NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

The beauty of it is that the work I've been doing with my large non-profit can be translated to even the smallest message. I set her on the path to join all of the major and up-and-coming social media sites like StumbleUpon , Digg , Reddit , Delicious and Mixx. Comment on the post and thank the writer for the mention.

Social Media 76

Social Media Generation Media Digg 76

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

If you've worked for a nonprofit, you know how painfully long it can take to put together a newsletter. Not only can you share organizational news as it happens, you can also comment on how breaking news in the world relates to your cause, or organization. Blogs can help you work faster. Blogs can give you the press you seek.

Benefit 76

Benefit Stumbleupon Newsletter Digg 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2007

My colleague, Ivan Boothe, who works with the Genocide Intervention Network and who is incredible smart about integrating social media into cause-related campaigns, pinged me about this reddit campaign. See the full alert here. I wanted to help him out, so follow that link above and then follow the instructions. Then come back here.

Reddit 50

Reddit Digg Sudan Remix 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

When asked about social news sites like Digg, Jonathon says: "The type of things we post regularly on Digg and Netscape and Newsvine are real-world events, announcements, and discoveries ??? re becoming popular on Digg and a number of the other big social news networks regularly because of the strength of our content.

Social Network 50

Social Network Network Digg Myspace 50

Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

For about 2 years I worked first as a writer, and then as Managing Editor of Web Worker Daily , a wonderful website devoted to teleworking in the digital connected age. While at WWD I had my posts make it to the front page of Digg a few times, and the front page of Yahoo! Leave a comment » once which was a trip.

Cancer 100

Cancer New Jersey Digg Offline 100

Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

For about 2 years I worked first as a writer, and then as Managing Editor of Web Worker Daily , a wonderful website devoted to teleworking in the digital connected age. While at WWD I had my posts make it to the front page of Digg a few times, and the front page of Yahoo! Leave a comment » once which was a trip.

Cancer 100

Cancer New Jersey Digg Offline 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2009

number of Facebook fans, Twitter followers, Digg links, Delicious bookmarks, and referrals from social media sites, plus existing website traffic). There is a comment in the post from Dan McQuillan who has been mulling over measurement of social media from the nonprofit perspective. Make a note of the obvious numb ers.

Social Media 50

Social Media Media Social ROI 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

If you've worked for a nonprofit, you know how painfully long it can take to put together a newsletter. Not only can you share organizational news as it happens, you can also comment on how breaking news in the world relates to your cause, or organization. Blogs can help you work faster. Blogs can give you the press you seek.

Benefit 50

Benefit Stumbleupon Newsletter Digg 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

  Reader engagement consists of metrics for: Conversation (commenting). It takes more work on the part of the reader and shows more interest (i.e. It takes more work on the part of the reader and shows more interest (i.e. So trackbacks and comments get more weight than clicks and views. Should also note, re.

Metrics 71

Metrics Bookmarking Analysis Feeds 71

Care2

APRIL 13, 2009

As someone who currently works in Corporate Online Marketing at New Media Strategies, but has a history of working in politics and non-profits, I often see a big discrepancy how the private sector reacts to an online crisis versus the public sector. Don’t be a lurker.

Communication 35

Communication Tips Digg Influence 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

It has nothing to do with the tools, have you avoided getting distracted from your to do list or work flow or too much multi-tasking-- social media can be ADD producing. Listening: Knowing what is being said online about your organization and the field you work in. Tools to help you participate are Twitter and Co-Comment.

Social Media 101

Social Media Time Media Remix 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2008

This is a technique I've used as a trainer, but it also works beautifully for social media projects. And while you can use this method to do an ROI analysis, the real gold is the deeper understanding of what works and what doesn't. The secret sauce to success for nonprofits and social media is reflecting in action. So, this is rough.

Analysis 50

Analysis Reflection Experiment Time 50

Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

YouTube , Google Maps , DIGG , TypePad , MySpace , Facebook , Plaxo, or Salesforce , then youve likely run across an API. For example, many of our clients work with Heller Consulting. Post a Comment | by Share Article Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry. If youve ever used My Yahoo!

API 28

API Convio Open Social Media 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I use a variety of tools for this analysis, including Google Analytics, Feedburner subscriber counts, and manually tracking comment to post ratios (typepad doesn't have a nifty plugin like wordpress to automate that grunge work) A tool that use to evlauate my content is PostRank. Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg?

ROI 50

ROI Widget Cambodia Metrics 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Should there be a nonprofit and social change category on Digg? Digg it here ). Marshall Kirkpatrick , who was working with Netsquared , whipped up the NpTech Metafeed which allowed folks to aggregate items tagged by nonprofit techies from many distributed sources. Back in the early days of Web 2.0,

Digg 77

Digg Summary Nptech Change 77

Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

How about Digg ? I thought one organization I was working with was getting great traffic from Digg, in part due to highly placed users who seemed to really like our stuff. But then we were approached by a high profile Digg user and asked to work out a reward for future links (i.e.

Consultant 31

Consultant Myspace Social Media Advocacy 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

In the comments to a post , Jonny Goldstein, pointed me to the above video from SEIU in YouTube. We agreed You Tube should be used to showcase video when we decided to experiment with other forms of "emerging technology" like Digg, Flickr, etc. So, over the last month, I've been looking for examples.

Video 50

Video QuickTime Houston Broadcast 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Lucy Bernholz summarizes what NY Times Columnist, David Pogue has shared about his experience in Second Life and suggests his comments are revealing regarding the development of an independent sector in the virtual world. There's a thoughtful comment from Givewell that points out the work flow involved. Deadline is March 2n.

