Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Last week, the WeAreMedia project discussed and built Module 3: Sharing Your Story Social Media Style. I put the call out for some case studies and Carie Lewis, the HSUS, Social Media Rock Star, took the time to share her story about the success and challenges of LOLseal s. Winning caption by Zelda - Westlake, OH.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 19, 2021

An online member community has the power to inspire and enable members to connect with each other and gain access to relevant content anytime from the convenience of their home, office, or wherever they are. It’s an ideal way to elevate and encourage networking among your association’s members. Read the case study.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), Social Network Followers. Text Alerts Subscribers. Other Metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." " So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. The Case Study. Take advantage of that information.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

As a case study in how nonprofits can use "viral" content - to gain attention, to promote a cause, and to call for action - SpaysNotStrays.org is a winner.( Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Social networking case studies Non-profit Communications websites Accessibility media social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. Executives were terrified by the legal implications of using social networking tools. Executives have come a long way in understanding the Social Web. Flash forward four and a half years.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

With so many new ventures founded every day, it is becoming increasingly more difficult for me to decipher what the social purposes of some initiatives are. This is a significant problem for the social enterprise movement." " Submit your Case Study to the Global Digital Activism Data Set!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

In analog communication, individuals generally reach what is called the Dunbar Number , a limit of about 150 stable social connections. AI can help nonprofit leaders sift and segment this data into meaningful and actionable content such as customized messaging for individual donors or program updates for a specific population.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2008

Does your museum need a custom online social network? A social networking site is one in which users connect with one another. Most social networking sites give each user a unique user profile, along with a personal "home base" where you can always find your content, your contacts, and your interests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

m a self-proclaimed social networking junkie. important with higher-engagement leveled UGC campaigns PROCESS - marketing Email Website Social networks Web badges Blogger outreach OUTCOMES Both tangible & intangible Increase list members (we don???t I run the org???s and online advertising campaigns. Our mission is ???celebrating

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Care2

JULY 17, 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!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2011

Each case study will be presented by the designers and their implementing partners. Lastly, the “Trends in Gaming” series of micro talks will focus on everything stated above from the use of mobile platforms, games involving direct action, and utilizing social networking games on Facebook to drive causes and create change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Case Study. Note from Beth: Please j oin me on June 21st from 1-2 PM PST for the virtual launch of The Networked Nonprofit. One of the key messages in the book is that nonprofits need to work less as isolated institutions and more as networks. Just last week we published a new case study of KaBOOM!

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Care2

JULY 26, 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!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 14, 2022

Facebook Challenges are time-bound virtual peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns that take place entirely through the social network. To learn more about Komen’s experience, explore the full case study on the GoodUnited website. Josh Hirsch is the Social Content Marketing Manager for Susan G. About the Author.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 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!" Remember, content is still king.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

While advocacy marketing, case studies, and testimonials will help the promotion of your event brand , you don’t want to put too many eggs in too many baskets. For example, if you are using a content marketing strategy and publishing blogs to your social pages at a set time each day, do not promote your live stream at that same time.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 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!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Beth Dunn’s presentation covers the basics, complete with case studies, and suggests Quick start and Advanced Quick Start tactics to launch your nonprofit into social media. Social Networking Strategy How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Media Genius Beth Kanter breaks it down: Understand organizational change theory.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 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!" In other words, if electronic messages can reach it, its on-line. 2) Make it simple.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. There are two types of media we will look at here: direct and indirect content. Direct Content. Indirect Content. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

It’s also a good idea to use a content management system to manage your website’s content and updates, like Wordpress , Joomla , and Squarespace. spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content? Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. design: is it clean?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2011

This book offers principles to guide corporations and nonprofits to think through a social media strategy that is aligned with communications or marketing goals. Service — Serve your Internet community with great data, content and applications.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Essentially, nonprofits have been advertising Facebook to untold millions for free helping it become the powerhouse that it is today – the largest, most active social networking website on the Web. Small nonprofits just can not duplicate that success, so in many cases they inevitably get disappointed.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Beth Kanter who shares tips for the content creation impaired, Tinu Abayomi-Paul who discusses why Storify is great to curate social content, and YouTube who is launching Next Cause. Tips for the Content Creation Impaired. Highlight case studies. Who caught our attention this week? Invite a guest blogger.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Online social networking was just being born. Most of the content was (and is) user generated. Here was the Philanthropy News Network announcement of the project: "TechSoup NetSquared, the project to increase nonprofit effectiveness through Web-based social tools, has added a case study section to its website. 'Net2

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

It is important to understand that social media is just one channel, primarily for engagement and connection tactics, but organizations will need to use other channels like email. It is also important to be mindful of how different generations use online social networking and the trends.

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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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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

While advocacy marketing, case studies, and testimonials will help the promotion of your event brand , you don’t want to put too many eggs in too many baskets. For example, if you are using a content marketing strategy and publishing blogs to your social pages at a set time each day, do not promote your live stream at that same time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Within hours, Planned Parenthood sent a fundraising email out to its network, asking supporters to replace the money that Komen had pulled for breast cancer screenings for low-income women. As the news traveled from email boxes to social networks to mainstream media, activists, men, and women expressed their outrage.

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 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!" Is it to gather donations or content? Which metrics will help you achieve it?

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

It's also a good idea to use a content management system to manage your website's content and updates, like Wordpress , Joomla , and Squarespace. spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content? Two tools include: Tags: Case Studies Conferences Online Advocacy Social Networking Technology Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Robin covered three community case studies from her experience at Yahoo: 1) Yahoo Merchant Summit, 2) Yahoo Developer Network Events, and 3) the Flickr community. I suspect Robyn's slide content might be available somewhere, so I'll focus on what I captured as the lessons learned. #1 1 Take it local and f2f.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The survey asked participants to share a story that illustrates how social media has brought value to their organization. I used a “living case study&# approach – doing an interview with them to share how they achieved their success. Actionable Social Media Listening for Nonprofits.

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Care2

MARCH 15, 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!" Use heading tags in your content.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 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!" If not, try editing your content to focus on the keywords that are important to you.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The physical location of CCTV, as community media and technology center, provides Cambridge residents with additional opportunities to build community through face-to-face interaction; something social media can’t replicate in quite the same way. Tags: interview communitys resources seniors social media.

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