Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

With a big training project in the Middle East less than a week away, I was short on time. Nancy Schwartz wrote this amazing guest post that provided some tips and advice on how to think through the messaging and branding of your Facebook Page. She shared her secret in the comments. So, what you do? I have ”Connect.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 24, 2014

That’s just one of the great pieces of advice we got from this week’s terrific guest blogger Anthony Pisapia of Philadelphia nonprofit Tech Impact. 2) Social Media Takes Time to Do Right. Beth Kanter, the nonprofit social media guru, pointed out in 2008 that social media takes time. Not hours.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

Even though I'm more like twenty-something times 2.5, Julia Smith, who blogs at the idealist and was in the room asked "Where are the twenty something/millennial bloggers writing about social change, activism, and nonprofits?" There are lots of twenty-something bloggers and gen-y bloggers. Why did I go?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

I'm sure many nonprofits (and foundations) who enter into the waters of social media for the first time feel this nervousness and perhaps fear. Here's a new fear: Reputation for accuracy, quality, and professionalism will be damaged if the organizations shows its human side. I asked Sean, why are we so scared of showing our human side?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Share and Comment on Breaking News. It’s also a good idea that every time you launch a new social media or mobile technology community or campaign, you write a brief blog post and list specific ways in which supporters can participate. received 13,000 visitors.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 23, 2014

Due to the incredible response we received the last time we brought together leading nonprofit experts to share their best fundraising insights, we decided to do it again! I have no doubt that you’ll improve your fundraising efforts and boost acquisition rates if you take the advice each of these professionals are sharing.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 17, 2014

That’s the advice we got this week from guest blogger Amy Eisenstein, a top fundraising consultant who has generously shared her terrific advice with our readers this week. Do you think you would give a second time to an organization that didn’t appreciate your first gift? Thanks Amy! 2,000 or More. Within 1 Week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2010

5) Networking with NGOs working on the ground in Chile (6) Relying information back and forth to people who are calling numbers in Chile and as far as way as Canada or Spain (7) Networking with social media bloggers , twitter users in Chile who have been helping him spread the message. (8)

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 27, 2011

So, in June, when one of our blog posts sparked a heated discussion in the comments section, we were all caught off guard. The blogger, Katie Hawkes, had written this post encouraging our audience to be optimistic about volunteering. I know you keep getting a barrage of advice and articles that say, "Social media is different!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2009

My favorite part is advice on how to respond and a story about how a negative comment was an opportunity. When not to respond: If the blogger or commenter is talking about another United Way. If the blogger or commenter is clearly baiting, being antagonistic, or trying to incite a fight.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

She and I have have linked to each other’s blog posts and commented on each others posts over the past three years. Our goal this time around is—you guessed it—10,000 people giving $10 each on 10/10/10. When it was time for 09/09/09, I didn’t have to scramble to find RTers or bloggers; they were there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2008

So, I took her advice to update the firmware. I actually called three times - the third time I decided to live broadcast it. Amy Gahran wrote about my experience here , listened to the video, and offered some great advice if you are thinking about a N95 so you don't get screwed. s blogger outreach program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

And, last week I was outed as a widget slob by another well-respected blogger no less! So, I asked the commenter for some advice and did a little reflecting on my own and cleaned things up a bit. Does have the ability to encourage more conversation or comments? Yes, it got messy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2009

Hunger is a serious issue in America, especially in these hard times. Bloggers have helped raised awareness of this important issue. Tyson Foods has perfected a social media strategy that leverages blog comments for food donations as noted on the Fast Company blog ,part of its innovative giving series.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Blackbaud guest bloggers share expert fundraising tips and simple steps for creating a Facebook page that rocks. Get practical advice on live-streaming an activist event and making an all-star meme for your nonprofit. Pacific time. Tell us about it in the comments! TechSoup is keeping busy this July. TechSoup Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2008

Wanna was one of the first Cambodian bloggers to leave a comment on my blog and we have gotten to know each other through flickr and our blogs. any advice to offer him? If you haven't already, donate $10 or more to the Sharing Foundation through Global Giving Fundraiser set up by Blogger Michele Martin of the Bamboo project!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 10, 2007

I am often asked for advice from nonprofits that want to start a blog. Being an organization's blogger involves not only writing for the blog, but also building relationships with other bloggers by reading them, linking to them, commenting on their blogs and inviting them to comment on your blog. Read blogs.

