Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2020

The field of AI4Giving is just beginning to take shape with promising new technology platforms helping nonprofits scale and improve their fundraising practices. We are grateful for the generosity and foresight of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in supporting this work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2018

The past year, Twitter has been widely criticized for its role in spreading misinformation , being a Petri dish for hate speech , and how it approaches world leaders use of the platform. Twitter Moments: Twitter moments was rolled out in 2015 as Twitter’s approach to curating breaking news for the platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

What’s making this possible is a new investment platform that has launched this week called SVX.US. The platform will handle a broad range of offering types.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2018

Zuckerberg also addressed the ongoing # DeleteFacebook movement, which has urged social media users to delete their accounts on the platform. “I The privacy issues at the platform and business model level are not a quick fix. I think it’s a clear signal that this is a major trust issue for people, and I understand that.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2018

And the one great thing about social media, particularly Facebook, is that you get to hear from many people wishing you a happy day because the platform alerts them. Zuckerberg said Facebook’s hopes to have people spend less time on Facebook, but if they end up feeling better about using the platform, they will ultimately benefit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

Will the platforms we are all addicted to truly make us more powerful, or will they simply be participation farms? It also analyzes the skills – which are often misunderstand as the ability to use the social network platforms like Facebook. These are key questions of our times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2019

There are many chat bot authoring platforms that make it easy for anyone to create a bot without requiring the technical expertise in natural language programming. There are many chat bot authoring platforms that make it easy for anyone to create a bot without requiring the technical expertise in natural language programming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2017

It makes me miss the optimism from a decade ago about the rise of social media and social network platforms. These insiders are the same engineers who designed and built different features in social media platforms that created our behavior addictions. Makes you wonder what they know that the average user does not?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

In the virtual workplace, being on video conference meetings and communicating via online collaboration platforms takes more energy than working face-to-face. My absolute favorite, which comes from Katy Grennier, DSIL Global , is the dance off that can be done on a video conference platform. That is the dance floor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Most recently, I facilitated this workshop with staff at Lightful , a social media platform for nonprofits based in London where I am currently a senior advisor. The platform is described as a “Slack-first” HR platform designed to help managers proactively combat abuse by fostering collaboration, teamwork, and inclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Online collaboration tools and platforms give nonprofits the opportunity for connectivity and collaboration internally as well as with external stakeholders like volunteers and board members. It is a good idea to update the norms process annually, as you change or add collaboration platforms, or when new staff come on board.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2009

Last week I was in Michigan to do a training for Chapter Leaders of EPIP. We were are all leaving Detroit at different times and the taxi to the airport wasn't exactly cheap.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2023

In 2019, we did a deep dive on AI & Giving to look at the landscape of fundraising tools & platforms using AI and the implications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Lucid Meeting Agenda Templates -Lucid Meeting is a collaboration and meeting platform. Check out their online platform, Luma Workplace , where you can read articles, download templates, and watch instructional videos. Innovating for People Handbook: Design Thinking Methods: A recipe book of human-centered design methods.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2012

I decided it would be worth the effort to create a compelling Camfed collection of images on Pinterest, and I wanted to do it strategically, leveraging the viral nature of the platform. As Pinterest is a sharing platform, using the most attractive images in our arsenal was essential to my strategy.

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to participate in a brainstorming meeting at a foundation that was developing a strategy for its digital platforms (web, social, mobile, etc). The process was facilitated byPeter Maher, founder and CEO, of Luma Institute. What was your experience? Books Strategy'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The platform is described as a “Slack-first” HR platform designed to help managers proactively combat abuse by fostering collaboration, teamwork, and inclusion. Their mission is to provide companies with the AI-driven tools they need to stop inappropriate behavior, bias, bullying, and discrimination in the workplace.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value. Momsrising is an early adopter of online tools currently exploring the Google + platform and discussing it in team meetings. Wait for maturation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2014

What’s the best way to provide people guidance on best practices for utilizing common tools or platforms? Is there a need for an online platform or marketplace for people to learn and contribute skills, see examples, and download guides? People are overwhelmed by the number of digital tools available.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

