Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

My post over at Katya's blog generated some excellent advice and has also raised many more questions. Have a question: I want to publically acknowledge the names of the donors here on this blog and what I don't know is whether donors opted to be anonymous or not? Results My campaign goal is $750 by December 31, 2006.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Matthew Field. Note from Beth: One of the most common questions I get at workshops or webinars is, “Should our organization be on XYZ social or mobile platform?” Give them a name, find a photo of them on a stock photography site and flesh out their biographical details. How old are they?

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AUGUST 11, 2011

Participants are less likely to give up when they can call and get answers to their questions. June: Extend the reach of your event by having participants add fundraising widgets and badges to their Facebook® profile pages and other web properties, including personal blogs and photo site profiles.

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2011

Many non-profits have embraced features such as forums, blogs, user profiles, and photo/video sharing as a means to extend their reach. Keep it simple: Minimize the number of questions asked in the registration form, and clearly lay out the content you want to capture.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Instagram now supports horizontal and vertical photo formats , removing the restrictions of having to post a square photo, or inserting borders to post more than just square photos. They rolled out their new Moments feature—which some are questioning whether or not it’s a feature that will stick around— to keep people current.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2008

Photo by Leah Jones. Just today, I got a Twitter question from DeafMom asking for advice. (I The next thing now is to add the new AdWords-Style Widget from the Social Actions folks. The widget automatically identifies the keywords on any page and lists social change campaigns related to the stuff you're writing about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

Photo by Christine As you know by now, Hurricane Gustav looks even more destructive than Katrina (see this round up from Lisa Stone, BlogHer , of the news reports and links). The widget's resources. tab also answers the following questions asap: CNN Coverage of Gustav. shelter, looking for someone or are an evacuee.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Photo by Vardhana. On the other side, cause marketing has risen up as a way to sell more products, widgets or even ideas, with a non-profit or altruistic element to drive the program. Could it be that it is not a question of either-or, but rather a question of a continuum?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Swedish-Lesson - (Photo: International Federation of Red Cross/Hakan Flank/VolunteerMatch). The question is what can volunteer coordinators – those who are tasked with the work-a-day chores of volunteer engagement – do to help bring about this transformation? He offered to write a guest post. Here are some examples: Needs Assessment.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Let's begin by asking a question: "Why do donors choose to give money to one worthy cause over another?". Not only does a personalized website give participants a platform to share their story, upload photos, and process secure, online donations, it also helps them easily manage their fundraiser. Upload a personal photo.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Ask these questions: Is there a project you want to get funded for immediate use, before the end of the year or early into next year? Your answers to these questions should help you to determine the type of campaign you want to create, and how you do it. Or add a Twitter widget for all hashtag mentions of your campaign.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2009

Of course, we're going to aggregate photos, videos, blog posts, and various other content tagged "09NTC" But that's just the beginning. As an added bonus, you'll be able to chat YOUR questions to the speakers, and the fantastic folks at ReadyTalk will make sure they get answered! You should totally check it out! >

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2011

Once you've got fresh content, spice it up with a photo or video. On the Web, the best way to engage people is to ask a question. Polling widgets are a fun and simple way to interact with visitors on your site. They're irresistible, particularly simple multiple-choice questions that display a tally of the responses.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

Make sure you have someone armed with a camera to capture photos and videos of every event to show people what you’re all about. Listen for hot topics or questions. If your content can address some of the common questions being asked, then it will be a useful resource for your audience. Use polls to ask a question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2006

So, I decided to use his scale and create a widget poll. Some more questions too. Answer the poll and drop a comment about the other questions. I look at their photos, contact lists, and group membership to see if we have anything in common before making them a contact. Think museum curator versus pawn shop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2010

Photo by Eurleif. Back then, my favorite question was: "What is the cost of a free computer?" Last November, Causes, a popular and free social networking fundraising application, ditched its Myspace widgets and Ideablob closed its doors. I've been working in nonprofit technology since 1992. So, if era of free 2.0

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2009

Tweetup widget from TWTvite 2. Twitter Followers Widget from Widgettropolis 3. Widgetbox Widget displaying all tweets from the official conference Twitter feed 7. Widgetbox Widget displaying all tweets containing the conference hashtag 8. Widgetbox Widget displaying all tweets containing the conference hashtag 8.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Flickr Photo by Key Lime Pie. A Visual Way to Track Participation : Using a timeline application/widget, you can visually track who has added what to your wiki over time. . The wiki serves as a companion to the face-to-face workshops and Dave asks a very good question: How does one keep content this changeable uptodate?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