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Care2

MARCH 27, 2009

The interesting thing about this effort is that it’s not campaign-based, or a spurt of activity for a defined period of time, but actually an ongoing relationship that can continue to build over the long term, again defined by what is valuable to their supporters. Reader Comments (2) Great post Ali.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

This is a draft for a listening curriculum that I will be doing for the first time as part of WeAreMedia Workshop later this week. KD Paine has some excellent advice about how to shift through some of the listening data. Set up aside a small block of time to read your feeds everyday. Do search at site for the first time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time. I wish all nonprofits understood this!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time. I wish all nonprofits understood this!

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I know these posts are more about me than about providing you with have fun, do good ideas, interviews and inspiration (: Even if you don't have a blog, I recommend taking a little time to write/walk/paint with some, or all of the questions. Feel free to share your answers in the comments. I've really enjoyed the process.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2013

I am pleased to have the opportunity to be a part of the TechSoup blogger community, and I’m excited to get started with my first blog post. This time, the one more thing was to take what I learned at SDFF and see if I could help other nonprofits make better use of technology. Hello everyone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2009

It is a mashup of RSS feeds on one page that includes: The ten best or "must read" blog posts from selected blogs. The filtering of these posts is handled automatically is based on the number of comments, inbound links, and other signs of engagement. (Hmm. sounds like a mashup of RSS run through Postrank).

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BoardAssist

AUGUST 26, 2014

Guest blogger Allison Gauss offers some terrific advice this week on how to be most effective when you follow up. It’s still a good idea, however, to make time for a few phone calls or notes for major gifts or first-time donors. Anonymous surveys and comment cards can also be a good tool for this stage of follow up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2008

Are "the best" or "most influential" lists of bloggers a good thing or a bad thing? But in the last month, I've come across three "best of" type women blogger lists. In the comments, Christine Martell (who writes an awesome blog called) mentions a list of women edtech bloggers put together by Janet Clarey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

My post over at Katya's blog generated some excellent advice and has also raised many more questions. Thank Yous So far, other bloggers have added the badge to their site or linked to the campaign and I want say a big thanks and in Khmer too ! and, if you linked and I don't have you on radar yet - leave me a comment).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2008

A (blog) conversation strategy is how you support and nurture a conversation on your blog in the comments. It is a combination of how you will comment on other blogs, how you track the conversation, and how you respond to comments on your blog. So, what's your replying to comments technique or strategy? Respond quickly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

" Lucy Bernholz points to an NY Times editorial on embedded giving with a prediction about what will continue to work best with giving to charity. Some bloggers, like Skelliewag, highlighted the best of best of their blog posts , while CogDog blog took the opposite approach and look at the Top 0 list. What do you think?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

This organization uses sports, specifically basketball, as a vehicle to help youth get motivated in school and learn life lessons while at the same time producing some seriously great athletes. What Next — Charles Best is "Character Approved" Twitter Updates Powered by Blogger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Certainly, giving from individuals won't be enough to fix the economy and provide the resources that charities need to deliver important services in hard economic times. March: March is beginning of the spring and spending more time outdoors. Gradon Tripp, Boston Blogger, created a fundraiser to support Jane Doe Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I use a variety of tools for this analysis, including Google Analytics, Feedburner subscriber counts, and manually tracking comment to post ratios (typepad doesn't have a nifty plugin like wordpress to automate that grunge work) A tool that use to evlauate my content is PostRank. Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2008

" and goes on to describe those all too familiar uninspired periods you face as a blogger. But, she ends with a couple of great questions to get our collective creative juices flowing: Since I know I'm not alone in this, I'm wondering what you do when you're in those times when inspiration strikes everywhere but in your own mind?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I heard some genuine concerns from some Federal staff (eg Forest Service) about the risk of them being swamped by public input/comments online if they move to make rulemakings or decision-making proceedings more open for participation. The desire for advice + the decision on the table are real. Maxine Teller. These are ?software

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

" asking readers to share their stories about how they got started in social media, first steps, and advice. I got inspired by this post and left a quick comment, but then I reading comments by others and folks who wrote the answers on their blogs. just in time??? You must go read the stories - they're wonderful.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 17, 2011

Requirements not only include courses towards their degree program, but also 30 additional hours of coursework and 200 Career Field Exploration (CFE) hours — designed to assist students in "trying out" different nonprofit organizations and the jobs within them before they make any decisions about full-time employment.

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