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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook is the largest social network in the world and is becoming increasingly integrated into the Social Web with every passing second. Flickr is the largest photo-sharing social networking community on the Web and should be your starting point for your online photo-sharing campaigns.

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Care2

JUNE 2, 2010

In The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting With Social Media To Drive Change, co-authors Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, show how social media is catalyzing a shift away from this type of “organization-centric&# advocacy, governance and communications toward a “network-centric&# approach.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Below are the 11 TwtPoll results that I think are the most telling: 1) Is your nonprofit planning on utilizing mobile technology in 2010 (live Tweeting, group texting, iPhone Apps, launching a mobile site)? [ [link] ]. 5% A social networking site (like Facebook). Related Posts: Tags: ROI (Return on Investment).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 28, 2010

Part social networking site, part smartphone App, Foursquare is a tool meant to be primary used on the go on your smartphone. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Successfully Use LinkedIn And Foursquare. Tags: FourSquare Mobile Technology. Foursquare now has 1.6 million users.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Danielle Brigida presented about "Creating Your Own Buzz" in the fourth webinar in a series of five focused on Storytelling & Social Media. NTEN and TechSoup have partnered to offer these free webinars with the support of the Packard and Surnda foundations. Tools Social Networking Using the Web and Internet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 29, 2010

And on that note, make sure you link to the mobile versions of your social networking profiles on your mobile website, such as m.twitter.com/nonprofitorgs , m.youtube.com/nonprofitorgs , etc. That’s only enough for a very simple site. Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Launch and Maintain a Blog on WordPress.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2009

This week I helped produce the second of five webinars (in conjunction with NTEN ) about Storytelling and Social Media. Please visit the archive page for links to the sites Corey discussed and access to the full recording and PowerPoint presentation. Tools Social Networking Software Using the Web and Internet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Based in Dublin, Ireland, Ammado is a social network just like Facebook or MySpace, but whose primary focus is to empower people and nonprofits worldwide to fundraise and donate online. There’s a lot of potential there for large donations and corporate social responsibility Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2010

Online event promotion sites can enable you to reach a much larger audience for practically nothing. These sites can be excellent traffic drivers to your site and enhance your search engine optimization to boot! Attend this free webinar on Thursday, June 3 at 11 a.m. Eastern) and hear from social media leader Janet Fouts.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2010

Many nonprofits and libraries are using Facebook to interact with their constituencies and reach out to new audiences — but what's the best way to get your organization started on this hugely popular social networking site? Attend this free webinar next Thursday, March 11 at 10 a.m. Space is limited, so register today!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

There is also the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter profile , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , and the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. This is the risk of building communities on social networking sites over which we have no control over.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2010

Part social networking site, part smartphone App, and part social experiment, FourSquare is a tool meant to be primary used on the go on your smartphone. I’ll be doing a couple more blog posts on FourSquare over the next month and the site will likely add a lot of new features in 2010 (I’m excited!),

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Six months ago I came pretty close to complete social media burnout. I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. If you are managing numerous social networking profiles Monday-Friday, then you need some down time on Saturday and Sunday.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. The upper right-hand corner is the most valuable section of your website—use it to plug your e-newsletter and group text messaging campaigns, donate now functionality, and social networking communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

With over 45 million active users worldwide, LinkedIn is a social networking site that is becoming much more than just a place to have a Web 2.0 You can also take my Webinar on How Nonprofit Organizations Can Successfully Use LinkedIn and MySpace and connect with me on LinkedIn at: www.linkedin.com/in/heathermansfield.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

Nonprofits were the absolute first to utilize social networking sites. Your TextMark functions as a Short Code and should ideally match your website and social networking profile URLs. Webinar :: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Group Texting, Mobile Websites, and Smartphone Apps.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

In our recent webinar on super-short videos , we heard from digital storytelling experts about how nonprofits and libraries can use these tools to easily make their own super-short videos. This is perhaps why our super-short video webinar on August 27 was really popular. Our Webinar Presenters. Here's what we learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Note from Beth: I’ve learned a lot about how to cultivate your professional network so it returns value by reading Porter Gale’s Your Network is Your Networth over the summer. The other day I witnessed the result of feeding and tuning a network. Other General Sites to Watch: Distilled. Copyblogger.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Learn what it takes to get a Ning site set-up and the resources needed to keep it going. Tags: E-Learning E-Learning Online Seminar Social Networking Training Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 Please join us on Thursday, October 15, 11 a.m. Pacific time. Space is limited so register today !

