Candid

JANUARY 24, 2024

It’s that time when we reflect on our work over the past year and set goals for the new one. And it’s no different for social media managers. As Candid’s manager of digital communications, I’ve been digging through our social media analytics, researching broader trends, and determining our strategy and tactics for 2024.

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Achieve

MARCH 10, 2021

As an organization, you must reflect the value of transparency in every decision you make. Having a transparent, user-friendly nonprofit payment processor reflects well on your nonprofit brands. Each step of the donation process should reflect authenticity to your donors to establish rapport. Social media shout-outs.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

Social media is an important channel of communication for connecting with your donors and supporters. billion people were using social media worldwide in 2021, and that number is only expected to increase over time. Here are a few steps to help you get started on your social media journey! Set SMART goals.

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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.” It was also quite useful to hear and try to t ranslate different evaluation frameworks and methodologies to social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

My last deep dive into social media and health care was when I delivered this keynote for a health care organization so this was an opportunity to see how the field has progressed. Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. I introduced some concepts about Social Media ROI and steps to making a case.

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NCE Social Media

APRIL 16, 2013

Many took to social media to share news quickly to say that they were okay, instructions on how to find help and how to give help. News from individuals, media, and authorities was pushed out quickly. Mostly benign, the social media posts can make one look uncaring, unfeeling, and uninterested.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2017

Reflection is a critical step in assessing individual and team performance at your nonprofit. A reflective process, whether it is a structured process for individuals or groups, can give us insights about what worked and what could be improved. Reflection requires hitting the pause button and asking and answering questions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. LinkedIn Pages. For example: 1.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Over the years, I have developed and refined one-day or half-day workshops on social media strategy and tactics for nonprofits. The curriculum and instructional design included " Principles of Effective Social Media for Nonprofits " and a version of the social media game created with David Wilcox.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

There’s no shortage of year-end-and-beginning blog posts about social media, but I thought I’d throw mine into the mix as well. I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2016

Nonprofit new media managers often battle mobile and social media burnout. Plugged in from early morning to late afternoon and early evening, many new media managers struggle to find balance at the end of day when they need to shift their mental focus to personal and family responsibilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

One of the key principles for an effective social media strategy is experimentation, learning, and rapid prototyping. It is really hard to carve out time to take a step back and reflect on what has gone well, what hasn’t, and what to do next. Tags: reflection scholar. You can't answer this question "What's the Value?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Social Media Strategy Game Workshop Final View more presentations from kanter. My participation included: An interactive presentation on best practices for using social media for external communications. I got a glimpse of what doing this workshop with a room full of social media rock stars would be like.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media. I said yes.

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2013

In the past week I’ve given two talks to two different groups on the same subject – social media and fundraising. A couple of key questions that arose with both groups were: Should you schedule future posts to social media? How do you measure success using social media? What about LinkedIn?

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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. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Why Social Media?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2013

Topic : A Beginner’s Guide to Social Media. Description : Social media presents a confusing blur of personal and professional profiles. In a tightly integrated community like ours, social media use requires special consideration. Blog post reflections. Date : January 23, 2013. Related Links : KAUST.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The intention was not to shame or punish the child for "mistakes" in behavior, but provide an opportunity for reflection and learning. Here is a quick brainstorm of questions we could ask that might help networks reflect more effectively. Questions to Help Deep Reflection Occur. What worked really well in this project?

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Givinga

APRIL 20, 2021

Through our technology, new online gaming platforms are empowering the consumer to easily connect with – and give back to – nearly any charity or cause around the world through social media and digital channels. The post Reflecting on the National Philanthropic Trust’s 2020 DAF Report appeared first on Givinga.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Your logo, tagline, colors, and fonts should all be consistent and reflect your brand identity. Your branding should be reflected in all your communications, from your website and social media pages to your print materials and events. Social media engagement: Are people interacting with your social media content?

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M+R

APRIL 24, 2024

Cram your cranium with metrics on email and mobile messaging, advertising, web traffic, social media and influencers, and more. Some of the findings reflect signs of trouble, some show the value of nonprofits taking a risk, and others are pure perfection. The social media landscape is changing quickly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The documenter will also transcribe sticky notes into a word document and capture any thoughts shares via social media hashtag. Overnight Reflection. What I think is the magic is the use of “overnight reflection.” So, being able to “sleep on an idea” and share a reflection is great.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 3, 2024

During March 1 – March 31, the United States chooses to remember the accomplishments of women, reflecting on their often-overlooked contributions. Clarify your stance on equity, diversity, and inclusion Celebrate Women’s History Month by reflecting on your association’s stance on equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I keep hearing from the “older generation&# how aware they were of the importance of social media, but how difficult it was to change mindsets. One of the highlights is that I finally got to meet Enoch Choi who is a doctor at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and uses social media. Palo Alto Community Fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Note from Beth: Social networks allow to connect with people from outside of our community and it is easy to have your conversation get lost in translation. How to Approach Social Media Internationally Guest Post By Christian Arno. Does that mean your social media is international? Probably not. Probably not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

or on a larger scale, ”What if our organization finds itself in the center of a social media backlash ?” ” It requires more than having a social media policy in place, although that is the first step no doubt. Does your organization have a social media work flow? Image from Steve Heye.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 30, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2011

What if organizations focused these simple questions on their social media strategy using common sense measurement as my colleague Kami Huyse describes it in Geoff Livingston ’s, forthcoming book Welcome to the Fifth Estate. What is your organization aiming to accomplish? What are your strategies for making this happen?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

Social media and working online doesn’t have to be overwhelming; you can take back control. To assess and reflect on how we use information effectively to make decisions or own patterns of distraction online. This blog post serves as a resource page for a session on mindfulness with Rob Cottingham and Jana Byington-Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

The main part of the call featured case studies by peer grantees who shared their strategies for social media integration, measurable objectives, measurement, and social media techniques, particularly use of Twitter. Next up was Hanna Welch, Social Media Producer, from grist.org. Peer Case Studies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). Social Media command centers are more commonly found in the corporate center for these uses.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Tags: community networking jumo nonprofits social media social network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My sessions were integrated into the various leadership, visioning process for women’s rights, curriculum development, and evaluation methods modules throughout the week as networked and social media skills were not the main focus. I have read a lot about these methods , but you cannot really under it until you experience it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

How can create a back channel or other social media tools that can engage people in the room, but also around the world with an interest in the topic? The panelists included: Danielle Brigida of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), Mark Horvath of Invisible People and Jessica Dheere , of Social Media Exchange Beirut in Lebanon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2012

James Nickerson, who has worked with the SFGMC and was a participant in a peer group learning exchange that I designed and facilitated for two years had the opportunity to share some lessons learned about social media with peer chorus organizations. Here’s his reflection. The critical path quickly became clear.

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