Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Don't forget to add the search tool. Win $10,000 DonateNow Mashup Challenge at NetSquared. If you already have a presence on MySpace, check this out - causes has just launched an application at MySpace. Want to listen on Twitter? Use Tweetscan and type in key words. Hurry the deadline is May 19th to submit your idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

They are exploring how non-profit organizations use the Web and the tools available for them in the last three years or since this Wired article was published ( For Nonprofits, Web Is Windfall ). Also, what Web tools and resources are you aware of that non-profits can use? What about the challenges to adoption?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

" This analysis caught my eye because helped crystalize some thinking about Facebook causes based on an experiment I did as part my fundraising for the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge (please consider donating $10). MySpace), subscribing, forwarding and/or learning. Has anyone done any research on this topic?

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

While younger users are more likely to have a presence on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, older users often find their way to interactive games, chat rooms, and online activities where they can engage with peers. How to' networking sites are increasingly popular among older adults.

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Care2

MAY 18, 2009

ReadWriteWeb Guide to Online Community Management ReadWriteWeb launched a great report and cool new tool that provides organizations with the latest research and best tips in social media. Whether you are using your Web 2.0 The report covers the basics, and answers commonly asked questions such as ("Should we be on Facebook?

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Care2

APRIL 25, 2009

Leave it to NTEN to create one of the most fabulous nonprofit conferences packed with nptech rock star panelists and valuable sessions to boot ranging from online fundraising to social media and nonprofit technology tools. With so many great panels to choose from it was a challenge to come up with my top 10 panels to check out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Lots of tools. many organizations are initially focusing on using social media as a communication and awareness tool. Is that MySpace friend an activist? Your champion is going to make some of the choices and challenges ahead of you a lot easier to overcome. Déjà Vu All Over Again Web 2.0 in 2009 reminds me of Web 1.0

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Participate in memes , blog carnivals and challenges. Install web analytics tools like SiteMeter , StatCounter and Google Analytics. Participate in social networks like Facebook and MySpace, as well as niche social networks related to the theme of your blog. Tags your post with Technorati tags. Write more of those!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Her piece begins with a simple definition of online social networking tools and asks: What's the appeal? She suggests that if organizations are targeting young people, particularly teens and 20 somethings that platforms like Myspace can be a good tool. social media, or social networking tools.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Online contests like the Knight News Challenge , The Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge , and the AmEx Cardmember Project can be resource draining to participate in, especially for a time- and cash-strapped nonprofit. Participating and running challenges encourages openness, responsiveness, and inquisitiveness online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Social networking requires commitment -- you can't set up a MySpace profile and then walk away. The book includes a "Connected Quiz, a set of reflective questions that can help an activist think about how well they or their organization is connecting with others -- something to think about before jumping into the tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Is there a creative thinking challenge? You have early adopters, a big scary chasm, and then more mainstreamed adoption of the tools. This pattern is the same no matter the tools. There are many different tools to support this - from leaving comments on blogs or using twitter. What would you add to this list?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2008

It's part of my job to investigate the best tools for engaging potential activists and members. Slide 4: After attending last year's NTEN, two tools stuck out for me that I really wanted to try- Digg and Stumbleupon. Slide 17: My greatest challenge with social media was finding the time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. While I focused on Facebook for social networking examples, there are examples on MySpace. Perhaps due to their MySpace presence? Poets.Org is already mobile ).

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 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!" Other providers, such as Blackbaud may follow their lead. If youve ever used My Yahoo!

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MARCH 27, 2008

Another point Brian made was that perhaps Facebook and Myspace are not for your organization. So, if you use the right tools through LinkedIn, you can get that much closer to a donation–so I’d say that is a better path. In other words, to formalize that relationship is a great idea. I suggest another one to explore, Rethos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

The 21 Featured Projects will have the benefit and challenge of being reviewed by experts in technology, economic sustainability, and social impact. The Daily Rebellion blog gives nonprofits some tips for using MySpace for members and money. Gmail integrates PowerPoint presentation tool for attachments. How cool is that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

It is a challenging and exciting at the same time." He believes that: "Inspiration + Know how + tools = you can change the world" The tools are just tools, but you need to add your network. They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. Nonprofits lag behind the corporate sector.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 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!" tools as part of an organization’s communications strategy. I encourage you to check it out.

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Care2

MAY 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!" With so many great panels to choose from it was a challenge to come up with my top 10 panels to check out.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2010

BB: What's been the biggest challenge? BB: What's been the biggest challenge as creative women entrepreneurs? That part seems comfortable and exciting, but putting in all the business stuff, and learning how to do that in an intelligent and legal way, has been a real challenge. It's been a really, really good tool for us.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A section of the e-newsletter entitled “Resource Spotlight” features a new tool in each edition. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

In this presentation, she details five core "game mechanics" that make games compelling, fun, and addictive, and talks about how they are being applied in successful web applications like MySpace and Netflix. In a game, collecting tools/money "matters" because it allows you to get to the next level or face a tougher challenge.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

We started slowly with the MySpace page , and we started in earnest with Flickr. MySpace is, but Facebook isn’t. We get so much spam on MySpace, whereas on Flickr and Facebook and the blog we never get spam. Using existing tools to run your site allows for plug-ins. And it was so clear at the time. Not really.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

The Fellows provide much needed energy, expertise and enthusiasm while being exposed to to the compelling, challenging, essential and often dangerous work done by campaigners for human rights and social justice. Check out their MySpace page. The GRO Foundation: Global Relief Outreach.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2008

Some of the most popular are LinkedIn (a professional network), Facebook (social and professional), and MySpace (anything goes). It's not an open space for discussion or communication; instead, it's a network of private spaces where kids and families have tools available to continue their museum experience.

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Forum One

APRIL 9, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. youre a funder in the philanthropic sector, and youve concluded that online collaboration is a great tool for solving issues like.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

So how do you design for that kind of maturity, and for kids who want a MySpace? We didn’t want to build MySpace. One of the vendors made a proposal to us with the phrase: “It’s MySpace meets NASA." For lots of people, it's overwhelming to jump in and embrace social networking as a basis for an educational tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

" Some statistics about how many young people are using various social media tools. Digital media is being shaped by the private sector (YouTube, MySpace, etc). Henry Jenkins notes that it isn't about the tools and that it was more about the culture growing up around the technology. Parents are facing challenges.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 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!" 60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2008

puts it, “MySpace for inanimate objects.” what challenges came with this project. What do you see as the challenges and opportunities? Tags: Technology Tools Worth Checking Out exhibition Museums Engaging in 2.0 Geocaching.com is a clearinghouse for thousands of items, geocaches, and geocachers, or as Seth! I asked Seth!

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Care2

JULY 24, 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!" 60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It?

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Forum One

JULY 5, 2006

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. youre a funder in the philanthropic sector, and youve concluded that online collaboration is a great tool for solving issues like.

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Forum One

JULY 5, 2006

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. youre a funder in the philanthropic sector, and youve concluded that online collaboration is a great tool for solving issues like.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

create and manage a Facebook group or page, or a MySpace page. The challenge with blogging is frequently updating the content; I'd say once a week is a must, and posting two or more times per week is a great goal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 e-Newsletter. e-Newsletter. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2007

Now, as is 2006, visitors are still taking things apart, making shoes out of junk, and tackling real world challenges (and each other). Both of these examples illuminate a basic challenge in co-created experiences or exhibitions— growth. The experience is fundamentally entry-level; you have the tools you need to succeed.

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