Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Last week I had the opportunity to speak with Judy Chang of PayPal and Debbie Swider of the ASPCA on “ 10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Nonprofit Social Media Plan ” with examples of some of the amazing success the ASPCA has seen through growing its social media plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

As part of the workshops I have facilitated to teach nonprofits to become networked nonprofits, I created an exercise called “Creating the Me to We Network.” That is the first step toward building trust of each other’s intentions.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. If you aren’t already familiar with LCH, it’s a nonprofit organization that works to help other nonprofits use film to spread awareness and action for their causes through volunteer matching, education and its annual nonprofit film festival.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 16, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. And with such impressive growth in the world on online fundraising, nonprofit organizations are realizing the power of the Internet more and more with each passing day and looking for best practices to help leverage the Internet to raise funds. Have a great example you don't see in the guide?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of DC second annual Social Summit and sharing some information on social media ROI and metrics. ABCs of Social Media ROI and Measurement View more presentations from Jordan Viator.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Libya, Djibouti and Jordan have also granted restricted access to micro data to selected individuals and organizations.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. The holidays are in full swing, and in between the last minute shopping, out-of-town guests, and end-of-year nonprofit campaigns, most of us are trying to fit in as much time as possible to make a positive impact in our own way. Tweet this. Post on Facebook. So what are you waiting for?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. At less than 6 minutes, there are some key nuggets of advice and information in here that every nonprofit should know and take to heart (props to See3 on the great production). Dig in, learn and share my nonprofit friends: Social Media Strategy. Social Media for Nonprofits. Resource jackpot!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2010

Author: Josh Shepherd. The panel picker is out and there are some great choices in the nonprofit realm. Definitely check out all the panel possibilities , but here are 5 nonprofit panel proposals to consider! Our own Jordan Viator ( @jordanv ) has submitted a panel proposal on getting advanced with social media for social good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

“It depends on whether this is the beginning of a trend or an extremely exceptional response to an extremely exceptional situation,” said Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder of Global Voices, a network of bloggers worldwide, and author of “Consent of the Networked,” a book that addresses free speech in the digital age.”

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. The crux of his post: nonprofit organizations haven’t bothered to “to show up in a big way” in new marketing and communications efforts – namely social media from fear of change. Beth followed up on this with “ Seth Godin’s post on nonprofits: Deer in the Headlights ?”

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. If you currently work in a nonprofit organization, or the corporate world for that matter, you've no doubt had a conversation in the past year about "generational differences" today. Many nonprofit staffs are led by Boomers and Matures so the focus is often put on these groups overall for fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Yet, more than half of these prospects and donors do not believe nonprofit websites are providing the information they need to make a gift. And, based on your feedback, the top five areas of focus for nonprofit resolutions in 2010 are: Reconnect with donors by giving new options of engagement.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. And at the time the Haiti disaster occurred in January 2010, the nonprofit had virtually no social media presence aside from the Father Marc’s blog updating supporters of the organization's work in Haiti. million + Twitter followers.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Happy Birthday to a truly brilliant member of the nonprofit community – Beth Kanter ! Where she finds the time, I don’t think any of us know, but her endless supply of news, insight and learnings helps all of us working in the nonprofit community do our jobs better.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. The #Convio09 Summit has come and passed, and one thing was for sure - this year's nonprofit technology conference was bigger and better than ever! Nonprofit Live TV. The rise in the use of social media at the conference.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2010

Author: Tad Druart. Today, Jordan Viator, our super communications manager for all things interactive, fun and digital was featured in The New York Times about using Foursquare to broadcast to her friends where she is during SXSW Interactive. Questions abound: How do donors of different generations learn about nonprofit organizations?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. The Nonprofit Film Festival. In leading up to this announcement, I’ve covered this new film festival (and now nonprofit!) In leading up to this announcement, I’ve covered this new film festival (and now nonprofit!) – see Lights.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Covering both Facebook and Twitter basics for nonprofit organizations, Nicci and Sean did a very important thing in their presentation: they explained why fundraising professionals should care about year-round relationships versus simply making "the ask" at predefined times of the year.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. Yesterday, James Young and myself had the opportunity to present to packed house of nonprofit organizations on social media at Convio Summit. the groups did an amazing job of presenting their ideas for the fake nonprofits they pretended to be for three hours!

