Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

NpTech Conversations Convio Opens Up API Jason at DIA summarizes the posts and the bigs news in the nptech field this last week - Convio Releases An Open API. NTEN's Call for NTC Sessions - Deadline October 24th. Need to catch up last week's ROI conversations so you can jump in - start here. blog thought it was cool too.

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MARCH 15, 2009

Proving ROI to your managers. Tags: NPTech sxswnp roi measurement sxsw. Some of the issues our poets raised: Combining qualitative and quantitive data. Using measurement as a learning tool. Whether or not online mom communities are mean. So if you missed it, here it is!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

NpTech Talk. And Congrats to Michele Murrain for joinging NTEN board !). NpTech Software. Travis August tags this announcement from TechSmith, makers of SnagIt and Camtasia, about Mac development. This one via NTEN and Neighborhood Networks Conference and this one via the nonprofit blog exchange. Social Web.

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JANUARY 14, 2009

Beth Kanter and NTEN have spent almost a whole year working on the We Are Media project, and we've learned a few important things. How would you measure the ROI of the video? . There are some emerging companies working their way toward tracking this third dimension of social media ROI. Flickr Photo: zadro. social media.

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MARCH 20, 2009

Flickr: cwalker71 The 2009 Women Who Tech panels were announced this week, and we're glad to see so many NTEN members representing the women who nptech! Fellow Aussie NTEN member David Jacquier has already made the long trip to the US to attend the SxSW conference in Austin. That's a long flight, y'all!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Clean1982 The NpTech Tag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. Jonathan Coleman is the featured Changemaker at Change.org ( hat tip NTEN roundup). Do you remember the Grasshopper and the Ant Fable ?

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

about the early days and evolution of nptechies working with the web, and you'll probably see some names your recognize, including current and past NTEN members like Ami Dar of Action Without Borders/Idealist.org. NTEN member organization MPower rebrands itself as Orange Leap (and NTEN's Holly Ross appreciates it ).

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MARCH 6, 2009

Flickr Photo: _ES Amy Sample Ward lays out 5 strategic steps for measuring the ROI of social media for your organization. What do you know, NTEN made the news! NTEN members rock when it comes to being generous with their awesomeness!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Most NpTech blogs are high school level. One hopes that nonprofits deciding to roll their own social networks, aren't creating their own social silos and have gone into it with a solid strategy, clear objectives and measurable metrics , and can evaluate the ROI. Oh, I so want a NTEN baseball cap !) What do you think?

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MARCH 16, 2009

Fellow NTEN members Green America (formerly Coop America) helped guide Peter to a wind-powered provider. Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer host a weekly NTEN Office Hour they call "NTEN Water Cooler Chat", every Thursday at 3pm ET. Tags: NPTech community buzz online fundraising nten members.

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JANUARY 21, 2009

Today was the first webinar in the Storytelling & Social Media series from NTEN and TechSoup Global. Today’s webinar focused on the building blocks of social meda; things like tagging, RSS and how to get started finding the conversations taking place online. tags: nonprofit nptech ). How do you create a tag?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

NTEN and Jossey-Bass/Wiley is hosting the " Online NTC ," a 2-day online conference based on the book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. I'm honored to have a chapter in the book about ROI and you can hear geek out about it here. A free copy of the NTEN book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission ($40 value).

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

Given the multiplicity of nonprofit-related examples -- including the past 2 issues of NTEN Connect -- crowdsourcing may very well be (part of) the future of nonprofit problem solving. Social Media ROI: " If you're spending more time counting than you are doing, has your ROI focus run amok? And the future of Old Spice Man?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

If you haven't been attending the Storytelling & Social Media series , presented by Techsoup Global and NTEN, you've been missing out! . Danielle Brigida from NTEN Member organization NWF gave a great introduction to using social news and bookmarking tools to help "create buzz" for your organization's news and issues.

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2009

Holly Ross of NTEN. Check out these awesome panels: Social Media ROI. Tags: NPTech NTEN WWT. Shireen Mitchell of Digital Sistas. Deanna Zandt. Rebecca Moore of Google Earth Outreach. and so much more. When : May 12, 2009. Panels run from 11AM EDT to 6PM EDT. Where : Everywhere via phone and web.

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JANUARY 22, 2009

We also invite you to join us for the remaining webinars in the NTEN and TechSoup Global Social Media & Storytelling Webinar Series : Podcasting (1/28/2009, 11am PT) Presented by: Corey Pudhorodsky. Social Media ROI (2/18/2009, 11am PT) Presented by: Beth Kanter . Social Media ROI (2/18/2009, 11am PT) Presented by: Beth Kanter .

