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. But before you do anything, take this advice from Laura Girardin about brave experiments with emerging social media.

Tutorial 50

Tutorial Hype Atlanta Social Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

It closely follows Gartner's Technology Hype Cycle. The place to look for lots of ideas and advice is MobileActive. Maybe I'm jaded. But having been in the nonprofit technology since 1993, I've seen a predictable pattern of cycles with new tools and technology. Technology Trigger. Inflated Expectations. Trough of Disillusionment.

Open 95

Open Gartner Fundraising Hype 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

While the specific tactics and techniques for a tool may change, the concepts generally hold constant. Over the years, as I have watched Facebook roll out features and changes, it seems takes a predictable pattern: the big announcement, hype, backlash, more tweaks to the platform, experiments by users/organizations, and learning what works.

Facebook 135

Facebook Results Change Organization 135

NTEN

JULY 30, 2010

Beth Kanter's got some good advice on that. You've avoided the hype thus far. Fortunately, the article that calculates all the time we spend looking at cat and dog videos links to all those videos, as well. Is social media strategy just human nature ? Social media can definitely be a time suck if you don't manage it properly.

Hype 47

Hype Case Study Aggregator Movie 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

The other day I wrote a post called " Social Not Working and Other Social Networking Challenges " riffing on a post by Jeremiah Owyang who summarized the challenges - the flip side of social networking exuberance and really just a normal part of the technology hype curve. Social not -working??? Share the Workload 6.

Social Network 50

Social Network Network Effective Hype 50

Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

Data philanthropy efforts are reviewed and advice for writing about data is offered. Challenging some of the predictable backlash against big data hype Andrew McAfee describes some of the errors people make when writing about data and gives a short list of things to consider when writing about it in his Harvard Business Review blog post.

Africa 47

Africa Data Philanthropy Giving 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2009

Ivan ends with this advice: Begin with your campaign's strategy — the food you want to eat. And, while it may be an argument about semantics, it further illustrates this tension. The strategy always comes first, and then you figure out which tool fits. The alternative? A forest fire.

Activities 80

Activities Active Activism Twitter 80

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

Somewhere around 2006 or 2007, I got a call from Michaela asking for advice on a career path for Nonprofit Technology. But beyond all of the hype and noise, the most dominant theme I keep coming back to is that community is and always will be King. We also "checked in" using FourSquare and Gowalla everywhere.

Community 90

Community Offline Hype America 90

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JUNE 23, 2006

Blogging Problogger , a service trying to make some money helping people blog, has Darren Rowse's blogging advice this week in Business Blogging 101. The three most commonly offered bits of advice were, unsurprisingly: Post regularly, build a community, and read other blogs. Do they all say the same thing?

AJAX 40

AJAX Hype Yahoo Culture 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

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. .&# NWF is in the “imaging&# stage of what the potential is for the platform.

Google 116

Google Change Social Adopt 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

Here's a quick summary of my notes: In Fanton's welcome, he noted that it is easy to get caught up in the novelty and hype of virtual worlds, but whatever the complexities, "we think they will grow and become integrated into our daily lives." We got advice not to do that. What's your advice?"

Virtual 50

Virtual Philanthropy Foundation Second Life 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

I have some advice for both companies, though: Keep going – it’s looking more and more like not only are people expecting the ability to mash their data and other data more, it’s also looking like a pretty good business model. Bottom line: Kintera takes some important steps to open up their application. What’s to lose?

Open 100

Open Platform Kintera API 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Koolaid) Michelle offers some advice to both companies, including deliver, don't hype! " ( Although it a bit ironic that the Open Convio site has a blog like section , but no comments or trackbacks. So, the perhaps not everyone at Convio has drank the Web2.0 I will summarize more in the weekly nptech tag summary.

Convio 50

Convio Open API Kintera 50

Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Facebook isn't just all hype. We try to follow our own advice in our work. With any social media space, there are three key ingredients to success: 1) Setting goals, 2) Picking appropriate tools, and 3) Maximizing your understanding and use of those tools. It's an extremely popular site with over 100 million U.S.

Facebook 55

Facebook Social Media Widget Flickr 55

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In discussions with small and medium-sized nonprofits, there’s a lot of hype about stories (which disappear 24 hours after posting), but very little ROI and stories can be time-consuming to create. For further advice on using Facebook Stories effectively, please see this Complete Guide to Facebook Stories.

Facebook 364

Facebook Practice Avatar Nonprofit 364

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

In " The Social Web Ain't Rocket Science " Worldchanging blogger Jon Lebkowsky reminds us that blogs, wikis, and social networking sites may not be appropriate for all nonprofits and that hype and pressure shouldn't drive adoption decisions or they may not be successful. I wholeheartedly agree !

Convio 50

Convio API Nptech Summary 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Her blog is filled with insightful pieces that cut through the hype of new technologies and often ask the hard probing questions that haven't been asked. When I first started out consulting, one of the first pieces of advice I got was that giving things away free is an avenue to getting business.

Arts 50

Arts Interview Technology Open Source 50

Qgiv

APRIL 8, 2024

Remind donors that the day is coming and build hype. This new eBook, full of advice and fundraising strategies, will help your nonprofit master giving days! By leveraging diverse marketing materials, you can effectively raise awareness, drive engagement, and inspire generosity during your nonprofit giving day. Giving Day Playbook.

Giving 52

Giving Tips Nonprofit Hosting 52

Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

Have you gotten any negative feedback about it being too superficial or hyped for a research program? I don’t think it’s a lot of hype. What advice would you give to someone who sees this and wants to do something like it at their own institution? The feedback I get is—what an innovative and unique brand.

Interview 20

Interview Museum Teen Myspace 20

Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

There’s a ton of advice out there about designing your nonprofit’s website effectively. Here are a few suggestions specifically for nonprofit marketing: Save-the-date emails: This type of email could be a complete save the date or a fun “hype” email announcing that something big and exciting is coming.

Marketing 69

Marketing Create Nonprofit Social Media 69

Qgiv

JUNE 27, 2023

Use Instagram Reels to hype up current campaigns and show off the important work your organization does. Establish your organization’s authority by publishing fact-based articles and expert advice about your cause and the solutions you provide. Schedule your blog posts with online programs to keep your content consistent.

Results 52

Results Marketing Ideas Social Media 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2009

She also included some practical advice. Was it all hype? . Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook delivered the opening keynote. It covered many examples of how people were using Facebook for online activism as well as how nonprofits were using it for fundraising. the feature may also open up more broadly after tested.

Conference 91

Conference Reflection Social Kiva 91

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Blackbaud’s Giving Tuesday Toolkit offers excellent advice for development teams on running a giving day event. Your options for developing creative content are endless, from branded animated gifs to graphic updates and even hype videos. Create a Unique Giving Day Page.

Giving 82

Giving Guide Social Media Phone 82

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Joe Garecht’s eBook, How to Hold a Successful Giving Day for Your School , offers great advice for development teams on running a giving day event. From branded animated gifs to graphic updates and even hype videos, your options for developing creative content are endless. Create a Unique Giving Day Page.

Giving 21

Giving Guide Gift Phone 21