Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

A couple years ago, I made a screencast about Google Analytics for Nonprofits. Dave Amos from Idealist , Laura Whitehead , Jonathon Colman , Laura Lee Dooley , Avinash Kaushik (who let me get away with misprouncing his name), Jeremiah Owyang , Eric Peterson (who liked the title of the screencast), and Jim Sterne.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Over two years ago, I made a screencast about Web Analytics for Nonprofits that covered the basics of using google analytics, web metrics, and some nonprofit case studies featuring Laura White and the Idealist. Harry and Sara say "Thank You Avinash" for the Google Schwag! I've learned a lot about metrics from Avinash.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2007

I'm working on another screencast (sponsored by NTEN and SalesForce ) about the SalesForce/Google Ad Words Integration. What advice would you give to someone who is developing their keyword advertising campaign with Google Ad Words? " The Google AdWords software will suggest keywords. Can you share some steps?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

As you know, I'm working on a screencast about Google Analytics and have been collecting real life nonprofit examples. I got one response from Larry Velez who works with a company named Sinu While he isn't using Google Analytics, he shared an analytics screen capture and a story about traffic referrals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2008

I discovered key performance indicators while researching the Google Analytics Screencast. I thinking about what is translatable to nonprofits and organizations that have smaller budgets than Fortune 500 Companies used as examples in the books. | View | Upload your own. This slideshow caught my eye. " Now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Many nonprofits often address measurement at the end of a project or program or fiscal year, but by putting it first it enables organizations to build a thoughtful strategy. Meaning, if you are a senior-serving organization and you have 1000+ friends, 80% of whom are under 30, well, enough said… &#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Mini Screencast: How to have a conversation. Via powerpoint from New Organizing Institute. Strategic Blog Commenting A Screencast by Amy Gahran. Google News Feature to encourage commenting by Michele Martin Borin - Blogging Does Anyone Tell You To Stop. Details Are Sketchy - Street Art. Network with the Bloggers ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2011

The panel also featured, Mary Beth Smith, from the SF Ballet, who share her organization’s experience integrating social media into marketing strategies since 2007. The panel was on social media, adoption, and measurement. 3) Applause Rate: I think arts organizations might like this metric!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2007

As part of some research for a screencast on Google Analytics for NTEN, I gave a shout out to folks asking for examples. BTW, if you are looking to learn more about how to use Google Analytics, I highly recommend the Webinar that NTEN is offering next Wednesday with Avinash Kaushik.). Thank you Laura for sharing your knowledge!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2008

change the name of the google group ( done ). re-do the screencasts on the wiki (will redo over the weekend. in to help us identify the best existing resources, people, and case studies that will give nonprofit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to use social media to change the world. wiki name ( done ).

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Whether your nonprofit organization provides services or advocates for a cause, your stakeholders have common interests. It may still require somebody’s time to encourage participation and perhaps do a little re-formatting and re-organizing. tagging capabilities to keep things organized. commenting on any item. rating items.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

I'm researching widgets for a screencast and you can read my research in progress here. Tell me: -Who you are -Your blog, organization -What do you think about widgets to build community around your blog? Tell me: -Who you are -Your blog, organization -What do you think about widgets to build community around your blog?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Michele Martin points to a new feature in google news that can spark conversations. Some beta work is happening on this with TechSmith's " Jing Project ," an application that allows you easily embed screencasts into conversations on both PC and MAC platform. Does this resonate for you? Blackbaud, Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2008

These services let you track conversations that are important to your organization and issue. co.comments - tracks your comments, and it notifies me automatically by sending the comment to your Google Reader account. Strategic Blog Commenting A Screencast by Amy Gahran. IntenseDebate. General Resource. Commenting by Alan Levine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

While google and yahoo have blog search features, Technorati is the considered the recognized authority on tracking blogs, It finds out who is saying what right now and is currently tracking over 75.2 You can find out what other people are saying or thinking about your topic, community, organization, program or issue area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

in a global organization" by Corporate punk. MacManus refers to the Google Apps vs Microsoft Office debate as evidence of this. Last week, I wrote about the tension between individual and organizational use as it relates to individual staff members representing their nonprofit organization on Social Networking sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Via Laura Quinn at Idealware comes a pointer to a research paper titled " Technology Motivators and Usage in Not-for-Profit Arts Organizations " that comes from the Systems Synthesis Project course at the H. " The 1cent thoughts on NPTech blog muses , "Is technology the step child of older organizations?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

