Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2009

I've been both excited beyond words.I'm starting a new chapter in my life. Some great must-reads include: Why Guest Bloggers are Great for a Blog. How to Find a Guest Blogger for Your Blog. How to Be a Good Guest Blogger. I remember when I was a guess blogger on Netsquared early on - it was an amazing experience.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

I'm having a bit of blogger's block, so I thought I'd share this post from August 31, 2005 (my 4th blog post!), He devotes a whole chapter to steering. Look Ahead Where You Want to Go. I could use this advice for myself right now, and thought maybe you could too. I hate to drive.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Blogger and LinkedIn both launched in 2003. Now I am lucky if I can get through a first chapter much less read an entire book in less than 6 months. That said, here’s a tool kit to help you ask for that raise and get it. Good luck. 2) Ask for a social media budget. We’re now 10 years into the Social Web.

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

A must-read this week is a chapter from Geoff Livingston's book Welcome to the Fifth Estate. has identified 22 must-circle bloggers and resources on Google+. Salsa Labs is hosting a free webinar on December 13th about Engaging your Community and Your Crowd. The presenter is NTEN's own Amy Sample Ward ! Luckily, Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 1, 2012

Author: Guest Blogger. Sunday: Austin’s Chapter of American Youth Works. Tuesday: Austin’s Chapter of American Red Cross. It’s that time of the year again folks! Dust off your Tom’s, iPads, and lanyards- SXSW is finally upon us and no one is more excited than we are here at Convio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Foko Blog Club, Foko Madagascar Flickr Photo Joan Razafmaharo is an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. Africa the next Chapter??? The program is lead by blogger, environmental activist, and TED Fellow Andriankoto Ratozamanana. s development.

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JUNE 2, 2010

A frequent contributor to many nonprofit technology web sites, blogs, and magazines, Beth has authored chapters in several books, including “Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: A Strategic Guide for Nonprofit Leaders,&# edited by NTEN both published in 2009.

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

A must-read this week is a chapter from Geoff Livingston's book Welcome to the Fifth Estate. has identified 22 must-circle bloggers and resources on Google+. Salsa Labs is hosting a free webinar on December 13th about Engaging your Community and Your Crowd. The presenter is NTEN's own Amy Sample Ward ! Luckily, Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

I scan the table of contents and the index and jump to the parts that I'm most interested in. For this book, I was like a moth to flame to Chapter 18: A New Guide for Metrics. The chapter is a great overview for the C-Level suite. I wrote an entire chapter about this for the new NTEN book " Technology to Meet Your Mission.".

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 10, 2007

Starting Saturday, July 28th at 6 AM PST, 2007 Blogathon bloggers will post a new post every 30 minutes for 24 hours to raise money for their favorite cause. As of this writing, 240 bloggers have registered for the Blogathon and $16,161.91 Who needs a walk-a-thon when you can join a Blogathon! in pledges have been made.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2005

I learned this from having just helped some Cambodian bloggers who want to write their criticisms of the government without an AK47 in their face and researched options for anonymous blogging.) A typepad blog isn't necessarily anonymous. (I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2008

Two years ago, with funds from the Long Island chapter of the American Association of University Women, we were able to replace their highly arsenic contaminated well with a huge rainwater collection tank and delivery system to supply safe drinking water. I want to thank everyone who has contributed so far.

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 27, 2015

For advice on what you can be doing to take advantage of this communications opportunity, as well as your IRS Form 990 generally, we turned to regular BoardAssist guest blogger and finance pro Paul Konigstein. As usual, Paul had all the answers! Six Important Tips For Your IRS Form 990.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Pundits and bloggers in the nonprofit sector often lament the inability of social media to raise money for nonprofits. It’s true that Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Here is the archived webcast ). The last time I had a discussion at the Berkman Center was in 2005 during the Thursday evening bloggers group. As a result, the last chapter of the book – on networked governance – is speculative, based on the best thinking of people in the field. I’m now an advisor ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

We have several chapters who are social media savvy. Our Rock River, IL chapter communicator was able to get a 2 minute piece about the roadblock on their NBC affiliate's evening news that Thursday night , which was uber exciting for us. Other chapters announced it on their blogs, in Twitter, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

Here's the description: In what began as a half dare, the editors, Gavin Heaton and Drew McLellan challenged bloggers around the world to contribute one page ??? Nick Rice , one of my blog readers, contributed a chapter. This book was published through a social networking process - very interesting. 400 words ??? on the topic of ???conversation???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2008

If you're curious, there's a whole chapter about it in this book " Geeks for Good." Donate $10 or more to the Sharing Foundation through Global Giving Fundraiser set up by Blogger Michele Martin of the Bamboo project! We hold a fundamental belief that technology and all of its benefits must be made available to everyone???