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Author: Jill Ward. But through the myriad of points, one thing is loud and clear… the importance of social media in a nonprofit’s marketing mix. Yesterday, I spent the morning out of the office (yay!!)

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 23, 2022

Among these programs are the PJ Library, which gives away roughly half a million Jewish-themed children’s books around the world each month, and JCamp 180, a program providing free professional consulting services and grant-matching to nonprofit Jewish camps. . We’re all looking at the same story now,” said Jordan. “We

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. And the nonprofit community is an exceptional example of a group that thrives from people. A number of different social media pundits, interactive leaders and nonprofit professionals have started chiming in on their thoughts around the issue.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 2, 2006

Abby Jaramillo, the Executive Director of the school gardening nonprofit, Urban Sprouts, recently posted about an experiment she did with some of her students from June Jordan, a San Francisco public middle school. Each student kept a 24-hour food diary and wrote down the nutrition facts for all the foods they ate.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2010

Author: Tad Druart. Today, Jordan Viator, our super communications manager for all things interactive, fun and digital was featured in The New York Times about using Foursquare to broadcast to her friends where she is during SXSW Interactive. Questions abound: How do donors of different generations learn about nonprofit organizations?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. ” • “Lee's job is to expand the rights of nonprofits nationwide so that American citizens have the power to advocate on their own behalf.” Guest post by Emily Goodstein, Account Manager at Convio. Last week I adopted a wonk.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. David Neff, nonprofiteer extraordinaire, is at it again with the kick-off of the second annual Lights. nonprofit film festival submission opening. And year two is already proving to be a great year for nonprofit films. Get in your entries before June 30! To learn more, click here. co-founder.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. My favorite part of SXSW in recent years is the flood of nonprofit and socially conscious topics, speakers and movements that are becoming more prevalent on the line-up. Hear from the nonprofits that have made it happen.”

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. In less than a week, nonprofits using Convio systems have raised over $100 million through email appeals, websites and social media outreach and many other organizations are raising record amounts. And some are just helping to fundraise for other nonprofits. These attachments are probably viruses.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. The great part about the workshop was that the speakers worked with Lend4Health , a nonprofit focused on micro-loans for health issues and children, run by one woman ( Tori Tuncan ) out of her home to use as the focus for their work.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. So, there’s no time like the present for nonprofits to start dabbling in the world of social media, ideally with some sort of idea about what you want to accomplish and how you’re going to make it happen. Now figure out how to make it work to your nonprofit’s advantage.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 24, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. On the heels of the NTEN webinar on Community Building and Management showing nonprofit organizations how to socially enable their missions, Carie Lewis of the Humane Society of the United States has launched the TAFA Online Community for the 2009 Taking Action for Animals conference.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Rapid response is a top-of-mind topic for nonprofits of all shapes and sizes right now. Being prepared for an unforeseen surge of donations is something every nonprofit should be positioned for, and the swell of attention doesn’t need to come only from a natural disaster.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Online fundraising programs are presenting new and effective ways for nonprofit organizations to raise more money and reach a wider audience more than ever, especially when integrated with other nonprofit organization communications efforts.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Guest post from John Chen, @ johnYSchen , DC-based nptechie and nonprofiteer. It's evident that social media has become ingrained into our daily lives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2010

Many nonprofits have are actively exploring social media - from dipping in their toes into the water with a low-investment experiment to jumping off the cliff. Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? Perhaps more relevant for nonprofits is this report specifically for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

Photo by James Jordan I'm actually in the clouds, flying to California on Virgin America using the (not free) wifi listening to Mark Pesce's keynote via Mike Seyfang delivered the other day at Connecting Up Australia the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Australia (see web site for details). I keynoted the conference last year.

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