Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Grantees get better results integrating Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels best practices and measurement. So, for these organizations, their content pyramid also includes integrating offline w/online channels. Content Curation on Twitter. Getting Started with Content Curation on Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

If members ask a question on Twitter, respond on Twitter, and so on. Has your organization run a competition online or offline? Tags: case studies challenge competition frogloop guest post howto tips. Here are a few ways to do this, for example: Respond to questions and comments publicly whenever possible.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2009

we20 wants to inspire people, online, to get together, offline, to talk about ideas to improve our lives and our world. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be spreading their message and mobilizing people into action both on and offline. These G20 leaders meet in London on 2 April. 20 world leaders. They don’t have a website, yet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

I've been on Twitter since almost the beginning and have watched charitable giving and fundraising go from the edge to mainstream. Twitter is establishing itself as a charitable giving and cause marketing channel. . The event attracted a lot of attention because it was an example of integrating a live charity event with Twitter. (See

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Claire Williams Diaz who works on social innovation at Twitter. She leads social innovation, philanthropy, and causes at Twitter and Blogs at Claire.us.com. Looking to get more out of Twitter? Why Twitter Matters | Getting Started with Twitter | Twitter 101 for Nonprofits. Meet Claire.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2009

They also have a @causes on Twitter and I hope they will use that to engage directly with the nonprofits who want to get better results rather than just tweeting about themselves. . I asked my Twitter followers for suggestions for questions , I tweeted the key points from the conversation yesterday. Tags: facebook.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

It's not enough to build a Facebook Fan page or throw an account on Twitter - you need a strategy. Tags: Care2 Webinars Nonprofit Events. Cutting Edge Integrated Social Media Strategies When: Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 at 1:30 PM Eastern Time.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Some people are beginning to use twitter for adverts…and doing ‘paid tweets’ Is this going against the whole ethos of SM and especially Twitter, when authenticity is the key?” The difference with using social media for fundraising is that your organization may not even be involved anymore, the way it was offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

I asked for some recommendations on Twitter for the best practical sources for change management. I also wondered about the historical context of change management and technology tool adoption, asking on Twitter if there case studies about the adoption of the typewriter in the workplace. Tags: change management.

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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!" Type in your organizations twitter handle, organization or hashtags. Word of mouth, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

Some examples: A follower on Twitter or someone you're following. For example, a one-way connection on Twitter is someone who follows you, but you don't follow back. A two-way connection is someone you follow on Twitter and follows you back. (BTW, Each dot represents a person or in network jargon, a node. Family members.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Also, turn supporters into advocates by asking them to post links to your campaign on their Facebook or Twitter pages. Use Offline Channels to Drive Online Action. Both online and offline campaigns should flow together seamlessly, inspiring constituents to adopt your cause as their own. case studies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

It uses sources such as how many delicious bookmarks, incoming links, how many times mentioned on Twitter, how many comments, etc. Twitter As Charitable Gift Spreader. Twitter Demographics. Twitter is the Second Highest Referral After Google. Donor Solicitation Techniques on Twitter. Twitter on Paper Icebreaker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Before I went on Twittered. My colleagues in the audience like Marshall Kirkpatrick and Holly Ross were twittering. I need more experiential case studies of this from nonprofits. (My My NTC panel on social media metrics, measurement, and roi will include a case study slam - so stay tuned). Tags as a metric.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

And, as Tech Hermit blog notes, there was quite a discussion about this on Twitter. So does the GummyPrint blog who shared this case study of their work on Facebook Causes. Tags: facebook. Steve MacLaughlin points out "If the reason why you want to use social networks is just to raise money, then stop now.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Tagged as: CMS , CRM , nptech , opensource { 4 trackbacks } What we’re reading, week of 1/12 « i On Nonprofits 01.15.09 Integrating online and offline communications. I’m assembling a panel now and need some good case studies, so if you’ve got examples, please email me. 10 Tompkins Spann 01.23.09

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Tags: sxsw. I will also be tweeting this post.). Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Online/Offline: Messaging supporters and potential supporters with messages to do something offline from an online message or to do something online from an offline message. The goal is to get supporters and donors interfacing with the organization both online and offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Tags: sxsw. Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis. Come to this session and find out!

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Tags: beth kanter NPTech sxsw. I will also be tweeting this post.). Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We sought out case studies or examples that reinforced much of how we already operated. The magical kingdom in which offline and online worked together, where strategies that were proven in one place were re-imagined in new ones. We looked at case studies that showed which tools were used and how, and especially to what end.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Use the tag #MPS09 to follow conversations and highlights from others at the event. do you think about online or offline? we mean a group being ‘led’ Community confusion: people rarely consider themselves part of communities offline. What Twitter gives us: freedom. most proud of job at an adoption charity.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I’ll keep an eye on Twitter. There are all kinds of great videos, case studies you can dive into and kind of get to know us a little bit more. . Alyssa says, “When you thank publicly on social media, absolutely you want to get permission first, even tagging people in post.” Lori: I do too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

This same criticism can be leveled on any new channel or platform that claims (or has claims placed on it - ahem, Twitter) that it can solve the many organizational problems that surround nonprofits and charities or address the intractable social problems plaguing our society on their own merits. Tags: facebook guest blogging.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

I have been doing the social media thing for almost 4 years and I took granted that most nonprofits are doing the basics in terms of measuring ROI, but recent polls I presented on Twitter speak otherwise. What websites were your visitors on right before they visited your site [Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace]?

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