Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2013

As most of you probably know, LinkedIn—the networking site for professionals—expanded its scope to include company pages back in 2010. Members will see relevant and useful Sponsored Updates in their homepage feed, and will have the option to follow, comment on, share, or ‘like’ posts. Filter engagement trends by type and time period.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). One of the things we wished for as we navigated the campaign: benchmarks. I need to stop calling what my association does strategic planning."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

One question that bubbled up was about specific techniques to measure or benchmark your nonprofits social media strategy and execution. Other than that, it is important to have engaged fans in these networks (Twitter/FB) and you should see steady growth, but the number of fans or likes should not be your primary measure.&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

In the nonprofit sector, there is no universal review mechanism to benchmark against, but Great Nonprofits is beginning to fill those shoes. Other than benchmarking against yourself over time, are there sub-sector averages that we can look at? Many feel the same as Craig Newmark. Respond here.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2008

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). government also has its own problems with networked activists. Below is a typology of how networks affect hierarchies in the digital world.

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MARCH 26, 2009

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!" What do Convios latest benchmarks mean for your nonprofits online program?

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APRIL 24, 2008

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!" More benchmark articles can be found here.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2012

Highlights include Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager at Feeding America , along with Melissa Roberts & Drew Bearn from Free Range Studios talking with David J Neff of Lights. about nonprofits & innovation.

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APRIL 15, 2008

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

To jump-start your group, you will need to promote it on your website, in your e-newsletter, and in your social networking profiles. As with most other communities, the magic number when you no longer need to actively promote your group and it grows on its own hovers around the 5,000-member benchmark. Don’t Use News Feeds.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Though the social networking behemoth continues creeping toward 700 million global users, six million Americans quit the site in the month of May.

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MAY 14, 2009

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!" Here are the highlights.

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CauseVox

JULY 11, 2022

If participants hit the minimum, they received a benchmark prize but if they raised more, they could win bigger prizes. Capitalize on the natural network of connections that exists there for warm leads so you don’t have to start from scratch. To encourage fundraising, Invest In Kids offered different levels of incentives and prizes.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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JULY 17, 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!" You might check out some of the online advocacy and fundraising benchmark studies.

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JULY 26, 2007

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AUGUST 8, 2011

If you are a social media data junky, then you are in luck because M&R and NTEN recently analyzed Facebook statistics for the 40 organizations surveyed in their 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. They categorized organizations as small, medium, or large, based on the number of fans their pages have, and also looked at groups by sector.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 12, 2014

Great news from a new study by M+R and the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN): Online giving is bigger than ever. The comprehensive study tracked 53 nonprofits, including UNICEF, Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, AARP, Feeding America and the Human Rights Campaign. Download the full 2014 M+R Benchmarks Study. More than 5.5

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

“As Likes and comments increase a post’s prominence in the news feed, driving more impressions and clicks, all Pages using auto-posting apps should look to switch to manual posting if possible.&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Don't set up a presence on every social network in the world all at once. . Use tools like PostRank to filter your feeds so you can easily pick out the best content.

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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!" So, which one social network should you consider for your next campaign?

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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!" So, which one social network should you consider for your next campaign?

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University has been doing biannual survey of nonprofit technology benchmarks for its regional nonprofits (Southwestern Pennsylvania) for the past ten years. The survey incorporates and expands nonprofit technology assessment/benchmarks used by practitioners in the field.

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AUGUST 12, 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!" Since the ABI research preceded the MySpace announcement, we may see even faster growth.

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MAY 22, 2009

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!" Custom RSS feeds let you get quick updates on blogs that mention your organizations name.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2006

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!" By: Simon Jackson. Campaign to Red List the Kermode Spirit Bear.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. However, to stand out from the other nearly one hundred million Facebook Pages vying for likes, comments, and shares, your nonprofit needs to excel at Facebook to ensure News Feed exposure. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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APRIL 16, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Don't set up a presence on every social network in the world all at once. . Use tools like PostRank to filter your feeds so you can easily pick out the best content.

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JUNE 26, 2009

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Bonus Tip: Rather than email alerts, you can use a feed reader like Google Reader to collect all of your listening alerts and searches from Google, blog search engines and Twitter into one place. Google Reader will also suggest more relevant blog posts based on your feed subscriptions, all the better for listening. Choosing Keywords.

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JANUARY 6, 2009

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AUGUST 12, 2008

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JANUARY 19, 2009

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Unique Blog Readers (content consumption - Unique Visitors and Feed Subscribers). " One of my posts from earlier today constitutes part of a response - but also I want to point to Karrer's reasons for blogging - personal learning and network building. Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium). Cost (what!).

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