Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

In 2008, I designed the Nonprofit and Social Media ROI Poetry Slam and last year was a panel on crowdsourcing that modeled crowdsourcing in the design and delivery. Nonprofit social communications wizards share examples and tips to get your fans mobilized for action. Tags: Conferences Free Agent. Trust me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Six months ago I came pretty close to complete social media burnout. I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. If you are managing numerous social networking profiles Monday-Friday, then you need some down time on Saturday and Sunday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2010

I’ll be presenting on a panel “Social Media ROI&# with Lauren Vargas from Radian 6, with Cheryl Contee as the moderator on Sept. Social Media ROI. Do you know what kind of an impact social media is having on your brand, mission, or bottom line? Tags: Conferences womenwhotech.

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APRIL 30, 2009

FreePress , Democracy In Action , Rad Campaign , Convio , Care2 , NTEN , Massey Media and Network Solutions. Questions, comments? Tags: community events conference event technology women wwt. Email Allyson anytime at Allyson@womenwhotech.com. You can also reach out on twitter @womenwhotech or our Facebook group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

And, as always, if you have a favorite social media presentation to recommend to other nonprofits, please tell us about it in the comments. Social Media for Non-Profits: Overview What is social media, why should a non-profit care, and who has the time for it anyway? Googe 101 for Nonprofits (Mike Heslin / Google).

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Tags: roundup activism analytics bookmarks community communitybuilder facebook list metrics nptech onlinecommunity postalicious resources roi socialmedia twitter.

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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. MySpace was and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. MySpace is reflection of the society in which we live.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

She and the others on staff are no longer afraid of negative comments or posts. " The opposite of hate is indifference, if someone bothers to post a negative comment it means they care." Negative comments are an opportunity to educate and improve what they are doing. "It It is about being polite and honest.". "It

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. It uses sources such as how many delicious bookmarks, incoming links, how many times mentioned on Twitter, how many comments, etc. The Intangible Benefits of Social Media. Social Media ROI: Compare With Paper.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective. There needs to be discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

I spent sometime reviewing what Planned Parenthood was doing on social networks as well as their online presence - so it was good to get the inside story. Activists are sharing their personal stories in their own words, images, and videos across social networks with little prodding from the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

There’s no doubt that social networks are allowing organizations to connect with and recruit non-traditional volunteers in new ways. At hi s organization, he told me, the system blocked anything with the word “Facebook,” and online social networking was forbidden because the boss thought irrelevant for volunteer coordination.

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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. Word of mouth, etc.

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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. Here's an interview with them about how they using social media part of their hospital's patient relations and communications strategies. Social media is two-way communication.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

If you missed it (or were there but have something else to add), please add your 2 cents in the comments. . More in-depth, financial metric focused ROI, perhaps in a Roundtable discussion format. Communications strategy from a leadership perspective - don't leap frog strategy when it comes to social media, Strategy on Steroids!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

For the two months leading up to my brief vacation, I've been doing a lot of training and presenting - chewing on some lessons learned from the America's Giving Challenge , Social Media ROI , and Cute Dogs. What are the best techniques for person-to-person networking? Fun with Metrics: Measuring Success and ROI.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2013

Your social media site isn’t the balcony you stand from while shouting your message. Respond to comments and allow the conversation to unfold. By replying to posts on blogs, Facebook and Twitter, followers will know you are listening and will potentially see your organization as a trusted member of their social media community.

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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. Although our members will comment and post on our Facebook and Twitter.

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Care2

MARCH 15, 2009

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 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!" By 10:30 a.m. we had reached our fundraising goal of $300.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Post your comments! Tags: Social Networking Online Marketing Trends. – Jessica Kutch, SEIU @Katrinskaya : Viral content = Stuff that gets forwarded. – Katrin Verclas, MobileActive Do you have a different definition of “viral?&# Never miss a post by subscribing to frogloop's RSS feed.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 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!" Monday, August 27, 2007 at 02:12PM | by James OMalley If Web 2.0

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AUGUST 27, 2007

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Review the Social by Social Handbook (read for free online, or buy). Be sure that you create mechanisms for feedback and input throughout your process and throughout whatever you “build&# or use (whether it’s a social networking space, a website, a blog or anything else). WeAreMedia’s ROI Toolbox.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. Travis August tags this announcement from TechSmith, makers of SnagIt and Camtasia, about Mac development. Here's two roundups of links about social media and nonprofits. Web Site Usability, Social Media Engagement and ROI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Since social media encompasses many different types of tools, and each tool has specific characteristics and a steep learning curve, a toolkit approach can quickly become overwhelming. Tags: ROI. Most users prefer to consume user generated content, by reading blog, watching videos, or browsing through photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Social Media Audience Research and Social Network Analysis: I've been tracking social media research snippets for a while, but not in a very well organized way. Mapping Metrics to Social Media Strategy: This wiki will be retooled to go deeper in more specific metrics linked to strategy. score out of 5.0).

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Care2

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide. People had joined the social network primarily for the visual experience – not to read. Tag Partners and Corporate Sponsors.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2005

While browsing the blogher schedule , I came across Lisa Meyers Brown's blog " The Rhetoric of Me " which is focused on: "What I think about everything.especially nonprofits and social network technology." If not, please comment here). In the comments section, Bob answers her post.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! 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. Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Last week, I wrote about Twestival , the most recent example of fundraising on Twitter and a networked fundraiser of a scale we haven't seen before. In the comments , there was quite a lively discussion from nonprofit professionals raising some cautions and concerns. This made curious: How did Twestival get started?

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