Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. Take advantage of that information. Make it fun.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This post was authored by Trenton DuVal, a contributing editor at NetSquared, and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. LinkedIn is launching a new set of tools aimed at nonprofits. spoke with Bryan about the changes for nonprofits coming to the social network for a post on SocialBrite. The main points are.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2009

To see Mailana live map Marshall Kirkpatrick wrote a piece called " The Inner Circles of 10 Geek Heros " using a tool developer Pete Warden's service Mailana. The tool is quite fascinating because it combines a light weight social network analysis (see this page. What's your takeaway from this tool? jasonfalls.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. And poorly laid out text, or too much text in images, may make that information wholly out of reach for someone using a screen reader. For the social networking world to get behind this and support it would be very far-reaching."

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APRIL 30, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. NTEN’s 09NTC just wrapped up in San Francisco and many conversations at the conference focused on social media use by nonprofits. With so many tools out there, and different options for individuals and other organizations to engage with you, how do you manage it all? From Idealist.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The real-time web is a paradigm based on pushing information to users as soon as it’s available, instead of requiring that they or their software check a source periodically for updates. Social media is one of the most tangible examples of the real time web. . It could be checking in with people on a location-based social network.

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JULY 5, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. Using the social web to market your cause, communicate your services, and interact with your audience is an important part of the. communication function for many socially-focused organizations. Blog, or using social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The session was entitled Apps and Tools to Energize your Base. This session was an interesting look around the ever-evolving universe of online and mobile tools used to mobilize people online. It delivered on exactly what it said it would: the tools and apps. Here's the recap of what I learned: Test messaging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. We are in the very early stages of how nonprofits and social activists can leverage social networking applications for good causes and just learning what works and what doesn't. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! There's going to be a Netsquared Meetup (recommendations for restaurant or location are needed) How will your nonprofit avoid the Meatball Sundae? This post traces the evolution of social networking sites from the 80's to present time, although missing a few major early players.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2007

Thirty-year-old matin is helping to develop a new social networking site for youth activists, MyBLOC.Net. While it can serve as a directory, organizers will also be able to share strategies, tools, stories, and even visuals in one central place. Originally Posted on NetSquared. activism youth social networking

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

Social Media: What I Learned This Year | Millennial Marketing – Carol Phillips has a great post recapping what she learned about social media in 2009, including: "Effective use of Social Media requires enthusiasm and diligence." NonProfit 2.0 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

The work involves sifting, sorting, arranging, and publishing information. But, with so much information available and coming at us from many sources, we often don’t know if it’s the right information or if it’s current. Content Curation Provides Value from the Inside Out.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

I’ve been following the work of Rob and his team closely as they have shown not just interest, but passion and intent for engaging with the community at large to create a tool that meets the needs of nonprofit organizations and keeps us involved in making the tool better and better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. WebWorker Daily Emergency Kit (What tools are in yours?). Photo from Cambodia4kids.

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JUNE 21, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Do not make them click to sign up!

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AUGUST 7, 2013

It was originally published on NetSquared. He says that open-data-idealists wrongly and dangerously believe that once information is shared more widely problems will be solved. Some great data resources are featured this week, along with telling insight on the use of big data for global development and the use of open data by citizens.

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JULY 24, 2012

Learn how to become a social organization with tips from Yammer 's director of community. See how one organization plans to bypass the crowds by teleworking during the Olympics (and the tools they’re using to do it). From NetSquared. NetSquared is organizing technology-for-social-good events all over the world.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

" Apps and mobile technology are providing new ways to engage, inform, and connect with supporters this election season. Rock the Vote offers a customizable voter registration tool you can easily embed in your organization's website. app offers polling location information, sample ballots, and election. The VoterHub.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 It includes case studies, tools, and how-tos. tools to capture and share knowledge from nonprofit gatherings. tools into your PR messaging? More information here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. NetSquared. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2008

The organization's goal is to makes it easy for people to find and share opportunities to give or volunteer for social causes using social networking strategies. I've been following Peter's work since October 2006, when I first discovered Peter's research on group giving when he introduced himself on Netsquared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

and social networking tools? It is important to think about the benefits, objectives, and audience before jumping on the social networking bandwagon. If you can't wait, read Alexandra Samuel's " Best Practices for Social Networking Nonprofits ," a guest post on Katya Andresen's Nonprofit Marketing Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Dave Cohn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

" Also quoted is Sean Stannard-Stockton, author of the Tactical Philanthropy blog was also quoted and he shares his expanded predictions here , including "Charities recognize the potential of social-media tools and finally get serious about integrated online strategies." bubble would burst. How do you make easy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2009

It is intended as a rapid and engaging way to present information. It is one of a number of "life streaming applications" where individuals and organizations who are active on the social web can port their activity across social networks into one, easy to follow, read, and comment activity stream. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2008

I've been blogging and tracking conversations about social media measurement and ROI over the last few months. Each case study will showcase a different outcome, metric, and tool and share some words of wisdom. The session presenters will include nonprofits using social networks or other web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Don't forget to add the search tool. Win $10,000 DonateNow Mashup Challenge at NetSquared. Could a local social change site knock off Facebook for the social networking webby? Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Want to listen on Twitter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Dave Cohn.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. How can we do that? More and more, now we can.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

It recently launched a ning site - a branded social network for its community of nonprofits. Tell me a little about your organization's social media strategy for its ning (branded social network) site? social website apps, Ning seems to be the most flexible, the most affordable (regarding ROI), and easy to use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

In addition, a lot of ad hoc conversation and informal resource sharing unfolded. Marnie mentions one downside to FriendFeed - that she is unable to process the information as quickly or as seamlessly as she can with other tools that she is regularly using for social bookmarking, feed reading, and causal interactions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

In " The Social Web Ain't Rocket Science " Worldchanging blogger Jon Lebkowsky reminds us that blogs, wikis, and social networking sites may not be appropriate for all nonprofits and that hype and pressure shouldn't drive adoption decisions or they may not be successful. I wholeheartedly agree ! And if Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

More information here. Convio asked me to prepare something for organizations that are just getting ready to embrace social media. I brainstormed series of equations or theories that represent best practices that nonprofits are using to implement social media. This pattern is the same no matter the tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Use your blog or twitter or whatever tool to solicit practical ideas on how to use social media to make connections. Truly embrace social networking by encouraging your staff, your volunteers, your donors and your Board to join Facebook or Myspace and teach(!) Collective bookmarking is an extremely powerful learning tool!

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