Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Social by Social is a practical guide to using new technologies to create social impact. I brought to India to place it in the hands of Rufina Fernandez , CEO of Nasscom Foundation. I'm sure that after she is finished reading it, she will spread the ideas all over India.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. Chandrashekar, India Country Advisor and his talented team members, Ms. Networked NGOs and Social Media Integrated Into Organizational Communications. Social media can be filled with metrics to track results.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. Twitter is not for every nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up. Stay tuned.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 29, 2020

Everyday Giving in India Report 2019 :: Download. 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits is a year-long blog and webinar series (written and presented by Heather Mansfield ) on website design, email marketing, online fundraising, and social media best practices for nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide. Published by Good2Give.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Why Social Media? Direct Content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Due to the decline in reach on social media, nonprofits should prioritize email communications and fundraising in 2018 [ Benchmarks for Success ]. Digital Payments on Social Networks. WhatsApp Payments are launching soon in India. Live Reporting Using Social Media. The Coming Social Media Backlash.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The NASSCOM India Leadership Forum has multiple tracks based on theme. I was asked to facilitate a session on the question, "Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?". I was asked to facilitate a session on the question, "Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

On Thursday, I was honored to be part of a panel at NASSCOM CSR Track called "Reaching out to the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Through Technology Services and Media." The other speakers Gaurav Mishra , CEO, 20:20 Social, Vijay Talwar, CEO, William J Clinton Organization. Tags: india.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

She is also the Founder and CEO of Liz Ngonzi Transforms , a boutique international consulting firm that provides consulting, executive coaching, and training services that enable social sector leaders and entrepreneurs to increase their impact and reach their potential. Recent data indicates that there are in excess of 1.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 28, 2017

Only 8% of nonprofits attempt to convert online donors into social media followers during the “Thank You for Your Donation” process. Wildlife SOS , based in India, also requires donors to choose whether they want their donation to be processed in U.S. Dollars, Euros, British Pounds, or Indian Rupees.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2018

To fill in the gap, social good entrepreneurs worldwide have built upon the momentum of crowdfunding and extended crowdfunding services to nonprofits, NGOs, and charities in regions where online fundraising has been challenging up to this point in the Internet’s short history. Ketto (India). BackaBuddy (South Africa). give.asia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Note from Beth: Social networks allow to connect with people from outside of our community and it is easy to have your conversation get lost in translation. How to Approach Social Media Internationally Guest Post By Christian Arno. How about Facebook friends in India? Does that mean your social media is international?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 26, 2013

Although the movie touches on many social justice issues, Iram made it clear that she didn't want to make another documentary about Pakistan. In the post-film Q&A, Iram said she aspired to do for Pakistan what Slum Dog Millionaire did for India. She succeeds in showing us, rather than telling, something true and challenging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

The chat was a prelude to a convening on April 25th at the Robert Wood Johnston Foundation of 40 thinkers and practitioners, bringing diverse perspectives and expertise into discussions to develop measures for evaluating the impact of social media on philanthropic outcomes. Ventura County Community Foundation - March, 2013.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2013

Today, however, the program has been expanded to Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom and it offers some very powerful free tools to nonprofits: Google Wallet donate button. Fundraising Social Media YouTube Video' Initially the program was only offered to qualified U.S. Live streaming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

In less than 24 hours, I will be boarding a plane bound for Mumbai to present at the NASSCOM conference called NASSCOM India Leadership where I'll be on a panel on NGO and Social Media as well as lead a discussion at an unconference on whether CEO/Executive Director's should use social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2013

Today, however, the program has been expanded to Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom and it offers some very powerful free tools to nonprofits: Google Wallet donate button. Related Link: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use YouTube and Create Video Content for the Social Web. Live streaming.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

As the social conscience of globalization, the nonprofit sector needs to contemplate future challenges and adjust their programs accordingly – and to inspire the next generation to tackle these challenges, nonprofits need to also understand how Gen Z uses technology. 8) Messaging apps have 20% more monthly active users than social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2011

