Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2005

Jeffrey Zelman bemoans tag clouds ascent (or descent) into popular culture. I like how the jargon of the blogoshere is so poetic and filled with methaphoric language, but excuse me - what is a tag cloud? The subtle message is bigger is better and thus influences other people to use that tag. I couldn't resist.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Specific personalization When sending an appeal letter, thank-you note, or email to a donor, always include a note at the bottom and say something about the impact their gift has made and something very specific about their kids, dog, family, home, job, favorite sport, hobby, alma mater, volunteer work, or latest travel adventure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Technology in Arts Conference The 2007 Technology in the Arts Conference is over but the conversations and resource sharing still continue on the conference wiki. To keep up with what the arts community is doing in technology and the social web, follow the blog. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Is there an art to getting ReTweeted on Twitter? Personally, I think the word "contagious" is a big buzz word that is thrown around by marketing people. Don’t always tweet something and tag on please ReTweet. Use Proper Nouns Many ReTweets use nouns, proper nouns and 3rd-person verbs.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

A sampling of badge art from Salesforce.org Trailhead modules. And more cool badge art for your collection, of course! Tag @SalesforceOrg to extend your reach. Peg’s personal mission is to foster clear communication for the greater good. What’s next? About the Author. Peg Giffels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2016

Knowing that those three days are so jam-packed with content, I often get asked what bbcon offers for arts administrators, and the answer is…a lot! So I went ahead and picked out some of the top sessions for Arts & Cultural organization to make planning your conference journey just a little bit easier.

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CauseVox

MAY 7, 2021

When writing an automatic ticket receipt for your nonprofit, you should include: Personalization using merge tags, which automatically pull the purchaser’s name, organization info, and order info into the receipt. Example #1: Garner Arts Center’s Ticket Order Receipt. This e-mail serves as your order receipt.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I invite you to follow the account, send in your own videos (tagged #museumfitness), and sweat along with us at your institution. While it's a silly project, #museumfitness is also a small attempt to break down unproductive divisions between "art people" and "sports people." We are posting short museum-based exercise videos each week.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Still, you can take your efforts to the next level by leveraging popular nonprofit personalities, also known as influencers. This feature is similar to hashtags but provides a location-based tag instead of a phrase-based tag. You likely already understand the importance of social media in your marketing strategy. Geofilters.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Still, you can take your efforts to the next level by leveraging popular nonprofit personalities, also known as influencers. This feature is similar to hashtags but provides a location-based tag instead of a phrase-based tag. You likely already understand the importance of social media in your marketing strategy. Geofilters.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Now, we’re getting into the art of thanking donors. Your mailed welcome kit could contain: A holiday-themed letter from the Executive Director, signed and with a short, handwritten personal note, such as: We thank you for choosing to give to our organization! Be sure to tag them all! In other words, one size does not fit all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Many nonprofits considering starting a blog should look at a team approach so the onus isn't on one person to blog. Small dots is an advocate for technology in the arts. Tag your post with "net2thinktank." The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Yesterday, I presented a workshop called " A Crash Course in Social Media for Arts People " hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. Crash Course: Social Media for Arts People View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: arts ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2007

In the presentation for this session, Doug Haslam used a screencapture of this blog post as an example of how a pr person can leave a comment to pitch a story on their client's behalf. (He I like how Bryan and Doug framed using several social media tools (google alerts, tags, and rss) to find conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2005

Future of Tagging ??? You might tag it with ???read_later,??? so those tags work well for you, but not necessarily the social system. The tags you use to describe something should be intuitive so you can recall the bookmark. You can assume, however, that someone will tag the item for how the group does it.???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

" Interesting site from NRDC called " itsyournature.org " An article about new features coming from social network sites that will prevent your personal and professional life colliding and resulting in embarrassment. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 12, 2015

So when AAM and Blackbaud hosted Trends Watch 2015: Using Open Data and Personalization at Museums with Elizabeth Merritt , Michael Edson , and Stephen Watson , attending it was a definite no-brainer! Personalizing the Museum Experience. And, while the report itself is great, a live webinar that digs into the research is even better!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Via Laura Quinn at Idealware comes a pointer to a research paper titled " Technology Motivators and Usage in Not-for-Profit Arts Organizations " that comes from the Systems Synthesis Project course at the H. lolnptech.org includes photos of people, who could be tagged as "nptech." What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Andy Carvin and Jonnie Goldstein interviewed a person from one of two projects based in Cambodia. Peter Deitz, from FOIK, also a nominated project, offers volunteer assistance to the other 149 projects in implementing personal fundraising campaigns. I'm probably the only insane person who is using all these plus others sources.

