NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

flickr.com/photos/mikebaird. Although the findings of the recently released 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report haven’t changed much since the last edition three years ago, its release has (re)fueled the conversation fire in the #nptech community.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

At the time of this posting, there are already 9,340 blogs contributing to Climate Change conversations today in 150 countries. Blog about Climate Change and start a conversation ( register your blog to show up on the Blog Action Day website ). Share your ideas in the comments below. That’s huge! Join Blog Action Day.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

In my experience, the more diverse group you can get together to have this conversation and work through this planning together, the more complete a picture you can draw of your community. Even though much of these will be online social technologies, don’t forget about the offline spaces, too.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

assessed the conversation and they had a 58% negative blog/conversation ratio (used manual researching, icerocket, forumtracker, search.twitter, etc.), Are there ways of catching offline datapoints? but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted. this time they got 3,000 photos and 2,500 email address.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

My conversations so far for February are all focused on the role of nonprofits online. I would LOVE for you to get in on the conversations, too! I think it’s an interesting topic and wanted to continue the conversation here with you! Join the conversation on the SSIR blog! Standford Social Innovation Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Photo by Justin Benttinen. We are also learning in public when we engage in in-depth conversation whether it is offline or online, for example in the comments of a blog post or asking questions on Twitter. Conversation is a “learning in public” tool – maybe one of the best. Social media is a conversation engine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The NetTalks series , which includes five sessions, is intended to spark a meaningful conversation around alumni engagement and supporting a broader community practice of effective alumni networks. The steps include reading, commenting, and sharing stories of personal behavior change. Micro conversions or steps.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

Post your comments in the form of a question. Post photos—people like pretty things. Ask for photos – people think they are good at taking them. Respond to comments. Try calculating a ratio of how many people comment and/or like and/or share your posts divided by how many like your page. Conversions?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

User generated content is also at the core of citizen journalism, the notion that amateur users can perform journalist-like functions (accidentally or otherwise) by reporting and commenting on news. Most users prefer to consume user generated content, by reading blog, watching videos, or browsing through photos.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Let’s start at the most fundamental place for this conversation. For this conversation, and those to have over the course of the next two days together at least, let’s work from the place that a movement is larger than coalitions. What is a movement? How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

NPtech Colleagues: @zanarama Zan McColloch Lussier @ericamills Erica Mills @seattledrury Peter Drury photo by Akhtar. In this living case study, the staff person from the Seattle Symphony shared how they did conversion tracking. I asked her where they got the idea for doing a flash mob. Photo by Microsoft Global Citizenship.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The steps include reading, commenting, and sharing stories of personal behavior change. grist.org’s key results are: Footprint: The reach of their activities, both online and offline. Societal Change: Impact on society, policy discussions, and conversations that advance sustainable practices. Source: grist.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Read the post and join the conversation on the Frogloop blog (or read the post below). Here are a few ways to do this, for example: Respond to questions and comments publicly whenever possible. Has your organization run a competition online or offline? Photo Credit: Flickr tableatny ]. —– What do you think?

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The event blended virtual video speaker conferencing; online presentation and video; and live audience chatting and social networking, including conversation on Twitter using the #NPLive hashtag. Once registered, nonprofits can create a custom, branded cause platform for their online fundraising complete with video and photo functionality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Today, we had an amazing conversation and interview with Cecile Richards and Tom Subak to learn more about Planned Parenthood 's Social Media Strategy and their movement building techniques. It's how you use the conversation to generate, aggregate, and facilitate social content. Today, we had an amazing conversation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

Facilitate commenting Allow commenting. Moderate your comments if you are concerned about inappropriate remarks, or spam. If they are civil, allow comments that are critical of your organization. If the conversation becomes too heated, you can always take it over to email. Respond to comments.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 6, 2014

But, looking back there are 3 things that first date required of me: Taking the risk and putting myself out there, getting the conversation going to get to know her, and asking her if she would be up for a second date with me. Facebook is a fancy photo scrapbook and Twitter is often just a tiny press release machine.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 6, 2014

But, looking back there are 3 things that first date required of me: Taking the risk and putting myself out there, getting the conversation going to get to know her, and asking her if she would be up for a second date with me. Facebook is a fancy photo scrapbook and Twitter is often just a tiny press release machine.

