Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Here's some reflections: Thoughtful, Intentional Experiments Thoughtful experimentation is setting up a low-risk experiment with metrics to figure out what is and isn't working is a social media best practice. She calls it "joyful funeral" -- that you quickly say this didn't work, reflect on why, and move on. How do you do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2012

Note from Beth: Facebook Groups can be used to help build communities and for deeper engagement and learning with your audience or peers. I invited Lisa to reflect on her experience and share some advice as a blog post. The Networked Nonprofit Book Club: Anytime, Anywhere Learning – guest post by Lisa Colton.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2010

My goal for conference presenting moving forward is to be on panels that I have designed or co-designed and that design involves the audience beyond a 5 minute q/a at the end. I realized that I enjoy presenting at sessions when the audience gets to share their knowledge with the room and each other. I realized that I.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Tagging corporate sponsors and partners. Since the LinkedIn community is a social network built for business and nonprofit professionals, it is absolutely a best practice to tag and thank your corporate sponsors and partners. For example, this post by the Houston Food Bank tags and shows appreciation for their sponsor , CVS Health.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 15, 2024

By sending the right donor communications and reaching your target audience where they are, you’ll be able to successfully promote your event and expand your nonprofit’s reach. Depending on your target audience, you’ll want to vary your messaging. Start sending emails that address why your audience should come to the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2010

The very first step is getting attention and getting people to “like” or join your Facebook page. There are many creative ways to promote your Facebook page to promote your page to your target audience and get them join or like. Tags: Training Design. Community Foundation of Monterey. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note from Beth: Last week, I wrote a reflection on a CNET article called "Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0," musing about the solution. Thanks to social media, causes can now have direct and personal impact with their audience in ways that were once costly and ineffective. Tags: fundraising2.0 This much I know for sure.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

As we cross the milestone of having 1 million Trailhead badges earned, now is a great opportunity to reflect and share key takeaways on what our team learned through the process of designing and implementing a learning program on Trailhead. The challenge was to meet the needs of multiple audiences. About the Author.

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Qgiv

APRIL 11, 2023

Your engagement should reflect that. Examples of direct donor signals include: Surveys Conversations with donors Direct messages or tagging your organization on social media Indirect signals are a bit less obvious, but no less valuable. Connect Giving, and even attending events, are deeply personal acts your supporters make.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

We've been reflecting on all the great conversations we had with people from around the country (and around the world) on how new media is and/or might enhance their work. . With that in mind, the AIDS.gov team compiled some advice about what it takes to use Twitter effectively to engage with our audiences. Conference on AIDS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Some Reflections. That is one reason why I always incorporate a reflection at the end that helps participates identify one small action step. Clarifying exactly what we want to accomplish with social media and the audience. Tags: Training Design. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

I’m hearing less and less that using social networks is a waste of time or away to NGTD (Not Getting Things Done) and more “How do we get started strategically that right for our organizational culture, audience, and objectives.&#. Tags: Networked Nonprofit Training Design isconf.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The Audience As Part of the Presentation. This gives an opportunity for the audience to share their story and their knowledge. Tags: training materials. Having graphic notes during the workshop was an asset. Peter Durand did the graphic recording (read his blog for more information about the process - AlphaChimp Studio).

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Nonprofits Source

DECEMBER 12, 2022

For example, blue conveys feelings like trust and authority in audiences, while red is often associated with passion. If you modify any of these branding elements, make sure to reflect this change in your style guide so all members of your team know how to express your updated brand. . Sequential HTML heading tags.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Photo by Marcopolos I'm a few weeks away from SXSW where I'll be leading a session called " Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam " which will incorporate a lot of audience interaction. How do they affect the relationship between those on the stage and the audience? One of the reflections.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2020

Is your data up to date and tagged correctly? You’ll also want to segment your data if you haven’t yet, and update the tags for each contact. Begin to update your website content to reflect current stories, current trends and a new call-to-action. Do you have current addresses for your contacts? Community Engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

Facebook and video are also topics of interest to my audience. Some guest authors did a great job of activating their networks and retweeting their guest posts - which, in turn, raised their postrank score. Tags: guest blogging. The top ranked content was on strategy including metrics, adoption, and overall strategy. Have a post?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. The scenarios clearly outline the social media objective and audience definition. Tags: training materials. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media. Put Your Learners on the Stage and Hand Them the Mic!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

We kicked off the conference with an interview style keynote about the Networked Nonprofit, moderated by fabulous Shireen Mitchell (aka digitalsista ). The best part is when the audience joins the conversation. Tags: Conferences Free Agent Listening nonprofit20 np20. Shireen did a fabulous job of bringing in their voices.

