Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

How networked nonprofits use twitter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Social networking Twitter analytics social media. GraphEdge is a tiny company with a new social analytics tool that's primarily designed for organizational use, rather than individuals, and nonprofits may want to grab a free trial while it’s still available. Here's why.( read more ).

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 13, 2010

That's why Pamela Grow has organized #smNPchat, a weekly Twitter chat designed to help small nonprofits with fundraising and marketing questions.( read more ).

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

That’s part of the key to success when using Twitter for a Global conversation. Using Twitter search or other tools, you can watch news and updates about the election in Iran by using #IranElection; or, find interesting people to follow and connect with using #FollowFriday to peruse the recommendations that pile up on Fridays.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Twitter: twitter.com/PanCAN , twitter.com/Advocate4PanCAN. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 6, 2009

About the event: Already Twitter, Facebook, and the rest are revolutionizing the business and marketing of social impact. Followers become funders, messages become movements, and social networks beget social change. Follow the conversation on Twitter (the Hashtag is #TiESE ). Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

If you don’t have the time (or patience) to wade through a constant stream of Twitter updates, looking for items of use and interest among the chit-chat, here’s an efficient and easy-on-the-eyes way to get on-topic tweets.( read more ).

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 20, 2009

For some time, Twitter users have been able to publish their Twitter updates automatically to Facebook. On August 20, Facebook announced a new feature allowing Facebook Pages to automatically feed status updates, photos, links, notes and events to Twitter. Now, Facebook is returning the favor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2010

Nonprofits and their adoption of social media has created an interesting, albeit interdependent relationship with large companies like Google, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr. 5) Twitter. Twitter launched Hope140.org Twitter also has a Charity Suggested User List. potential consumers).

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2009

This week there has been quite a flurry of news for Twitter and Facebook. This will allow you to search social media profiles from your friends on social media networks connected to your Google profile. Bing, Facebook and Twitter now together. Tags: Tools bing facebook google twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

What : An important part of your social media strategy should be listening for people and organizations who are talking about the issues you want to discuss.How do you know which networks will be most effective to reach your goals? Twitter: even if you don’t want to engage on it, you need to be listening there. Communities.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The final installment of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays tweetchat series, an interactive companion to its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , covered the topic of tagging. Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2009

The tool is quite fascinating because it combines a light weight social network analysis (see this page. to learn more about the methodology) of your twitter friends with search. Marshall's post will shows the top five people I'm having conversations with on Twitter and who respond to me: 1. What effect do they have? silkcharm.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 23, 2009

The front-page headlines read " Hacker steals Twitter's confidential documents ," but the real story isn't about Twitter — it's that the stolen documents were stored online, "in the cloud." IT staff can require employees to change their network passwords regularly. IT can disable email and network accounts for former employees.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 28, 2009

It’s great to interact with others around the world in social networks — to learn what other organizations are doing, and to reap fresh ideas for your own nonprofit — but what a many small nonprofit often needs most is to connect with potential volunteers and supporters in your own community. read more ).

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NCE Social Media

MAY 28, 2010

According to Google’s ad planner , social network sites now account for more than 50% of all unique website visitors. This list, which is based on April 2010 data, “excludes adult sites, ad networks, domains that don’t have publicly visible content or don’t load properly, and certain Google sites.&#

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tagging Discussion January 6, 2007 Beth started a cross-blog discussion about tagging and folksonomies, and I thought I’d weigh in. What do those guidelines look like?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

What this created was a chance for people who use Twitter to come together offline to create community. It is for the community, by the community, all thanks originally to Twitter. If you are targeting your online network, you need to have an online space for interested participants to sign up, learn more, and connect with each other.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

You’ll be able to leverage the popularity of these networks to help you recruit new members to your organization. Thankfully, many social media networks will have mechanisms that will allow you to have a private conversation. on Twitter and $5.26 To do this, there are a few simple tricks that you’ll need to use. on LinkedIn.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 29, 2010