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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2010

A hashtag is similar to other web tags: it is metadata that helps add tweets to a category. Hashtags have the 'hash' or 'pound' symbol (#) preceding the tag.: Just as you might tag a Web bookmark in a social bookmarking site such as the now defunct Xmarks.com and Del.icio.us traffic, #followfriday, #hashtag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Submitted by Holly Ross, publisher of NTEN Your job isn't going to exist in a few years, and it ain't the economy's fault. The ReadWriteWeb report has a price tag, but it's well worth it if you're really considering these issues. Is the ROI all about the web metrics? Blame it on social media. Chief among them: who does it?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

NTEN is very lucky that Dahna Goldstein, founder of PhilanTech , wrote the chapter "Managing Technology Change" in our about-to-be-published book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. Tags: NPTech bev magda dahna goldstein NTEN change management 09NTC. I could not agree more.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Women Who Tech’s thought provoking virtual panels offer the latest resources and tools for launching a successful startup, tools and apps to build your online community, Social Media ROI, and more. ROI of Social Networking. Tags: NPTech womenwhotech WWT IT Staff. Among the sessions: Launching Your Own Startup.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2009

Nonprofits in the study segmented in some pretty interesting ways, increasing their ROI along the way. Tags: Advocacy benchmarks email Fundraising m+r marketing metrics newsletters NPTech NTEN. Will gift size increase with an economic turnaround? Small is the new big. We're increasingly savvy in our list segmentation.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

More in-depth, financial metric focused ROI, perhaps in a Roundtable discussion format. ROI on Fundraising Metrics -- fundraising sessions need to incorporate concrete fundraising metrics, even when focus is communications strategy. Categorize/tagging sessions or content for organization size or type. Change Management.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

If there's one thread that runs through nearly every discussion in the NTEN community, it's something like: "How do I convince folks higher up the ladder that this is worth pursuing?" " We hear a lot of answers, answers that involve ROI, patience, and the like. Flickr: elyob. I've dished out plenty of platitudes myself.

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MARCH 26, 2009

Do you think I can keep up with this NTEN webinar or that conference session on this topic?" How do I measure the effectiveness (ROI) of social media? Here are some additional resources geared specifically to the nonprofit application of social media: NTEN eNews article: Developing a Social Media Plan: Lessons from 2008 Elections.

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NTEN

APRIL 3, 2009

Holly posted a video of the Nonprofit ROI Poetry slam at SXSW. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like. Epicurious has one listing seasonal produce available in your area by month. (If If you have an iPhone, you can get an app that takes it one step further , with links to nearby farmers markets.). Geek poetry.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

It’s all about your return on your engagement; Return on Engagement (ROE) is the new Return on Investment (ROI). Tags: NPTech NTEN. Technology offers an assortment of ways to engage with supporters, and nonprofits are becoming aware of this. 1] Bango Annual Mobile Usage Study, Feb 2010. [2]

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MAY 13, 2009

The ReadWriteWeb report has a price tag, but it's well worth it if you're really considering these issues. Is the ROI all about the web metrics? I loved the report so much I twisted MarshallK 's arm -- OK, I just asked -- and he gave us three copies to give away free to NTEN members!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I also plan to continue blogging about these topics - focusing on writing in-depth thought pieces as well as aggregate and summarize the best thinking in the nptech field. Return on Reflection: This inquiry won't be all number crunching because you really miss the value of a ROI analysis. I wrote the chapter on ROI.

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2010

Tags: 10NTC michael hoffman NPTech see3 Social Media Web Sites Communications. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010? The widespread adoption of social media is clearly the most important trend for nonprofit technology in 2010. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

John Bell of the 360 Digital Influence Blog says " It's Time for Measurement of Social Media " which looks at the ROI and identifies some success metrics. It made me think of Dave Winer's post about digital preservation and the nptech history wiki. Hat tip to Paul Hyland. Ruby is talking about digital preservation and blogs.

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AFP Blog

MAY 22, 2007

their session “The ROI Question: Demonstrating the Value of Technology to Your Organization” at the NTEN 2007 Nonprofit. Tags: 07NTC NPtech.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! Tags: beth kanter NPTech sxsw.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

ROI -- or Return on Investment -- is a pre- and/or post-evaluation process and analysis of three factors: benefits, costs, and value of a specific technology purchase over time. ROI can help your organization avoid a technology purchase that is a huge mistake or avoid not investing in a technology that could return many dividends.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Measuring ROI. The trick to demonstrating real ROI for a social media effort is to account for both. Tags: nancy schwartz NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications. Some great insights came in via Twitter and in the conference chat. Personal v. Professional. Multiple Voices. Managing Chaos. Managing Chaos.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. It seems like "integration" has joined "strategy," "social media" and "ROI" as part of a family of words that we all agree are important to online fundraising campaigns but everyone seems to use slightly differently.

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MAY 27, 2010

It's just one step away from looking at ROI. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications. Egg Timer: Track your time, because working on social media can give you ADOLAS : AD - Oh Look, A Squirrel! If you track your time and have specific tasks, you know what you're getting from your time investment.

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