EXTRA-ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVISTS USING SOCIAL WEB TOOLS Beth Kanter raises $800 for the Sharing Foundation using the ChipIn widget plus her blog , social networks, Flickr and video in 26 days. feed * Starbucks Challenge Map * Starbucks Challenge photos tagged on Flickr NONPROFIT CAMPAIGNS USING MULTIPLE SOCIAL WEB TOOLS ONE Campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Photo by Ezster On Saturday, I attended BlogHer Boston. What I really appreciate is how Jory does such an excellent job of facilitating a large group discussion, weaving audience questions and insights along with panelists' expertise. You can twitter and you don't need your readers to come to twitter to see it by using widgets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Bradlauster Note from Beth: One of the things I love about blogging is the conversation in the comments because it always leads to understanding, insights, and learning. A crowd’s aggregated collective response to a question or challenge creates a perspective or a position. From yesteryear to tomorrow Enter social software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I placed the photo of me wearing my newest Creative Commons T-Shirt on blog - and of course added it to my Facebook profile and on Twitter , you'll see the Creative Commons Logo with a donate message. That's why I also remixed the fundraising widget. to support the monks in Burma. But that's not all.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

A common question is whether to invest time in a Facebook Group or a Page. Use Buttons and the Facebook Fan Widget on your organization's web site to make your audience aware of your page and help them connect with you on Facebook. Also, Facebook has made it easy to extend content onto your page through their widget.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Read our blog about it, check out our literacy micro-site , and tweet with the cool widget we made. What a photo find!! It is a story of literacy, and I hope it will serve as a powerful question for those of us who think about how we can help on an important day like Literacy Day. in Kenya with Mary, 10, circa 2006].

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 21, 2008

That's the question the Nonprofit Technology Conference session, "The Seven Things Everyone Wants: What Freud and Buddha Understood (and We're Forgetting) about Online Outreach," tried to answer. They are collecting questions from supporters about Darfur to include in the video. * Maybe you gave them money. Maybe you did a walk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

Photo UgoTrade Blog. Meanwhile over in the teen grid of Second Life, there was a listening party where teen were gathered to listen to the event and invited to send questions. The flickr stream - photos tagged with macfoundsl and snapzilla stream. Second Life 101 - some great photos. A report about the event from Hastac.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2009

Photo of Chrystie Corns Chrystie Corns is the Social Media Marketing Manager for Where.com , a location-based application chock-full of widgets that deliver essential information about what's around you. Mmm.that's a great question how do I stay sane. It's fascinating and exciting and I love it all. How do keep sane?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

The photo above is an American Alligator that I stared down from an air boat on the St. What are the assessment questions and first steps that an organization should take to determine readiness? How to aggregating and distributing content using tagging and widgets. Alligator on the St. John's River in Florida.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. Seb Chan, of the Fresh + New Blog, raises an interesting question about web site stickness in a web2.0 Fundamentally the question is ???why Jon Stahl's link list points to an article called " The Question " - The number-one question lurking in every executive???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Bev Traynor builds on the list here and reflects on how it isn't quite a yes or not question. Good article from the New York Times about widgets, " Some Bling for Your Blog " and a post on the Yahoo Blog about social media meets fundraising. Have an opinion on any of these topics? tools in their web sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

YouTube, the popular online video-sharing site, and Flickr, an online photo-sharing site, for instance, include social networking. This leaves me some questions. "I think it's been both overhyped and underestimated," Dogster's Rheingold said. sorry Steve) and skill sets. What's need to make a shift towards that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. My screencast on widgets is featured in this month's NTEN newsletter in a section pointing to " How To Build Online Community." I'm so excited!

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Photo Credit: Mini Laptop Club Thanks to Sibley for sending me this fascinating article about "the laptop club"--a group of second and third graders in an afterschool program who designed their own (non-functional) laptops using construction paper, pencils, and a lot of imagination.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Why not join, upload your logo in the photo pool, and write a wall post promoting your latest your Facebook project! The best question to come through the "Ask Your Friends" application on Facebook thjs week is "Have you used Mechanical Turk?" " from Marnie Webb.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 " She points to an interesting web widget from SunLight Labs which adds mini-profiles with links to Member of Congress to your blog or web page when you mouseover the link.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

As I mentioned in my post about " extra-organizational activists" , there are bloggers out there who would love to raise money for your cause: Beth Kanter raised $800 for the Sharing Foundation using the ChipIn widget plus her blog , social networks, Flickr and video in 26 days. Ask them to blog during conference sessions and post photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

The other two included my tagging and widgets screencasts). Flickr photo by Lenz Grimmer. Flickr Photo by Dave Cross. Needs photo of someone holding their head or screaming) So, how to deal with the complexity? The 3 Most Frequently Asked Google Analytics Questions. B: Coffee Machine or Plantation?

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