Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Here’s a summary of tips, tools, examples, and resources for getting the most of our your nonprofit event with social media. (Here’s a curated link list used to create this post). You also need to post inviting content on your social channels that builds excitement, anticipation, and engagement about the event.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Title (s): Manager, External Affairs and Associate, Social Media & Recruitment. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

At ACS CAN, we’re seeing this newly inspired level of activity reflected in our offline recruitment as well. While the effort to recruit offline volunteers is never easy, the timing for such a campaign has never been better. How to Use Online Channels to Build Offline Support. Let’s get started with some general tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2010

Networked Nonprofits know how to close the loop between social media and offline actions. Whatever channel they use, they’re building a bridge from online to onland. It is also used to describe any in-person networking event that integrates social media. They understand that it is a scaffolded process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2010

To help her celebrate, I invited to write a post with some steps and tips for integrating web content, email, and social media. Now you’ve added social media. Make sure that you have social media icons connecting to your various profiles in your website template. Step 2: Share Across Channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

This post summarizes the content I shared in my presentation and offers some reflection on the conversational keynote. I started my talk with a story about why I liked Twitter: It allows me to connect with people in my professional field and have a great conversations or ad hoc collaborations that improve practice.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Why Social Media?

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Say good bye to "online fundraising" and "offline fundraising," there is only fundraising. Leads acquired online are often best nurtured through social networks and converted in the mail, or over the phone if you're after monthly donors. Direct mail donors give more if they are hearing from you via email and social networks.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Practical Tips for Donor Engagement Strategies As a fundraiser, you probably have a good feel for how your donors want to engage with you, whether it’s on social media, through email, over the phone, or face-to-face. Knowing what channels to use—like whether you need to email donors versus posting on Facebook—is one thing.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 23, 2023

GivingTuesday Gets Social Media Attention In 2022, GivingTuesday trended #1 on Twitter. Since its inception in 2012, GivingTuesday has relied on digital channels to build a global community. Join the conversation! Impact 6 Social Media Ideas to Inspire Donors on GivingTuesday 5 min read Read Now 9.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Your website serves as the central hub for your digital strategy, followed closely by the ways you drive folks to your website, including email, blog posts, newsletters, social media, text messaging, QR codes in print media, and advertising. Is it easy to share your website and other links via social media or email? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Social Media Measurement is this month’s theme on the Zoetica Salon hosted on my blog Facebook page. I thought it would useful to have a more in-depth conversation in the Zoetica Salon with Dan so we could delve into KPIs for social media.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 15, 2024

Social media. Reach out to supporters with a large social media following and ask them to act as ambassadors for your cause. By taking advantage of more traditional methods as well as leveraging social media and peer-to-peer fundraising best practices, you’ll be on your way to hosting a winning event!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Social Media Master Class. Best practices for effective use of common social media tools: Facebook and Twitter. Participants become part of the workshop curriculum and share their experience – which seems very appropriate for a social media training. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

However, learning to properly market online and offline is an important opportunity for organizations. Channel preference (social media vs. email). This small touch of personalization builds rapport and loyalty to your organization, increasing engagement and the likelihood of conversion. Demographics .

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

By now, you've probably heard all the benefits of building a social media presence on Facebook or Twitter. We've compiled a list of resources including articles, blog posts, webinars, and case studies on best social media practices from our global network. TechSoup's Social Media Resources.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

TechSoup continued its Social Media Mondays in May with a discussion on Twitter to expand on the resources offered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki. Action can be thought of as creating conversation. The chat kicked off with the question, "What makes a great tweet? Granted, that's hard to measure."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media. I said yes.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I’ve included my interview below, but you can also read it and join the conversation on the NetSquared blog. We should approach offline action as one of many channels available to us to reach our mission. We should expand that view and definition of multi-channel to include offline action and mobile messaging/text.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Social Media Trainer's Bag of Tricks View more presentations from Beth Kanter. It was almost five years ago to the day, that I did a webinar for NTEN on the topic and have been integrating social media into teaching and learning experiences ever since. How to think like a social instructional designer.

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

With data from 154 nonprofit participants, we are once again treated to invaluable insights on numerous facets of digital engagement, covering websites, email messaging, online engagement, social media posts, and digital ads. Digital fundraisers are busier than ever, reaching more people through digital channels than ever before.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

By now, you've probably heard all the benefits of building a social media presence on Facebook or Twitter. We've compiled a list of resources including articles, blog posts, webinars, and case studies on best social media practices from our global network. TechSoup's Social Media Resources.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Maximize Your Digital Marketing Channels Even if your event is taking place in-person, your marketing efforts should be primarily happening online. With everyone spending hours a day glued to their phones and computers, digital channels will be the best way to reach them. And in order to do that, you’re going to have to go old school.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 16, 2024

This versatile software helps you consolidate donor data, centralize assets, enable the creation of integrated campaigns across various channels, and provides analytics on donor engagement. The software allows you to understand your audience’s preferences, which helps foster meaningful conversations, all within a unified platform.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " How do your social media channels fit in your organization's emergency communications plan?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Where does Social Media belong on the Org Chart? What tangible results are people seeing from it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

The challenges: Explosion of online media channels. Every organization, individual has the opportunity to be a media organization. Stories are social. I also discussed the importance of laying out the supporter journey and having metrics to understand and improve conversion rates. A multi-screen world.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

What’s the difference between managing online community, customer service, and social media? Community managers foster relationships with customers and build community on an organization’s available channels. Social media is, for many organizations, an extension of their public relations and marketing strategy.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up on the opinion blog – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or read the full post below. But if they congregate online, on a community news site or blog network, join them in conversation there. It’s the same with any platform.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources across the web ever day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. What is your conversation strategy? I'll be there and hope you will be, too.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

For example, you can understand what impact, if any, a new communication channel had on fundraising outcomes. In order to optimize your site to receive the most traffic (and conversions), pay attention to how your site is currently performing. Social traffic. Website Conversion Rate. Average Website Session Duration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I was in Washington, DC where I did a session on social media strategy for a convening of Packard Grantees. My participation included: An interactive presentation on best practices for using social media for external communications. Conversation is a “learning in public” tool – maybe one of the best.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Earlier this week, Beth Kanter wrote about how to translate social listening into good twitter conversation that supports your objectives , riffing on David Lipscomb ’s Social Messenger Framework — one of the communications planning tools that he’s made available at RedPed21.com. It all starts with.( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

Just like Mark, @home is moving beyond the old models of documentary film, using social media, web video, and a smartphone “game for change” to to spark a conversation about homelessness, and how we can solve it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

He didn’t do the “sage of the stage&# thing, he gave ample opportunities for the audience digest the ideas he shared as well as engage them in conversation. Alison Carl White from NPower Seattle has a good summary on her blog. There are people who just want an expert on the stage to share their wisdom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

Click to see larger image I'm very tempted to start using Results On Insights for ROI thanks to Barb Chamberlain's comment in yesterday's post " What Are The Best I-Words For Nonprofits To Think About Social Media and ROI? " But what does that really mean? This requires engaging in a conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

to Boston for two days of book events hosted by Associated Grant Makers , Barr Foundation , Public Conversations Project , TechFoundation and Berkman Center Luncheon series. I’ll be on the Twitter back channel following the #netnon hashtag from the Independent Sector Conference in Atlanta.).

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