Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

As part of Social Media September (#SocMedSep), we've been tapping into the wisdom of our global TechSoup and NetSquared communities as well as experts in nonprofit technology. Additionally, I wanted her to share how they determine which social networks to use and their most successful campaigns. AP: Data is key.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

For more than a decade the blogosphere has touted the power and promise of social media (this blog included) , but there is also a downside to using social media for your nonprofit. Nonprofit social media managers are bombarded with depressing content. Don’t. Just block and forget.

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AccelEvents

JULY 20, 2020

From automated email marketing to hosting live broadcasts, an event platform is necessary if you aim to put on a professional, high-level virtual event. The ability to record and store the event content. Live broadcast capabilities. Do You Capture, Record, and Store My Event’s Content? Feedback or surveying feature.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. ” Chelsea took a photo with her Smartphone and posted it on the Reddit, a community aggregation site where content is ranked and rated. 3: Social Networking.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

We’d guess that part of your strategy for Giving Tuesday involves leveraging social media. After enduring social distancing during the past year, social media is now a primary channel for connecting with friends, family members, and nonprofits alike! Create online communities to connect supporters near and far.

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AccelEvents

JULY 20, 2020

From automated email marketing to hosting live broadcasts, an event platform is necessary if you aim to put on a professional, high-level virtual event. The ability to record and store the event content. Live broadcast capabilities. Do You Capture, Record, and Store My Event’s Content? Feedback or surveying feature.

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Care2

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Last Friday, Care2 held an information packed webinar Engaging Baby Boomers and Seniors through Social Media with panelists Gina Pagliaro, Immersion Active, Jen Smith from AARP, and Molly Connors from Care2. 84% of internet users 50 and over use social networking sites. They control over 80% of personal financial assets.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

We’d guess that part of your strategy for Giving Tuesday involves leveraging social media. After enduring social distancing during the past year, social media is now a primary channel for connecting with friends, family members, and nonprofits alike! Create online communities to connect supporters near and far.

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Care2

JULY 16, 2014

Social media isn''t a broadcasting system, it''s meant to be social, like a cocktail party. This past January, Jenna Wortham said that social media "is fueled by our own increasing need for attention, validation, through likes, favorites, responses, interactions. Social Networking Trends Web 2.0'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Like all new tools there is a learning curve, but for nonprofit social media managers that spend a good portion of the their time on social and mobile media, Periscope is intuitive, easy to use, and a welcome break from the daily routine of posting, tweeting, sharing – repeat. This is advanced social media.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. What it Means to Individuals.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. What it Means to Individuals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

The month of October we've been focusing on building out the Nonprofit Social Media Tool Box and awarding t-shirts to contributors! Week Three of the We Are Media Toolbox begins!    This includes FriendFeed and Social Thing.   We're talking about tools like Digg, Stumbleupon, Reddit and others. 

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I became a documentary filmmaker to tell meaningful stories that explore social issues and inspire change. When I started out, the “broadcast, festival, and screenings” model of distribution dictated community engagement strategies that were more linear, and limited.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

Stories can also be found while scrolling through social media: gather stories from clients, staff, and supporters when they post about your organization! Let Social Media Do What it Does Best On the creative side of things, integrating storytelling across communication channels can really set you apart.

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Care2

APRIL 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!" DZ: Was there any organizational resistance to Twitter (or other social media)?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

For nonprofits to succeed on social media, they have to be good at social media and that requires a clear understanding of how, when, and why individuals engage with nonprofits on social media. It was the final presentation of the social media strategies webinar. Craft a content strategy.

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2009

As part of a workshop on social media that I gave with Susan Mernit at the 2009 Women, Action & the Media conference, I pointed out Wellstone Action as an example of an organization that's doing great work on Twitter. DZ: Was there any organizational resistance to Twitter (or other social media)?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Marketing – especially in the age of social media – is about building trust and relationships. I wondered if we have gotten so caught up in digital social networking that we've forgotten how to do the original social networking – talking with one another! It's a class about marketing, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

" which was a strategic social media for arts organizations workshop. I'll be leading this workshop in Philadelphia for the Philadelphia Cultural Alliance in about two weeks) As part of my research process (using social media, of course), I looked at what arts organizations were doing on social networking sites like Facebook.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. below are 33 of must-read updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

On the day that I submitted the final manuscript of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits to McGraw-Hill, Facebook launched Timeline for Pages. Yet surprisingly, now 14 months after its release, 90% of the content still rings true. The Broadcast Web.” The Social Web, and Web 3.0:

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

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!" Created a wall of 5,000 signers photos.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

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!" Harness the creative power of user-generated content.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. below are 33 of must-read updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Election Day Debriefs What we can learn about online politics from the 2006 Campaigns from e-politics offers some lessons and takeaways about social networking and other traditional technology tools deployed for political campaigns. 15th including a session on using Machinima to create political and social change videos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

With a virtual format, you have the advantage of offering more variety since you can easily change the video source and even use pre-recorded video content. As an added benefit these types of classes are often easy to broadcast live. Then, either choose the winners yourself or ask people to vote over social media.

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Care2

MAY 29, 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!" to dramatically increase their use of recycled paper content. billion in 2013.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

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!" Does their profile inclue media (videos, slideshows, podcasts, etc.)?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

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!" Does their profile inclue media (videos, slideshows, podcasts, etc.)?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2013

If your nonprofit decides to become active on LinkedIn, it’s recommended that you follow some of the early adopters and study their LinkedIn Pages to help get a sense of the LinkedIn community and what type of content they engage with. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). linkedin.com/company/public-broadcasting-service.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. You can either broadcast live (think of it as your own radio station) or host the messages on the Cinchcast server for later listening.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

After all, the days of making your online marketing or social media presence secondary priorities are long gone. Not only are most nonprofits conducting some form of online fundraising, but many are even conducting fully virtual and social media-hosted fundraising campaigns. Social media profiles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

His post was aimed at not-for-profit public media; I have genericized it somewhat ). Because using story well is our great chance in public media to be the leaders of our time. This style of story is the antithesis of how media tells stories today. founder or co-founder of 5 successful media business initiatives. . .

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 4, 2007

It's hard to fool yourself into thinking you define the museum experience when your visitors are jumping on, chewing, and giggling at your content. Children don't have the same social hang-ups as adults and are likely to share their experience with strangers while in the museum. But children's museums are another story.

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