Christopher Fabian has a great blog post up on the MobileActive blog about the way the #1MillionShirts idea emerged and grew via social media, especially Twitter, this week. The power in the network is incredible. Tags: case studies events 1millionshirts development international mobileactive twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2015

My most engaged follower on Twitter this past week is Jennifer Preston. If you want to create value from your online professional network or your organization’s followers, you need to know your network, engage with your network, and build relationships. Jennifer was observing and tweeting during the session. (If

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This was the launch of a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. Networked NGOs and Social Media Integrated Into Organizational Communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2010

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in Twitter chat series #socialmedia. They also ask the moderator to do the same – this leverages the hosts network. The beauty of Twitter is that you can do a little bit of network weaving to bring other people in the thread. What was the experience?

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Let’s look at Twitter, for example.( Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Social networking Twitter analytics social media. The importance of measuring the effects of your organization’s social media outreach is not in question. But what metrics should you track? And what can you do with those numbers? read more ).

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 7, 2009

4Change Chats are hosted on Twitter – Read “ Join the Conversation ” below for ways to jump into the discussion. Where: Twitter (search for #4Change. Starting the Conversations: Here are some questions to consider: How does online discussion and networking connect with and support offline action? Details: Date: Oct, 8th.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

However, just because your nonprofit has an active Facebook doesn’t mean you can automatically utilize Twitter or LinkedIn effectively. Each platform has its unique set of uses and capabilities, reaching different kinds of networks. Get People Talking on: Twitter. Facebook is the most popular platform, boasting nearly 1.8

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Social networking Twitter maps application search social media. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Web 2.0 How can a small nonprofit organization, with limited time and resources for social media, find the right people to connect with in that microblogging crowd? Try your TPS.( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

After Marc finished reading the Networked Nonprofit , he was curious about crowdfunding and free agents, chapters in our book. This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. But consider the following: Networking. Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Allison Fine and I have been thrilled with the reception that our book, The Networked Nonprofit , has received. Networked Nonprofits: The Eva Longoria Case Study by Mark Drapeau, shares some examples and thoughts about Networked Nonprofits and free agent fundraisers. Tags: Promotions. And that’s just October!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Note from Beth: I’ve learned a lot about how to cultivate your professional network so it returns value by reading Porter Gale’s Your Network is Your Networth over the summer. It is about how you cultivate and develop your network. The other day I witnessed the result of feeding and tuning a network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2010

The last chapter of the Networked Nonprofit is on networked governance. There were no examples – so the last chapter of the book is speculative, based on the best thinking of the people who have looked at networked governance. But getting to networked governance governance is a big step.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

For me, this week, it’s Twitter 101 for Nonprofits. In brief, here’s what the presentation covers: What is Twitter and where did it come from? In brief, here’s what the presentation covers: What is Twitter and where did it come from? How does Twitter work? How big is the Twitter.( read more ).

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 31, 2009

A Wild Apricot reader left a comment on our post about how to publish your Facebook Page to Twitter, asking: “Is there an application out there to update a Facebook Fan Page’s status from Twitter?” The short answer is, yes, there are several ways you can do this. Here are three different tools that will do the job.( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

This is an interesting social media networks fundraiser that asks donors to stop using Twitter or Facebook for a day (November 1st) to call awareness and financial support for autism. Social network users have become reliant and even addicted to platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Tags: Housekeeping.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 16, 2010

But what of those Twitter users who link to yourwebsite or blog post without specifically using your group’s name? sure, Google can catch those references if you’ve set up a news alert for your website domain name – but not if the tweeter uses one of the shortened URLs that are ubiquitous on Twitter.( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

Networked Nonprofit: Care2 Webinar. Join Allison Fine and me on June 21st at 1-2 PM PST/4-5 PM EST for the launch of The Networked Nonprofit published by Jossey-Bass. One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2010

Notes About Networks and Technology View more presentations from Beth Kanter. One of the most enjoyable activities as visiting scholar at the Packard Foundation is being able to participate in think tanks on a topic. Most of the ones that I have attended have been convened by Monitor Institute as part of their network practice. .

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