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Achieve

JANUARY 22, 2024

Aly Sterling Philanthropy’s guide to donor stewardship recommends using the following stewardship tips:  Personalize your outreach. Look for a solution that offers source code tracking, analytics, and custom tags to annual and capital campaigns , giving your organization real-time insights into donor behavior and habits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

I’ve had the pleasure of working with ZER01 , the producer of the 01SJ Biennial , a multi-disciplinary, multi-venue event of visual and performing arts, the moving image, public art, and interactive digital media. Tags: Case Studies Experimentation. The organization has a small administrative staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2011

For example, Jay Baer’s and Amber Nashlund’s new book, The Now Revolution , uses Microsoft’s version of QR codes called Tag technology , so readers can scan pages and get additional bonus materials on their phones. QR codes are popping up in school lesson plans, like this arts lesson plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

It is called " The Art of Social Web " Coolcat Teacher blog gives a wonderful post about how blogging is a work in progress - she concludes blogging is more like football than a once in a lifetime performance at Carnegie Hall. Steve Bridger from NFP 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

They appointed a person in the room as the "Backchannel Advocate" and the speaker would ask them verbalize questions from the backchannel. Jeffrey Veen calls this person an ombudsman for the audience. Tags: backchannel. How can we play further with the distance between those up there - on the podium and those in the audience?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

  I've written about  how nonprofits can use it , including arts organizations like the Brooklyn Museum as chronicled on Shelley Bernstein's blog.    And it seems like the concept of flash mobs for the arts is not limited to FourSquare.    Personal experimentation is a good way to do that.  

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. In light of that, I personally met only 4 of the 12 donors (excluding myself). The lessons for arts organizations. Flickr Photo by Sugarpond.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2010

It is an in-person meeting of Twitter users. It is also used to describe any in-person networking event that integrates social media. Name Tags: Make sure you have name tags and if are you hosting, be a good host and introduce people. Tags: Tips Tools and Tactics online-offline tweet up. What’s A Tweet Up?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Over the summer, London Mayoral advisor Steve Norris commented in the media that “the National Theatre should have a Compulsory Demolition Order” in a public hearing about the city’s South Bank arts precinct. Maybe the person who runs their Twitter account meant to send the Tweet on their personal account. Mistakes happen.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 27, 2023

Consider incorporating a digital element, such as asking participants to share photos from each location on social media, tagged with your organization’s hashtag. Depending on your organization’s focus, workshops could cover topics such as personal development, health and wellness, arts and crafts, or cooking.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

They hope individuals will contribute around $17 million this year for books, field trips, art supplies and technology needed by classrooms in low-income areas. The main reason it works is that you get to see how your donation was spent, you get photos from the classroom, and you get a personal reply from the teacher or students.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

A sought-after speaker and writer on nonprofit technology, she was named the NTEN Person of the Year in 2008 and included in the Nonprofit Times' list of the 50 most influential leaders in the U.S. Tags: Donors Donors Fundraising Grants for Technology Online Grantseeking Running Your Organization. nonprofit sector. 21, at 1 p.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Marnie Webb (who appears to be blogging a bit more these days since she switched to a MAC ) tagged an interesting article from the Wall Journal that asks " Is there a numerical cap on how many friends we can have? So, I have no idea why this page was tagged with NpTech. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2017

A “bad icebreaker” is one that requires sharing too much personal information or touching. Each person will have an opportunity to introduce themselves saying their name, title, organization, and a fun fact about them they would like to share. You need to have markers and “Hello My Name Is” name tags.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Not everyone is a natural-born Twitterer, and it may take time to find the right person at your nonprofit to be the voice(s) behind your Twitter avatar, but it’s worth the investment of resources. Nonprofits that host many events or are related to the arts, animals, nature, or international development should definitely be using Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2009

You had to audition in person - sometimes behind a screen. Does represent a possible new business model in the light of crumbling arts nonprofits ? Tags: Arts & Technology. and the cab driver replies, "practice, practice, practice.". And wondering why Michael Tilson Thomas doesn't have his own Twitter account?

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CauseVox

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Art of Planning and Organization Behind the scenes of every successful fall festival fundraiser lies meticulous planning. You can get prizes donated so that the person with the best pumpkin carving wins something special. You can set up a photobooth and encourage participants to take photos and tag your organization.

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