Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

I'm drilling down into the concept of " streamline " to brainstorm 52 ideas to help make your organization's social media strategy and use more effective and efficient. Why Your Nonprofit Should Streamline Social Media Social media is still relatively new. Why the number 52? Good for you! Great work.

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Care2

APRIL 18, 2011

One of the big questions I often get asked by nonprofit campaigners is “how do I know if our blog and social media are succeeding and resonating with people?&# The very first thing that nonprofits should do is setup a tracking system to measure their blogs and social media. Great question. Do you know who they are?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2014

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). ” Which Social Networks Are Growing Fastest Worldwide? Is For-Profit the Future of Non-Profit? – eMarketer -.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The Need for the 4Cs Social Media Framework. Over the last year, I have had to explain how social media works to diplomats, defense officials, and academics and students focused on fields as diverse as international affairs, management and sociology. The first reason is the excessive focus on specific social media tools.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

As social media grows in popularity, one fact cannot be ignored: if used well, it can generate impressive amounts of traffic and increase engagement around your cause or organization. These overall strategies aren't anything new in the marketing world: social media is just a new way to do old business. Know Your Goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

She has a social media elevator pitch just in case she runs into one of the senior managers. But when you're just starting out, organizational culture can get in the way of embracing social media. See this IBM Social Media/Corporate Culture Case Study ). What's important is a social media policy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2015

The 32 nonprofits were bookmarked for a donation and selected because they were effective at grabbing my attention and sparking an inspiration to give through their tweets. Ten of the 32 nonprofits (31%) included a call-to-share the donation on social networks on their “Thank You” landing page. Greenpeace.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

One of the most common questions I'm asked as a social media consultant is, "Which tool is the best?" If you have a do-good project, or a small nonprofit that you want to promote, fundraise for, or build an online community around using social media, your first step is to create a plan. Raise awareness? Build web traffic?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The array of social media can appear to be very complex. But social media and social networks respond to the same needs that drive people; the need to connect with one another in meaningful ways through conversation. Organizations that can really adapt and use social media need to simplify.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Photo by Stitch Throughout the month of October, NTEN's WeAreMedia worked on building the Nonprofit Social Media Tool Box. Nonprofit social media techies filled the pages with links to tools, tips, and tutorials for these types of social media tools: Monitoring. Social Bookmarking. Micro Media.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). If you’re a social person, it means you like to spend time with other people. ""

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

The eight reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. 1) 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report :: Download. Social Media and Mobile Technology Webinars for Nonprofits.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

My Top 10 Sources for Social Media Tips : Nonprofits are learning how to make friends, influence the zeitgeist, and raise money through their social networking channels. You could start by bookmarking these blogs that I have found to be indispensable social media resources.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – "Can I be honest? However, just today a.ly shortener called vb.ly

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

I came across a great white paper about the use of social media by marketers. One of the most common things I hear from nonprofit staff is something along the lines of, "I'm just learning about social media. Social media is an area the nonprofit sector has been, in many ways, leading the way! .

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). They often failed to deliver on key social capital improvements such as improving trust between residents or fostering a greater sense of belonging.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The 2010 Social Networking Map / Flowtown (@flowtown) – I love maps and I work in social media; so I always love the maps of social media!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

Prior to the holidays I ignored them because I just couldn’t stomach “yet another social network.” So, what made me go check it out? Ironically, it was my post “ Reflection on Networked Professional Learning &# where I linked to a post on Social Networks from Stephen Downes.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). As social networks try and become profitable they are experimenting with new ad models and trying to drive more traffic to increase ad revenue.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Salesforce had acquired collaboration tool company Stypi in May 2012, as well as social media monitoring platform Radian6 in March 2011."

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 6, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Target community for best return on social media efforts – My recent interview with the Nonprofit Business Advisor is out!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! Submissions close January 22, 2010." Thanks for all that you are doing, ARC!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Social Media –– Revolutionary Movement or Enabler of “Slacktivism&# ? Do you have insurance? Where do you stand?"

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 23, 2009

Exploring Social Media for Social Good #FindingTheGood - Have you been following Mashable's Summer of Social Good? This week they are rounding up and highlighting examples of social media use by WWF, The Humane Society, Livestrong and Oxfam America - plus, you can add your organization to the list!

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). As she notes, her example has luck but it is an example of a growing model of a changing world. What do you think? Great slides.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Read all of the lessons Carol learned – and I'd love to hear what you learned! Unconference here: [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). – "Despite the enormous popularity of peer-to-peer social networking, the adoption cycle for branded online communities has been relatively slow.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Your lists will also appear in the Interests section of your bookmarks. As all good social media managers know, diversify your bran d and time spent across multiple social networks. According to Facebook Help: When you create a list, you’ll see the best posts from that list in your main News Feed.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 16, 2010

You've got bookmarks for websites you need to check daily, online tools, news alerts for tracking your nonprofit's keywords and issues, email, social networks, RSS feeds for favorite blogs… It's all too easy to miss vital information, or to waste a great deal of time checking for updates. read more ). read more ).

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 18, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Have you tried Jumo? ."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2008

The NTEN WeAreMedia project has been hard at work over the last few months building the house so to speak -- focusing on how nonprofits can use social media effectively. This list isn't comprehensive, it does NOT include every possible social media tool or category known to mankind - there are literally hundreds, if not thousands.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

WOMM (word of mouth marketing) and earned media should be key components of any communications plan to market your nonprofit’s website. Add This: A widget that allows website visitors to share your content via 50 social networks and bookmark communities. URL Shorteners: Bit.ly , Tinyurl , and Pagetweet. Moderate* 10.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

New ‘WSJ’ Conduct Rules Target Twitter, Facebook - The Wall Street Journal circulated a newly compiled list of "professional conduct" covering social media, social networking, and so on. Tags: roundup bookmarks. Take a look at their entire list!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 2, 2009

These are my links for December 14th through January 2nd: 5 TED Talks on Collaboration and Communities | Social Media Trader - I am a huge fan of the TED talks and enjoy taking a break now and then to watch one just for a bit of passion and motivation. Tags: roundup bookmarks. Here are five talks on collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

This book was published through a social networking process - very interesting. He also pointed me recently to a tool called CoReap ( www.coreap.com ), a social search and bookmarking add-on for your web browser. 400 words ??? on the topic of ???conversation??? conversation???

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Greater Giving

JUNE 24, 2021

To generate excitement for your virtual audience, consider pre-event contests, social media competitions, watch party gift boxes, and other pre-event activities as a way to get your virtual audience motivated. Spread the word to as wide a network as possible by promoting it on social media and websites that promote local activities.

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