TechImpact

APRIL 28, 2014

Your nonprofit’s next event, big or small, will likely be announced and hyped up using social media. With over 1 billion users on Twitter and Facebook, you need to target a demographic to influence to start your campaign. Image courtesy of Jeff Hurt Blog. During the even.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2012

In fact, most nonprofits in the United States now regularly use social media in their communications and development campaigns, but few nonprofit social media practioners have been properly trained how to best utilize sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Google+. The Broadcast Web], Web 2.0 [The

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 12, 2012

This webinar cuts through hype and demonstrates clearly where the ROI is from social media – and where it is not. That said, this webinar begins with laying a foundation for understanding the role of social media in the context of Web 1.0 [The The Broadcast Web], Web 2.0 [The The Social Web], and Web 3.0 [The

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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. Your Special Event Director /Manager can hype your next event to the Facebook world.

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See3

JANUARY 29, 2009

But I love Twitter and I am finding time for it and I want to explain why. What Twitter is, actually, is an adult conversation. I have met amazing people on Twitter and it has become my go-to resource for questions big and small. I even found the Wovel on Twitter! Which brings us to Twitter. I have real work to do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2013

The hashtag, #GivingTuesday, was trending on Twitter. As some nonprofit insiders complained, #GivingTuesday making too much noise. Using statistics only from highest-level influencers, #GivingTuesday had a reach to over 425 million individuals on Twitter, and over 300 million on Facebook. On Tuesday,Dec.3rd,

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 14, 2009

.)" The DigiActive Guide to Twitter for Activism | DigiActive.org - "Following the recent protests in Moldova, the value of Twitter as a tool for digital activism is more prominent than ever. " Penguin Day Agenda - pd.aspirationtech.org - Are you heading to the NTC this month? Will you be in San Francisco on April 25th?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2011

There is a lot of energy, speculation , and love for the potential of the platform, although for some they are beginning to see some flaws as the social network arms face between Twitter, Facebook, and Google + will not doubt escalate over the next few weeks and months. Imagine impromptu small group discussions. #5

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 23, 2021

Maybe you want to move away from the repetitive marketing types and you really want to hype up the interest. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, or Instagram). . You sit down with your event marketing team and start to plan out your strategy to market your event.

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John Kenyon

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Marnie Webb, CEO at Caravan Studios, recently asked nonprofit tech folks via Twitter “I’m giving a talk on the next wave of technology for NGOs. Now that the hype and the newness of social media is wearing off, the reality is setting in. What groups of technology would you include? Reach and Usefulness of Social Media Plateaus.

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Care2

MAY 28, 2011

If you work in Communications, escaping the latest hype around social media can be tough. You may even find yourself obsessing about it and have a condition called FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) because you are not posting or monitoring the chat on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Twitter: 1.1 % of the U.S. population is on Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 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). 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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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

A tiered ad campaign can help hype your donors and get them into a giving mindset. X, formally Twitter, has also had a lot of changes that may affect your strategy for the platform. Begin your campaign with ads to increase awareness about your organization and the work you do in October.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

She pointed to this video from Chris Brogan about overnight success - and how important it is to focus on the results of the work, not the hype or number of Twitter followers. In early October, I had approximately 20,000 Twitter followers and today that number is almost ten fold. We get caught up in our ego.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

If you check out the Twitter Hashtag for #jan25 you will see many different tweets in both English and Arabic and as of this morning some Tweets protesting the government censorship by blacking out words in the tweet and protests in NYC. The #jan25 Twitter hashtag also has examples of the State Department’s Arab Twitter Diplomacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2016

I saw similar posts on Facebook brand pages of 92nd Street Y that was hosting the annual Giving Tuesday Summit and The United Way of Central Ohio that upped its organic reach, and on Twitter from Nonprofits First. There’s a #PokemonGym right next door to Nonprofits First. Nonprofits First (@NonprofitsFirst) July 11, 2016.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Maybe you're starting to think that influence is not about how many followers someone has on Twitter. This new show is the brainchild of some really smart social media practitioners and consultants from various industries, and the purpose of the show is to debunk some of the social media bubble/hype around various issues.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Facebook would do well to follow the lead of Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. 4) Twitter 5) LinkedIn 6) Facebook. Most of it comes from Twitter and LinkedIn. There is some ROI, but there is also a lot hype about Facebook. I don’t think so. Those sites let users know in advance when changes are coming. Not even good.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Open Data November 8, 2007 As the hype (which, I agree I have contributed to ) around OpenSocial dies down, the reality behind OpenSocial becomes clear. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Social !=

