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Orchestras, Musicians, The Concert Experience, and Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a half-day “Digital Strategies&# seminar with Vince Ford, Director of Digital Media from the New York Philharmonic and leading a peer session for major orchestra marketing staff and youth orchestra executive directors with Makala Johnson who does Social Media for the Mayo Clinic.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Big Cat Rescue

Nonprofit Tech for Good

What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? As CEO, the buck stops here, (but sometimes, in years past, not enough of them) so I am always looking for ways to promote our message and create more efficiency in the way we raise money and achieve our goals.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. My mind wanders after a couple of paragraphs even when reading New York Times Bestsellers.

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Thank You For Making The Networked Nonprofit Launch A Hit!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Since this was my first ustream event, I reached out to my network for some advice. My colleagues at Zoetica, Geoff Livingston and Kami Huyse were monitoring the back channel and skyping us questions. With five minutes to go before the hour was up, we received word that 100 copies had been purchased! And I jumped!

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13 Virtual Fundraising Event Takeaways From 4 Marketing Professionals

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Establish Communication Channels for Engagement. Our production and technology team for the Collaborative found that it was useful to have pre-arranged channels for participants to be able to communicate with each other during and after sessions. JP’s top advice for a successful virtual event production? Start in pre-production.

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How Facebook Changes Are Impacting Engagement on Brand Pages and What Nonprofits Should Do About It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I had some privacy concerns and also it felt like it would require feeding another channel – why bother when I already had a brand page. I’ve changed my mind. I think the same advice applies to the question of whether or not Executive Directors should use social media. Mary Wittenberg , New York Roadrunners.

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How non-profits become experts at Social Branding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For what compels a reader to share your cause, event or donation drive with others using social media channels is not the tools themselves but their emotional connection to your brand. What support or advice would be most valuable to you? Fluency in social technology is a complex issue but there are three key elements.

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