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How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter and Other Things I learned in Vegas

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. Crowdsourced Campaigns for Causes: Benefiting social good or just social?

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Ask Britt: How Do I Promote My Do-Good Book Online?

Have Fun - Do Good

Ask bloggers to review/write about your book You can find a list of the Top 100 Blogs on Technorati as a place to start, but all of their audiences may not be appropriate for your topic. Before you draft your blogger outreach email, check out my 10 Tips for Asking Bloggers to Write About Your Cause.

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Meet Danielle Brigida: Ranger Rick's AlterEgo on Facebook

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

within Facebook's structure without causing their community any harm. I felt that in many ways, Facebook was a representation of society and I wanted to make sure they gave us more than causes and groups. They assured the audience "We love Ranger Rick" but of course they couldn't make exceptions for a 40 year old raccoon.

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Gift the Gift of Charity: Make A Contribution to any of these Fabulous Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons.

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A Look at Nonprofits and Vlogging

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Shortly before the Blogher July 2005 conference, I got a new digital camera that came with a video feature. I was also curious to see whether there were nonprofits using vlogs to promote their causes. I was also curious to see whether there were nonprofits using vlogs to promote their causes. Here's a synthesis. Other Examples.

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Women Who Tech Telesummit: Tools Galore Panel

Amy Sample Ward

Everything revolves around the audience. Raise awareness for your cause and projects. Reach a broader audience: More than 500M Google Earth users today; Drive people to your site; Gain members, volunteers, donors, media coverage. It really depends on the audience you are trying to engage. What is your real output?

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Using Social Networking Tools - Advice, Brief Case Study, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Choosing which of these tools to adopt starts with outcomes, strategy, message, and knowing your audience - and nothing to do with the tools. So the issue is more how to best match your strategy, outcomes, and audience with the right tool and what type of simple experiment can you set up and what will you learn? The Case Study.