Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Over two years ago, I made a screencast about Web Analytics for Nonprofits that covered the basics of using google analytics, web metrics, and some nonprofit case studies featuring Laura White and the Idealist. That's just about when I discovered Avinash Kaushik's blog, Occam's Razor and his first book on Web analytics.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2013

Some great data resources are featured this week, along with telling insight on the use of big data for global development and the use of open data by citizens. While stating that it is still too early to say how successful this has been they give some examples of how this has worked and discuss improvements needed. Data Resources.

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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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Eli van Der Giessen , NetSquared community manager, reveals: "One feature I like is Sharing. " Dulcey Bower , senior media strategist, told me that she uses LastPass as a result of her own blog piece on security, Password Herding in Less than 10: Getting Started. " Other Password Security Techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

For example, just a few weeks ago I decided to kick a bad habit to curb: sleeping with my mobile phone which was disrupting my sleep. Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. How about you? I did it!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. For webinars, the platform is your classroom setup, so it important to understand how the Q/A and chat features, whether everyone can see everyone else’s chats or just the presenter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Bradlauster Note from Beth: One of the things I love about blogging is the conversation in the comments because it always leads to understanding, insights, and learning. This blog post is my response. I've been keeping a careful eye out for thoughtful comments that could turn into guest posts. Beth asked me to elaborate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Last week, I was an instructor for NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy for a session on Nonprofit Technology ROI Methods. I also used composite scenarios based on real-life nonprofits needing to apply ROI techniques to technology purchase decisions. It was delivered in two sessions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

A List of Examples. he Hold The Sign Meme : Examples of different campaigns on flickr. March of Dimes Contest (features community voting). Source for Presentations, Documentation Methods. Example of Technical Support How To. Documenting Events and Conferences Youth Service America Service Day Blog post about it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

Some examples: A follower on Twitter or someone you're following. For example, a one-way connection on Twitter is someone who follows you, but you don't follow back. BTW, there's an interesting discussion about this on David Armano's blog). The paper discusses network weaving techniques to help evolve a more effective network.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 11, 2017

Crowdfunding is a popular method because if it’s done right, your campaign will go viral and people will hear about it. After narrowing down your list of companies, make sure your platform has the following features: an easy user interface, customizable pages, an email system, social media trackers, etc.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MAY 30, 2006

She also features interviews with the developers of projects that catch her interest. mHub is eHub for developers - instead of serving up applications, Max leads us to sites that offer usable scripts, snippets, widgets, or techniques for our development efforts. In other words, its a candy store for programmers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

My initial remix thought (wrong) was to look for examples that were related to agriculture, but the extension is so much more. looking at the ten steps and overlaying these themes in search of examples! I'm creating a powerpiont for the Webinar and an accompanying wikispace, but wanted to put out this blog post for any feedback.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

First, my preferred method of instruction is to be more interactive and facilitate discussion. I wanted to use more video examples, but only selected one that was more of a music video in case the audio didn't work. My blog commenters told me I had too much content in my initial draft. I knew I had too content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

And, there is also a Lean Start Up Conference taking place in December that I will cover on this blog, taking the lens of how to apply to nonprofit work. The ideas and techniques in Lean Start Up movement also work for nonprofits and what some are calling “ Lean Impact.” IDEO.org).

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

While direct mail is often thought of as an old-school outreach technique, it can also appeal to younger audiences like. Your supporters will sense when you’re having fun with your digital outreach methods rather than using them to mechanically promote your organization. . Blog posts. millennials. capital campaign plans.

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

While direct mail is often thought of as an old-school outreach technique, it can also appeal to younger audiences like millennials. Your supporters will sense when you’re having fun with your digital outreach methods rather than using them to mechanically promote your organization. Increase engagement surrounding virtual events.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Your nonprofit can use a variety of tools and techniques to track donors’ progress through the donor journey, including donor management software , surveys, and analytics. Look for These Characteristics There are two key features that any potential donor needs to have. The second is the capacity to give. Okay, that’s not it.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Peer to peer fundraising is a powerful technique that features three main benefits: Builds Upon Existing Relationships. We typically see organizations raise twice as much with peer-to-peer fundraising than they do with traditional fundraising techniques. Here are more DIY Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas and Examples.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

This was particularly directed at MN150, which featured visitor-nominated milestones of Minnesota history, and Children of the Lodz Ghetto, which invites users to conduct original research on the path taken by thousands of children during the Holocaust. This is a question we grappled with in the Tech Virtual project.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2022

Peer-to-peer fundraising is a powerful technique that features three main benefits: Builds Upon Existing Relationships. We typically see organizations raise twice as much with peer-to-peer fundraising than they do with traditional fundraising techniques. Here are more DIY Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas and Examples.

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2022

Peer-to-peer fundraising is a powerful technique that features three main benefits: Builds Upon Existing Relationships. We typically see organizations raise twice as much with peer-to-peer fundraising than they do with traditional fundraising techniques. Here are more DIY Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas and Examples.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Beth Kanter, Beth's Blog. You'll need both internal information gathering -- looking at previous year's budgets and actual performance, for example -- as well as outside research. Remember, a good, credible ROI process incorporates story telling techniques that are designed to sell the value of the project to decision-makers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

I've also been looking at examples from the corporate sector like the POST method from Forrester and thinking about adaptions for nonprofit. Or, if you are considering a blog, find out who the key bloggers are in your topic area. But as adoption of social media becomes more "mainstreamed," homebase could be your blog or both.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Unfortunately, these methods make sharing and managing information resources difficult. Tagging and social bookmarking can be useful techniques for smaller nonprofits to easily share their information resources. Here are the examples I showed you in the screencast, using the tag ??? For example, I???ve links on your blog.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

So here’s a great example of that. The Veritas Group, if you don’t subscribe to their blog, you should because their blog is all about major gifts. And they put together an awesome blog. Give examples in your manual. Preferred method of contact, how often you want to contact them? Absolutely.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 5, 2018

How about hitting publish on what you thought was an amazing blog post, but instead it turned out to be a dud? Not only does our content appear at the top of the first page, but we also have a SERP feature that’s pulling relevant content (and an image) into the results. Track Your Keyword Rankings. Are you trying to educate?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. Share your tips, tactics, tools, and techniques for effectively curating to serve your audience. " - from Will Coley's blog post on content curation. " - from Beth Kanter on her blog. driven by machines and crowdsourcing.

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