Summary 50

Summary Nptech Tag Courseware 50

Care2

JULY 15, 2008

If a nonprofit works internationally, they should film their trip and the people they talked to and the work that they did. Nonprofits who work primarily with policy still should document themselves because they have access to experts on their topic. To create a new comment, use the form below. Be sure to check it out.

Video 28

Video Social Media Advocacy Case Study 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

and, if you linked and I don't have you on radar yet - leave me a comment). Tharum, who I had the pleasure of meeting via my work with Global s, has linked to the Campaign. I'm summarizing some observations, comments, and advice. s amazing how many times a good message works on me. What do I need to think about?

Widget 50

Widget Campaign Reflection Personal 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Over the last year, I have had to explain how social media works to diplomats, defense officials, and academics and students focused on fields as diverse as international affairs, management and sociology. Mastering each tool individually seems like a lot of work and a lot of people give up even before they begin.

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Social Aggregator 106

Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

How about Digg ? I thought one organization I was working with was getting great traffic from Digg, in part due to highly placed users who seemed to really like our stuff. But then we were approached by a high profile Digg user and asked to work out a reward for future links (i.e.

Consultant 31

Consultant Social Media Myspace Advocacy 31

See3

MARCH 27, 2008

You must be a credible member of the community sharing useful information and thoughtful comments before anyone will respond to your asks. This is something we have been working on at See3 – methods to build a network of influencers in the social networks who will carry your torch. This is something anyone studying the space knows.

NTEN 45

NTEN Web Case Study Stumbleupon 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

My background is in campus organizing, and in helping college students connect with others working to create social change across perspective, issue, approach, and geography. This pledge was initiated in Edinburgh, and created a really interesting side conversation in the comments section. What's your background? 2) Tell a story.

Money 50

Money Pledge Advice Raise 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Tactical Philthanthropy's Ten Top Projects - Sean Stannard-Stockton has put in the grunt work to review 100 plus projects to review and listed his top ten choices. Everyone is invited to make any last minute plugs in the comments or trackbacks! Water Words That Work - an excellent nonprofit video blogger.

NTC 50

NTC Nptech Netsquared Summary 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

She shares some of the internal conversation her colleagues on staff and their differing views: It took a little more work to convince my co-workers [about web 2.0 A few comments over at Kikono too. Several commenters offer very good easons why they don't use their real names. For me, the web and 2.0 era websites. stickiness???

Social Network 50

Social Network Nptech Tag Summary 50

Care2

APRIL 14, 2009

Make sure you are hooked up to an RSS reader such as Google Reader or Netvibes to monitor everything from Twitter to Blogs to what stories hit the front page of Digg. It is essential not only to read the blogs and websites of the influencers in your community, but also become a frequent commenter. Reader Comments (4) Great tips, Jen.

Social Media 35

Social Media Communication Tips Advocacy 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Now, after his work on Theory of Relativity Einstein spent many years developing a Unified Field Theory. Fear about letting the public comment back "publicly". You don’t want to create an extra program or extra work, it has to support your existing marketing goals. It was not a success - at least not yet.

Marketing 70

Marketing Blackboard Social Social Media 70

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. Lee Romero has posted a nice guide to using wikis to support his Idealist group's work. bleeding edge tool, twitter.

Summary 50

Summary Wiki Flickr NTC 50

Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2008

I've written before about the inspiring work that the Brooklyn Museum of Art is doing with their community-focused efforts. At some institutions, there has been friction when artists find out that their work will be judged or commented on publicly by visitors. They ask judges to self-define their art knowledge.

Museum 24

Museum Participatory Artist Arts 24

Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

It makes us uncomfortable with opening museum content up to comment, tagging, and alterations by visitors. Whether on blogs or talk-back walls, people are more conscious about their comments when they know their name will be associated with their work. But this goes both ways.

Participatory 20

Participatory Museum Teen Voice 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Jonathon Colman is the Associate Director of Digital Marketing for The Nature Conservancy, where he works on a team that is charged with the strategic marketing and promotion of The Conservancy's primary web site, nature.org. s an example of a comment that I feel really illustrates this point. Jonathon Coleman's Twitter Avatar.

Social Media 62

Social Media Green Digg Stumbleupon 62

Care2

JULY 2, 2009

Are you interested in trends relating to specific topics your nonprofit works on such as health care reform or human rights? The reports are filled with listings on Technorati, Google, Diggs, and links back to your website. Receive monthly updates 13 Comments | by Share Article in Social Networking , Trends , Web 2.0

Social Media 70

Social Media Track Media Tools 70

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Is the work you're doing not important enough to follow, or is it (and I'm betting it is) paralysis in decision making in the face of change? Nick Temple from the UK left a comment on the link I shared on Facebook: It smacks of someone who knows the marketing and internet world very well, and the non-profit world barely.

Digg 100

Digg Profit Social Media Nonprofit 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

The RSS feed that comes out Yahoo Pipes has been brought into the npdigg site, which is digg for nptechers. This is very interesting to me - an entire community of nptech taggers has been imported into a digg like entity or what Allan Benamer is calling the anthill. So, the Nptech tag is jumpstarting this digg community!

Digg 50

Digg Yahoo Feeds Nptech 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

His page features a famous clip of Seinfeld's George Castanza shouting "I was in the pool, I was in the pool." People who donated enjoyed the opportunity for innuendo in the comments. Can this work for larger campaign goals? Where I work, on the same floor as Saturday Night Live , 50 feet away from the president of Bravo.

Fun 87

Fun Public History Vermont 87

NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

We used this technique for DIGG, forums, Twitter, Bing, and Google and then set up various searches along with monitoring of certain Twitter feeds. Post your commenting policy on your Fan Page's info tab. Retweet followers, answer questions, and comment back. Then, grab the search RSS feed and add it to your iGoogle.

Social Media 62

Social Media Media Cancer Social 62