Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value. Moderate Approach: Understand the argument for an early investment but will also insist on a sound cost/benefit analysis when new ways of doing things are not yet fully proven.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Think Outside the Race: 5 Innovative Ways to Use Your Fundraising Platform Year-Round Ever wondered how you can leverage your fundraising platform beyond the usual annual events? This is where a versatile all-in-one fundraising platform like Flipcause can make a difference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

” The early adopters have jumped in and pages are set up and waiting for some SMART objectives, content strategy, and tips on engagement. If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value. Wait for maturation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2010

While acknowledging that thinking about integrating iPad apps is something that isn't yet widespread, the Chronicle is wondering what iPad apps early adopter nonprofits are working on for constituent engagement? This might be something along the lines of an interactive game that engages people around a cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

In the last six months, as SnapChat hype has escalated, the list of early adopter nonprofits has started grow , it isn’t huge yet. But as John Haydon points out, the nonprofits that are using it are very creative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

But, try as we might, we couldn’t find any research that looked at arts groups’ adoption and attitudes toward digital and social media nationally that also asked all-important questions about how groups are measuring what they’re doing. The key question we asked is whether digital and social media are delivering on their promise and the hype.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Regardless of whether it’s new technology, a new staffing model, or even a small adjustment to a process, adoption and success can hinge on keeping a focus on the human element of the change. Change management is always an important topic at bbcon as we strive to help our customers implement successful solutions on their campus.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2019

Is the hype surrounding remote work warranted? You may consider adopting a policy prohibiting employees from using public WiFi on their work devices. However, if you are using secure, cloud-based platforms, your workers should not have the need for USB devices. How Your Nonprofit Can Benefit from Remote Work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2009

You can almost visualize swarms of companies jumping off into the abyss following competitors, self serving social media consultants and momentum created by mainstream media hype, each yelling “weeeee, social meeeeeedeeeeahhhh” and then realizing (maybe too late) with wide open eyes that they’re not prepared (no social media policy, no roadmap).

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Assuming that many of you read the same popular tech blogs as I do, I'm willing to bet that you have noticed all the hype about Quora. It's the latest question and answer platform to have caught the attention of the blogosphere and techie hipsters. Author: Corey Pudhorodsky.

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

Should we believe the hype? Yes, there are dangers, but that profound impact on culture and society is the best reason to begin understanding this technology and to become an early adopter. So, association marketing executives embrace, AI’s alliance, a remarkable embrace. Is ChatGPT’s style a little stiff?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

That’s an incredibly high donor retention rate for a set of tools that are still in their early adoption phase. At this time, your customers can only opt-in to share email addresses for marketing purposes if your shop is integrated via our API or some platform partners. Of those, 93% said they are likely to do so again.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2007

There's a more measured article about twitter from the MIT Technology Review that gets beyond the hype to talk about twitter's functionality. If it is adopted by a whole team, I think twitter can be quite useful internally for project management and group updates. Is this good for anything?

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2009

On the surface, it appears to be a platform that allows for real-time rich media collaboration with a Google spin. Early-adopter-types (you know who you are) will talk about it nonstop for a while, and then forget about it until it actually launches. This week, Google announced something they’re calling Google Wave. What is it?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2006

But right now, if somebody came to me and said, "OK, I need to have a contact management solution for my organization that can also connect to some kind of organizing platform," I would not have an answer for them. What do you think that this means for the adoption of emerging technology by non-profits? So that's really challenging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Gartner's Technology Hype Cycles : I created that diagram based on the Gartner's theory and have seen it come into play over and over again. Are there other challenges we as a sector face in the adoption and successful use of social networking for awareness, communications, and fundraising tools?

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