When Jennifer’s book launched last year, she and her co-author and husband, Andy Smith also announced their plans to go to India to help establish a bone marrow registry. Can Social Media Save Lives? So today is the day you can do some good with your social media tools. Guest Post by Porter Gale.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

This is a communique on the current state of cloud adoption in India from Prashant Pandit and Pooja Jayna from TechSoup Global's, NASSCOM Foundation BIGTech Program , which is an NGO committed to building ICT capacity in civil society in India. Of the 3 million NGOs that operate in India, most are small and dependent on volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2012

Post consistent content that your audience loves and your social media will be successful. One technique I use to get insights from my social media data is to do an analytics Rorschach Test. Twitter Cheat Sheet based on research from Buddy Media. Is it that simple? Six Types of Visual Content.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 6, 2012

Event planners need to understand how to leverage social media tools and platforms to reach potential attendees and maximize engagement in their communities. Brought to you by TechSoup in collaboration with our friends at Social Media for Nonprofits and Eventbrite , our next episode of Nonprofits Live on June 20 at 11:00 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The Need for the 4Cs Social Media Framework. Over the last year, I have had to explain how social media works to diplomats, defense officials, and academics and students focused on fields as diverse as international affairs, management and sociology. The first reason is the excessive focus on specific social media tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

He lives in India. A social network. He is an energetic and creative social media fundraiser. His " How to Help Dr. Mani " is an excellent guide to leveraging a social network for good. Mani was introduced to the Sharing Foundation and became a donor to the America's Giving Challenge campaign.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2012

This post is by guest blogger Ritu Sharma, who is the executive director of Social Media for Nonprofits. New Delhi, India – December TBA. Facebook now boasts over 901 million active users, making it, by population, the world’s third largest country. Austin, TX – October 23. Seattle, WA – November 1.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

She recently shared her social media and community-building wisdom at an event organized by the SF Tech4Good group and the San Francisco Online Community Meetup Group. Not For Sale operates in Peru, the Netherlands, India, South Africa, and Romania. Sarah Potts is the Community Manager at Not For Sale, and that is her challenge.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up on the opinion blog – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or read the full post below. Here are a few reasons why using multiple social networking platforms doesn’t just mean you repeat your effort. Community First.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I was interviewed recently by Petra Kroon , a blogger focused on social media and entrepreneurship in The Netherlands, in which she asked some really great questions, including what I thought the trend would be for social entrepreneurship in 2010 as well as where we may be in 25 years. Do you have one you’d like to share?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I've written a lot lately about contests ( Chase Community Giving and Pepsi Refresh ) here in the United States that are focused on "social media for social media." I've just returned from a trip to India where there is a different approach to solving complex social problems using social media and the Internet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Unlike the.ORG domain which can be registered by any individual or brand (but mostly registered by nonprofits and socially conscious for-profits), the new.NGO and.ONG domains can only be registered by nonprofits, charities, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), and ONGs (non-governmental organizations in a romance-based language ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Three Analytics Tools to Gauge Your Social Audience’s PulseGuest Blog by Ritu Sharma, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Social Media for Nonprofits. In particular, their free reports give you your social audience’s pulse on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, and other platforms. Then check out Simply Measured.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 4, 2011

Then, over the next 12 hours, on comes nonprofits in India, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. There are ex-pats in every corner of the globe, media outlets of every nationality, and allies from other countries that your nonprofit does know exist yet. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For the purposes of our exercise, let’s say our story takes place in India. In a small village in India, 9 year-old Fatima lives in a tiny hut with her parents Priya and Amit. Kids who are eating regular, nutritious meals are performing better in school, are engaging in more social activities, and making more friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The top three countries are the United States, India, and Pakistan. Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2009

An early adopter of social media, the Lance Armstrong Foundation leverages social media to engage, connect, and celebrate its community. The foundation used social media heavily to promote this day. October 2nd is also the anniversary of our founder’s, Lance Armstrong, cancer diagnosis.

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