Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

After spending a year facilitating a peer learning community of Knight Foundation grantees hosting giving days, one of the most factors for success for local no nonprofits participating is having about 6-9 months timeframe to develop a plan. NetworkforGood to the rescue!

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Care2

AUGUST 9, 2013

Gen Y is the least likely to support local social services. However, it’s worth noting that that majority of money raised by nonprofits today is still through offline channels like Direct Mail. Social service charities, religious, and health organizations are supported by the largest percentage of donors across all generations.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

CUA held social media forums in Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne offering practical advice for nonprofits. Additionally, representatives from local nonprofits shared their experiences with social media at the various forums. Read about how the NetSquared Local Warsaw group (NetWtorek) advertises its events through social media.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

This month''s theme is building community, on and offline - a perfect time to interview Bethany about her inspiration for working in nonprofit technology and more! I got involved with Oregon’s 501 Tech Club/Net2 Local Group PDXTech4Good shortly after I moved to Portland. How did you first become involved with the NTEN community?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

CU held social media forums in Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne offering practical advice for nonprofits. Additionally, representatives from local nonprofits shared their experiences with social media at the various forums. Read about how the NetSquared Local Warsaw group (NetWtorek) advertises its events through social media.

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BoardAssist

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

At Catchafire, we know that celebrating volunteers in the right way leads to a long term relationship which can result in invaluable advice, connections to new supporters, and even increase donations. With Thanksgiving right around the corner, don’t forget to share some gratitude with everyone who helped you make an impact this year!

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Staff led on-the-ground efforts in just a handful of key cities, while the majority of actions were organized online and offline by activists and other citizens -– volunteers, by and large. Discussions about green jobs and green economy policies occurred from local to national levels. Many are connected only randomly.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

MiFi or phone-tethering app (at some point the internet will be slow and/or not working), plus apps that work well in offline mode for any dead zones. Participating in the Day of Servic e can be a terrific way to meet others while making a difference for a local organization. Do go to parties and networking events", advises Marlina.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Talk to other organizations and ask for their advice on executing a successful event. And if you plan to ask the local university football coach or the community’s favorite meteorologist, it’s best to nail them down sooner rather than later due to their busy schedules. Then circle up your committee and talk about what you learned.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

Check out the interview below to learn more about how My Colorado Project is empowering local change! One of my favorite moments was when Robert Egger, the founder of DC Central Kitchen and V3, came to visit us a while back and his advice to me was to “keep it local and make sure it translates offline.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Did you know that according to the 2005 Kintera/Luth Nonprofit Trend Report : "On average, online givers donate in total (both online and offline) more than 50 percent more than those donors who do not give online." ChipIn allows a group of people to collect money online whether it is for a birthday gift, a party or a fundraiser.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

I’m a big believer in having conversations across the industry ( check out my podcast, if you haven’t already) to share honest advice about what’s working and what’s not—I feel that it’s one of the best ways for us learn and lift the fundraising profession together. Building year-end content strategies.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

The second installment of the weekly TweetChat series offered some useful advice on nonprofit Twitter use, a tool that can be difficult to understand for many nonprofit leaders. One participant said, "A good tweet is something that elicits action offline, for example, a laugh or a conversation. Granted, that's hard to measure."

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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 used the BBS to post questions asked by people in a local face-to-face support group who were not online. I was networking weaving between the offline/online. You must go read the stories - they're wonderful.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

We have had conversations on and offline about the value of our blog series, and it seems as though we are becoming a little too didactic (fair argument). So as a result, we have decided to take your advice and focus on something a little more practical."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

In Ethiopia, she did organizational capacity building work for a local network of NGOs. The tools can be useful for in-country connections, in local languages, or north-south connections. An offline newsletter or meeting is very important in Ghana for instance for reaching people as they don???t Through my blog I see what???s

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

I will say that there are regulations that relate well to offline consumer relationships that don’t apply well online. Emily : I have one word of advice, go Google something right now and add the word “sucks” with it. Here's my roundup of Twitter advice.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

Imagine that a group meets locally to discuss a clean water strategy. JO: In Momentum , you claim that online organizing will never take the place of offline organizing. How can offline and online approaches coexist? Offline organizing builds strong relationships and online connections extend and augment them.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So the general proposition or principle in fundraising, which I learned decades ago, but does bear repeating, is that if you ask for money, you get advice, and if you’re asked for advice, you get money. . ” And the volunteer said, “Oh, I’m not asking for money, I just want to get your advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

If they congregate in certain online locales, what are they talking about in relation to your brand/goals/issues/competitors? Is there an “offline” marketing push that you need to support/connect? Remember, social media can also be used to connect people to offline actions and events. What will resonate with them?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

And so I have more than five years of experience creating online and offline communities to support social and environmental causes as Steven said and I worked a lot in Latin America. So in this part, what I said before, sharing the local voices of the communities you work with is extremely important because WhatsApp is a way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2009

Rheingold has a mix of people he knows offline as well as virtual friends. I like Vladis Krebs' advice on this fine-tuning which is summarized in a post I wrote a few months back called " If you were stuck on a desert island, and could only follow 150 people on Twitter, who would you follow and why?

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

And if you have not heard, I have a podcast, “Let’s Take This Offline,” and you can go ahead and binge listen while you do your running, or your walking, or you’re sitting lakeside this summer, kind of decompressing from a really hellish year. What’s your best advice for managing up?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

From periodic candidate updates and requests for time, money, and votes to virtual phone banks , national and local campaigns are finding new ways to mobilize a growing percentage the US's 277 million mobile users. Andy Carvin and others just launched a new "tweme" that will track local voting irregularities. in the September primary.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

I have to get offline,” you have to wonder, “do they really have something to do?” Dang, I don’t know what to say, except we’re going to send everything out later on and you can relive all this good advice or share it with a friend. So tips for introverts. I can hardly believe it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

My first job in the United States after working in France was as an intern with the Center for Community Change on their immigration team helping to create a toolkit on fighting anti-immigrant local ordinances. I quickly became integrated into the team as an Organizer for state and local rights.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

MeetUp is service that focuses on helping people meet up offline and in-person. For small regional nonprofits, the service could be used for local events and regular meetups. A Facebook Group for for nonprofit professionals to share ideas and advice about the best ways to use social media to share their stories.

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