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Kristin says, “If Momsrising haven’t already built strong networks on platforms like Facebook or Twitter – which are known to work for nonprofits – we’d be focusing our time and energy there first.&#. Jeremiah Owyang has a good analysis of what features Google + needs to go mainstream.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

It closely follows Gartner's Technology Hype Cycle. But be careful, I was asked a lot of questions about my blog's audience size and reach and only after looking over my stats (subscribers, page views, Twitter followers) was my app accepted. Maybe I'm jaded. Technology Trigger. Inflated Expectations. Trough of Disillusionment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. Its true impact has yet to be measured, but Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and every other social media platform have already caused a revelation in how people want to communicate. They want to connect.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 22, 2014

You’ve hyped it up and congrats are in order, because the big day is finally here. Plus, set up a hashtag for the event and then display the tweets rolling in by following the hashtag using a Twitter wall. Use more pictures and videos. Invite attendees to RSVP. Stage 2: During the Event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2010

So, I was curious when I saw the question from the Chronicle of Philanthropy on Twitter about nonprofits and the iPad. I like it better than my smart phone because I don't need 300x reading glasses to read the screen and it is nice and light. . The post points to an interesting article about the iPad user experience by Jeremy Rue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

How can we use Twitter? Is that Twitter follower also on the direct mail list? Hope from the Hype So why does social networking matter? There is still a lot of hyper-hype, but the opportunity and potential is very real. Few experts. Few owners. Few results. Many of the same questions are being asked. How can we use email?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

So the reality is still pretty far behind the hype. But I still haven’t seen much activity on the sourceforge page, nor does it seem that the code for these new projects is available. I sure hope the reality catches up. This news is so old it’s embarrassing – NPR opened up their content API. Way to go, NPR! at blogged.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Be authentic, be yourself – supporters care about you and your cause, so don’t get caught up in the celebrity spokesperson hype if it doesn’t make sense for you. Leave a comment or @ jordanv me on Twitter to share! 10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Social Media Success View more presentations from Convio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

We heard a lot about the use of crowdsourcing, the latest Twitter apps, and why content strategy is so important. But beyond all of the hype and noise, the most dominant theme I keep coming back to is that community is and always will be King. We also "checked in" using FourSquare and Gowalla everywhere.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2018

The aptly named Social Innovation Summit certainly lived up to this hype again in 2018, offering inspiring stories from organizations across the private, public, and social sectors. Innovation. A word that drums up excitement, and thoughts of positive change for the future. Imagine the possibilities today!

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Forum One

MARCH 17, 2010

We heard a lot about the use of crowdsourcing, the latest Twitter apps, and why content strategy is so important. But beyond all of the hype and noise, the most dominant theme I keep coming back to is that community is and always will be King. We also "checked in" using FourSquare and Gowalla everywhere.

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AFP Blog

MAY 26, 2009

Many of us are finding that these tools do not live up to the hype, especially for small business. Are you thinking of using Facebook, Twitter, or the like in your business? Beware Social Media Marketing Myths - BusinessWeek: "We've been misled as to the benefits of social networking sites. Before you go any further, consider the.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

The official hashtag, #14NTC , is starting to buzz on Twitter, and I’m getting hyped about connecting with nonprofit leaders from around the globe! Twitter was a mysterious platform I always forgot my password to. We’re one month out from NTEN’s annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Washington, DC. Lewis and J.R.R

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2007

drug that’s caught on hot and heavy in the last six months: twitter. If you’ve never seen twitter, take a moment and check it out. There's twittervision , twitter's most popular mashup, which shows tweets (twitter entries) real-time on a global map. to their phones or on the twitter website). There’s a new 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

though is more hype than useful. I think that a lot of Web 2.0, particularly RSS and folksonomies, are aspects of Web 2.0 that are incredibly helpful, and provide things that really do connect people, and help people decide in a much more granular way what they want to read, and have access to. Some of Web 2.0, Love your writing!

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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. I saw this happening in particular during the Moldovan "Twitter revolution" discussion (which Joe linked to in his post).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2009

Chasing after the competition into Facebook, Twitter and blogging without a plan is the Lemming approach. I found a fantastic example of Twitter as a focus group in Nina Simon's blog post, " Everyone's Smithsonian.' Is there a plan with a specific objective ?

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