Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

For the past few years, I’ve been teaching a workshop called “ Leading on Social Channels ” for nonprofits that want to leverage the personal brands of their leaders. Adding social media leadership skills to the mix, they can become the more trusted voices who others turn to regarding their sector’s social change issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). There is not much value in the raw data unless you have the tools and skills to synthesize it.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Leverage digital channels. Simply share a link to the site on all of your nonprofit’s digital channels—email campaigns, organic and/or paid social media, your organization’s event website, personal emails, even your email signature. Alternatively, you could ask it to brainstorm outreach channels and digital campaign ideas.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Share urgent calls to action across channels. Check out our last installment here !

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Notice if all the decision-makers represent a dominant culture and make changes to increase the number of diverse voices at the table. Engage in self-reflection that challenges old and accepted paradigms of dominance through formal and informal channels. Bring cultural data into the organizational conversation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Notice if all the decision-makers represent a dominant culture and make changes to increase the number of diverse voices at the table. Engage in self-reflection that challenges old and accepted paradigms of dominance through formal and informal channels. Bring cultural data into the organizational conversation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 23, 2021

Notice if all the decision-makers represent a dominant culture and make changes to increase the number of diverse voices at the table. Engage in self-reflection that challenges old and accepted paradigms of dominance through formal and informal channels. Bring cultural data into the organizational conversation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Notice if all the decision-makers represent a dominant culture and make changes to increase the number of diverse voices at the table. Engage in self-reflection that challenges old and accepted paradigms of dominance through formal and informal channels. Bring cultural data into the organizational conversation.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 6, 2024

With approximately 344 billion emails sent per day, it’s no wonder why so many recruiters use this channel to source, engage, and secure job applicants. Reflect your nonprofit’s company culture and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in your email content. Implement inclusive language and content.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2019

I didn’t want to blunt my activist energy, but I did want to find more effective ways to channel it. It’s about the leader creating the conditions for new ideas and projects to keep bubbling up from many voices and perspectives. I realized my potential—if limited to my own creative abilities—was finite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

“It depends on whether this is the beginning of a trend or an extremely exceptional response to an extremely exceptional situation,” said Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder of Global Voices, a network of bloggers worldwide, and author of “Consent of the Networked,” a book that addresses free speech in the digital age.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I've been thinking about how to best incorporate the back channel or in this case Twitter. Two recent blogs, " How To Present While People Are Twittering " and " Trends in Leadership Conferences " are the most recent blog posts packed with advice. How can we use back-channels as a progressive force at conferences?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Christian Kreutz has written up his reflections on the recent Web2.0fordev conference. How do I offer all these channels for collaboration and still filter what is important to me? Ethan Zuckermann How to filter the information or voices to a meaningful size to find all that that is important to me. this might be what web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

Shireen did a fabulous job of bringing in their voices. They have a social media policy and handbook that provides the rule book for volunteers, staff, and affiliates to participate on social media channels effectively. Think of it as another channel of research for campaign. Wendy Harman from the Red Cross.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Ordinary Americans not formally affiliated with any organization or cause are rising up to make their voices heard. At ACS CAN, we’re seeing this newly inspired level of activity reflected in our offline recruitment as well. How to Use Online Channels to Build Offline Support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The visual nature makes it a perfect channel for executive directors to engage with their stakeholders. But to be effective, nonprofit leaders also must excel at using their personal brands and voices in service of their organizations’ missions and strategies on Instagram and other social media channels.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

Social media is an important channel of communication for connecting with your donors and supporters. Set SMART goals Build your audience persona Develop your brand Determine what channels to use Put together a content strategy Drive engagement Track your results. Determine what channels to use. Set SMART goals.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

Nonprofit membership programs can help your organization raise money, build your network, and give members a louder voice in your organization or community. But they’re also one of the best ways to grow your nonprofit and diversify your revenue streams ! Read on to find out how a membership program can benefit your nonprofit.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

your blog’s purpose should reflect the purpose of your entire organization. Read these blogs and take note on style, length, the voice of the content and frequency of posts. Here are 6 steps your nonprofit can take to reverse the trend. Understand blog’s purpose and goal. Create the content.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

The theme should clearly reflect the purpose of honoring and highlighting AAPI cultures. Voices That Inspire: Welcoming AAPI Luminaries to Your Stage When planning your AAPI Heritage Month event, consider inviting influential speakers and community leaders from within the Asian American and Pacific Islander community to participate.

