Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

Momsrising Story Site. Using Social Media to Leverage Family Stories: MomsRising Shares Lessons Learned. Last fall, messaging research released by the Herndon Alliance found that the most effective way to sway swing audiences to support health care reform is to use personal stories paired with a fact or two about health reform.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

From a very young age, it is through stories that we learn about ourselves, those around us, and the world in which we live. Digital storytelling enables nonprofits to tell their stories across multiple media, potentially in multiple languages, and to reach unknown readers and viewers through the power of tagging and amplification.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

I wasn’t convinced at all that the world needed another blogger. Tell your story passionately and briefly, and make sure you have a “Donate Now&# button directly inserted into the blog post. Share stories, photos, and videos from events. Allow guest bloggers to share expertise and experience. Share resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Last year, I marked the date with the above photo and a post with tips for cultivating bloggers and how it was like a long term relationship. Blogger relations (not to be confused with blogger's relationships like I'm describing above) that is blogger outreach came up as a topic in a workshop I did on social media and the arts last year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

A few weeks ago, she reported back to the group some of the results of our work with some insights based on Google Analytics charts. Shonali kindly agreed to an interview to share this story more broadly. Analytics really do tell stories! What’s elevator speech for the organization, he campaign and your role.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2019

Here are some examples of fundraising videos that tell great stories, elicit an emotional response from the viewer, and feature a clear call-to-action at the end asking for your donation. Hear this inspiring story of Bobbie, a homeless woman who was helped by the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund to become more empowered and more hopeful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Her story, perhaps, inspired Rob Cottingham, who created some amazing cartoons to illustrate the book. Her insights resonated with what we were hearing in our interviews, so of course, Joan is one of many experts we interviewed for the book. Go take a listen to Joan’s podcast about The Happy Healthy Nonprofit !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

If a news story is breaking when you get to work in the morning, and it is related to your mission or your programs, write up a quick two-paragraph summary of or commentary about the breaking news story, add a link to the original source, and then distribute your blog post to your communities. Share Stories from the Field.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 People are much more responsive and likely to share your blog post if its subject matter is related to a breaking news story. Often tied to breaking news stories or internal developments at your organization, a blog post calling for action is often well received.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Depending on what successful bloggers your poll, the answers to these questions can vary widely. And remember this important tenet: many expert bloggers look at their work as a mix between art and science: the right words can get you started, but if you aren’t applying a good bit of logic to your target audience it may all be for nothing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 6, 2008

iLoveMountains is asking bloggers (and non-bloggers) to tell folks about all of these tools, and about the mountains that can still be saved by sharing videos about America's Most Endangered Mountains. Here's how to join the iLoveMountains.org Blogger's Challenge : 1.

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JULY 10, 2023

According to a guideline published by M+R, a useful quick test for your own messaging is to simply answer the question: If the subject of this story were to read it, how would they feel? The challenges of strength-based messaging Finding the balance in your story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Blogger relations (not to be confused with blogger relationships like I'm describing above) that is blogger outreach came up as a topic in a workshop I did on social media and the arts earlier this week. Don't have your office intern hapzardly send out a canned pitches, get to know the bloggers first.

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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. I have only seen one example of this so far and told the story, but am now curious. We were honored to do a luncheon discussion at the Berkman Center on the Networked Nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

Tip: Share stories about your impact and the different ways to get involved with your cause. Guest Blogger Bio: Julia Campbell has run her digital marketing consulting business for almost a decade, focused exclusively on mission-driven organizations. (Compare that to 5 minutes for a tweet and 80 minutes for a Facebook post.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2007

Meet Virak , Phnom Penh Geek, and a member of the Cambodian Bloggers Summit team. He sees this a creative challenge - how to make brief videos that tell a story and sit with text. Click To Play. Yesterday, I taught him how to use the video cameras and he made his first video blog post. It is here. We have two other cameras to give.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2007

There are a lot of answers to that question, but if you want to do outreach to bloggers about an issue you care about, here are a few tips: 1. Search for bloggers who write about topics related to your cause on Technorati , Google Blog Search and Ask.com's blog search engine. Find the name and contact information for the blogger.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 1, 2015

She is a writer and blogger with a passion for self-improvement and helping others. Below, you’ll find out why storytelling is so crucial to a nonprofit website, and how to tell stories that resonate with others. You can answer that in an engaging way through stories. Stories Help People Relate to Your Organization.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 12, 2010

Joanne Fritz covers New Media RelationsThe New Media Relations for Nonprofits - How Nonprofits Can Get Their Stories Out Through Bloggers and Twitter: "Media relations in the world of Web 2.0

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MAY 28, 2006

It's good news for bloggers: On Friday a California Court of Appeals ruled the bloggers are entitled to the same protections as journalists in traditional media when it comes to being required to reveal confidential sources. Apple went to court demanding the bloggers reveal their sources within the firm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Blogger Vu Lee, who wrote the forward to The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , offers up 9 tips for self-care , including downloading a chrome plugin that replaces 45 with photos of kittens. 2: Use Transmedia Storytelling to Share Stories That Inspires InspireAction. What to do? Quit Facebook or other social media?

