Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Certainly, giving from individuals won't be enough to fix the economy and provide the resources that charities need to deliver important services in hard economic times. For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity. And, yes they did !

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Setup of all three has a one time fee. Matt Asay, blogger of all things in open source biz models, thinks Google Code may have overtaken Sourceforge. Mozilla Labs announces the winners of their Extend Firefox2 contest – the best Firefox add-ons. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Dustin J Mitchell 02.14.08

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Between the internet strategy teleseminar for the San Francisco Writing Conference I did on Monday, the blogging presentation I did for the Oakland branch of Ladies Who Launch on Tuesday, and the consults I had with individual bloggers on Wednesday and Thursday, I've been asked several times this week: "How do I increase my blog traffic?"

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

How are you going to maintain the website and make it compelling over time? Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Monthly Website Stats: Monthly visits, unique visitors, pageviews, pages per Visit, time on site, and bounce rate (aim for under 60%). Who are the target audiences?

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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. This was the first time I observed the use of "retweeting" a fundraising message.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Nonprofit bloggers including Alison Fine , Beth Kanter , Steve MacLaughlin , and Brian Reich were quick to point out that donating money on Facebook is just one of many actions people can take in support of a nonprofit or cause. 4 - Be Specific and Timely. 2 ) Money Is Not the Only Metric.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook! They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. Peter Gulka had plenty to say about the lab.

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

It was amazing how many there were, sometimes even two at the same time. You must be a credible member of the community sharing useful information and thoughtful comments before anyone will respond to your asks. See3 has run many successful video contests (a few examples here , here and here ). I went to several Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

A few comments over at Kikono too. why does someone spend so much time in a game world customising their avatar???? " Some commenters suggest that bells and whistles are mostly for early adopters who can build a lot of buzz and help a site reach critical mass, although clever functionality is not a replacement for good content.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

I was turned on to this blog by a friend and then given it to review as part of the Nonprofit Blog Exchange , which introduces nonprofit bloggers (like me) to other nonprofit bloggers through our work. Share and Enjoy: 3 Comments comment Shai Gluskin Wow, that Beery piece was long. Is Facebook and MySpace a trend?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

An extension is actually good thing, gives us more time to look at all those projects! Everyone is invited to make any last minute plugs in the comments or trackbacks! DEIdea Lounge blogger Melanie Coulson offers a roundup of Day 2, including some reflections on David Weinberger's Keynote. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Q: How do we get past our fear of negative comments possibly being posted about the organization from activists etc.? It seems like reviewing all posts and not posting those comments would defeat the purpose. Beth : Most of the time, if you've built your community, they will correct negatives or incorrect information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

The NTC Conference is a little more than two months away and I'm really looking forward to conversations with colleagues and meeting others face-to-face for the first time. So, in the spirit of thinking outloud, I'm sharing these works in progress here and welcome any comments or reactions. #1. Screencasting Panel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. Bloggers frequently link to and comment on other blogs, creating the type of immediate connection one would have in a conversation. Leave a comment on a post. milllion blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

My social marketing colleague Craig Lefebvre, who has a blog ( On Social Marketing and Social Change ), asked me to expand some comments I had made on the Social Marketing Listserve as a guest blogger. t spend much time online beyond checking their e-mail. After that, I found myself reading things and thinking ???This

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

Peter had analyzed my use of Twitter and shared at the conference that I use it to communicate, in small increments of time, with those who choose to follow my tweets (which, for today at least, is 1,284 people). And when I read his transcript and saw his slides , I was intrigued.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

I don’t want to start a race to the top of the Nonprofit 25 – where organizations start spending more time worrying about their position on that list, and less time feeding people. 10 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 09.18.07 Holly doesn’t think so, and I don’t either. {

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2015

Additonally, Timing is important as well. The first time you saw the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, you might have thought it was great or ridiculous, but by the time 5% of your Facebook friends completed an Ice Bucket Challenge, if science is right, you should have found yourself more apt to get involved. Get Bloggers Involved.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

84% of people comment, 82% message others, and 39% create content. She acknowledged it can be very time consuming, and reiterated a suggestion See3 often makes to our clients: get interns and volunteers! One at a time. Carie and Tim say customize and personalize each message to bloggers, warm them up, and sell your story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2008

I've organized social media workshops that also "give away" some equipment or software usually a contest. Well, less than 24 hours after the camera of was in the hands of the activists from Common Knowledge, I received this comment on the Flickr photo of my camera from Karen Apricot. " Why?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

Unfortunately, many don't have regular Internet access (or credit cards) so their support doesn't count towards the contest. We met on Facebook and have traded comments on our blogs. Our $10 that we spend on one time buffet can help one child to go to school for the whole month. He made a donation to the campaign.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 9, 2023

We all have hundreds of ideas for content to post on social media… until it’s actually time for us to post something to social media. And as New York City Ballet co-founder George Balanchine once said, “ My muse must come to me on union time.” Respond in near real-time when people are actually having a discussion.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

From the beginning of human time, women and girls in poor countries traditionally carry water in heavy jugs on their heads for long distances for their families. Over time, this wears down the spine and causes disabilities. NPTech Contests and Awards. It’s a device called the Wello WaterWheel 2.0 The Big Picture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

We learned a lot about what did and didn’t work, and in the interests of transparency, we thought we’d share some of the lessons we learned along the way (and see if we can collect some ideas for next time.) We told a few key bloggers and Twitter personalities about it beforehand; then, on June 30, we started talking about it online.

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