Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2009

He gave a presentation about how Surfrider Foundation is striving to make its grassroots network more effective. He touched on how they are using social networks/media in this effort. How do you analyze the use of social networks/social media in the context of online/offline activism?

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M+R

JULY 6, 2023

We know from our media advocacy campaigns that Twitter offered a public gathering place for journalists, thought leaders, and influencers to exchange ideas and comment on the news cycle. With Instagram’s 2 billion active users, it sets up Threads to succeed in a way those other platforms couldn’t. (As You can stay private.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

How do we activate the online activists to take action offline?" I was not presenting, but decided to use Twitter crowd source some suggestions, screencapture them, and put those into my presentation later in the day. They are quite successful - [link] jonratliff @ kanter face to face meetings deepen the enthusiasm for activism.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2021

A social networking feed – so members can view and comment on relevant content. Dashboards and analytics – so you can keep an eye on member activities to better understand trending topics and what types of information members want. All of our top member retention resources in one place. Get it now.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Showcase your organization’s values and thought leadership through social networking. Everything you like, share, or tweet on your social networks says something about your organization. Share your own branding strategies in the comments. For examples, check this list of effective nonprofit logo designs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2008

I met Ian Kennedy who is the product manager at MyBlogLog, a blogger social network. MyBlogLog recently implemented a new feature called " activity streams." Ian spoke on a panel called Social Networks and the Need for Feeds at Graphing Social Patterns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2012

I’ve also been lucky to have been offered items like printers to giveaway as part of a promotion. A few weeks ago, the agency for the Microsoft Windows team for small and midsize business activities invited me to host a giveaway for two Dell XPS 12 PCs with Windows 8 to get them into the hands of nonprofits. Always up to date.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

With new ideas and tweaks to the activities that would typically be included at in-person events, virtual galas can keep fundraising goals on track and even add to more than expected to the annual goal. Including at least one interactive activity early in the program will create the feeling of joining in with a community.

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NetWits

JUNE 29, 2012

In order to make sense of things it can be helpful to group people into “buckets” – an activity nonprofits have been using for years (we call it segmenting) and give each bucket some definition by creating personas (aka archetypes). Like most things, it’s not a perfect science (as we all know). Tweet It!]. Tweet It!].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2013

People on social networks ignore links that do not pull up thumbnails and are heavily text-based. Twitter is the powerhouse when it comes to #BreakingNews , but you should also post your press release on other social networks and be available throughout the day to address comments and answer questions.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

Instead, be strategic: Profile your ideal donor and then determine their preferred social networks. Actively engage with followers by answering their questions, tagging them in photos and videos, and commenting on and resharing posts they make about your organization.

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

They belong to the major social networks—Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn—and are the few that deliver messages to the many. And they will do it through their social networks, all of which are the key to your fundraising efforts. As a group, they account for 55 percent of social media users.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People!

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

The trick is to balance working with larger networks and some of the more specific networks to create a very useful and strategic approach to community building. The Value in Smaller Networks. Finding a Niche Network. If you're active in social media, you've probably gotten used to searching for what you're looking for.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

It’s very common for nonprofits to assume that volunteers and interns can effectively manage their mobile and social media presence simply because they are young and came of age during the rise of social networking. It’s rare that any web-based activity lasts longer than 30 minutes. Multitasking.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 20, 2007

Networking for Change. --Ivan Boothe, Organizing Rather Than Mobilizing: Using Social Networks for Constituency Building I'm filling in for a panelist on Sunday at the Bioneers Conference for the session , Alternet Presents: Social Media Activism/Web 2.0 Networking for Change. PARTICIPATE: "Web 2.0"

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 26, 2010

Age, class, race, and location play a huge role in who uses what social networking sites. There are lots of friendly activists and comment fairies on MySpace that do care very much about social causes and nonprofits. I am definitely not a fan of automation on social networks. Comments are up.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2022

To locate the best potential influencers among your professional network, ask yourself who in your organization’s contacts is knowledgeable about your mission, a good representative of your cause, and active and well-known in the community. Think about how influencers can help each of these other channels succeed.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Social Versus Entrepreneur – "Grammatically, the word social modifies entrepreneur, indicating a social entrepreneur is one whose entrepreneurial activity is social in nature.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

” Now, just two weeks into January, I am completely addicted to pinning boards for social good on Pinterest. I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring.

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NetWits

JULY 16, 2012

Include links to your website and other social networks. not in response via a like, comment or share to something you’ve posted) it will now show up in a small box that lives below the “number of people who like this” section in the right column. Then hit the Edit page button > Use Activity Log. Add milestones.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

These resources are invaluable when looking for quality content to utilize and share on social media sites. If you have any favorites that you would like to share, please add them in a comment below. My career in Internet activism goes to back to 2000 when I launched eActivist.org ( View 2002 cached version ).

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

. —– I recently posted about Jumo with reflections, notes from my experience using the new platform, and questions – this post has also generated a great deal of valuable conversation in the comments (over 70 thoughtful comments so far). But the action, the real social change, is offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. now hear from homegrown social networks and what they have to offer local nonprofits. The majority of the room had experience in social networking sites and tools, both personally and for their organization. All live blogging disclaimers apply.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Do to the lack of activity on MySpace, we’ve decided to focus our efforts on the Causes Application on Facebook.&# (To read the full message, click here.) Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. What it Means to Communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Do to the lack of activity on MySpace, we’ve decided to focus our efforts on the Causes Application on Facebook.&# (To read the full message, click here.) Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. What it Means to Communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

I agree that it means organizations need to think strategically about how they use social media, but I'm not sure I agree with social networks are becoming "old" technology in a hurry. ( First, it's okay to just say no to social networking , particularly if there are more pressing organizational needs.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

There are a ton of great activities, networking opportunities and sessions focused on the non-profit space this year – one of which Blackbaud will be moderating. It should be a great conversation between (check out the panelists below) social networking providers and their non-profit users. You coming?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

Web 2.0 = Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites. People can post comments and converse with your organization in public for all to see. It’s one person or organization publishing content to many on social networking sites who then re-publish your content to their friends, fans, followers, connections, etc.

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NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

We’ve seen a growing number of organizations looking for ways to raise funds using social media with varying success. Consider starting with engaging event fundraisers and providing tools such as AddThis or ShareThis for them to promote their fundraising efforts on their own social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Both Edgerank Checker and Post Rocket have good posts on the details, but in a nutshell, Facebook has altered the way it displays posts in the newsfeed to prioritize posts that have the greatest number of interactions – a cumulative figure determined by the number of clicks, likes, comments and shares a post receives. He studied more than 1.3

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

At it’s heyday, a few hours a day sending friend requests and posting wall comments on MySpace profiles quickly resulted in large, thriving online communities. MySpace was and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. MySpacers are incredibly loyal. MySpace is not dangerous.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

I am curious about how the network activity becomes part of (or relates to) the organizational activity. Are people just letting things evolve organically w/the presumption that the FB network activity will lead people to other involvement with their organization? It happens one person at a time.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

For most men, growing a mustache generates a lot of comments, conversation, and laughter – which is the point! Using Movember.com as a home base, participants are encouraged to use their email contacts, work colleagues, social networks, and any other means to promote the cause and raise money. Multimedia Tells the Story.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

In the end, the site cataloged and accepted YouTube videos, plus allowed users to share and comment. The Remember Me website provided a way to display these haunting pictures and push them out to various social networks. Getting the word out and generating high quality user videos were key to the movement’s success.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. You want your members to invite like-minded folks to join your community and you want the cultists to encourage others to be more active. "You want to develop a stronger, more passionate community. . "You

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