Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

For all the buzz about new media in the nonprofit sector, it is somewhat surprising how few nonprofits have integrated their new media campaigns into one of the most important pages on their website – the “Thank You for Your Donation!” Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

NetSmart is Howard Rheingold’s latest book. It synthesizes his 30 years of experience if being a model digital citizen and what he has learned from asking other this simple question: How to use social media intelligently and mindfully? If you are going to purchase one book about using social media , this is the one to read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Last week, I got to BoardSource at 8 am just so I could hear Marnie Webb and Rebecca Masisak, CO-CEOs of TechSoup Global share their lessons learned in developing, weaving, and stewarding two very different types of networks. The second network, Netsquared , in contrast was more loosely controlled with a lower risk in failure.

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2023

Peer-to-peer fundraising involves individuals mobilizing their personal networks to raise funds for a cause. This allows nonprofits to widen and deepen their network of support. This team of 24 individuals was able to gather nearly 350 people within their networks to raise a significant amount of money for a cause they all believe in.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Facebook, which is the dominant social networking platform globally with 2.4 The 21 st Century seems to be full of data breaches on everything from banking information to sensitive passwords and social media accounts. That means that people can see information about you, through your website or social media, from anywhere. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective. There are examples (see below).

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AccelEvents

JULY 21, 2021

With the surge of virtual meeting platforms, and various custom meeting options, businesses are now relying on such innovative meeting solutions to amplify networking, work-from-home options, staying connected, and increasing operational efficiency in the new meeting and business landscape. Social media integrations, like LinkedIn.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

Google+ , the latest iteration on social networking from Google, is here. With all of that as a grain of salt to this post, I want to share a few reflections focused on security and control – the items touted ahead of launch as the elements positioning Google+ on the other side of Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2016

You can do this by: Asking your donor to connect on social media and through email. We inherently trust the recommendations of our friends over advertising and promotional promises of businesses or nonprofits. Moving forward, ask your donors to rate your organization on social media or provide a donor testimonial.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

But now, in the apex of technology and automation, a lot of information and processes are controlled by robots, servers or other invisible hands. For the past 60 or so years, and especially since the advent of the internet, social capital —interpersonal relationships and networks—has become increasingly crucial. Empower your network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Before I share some the big takeaways from the Big Room session, let me tell you about the IFC. It is one of the best nonprofit conferences I’ve attended in over my 35 years in the sector. I learned some much from the sessions as well as the opportunities to socialize and network. It as a fantastic discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. Almost tend years ago, they co-wrote “Net Gains,” one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change. Generative Social-Impact Network.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 23, 2024

Packed with insights, this page builds trust and invites potential donors to join your mission. Your supporters become personal fundraisers by creating personal, team and organization pages under your campaign that drive their networks to give to your cause, expanding your reach and helping you acquire new donors in the process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

. Yesterday at the Packard Foundation, as part of a series of "deeper dives" to learn about networks and social media, Eugene Eric Kim of Blue Oxen Associates gave a talk about "Networks in an International Context." . It is not always easy to keep control of events.). What was our learning?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Bloomerang — Best Fundraising App You know and trust Bloomerang for your nonprofit’s donor database (who wouldn’t?), With this app, you’ll have features to help manage attendee networking opportunities and organize speakers and exhibitors. Social media. It’s an inexpensive option for organizations on a budget. Merchandise sales.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

If the goal is to integrate social media marketing into your traditional marketing, you're setting yourself up for failure. After all, traditional marketing is based on pushing out and controlling the message, targeting, and running insular campaigns. Build a network of influential fans. social media. Start by listening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

Over the past five years, we’ve stumbled our way into social media. We’ve listened to our supporters online and attempted authentic engagement with various social media platforms. Our use of social networking has exposed many cultural differences within our organization. Our nonprofit is not unique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

I really wanted to attend the " Social Networks Friend for Foe? "at who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. at UC Berkeley earlier this month, but unfortunately had a conflict.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

If you’re a control freak, you may worry that even with direction your virtual assistant won’t do things exactly the way you do. First, ask your network if anyone has experience with or knows someone who is a VA. Handle purchasing yourself at least until you’re confident the VA can be trusted. COMMUNICATION .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

A new whitepaper by Jonny Bentwood, a PR consultant for Edelman, Distributed Influence: Quantifying the Impact of Social Media. The white paper is based on a roundtable held last year with a number of social media experts. s 2007 Trust Barometer, results showed that employees or ??? There's a lot to digest here. In Edelman???s

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Kindful

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Social media integration. Supporter Networks. Participants can customize their fundraising pages and share their pages on social media with just one click. . We love how OneCause allows you to track how your campaign is performing on social media channels. Pricing starts at. Bloomerang + Kindful. Donor management and CRM.

