Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

. • Sandy Rees of Get Fully Funded Blog posted 12 ideas to get you thinking about blog content including: r eport back from events , invite guest bloggers to post, and ask your readers questions. Include a photo in the post if at all possible. Flickr photo credit: Juicy! Nonprofit 2.0 It's about our supporters.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

Since I’m working on an array of subjects over the past five years, I have a lot of them in my RSS reader and Twitter lists or I find them via keyword scans.) Key skills and tools may include search on Google, social media channels, and bookmarks. This is the listening and scanning I do.

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MARCH 4, 2007

A lot of nonprofit blogs have come on the scene in the year between these events and I feel like it is time to revise and update my "10 Ways" post to include not only ways that nonprofits can use blogs, but also engage bloggers to support their cause. 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause 1. From Yahoo!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Photo by M. blog posts from Geoff Livingston and Valeria Maltoni about one popular influence measuring tool. KD Paine’s checklist, step 2, is to select a listening/monitoring tool, an important step in the measuremet process. As Kami Huyse points out, paid tools can be expensive, particularly for small nonprofits.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

If after asking yourself the 10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project, you've decided that a blog is good tool for you, consider incorporating the following 10 elements of an effective nonprofit, or do-good blog into your blogging strategy: 1. Make it easy to subscribe Have an rss feed.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

A good story is an incredible tool and whatever quote or story you decide to use, make sure it’s relatable and clear. They raised $92,000 to feed families in the Seattle area, more than tripling their original goal. Think of creating an embeddable photo gallery or a place to add videos, all of which can be easily viewed and shared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Photo by SpacePotato. I'm moving beyond monitoring the NpTech tagged items and meta feeds to incorporate nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, friend feeds, and USG. Use your blog or twitter or whatever tool to solicit practical ideas on how to use social media to make connections. rethink, reinvent.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

MySpace was designed to be a marketing tool. For the last two years we’ve been bombarded with articles from bloggers and the mainstream media that MySpace is dead. Many bloggers were surprised by that data and have no clue as to why. Their tool sets are completely different and as well as their purpose.

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JANUARY 16, 2009

Photo by Dwinton. For blogging, you have to use a couple of different tools to get the different metrics you need. The tools include Google Analytics, PostRank, Feedburner, and others. I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Flickr photo from Wesley Fryer Stephen Downes points to this post by Wesley Fryer, " Feedburner Stats Drop After Google Account Merge" I haven't yet merged my account and all of sudden my counts dropped 1,400 subscribers. His conclusion states: So perhaps it’s time to let FeedBurner burn, and reconsider self-hosted feeds.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

The webinar explained how each social media tool can be used effectively, how to use the right medium to reach your target audience, and how to manage social media policy for your organization. Twitter is a great tool for getting your message out in a method that spreads quickly.

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Care2

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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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Greg Ligon, our guest blogger for the latest Online Community Meetup, is an online communications professional with experience in building. " Chiu was the first to launch a Twitter feed and currently has the most followers amongst the mayoral candidates. Photo: Susan Chavez. development. Learn more about Greg on LinkedIn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. Getting the software set up is easy and it is free, using blogger. An example?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

Photo by PixelFarmer - Zen Mutt (a rescue dog) - Title "Precision" The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to rethink, reinvent -- again. I'm moving beyond monitoring the NpTech tagged items and meta feeds to incorporate nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, friend feeds, and networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Find more photos like this on So You Think You Can Do Social Media. We wanted to give everyone a chance to get more familiar with the tools, and, more importantly, understand how social media is relevant to their goals. An explosion of EDF bloggers. In fact, just last month, I took it to India. What did we do? We went all-out.

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MARCH 3, 2009

Winner of the Creative Commons 2006 Photo Schwag Contest I believe in setting my content free. My photos and blog posts have traveled around the world! I still sometimes see rather blank expressions when I ask about turning to CC licensed resources to find photos. It provides a huge return on investment.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

Photo from Photocappy in flickr - a cc "by" license. Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond. Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond. This session introduces the concepts and tools behind the next generation of internet technologies or what has been dubbed "Web.20"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Photo from Cambodia4kids. " Rolf Kleef has looked over the list to identify " facilitator projects " that give people the tools to improve their own situation in their own way. DEIdea Lounge blogger Melanie Coulson offers a roundup of Day 2, including some reflections on David Weinberger's Keynote.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2007

As the host, I asked bloggers to post about, How Does Your Nonprofit Have Fun and Do Good? Bloggers were invited to post about: 1. Extra points if you include an amusing photo, cartoon or video with your post. Your favorite fun, creative nonprofit campaign (i.e. fundraising, advocacy). Your own take on the theme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2006

For instance, we just finished a report in which we did detailed reviews of the top seven blogging tools and recommended those that made the most sense for typical nonprofit needs. By far our most popular report has been Donate Now: Selecting an Online Donation Tools ??? to choose the right tool with confidence. stay tuned!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2009

We've always done search ads, blogger outreach, and posts on our social networking profiles, but this year, I was ready to take it to the next level. But we proved that if you make people aware of the tools and start early, it can be done! Widgetbox Widget displaying all tweets from the official conference Twitter feed 7.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Here's a terrific article from the Nonprofit Communications blog called " 10 Ways Communicators Can Stay Productive" and from the Blog Bash event here's some tips specifically for bloggers on productivity. Peter Dietz has an article explaining why we need group fundraising RSS feeds. If you've heard the term Enterprise 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A section of the e-newsletter entitled “Resource Spotlight” features a new tool in each edition. 99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. e-Newsletter. e-Newsletter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. tools] - it was a very interesting exercise, because it revealed the different ways of thinking about technology that we had. Engagement Strategie s.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 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!" They are not just posting photos of their grandkids. LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace).

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

Look for photos of you on Flickr and videos about you on Youtube. run a Twitter feed. There are many third party applications like Wordpress and Blogger on which you can host a blog with very little technical knowledge. You'll see all the mentions of you in recent blog posts. There are also a few Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. e-Newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. e-Newsletter.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. e-Newsletter. e-Newsletter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Photo by Andy Welsh from flickr - cc "by" license. Last week, there was a useful exchange on the NTEN Affinity group for Nonprofit Bloggers around the question "What metrics do you use to measure success for your blog?" So, let's start with the familiar before we depart into the twilght zone. Google Analytics.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

They built an iGoogle dashboard and fed RSS feeds based on information they were seeking in online social networks. Then, grab the search RSS feed and add it to your iGoogle. We used this technique for DIGG, forums, Twitter, Bing, and Google and then set up various searches along with monitoring of certain Twitter feeds.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Storytelling can be a powerful tool for good. For example, World Press Photo put together this powerful series on life in North Africa, giving an inside perspective not found in headlines, soundbites, or protest clips. Photos of graffiti , such as the one shown at right, captured during the uprisings are now preserved indefinitely.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

The number of low-cost or free online resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech for Good 2.0 Wordle is an online tool that allows you to easily create word clouds.

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JUNE 3, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. e-Newsletter. e-Newsletter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

Social Networking Tool or Service. social networking tools like del.icio.us, flickr, blip.tv, Technorati, etc. The Flickr widget lets you select all your photos, a particular tag or group. It lets you customize the color, size, format, number of photos, etc. The particular Web2.0 It helps automate your blogroll.

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