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APRIL 13, 2021

These institutions have had to most recently revise their playbooks to use the digital space as a primary channel in making their collections accessible to visitors. The items that museums, archives, and libraries collect reflect the human spirit.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

Ensure all of your marketing materials reflect your organization’s brand by incorporating your logo, fonts, colors, and tone of voice. For instance, you might group supporters based on their engagement level, recency and frequency of giving, or preferred communication channel. Wrapping up.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

Pride Month is a great time to celebrate and reflect on the work activists and nonprofit organizations are doing to support the LGBTQ+ community. Priority is given to projects that collaborate with and center LGBTQ+ voices and communities. Areas served: Vermont. Seventh Generation Fund For Indigenous People (Thriving Women).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Note from Beth: December is a time when start to reflect on the past year and future online trends for fundraising. All of us have access to our own communication channels (social media platforms, email, recommendation sites, etc.) These channels have shifted power from the nonprofit to the donor. 3: Donors Hold Power.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

" How do your social media channels fit in your organization's emergency communications plan? " Check out this terrific interview with Joe – I'd love to hear your ideas, reflections and stories about how you are inspired to make change! Repair Interview: Joe Solomon of 350.org

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

But many have not fully leveraged a significant resources they already have: their staff, board, and other volunteers. When a nonprofit empowers “insiders” to become champions for its programs, it can be one of the best ways to take advantage of social channels. How To Get Started.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Cut through bias by communicating various perspectives and voices. Multi-channel storytelling approaches will help reinforce your message and your brand with your audience through consistency. As mentioned above, there are many channels in which you can share your stories, including: Email campaigns. Social media posts.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Multi-channel marketing is the practice of communicating and marketing across many channels. By leveraging multiple communication channels—email, mobile, direct mail, websites, social media, paid and earned media, SEO, and more, you expand your reach to engage new donors and supporters. Why is it important for nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

This blog post is a roundup of the face-to-face we had last week in Houston to share some of the amazing lessons learned and some reflections. Grantees get better results integrating Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels best practices and measurement. Member Voice Proxy: How will you make it memorable?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. organizational change, and technology. Program Design. It is also important clarify these expectations with participants. We did this on Day 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

They employ numbers throughout their site to make people feel aligned with thousands of others, and they give a face and a voice to those thousands with pictures, videos and written stories. You can then make each testimonial a piece of content for your social channels by quoting the best parts in an image.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

We were finally launching our new website , a full rebuild to reflect our rebranding. I’m the director of content, and I was responsible not only for overseeing the creation of new content but editing it, building it on our website, and promoting it through various social media channels and email marketing. Keep on asking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

I always design to incorporate the voice and experience of the participants. As an environmental news site, Hanna’s position is full-time. This allows grist.org to have the capacity to implement a “maven strategy” – that is be on multiple channels where Hanna serves as the community manager.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

Photo by Chris John Beckett Sean Stannard-Stockton wrote a reflection on my analysis of the list of “foundations that tweet”. I look at what was being tweeted and the voice used (institutional versus personal versus a blend). Why is it that we're afraid of being human in our social media channels? on the Philanthropy411 blog.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2018

Writing about timely topics or even controversial ones establishes you as a trusted voice on healthcare issues. In a recent survey , found that consumers prefer social channels to address issues with an organization vs telephone or in-person complaint encounters. You never know where the next social media rock star will turn up.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Through comments, shares, direct messages, and fun hashtag challenges, you can foster relationships that would be harder to form through more traditional channels of communication. Create a recognizable and consistent voice and visual identity across your social media platforms. Fundraising. Social media is a powerful fundraising tool!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

If your nonprofit has made any large-scale changes, your team should sit down and assess whether your mission statement still accurately reflects your work. Be sure to use active voice and descriptive language. Has your mission pivoted due to a global or local event? Write out your answers in as many ways as possible.

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