Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Both conference marked the end of an 18-month capacity building program that trained more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia on how to use social media effectively to advance civil society goals. Facebook was critical in their strategy. Integrated Content Strategy – Emediat. Poster Sessions.

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NetWits

MARCH 11, 2012

Knowing that it can be tough to execute on we thought we’d give you a few examples of nonprofits effectively using content marketing as a key part of their online strategy. Here are 5 nonprofit content marketing examples. Big Brothers Big Sisters – Leverage video to tell your story. He’s the 2011 March of Dimes National Ambassador.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

When we apply a network mindset to the way we work – whether as an individual or as part of a network strategy, we believe that value is created through our connections, interactions and building relationships. That’s social capital and it does have value. There are many approaches and visual analysis tools.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2021

You’ll learn how Nonprofit Cloud can increase your organization’s social impact. This panel discussion will explore the digital strategies and paradigms that leaders are using today to propel their people processes and technology to become digital-first and achieve greater impact in the post-COVID era.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Implement ECB strategies. Drawing from adult learning theories, ECB utilizes a variety of strategies such as: Vehicle of instruction: face-to-face meetings, teleconferences, classroom style learning, web-based mechanisms, manuals, etc. In this way you can use your evaluation capacity to strengthen your social impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

January is Tune Up month in the Zoetica Salon , an online space for free peer learning about nonprofits and social media. Editorial Calendars: Use a social media editorial calendar. It also helps with celebrating organizational milestones via social media. A big shout out to their new Director of Social Media, Jordan Viator.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Last week I had the opportunity to speak with Judy Chang of PayPal and Debbie Swider of the ASPCA on “ 10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Nonprofit Social Media Plan ” with examples of some of the amazing success the ASPCA has seen through growing its social media plan.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Was the social media plan you implemented worth the time you spent running it? In a rapidly changing media landscape it can be overwhelming for organizations to know how to properly measure the various types of impact being made, especially when it comes to social media efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

During the first day of the Growing Social Impact in a Networked World conference, I had plenty of opportunities to have my mind blown. Audrey Jordan, a loaned exec of Annie E. Guest post from Sande Smith. I wasn’t the only one. As my own mind began to reconstruct meaning, I found myself thinking about two presentations in tandem.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. Yesterday, James Young and myself had the opportunity to present to packed house of nonprofit organizations on social media at Convio Summit. Our top five takeaways included: Forming a strategy is a very personal exercise. Everyone likes to talk about the tactics and often overlook the strategy.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

A survey of their clients indicates that nonprofits are going to focus on social media and mobile strategies in 2012. Microsoft announced the winners of the Imagine Cup Grants program, a three-year, $3 million competitive grant program for student technology and social entrepreneurs.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Last week at the 47th Annual Association of Fundraising Professionals Conference in Baltimore, online fundraising and outreach was a key issue covered throughout the event and the topic of social media was more popular than ever to this group of fundraising pros. Facebook [or any social network] is your garden."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

Day 3 of the Train the Trainers session was devoted to Digital Activism and facilitated by Mary Joyce. The learning objectives: To provide participants with a formula for training digital campaign strategy. The morning session focused on the building blocks of strategy – SMART objectives, audience identification, and messaging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2010

This year we have over 100 volunteers to install a wireless network or work with local nonprofits on strategy consults. The remaining techies will work one-on-one with almost 60 local organizations providing strategy consults. NONPROFIT tweet: 140 Bite-Sized Ideas for Nonprofit Social Media Engagement. (co-author

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. It's evident that social media has become ingrained into our daily lives. Organizations are hearing: “You need to be on social media.” Organizations need to stop trying to replicate other social media strategies and develop one that works for their specific needs and opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The group has an impressive breadth and depth of expertise, including NGO capacity building, social media expertise and training design and delivery. To understand networks and their value as a social media trainer’s tool. To understand networks and their value as a social media trainer’s tool. Social change.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. The Case Foundation is in the middle of a month-long series called “Gear Up for Giving” to provide social media tutorials to help nonprofits and their supporters understand how to use key tools and techniques to create awareness, catalyze civic action and cultivate new supporters and donors for their causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2008

Last week I taught a social media workshop for artists and arts nonprofits and did some research on different arts organizations using social media effectively. Shelley Bernstein, staff members at the Museum responsible for social media projects, left a comment on my blog. Hat Tip Jordan V at Convio ) Photo by Aur2899.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Well, I decided to give it my best shot, starting with social media. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Social Media. Social media just brings everyone a little bit closer to each other. Social media is a part of their everyday life. Life is different in the world of social media.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Is email obsolete" My first response is always that it depends on the objectives, the strategy and the audience since starting with the tools is putting the "cart before the horse". A common strategy is to recruit and mobilise large number of people to put public pressure on a person, government of company.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. A list of 20 Insightful Nonprofit Technology and Social Media Stats was compiled by Tech Impact , featuring findings from TechSoup and Artez Interactive , to name just a few.

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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 summaries are more focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Which one worked best? possibly related classroom projects???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I’ve been tasked with designing and facilitating a session for trainers during our two-day e-Mediat networked nonprofit and social media bootcamps in Jordan and Morocco. The training for the NGOs that have completed the 5 workshops from the different countries over the past year. 3. Social Media Integration.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. A list of 20 Insightful Nonprofit Technology and Social Media Stats was compiled by Tech Impact , featuring findings from TechSoup and Artez Interactive , to name just a few.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Amy Sample Ward writes a blog about nonprofit technology and social media and is the community builder for Netsquared. Jordan Viator. Social Change Activists. Britt Bravo covers social change and is the founder of Changebloggers. is a thought leader over at Social Actions. Nonprofit Social Media Strategists.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. The crux of his post: nonprofit organizations haven’t bothered to “to show up in a big way” in new marketing and communications efforts – namely social media from fear of change. Is social media being embraced by the sector? Thanks Seth Godin - #nptech needed a good topical bouhaha."

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2015

Many social media strategists and the media told nonprofits and businesses that email was dying and that FREE social networks like Facebook would be king of communications. Email is definitely not dead and in fact it raises a heck of a lot more money than any social media platform. Online Fundraising Social Networking'

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

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!" Resolution Two: "I resolve to use social and participatory media to expand my reach and brand."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion. on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. .

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NTEN

OCTOBER 16, 2009

09 NTENnies At Large (Blackbaud's Chad Norman, and Convio's Jordan Viator) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Jon Stahl ( ONENorthwest ) has an interesting view on social media. Does this debunk the idea nonprofits should engage with social tools online? Members are in bold.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

I keep hearing from nonprofits that one of the reasons they want to incorporate a social networking or media strategy is to reach a younger audience. I wanted to listen to what was on their minds in general, although I was particularly keen on hearing any discussions or snippets about social change, nonprofits, and activism.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2010

I love the fact I can talk about emerging technologies, social media, video games and new innovations with people just as excited about it as I am! Our own Jordan Viator ( @jordanv ) has submitted a panel proposal on getting advanced with social media for social good.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2010

Today, Jordan Viator, our super communications manager for all things interactive, fun and digital was featured in The New York Times about using Foursquare to broadcast to her friends where she is during SXSW Interactive. Being a father of high school and college age daughters, I say "I just don't get it" quite often.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Oh, and please do give a thumbs up to the panel Beth and I cooked up: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change ]. scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. The SXSW Interactive Festival.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

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!" They promoted the campaign through social media sites and raised $300k online within two months.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 16, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Social media : Social technologies are becoming an increasingly important part of an integrated strategy for nonprofit organizations to list build and raise awareness and funds in online campaigns. Get them involved in multiple ways to help benefit your organization.

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