match for Giving Tuesday donations and saw that match gobbled up “within seconds” after 8 a.m. Lots of complaining from insiders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Now that we’ve had a few days to let the dust settle from the Komen-Planned Parenthood firestorm, it is time to think about takeaways for other nonprofits. Deanna Zandt presents an analysis of what made this particular pr crisis different from others and the teachable moments that are useful other nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

United States lawmakers are considering two bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) , that post a threat to the openness of the web around the Globe. Source: globalvoicesonline.org via Beth on Pinterest. In response, many web sites are going on strike. Source: Uploaded by user via Beth on Pinterest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2011

It is a serious issue for professionals here in the US, especially if they work in education or youth service nonprofits. In many places in the world, sharing everything online can be a life and death matter particularly for activists working in certain countries. Here’s a curated collection of privacy tutorials for NGOs here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2009

This was the culmination of the summer long initiative to help raise money for four charities, Humane Society of the United States , World Wildlife Fund , Oxfam , and LIVESTRONG. Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook delivered the opening keynote. She also included some practical advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2014

Headlines are really tweets and more recently good headline writing is an essential skill for nonprofit marketers who embrace social a la “ the Upworthy headline.” The e-book covers examples of micro-content on different social media platforms and channels, pretty much the usual suspects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2008

I'm working on a keynote for a nonprofits conference at the end of the month in Minnesota. I need photos of nonprofit techies who do work in social media strategy and love dogs - need a photo of you with your dog. I work at The Humane Society of the United States and help with our president and CEO's blog ( [link] g ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Over the past six months, I've been collaborating on a book with Allison Fine , titled " The Networked Nonprofit " and we've been sifting through stories, research, and seeing many patterns. If we only continue to use these tools to gather nonprofit trend data , we're missing some opportunities. A Platform for Self-Organizing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

My first job in the United States after working in France was as an intern with the Center for Community Change on their immigration team helping to create a toolkit on fighting anti-immigrant local ordinances. We set up a facebook group, and started the outreach with our partner organizations. What is your job at Firm ?

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