Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Sometimes these adjustments are an ongoing process, as our lives and preferences change with time. Since then, I became self-employed, and BuJo accompanied me through this change. Among them: Have a place to plan, reflect and think offline. BuJo for nonprofit professionals. Reduce over-planning. My collections: 2 examples.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Many early adopters in the nonprofit community were already working hard (despite announcements from Google that they would police use and roll-out an organization-specific profile option) to start building a space for their organization’s profile on the new social network since it originally launched. The Price of Early Adoption.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2022

To meet rapidly changing donor expectations, we need to adopt a digital-first mindset to keep our organizations relevant and grow our missions. It reduces change felt by gift officers and (more importantly) doesn’t require yet another username and password to remember. This is a requirement now for any new system we consider.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2013

While beautiful charity galas and creative offline campaigns still gather support for nonprofits’ causes, they slowly slip away from donors’ focus. Being able to give with a minimum of effort and enabling donations with just a few mouse clicks or taps on a smart device has changed the way we want to act.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

I think this is a hard concept for many to agree with because of the process by which the social media tools are most often adopted in organizations: for example, Jane really likes taking pictures and usually posts them to Flickr (an online photo sharing website) as a way to store them, sort them, and share them.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2016

Since the first NetSquared challenge in 2006, TechSoup has continued to offer people and organizations opportunities to connect, share ideas, and collaborate; they work on solutions online and offline through events, meetups, and hackathons. It motivates and engages citizens across central and eastern Europe, the Balkans, and Turkey.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Notes: In June 2010: 253,360 new users joined in Romania – Coming in 3rd in the world for adoption for the month. The way functionality changes so rapidly means that what you need to think about the options in so far as they can be helpful to what you want to do today, in case the way you want to use them is discontinued or changed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

and several social-media experts—including Beth Kanter—we identified seven key lessons for nonprofits that want to use the Internet to evangelize their program model and increase their offline impact: 1. Keep it simple and concrete. is developing systems to recognize and reward those who are having the most impact both online and offline.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Things change. We have all learned the hard way that things can change in an instant. You should be sharing your nonprofit’s mission online and offline through your social media plan , donor newsletters, events, and other communications. Limited support. Sharing your stories makes people want to get involved and help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

But they knew that in order to scale their work globally, they needed to use the web to influence lasting change. So in 2011, the organization adopted an online movement-building model that they hoped would more effectively engage its community of half-a-million divers. million divers. Darren Barefoot is the co-founder of Capulet.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It turns out one of the most important strategies for our time is the ability to effectively generate, exchange, and adopt new ways of doing things. Every change, every burst of creativity, begins with the identification of a problem or opportunity that somebody finds meaningful. Do you have one in place?

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Kindful

AUGUST 19, 2021

They grew up with technology and are savvy and early adopters. They can be reached through: Either online socially or offline socially, including the online advocate program, events or speaking engagements (church or other places). They’re still helping their parents and grandparents with technology.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

I’m bummed that I cannot participate this time around (will be traveling with my family, enjoying some offline adventures) but am already looking forward to the next opportunity! Explore the organizational change management issues that social media raises and how to talk about them. REGISTER HERE! The Format.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

." Q&A: A West Point for Community Organizing – Walking Distance – GOOD – "Since its first boot camp in 2006 the New Organizing Institute has trained more than 700 organizers across the country in leveraging online tools to generate offline action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

I was an early adopter of using the Internet in 1992 where I had a virtual job working online for a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts called ArtsWire. Another way to take a break is a “Digital Detox,” a period of time when a person does not use technology, the Internet, or mobile phone in order to reduce stress.