The newswires were filled with stories about Google/YouTube Marriage yesterday. I was up too late editing a screencast to do a content analysis yesterday, instead I found a great thread on Nonprofits and Vlogging over at Social Edge facilitated by Patrick O'Heffernan. It's called Web Video for the Social Benefit Sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2008

change the name of the google group. re-do the screencasts on the wiki. Michele Martin says "Not as excited about Me media related names because it's too organization-centric in a sense--makes it sound like it's all about me, rather than it's all about listening and the conversations." Make the changes: logo.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

For organizations, web stats are useful indicators of how many people are being reached by their message, the geographical spread of the visitors and whether or not a specific campaign was successful in driving traffic or creating actions (like donations, or letters, etc.) And the mission of the organization matters too.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

But ROI was not really intended to measure a technology project, program, or tool or any other isolated aspect of an organization. Listening is knowing what is being said online about your organization and your field. Google Analytics. Wall Street views it as the only legitimate means of measuring business performance.

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NTEN

JULY 13, 2011

When you think of the concept of the “social” website, Google Analytics -- the numbers nerd quietly tabulating traffic in the background on your site -- doesn’t immediately leap to mind. And Google said, “Let there be light.”. With that goal in mind, let’s see how we can find corresponding measurements in Google Analytics.

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JULY 29, 2021

Whether supporters are donating through text or accessing your online donation page on their smartphones, it’s imperative that your organization has the tools, resources, and best practices to conduct a successful mobile fundraising campaign. However, nonprofit organizations don’t require written consent. Try to keep it to one word.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

It was simply the only way we could operate and build the organization. Nancy Roach, a cancer survivor and vocal advocate living in Oregon pulled a group of us together to build a national organization focused solely on change and the needs of the colorectal cancer patient. I experimented with video, using Jing to produce screencasts.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

It was simply the only way we could operate and build the organization. Nancy Roach, a cancer survivor and vocal advocate living in Oregon pulled a group of us together to build a national organization focused solely on change and the needs of the colorectal cancer patient. I experimented with video, using Jing to produce screencasts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

501(c)(3) organizations can register people and try to convince them to vote. ” Nonprofits should at the very least search their organization’s name and Twitter username to see what kind of response (if any) your nonprofit’s twittering is gaining on Twitter. T urboVote enables U.S. Tripline :: tripline.net.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2006

The NonprofitTech Blog did manage to do a little apres turkey web surfing and found a disturbing example of a google bombing campaign as well as discovering that his blog has been tagged as porn ! Some nice screencasts on how to use wikis can be found at the Commons, a wiki magazine for nonprofits in Silicon Valley.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

For nonprofits that sell products online, Aradium offers their service to legal 501c3 organizations for free. Nonprofit staff often need to manage and organize large quantities of web links for later viewing, and bookmarking via browsers is becoming cumbersome. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Nonprofit staff often need to manage and organize large quantities of web links for later viewing, and bookmarking via browsers is becoming cumbersome. Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

Nonprofit staff often need to manage and organize large quantities of web links for later viewing, and bookmarking via browsers is becoming cumbersome. Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Our ideas float freely in our minds and the challenge comes when we have to organize those thoughts into ideas that others can comprehend. I’ve also found that making a few simple adjustments to your headline process can dramatically improve audience response rates as well as organic search results. Build Brand Awareness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

echoDonations.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping charities start or grow their online fundraising programs by offering financial incentives for donors to give more. CrowdFunder is another web site that lets you set up a page and collect donations for a personal fundraising effort or nonprofit organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

Here is an excellent screencast, an introduction to Linux (Ubuntu). via Social Signal comes a suggestion to nonprofits to start monitoring their organization's Wikipedia entry because they often rank at or near the top of Google search results. A post that uses the metaphor of UNIX permissions to explain open content.

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