Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. Nonprofits, support groups, and nonprofit professionals have found their homes on Ning. s Ning site began as a way to solve a very practical solution???keeping

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

It recently launched a ning site - a branded social network for its community of nonprofits. Tell me a little about your organization's social media strategy for its ning (branded social network) site? s Ning online strategy began as a way to solve a very practical solution???keeping Why did you select ning?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 16, 2010

Countless nonprofits flocked to Ning to create social networks. Since I’m not a social media guru, I’ve generally kept my opinions about this to myself. But now that Ning isn’t free anymore , I’m going to carp some. Or is it free because it is a start up in search for a business model (Ning)?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2009

I finally got a chance to meet Manny Hernandez, author written the " Ning for Dummies Book." He is founder of The Diabetes Hands Foundation, a non profit that operates two niche social networks for people touched by diabetes: TuDiabetes (in English, with close to 8,200 members) and EsTuDiabetes. Photo in Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

Andy Carvin launched the Gustav Information Center on Ning, and through social networks, word is spreading fast - the hash tag #gustav is being used. As we wait for Gustav to hit, Tom Watson gives us reflection about social media and Katrina -- How will the use of social media and with Gustav may it different this time.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Ning is a powerful tool that allows you to not only create a dynamic, easy to update website, but its functionality allows your community to create accounts, share information, connect with you and other people in your community and work collaboratively. Learn what it takes to get a Ning site set-up and the resources needed to keep it going.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 10, 2007

I have a personal request for all you Ning and social networking experts out there. They are using Ning to build a social network and need some help setting it up to meet their needs, for example, they'd like to incorporate LinkedIn on the site. They are looking for general social networking advice as well.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 22, 2009

Social Actions , the platform that makes it easy for individuals and organizations to share actions across the web, has just launched it’s Ning-powered social network: My.SocialActions. It’s built on Ning, so it has some features you’re probably familiar with, too. Check it out on My.SocialActions.com.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 7, 2009

Changeblogger Ning Network I've also set up a Ning network for Changebloggers, people who use their blogs, podcasts and vlogs to make positive change. years of BlogHer's Nonprofits and Social Change section. They have recently added a social networking component, so feel free to friend me there as well.

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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? Ning/Yahoo/Google. Where are the conversations? Communities. What to listen for: brand.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report provides some incredible data on how 11K+ nonprofits are using social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others. Are nonprofits raising any money on social networks? Facebook is the most popular commercial social network for nonprofits. Big Picture Data.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 26, 2008

Changeblogger Ning social network to connect with other changebloggers. Since then, a number of different changeblogger tools, communites and events have been created which I encourage you to join, and to invite others to join: 1. Changeblogger Facebook to connect with other changebloggers. 1st D.C.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

But what about taking an inventory of your social media tools? If you use Delicious , the social bookmarking tool, you can view all of your tags and how many items have been bookmarked to each of them. Social Actions. Social Actions is an aggregator of 50+ social action-related sources across the web. Communities.

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Care2

JANUARY 3, 2011

However, there is a new class of free agent out there, specific to social networks: " the free agent community.". The free agent community exists on a social network and decides, as a group, to raise funds for an unafilliated nonprofit organization. Three recent independent social community fundraisers underscore these points.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Note from Beth: Last May, Mark Pescue published a provocative essay called the "Tower and the Clouds" which talked about the tension between working in traditional, hierarchical nonprofits and the "cloud" like behavior of working with social media. As of today TuDiabetes has almost 10,800 members and EsTuDiabetes has almost 5,400.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) Jon Stahl pointed me to a great article , also about opening up the social graph.

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NTEN

MAY 10, 2010

Remember those halcyon days of yore when the phrase "social networking" was suffused with golden light? Let's create a Ning site! If your organization isn't measuring the results of its social media initiatives, you may be wasting time and effort. New fundraising campaing? Try Causes! Need to build community?

