Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Source: Nielsen Online The We Are Media Festival of Tools is starts the last week of work on the Nonprofit Social Media Toolbox with a focus on social networking tools and widgets and apps.    So far that list includes the big ones like Facebook, Myspace, Ning, and LinkedIn. 

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

By Laura Norvig, Special Librarian, the Resource Center. A robust knowledge sharing network might involve people sharing resources, best practices, worst practices, just-in-time information, quick tips, and deep thinking, all focused on a specific topic. Nptech resources can be found on delicious , flickr , slideshare , and Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

NTEN's WeAreMedia project has been discussing and building six tactical modules on social media - the practical tips and resources you need before you start to focus on the tools. In the last four weeks, the community has shared tips, resources, and case studies to create four awesome tactical modules: Listening is the first step.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

One of the most common questions I'm asked as a social media consultant is, "Which tool is the best?" Are they already tech savvy, or will they need training to use the tools? Many social media tools are free, or low cost to use. A social network like Facebook, LinkedIn, or Ning might be a tool to leverage your talents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Here's a question I get all the time: How much time and resources does it take to implement social media? " It does take more time in the beginning if you're just acquiring the skill with a particular tool. Also, the categories have overlap in terms of tools. Tools to help you participate are Twitter and Co-Comment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

There's a lot of resources, ideas, and discussion over at Stop Cyberbullying Site. If you're at the conference, hand me an index card the URL of a web resource that you discovered in a session or informal conversation, write a brief description, and hand it to me while at the conference. Tools and How They're Used. It's moved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

The widget's resources. Gustav08 on Ning. How do I add a resource? He notes that the social networking tools will allow folks to use it as a place to coordinate volunteer activities. Additional Resources. shelter, looking for someone or are an evacuee. Gustav Wiki. Gustav podcasts from NOAA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2007

ve created an online social network called Stop Cyberbullying using a free tool called Ning. Anyone who joins can post resources and share ideas, including text and video. And perhaps we can use some of our energies that day to discuss what we can do to make online safety a topic that we deal with on a regular basis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2007

If you have not already checked out the ning site that Andy put together, it's here. It's worth reading the discussions for the ideas being suggested as well as for the excellent resources being shared. So, I felt it was appropriate to combine the message with the tool. I will draw on it for my post tommorrow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning. More about social media tools for philanthropy from Tactical Philanthropy. Robin Good has a nice roundup of affordable Web Conferencing Tools and a useful comparison chart in a google spreadsheet. NetSquared. NpTech Talk. " Jason is spot on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

You have early adopters, a big scary chasm, and then more mainstreamed adoption of the tools. This pattern is the same no matter the tools. There are many different tools to support this - from leaving comments on blogs or using twitter. The simple fact is that “ Technology Changes, Humans Don’t."

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

A variety of topics were discussed, including social media metrics, case studies and best practices, tools and applications, and strategy and planning. Institutional entities, like the House Information Resources, appear aware of the need for guidance and are slowly making progress to meeting this need with new rules/policies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. Top Rated Resources at Kikono.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2009

Nonprofit association NTEN , consultants Common Knowledge and social networking software providers ThePort conducted a joint study of nonprofit organization and their use of and attitudes towards social networking tools. Or is it that those are just the easiest tools? Presence on Commercial Social Networks. My question: why is this?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

Most all of these groups are excited and enthusiastic but are coming from the wrong direction: focusing on the tools first. Recognizing which tools are available to your community can make the biggest impact on your project’s success. “It Top Tools for Collaboration. The tool to try: Just communicate by email, privately.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

do you have the budget and resources to build from scratch – and manage? don’t automatically reject free tools like Ning.com. tools like CAPTCHA. – If you use something like Ning does that platform share a part of the liability? do you have an online presence that can be enhanced? The minute it goes up.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

The Tools by Jordan Viator of Convio Social media tools tend to be "bright, shiny objects" with which organizations become enamored. But putting the cart before the horse -- or tools before the strategy -- should be avoided to ensure the effectiveness of your campaigns. Get staff and executive buy-in. Be proactive.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 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!" Nonprofits are facing challenging times with leaner resources. Of course as the Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

First off, I want to thank Andy Carvin for organizing this day and the ning site and leading by example - showing us how to take an issue and integrate the use of new social media tools! He hasn't neglected the traditional tools either - yesterday he and I as well as Elisa Camahort were interviewed on the BBC about this issue.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The program would commence with a registration process which would provide students with access to an online community which would provide age-appropriate resources for the students. Standing User Experience & Design Resources for Web Pilots. Interactive Rich Media Learning Tool for Historical Benefit Info. In a Web 2.0

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