Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. There was also a webinar presentation of the results. Facebook), as well as their own hosted social networking communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This morning I had the pleasure (and some anxiety, to be honest) of presenting to the SANGONeT Conference taking place this week and next in South Africa. Social Media, Nonprofits, and the Role of Individuals. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. What do you think?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

This webinar was presented on December 19 to more than 1,900 nonprofit staff worldwide and focused on what’s new and next in online communications and fundraising to help nonprofits prepare for the future and embrace being an early adopter. Digital Payments on Social Networks. Periscope Coins. YouTube Donation Cards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

To help your nonprofit prepare and launch a successful cause awareness day and/or giving day online campaign, this webinar was presented on November 14 to more than one thousand nonprofit staff. The rise of social media has inspired in-the-moment fundraising on cause awareness and giving days. Classy: # GivingTuesday Resource Pack.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

If you sponsor a keynote speaker, this allows the presenter to speak broadly about the event while also indulging event details, the event theme, and event vendors. This type of sponsorship provides the time and space to present a well-rounded narrative as to what benefits your event will have for that audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

This is a terrific presentation from Lee Raine from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that looks at the issue being “hyperconnected” or “over connected” to the web, mobile technologies and social media. The study and presentation begins with some context.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

As a result of this temporary decline in social media ROI, web and email campaigns are being rejuvenated and very soon digital payments within social networks will revitalize online fundraising. However, just as important as the story itself, it how it is presented online. All that said, don’t worry too much.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Other social networks used by global NGOs are YouTube (55%), LinkedIn (51%), Google+ (28%), and WhatsApp (16%). 52% have used social media to report live. 30% of global NGOs assign the responsibility of social media management to a communications staff person. Webinar Slides: Presented 2/2/17 to 1,600+ NGO staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Lee Rainie, Director, Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research Center took us through the impact that the use of online digital tools is having on us personally, professionally, and society. His presentation was called “Personal, Portable, Participatory, and Pervasive.” 3: Social Networking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

Arts and Social Media. View more presentations from Devon Smith. Sometimes benchmarking studies can be more rigorous and survey an entire field. Take for example, the NTEN Social Network 2011 Benchmarking Study or the Digital IQ Study of Government Sites. Devon summarized the data in the above presentation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Recent research findings by Christopher Einolf and Susan Chambre (2011) provided empirical evidence of the strong influence of both formal and informal social networks on volunteering. They found that individuals actively involved in activities with social organizations were more likely to volunteer. Luke’s Health Initiative.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 25, 2022

Climate anxiety is seriously affecting our youth: In a recent global survey of 10,000 young people aged 16–25, 59% were very or extremely worried about climate change, and 83% said they think people have failed to take care of the planet. We believe it will make local residents interested in the local environment.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Or you may use a sector wide benchmarking study such as the NTEN Social Networking Benchmarking Study. But if you are working with a network of similar nonprofits, doing a more formal benchmarking study can offer a lot of benefits. To date the survey has received 131 responses; 45% projects and 55% organizations.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc). Peer-to-Peer Event Fundraising Consumer Survey.

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NetWits

MAY 26, 2011

Use this comparison to survey peaks and valleys of traffic. – Top Content allows you to view the most or least viewed webpages among any myriad of filters and presents an overview of important related data, such as unique views, exit rates, and bounce rates. Also, Google defaults to the most recent month’s worth of data.

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AccelEvents

JULY 20, 2020

Communication features include: Live chat, messaging, group chat for communication between attendees, vendors, presenters, and event hosts. Q&A feature for after a presentation. Feedback or surveying feature. Attendees will love the intimate feel, but it will give the presenter more flexibility in when and how they present.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

If you sponsor a keynote speaker, this allows the presenter to speak broadly about the event while also indulging event details, the event theme, and event vendors. This type of sponsorship provides the time and space to present a well-rounded narrative as to what benefits your event will have for that audience.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Encourage them to use their social network. As Anthony Sicola’s recently mentioned, fundraisers who use who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube increase fundraising results by up to 40%. Maybe they want people to donate on their behalf instead of having them buy presents for their birthday.