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NTEN

JULY 12, 2011

By Carie Lewis, Director of Emerging Media, Online Communications, Humane Society of the United States. I sincerely don’t think there’s anything you can do to deter people from saying stupid and downright nasty stuff on Facebook (or any other social media platform for that matter). I have to hold back. Live and learn, right?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

The evaluation and recognition of peer influence, something that is not only prevalent but inherent in social media, is something that help empower and sustain your communities AND increase your staff capacity. Giving permission to the community to have conversations without you requires trust. Let’s discuss! What do you think?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Social media can play many important roles in your student prospecting efforts— from knowing what prospective students care about to recruitment to enrollment. By listening to what your prospective students are saying on social media, you can better understand which issues resonate and why. Social Listening – Tune into Your Audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

  It included two excellent case studies and social media metrics- one on ASPCA and the other Georgia Tech.   The notion that you can manage your reputation through social media gets you into trouble.   " She talked about the importance of measuring your social media efforts.   Social media? 

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

You have zero control over Facebook and its ever-changing policies. Those donations will come via a third party, most likely Network for Good. Successful campaigns make your followers feel good and trust you, even if they don’t give. Again, not ideal. And then there is the nature of Facebook. Also frustrating.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 24, 2012

Employees have access to powerful tools, applications and networks at home, and expect that same access at work. From employee and manager self-service portals to the growing number of social media elements in performance and learning management, the technology employees expect to find in the workplace is changing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2008

Demetrio Maguigad , New Media Manager Community Media Workshop Almost two years ago,  I did a workshop with David Wilcox in Birmingham for LASA. We created a new game version ( Social Media Game ) based on those Drew Mackie and he had developed over the past 10 years. You can find David's training games here.)  

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

How Wikimedia tapped into the wisdom of its network of 100,000 global volunteers to write their strategic plan…and why. Instead, she turned to the 100,000 volunteer network of Wikimedians around the world and asked them: Hey, what would you do? Guest post by Anna Muoio. Doing the Conventional, Unconventionally”.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

Starting off 2010, the monthly #4change Twitter chat focused on the topic of campaigning with social media. Question 1: How do we define campaigning in the context of social media? annanten : social media is here to help you empower your followers with a story to create powerful activists for your cause. realize_ink : Q1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2011

Google sees granular privacy controls as a way to spark more sharing because people will feel more comfortable and not just lurk. According to Warren, Google looked at the mental model of the person who isn’t sharing online and how Google could inspire them to share with more trust and control.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2020

We have access and trust among less likely voters that campaigns can’t compare with. We’re serving our communities year-round, sometimes for decades, and have built our reputations as trusted messengers and caring professionals. Then they can control the people they elect, and put resources back in their community.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

This summer I was lucky enough to do a network training with June Holley. She had a network leadership assessment that asks participants to agree or disagree with statements related to network leadership qualities. There is that moment of fear, as the instructor, when you let go of control and trust your participants.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

From coming up with new ways to get donors to give to creating messaging that resonated with their interests, I spent pretty much every minute of every day thinking about how I could gain donors’ trust and confidence and persuade them to support our organization. A few years have passed, and my thoughts on this score have changed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2009

I just finished the first day of a training on Network Effectiveness for Packard Grantees facilitated by the good folks at Monitor Institute. I wanted to capture some reflections around my burning question: How do you think about using social media effectively along the continuum of open/closed networks?

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2011

Google+ , the latest iteration on social networking from Google, is here. With all of that as a grain of salt to this post, I want to share a few reflections focused on security and control - the items touted ahead of launch as the elements positioning Google+ on the other side of Facebook. We could only see people at our university.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

Founded in 1998, Care2, a B-corporation that works with over 700 nonprofits and has more than 15 million members, defines itself as a social action network. Technology and social networking means, according to Paynter, “Community has never before been more important for organization success.”

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