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

As the second largest search engine and the number one video sharing site, YouTube is a good place to begin sharing your digital story. YouTube was also a favorite because it offers a range of tools for social benefit organizations through its Nonprofit Program. ” Don't Underestimate the Power of Tagging and Keywords.

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2010

That's right: the registration fee is for a site license, so your entire staff can attend. The Hype and the Potential of Social Network Fundraising . You can view video from 2 of last year's sessions and learn more about the IFC online on their web site. Sessions include: Haiti: How to Raise a Billion Dollars.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2010

Susan Tenby , Josephine Dorado , and I camped with our laptops, video cameras, resource guides, favorite game-building sites, and a bountiful new Nonprofit Resource Library in Second Life providing a playful space for participants to get hands-on with mixed reality technologies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Some of the opinions I express below I have had for a while and speak to them in my webinars and trainings, but some are so recent that I am still in the stage of “Seriously Facebook? Those sites let users know in advance when changes are coming. I have been working social media sites daily for 4.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Nonprofits should be consistently and regularly promoting their KEYWORD and SHORT CODE combination on the web, social networking sites, and print materials! Webinar: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Successfully Utilize Group Texting, Mobile Websites and Smartphone App. That’s a great best practice. Related Links: 1.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 27, 2009

Some sessions are being broadcast live or presented via webinar through NTEN's site so even if you're not able to attend in person, you can still garner some useful info. Many organizations are looking beyond social networks to create their own private communities of supporters, advocates, or collaborators.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Avoid using image or flash-based navigation in your site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

Yesterday, I attended a webinar about social media policies called " E-Privacy: Can You Legally Monitor MySpace, LinkedIn, E-mail, & Blogs? During the Webinar, I had copies of the Foundation's Business Conduct, Confidentiality, IT Internet Usage Policy, and other related HR policies in front me. Tags: policy.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Word of mouth, etc. Leave comments on blogs. Blog Searches: Technorati.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

BTW, Brian Reich will leading a WeAreMedia Webinar on September 23rd on social networking. Here's some of his thoughts on that topic in preparation for the webinar.) I joined the team a year ago as an adviser, charged with recruiting charities to be a part of the site. Tags: Games.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2009

Visit the United Way's LIVE UNITED ™ site and run your mouse over the map. Iavor points out that training (in the form of Webinars to be delivered by Livingston Communications ) and content kits are critical. Iavor says, "Social media is still very new and we're experimenting. Tags: social media. Here's an example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

5. Can you comment on the value of using Facebook for community building, social networking, and true peope-to-people giving? In May, I had a chance to listen to a webinar by Randi sponsored by NTEN and shared some notes on tips and best practices for setting up a Facebook Fan Page. Tags: facebook. Ted Hart).

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Care2

MARCH 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" In fact there are several simple things you can do to improve your sites SEO.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

One of the most common things I hear from nonprofit staff is something along the lines of, "I'm just learning about social media. Do you think I can keep up with this NTEN webinar or that conference session on this topic?" Social media is an area the nonprofit sector has been, in many ways, leading the way! .

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

These applications, with certain individual limitations, also allow users to share their videos to a number of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, increasing their audience reach. Viddy , Twitvid , and Socialcam are useful for capturing and sharing live events in real time. Optimising Video For Search Engines.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Monday, August 27, 2007 at 02:12PM | by James OMalley If Web 2.0 article.

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Care2

AUGUST 27, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Monday, August 27, 2007 at 02:12PM | by James OMalley If Web 2.0 article.

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