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Think about it: If you receive three or four emails in a row from a nonprofit you support, a blogger you follow, or your favorite store and the content is boring or useless to you, how long before you stop opening them? What stories would you tell? They need you to tell them a story that interests them and moves them.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Based on the “related post” concept that links subject material based on specific topics, Contextly identifies your most popular posts and gives personalized recommendations for returning users while creating a rich archive, with in-story sidebars. Loyalty.js Loyalty.js

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 People are much more responsive and likely to share your blog post if its subject matter is related to a breaking news story. Often tied to breaking news stories or internal developments at your organization, a blog post calling for action is often well received.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2018

They use the donate button to raise money as they broadcast live, and to encourage donations once the livestream has concluded: Guest Blogger Bio: Julia Campbell has run her digital marketing consulting business for almost a decade, focused exclusively on mission-driven organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

These are two photos of me and Tharum Bun , a Cambodia blogger I met via our blogs back in 2003. In 2005, we got a chance to meet face-to-face in London at the Global Voices Blogging Summit after I transitioned from being the Cambodia bridge blogger.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

The neat thing about Fiver is that there is time is built in for program staff to collect and story bank client testimonials, which means they’re not scrambling at the end. A good story is an incredible tool and whatever quote or story you decide to use, make sure it’s relatable and clear. Your donors want to hear those stories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2015

Your credibility is judged harshly if you can’t communicate your nonprofit’s success stories in a professional, visually compelling, modern format. Your stories should be as easy to read as possible. It is also gives you, the blogger, an idea of how popular a blog topic is based upon the number of shares it receives.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Use it to tell your story. Most nonprofits have volunteers with interesting experiences to share and they are typically happy to share their stories. For instance, a Humane Society’s audience would visit their blog expecting to see things like tips for keeping dogs cool in the summer and recipes for dog treats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Over the last six years since our founding, MomsRising has worked with hundreds of bloggers and has learned how to strategically use social media to ensure that key audiences don’t miss compelling posts. million readers, hundreds of thousands of others have viewed the stories as well.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 30, 2006

Here are some of the tips they gave for other disaster relief bloggers: Tips from Grace 1. People want to hear real people’s stories and see photos of the town they are giving to, so she posted stories and had a Flickr photo stream. It would be a great way to mobilize the power of women bloggers. They also set up a wiki.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 27, 2013

You love to share stories, resources and things that make people smile. I bet they either share personal stories, resources (e.g. You’re going to need to be a guest blogger and to host guest bloggers. As a blogger, you need to ride the waves of creation and keep going, through crappy posts and brilliant ones.

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DECEMBER 26, 2005

They are looking for bloggers from around the world to be blogging mentors for 1 week as part of the Young Caucasus Women project, a group blog for young women from the Caucasus region (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia). youth Young Caucasus Women arts education young bloggers

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2011

Women Deliver » Updates » Winners Announced for the Women Bloggers Deliver Competition – Congratulations to my friend Toyin Ajao! Check out this very cool initiative and follow the stories of the three women selected to blog for Carbon for Water! "We

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 20, 2009

Yesterday I represented BlogHer on a conference call with bloggers from the Silicon Valley Moms Blog, and Katie Couric. The series will features stories throughout the year on The CBS Evening New s, The Early Show and Sunday Morning about the impact of the recession on children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

For the WeAreMedia tactical module on Listening we need a few nuggets, anecdotes, or stories in a few sentences about how your nonprofit has used a listening tool (technorati, google alerts, or RSS readers, or summize/tweetscan to listen). So, if you have a listening story you'd like to share - drop in the comments or over at the wiki here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Our website’s blog – which now has over 280 bloggers who publish up to 25 posts per week – has been a powerful tool in our work to create cultural and political change on a range of topics related to family-friendly policies, flexible work and parenting. To reach out to bloggers in the health care field. To grow our membership.

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