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How to Manage Negative Comments on Email + Social Media

Media Cause

What to do about agitators, arguers and the misinformed on your email list and social media—and how to manage negative comments. Although there may be a tendency to ignore an argumentative comment to stay above the fray, this moment could be an opportunity to showcase your position as a thought leader, armed with facts about your mission.

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Pipe Up: How to Get More Comments on Your WordPress Posts

Byte Technology

And while WordPress has some terrific plugins available that can help you create and manage a comment section on your site, too often unforeseen problems and lapses exist that stymie the commenting process. Regardless of why a site doesn’t foster an active comment board, there are some quick and easy ways to change the issue.

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Bookshare Members Enthusiastic Comments

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Another Member, Diane Fazackarley also commented on our new downloadable audio formats. Thanks to Annette, Diane, Judy and Dornetta for agreeing to share your comments with the world. I love Christian fiction, and while NLS does have some in that particular genre, Bookshare has so much more!

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Unlock Fans While Engaging Supporters Beyond Like, Share and Comment

Amy Sample Ward

At the same time I have watched organization struggle to engage with Facebook supporters in meaningful ways using just the actions Facebook has provided; Like, Share, or Comment. The Facebook App gives organizations dozens of nonprofit-relevant social actions to engage supporters with directly on their own Facebook pages.

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More Likes, More Comments, More Shares: Using Psychology to Get the Most from Your Facebook Page

Byte Technology

Why aren’t they commenting on our content and mission and becoming a part of the conversation? Liking, sharing and commenting on Facebook allows us to assert who we are as a person and admit publicly that we agree with something. And nothing is more discouraging than seeing all that hard work not translate into trackable actions.

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Hitch Your Wagon to a Star—Find the Right Partner for Success

.orgSource

A comment Adele Cehrs, CEO and Founder of When + How agency, made stayed with me. Adele, who thrives on a healthy dose of risk, said this, “Chutzpah is what drives me and other entrepreneurs to keep reinventing ourselves. If you could bottle that it would be a wise idea for association CEOs to take […].

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From Problem Child to Genius—Energizing Chapters

.orgSource

The comments on my Facebook page tell an interesting story. The smiles are back! Yesterday the CDC announced that anyone who is fully vaccinated need not wear a mask in most circumstances. Everyone isn’t jumping on Open Table or heading to the movies. Some of us are quite happy, thank you very much, […].

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More lame spam as blog comments

Robert Weiner

Most of these lame spams were posted as comments on my blog posts about lame spam. Weiner: Nonprofit Fundraising Technology Consulting » Lame spam as blog comments. Weiner: Nonprofit Fundraising Technology Consulting » Lame spam as blog comments I have understand your stuff previous to and you are just too wonderful.

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Lame spam as blog comments

Robert Weiner

I wrote recently about spam in the form of blog comments. The first sentence in the above comment yields over 400 million hits! There's been a deluge recently, and I want to call out some that look like they could be legit. Fortunately, my anti-spam filters (Akismet and Bad Behavior) caught them. Thank you and looking for more posts.

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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Many of the comments critical of the proposed treaty come from parties that object in principle to copyright exceptions, rather than having a direct stake in the issue at hand.

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Nonprofits: Leave A Comment for a Chance to Win a Dell Computer with Windows 8

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How To Enter: I will pick two nonprofits based on the answers to this question: How could a new Dell Computer with Windows 8 help your nonprofit have more social impact? If you want a chance to win, please add a comment to this post with your answer and also include: Your nonprofit organization’s name and web site url and your email.

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TechSoup Blog Comments Temporarily Not Working

Tech Soup Blog

We're sorry to report that we're having some technical difficulties with comments here on the TechSoup blog. Users are temporarily unable to post comments, but rest assured, we really do want to hear from you! Thanks for your patience while we work on the problem.

