Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. A few comments over at Kikono too. The Give and Take Blog raises a question " Are anonymous blog authors as credible as those who write under their real names ? For others, the concept of ???public

Social Network 50

Social Network Nptech Tag Summary 50

Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

To encourage further interaction with your content, try these methods: Ask for comments, then reply directly to your followers in the comment section. Ask for followers to tag you in their posts about your nonprofit, then share those posts on your main accounts. About the Author. Instagram story stickers. Sandra Davis.

Social Media 52

Social Media Relationship Donor Media 52

Forum One

MAY 25, 2023

However, if engagement is up, or you’re getting real questions or comments from real people, it may be worth continuing to build your interactions. But it’s actually important to be more vigilant now about what’s going on with your mentions, comments, and direct messages. Is someone leaving spammy comments on all your posts?

Government 50

Government Twitter Social Media New York 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

The final selection process includes three elements: the votes and comments of our panel of expert jurors; feedback from the staff of the Paley Center for Media ; votes and comments from the public through the ThinkSocial site. Uzodinma Iweala, Author Beasts of No Nation; Columbia Medical School. Tags: promotion.

Award 84

Award Myspace Social Music 84

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2010

Johnson of the Advertising Research Foundation and Tara Hunt, author of the Whuffie Factor. If you’d like a chance at winning those, leave a comment below on why you want to attend. Tags: Conferences womenwhotech. Here’s the list of panels. I have two comp tickets to give away.

Blogher 107

Blogher ROI Slideshare Free 107

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. "How do you get 50 authors prepared to manage 15 Facebook pages in less than 2 months with a team of 4 people? I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day.

Web 108

Web Chicago Bookmarking Case Study 108

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Thank you to those who have already voted or commented! Please support me by voting and commenting here. Outside of NetSquared, I am a trainer, blogger and facilitator as well as the co-author of Social by Social: a practical guide to using technology for social impact. Leave a comment on the application here.

India 126

India Network Netsquared Offline 126

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

This example can be applied to many situations, whether it's malicious comments on a blog, bad behavior in a forum, etc. 15, at 1 EST. Submit your question in the comments of this post, or check out the many ways to ask our Giving Gurus." " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

Web 105

Web Bookmarking Hints Philanthropy 105

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 5, 2010

Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals. I'm also going to copy portions into the comments section of their specific posts. Comments on the FCC's Accessibility Plans (June 2010) My main recommendation to the FCC is to be more ambitious about accessibility.

Accessibility 100

Accessibility Award Proposal Phase 100

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

Questions, comments? Tags: community events conference event technology women wwt. FreePress , Democracy In Action , Rad Campaign , Convio , Care2 , NTEN , Massey Media and Network Solutions. Email Allyson anytime at Allyson@womenwhotech.com. You can also reach out on twitter @womenwhotech or our Facebook group.

Tech 120

Tech San Francisco Atlanta Blogher 120

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Responding to DM’s, comments, and tags from followers. About the Author Mike Barros is the President and CEO of Lumaverse Technologies. Creating a Facebook group community. Starting a Facebook Challenge . Utilizing stories on Instagram for a more personal experience . Asking your followers questions in your captions.

Communication 52

Communication Strategy Storytelling Social Media 52

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 30, 2022

Responding to DM’s, comments, and tags from followers. About the Author. Creating a Facebook group community. Starting a Facebook Challenge . Utilizing stories on Instagram for a more personal experience . Asking your followers questions in your captions. Mike Barros .

Communication 52

Communication Strategy Storytelling Social Media 52

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 7, 2009

Social by Social: a practical guide to using new technologies to deliver social impact - the handbook I co-authored about using social media and communications technology to change the world! The online version is completely commentable and we are eager to continue the conversation with you! What about? To dive in, visit: [link].

Social 100

Social Social Media Map Interaction 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. . There's too much unstructured data (comments, replies, likes, etc) - you need to see a picture or map. Have some examples?

Analysis 96

Analysis Social Network Social Media Network 96

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Please share your ideas in the comments, along with the person's website, or contact information. Tags: podcast.

Podcast 52

Podcast Interview Hunger Fun 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

The New Metrics of Scholarly Authority by Michael Jensen published in the Chronicle in June, 2007 describes how scholarly authority is being influenced by Web 2.0. Prestige of commenters and other participants. Obvious attention: discussions in blogspace, comments in posts, reclarification, and continued discussion.

Chicago 50

Chicago Museum Network Conference 50

Forum One

JUNE 9, 2009

He talks about the benefits of both putting book content online *and* also allowing people to engage/comment/mashup the text. Yes, in print: The few authors who have experimented with giving away digital copies (mostly in sci-fi) have found that they end up selling more print copies, because their books are discovered by more people.

Policy 52

Policy Impact Digg Mashup 52

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. More than seventy extraordinary authors and thinkers contributed to this ebook. I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. "We want to shake things up.

eBook 108

eBook Web Open Source Bookmarking 108

Forj

JULY 8, 2021

At Web Courseworks, we specialize in both learning management systems (LMSs) equipped with assessment authoring tools and providing consulting services to help professional, medical, and trade associations create top-tier eLearning experiences for their members. Invest in an LMS with assessment authoring features.

eLearning 69

eLearning Course Test Knowledge 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

I could have created guest author accounts, but I could not figure out a way where I could approve a post in draft and have it also include photos. and tweeted these myself as well as ask the author to retweet with the unique URL. (See Tags: guest blogging. To keep a consistent publishing schedule. Have a post?