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Achieve

JANUARY 22, 2024

In this guide, we’ll cover: Strategies to Identify Mid-Level Donors Strategies to Connect With Mid-Level Donors Essential Tools to Grow Mid-Level Donor Relationships As you read through this article, consider how you can frame these mid-level donor strategies to your nonprofit’s unique audience. Reporting and analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2006

The Art Museum Social Tagging Project is a group of art museums is looking at integrating folksonomies into the museum Web by developing a working prototype for tagging and term collection, and outlining directions for future development and research that could benefit the entire museum community. A tag is a user???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

I leave Romania early in the morning and I'm probably too tired to be writing something called a reflection, but I better do it now or risk loosing it. While it is one the spot translation (and it was fabulous), you have to gauge what the delay is vis a vis the audience reaction. tags: socialmedia web2.0 ). That's all for now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2009

The panels, judges, twitter moderators and audience rocked! We used the hashtag #roi for audience participation and we trended 8th on Twitter , generating some entertaining tweets. Tags: ROI. Who knew that using the discipline of poetic form could generate such a great discussion about measurement and metrics.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 15, 2010

My favorite moments as a presenter are unfacilitated conversations between the presenter/experts and the audience/attendees. Tags: Event Online Activism Online Recruitment Running Your Organization Social Networking Staff Using the Web and Internet Volunteers Web 2.0 She is a social media consultant, and nonprofits are her specialty.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

"Adin Miller, a friend and all-around smart guy, wrote a blog post reflecting on James Surowiecki’s talk about the“ Wisdom of Crowds ” at the Communications Network and CommA Fall 2010 Conference. Use competitions and contests to generate new ideas from new audiences. Foundation application?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. What I most enjoy about doing face-to-face training workshops is the right after reflection questions: How could this learning experience been improved? Tags as a metric. What worked? What didn't?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 23, 2009

Reflections on America’s Giving Challenge - Did you follow or participate in the America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation? "The research presented in this report reflects the attitudes and experiences of Giving Challenge participants, from cause champions to individual donors to nonprofit leaders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Here are some tips: Know your audience. The first step in marketing is to understand your audience. The next step is finding your audience online, or more importantly helping them find you. It’s a reflection of culture and online practice and by understanding the audience you will understand better how they talk to each other.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2010

This isn't a direct "audience versus expert" comparison. But it's definitely less broad and more reflective of a particular perspective on what makes good music. Ultimately, "audience versus expert" may be a red herring that distracts from a larger discussion about personal preference and cultural bias. It depends who you ask.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

Alf Gracombe (a relatively new in the nptech blogosphere and whose blog looks promising) suggests that the debate reflects the shifting paradigm away from the more traditional content taxonomies to the emerging folksonomies on today???s "It seems to me that the tag is not that useful ??? social network and community sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

When I'm in the room, with a large group, I'm comfortable doing the interactive presentation or incorporating the audience's. The ten steps was originally tailored for a nonprofit technology and nonprofit audience -- so some of the examples were not as relevant to the audience as the new ones that I had researched.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? I'm looking forward to reading the reflections next week. New Blogs Yes, Tobias Eigen blogs and we've just discovered his blog in the NpTech Tag stream.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Google undoubtedly grew tired of updating and developing two tools that couldn’t accurately reflect the type of complex user journeys we see today, where people switch between apps, mobile browsers, and desktops frequently. Google believes GA4 better predicts audience needs and provides better data. Implement it.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Those answers are the first steps toward tags like, “Because the Earth needs a good lawyer,” from Earth Justice and “ Helping victims become children again,” which illustrates the impact of the Memphis Child Advocacy Center. Next, go beyond the problems you’re solving, and consider the ways you’re making your audience happy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2008

tags: hawaii socialmediaclub ). I wanted to write some reflections about what worked and what could have been improved with the Social Media Game.  Target your audience. If you aim directly for your audience, your ROI may be much higher and less financially painful.   Use the right tool for the job.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

Neon CRM is designed to help nonprofits grow, inspire their audience, and increase supporter engagement. NationBuilder NationBuilder offers “human-centric technology” for nonprofits to better understand their supporter audiences. That way, you can quickly get back to connecting with supporters and growing your audience.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

Here are some reflections about how we used crowdsourcing techniques for a very fast-moving campaign and lessons learned that may apply to your work. Tags: case studies fundraising beth kanter campaign case study online campaign sharing foundation. Yesterday was a very exciting day: we threw a surprise party for Beth Kanter online!

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