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Lame spam of the day: weight loss blog comment

Robert Weiner

Some of the lamest spam I see comes in the form of comments on my blog posts. Some sounds convincing, but my spam filters (Akismet and Bad Behavior) are incredibly good at catching them. It's particularly entertaining when the spam is trying to link to one of my spam of the day posts.). Here's an example.

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Nonprofits: Leave A Comment to Win A Free Dell Color Laser Printer

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They said yes! So, if you want a chance to win a new printer for your nonprofit’s office, please leave a comment on this post with the following: Your nonprofit organization and its mission and web site URL. So, if you work for nonprofit that is looking for a laser printer, leave me a comment.

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Facebook Comments - Boon or Bane to Nonprofits?

Care2

It’s been two weeks since Facebook launched a refresh to it’s blog Comments Box Plugin and the reviews have been mixed. The new Facebook Comments are no exception and nonprofits should think carefully before jumping to implement the system on their blog or website. Advantages.

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Last Chance on Net Neutrality: FCC Public Comment Period Ends Tomorrow!

Tech Soup Blog

Tomorrow is the last day to submit your feedback to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) during their public comment period on Net Neutrality, so there is time to have your voice heard to help reverse the dismantling of the open Internet.

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Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Here’s the first post, there might be more to come. 7 admin 04.07.09

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Dealing with bad commenters

Allegiance Group

In the worst case, you might block someone who’s being extremely inappropriate, and delete their comments. On The Atlantic last week, Rob Lyman shared some ways of dealing with trouble-making commenters more actively. He explains how to disarm bad commenters, or make them reveal their ignorance without stooping to their level.

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New Study Highlights What People Like, Comment, and Share on Facebook

Care2

However, Zarella found that text generates more comments on Facebook, which I believe is much more valuable then a passive “thumbs up, see ya later.” People Comment the Most on Text Updates. While text updates were commented on the most, they were one of the least Shared posts on Facebook.

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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For the first time, readers could comment and share their opinions publicly on a piece of online content. Comments were taken very seriously, and in some cases, coming up with response was an agonizing, overthought experience. Also interesting about today’s nonprofit blogging is that many nonprofits have turned off commenting.

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[FREE WEBINAR] How to Create Highly Engaging Nonprofit Videos

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Which emotions trigger viewers’ impulse to share and comment. In this webinar you’ll learn the science behind creating highly engaging videos, review key findings from the largest study of nonprofit videos ever, and receive practical tips to make your nonprofit’s video more engaging. Which video content types are most engaging.

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Last Chance on Net Neutrality: FCC Public Comment Period Ends Friday!

Tech Soup Blog

Update: Due to overwhelming demand on the FCC's website, causing intermittent outages, they have extended the deadline for comments through midnight on Friday, July 18 , so there is still time to put your opinion in.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Share the link, title, and names in the comments. Joe Lambert, Digital Storytelling. In addition see, Eve Simon’s list. Have you submitted a nonprofit panel to SXSW this year?

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Nine Teddy Bear-Approved Tips for Getting Comments On Your Blog

NTEN

Read comments carefully and be sure to have the author/poster/someone from your organization answer questions. You don’t want to monopolize the conversation, but keep an eye on the comments and pop in when the time’s right. Send them the post ahead of time, so they’re well prepared to make a real value-add comment.

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Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Here’s the first post, there might be more to come. The thing that is prompting this post is the little storm about the security metric that we used to try and get a handle on the security of the 4 different systems we reviewed. More on that in a bit.

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The Science of Nonprofit Video Engagement: How To Use Emotion to Increase Social Sharing

Nonprofit Tech for Good

What would compel you to like or comment on that video? If your video connects powerfully with your supporters they’ll like, comment on and share the video with their friends. High video engagement should be your goal because social media algorithms prioritize content that get lots of reactions, comments and shares.

