Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

I joined LinkedIn in 2004, but I only recently actually completed my profile and given some attention to adding people to my network which now has what one friend say "a crap load of contacts." Just like you would in flickr or other social networking tools. Well, she did ! Do you really want to be friends with everyone?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

They usually have the staff, passion, resources, and training necessary to make a new tool succeed if it has any possibility of succeeding. Pay attention to Internet TV trend and consider launching your own TV station. Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace). VIDEO: How to Write in Cursive.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

One of the core principles in community engagement is to use the tools your community is using. Pay attention to your community. If they are using the tool, then join them. Ultimately, though Facebook and Google+ (or any other networking platform for that matter) are both social networking tools, there are important differences.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? MySpace, back when it was cool. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs?

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Care2

MAY 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!" Did you experience any increased site traffic to HSUS as a result of your MySpace presence?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Megan: MySpace was probably our first introduction to social media, but not sure the year we created the account. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? I also love Twitter, but that’s just my personal obsession with the tool!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

It includes case studies, tools, and how-tos. tools to capture and share knowledge from nonprofit gatherings. tools into your PR messaging? Head right over to the Social Media Press Release Template from Shift Communications and reviewed by the Getting Attention Blog. Something to read before jumping into using the tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. Katya Andresen has written a fantastic five minute guide to social networking tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2008

I thought Peter was saying Twitter will replace Facebook/Myspace or social networks. But as Charlene Li and Josh Bernhoff point out in their new book it is important to think behind the new tool - and to ask the larger question - how do you evaluate new technologies as they enter the landscape?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

tools for online advocacy. We wanted something different; not just another MySpace profile. Can you talk a little bit about how you mix or integrate social media tools with more, er, "traditional" online marketing strategies? This was mostly a myspace campaign. Why and how has using these tools been effective?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

I've been doing research for an article I'm writing for TechSoup about social networking tips, tricks, and tools -- once you've made the decision that it is right for your organization, how maintain a socnet presence without it being a huge black hole? There is a fine line between rapid attention shifting and useless bouncing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Social media is described in terms of the mission, not the tools. We talk about how using the tools expands our mission." And, they don't just talk, it is backed up with reports and graphs about how the use of the tools supports their work -- the connection between the online efforts and people using services on land.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2009

He takes the long view of short attention spans…it’s sometimes hard for people to find the right organizations to volunteer for, and it can be equally hard for organizations to capitalize on the various skills that volunteers bring to the table… But microvolunteerism, Colker says, ‘is perfectly suited for the Millennial Generation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

They are exploring how non-profit organizations use the Web and the tools available for them in the last three years or since this Wired article was published ( For Nonprofits, Web Is Windfall ). Also, what Web tools and resources are you aware of that non-profits can use? I even discovered a Cycling Advocacy Network blog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

MySpace, Facebook, and many other businesses have realized that they can give away the tools of production but maintain ownership over the resulting products. To put it a different way, the sharecroppers operate happily in an attention economy while their overseers operate happily in a cash economy.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 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!" And what is the optimum combination of videos, pictures, text, friends, and other widgets?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Readers understand that one era compliments and empowers the previous one and that the set of tools associated with each era are not meant to be replaced by the tools indicative of the the era that follows. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. The Mobile Web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

ve already partnered with 50 non-profits, like Care2 , Greenpeace , and Amnesty International The question it raises for nonprofits is, join an existing network like Facebook or MySpace or build your own social network or combination? But these sites have two important limitations that give nonprofits reason to look for additional tools.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 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!" And what is the optimum combination of videos, pictures, text, friends, and other widgets?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples. I asked Miles this question: There's a lot of media attention being paid to "Web 2.0"

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Readers understand that one era compliments and empowers the previous one and that the set of tools associated with each era are not meant to be replaced by the tools indicative of the the era that follows. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. The Mobile Web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Her piece begins with a simple definition of online social networking tools and asks: What's the appeal? She suggests that if organizations are targeting young people, particularly teens and 20 somethings that platforms like Myspace can be a good tool. social media, or social networking tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

The Getting Attention Blog hosted a Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on the topic of Professional Development for nonprofit marketers. The Digital Diner has an excellent post on photo management tools and the limits of consumer projects in an enterprise setting. It may be the basics not social networking tools.) Philthanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

Since then Langwitches Blog has turned into a Professional Development tool for me as well as for other foreign language educators. I enjoy sitting down with my girls and teach them about the tools that I am experimenting with. Many of the tools available are especially useful to the foreign language teacher and student.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

We wanted to be creative and capitalize on the media attention to bring dogfighting into the spotlight. s choice award Number of youtube video views of winning submission MEASUREMENT TOOLS - tangible Sourced links for new list names from marketing ??? to quantify exposure Time spent on page & Vote count from poll program ???

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Rather than occupying your attention with my own analysis, I encourage you to go straight to the source and check out her two fascinating slide presentations (from eTech 2006 and GDC 2007 respectively) on how to put "the fun into functional." and other software tools more appealing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

" Some statistics about how many young people are using various social media tools. Digital media is being shaped by the private sector (YouTube, MySpace, etc). Henry Jenkins notes that it isn't about the tools and that it was more about the culture growing up around the technology. Media isn't just happening to kids.

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Another point Brian made was that perhaps Facebook and Myspace are not for your organization. So, if you use the right tools through LinkedIn, you can get that much closer to a donation–so I’d say that is a better path. In other words, to formalize that relationship is a great idea. I suggest another one to explore, Rethos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

He urged everyone to pay attention to this closely. He believes that: "Inspiration + Know how + tools = you can change the world" The tools are just tools, but you need to add your network. They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. They won't be reading your emails.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Readers understand that one era compliments and empowers the previous one and that the set of tools associated with each era are not meant to be replaced by the tools indicative of the the era that follows. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. The Mobile Web.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

Is Facebook and MySpace a trend? Blogroll (C)Systems AVC Beth’s Blog Christine Herron Deborah Elizabeth Finn Donordigital Emily’s World Getting Attention Gift Hub Philanthromedia Social Edge TechSoup © Copyright 2010 See3. How do you think the web and technology change will impact identity?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

They are attentive to their communities on an almost daily basis. Doing something different with a set of tools that tens of thousands of other nonprofits also use is the trademark of an exceptional social media manager. The nonprofits that are the most successful in social media today were on Myspace and YouTube in 2005 and 2006.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2007

Org charts, like maps, aren't given the attention they should be, especially in large institutions. And now that social networking tools and software are advanced enough to express complex relationships between people, projects, and ideas, we should be integrating these technologies into our workplaces. I was captivated.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Nonprofit Tech for Good began as a “Nonprofit Organizations” Myspace Page in 2005. I will use it as content discovery tool (primarily infographics), but not as a marketing tool. There are other social networks that need your attention. Pinterest did not make the cut. Tumblr also did not make the cut.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

So how do you design for that kind of maturity, and for kids who want a MySpace? We didn’t want to build MySpace. One of the vendors made a proposal to us with the phrase: “It’s MySpace meets NASA." For lots of people, it's overwhelming to jump in and embrace social networking as a basis for an educational tool.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

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