Reflection 76

Reflection Florida Social Media Metrics 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, the authors of The Networked Nonprofit that inspired this experiment, wrote an Assessment and Reflection Report on America’s Giving Challenge 2009. There were 44 followers that used the #floodofsupport hash tag or linked to the Crowdrise page or blog post. Going about the effort alone is much tougher.

Nashville 97

Nashville Twitter Blogger Contest 97

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Even though the authors (Kathy Baughman and Steve Hershberger) are focused on for-profit brands, the lessons ring true across sectors. "If Among marketers, this term is more prevalent than Frisbees at a dog beach.

Haiti 114

Haiti Web Bookmarking Case Study 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2010

Manny is the author of Ning for Dummies, but he is also the founder of tudiabetes and estudiabetes , 2 social networks with more than 22,000 members. We are thrilled with the reviews (if I missed adding a link to yours, let me know in the comments). Tags: Networked Nonprofit.

Review 99

Review Network New York City Ning 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Chris Brogan's Archimedes Effect is from his book Trust Agents (co-authored with Julien Smith). If you look in the comments , there was a lot of discussion and on nonprofit blogs about whether number of followers is a meaningful indicator or can be translated into value for nonprofits. Leave a comment! Tags: twitter.

Twitter 95

Twitter Metrics Kiva Charity 95

NetWits

JULY 31, 2008

Should your employees or volunteers be out there authoring blogs, tweets, and comments on news articles, message boards, and discussion forums? Tags: Web 2.0 So what should your strategy be? Or is your organization concerned, like many others we talk to, that this kind of activity will dilute your brand?

Service 105

Service Blackbaud Social Network Twitter 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

But keeping a spreadsheet of the names of people who “like&# and comment on threads involves a lot of cut and paste. What if you want to aggregate and look at all the comments and responses to threads before responding? Is there a tool that can automate this someone asked on my blog’s Facebook page ?

Social Media 99

Social Media Tools Media Social 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

Holly Ross simply ignores it and track the number of comments and likes on individual posts. That particular wall post had 31 comments and 15 likes, way higher than other types of posts. NutShell Mail is an software that aggregates comments and likes on your fan page and delivers it in one email. Rinse and repeat.&#.

Social Media 104

Social Media Fun Experiment Media 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2009

I finally got a chance to meet Manny Hernandez, author written the " Ning for Dummies Book." He is founder of The Diabetes Hands Foundation, a non profit that operates two niche social networks for people touched by diabetes: TuDiabetes (in English, with close to 8,200 members) and EsTuDiabetes. Drop a note in the comments.

Ning 50

Ning Case Study California Canada 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2009

One of the metrics that bloggers track is "Authority" or the number of blogs linking to a blog within the last six months. The higher the number, the greater the level of Authority a blog earns. Most bloggers use the Technorati index to benchmark authority ranking. This leaves an issue of how do you measure authority.

Technorati 50

Technorati Change Blogger Austin 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

My colleague, Steve Heye ,and fellow chapter author for the NTEN book, Managing Your Mission To Meet Technology , created the above slidedeck for a career training workshop at the YMCA. It's about using social networking tools to support your career. Leave me a comment with pointer to your blog post or best resources or del.icio.us

Social Media 75

Social Media Tips Management Time 75

Connection Cafe

JUNE 15, 2011

Author: Sally Heaven. tag her in a Facebook status update about how I'm looking forward to dinner. tag her in a tweet about how the restaurant was great even though I was stressed about having left my wallet at home. tag her in a Facebook status update about how I'm looking forward to dinner. talk face-to-face at dinner.

Channel 48

Channel Method Convio Linkedin 48

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

I ran another googlefight using the word "tagging" instead of the Folksonomy and tagging won! Holly also posted a response to the How Are You Using the NpTech Tag with " Taxonomies are for Chumps " post. all you need do is just tag something "NPTECH" and mention "folksonomy."

Folksonomy 50

Folksonomy Taxonomy Google Bookmarking 50

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 31, 2010

One of my favorite authors and bloggers is Seth Godin. If you know of other really interesting resources I can share, hit the comment link and let me know. Tags: General Fundraising Website/Internet nonprofit fundraising resources. Read it here: [link]. Read it here: [link]. Interesting. Check it out at [link].

Resource 53

Resource Fundraising eBook Nonprofit 53

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

At the time of this writing, we were about to hit 85,000 views, 800 likes and 370 comments and have a couple more days ahead of us to reach the 100,000 views goal. Manny Hernandez is a social entrepreneur, community strategist, president of the diabetes hands foundation , founder of tudiabetes and estudiabetes , author of ning for dummies.

Life 97

Life Video Kenya Ecuador 97

Care2

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Join Fenton’s Lisa Witter, author of The She Spot, and Morra Aarons-Mele of Women Online for a free, 1-hour webinar on Thursday, February 25th on best practices for recruiting and retaining women donors. Tags: Care2 Webinars. Morra writes for BlogHer.com, MomsRising, the Huffington Post, and guardian.co.uk.

Practice 44

Practice Marketing Authoring Blogger 44

Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Exp: tagging sponsors, creating Facebook events with co-hosts, etc.) . There are a lot of different ways to calculate your engagement rate, the tried-and-true formula I regularly use is: Engagement Rate % = Likes + Comments + Shares / Total Followers X 100 . Engaging with comments on your content. . About the Author.

Social Media 52

Social Media Media Hints Social 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

What is the quality of the conversation in the comments? If you have a group blog, are there differences between authors? Conversation Rate : This is the commenting and conversation that is happening on your blog. Hard Data Points: You can get the most commented posts from PostRank. Are they tips? Are there patterns?

Metrics 81

Metrics Social Media Strategy RSS 81