Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2012

Remember last September when Facebook announced all those changes to individual profiles, including the timeline? One of the changes was that your friends and fans can do more than “Like” or “Comment” on Facebook. The Open Graph and apps are becoming more and more critical for marketers given the Facebook changes.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

That shows up in user’s news feeds, and in their profile. Social Ads are sponsored advertisements that are linked to users profile data, social graph, and activities. Ads can be targeted by profile data. at 8:37 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 11.14.07 Be Helpful.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

They educate and entertain viewers quickly, feeding information to them in a comfortable, effective way. This style of short video can be incredibly effective for sharing important stories about the completion of projects, achievements, and profiles of people without adding an emotionally charged element to the message. Impact Videos.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

At it’s heyday, a few hours a day sending friend requests and posting wall comments on MySpace profiles quickly resulted in large, thriving online communities. It’s worth noting that all three still regularly login to their profiles MySpace. MySpace was designed to be a marketing tool. Follow us on Twitter!&#

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Do you have a significant contingent of people networked via Facebook who are not joining your email list but are receiving messages, feeds, events, etc from you via Facebook? They build and cultivate a personal network (on their personal FB profile) and leverage this for an organization. More coverage on Google's Open API.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today was the big announcement at the F8 Conference about the new dramatic, life altering changes in the Facebook Platform. The big change will be how Facebook profiles are becoming fuller “timelines” of a one’s life. The other change was that your friends and fans can do more than “Like” or “Comment” on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2006

I "met" Arin Crumley of Four-Eyed Monsters when he commented on a video of on mine over at YouTube. When I visited his site, I noticed that he had some widgets, including a message comment line. He created the above "open source documentary" on Net Neutrality called Humanity Lobotomy. net neutrality???

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

OpenSocial is a set of APIs that handle three different kinds of user data: profiles, social graph (who your friends are) and activities (the stuff of the Facebook news feeds.) Basically, if the more social network sites that adopt OpenSocial, the more open the whole thing gets. This breaks the whole thing open.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

News Feed : When logged in as a Page, you see a News Feed of posts from Pages your Page has “Liked.” You can use your Page to create a curated News Feed that all administrators can see and use to keep on top of relevant Pages that matter to your mission. View your Page’s News Feed.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Care2

MAY 23, 2011

We’ve cracked the competition process open, leveraging a combination of workflows and social tools to produce a compelling experience of real participation in key activities. Team profiles with a “follow&# feature, embeddable video, location information, comments, and feedback.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

It is an inevitable result of our desire for social networks, as well as our desire for information to be portable (like in RSS feeds.) 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 ThomasT 06.11.08 I don’t know whether to be sad or proud that RapLeaf finds only my Facebook profile and no demos. 2 admin 06.11.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Many of us have been up early playing with Jumo, setting up our individual profiles and finding issues and organizations or setting up profiles for organizations. If you have had a change to play with Jumo and have some insights, please share in the comments. Here’s the article from today’s New York Times.

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Well organized - Ensure the site code is properly organized and commented so that it is understandable by any developer (especially style sheets). Most open-source CMSs have tools or plugins for setting up daily backups. Feedburner will also make sure your site feed is recognized by major browsers and feed readers.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2017

This opens a new, young, diverse and growing audience to nonprofits and NGOs. and engage with their posts with likes and/or comments! Live videos on Instagram get preference in the Instagram news feed algorithm for display, so give it a try and go live! Engaging with supporters + influencers goes a long way.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

According to the Open Data Project , of the 89% of nonprofits worldwide that use social media in their digital marketing and fundraising strategy, 75% of those use Instagram. 1) Maximize your Instagram Profile Photo and Bio. 1) Maximize your Instagram Profile Photo and Bio. Second, write a compelling Instagram bio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2008

The other day a commenter asked me if I could write something that offered some practical how to listening tips as well as applying it. How many feeds? Sign up for a free account and fill out your profile by adding an image and one-line bio and include a link to your site. You can "protect your updates" or "open."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

