NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Every org is different and must build its community to work toward its own goals and mission. But we want to give nonprofits with limited resources access to quality tools and training that will allow them to build a house social network even if they don’t have a big budget or a social networking guru on staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2009

Carie Lewis, HSUS Social Networking Maven I just discovered that Carie Lewis of HSUS has a blog ! Staff - prominent people in your org, like your CEO. Better yet, she shared her listening techniques. She uses Igoogle which is a really easy, simple way to set up a dashboard. Here's what she is listening for: .

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

But, despite these numbers, for most organizations and causes raising money via social media is still a hard thing to do. Whether you are already using Facebook for your organization or not, this is a good place to go to learn more about how to use the social networking platform to it's fullest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Mobile Social Networking Tools and Location-Based Communities. Mobile Technology for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. If your nonprofit is considering tapping into mobile technology, my advice to you would be to start a with a mobile website and then expand from there.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2010

For the companies themselves, this relationship also presents their marketing departments with numerous opportunities to embrace cause marketing and corporate social responsibility. I was very glad to see that every company listed below is doing some good for nonprofits and social causes.What do you think? 3) LinkedIn. 4) MySpace.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Organization: The Nature Conservancy. Organization Size: +1 million members, +3800 staff. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2007

Org charts, like maps, aren't given the attention they should be, especially in large institutions. Granted, they can be logistical nightmares to maintain, but for many employees they are the only way to visualize and potentially connect individuals across the organization. Org charts are not just about putting people in their place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

I am curious about how the network activity becomes part of (or relates to) the organizational activity. Are people just letting things evolve organically w/the presumption that the FB network activity will lead people to other involvement with their organization? It happens one person at a time.

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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. Presence on Commercial Social Networks. Existence of a House Social Network.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Don't get me wrong, I think it's great for other organizations. If an org has 5,000 employees, Chatter is a fantastic way for folks from one side of the building to keep up with what's happening on the other side. These new offerings bring Chatter outside an org without additional cost. There's a big Chatter component to it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2011

Google is discouraging it , but announced that they were going to roll out a pilot to test the organization/brand experience and invited people to apply. Nonprofit techies organized a protest on Facebook. Hope they include a nonprofit. Ah, an opportunity for reflection! Dislike of Facebook isn’t enough to move people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. Take advantage of that information. Make it fun. The Case Study.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Facebook is pretty picky about what you can and cannot do on their platform, but the available tools and options are beginning to shift as they test what works for people and orgs, and what doesn''t. This is only for individuals, and not for organizations, or Pages. Social Networking Trends Web 2.0' The downside?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2013

According to a Pew Internet report in mid-2012, over half of American adults older than 65 are using the Internet and email, and about a third of them are using social networking sites like Facebook as well. Never give financial information online, as legitimate agencies or organizations would never request this information as such.

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NTEN

AUGUST 26, 2010

proprietary, sessions for small orgs and sessions for large orgs. Since we're an organization that's also run by a woman, we're very glad to partner every year with with the Women Who Tech Telesummit. ROI of Social Networking. It's a balancing act -- literally. Oh, and women vs. men presenters. Female Ferocity.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

What really excites me about the result is the lesson it can teach advocacy and nonprofit organizations across the country. They broke all sorts of fundraising records, and did most of it with donations under $100. for Charities by Ted Hart, James M. Greenfield, and Sheeraz D. Haji, donated by Jossey-Bass/Wiley Publishers.

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Care2

MAY 27, 2009

While we’ve seen explosive growth in use of social networks ( NYT reported last week that time spent on social networks has exceeded that of emai l ) many organizations are asking how do you effectively deploy a social media strategy and what is the return on investment (ROI)?