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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. Social Change Anytime Everywhere Book Launch Party, Thursday, February 21st. If you are looking to squeeze in a few events this week, check out my top 5 must attend events.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Let me also suggest that we need to stop placing a wall between offline and online giving strategies and tactics. And donors that are 55-years and older have the highest retention rates for both online and offline giving. This online versus offline wall is mostly in our own heads. of total sales. It’s in our org charts.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

We have recently revised this content in our Disaster Planning and Recovery page to reflect changes in the way nonprofits and libraries are using technology, namely: Mobile. As our global cloud computing survey has found out, nonprofits and charities are adopting cloud computing like other sectors. Business process enhancements.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

Adopting this approach means that success isn’t confined to soley benefiting the organization. Meeting the triple bottom line does require adopting green tech solutions. Adopting green tech tools, like online conferencing or using online collaboration tools , can also improve an organization’s efficiency.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The current technology of live-streaming on the Web has been around for a few years, but only recently with the launch of smartphone Apps that convert phones into video cameras and social media integration, has the technology started to reach mass adoption by Web users ( its up 600% in the last year !). Next, choose a “Category&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

At minimum, this application lets people air their concerns to legislators and policy makers easily through Twitter and can amplify more traditional tactics such as email campaigns and signing online/offline petitions. Meanwhile, early adopter social activists are discussing this. Use the “ Valid Measurement Grid &#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Also, the way people are consuming content is changing because of social media. This changes how nonprofits need to think about web social content strategy and how to make it efficient. 6: Use social media to close the loop between online and offline action. I give some very specific tips here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Networking: Weaving Online and Offline, Strong Ties and Weak Ties. Dancing on Different Sides of the Adoption Curve. We are seeing the use of social media broaden beyond the early adopters and becoming more mainstream. Organizational leaders are changing questions from “why bother with this?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.) as a form of self expression and identification.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.) as a form of self expression and identification.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Adopting a networked mindset is believing in abundance rather than scarcity. You need to let them know why you are making the introduction and these can be done both online and offline. These can be done offline and online. The Challenge of Change. Integrating Network Mindset. View more presentations from jolivacea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

As Jeremiah points out, we are entering the next phase where robots, drones, bots, AI, and self-driving cars will have widespread adoption. NGOs, activists, and even governments have used bots to automate positive social change activities: Pregnancy and newborn care education. Grassroots organizing. Poverty Reduction.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

Only one year later, much has changed. Social media adoption continues to grow and technology becomes more accessible. The power of technology and social media to create change is real as evidenced by movements like the Arab Spring. TechSoup hosted its first ever Nonprofits Live. on the Future of Fundraising back in 2011.

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Forum One

JANUARY 25, 2009

Integrate (how to connect your various online efforts, and online+offline activities?). Culture Change (how to get your organization to loosen up and adopt a social media strategy, and the very different way of interacting with people online that it entails?). Capacity (who, what, where, how.).

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Forum One

JANUARY 25, 2009

Integrate (how to connect your various online efforts, and online+offline activities?). Culture Change (how to get your organization to loosen up and adopt a social media strategy, and the very different way of interacting with people online that it entails?). Capacity (who, what, where, how.).

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. I consider myself an early adopter/adventurous techie, but I am not a developer. I'm not afraid to admit I'm wrong or change my mind. I loved that idea. Fantastic organization.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. I consider myself an early adopter/adventurous techie, but I am not a developer. I'm not afraid to admit I'm wrong or change my mind. I loved that idea. Highly recommend.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

This is a communiqué on the current state of cloud adoption in TechSoup's NetSquared international community from Marc Manashil, community evangelist for NetSquared. The NetSquared community consists of Local groups in 80+ cities worldwide that hold offline events for those interested in technology and social impact.

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2014

I was especially intrigued about this part of the event because, with the help of our friends at LimeRed Studios, NTEN is planning its own Idea Accelerator at the Leading Change Summit this September.) Pitch-It competition. (I billion motor vehicles in the world today; 2.4 million pounds of CO2 released per second. In the U.S.,

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2011

A happy staff is a success no matter how you measure it." " We can look at numbers (Google Analytics, Facebook page views, number of retweets) but we think the most impactful way that we know that our technology projects are successful is when we hear OFFLINE that people notice a change in how we communicate. [.]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

When professionals acknowledge not knowing and reach out to a colleague, it not only opens us to learning, but it signals to others that they can acknowledge that there are things they don’t know - it begins to change the culture - whether that be the training room or within an organization or at a conference. Offline/Online Interaction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2009

While initially driven by "free agent" fundraisers (those not on the organization's board or staff, but who are fans and social media users), we'll begin to see more and more as nonprofits adopt social media as part of their fundraising tool box. events morph and change. Charity Ball 2.0

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