It is based on real data pulled from a huge number of Twitter profiles of people who have used Twitter Grader. An estimated 5-10 thousand new accounts are opened per day. - I found it because I have an RSS feed for a twitter search on the nptech tag. Here's some terrific tips about how your profile can attract more followers.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

I reached out to Farra through her LinkedIn profile. Tip #3: Be open to anything. We could change the description, profile picture, etc. but when we updated it would appear in others' news feeds as "C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition" and that was unacceptable. Leave a comment »

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

There were a number of questions related to tools and tactics that I couldn't answer off the top of my head - so I decided to crowdsource them on Twitter asking for answers in the comments. I'm elevating them from the comments because they make a great post. I'd argue it makes your organization look open, inclusive, and accessible.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Because social media is open and public by nature, listening is not only welcome -- it's expected. You may find that your name appears because you have several current or former staff members using LinkedIn who have listed you on their profiles. But first, you have to open your ears and start swimming in social waters.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 27, 2011

His foundation supports a private museum that is rarely open to the public. For example, for the Brooklyn Museum's recent exhibition on women and pop art, Seductive Subversion , curatorial intern Rebecca Shaykin was assigned to improve (and write) Wikipedia articles on the 25 artists profiled in the show. but people aren't coming.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Turn on commenting to stimulate group dialog around your posts. . House Network : Bite off the whole enchilada an socially-enable your site fully by supporting visitor profiles, friending, activity feeds, discussion, ratings and reviews, etc. Discussion Groups : Consider adding a discussion board to your site.

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Care2

MAY 14, 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!" Email open rates declined 1%, compared to a 3% decrease between 2006 and 2007.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 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!" GetActive Integration Austin said integration is continuing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

According to an email from Ben Rattray, Change.Org founder, "This is not at all meant as a replacement for the profiles organizations have on MySpace and Facebook, which I think are great for reaching younger supporters. Drop a comment or link back and I'll round it up for next week's summary. What do you think?

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Qgiv

MAY 23, 2022

Almost three-quarters of all American internet users are on at least one social media platform and spend an average of two hours every day scrolling through social media feeds, liking, sharing, and commenting on posts. Set-up and optimize your profiles. Why should you use social media? Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

The conventional wisdom on museum memberships is that they are "one size fits many" programs whose primary benefits are free entrance to the museum and insider access to exhibition openings. Then read on, and please share your thoughts in the comments. T he Twitter Art Feed features a new artist every month. Both are true.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2008

to be a more participatory site with comment streams rampantly debating each post topic, but the reality is that my voice dominates the site. and post an average of five comments. But this comment rate is typical for a blog. I read lots of blogs and very rarely add comments. It is not a cocktail party.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

For example, in September Facebook implemented a new policy that stated all user profiles had to have their real identity. Twitter has been experimenting with secret algorithms too and testing to see if popular content should be filtered to the top of users Twitter feeds. Setting Up Your Profile. Ello had great timing.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We had simple goals, and defined our metrics only as they related to grant deliverables or obvious data, like: we will launch programs in 3 schools, or we will feed 500 families. We had experienced a digital land-grab; putting up profiles and setting up accounts in the “if you build it, they will come” spirit.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 12, 2020

It also helps them process information they’ve just been given, open up networking opportunities (see below), maintain audience interest, and improve the overall virtual experience. Share speaker bios and vendor profiles. Provide captions for audio and video feeds, and provide descriptive audio for visual elements.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Send in your questions and comments, we love for these sessions to be interactive. Now, I do understand that some places that are opening up again, and I’m even going to a gala, later this year, a fundraiser. Do you have better opens and clicks, you know, your analytics for your newsletters? This is the perfect time.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 4, 2014

We opened the event with a short audience poll about fundraising technology. The feedback was eye-opening about the struggles we are experiencing with nonprofit technology. Some good places to start include looking at ways donors naturally cluster: around attitudes, behavior, connection to your cause and profiles.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Don’t be afraid to share people’s stories because it will make your organization feel a lot more friendly and open. You don’t want your entire feed to be made up of retweets, but it helps to intersperse them with your own posts. Link in profile. People like hearing about people, and you can use this to your advantage.

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