As a board, we launched our campaign, today, on GivingTuesday using the crowdfunding platform CauseVox. The platform lets us set up own landing page and reach out to our networks customizing the ask.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Tried and True Platforms. Early returns show robust embrace of social media’s tried and true platforms like Facebook (used regularly by more than 92% of respondents) Twitter (@55%) and YouTube (@40%). More than 25% remain “daunted by the technical aspects” of managing digital communications across various platforms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2014

LCF has built a dynamic network of Latino nonprofit leaders through its advocacy platform, the California Latino Agenda and has engaged a powerful group of female donors through the Latina Giving Circle. We also discovered that the choice of a platform is key important and it has to be user-friendly for your donors to navigate and use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2011

On Friday, I tripped down the rabbit hole of Google + field test with many other social media early adopters and nonprofit technology (#nptech folks) who were kicking the tires. Google + is Google’s new social sharing platform. This crowd hangs out on different platforms — and we manage to find each other.

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MARCH 21, 2017

In the book, we also talk about technology wellness in the nonprofit workplace, but I have been looking forward to an opportunity to go deeper on how teams of people in nonprofits can avoid technology overload caused by collaboration platforms and process. Clearly define workflow for online collaboration platforms and training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2016

Early on Give Local America Day , reports of slow page loads and server crashes started to trickle in from a couple of community foundations hosting Giving Days using the Kimbia platform. The technical glitches escalated into an epic fail and shut down of all Give Local America campaigns across the country using the Kimbia platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2011

But remember, the platform is in its infancy and the culture, features, and use cases are unfolding before our eyes. I’ve been an early adopter of online platforms since 1992. Before I can provide guidance to a nonprofit on a new platform, I need to get in play with it. Imagine impromptu small group discussions. #5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The Skills Platform and Zoe Amar have created the Social Media Toolkit to aid professionals within the charity and third sectors. But, Dave Evans, the Skills Platform’s product manager and Zoe felt that something was missing – a toolkit that helps pull everything together. I’m thrilled to have contributed a chapter.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Recently, we have been exploring a fascinating topic that is not only close to our hearts, but very timely due to burnout in the nonprofit sector – empathetic leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the tsumani in Japan in 2011, the Ushahidi platform was used to organize emergency responses in real-time. In less than an hour after the 2011 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the Ushahidi platform was used to spotlight areas of refuge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

While social media and connectivity has only made the underbelly of extremes in our society more visible and spreadable, we can’t abandon the platforms. I loved her quote, shared by Twitter for Good: ““The way we defeat fake news is by making the truth louder.”. We need to keep focused on that vision.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Based on the research, they have launched a platform that helps connect practitioners with tools and resources to tell better stories of impact. I particularly like the sections about how to create a culture of storytelling and measurement. Guides for use and measuring impact of platforms like Facebook , Medium , Twitter , and Instagram.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Does Google + have the potential to be a valuable platform for nonprofits or is it just another shiny object to distract nonprofits? My first step with a new platform is to create a “Circle of the Wise” consisting of people who regularly share useful tips and news about the platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

There are platforms that are designed to support design thinking methods such as Mural.Co. Examine the outliers, both with the most or least number of votes. Have people share why they chose or rejected certain items. How do you bring this process online? It does require a learning curve to master in addition to the technique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

This post is brief re-cap about what I learned about technology innovation investments to develop new social media platforms and apps for the Arab World. N2VLabs provides support for the best of the best Arabia geeks who have a promising technology idea or social platform. What Happens at n2vlabs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2018

One of my favorite examples is how international development agency OxFam is using bots internally as part of using Facebook’s “ Workplace for Good ” platform, a free version of Facebook’s internal collaboration tool and a competitor to platforms such as Slack, Hipchat, and Microsoft’s Teams.

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MAY 15, 2020

Virtual Conference/Meeting Software Comparison spreadsheet comparison of different platforms from Giving Tuesday. Creating Connection in a Time of Covid-19 – interview with Nancy White. Virtual Meeting Tools. 111 Tools To Get You Through Pandemic. Robin Good’s Mega List of Online Collaboration Tools. Zoom Tips and Tricks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2016

At CauseVox, a leading peer-to-peer fundraising platform for nonprofits, we believe this shift pours over into the work we do as fundraisers and nonprofit leaders too. All of us have access to our own communication channels (social media platforms, email, recommendation sites, etc.) 3: Donors Hold Power.

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