Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2012

Remember last September when Facebook announced all those changes to individual profiles, including the timeline? One of the changes was that your friends and fans can do more than “Like” or “Comment” on Facebook. ” You can read more about how it works from the Facebook developer notes.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). But these characteristics won't change about the demographic: They are vocal, demanding and discerning." And now this has all.ly

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2015

For the past few years, nonprofits have spent a lot of resources on building their Facebook page presence. Many social media strategists and the media told nonprofits and businesses that email was dying and that FREE social networks like Facebook would be king of communications. So is Facebook still worth it?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). "How do you get 50 authors prepared to manage 15 Facebook pages in less than 2 months with a team of 4 people? Women Rule the Philanthropic Roost!

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Network for Good

MAY 4, 2021

We want to make sure that we’re actually asking our communities to give us their time, their advocacy, their influence, and their attention — in addition to their money! When there isn’t as much in-person programming, such as over the past year, we need to make sure we’re still making new visual content to keep feeds fresh.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). That is how change happens. That's why social change organizations exist–to leverage supporter power over time. ." What do you think?

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Network for Good

MAY 4, 2021

We want to make sure that we’re actually asking our communities to give us their time, their advocacy, their influence, and their attention — in addition to their money! When there isn’t as much in-person programming, such as over the past year, we need to make sure we’re still making new visual content to keep feeds fresh.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

It was interesting seeing which platform (Facebook, Twitter, email, face-to-face, etc.) Movember is a fundraiser that challenges men to change their appearance by growing a mustache. When I posted an updated pic on Facebook, I received a lot of likes and comments, but also a donation or two. Multimedia Tells the Story.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Submissions close January 22, 2010."

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Building buzz and press for an advocacy action. The road trippers also made stops for advocacy events in Boston and New York before concluding in Washington DC.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

But we can and SHOULD change this! Mark Rovner , founder and CEO of Sea Change Strategies. ’ This takes more time initially, but it produces the levels of support and advocacy we really want for our organization!” John Haydon , Author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies. So let’s get started, right?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Are these changes good for nonprofits bottom line too? The jury is out." "What is social interpreneurship you ask?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Tags: roundup bookmarks discussion facebook fundraising google gov2.0 Thus today’s announcement is a very big surprise.&#. Does Directgov Deliver?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The goal of the communication strategy was to raise general awareness of the issue and offer information and facts for grassroots advocacy.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Tips for Promoting a Cause on Facebook If you build it, will they come?

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Tips for Promoting a Cause on Facebook If you build it, will they come?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 10, 2017

For nonprofits interested in engaging supporters in online advocacy, this is especially true. These days, individuals receive a LOT of email and see a LOT of posts on their social media feeds. government to take action against climate change. Urging the President to support bold climate change action before 2020.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. Facebook’s Problematic News Feeds.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The Real-Time Web and Its Future , a new report from ReadWriteWeb , focused on the changing ecosystem of the Web, one that runs in real-time. “For the following report, we interviewed 50 companies, developers and executives building or leveraging real-time Web technology. When did RWW start focusing on the real-time Web?

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

However, a small organization with a small budget can make some pretty big changes. We focused on action and making change for the patient. From the Big Duck website : Brandraising is a proprietary model developed by Big Duck to help nonprofits communicate more effectively in order to advance fundraising, programs and advocacy goals.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

In every vertical, ranging from the environment to public health, there are hundreds if not thousands of organizations with similar names and missions competing for advocacy, donor, and foundation support. Fast, Cheap and Under Control: Online Advocacy as an Acquisition Engine. million organizations. 3:00 to 4:15. 9:15 to 10:30.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 13, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). A social enterprise, Zoetica provides superior communication consulting, training, and strategy to help mindful organizations affect social change."

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

But we can and SHOULD change this! Mark Rovner , founder and CEO of Sea Change Strategies. ’ This takes more time initially, but it produces the levels of support and advocacy we really want for our organization!” John Haydon , Author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies. So let’s get started, right?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). on Twitter and Facebook. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). But what is in it for campaigners trying to bring about social change? These are some of the common refrains I hear from nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Recently, I've been getting a question like that goes something like this, "All this social media stuff is great if you're fund raising or selling something or running a grassroots advocacy campaign, but what if you're focusing on carefully vetted scientific research or want to impact policy? They rely only on credible sources.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Changing the world. You’re asking people to help you feed hungry families or save animals or provide scholarships for at-risk youth. You’re asking people to help you feed hungry families or save animals or provide scholarships for at-risk youth. Lobbying for a law to change?). Meeting a pressing need.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" When the NYT writes about climate change is your environmental group quoted? ” Think about it.

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Care2

JUNE 16, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « VolunteerMatch.org Opens Public Access to its Network | Main | How Sticky is Facebook?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. How did they do it?

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

Developing apps and websites that take advantage of the power of the Facebook platform is of paramount importance for nonprofits. If the goal is getting more targeted visitors, functionality with Facebook is key. Notice the difference of the look of Causes’ homepage when you are logged into Facebook and not.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. How did they do it?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Tell me, does this sound familiar: You're staring at your organization's Facebook page and the writer's block is more like a writer's mountain. You have absolutely no idea what you are going to post to Facebook, let alone the (seemingly) 500 tweets you need to come up with. Change in office hours. Author: Cheryl Black.

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Facebook is another good example of this.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 26, 2014

Appreciation, Advocacy, and Appeals – your nonprofit’s social media strategy should incorporate them all. Facebook News Feed Now Gives Text Updates Less Reach.Yep, apparently Facebook has tweaked the News Feed to decrease the text updates from Pages. Did you know? See you in the caravan?

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2012

How uninspiring for a sector filled with passionate people who are trying to change the world and make it a better place to live. Humanizing your organization takes a lot of work and culture change within your organization and it won’t come over night. Listen to your Community. Is it positive? Is it critical of your work?

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

100 feeds a food-insecure family of five for 2 weeks.” With all of the changes you’re making, the focus should be on removing barriers to completing the form. In his role, he serves thousands of nonprofits and advocacy organizations across the U.S. What about those leaked reports from Facebook and Instagram? Recent Posts.

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