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 article profiles Networked For Good's Six Degrees of Separation. TechSoup blog profiles Taproot Foundation. More coverage in the blogosphere and beyond here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

This articles provides some excellent tips and strategies for a successful group approach to blogging. I've also added the pink ribbon to my Facebook profile. Facebook The Non-Profits on Facebook Group is for those who work for, belong to, or support nonprofits on Facebook. I've added a wiki to my Facebook profile.

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NTEN

MARCH 23, 2009

You may have noticed that LinkedIn rolled out some new features for groups: Group managers can add RSS and Atom feeds to the News section. Since group members can comment on each news post, it could add a rich layer of discussion around relevant topics within the community. . Our NTEN group hasn't used it at all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

" She points to an interesting web widget from SunLight Labs which adds mini-profiles with links to Member of Congress to your blog or web page when you mouseover the link. Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

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! How will these trends impact nptech? Found via this post tagged nptech by Meghan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Virtual drinks are very much needed on this Facebook profile. NpTech Software and Web Apps Here's two new networked content creation platforms, although focusing on different disciplines. OpenPlans is a platform for social activism to bring groups together to promote causes, make plans, and get things done. Fundraising 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2011

On Friday, I tripped down the rabbit hole of Google + field test with many other social media early adopters and nonprofit technology (#nptech folks) who were kicking the tires. Google + is Google’s new social sharing platform. Google+ lets you organize your contacts into circles or groupings that no one but you can see.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Nancy raises a few questions about whether a distributed presence for organizations - splitting the attention of members between an organization's web site and social networking profiles is a liability or an asset. There's also the DiSo Project , an umbrella for a group of open source implementations of distributed social networking concepts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Most NpTech blogs are high school level. According to an email from Ben Rattray, Change.Org founder, "This is not at all meant as a replacement for the profiles organizations have on MySpace and Facebook, which I think are great for reaching younger supporters. So, I have no idea why this page was tagged with NpTech.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Newest Net2Local Groups. Check out our newest groups. Don’t have a Net2Local group near you? Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. With 50 groups world-wide there’s probably an event near you! Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2015

We are looking forward to engaging with the #nptech community. Create a profile on ideascale. (It Community Organizers Connect — Birgit Pauli-Haack, organizer of Tech4Good SWFL, a NetSquared-affiliated group. To that end, we invite you to read our submissions and vote on those sessions that you would love to attend.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

You could possibly accept a friend request from a business partner who would raise an eyebrow at the religious beliefs or political views displayed on your profile. Watch for being a fan of groups that might offend someone. Try to include information in your profile and activities that focus only on your professional endeavors.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 5, 2009

Organic Groups - since I haven’t personally implemented OG, I didn’t know a lot about the innards, and how it really works. I missed a couple of talks I’d wish I could have made, like the Drupal SEO talk, and Install Profiles. Tags: opensource Open Source drupalcon CMS nptech drupal.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. Do you have some NPTech news you’d like to report?

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NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

As you get more and more involved in using social media, be sure to claim your land by creating your organization’s Facebook page, Twitter account, YouTube channel, LinkedIn profile, etc. Fill out your profile completely. The social Web is essentially a place where relationships are built, maintained and enhanced in a digital space.

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with " nten membe r" or " nptech " to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). transitioning from a Facebook profile or group to a Facebook fan page. .

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Yesterday, I had the huge honor and pleasure to present the keynote at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ‘ NPTech Conference, eStrategy in an iWorld. The Evolution of NPTech: Where we came from, and [maybe] where we’re going. If you have other questions, or other ideas, please share them!

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2014

NTEN 501 Tech Clubs are informal, local groups that meet regularly in many cities. But it takes more than a name and a place to convene a group of thoughtful people; it takes local organizers who are willing to give their time and efforts to build and maintain a local Tech Club. Why did you start leading your Tech Club? "I

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NetWits

MARCH 4, 2011

Is it getting high-profile sponsors to help defray costs and gain exposure? The average fundraising goal of the study group was $100.00-$199.00. What was your answer? Is it online tools to help you administer your events and register participants? Is it logistics and course planning for your run, walk, or ride?

