Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 16, 2012

She is the founder of Feed Me Darling, a business that helps professional women eradicate food cravings and gain lasting control over emotional eating. And it’s a sweet life to have been able to turn service into a supportive business model. Feeding people. Doing good is fun. My work as a Health Coach is deeply rewarding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Twitter Lists: A Natural Evolution of Internet List Culture. Unfortunately, the gopher did not live a long life, it was soon overshadowed by the World Wide Web. Twitter lists lets you curate your followers and keep connected to smaller affinity groups of your choosing. Gopher Screen Capture. Your lists can be public.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

Along with the new brand are new Twitter (@ childfund ), Facebook , blogging and YouTube efforts. To celebrate, ChildFund International is giving gifts of agricultural love and hope from the organization’s gift catalog for every 200 Twitter followers @childfund. So tell your friends. ChildFund enlisted our help with this effort.

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TechImpact

JUNE 18, 2014

But as we’ve detailed in previous blogs , with all the increased competition online, getting noticed through the typical social media feeds and through your website is becoming increasingly difficult. Social media feeds are powerful tools that are just waiting to be effectively utilized. Attract volunteers steadily. Make it easy.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

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). The more than 260,000 people who follow the American Red Cross’s Twitter account were promptly informed of the discovery.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

What is happening in your hero’s life? And if you can use your Core Number to share what it costs to feed that child lunch, even better! They’re just overall happier children, and their success at school sets them up for success later in life! Who would have thought a simple meal could change a family’s life?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Twitter reflections and insights have been the air. Chris Brogan's post says, " Twitter has changed my life." " I might also say that Chris's life changing experience on Twitter has had a ripple effect on two young Cambodian college students, Leng Sopharath and Champerom. The program???s

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NetWits

JUNE 8, 2012

Like most things in life worth doing, creating great websites takes effort, persistence and some know-how. Try these easy steps to showing your timeliness: Utilize automatic feeds. It’s not enough to have a Facebook page or a Twitter account. — Creating an effective nonprofit website isn’t easy. Tweet, blog and post.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

In day to day life we listen for mentions of our name, topics we’re interested in, hobbies we participate in, our company or industry, and friends or family. With the evolution of the social web and the tools available today you’re able to listen much like you can with your ears in real life. 3tyuxpqbwg khgf89n3cu.

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NetWits

MARCH 25, 2013

By now, most of you have a Facebook page and a Twitter account. Perhaps you’ve even started to feed live posts and tweets to your organization’s homepage. What you may not have considered, however, is how you can actually impact viral sharing and improve interactive marketing on your website. Social Media: Action Sharing.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are for social networking. Facebook is considering moving all organic page content to a new, segregated feed. By leveraging social advertising, you can ensure that your posts reach your intended audience and aren’t left out of critical news feeds. Get specific with social advertising.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

Another important tool, which I use in my personal life as well as consulting life, is Evernote. I use Google Reader for RSS feeds, and TweetDeck , or, more recently, HootSuite for Twitter (I really like the tabbed interface of HootSuite. It works for multiple projects. Evernote rocks my world. It’s a great tool.

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Whole Whale

MAY 12, 2020

Searching on Podcasts.Apple.com and Podcasts.google.com and Spotify can help you create a contact list of potential list of podcasts (quick hack: most podcasts list the <itunes:owner> email in their feed). YouTube can give your podcast a new life especially if you cover highly searched topics. Cast Feed Validator by Blubrry.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

It’s been an important part of my life for all of this time. You’ll be great with this and it sounds like it will feed your soul in some new and better ways. I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. I have now realized I need to set it down for good. 3 Beth 03.19.07

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

That said, I do not cover personal LinkedIn Profiles in my upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn , but LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages are covered in detail in both the webinar and in the book. Maximize the website and Twitter fields. Post Authentic Updates—Don’t Sync with Twitter!

