Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

This year SXSW is offering something new: workshops on a wide range of topics from some of the top people in their industry. This workshop will share strategies and techniques for changing your nonprofits culture to be more agile, training other staff to be social to scale, and managing your nonprofit’s c-suite and board.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 16, 2016

One great technique of viral marketing is to take advantage of user generated content, which relies on your audience to create and share information for you. And when you do comment, include links to similar pages as well as your own. Build in a feature to your posts that gives users something free if they refer others to your site.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

In day to day life we listen for mentions of our name, topics we’re interested in, hobbies we participate in, our company or industry, and friends or family. Competition or others in your industry. Backtype allows you to watch what’s being said in blog comments around the web. Please start asking in the comments below.

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the events industry has spent the better part of this year adjusting their plans and adopting a virtual event format. . Not only will this improve virtual audience engagement, but it will also improve the overall virtual experience by preventing unwanted and inappropriate comments. .

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. With good tools and techniques, however, you can greatly magnify your impact – this post describes how to combine two great tools into a powerful yet easy-to-use donor and volunteer management system.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Such as comments fields, Twitter interactions, or in-platform social profiles). Old comment sections on previous learning exercises are perfect fodder to experiment with social learning. This, in itself, is a great habit forming technique. Establish your current state before you begin implementing social components.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Grantee evaluation is a perennial hot topic in the foundation world, nonprofit evaluation is a lucrative industry in universities, and there is a whole high tech industry emerging to rate charities online led by Charity Navigator. Please log in to comment on this blog post. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Nonprofit Donations on TechSoup.

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fusionSpan

OCTOBER 11, 2013

This technique works especially well for events that have a submission component, such as a paper or an abstract. Let us know in the comments section below. Exhibitors and Sponsors. A whole article will be devoted to building exhibits and sponsorships (so stay tuned!) How do YOU win at meeting promotion?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 28, 2017

One of the biggest questions on my mind as I listen is: why isn’t my industry scaling up the way these businesses do? Here are a few of my hypotheses (and I’d love to hear yours in the comments). Friendly industry that encourages sharing and copying. Please share your questions or comments! Precarious business model.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Consider purchasing phonathon software from a well-established vendor, such as industry leader Wilson-Bennett Technology’s DonorConnect. Listen for matching gift asks during calls and provide guidance to improve techniques. In similar industries? You can even leverage some friendly competition between callers this way!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2017

They probably learned this strategy from their colleagues in retail and other for-profit industries. A third factor is the relentless pursuit of list acquisition, which is achieved through both earned and paid techniques, in a variety of marketing and media channels. Let us know by posting in the comments below! spanhidden.

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.orgSource

APRIL 3, 2023

Adele, who is the CEO and Founder of Convincing Company , describes this technique as using an open-ended comment to encourage someone to reveal additional significant information. It’s a technique that is described in her book, “Convince Me,” due to be published in September. Use insight to own market trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

I'm passionate about listening - the skills, tools, techniques, and how it translates to continuous improvement of strategy and understanding the value it provides to organization's mission. Industry terms or other phrases. What’s the best way to handle negative comments? Other nonprofits with similar program names.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Bradlauster Note from Beth: One of the things I love about blogging is the conversation in the comments because it always leads to understanding, insights, and learning. I've been keeping a careful eye out for thoughtful comments that could turn into guest posts. That's where this post about crowdsourcing came out of it!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

Arlene McCrehan: Arlene directs the digital communications team at Goodwill Industries International which includes their integrated mobile strategy. Some techniques and resources that the panelists shared: What is responsive web design? Let us know in the comments. Her blog is Contentious.com. Twitter: @agahran.

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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. Earlier this week, I gave a presentation to a group of Bay Area Foundation program officers and funders who work on population research issues.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Knowbility began after Rush, who was working for a nonprofit focused on disability issues, noticed that while her hometown of Austin was being rapidly transformed by the technology industry the community her organization served was being left behind technologically. is now available as is this handy online guide developed by TechSoup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

  Reader engagement consists of metrics for: Conversation (commenting). engagement) to leave a comment or write your own blog post responding to someone else's, for example, than it does to just click on a post to read it, or click a button to bookmark it. So trackbacks and comments get more weight than clicks and views.

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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. For example, they know from their survey research, real-time monitoring, and content analysis of comments on their posts that a lot of people care deeply about environment issues, but don’t self-identify as “environmentalists.”