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2011

John has commented on your Wall." Ask them to comment on a recent conversation (list links to a few recent ones). Message 2 : One week after joining: "Add a photo to your profile.". Just as in the offline world, people are more likely to do something when personally invited. You have a friend request."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Incurable Hippie I've been writing a lot about listening through social media channels in preparation for a live workshop for WeAreMedia next month in San Francisco. Danielle Brigida shared some wonderful insights about the other half of listening which is having that conversation. "I Ignore or engage?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Share who you really are (photos from the staff holiday party excluded). Example: The Extraordinaries' occasionally publishes posts with photos of when their staff are waiting for something (i.e. allow comments. Posting photos and stories "on the ground" can be an exciting way to engage your supporters in your work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Flickr Photo by Sugarpond. However, most of the donors were definitely social media contacts with whom I have had more in-depth conversations. Dutch native Marc van Bree is a public relations practitioner with more than 5 years of experience communicating—on and offline—in the nonprofit and cultural environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

Starting and maintaining conversations with stakeholders. What did you learn that from your experience that you apply to starting and maintaining conversations with stakeholders? I got inspired by this post and left a quick comment, but then I reading comments by others and folks who wrote the answers on their blogs.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

Yes, it’s true and that’s why it’s important for all nonprofits that are advocating for causes to start becoming a part of the conversation publicly and not just behind closed doors or on “the hill.” Leave comments on blogs. Add your comments below. ” Think about it. Word of mouth, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

More Flickr Photos here. Why it works: conversation, authentic, story, translates into action -- how do I let go and let my supporters take hole of my messaging. There are offline ways to do it. What kinds of comments do you make on other blogs? Generally I wrote an honest comment and respond to what the blogger wrote.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

A photo of meeting Jayne Cravens face-to-face after following her work for ten plus years online. That's when I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on its technology capacity building programs, including offline/online workshops for online skill building called SpiderSchool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

Flickr Photo by Vaguely Artistic. This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." When I first saw the article, I thought it was the article from a year ago where they said basically the same thing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

This month's Net2 Think Tank question is: How do real-world (offline) events fit into social media conversations and campaigns ? My thinking: Social media conversations and online campaigns create whole new models for bringing together & powering the progressive movement. Crime Fighting Team Photo by ittiebittiesforyou.

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

Bring supporters into the conversation. . Even these digital-savvy individuals need a screen break from time to time, and direct mail can provide the perfect opportunity for offline connections. . Bring supporters into the conversation. . Here are a few content ideas to help bring your supporters into the conversation: .

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

The true power of the Connected Age is the ability of many people to participate in conversations. But I’m here to tell you that mastering interactive calendars or sending photos on cell phones isn’t rocket science. JO: In Momentum , you claim that online organizing will never take the place of offline organizing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2008

My most recent experiment involved Twitter, fundraising, and an integrated offline component at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle. Integrate quick email interviews as you say thanks with donors, pattern analysis of comments or blog posts. Flickr photo by Beth. Click to see the larger image. How did I raise $2,657 in 90 minutes?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This will be a conversation that explores the changing media landscape and how the web can rise to the challenge of supporting our communities and their information needs. Today’s online communities go beyond posting photos or finding dates—they are building social capital, increasing awareness and raising millions of charitable dollars.

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

Bring supporters into the conversation. Even these digital-savvy individuals need a screen break from time to time, and direct mail can provide the perfect opportunity for offline connections. Bring supporters into the conversation. Here are a few content ideas to help bring your supporters into the conversation: Blog posts.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

But with so many elements to modern fundraising—both online and offline—it can be tough to keep up. Conversely, if the technology your nonprofit uses is actually making things harder for your team, it may be time to evaluate a new solution. You’ll then see higher digital retention and conversion rates. Make every stamp count!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

Photo by/NC from Matthew Saunders' Flickr Stream. into the chat line -If you have a comment or observation type ! That slowness is great if you want to immerse in a conversation where you reflect and explore, but it can be really annoying if you're trying to come to agreement, determine actions, and make decisions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

Photo emailed from Cambodia by Elephant, Sharing Foundation 's in-country director In this post, I share some learnings as a free agent fundraise r (an individual who uses personal fundraising to raise money for a charity) who is leveraging their personal network to support a nonprofit's programs that help children in need.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 2200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. This will be a conversation that explores the changing media landscape and how the web can rise to the challenge of supporting our communities and their information needs. What is it?

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