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Care2

OCTOBER 13, 2010

To truly raise your nonprofit’s profile (aka increase brand awareness), grow your constituency, and raise even more money in 2011 and beyond, organizations need to also focus on innovating. Tags: Online Fundraising Online Marketing Technology Trends nptech. About 300 have CIO’s.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Are there specific business or government groups that might be interested in the work you’re doing? What groups do you look to as allies, supporters and/or inspiration? Attracting and Serving New Groups. So long as you consistently connect your profile to your organization’s website, you’ll begin driving traffic to it. (It

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Meetups: Join and create groups under the 'Groups' tab. Within the groups, you can create meetups to make the most of your networking time in San Francisco! You can already find Groups such as San Francisco Meetups, a DC-based group, Nonprofit CEOs, CiviCRM Users Group and many more!

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content. Nptech resources can be found on delicious , flickr , slideshare , and Twitter. Peter Campbell leveraged RSS to pull the tagged items into nptech. org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community. commenting on any item.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Group ads by topic and create groups of ads tailored to different key pages and initiatives each month. Spotlight/Profile, Interview. Do Online Advertising: Test 10-15 new Google AdWords: Test ad and landing page copy, targeting, keywords, and other ad settings using your nonprofit’s Google Grant. Commentary or Editorial.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

NPTech Twitter Group is a list of 263 nonprofit technology geeks. The organization's chief geek, Shelley Bernstein, runs the Twitter profile. All staff members are active and have their individual profiles. Follow them and you can quickly scan what nonprofits are doing on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2008

She has her own dogbook profile on Facebook! And, if you are a nonprofit techie with a cute dog, please do the NpTech Dog Group on Flickr. Flickr Photo by Beth. You all know that I'm a dog lover , right? That's Sadie who passed away 5 years ago this month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2007

I've been fooling around with Facebook and since you can't view a group or profile (unless you have a Facebook) account, I decided to use this application to spark a discussion about what we are learning about using Facebook for nonprofits. So, I started the NpTech Group on Facebook for that purpose!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

I've worked with other groups - small business, higher education, librarians, educators, and others, but never all mixed up. It was a little challenging to remix a workshop that would be relevant to these different perspectives and age groups and have people leave the room having learned something. tags: nptech youth ).

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NetWits

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Segmentation is essentially a methodology by which we distribute the constituents we want to communicate with into various buckets or groupings. We are breaking the audience and database into manageable groups for the purpose of communicating with them. Your database system should allow you to build a profile for your top segments.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2009

There was a long discussion in the NTEN Discuss group , one of the affinity groups in our online community. " You can see his "Meet NTEN" profile here. Tags: 09NTC community buzz NPTech NTEN nten members Open Source. Amy Sample Ward took up the discussion on her blog. .

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The Online Donor Profile. We know a lot more about the profile of an online donor than we did in years past. The donorCentrics study found that 11% of online donors were under 35 compared to only 3% of offline donors in that that age group. Tags: Fundraising Newsletter NPTech NTEN online fundraising steve maclaughlin.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

The Center developed a Facebook Page , blog , a podcast , a Slideshare channel (with slidecasts), a Linkedin Company Page , and a private Delicious profile for internal knowledge-sharing. They also participate in conversations in Linkedin Groups, and Twitter (via Director Mark Lachs’ twitter profile, @drmarklachs ).

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

We decided to pick today's Member Appreciation Month winner from the NTEN LinkedIn Group (a group exclusively for NTEN members). In case you haven't yet explored the different features of LinkedIn and LinkedIn Groups for professional purposes, I'd like to offer a few quick tips for using Groups at your own organization: .

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Turn on commenting to stimulate group dialog around your posts. . Discussion Groups : Consider adding a discussion board to your site. House Network : Bite off the whole enchilada an socially-enable your site fully by supporting visitor profiles, friending, activity feeds, discussion, ratings and reviews, etc.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Joining your LinkedIn group adds your organization to my professional profile, and allows easier in-network messaging. Tags: Data Leadership NPTech NTEN. Used in concert, this can be extremely powerful. . When you gain me as a fan on Facebook, I receive periodic updates and my friends see my interactions with you.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

While many nonprofits appear to be actively participating in external social networks, such as Twitter and Facebook, many don't realize the risks of not fostering these groups within their organizations' website itself. First, look to your larger donor and member base, and select a group of pilot users. Tags: NPTech NTEN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The focus of Eugene's work with this network was to better understand its community, the most promising group practices, and have an open discussion that would facilitate learning and interaction among these leaders who were miles apart, spoke different languages, and had Internet access challenges. We knew what was coming.

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