Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. The postings on this site are my own and don???t

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MAY 6, 2021

Facebook, which is the dominant social networking platform globally with 2.4 Google, which is the most-used search engine globally, was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while both were Ph.D. In this case , a group that called itself “The Impact Team” hacked and stole the data of users on the Ashley Madison site.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

According to the American Red Cross , A recent Red Cross survey asked 1,058 adults about their use of social media sites in emergency situations. It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media.

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JULY 17, 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!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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JULY 26, 2007

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

style and tolerance for change, I decided to do a seperate action learning experiment on my own dime and reflect in real time along with doing the work: What are some useful techniques social search techniques that might yield richer leads and connections? What social networking tools are the best ones to integrate?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Fill out a query to search “everything” for your nonprofit’s name and acronym. For example, the Latin America Work Group’s website is www.lawg.org , but when the organization was setting up its profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, “lawg” was not available on all three sites. Go to google.com/accounts > Create an account.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

There are many different real-time search engines that approach search in many different ways. People think that real time is just Twitter and sure enough, some of the search engines put Twitter search front and center. Few search only Twitter, though - there are only about 3 million links shared on Twitter each day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

.” Many consumers may find it difficult to find the useful and accessible information — and when you consider that there are 30 billion health related google searches a year, it can be a challenge not to get overwhelmed or go down the wrong path. This “Dr.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Search engines, Facebook and Twitter reward valuable blog content with expert status and donor support. Having a venue from which your organization can share its knowledge will expand your audiences, and build a robust internal culture. Tags: Online Marketing Social Networking Trends. Start with your nonrprofit's team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Just like many of the nonprofits and other loyal readers of Beth’s Blog out there, we at Social Media for Nonprofits were excited for the recent release of Beth’s new book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data for Social Change. How can you make your web footprint work for you and complement your social strategy?

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

RSS readers worked for us in the early phases of social media, but as more people are connected through social networks and sharing and publishing information, there is more and more information out there. Curation: These are curated sources by communities and networks of people. Technology Approaches.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Just like many of the nonprofits and other loyal readers of Beth’s Blog , we at Social Media for Nonprofits are excited about the recent release of Beth Kanter’s new book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data for Social Change. 3 — Monitor Social Conversations.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2012

Allowing your volunteers to be able to find other volunteers through your online directory, post messages about their upcoming events, blog about their experiences, and share pictures within your community site, empowers them to be more committed to the cause and yields higher fundraising for your foundation!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

It made me think about another digital divide - for those who don't have the Internet connection or haven't yet engaged on Twitter - the knowledge divide. The question I was asked had to do with the demographics of social media. Digital Networkers profiles African American heavy social networking site users.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Nonprofits need to find a way to capture this information, to build a bridge from its commercial social network to something it owns to ensure against data loss. But what happens if the development team is functioning independently of the social media team? The answer: zero. You are not a Facebook customer. Notice any patterns?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 13, 2009

In the 2000s, it was important to have a website so that people could "find you" on the Web via search engines like Google. But the Web is changing into a socially contextualized information environment, and as that change happens, it becomes more important that people can "find you" via their personal social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Convio asked me to prepare something for organizations that are just getting ready to embrace social media. However, I know there is a lot of expertise and knowledge about social media and nonprofit use out there. So, in the spirited of social media, I want to know what your brilliant thought is.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

We connect with members using e-mail and social networking, carry out research on search engines and Web sites, and use online services to purchase supplies and produce and store documents. Mobile phones shouldn't be used as personal tracking devices without a warrant or even the owner's knowledge.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 24, 2008

When Change.org started less than two years ago, its main focus was to be a social network where nonprofits and their supporters could connect and take action. In early October, the network re-launched as a social action blog network. org) blog social change activism social network Change.org

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MAY 8, 2009

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

A food-related event usually entails a few individuals sitting around and eating a meal served on-site at the location. Couple this with the power of live streaming and your guests may socialize with each other while they eat from the comfort of their own home. 2) Luncheons/dinners. 19) Trivia night. 20) Book club. 25) Food drive.

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MARCH 4, 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!" A good site gives users the information that they need quickly and efficiently.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Ro)bots (or spiders) are scripts or applications that search out information on the web. Search engines constantly scour the web for information using this method -- but bots are also used by those nasty folks on the web that like to steal your information or trash your website. Plus, there is always the trusty search engine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Here's an example of "social search" in action. The reports suggests that tagging is poised to go mainstream because of more and more sites, like Google and Yahoo, make it easier to tag. The report also shares some traffic data for the popular tagging sites, Flickr and Delicious. when we search for tagged items.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

gThe above video is one of the many social networking strategies that The Genocide Intervention Network used to transform itself from a small student group to national non-profit. This case study, " Using Network to Stop Genocide ," by Ian Boothe was published on Idealware a few days ago. Networking ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

They ask judges to self-define their art knowledge. o is Transparency - and the best example of that is what the Indianapolis Art Museum has done with its pubic metrics on its web site. This example of using Flickr for exhibitions - both in Flickr and on the web site. The internal team is led by a non-curator. Artist Blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2004

My colleague, Jillaine Smith invited me to check out this cool new search engine , Eurekster. I It is powered by social networking technologies. I haven't figured out how to distinguish between personal and professional searches. I've yet to download the toolbar because of some privacy issues.

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Care2

JUNE 11, 2008

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

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!" 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2008

The Museum Computer Network and Museum Software Foundation have teamed up to bring you MuseTech Central , a site where you can share your own technical projects and search through a growing resource list of others. The Museum Computer Network (MCN) is hosting the site, but all the work was done by volunteers.

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JULY 2, 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!" But how should nonprofits track their social media? What tools should they use?

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2011

And, some may even want to become involved by contributing to your cause, sharing knowledge, experience, or contacts, and/or financially. Of course, there's a lot of competition out there among social networking sites, but you should know that according to eBizMBA Inc. - And, it means that the site is growing rapidly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

” At this point that’s all we know, but the site is currently allowing users to secure their username on the Zeen homepage. The site is consistently being reviewed by White House staff and petitions that receive more than 25,000 signatures are guaranteed a response from the Obama Administration. USTREAM :: ustream.tv.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today.

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