Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment).

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Research and public policy – 1%. Public media and communications – 0%. 16) GivingTuesday donors say the following communication tools are the most likely to inspire them to give: Email – 35%. Social media – 25%. Twitter – 11%. Human and civil rights / racial justice – 3%.

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Twitter recently announced that they were going to start allowing people who follow your account on Twitter, regardless if you follow them back, to send you direct messages on Twitter. It’s also been reported that you cannot have and weblinks in your Twitter direct messages. What about Facebook?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/womenforwomen. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Website: www.womenforwomen.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective.

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NCE Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2012

With the world focused on London for the Olympics, it’s a chance for social media to shine. A journalist was kicked off of Twitter, then reinstated , for including the email address of an NBC executive while complaining vociferously about NBC’s coverage of the games. For example Facebook is partnering with NBC.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2014

I took part in the panel: Multiple Platform Social Media Strategies , which explored ways nonprofits can use social media more effectively, and sought to answer the proverbial question: "If a tree falls in the social media forest, how can you make sure anyone hears it?".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Note from Beth: Many nonprofits do not have dedicated teams for social media and social media strategy and implementation is typically only a part of a someone’s job. Nonprofits nowadays invest serious resources to keep pace with the latest social media trends. Sprout Social. By Sacha Evans.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

But what about taking an inventory of your social media tools? Here are a few ways to get you diving in: Twitter. Want to find new followers and receive useful statistics to improve your Twitter usage? Twitter Karma. What about legislative or policy concerns? Try it out yourself! Give it a try!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2012

They work in collaboration with health care providers, policy, and decision makers, industry experts, advocates, and individuals in communities across Colorado. As part of their integrated communications strategy for social media, they tweet through CCMUTweets – taking a networked approach. Create a Twitter lists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Last week, I had the honor of doing a mini workshop at the annual BoardSource Conference called “Governing the Networked Nonprofit in An Age of Social Media &# where I had an opportunity to share some ideas on social media culture, transparency, and simplicity from the Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 3, 2015

All medium and large nonprofits with multiple chapters eventually experience a unique, but common problem in their mobile and social media campaigns. Doing so requires a significant time investment, but it can and should be done: Step 1: Create an email lists of chapter mobile and social media campaigners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

It also connects the social media technical assistance to results. We started with key results and worked backwards to technical assistance goals: Kids get health care coverage Policies are adopted More attention from policymakers. Content Curation on Twitter. and storify. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in a meeting organized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations.” Public knowledge, pressure (to change policy) and action increase in strategic areas. Our foundation is viewed as transparent.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. Lesson #1: Voice. Lesson #2: Action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Regardless of the tool we’re using, the team at MomsRising is committed to deepening and broadening the conversation around public policy issues that impact families in our country. Over the last six months, we have begun to use the “ blog carnival ” tool as a way to highlight content within the context of a specific policy campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager, Feeding America Twitter: @dpmichel. Social Media Measurement is this month’s theme on the Zoetica Salon hosted on my blog Facebook page. I thought it would useful to have a more in-depth conversation in the Zoetica Salon with Dan so we could delve into KPIs for social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

Over the past couple of years as I’ve guide nonprofits in preparing their social media policies or when I speak, I get asked questions that are more legal questions than about social media. Here’s a sampling: Our organization does advocacy around some policy issues. What are the legal issues?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

Social media can be a useful (though often overlooked) tool for frontline workers in social service agencies to engage with youth, according to Jason Shim, a Program Facilitator at the Canadian nonprofit, Mosaic Counselling & Family Services. For Pathways to Education, social media turned out to be the right tool.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

By now, you've probably heard all the benefits of building a social media presence on Facebook or Twitter. So what's the secret to maintaining a popular Facebook profile or Twitter account? TechSoup's Social Media Resources. TechSoup's Social Media Resources. TechSoup.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

I started my talk with a story about why I liked Twitter: It allows me to connect with people in my professional field and have a great conversations or ad hoc collaborations that improve practice. He works for an NGO in Australia and we met on Twitter (via Eddie Harran ) prior to his visit to America to attend the Wisdom 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

Twitter App Looks Up Zip Code to Tweet Your Legislator. With the debt ceiling debate raging in our nation’s capital, health care advocates have kicked into high gear and are using new social media tactics to engage elected officials in the fight to protect health care rights – Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2012

The proliferation of social media has left many organizations playing catch up with their communications and privacy policies. Guarding Your Privacy on Social Media. Ross began the discussion by covering the personal side of social media use. Guarding Your Organization on Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2012

As a social media specialist at MomsRising.org and a Latina who has published a blog for seven years, has two Facebook pages, a Twitter account, a LinkedIn page and now a newly opened Pinterest account, easily the biggest misconception I have encountered is that Latinos are not online. Latino population, were on Twitter.

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2012

First, not even the former marketing director of Facebook knows how the privacy policies at Facebook work. Shortly after posting someone posted the photo to Twitter. She asked the person to remove the photo from Twitter. She asked the person to remove the photo from Twitter. What do you expect from social media in 2013?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Creating a page with 3-5 CTAs on your website could be a great tool for engagement. Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets. Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. Then help implement these tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Great piece from Allyson Kapin reminding readers that social media is "part of" a strategy. Twitter beta-tested a spine."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Algorithmic Bias: Better Policy and Practice for Civil Society: This podcast about #datadiscrimination and algorithmic bias was hosted by Digital Impact, an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS). Bots are also not limited to social media.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. In order to accomplish the goals of social media strategy, Deputy Director Risa Breckman knew that 1.)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

2) The rise in online giving is directly correlated to the rise in social media. 42% of online donors worldwide cite social media as the tool that inspires them most often to give. 15% say Twitter. LinkedIn and WhatsApp have potential as fundraising tools. 10% say Instagram. 4%), Tumblr (.4%),

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I'm working with a small group of Packard Foundation grantees on a social media lab where they are implementing different social media experiments. We know that good practice is to establish measurable objectives for your social media strategy and identify the audience before you executive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

On January 30th, I’m speaking at the Social Media for Nonprofits in New York City. Once you have a strategy plan in place, the next step is to select your curator. This may or may not be your social media manager or staff person. Source: bethkanter.org via Beth on Pinterest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The description: Using Social Media to Engage and Inspire Your Alumni Network. It is also important to be mindful of how different generations use online social networking and the trends. It is also about reconnecting with those who have already graduated. Social media is an important channel for both these groups.

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NCE Social Media

MAY 25, 2011

1) Twitter has started to email account users when someone retweets your tweets. 2) Twitter is buying Tweetdeck. 3) Who has rights to photos you post on social media? 3) Who has rights to photos you post on social media? A woman posted a photo of the latest shuttle launch on a social media site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

I'm drilling down into the concept of " streamline " to brainstorm 52 ideas to help make your organization's social media strategy and use more effective and efficient. Why Your Nonprofit Should Streamline Social Media Social media is still relatively new. Why the number 52? Good for you! Great work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Orchestras and Social Media Survey View more documents from Marc van Bree. How much are nonprofit organizations spending on social media? I mentioned this on Twitter. I undertook this research to understand some questions about social media and orchestras. Find him on Twitter @mcmvanbree.

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