Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Each session called shared a best practice, debriefed on the results of applying the best practice shared the month before, and we collectively generated insights. As one participant noted, “The consistent monthly time to reflect about learning was invaluable.” Engaging photos, especially of local places and animals work well.

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JULY 27, 2021

Abby : Nonprofits know they shouldn’t be asking EVERY time they post on social media, but a lot of people are looking for some inspiration for what to post when they’re not making appeals. But you can get away with asking 20% of the time. And 20% of the time you can make withdrawals. 20% can be promotional. Summarize it!

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. However, there are times when simple surveys produce very meaningful information — and can provide the basis for deeper research projects. No time to meet with me. And the most frequent amount of communication is 1-2 times a week, by phone, text, or in person. 1 or 2x/wk 19 59.4%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

I republished the post on my blog and offered a free copy to a nonprofit who left the best comment about how their organization is applying these principles. 1.) We measure success by the number of fans and followers we have but also by the quality of fans and followers (# of people that share our message, comment on a story, etc.).

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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? Organizations use both hard data points and qualitative data to listen and learn.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Any registered Facebook user may post a comment. Page administrators do not engage directly with the commentators. But they do respond from time to time as another way to answer popular questions received through the Page or on the parent site. Comment Policy: This tab makes it clear what users should expect.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

But I want to be clear: Is this something you can do with free tools in your spare time? We were so focused on our mission and what we were trying to accomplish, that no time was spent making sure we had a brand and a clear message. We focused on the science and policy. I waited until the time was right.

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Care2

JUNE 22, 2007

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 21, 2017

To keep that commitment alive, we have some tips for keeping your volunteers motivated and coming back time after time. If you’re looking for a new way to feed a big crowd, the farm families of Cabot Creamery have an easy-to-make mac and cheese for your next gathering. Respect Their Time. Say Thanks. Try it out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

This is a draft for a listening curriculum that I will be doing for the first time as part of WeAreMedia Workshop later this week. Listening by using rss feeds helps refine their services and help stay sharp and connected to experts in the field. Set up aside a small block of time to read your feeds everyday.

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Care2

DECEMBER 5, 2008

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

This means you can target Facebook ads to appear on the feeds of people who have donated to your nonprofit. Environmental activists divided donors into audiences based on time spent as an activist: 0-6 month activist. Real-time visitor tracking data and analytic reporting tools. Sustainers : Members who make monthly donations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

How much time, staff and money do you have to put into setting up your blog, writing your blog, answering comments, reading other blogs, and leaving comments on other blogs? Provide rss feeds to the whole blog, and to individual bloggers' feeds so readers have a choice of how they want to subscribe.

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Care2

AUGUST 17, 2011

She’s told a powerful story, connected it to your mission, tied it in to current campaign priorities, used compelling images, offered a relevant call to action, asked a great question for people to answer in the comments, and more. Well your website homepage already features a feed of the most recent posts on the blog, right?

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Care2

MAY 22, 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!" Leave comments on blogs. You can also setup a RSS feed. What is Earned Media? Be Everywhere.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 11, 2012

On TV, in the mail, on the phones, in the inbox, not to mention in your Facebook and Twitter feeds. 501(c)4 - Advocate to Congress, legislative bodies and members to influence decisions on policy issues and bills. 501(c)3 Public education with 1/5 time allowed to be spent on direct advocacy. Tell us in the comments!

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 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!" Never miss a post by subscribing to frogloops RSS feed. Excellent post! All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Yesterday I did one of the Chronicle's Live Chat Discussions that was billed as "How Can Charities Figure out How Much Time and Money To Invest in Social Media." The transcript is here. I'm elevating them from the comments because they make a great post. Although our members will comment and post on our Facebook and Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

She acknowledges that it takes time to listen and that there is no way around it. Allison Fine and Lucy Bernholz take a foundation's investment policies to task. Add the feed to your RSS Reader. Follow the feed and leave comments when mentioned. News Feeds. The Zoomerang Study of Marketers and Web2.0

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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. You can actually go back and review your entire feed.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

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Care2

JUNE 30, 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!" June 12, 2009 | Maureen Backman Comments from Madeline and Jenn are invaluable, as always!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2006

Dorine is currently involved a pilot project for KM4DEV where a community of practice is collaborating on sharing delicious feeds. In the comments, I prodded her to share some of her experience about using tagging as a tool to share resources in a community of practice context. e-collaboration???

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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Care2

MARCH 28, 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!" Ive wanted to get this out for quite some time, but couldnt get passed a small HTML code glitch.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2008

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JUNE 16, 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!" Donors love knowing that even a small gift will go 2, 3 or 4 times as far in making a difference.

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JUNE 17, 2009

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Care2

JUNE 5, 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 marketing is the cost effective way to reach maximum people people at less time and at their desk.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

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DECEMBER 28, 2008

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Known for having higher engagement than other social media, Instagram is evolving and it is becoming increasingly more difficult for nonprofits to get exposure in the Instagram Feed. In most cases, your avatar should not include text as it would be too small to read in the Instagram feed on a smartphone.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 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!" Great, fire away in the comments section and I will be happy to answer them. and social media?

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2009

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MAY 8, 2009

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 27, 2007

Over the past month, many of you have posted comments or sent me emails about my interview with Van Jones, the President and Co-founder of Oakland's Ella Baker Center , that I posted here, and on the Big Vision Podcast. We'll still force-feed you with GMOs. You're trying to lead a country but you don't love the country. in Lansing, MI.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2008

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!" VeriSign) This is one of the best reports Ive read in a long time. Thanks for spreading the word!

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