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Care2

AUGUST 19, 2010

The American Red Cross hosted the Emergency Crisis Social Data Summit last week, which brought together over 100 influentials (including Robert Scoble) and practitioners from the tech, social media, and emergency response communities to brainstorm how we can use social media to respond better to emergencies and disasters.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks. Here are my slides from the presentation.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Whether your grassroots organization relies on social networks or thrives on face to face (F2F) contact, these five basic tips will help you achieve your fundraising goals more successfully. Now that you have your "pricing" set correctly, it's time to present incentives to your donors. Conduct a survey.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Kanter advises leaders to "be present, authentic, and human on social networks, sharing a bit of yourself as well as your organization's goals." For more on cloud computing and nonprofits, see TechSoup's 2012 Global Cloud Computing Survey results. More Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I was presenting a strategic technology workshop at one of their conferences. Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Global Community Affairs for Microsoft kicked off the day with an interactive presentation about the trends in technology. Social Network Analysis Tools for Social Media.

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AccelEvents

JULY 20, 2020

Communication features include: Live chat, messaging, group chat for communication between attendees, vendors, presenters, and event hosts. Q&A feature for after a presentation. Feedback or surveying feature. Attendees will love the intimate feel, but it will give the presenter more flexibility in when and how they present.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

The format is a mix of Ted style presentations and interactive panel discussions. I just finished moderating a panel on the topic of social and mobile integration. Here’s the description: Where and how do mobile and social strategy intersect. The challenge will be how social networks migrate to “tactile&# media.

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Care2

AUGUST 21, 2012

Last week, Farra Trompeter of Big Duck and Danielle Bridgida of National Wildlife Federation presented at the Bridge Conference last week about personal and professional branding. In preparation for their presentation, they circulated a survey to over 200 nonprofit professionals, asking how they use various social platforms.

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Care2

JUNE 4, 2012

Earlier this spring, NTEN surveyed readers of the NTEN:Change Journal (a quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders) to find out how they were using their various communications channels (like their website, Twitter and Facebook profiles, as well as direct email). View more presentations from NTEN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

We talk about finding the right tool for the data collection job and tools come in three different categories: analytics tools, content analysis, and surveys. Three Analytics Tools to Gauge Your Social Audience’s PulseGuest Blog by Ritu Sharma, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Social Media for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2011

We do this not only to stay in the spirit of the participatory engagement styles that are now emerging, but also because the findings represent only the present moment in a story that is far from concluding. Nothing is settled about how even the most relevant and impactful advocacy organizations engage constituencies or attracts resources.

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Care2

MARCH 6, 2009

Nonprofit Social Network Survey. Calling all nonprofits that use social networks. NTEN, Common Knowledge and ThePort have teamed up to take a snapshot of how our non-profit community uses social networks. Click here to take the survey and to contribute to nonprofit tech community knowledge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2008

If you want to learn about this topic, you must read his blog and his slide presentations are not to be missed: Peter Deitz, Personal Fundraising Presentation. He also shares that he wants to create a social fundraising wizard Currently, I am building an automated wizard. Peter Deitz, Working With Wired Fundraisers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Being iterative or rapid pro-typing is the secret to getting tangible results from your social media efforts over time, yet many organizations find it difficult to do. . I was most curious about is how an organizational leader encourages learning and experimentation and decides to implement that first social network experiment?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The growth of social media and the rapid adoption of internet-enabled mobile devices have changed the way Americans engage in the political process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Some recent studies on social media and social networking use and baby boomers show that more and more are adopting social media. At its core, use of online social networks is still a phenomenon of the young. Connie Reece, co-founder of Social Media Club International.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The event blended virtual video speaker conferencing; online presentation and video; and live audience chatting and social networking, including conversation on Twitter using the #NPLive hashtag. Nonprofits Live provided a more robust and interactive alternative to the traditional webinar. Photos: TechSoup for Libraries.

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