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

To stay up to date with current trends and best practices, my team and I read various industry blogs and websites about both User Experience and Nonprofit Marketing. Our team has been working on ways to emphasize that content is king and we have some tips and techniques to share to help your organization evaluate and adapt your content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

One of the approaches I've been thinking about lately is how professional learning through social media channels can be put into practice by using listening (and engaging techniques) for program development. The concern about information overload and too much unstructured information. I needed to do that for myself!

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See3

AUGUST 23, 2007

In addition to destroying the trees and vegetation there is another big problem with this technique — where does the mountain top end up? Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment James Gardner The debate over the legality of Mountaintop Mining (MTM) has now raged for many years and some have attempted to turn it into a morality play.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

These boiled to do: Lack of strategy, capacity issues, adoption issues, and lack of measurement techniques and approaches. &# They had a partnership with a number of other hunger organizations and advocates who worked as volunteers to share the word of the drive through their networks, leveraging a networked effect.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 30, 2013

You are ready, willing, and able to discuss the technical components and tax-advantages of charitable gift planning through a large variety of techniques. You’ve mentored some people new to the industry along the way and enjoy your status as a community brain trust on all-things-planned giving.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

The evaluation tools and techniques you choose will depend in large part on the message, the method of delivery, and the outcome that you want to measure. Comment Notification. Subscribe to this posts comments using RSS. said: I think this spans across many industries, not just nonprofits. Leave a Comment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

Danielle Brigida, NWF Social Media Outreach Coordinator ( @starfocus on Twitter) Note from Beth: In the coming weeks, we're peeking over the shoulder of nonprofit social media practitioners to learn about their work flow and techniques. Michael Sola is a 20+ year technology vet having started in the hospitality industry.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

Actively engage with your audience through comments, forums, or social media to demonstrate responsiveness and build trust. Regularly update your content to reflect the latest industry trends and changes. PageSpeed can be optimized through techniques like image compression, browser caching, and minimizing server response times.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 28, 2009

Non-game social platforms like museums should use game design techniques to make these institutions more successful at supporting user happiness. One of the things that makes Jane’s work so popular and appealing is that her argument can be applied to many industries. This is not an argument that is specific to museums.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 21, 2008

Maybe a comment card or book. There are experts in every industry, from books to film to art, and they have an important voice in the selection and presentation of content. In other industries, including recreation and hospitality, the presence of reviews has been shown to be both popular and effective at generating business.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Chuck offered a quote from an advisory psychologist who commented that "children should be the brightest thing in the space." Exhibits), Rob Semper (Exploratorium) and I hosted a wide-ranging discussion session on design techniques for developing projects that involve both online and onsite elements. Leary (NRG!

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 14, 2020

While nothing could prepare the event industry for the changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, there are plenty of things that can be done to help prepare for life after the virus. . Do you know how to provide industry knowledge though a hybrid conference? . ″ animation_offset=””]. What are your short term goals?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Would you trust a survey report about consumer confidence in meat safety commissioned by the beef industry? It makes us uncomfortable with opening museum content up to comment, tagging, and alterations by visitors. They were both commissioned by organizations whose purpose is to support museums and libraries. But this goes both ways.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 11, 2017

Industry studies show that search engines use the link text as an indicator for topic relevance. Exact match anchor text refers to using target keywords as the links primary text: This is a gray hat SEO technique that won’t automatically penalized your site in results, but its overuse is frowned upon by Google. LSI Anchor Text.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2011

That's a technique in which you let the battery run down or discharge to below 20% and then fully recharge it without interruption. This technique works for computers but not for most cell phones, which don't provide a reading on the percentage of the charge on the battery. Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 4, 2007

If anyone out there is considering creating an industry catch-all site for museum-related content, I highly recommend Gamasutra as a model. But incorporating good environmental storytelling techniques from the game world doesn't mean you have to put on mouse ears (or a trenchcoat). What makes a great immersive experience?

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 4, 2014

And they may benefit from more years of industry “lessons learned”. CHRIS: There are a lot of techniques and best practices for improving data capture … and learning more about our constituents. I’d love to get into much more detail here, but Gary’s comments are a good summary. Let me know if we can help.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 28, 2008

This chapter is perhaps the most surprising in the book, because it focuses on tools and techniques that predate Web 2.0 Her useful comment is archived and can be accessed by hundreds of other people with the same problem. There's also the opportunity to use forums and other tools for industry support.

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