Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

One of the more chilling innovations in marketing over the past few years is called “predictive analytics” It’s this blend of statistical analysis, data mining and psychology which enabled Target to conclude that a teenage girl was pregnant before her father did. What websites and blogs do they read? How old are they?

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MARCH 30, 2012

All you have to do is buy, or borrow a copy of the book, try some recipes, and share your tips, questions and experiences in the comments of the VegCookBook Club blog, in a post on your own blog, or on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #vegcookbookclub. Blend dressing ingredients together in blender until smooth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

Not five minutes after I mentioned on my Facebook status how much I love California Farmers' Markets and posted some of the photos, then I got tagged in a photo by a friend who is doing a little network weaving if his Facebook friends feeds. Connect in Facebook and group by list. - Leave comments on those people's blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2017

I’ll share more about this idea in my next blog post and during a panel at CauseCamp on Tuesday, but for now here’s a post from Kari about the big picture about why investing emerging leaders development is important for nonprofits. And, get direct access to practical tools that you can use within your organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

It’s like they just want to quietly blend in, when what they really need to do with their marketing is stand out! From there, I write a weekly e-newsletter and I blog a couple of times a week. You can also find me on our Facebook Page and I’m kivilm on Twitter and Slideshare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post called “ Why the Nonprofit Work Ethic Is Outdated and Needs Change ,” about why nonprofit professionals need to pay attention to self-care and bring a culture of wellbeing into the nonprofit workplace. (The When I shared this article on my Facebook Page , it resonated with a lot of people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Think about all those marathons or walking events for social causes that have been around before Facebook. Giving Tuesday takes a lot of these ideas and blends them together. The concept of empowering individuals to fundraise for a charity by asking their friends to donate has been around for years offline.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

It's hard for me to keep a secret this big from my blog for over a year! It involves a blend of research, consulting, capacity-building, writing and design, coupled with variables that are unique to an organization (such as its culture, budget and staff). Facebook was another matter entirely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Geoff Livingston did a great job at live blogging the first section in the morning. The afternoon featured six mini-workshops that drilled down in the use of the tools such as Facebook , Blogging , Storytelling , Listening , Twitter , and Social Media 101. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.). Some Reflections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects. Ever since the SXSW blog discussion " What is the distinction between social media for charity and social media for social good " I've wanted to play the game with a critical mass of smart people who have a program and social change lens. .

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JUNE 7, 2021

Various Learning Types: LXPs can deliver a variety of learning experiences, including instructor-led training, blended learning, learning games, microlearning courses, multi-module courses, social learning, and more. If you think of your favorite streaming service, this is a similar concept— just with courses.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those people and orgs particularly interesting in raising money via social media , Deanna shared a helpful way to think about this: Just like you can’t walk into a bar, say how awesome you are and then ask someone for money… you can’t expect people to give you money, hand over fist, via Facebook and other social media sites.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

It’s hard for me to keep a secret this big from my blog for over a year! It involves a blend of research, consulting, capacity-building, writing and design, coupled with variables that are unique to an organization (such as its culture, budget and staff). Facebook was another matter entirely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

I used the example from the Facebook Birthday campaign. In the next section of the presentation, I use my blog as an example of going through a traditional ROI process. I've been doing the ROI analysis openly on my blog for the past two years and the presentation uses a slightly more refined version of this benchmarking process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. Perhaps your nonprofit has been growing its network on social media platforms and you have the opportunity to activate new supporters through your Facebook, Twitter, and social channels.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 18, 2012

You’re not sure what to put in that big open space at the top of the new Facebook layout. Facebook Fan Pages (the format used for non-profit organizations) feature a fancy timeline feature and a wide open space at the top for an image… or a call to action… or a screen shot… or something else! Cute, right?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

CED also shares its motivation and customer stories via Facebook , Twitter and Instagram. I am truly humbled by the emails, Instagram/Facebook posts, and calls our team receives from people who were touched or inspired by a social media post or shirt we produced.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

There is a lot of discussion on the topic on web strategy blogs and from social media strategy gurus like Owyang. There's also a lot of talk in the nonprofit blog space prompted by a recent Netsquared ThinkTank and some great thinking on the topic, particularly by Wendy Harmon of the Red Cross, mostly focused on ROI. What is the trend?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Practice time to combine/blend your people and money story. Learn how to identify powerful “mission moments”; 3. Learn how to turn a mission moment into an engaging impact story; 4. Learn how to identify and articulate your “money story”; 5. Martha Piland. Doing More With (a LOT) Less: Low/No Cost Marketing.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2008

The simplest way is to be a commenter—to follow blogs and sites related to your institution and share your own observations and helpful tips. The next level is to produce your own talk, via profiles on social networking sites, a twitter feed, flickr group, blogs, podcasts, or online video. Many of the most active bloggers and Web 2.0

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The Create Amazing fundraising thermometer blends in perfectly with their minimalist black and white site theme, as well: The website also conveys a sense of community and stewardship with its donor call-out section By adding filters to each image, Create Amazing stayed on brand, highlighting their attention to detail and strategic design approach.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 23, 2021

I have a feeling that if you listen to any fundraising podcast or read any fundraising blog or publication, you’re probably going to see her name if you haven’t already. Every time I see a blog post or a byline from her, I zoom right in on that and read it before I move on with my day. But Dom is awesome.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

They have some great examples on the Pixlr blog as well. It is available online and also as a download , on Facebook , as a Chrome web app and mobile app for iOS or Android devices. The paint function has painting tools including Brush, Pencil, Airbrush, Clone, gradient editor and blending tool. Free Images.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2014

June 16, 2014 marks four years since we did just that by founding Milaap , a unique platform that blends micro lending and crowd funding in order to help the working poor start their own businesses and gain independence. Building momentum for a cause you’re passionate about takes hard work, sweat and determination every single day.

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