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Three Copies of Twitterville To Giveaway To Nonprofits: Leave A Comment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you want a chance to win a signed copy, leave a comment on this post and say how you will use Twitter to support your organization's mission. So, leave a comment for a chance to win Twitterville! Or maybe you're a "free agent" - someone who isn't affiliated with an organization, but wants to use Twitter to for social change.

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Social SEO for Nonprofits: Optimizing Your Social Pages for Discoverability

Media Cause

Engagement Engagement is an umbrella term , but we will focus on the quantifiable actions taken on your posts by followers such as comments, likes, saves, and shares—and how you can reciprocate or encourage these actions. Add 2-5 hashtags on any new grid post or Reel at the end of the caption OR in the first comment.

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World Comment Day: What did I comment about? Twitter Conversation Metrics

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chris Brogan reminded us that he declared today as World Comment Day. There more and more posts (and comments) on blogs about the new form of fast conversation taking place on Twitter. Well, off to comment on some blogs. I had to do very little hunting and gathering. I love Boyd's Twitpitch -not an elevator, but escalator.

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That's Not Nice! Top 10 Tips for Responding to Negative Comments

NTEN

Here’s what some social media pros -- and our own Facebook fans -- have to say about responding to negative comments on blogs, forums and Facebook. If a comment contains information about you that is inaccurate or incorrect, play an active role in correcting it. Surprise, surprise: there’s no one right way to do it. Just the Facts.

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The Old Dog Gets New Tricks – Social Comment Systems

Allegiance Group

Blog comment systems have come a long way from the early days. Enter the new social commenting platforms. Let’s cover some of the benefits of using a social comment platform and get our hands dirty with the implementation specifics. Social comment systems have the advantage over the basic comment system in several ways.

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The Dragonfly Effect: Win A Copy, Leave A Comment, Swab Your Cheek

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you want to win this copy, leave a comment that answers any of the following: The Dragonfly Model is: Focus, Grab Attention, Take Action, and Engage. To close the loop, I was given a copy of the book at the party, but also received a second copy of the publisher. So, I’m giving it away.

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3 Effective Tools for (Re)Branding Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Objective comments take into account the audience point of view and desired outcomes. Subjective comments, along the lines of “I like it” or “that color bugs me,” are not particularly useful in the evaluation process because they don’t allow the options to be judged strategically.

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Barriers to Comments

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was not able to comment because I could not read the screen. I buy cheap ones because I loose them and I seem to be on an accelerated path of requiring higher magnifications. Today, I popped out of my RSS reader to view this site because of this announcement. not sure if it means I've moved from 1.75 magnification to 2.00

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If your panel isn’t on the list, add a link and title in the comments. We’ll pick the brains of people who live this challenge daily in the nonprofit sector. So, go and vote for my panel and these others.

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7 Key Lessons Learned from Virtual Fundraising Events in 2020

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You can host a live quiz, have registrants add comments and submit questions for a live Q&A, or give shout outs and responses to comments on your livestream in real-time. All of this helps to build community and create the spark we often only attribute to in-person interactions. 6) Sponsors are Supporting Virtual Events.

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Backtype: Another Listening Tool - Who's Talking About You In The Blog Comments?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

  It solves the problem of monitoring blog comments where people specifically mention you.     People can make comments about you on other blogs and if you only track links from blog posts, you won't see it.     BackType lets you find, follow and share comments from across the web.

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Book Giveaway: Causewired - Leave A Comment By November 17th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

All you have to do is leave a comment saying why you want the book by November 17th and on November 21st, I'll pick a winner using random.org. And, then I can play another Akoha card that suggests I give someone a book!

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Please try to vote for as many nonprofit panels as possible. I'll do another Get Out The Nonprofit Vote at SXSW Post and include. I will also be tweeting this post.).

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Managing Emotions in Workplace Conflict

Charity Village

Many comment that it’s the emotional intensity that poses a challenge for them. Original Broadcast Date: September 22, 2022 Summary: Conflict is inevitable in the workplace, yet 70% of people deal with it by avoiding it. And […].