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

To find professionals who are interested in sharing their time and skills with your organization, reach out to local chapters of professional organizations like the National Association of Realtors or the National Association of Female Executives. Newspapers, magazines, and blogs focus on storytelling.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 1, 2005

This blog is a chapter in the web-wide discussion of non-profit technology issues. This blog is built on a three-column blogger template by Thur Broeders. How does this discussion differ from those on other blogs in the non-profit space?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

If you know of campaigns and lessons learned that haven't been included, please leave a comment: August 2007 I launched a campaign to raise money and get t-shirts donated for the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. I'm sure there will be a lively chapter about nonprofits and twitter. What are some your takeaways from these experiments?

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JULY 31, 2008

I will not be covering the first four chapters of the book, which introduce social technologies, the four-stage approach, and the Forrester social technographics tool (previously introduced here ). I encourage you to get the book , and add comments to this post if there are particular case studies or models you'd like to see examined.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Here's but one example from a blogger: “I took an American Red Cross class I thought was less than satisfactory. […] Someone found my blog post and told the local chapter director. They spend time reading other posts by the blogger to help make this decision.

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JUNE 3, 2011

The claim of increased commerciality starts feeling rather official when Tuckman and Chang proclaim it in Chapter 27 of the well-regarded Research Handbook and Anheier alerts students to significantly growing marketization and reliance on fee income on page 211 of his textbook. Those, friends, are big names.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Author: Guest Blogger. Sure you can add keywords for specific types of campaigns like walks, fundraising or chapter initiatives. The following blog post is by Michael Sabat. Michael is the VP of Account Management and Business Development at Mobile Commons. Think of this keyword as the "homepage" for the organization's SMS campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Please leave a comment if you're one of the bloggers I should be reading and pointing to) . I wrote the chapter on ROI. It's based on a blogging benchmarking process that I've been using for several years. Managing Technology To Meet Your Mission Book from NTEN will be published in 2009.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Not just monitoring twitter or tracking who the influential reporters and bloggers are that discuss our programs or issues. If there was only one thing that we needed above all those other pieces, it would be for us to start the next chapter. We need to be listening for action.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 7, 2008

Some of the suggestions I've been considering: --reader-generated tags (right now I set the topic tags for each post, not sure how to do this with Blogger but it could be possible) pumping up the "What is Museum 2.0?" What would you be thrilled to find here?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2014

Here’s a look at what you’ll find in this free eBook: Chapter 1 : The Case for Donor Retention. Chapter 2 : Beat the Statistics by Falling in Love with Your Donors. Chapter 3 : The Perfect Donor Retention Plan Starts with a Calendar. Chapter 4 : How to Bring Your New Donors Onboard, the Right Way. By Roger M.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

The NY Chapter of the Red Cross offers Ten Tips in this YouTube Video. Steve Heye has been blogging chapters in the book for the past few weeks. Global Voices Bloggers Mentor Others. I think it is really cool that Tharum, a Cambodian Blogger, is mentoring a Danish blogger launching a climate change blog!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Even though it says "businesses" in the title, there is an entire chapter devoted to nonprofits and fundraising on Twitter in the book. Nonetheless, the best pracices that Shel outlines at the end of the fundraising chapter will still hold true. It's a great read! Fabulous storytelling. But wait, it gets better.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Very useful to social media practitioners and bloggers. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats. intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2009

Nonetheless, the best practices that Shel outlines at the end of the fundraising chapter will still hold true. I love Shel's writing - he tells one great story after another. But he also has done his homework. He looks at how it is evolved in the last two years. .

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APRIL 1, 2016

Association of Fundraising Professionals, DC Chapter / Baltimore, MD / Price varies. Join 3,000 fellow activists, social justice advocates, labor and organizational leaders, grassroots organizers and bloggers for four days of thought-provoking panels, practical trainings and fun networking opportunities. Jul 13 - 15. Jul 14 - 17.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Build relationships with bloggers to better promote the next fundraiser. Follow @ClaireD ( www.twitter.com/claired ), read her blog at ClaireDiazOrtiz.com, or download the first chapter of Twitter for Good for free here ( [link] ). Her take-away? Want more from Claire Diaz Ortiz?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2008

This week, we're covering the second objective in Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff's book Groundswell : talking (chapter 6). Many of the most active bloggers and Web 2.0 talkers do most of their talking on other peoples’ sites--check out this post from a blogger explaining why he comments on 36 blogs each morning.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Very useful to social media practitioners and bloggers. Microsoft Local Impact Map is a low-cost visual mapping tool ideal for nonprofits that have multiple chapters or programs. Even if you are set in your browsing ways with IE or Firefox, Google Chrome only takes of few minutes of your time to download and experience.

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