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Care2

AUGUST 2, 2010

org blog to complement our long-form e-news articles. But as we’ ve been deluged by social media tools, I’m concerned to see nonprofit marketers forsake the basics to do a ll social media, a ll the time. Tags: Online Marketing Social Networking Trends. It’s incredibly seductive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Note from Beth: As visiting scholar at the Packard Foundation, I'm connecting with other people who are studying and learning about how networks work. A lot of the ideas resonate with using online social networks and social media effectively for nonprofits, especially in the larger frame of movement building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2010

The conversational starter was “How much of a networked nonprofit is your organization?&# Several people raised stood up and said they worked for Networked Nonprofits. These were all organizations that worked with younger people and youth activism or those just about to launch a new nonprofit.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

I think that Twitter is, in many ways, a harbinger of the future – I think eventually, a lot of things that happen between people over the net will work a lot like twitter, even if it’s not actually twitter – social networks carrying short snippets of people’s thoughts, ideas and events. Sure, why not.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

” When considering your social media content (and really all content for that matter), always be mindful of how you are representing your organization. ’” Maybe WWJD doesn’t apply to your org, but try WWFD or “What Would our Founder Do?” “I might wonder ‘WWJD?’

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 18, 2010

I often talk about individuals when I’m discussing the way social media can be used to support organizations. Because social media may be about networks, communities, and collaboration; but it is only possible because of the dynamic and powerful tools individuals are using. Not bad, but nothing fantastic.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2009

As times change and online marketing and the use of social media become even more important to nonprofits, this is an especially keen observation to remember. Tags: Marketing Online Activism Online Fundraising Online Recruitment Running Your Organization Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2011

The webinar, hosted by Jayne Cravens and Erin Barnhart , focused on four tools to use with volunteers — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and blogs — with an emphasis that the recommendations could be adapted for any social networking tool, including those that may replace these four as most popular in the future. Why Twitter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Behind the Scenes Experimentation with Social Gaming for Social Good from HandsOn Network by Jessica Kirkwood. The explosion of online networking encouraged us to ask how we could do more, achieve greater scale and, ultimately, greater impact. Our affiliates organize projects for more than 2 million volunteers each year.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Two-thirds of Americans get at least some of their news on social media and those platforms prioritize video content because it commands attention. The original DIY video platform, YouTube, is now the world's second largest social network and search engine. You’re able to essentially have a live studio in your house.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2011

Compiled and organized by Kristy Graves, @kg. Our guest was Nasser Asif, Marketing Director of @See3 , a leading nonprofit communications agency , with a special knack for helping organizations tell and personalize stories. Organize locally, upload pics and videos, and share global." - @techsoup. read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

Deepen relationship through custom apps that improve on org activites (event fundraising, petitions). The Save Darfur Coalition asks to organize events, vigils. EMcD @ kanter At @ carepages we enabled members to share their stories offline (local media, support groups, religious organizations) MandyGRS @ kanter.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

So if your nonprofit is trying to reach this group of people, social media is the way to do it. As I mentioned in my last blog post , I went to the Salsa Community Conference last week, and one of the sessions I attended was Small Organizations and Social Media: When is it Worth the Time and Effort? Is your org on Pinterest?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

LinkedIn , the professional social networking site that boasts more than 100 million members, just added a new profile feature : Volunteer Experiences and Causes. The information for each listing includes the name of the organization, volunteer role, cause area (like human rights or children), dates and description.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

Three years ago, in the wake of the devastating storm, social media and others started organizing online. This time, online organizing efforts using social media are happening before the storm hits. For coordinating online volunteer efforts, he has set up a social network called the Gustav Information Center.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 20, 2017

Peer-to-peer fundraising or P2P fundraising is a style of fundraising where an organization recruits supporters to solicit donations from their friends and family on behalf of that nonprofit. Just think of all the different organizations raising money to end cancer… you see my point. Source: Millennial Impact Report ]. There are 1.8M

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

The Web is still its own silo in many organizations. When nonprofits started using the web, it was largely disconnected from what the rest of the org was doing. In a follow up email, she asked what might be different about the adoption issues for social media? What lies beneath the use of these social media tools?

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

Communications Makeoever: Take an organization, review their communications strategy and make it over in light of new technologies. Could be a great engagement piece for reaching new organizations or those who haven't attended.? If you build it, they will come, does not apply to social networking. "I built it.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2013

The nonprofit could then send a Snap back with a coupon code for merchandise from your org. With any social network, always use discretion when sending information to staff, constituents, or clients. Do you use Snapchat personally or within your organization? Is it Really Gone Forever? TechCrunch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

I run the org???s m a self-proclaimed social networking junkie. ABOUT THE ORG The HSUS is the nation???s s largest and most powerful animal protection organization. m the Internet Marketing Manager for The Humane Society of the United States. and online advertising campaigns. Our mission is ???celebrating

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