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

It offers a very nice blend of social networking and web content management functionality, and is very customizable. The BuddyPress plug-in takes it further and provides many of the common social networking features. It approximates the “out of the box” functionality of Jive, and integrates a significant suite of tools.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

It offers a very nice blend of social networking and web content management functionality, and is very customizable. The BuddyPress plug-in takes it further and provides many of the common social networking features. It approximates the “out of the box” functionality of Jive, and integrates a significant suite of tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Social Innovation Conversations in an initiative of the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Social Innovation Conversations is also part of the Conversations Network , an online platform for podcast distribution. At first, I was to scream - oh no not another social networking platform!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 19, 2010

As you might know, almost a year ago, I made a big change in my use of social media – I segregated my social graph – work related stuff moved to LinkedIn and Twitter, and personal friends only on Facebook. I won’t be using the 1/2 dozen or social media accounts that I have. And, I’ll still be blogging.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Is your organization using niche networks as part of its social media strategy? What is a niche social network? . A niche social network is an online community drawn together by a shared location, demographic, or interest -- or combination of the three. Examples of niche social networks include: .

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Marc Andreessen, who is, of late, connected to Ning, has a great blog entry with details. Google has a number of partners, including social network sites like LinkedIn, Friendster and Ning, as well as Salesforce, which does have very interesting implications given the increasing use of Salesforce in the nonprofit sector.

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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 for today, our focus is on social networking sites.  And perhaps nonprofits?) Office Life : How To Befriend The Boss On Facebook.

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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?" If you have a do-good project, or a small nonprofit that you want to promote, fundraise for, or build an online community around using social media, your first step is to create a plan. How much time do I have to spend on social media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

com, Connie Reece, Social Media Club and Frozen Pea Fund, Beth Kanter Moderator: Allyson Kapin, Women Who Tech and Rad Campaign. Later today, I am speaking on a panel at the WomenWhoTech Conference. Hot Or Not? 5:15 PM EST Twitter! Panelists share their opinions on the latest trends in Web 2.0 Panelists: Heather Holdridge, Care2.com,

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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? So, how can you quantify - as close as possible - the amount of time it takes to put social media in practice with good results? In A Museum? It's so hard and you could cop out with "It depends."

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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. Sharing Your Story Social Media Style. What are the best getting started tips for using Ning or LinkedIn for community building or sharing knowledge?

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 1, 2015

Big data has become a topic of interest due to the large quantities of data (and meta data) now captured, stored, bought and sold as a result of the digital age in which we live, especially via eCommerce and social media. Cleaning / cleansing – [KLEE-ning] / [KLEN-zing], noun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g. On Facebook, about 39.9%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

It was a great opportunity to hear from consultants the questions, concerns, and challenges of their clients face related to social media in a strategic planning context. Thom was kind enough to do an interview with me about their ning use that I will publish in the next few days). My slides and other resources are on the wiki.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2010

I finally met Devon Smith face-to-face who writes the awesome 24 Usable Hours blog , a must read on theatres and social media at our New York City book launch event hosted by Demos last month. He’s been at the center of the Social Media Diabetes community. Devon Smith. I like point 5 about interns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

He set up a Ning site Hurricane Information Center. That is until Hurricane Ida slammed into El Salvador killing 91 people as of this writing. It is now headed towards the gulf coast of the US. This site worked much like Katrina Aftermath , with aggregations of content generated by the public, news orgs and govt agencies.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 12, 2010

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is now up – you can check it out and join the conversation there ; or read the repost below! —— Last year I used the metaphor of “ gardening vs landscaping &# to outline some of the key attributes I believe make for successful community building, on or offline.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I hear people suggesting building their own social networking website. There are new types of software being developed all the time (like, for instance, the new crop of “ Social Network Management Systems &# both open source and SaaS, like Ning.). I even occasionally still hear tell of organizations who want custom CRMs.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 2010

My latest Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion piece is up and copied below. It’s because this is another example of how our tools are defining community. ( Last month’s post focused on that topic using Causes, Ideablob and Ning as references for the conversation.) You can read and comment on the original post here.

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See3

JULY 13, 2009

The organizer is TuDiabetes.com.com, the niche social networking site for people affected by diabetes. TuDiabetes.com is built on the white-label social networking platform Ning , and Manny wrote the book on it. He really wrote the book on Ning. That’s not just an expression.

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