Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

There’s no doubt that social networks are allowing organizations to connect with and recruit non-traditional volunteers in new ways. As applications come in, the VC helps to narrow the pool, coordinate interviews, and run background checks. Until recently Command & Control made sense. Fear of the Unknown.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

A lot of nonprofit blogs have come on the scene in the year between these events and I feel like it is time to revise and update my "10 Ways" post to include not only ways that nonprofits can use blogs, but also engage bloggers to support their cause. Blogs fall under the category of "social media" because they are, well, social.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

A whopping 86% of nonprofits say they have a presence on Facebook or another social media site according to the 2010 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. . While you're at it, sort out what percentage of your site traffic is coming from social sites in the first place. Jeff Patrick, Common Knowledge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

I'm An Embedded Free Agent Fundraiser My most recent social media fundraising experiment was a birthday campaign that raised $6225 from 161 donors using Facebook Causes Birthday application to benefit the non profit organization, The Sharing Foundation. I hope Facebook Causes makes the ask a little bit more flexible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

non-IT professionals understand web applications for collaboration. The Technovist offers some 5 tips for nonprofits to get started with social networking sites. The best question to come through the "Ask Your Friends" application on Facebook thjs week is "Have you used Mechanical Turk?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide. Verified Badges. If approved, a blue verification badge will be added next to your nonprofit’s name on Instagram. Write Good Captions.

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MARCH 19, 2010

Interested in knowing how to prioritize resources, analyze a donor database, create mobile applications or visualize community indicators? Receive up to 1,000 contacts free from a petition posted at GreaterGood Network's Take Action Center: a great way to connect with people supporting your cause. IdeaEncore Network in booth 74.

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MARCH 19, 2010

Interested in knowing how to prioritize resources, analyze a donor database, create mobile applications or visualize community indicators? Receive up to 1,000 contacts free from a petition posted at GreaterGood Network's Take Action Center: a great way to connect with people supporting your cause. IdeaEncore Network in booth 74.

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AUGUST 11, 2011

Social networks have built on this system significantly. Like the Xbox Live achievement system, when you accomplish certain goals like your first checkin you get the “Newbie” badge. After you check in at 10 different locations you earn the “Adventurer” badge. The badge and mayoral systems have made the check in fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

They are akin to plugins or extensions in desktop applications. Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake. Do you employ a social networking or online outreach strategy that engages your regular readers and enables new readers to discover you?

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APRIL 26, 2021

Offer participant engagement tools once they’ve registered, like gamification and badges. This is because there are no requirements or application processes, meaning organizations of all sizes and missions can use text fundraising. However, there is an application process, which can be timely and even deem you unqualified.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

We had a great cause. If your cause isn’t just, people will feel icky promoting it. Set up Reddit, Digg, and other social news aggregators. We put badges on the Beers For Canada website encouraging people to Digg us and promote us on other social news aggregators. We tested it a lot. Define analytics goals better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2010

The global citizenry has become a global network. Since becoming widely adopted just a couple years ago, social media has supercharged social action, cause marketing, and social entrepreneurship. And we’ll continue this trend for social networking, social action, and commerce.

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