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It’s no great surprise that life online is increasingly a quest for instant gratification when it comes to up-to-the-minute entertainment and information. And the best way to do that is through “distributed content”—especially video content—that is uploaded and available on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and all the rest.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

What Facebook subscriptions does is allow Facebook to work more like Twitter or Google+ in that you don’t have to “friend&# or accept someone’s “friend&# request for that person to see your public updates. They can simply subscribe to see your public feed. Want to Know More?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

That said, launching the Nonprofit Organizations Myspace Page changed the entire trajectory of my life in positive ways that I never could have imagined, so I wanted to see the new Myspace succeed. Related Links: Why Nonprofits Should Sync Their Twitter and Myspace Accounts.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

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). How to Prepare Your Community for a Major Change « The Community Manager – "Change: it’s the one constant in life.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 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). – Pew Research Center – "Eight percent of the American adults who use the internet are Twitter users. Who Tweets?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2009

That inspired the above illustration - the social life of a blog post. But, what I can't easily do for a specific blog post is see who is referring to the article in other places on the social web, like Twitter, Friendfeed, Digg, and the like. It also returns the search results and you can grab an RSS feed as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2007

This campaign is mostly being run off of my blog, personal emails, a little Facebook and mostly Twitter. Twitter as a fundraising tool?!? So far, twitter has been great. Yesterday I raised several hundred dollars using Twitter in under an hour and got a few t-shirt donations. I follow them and write responses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

I've been observing how he uses the Chronicle of Philanthropy's Twitter Feed to participate. How is the Chronicle using Twitter to participate? Our use of Twitter has evolved considerably over the past few months. Now, Twitter has become a vital part of my daily online life. The response was fantastic.

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Classy

JULY 8, 2021

Describing how the cause has touched your life is probably the most important element of your message. The best ways to use Facebook and Twitter to fundraise. Start fundraising through Facebook and Twitter after you’ve sent out your initial batch of emails. Set internal goals (e.g.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

If you’re trying to feed children in Africa, show a photo or clip of those kids. Instagram should be short and sweet with compelling images; Twitter should be short, too, and link to your blog or website; Facebook gives you space for longer posts with more information and a video. A strong visual will help motivate people to give.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Now the online channel has breathed new life into this surging wave and brought with it Facebook events, Myspace groups, Razoo causes, BBC News feeds updated real-time, Twitter posts about Wear A Red Shirt This Friday For Burma and countless IMs??? from friends telling friends telling friends.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

" The blur between our personal and professional identities on social networking sites may seem all too obvious, but the issue is becoming more prevalent as we use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as professional networking tools. Can we completely separate our personal life from our professional life online?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 31, 2019

Be honest with yourself: If you saw your content while scrolling through your feed, would you stop to read it? With some platforms, like Twitter , you can post a bit more?usually But since tweets have such a short shelf life, it’s safer to post more often. Top priority: content. usually around three posts per day.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 9, 2009

"Of all the areas of life that computer and communications technology seems to be impacting the most is its influence on relationships. Mobile phones, texting, facebook, and Twitter are just a few of the ways in which relationships are being redefined, established, and maintained by technology. You tell us, we add to the map."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

That said, I do not cover personal LinkedIn Profiles in my upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn , but LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages are covered in detail in both the webinar and in the book. Maximize the website and Twitter fields. Post Authentic Updates—Don’t Sync with Twitter!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

This organization uses sports, specifically basketball, as a vehicle to help youth get motivated in school and learn life lessons while at the same time producing some seriously great athletes. In my experience, Ive learned how integral life skills can be taught and nurtured by tapping into something kids love: basketball.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

. “As I have wanted to develop genuine interaction with people closely affected by bowel cancer it’s been important that there is a good dose of me in my Twitter feed. much about my home life, people respond positively when I occasionally do so. Whilst I purposefully don’t tweet that.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. If it were not for MySpace, my professional life no doubt would be much less fulfilling.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 6, 2011

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). But a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project should assuage some of those fears.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 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). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

The puzzling feeling reminded me of my first experience on Twitter ten years ago and that made me feel old.Plus, it takes more patience than doing Sudoku to figure out and use regularly, although it i s a snap for 14 year olds. Twitter is for keeping up with news and live events. My first experience was “What?”

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