Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Notes one participant, “It definitely gave us the ability to work around chicken & egg conversations. This conversation explored common pitfalls to analysis approaches and how to avoid them.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Written by Seema Rao I've written about Community Engagement often on my old blog, Brilliant Idea Studio. Last March, I wrote up some general notes about community engagement based on a mind-map I did at a #MuseumNext talk. Sometimes community engagement might be used as the term for bringing in new audiences.

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Bloomerang

MAY 30, 2023

While getting new donations may be the ultimate goal, your marketing efforts should focus on starting a conversation with potential donors about what you do and why they should care. On the other side, your nonprofit’s areas of expertise should be based on your mission statement and core beliefs about how to help your community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Five Hot Conversations. To catch up, read the summary here and to read the most recent thoughts -- see Gavin's newest post here and Emily's reflections here. Imagine Connect Act The idealist.org invites us to imagine a better community and a better world, and to see how we can build it together starting right now ! A Few Web2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

The conversation has shifted from blog comments to social media. If an issue relevant to your mission and programs (local, national, or international) is in the news, write up a summary of the issue, add your commentary with a call-to-action (CTA), and then share your post to your online communities and in your e-newsletter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Last week, Dan Michel offered an intriguing answer to this question : “What form of social media measurement does your organization engage in; Community participation, advocacy (earned mentions, discussions), or donations ($ or time)? &#. “ Using Radian 6 , a listening tool, they do a pre/post share of Conversation about hunger.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 22, 2023

Whether it’s artwork from beneficiaries or items that represent the impact of your work, your merchandise can be a conversation starter about your mission. Community Involvement Collaborate with local artisans or businesses to feature their products on your store.

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Bloomerang

MAY 25, 2022

View a summary and get a complete picture of a donor’s engagement on the timeline. Enter interaction notes from a call or meeting while the conversation is still fresh. Use quick contact for a one-tap connection with the constituent. Manage tasks on the go. Update notes and send text messages hands-free with voice-to-text.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2019

While some long time members of the community were unhappy with change, scores of new people came in. And, in many of our prep conversations, we talked about the real challenge of changing human systems. Rationally looking at the system caused him to make a different choice. Making change is not without stress.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Soliciting and managing bids Find reputable vendors through your network and in the larger circles of your trusted online communities. Quick pre-RFP conversations are very helpful for getting better quality proposals. Purpose Overview: Purpose and objectives with summary statement of what you’re looking to do.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Before getting into specifics around time-saving tasks, here are some generative AI caveats: Not your (API) Keys Not your conversations Whole Whale N ot your (API) keys, not your conversation. Identifying AI 2-minute Tasks Determine tasks in your workflow that AI can accomplish in 2 minutes. MODEL: requires Read.ai

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. We also discussed the aggregation and publishing side and some initial goals for the NPTech Community site. Check out the SDCTC Community Portal (is the idea of a "portal" web 2.0 It's always nice to discover redesigned nonprofit web sites with a web2.0

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Conversely, the mission statement encompasses your shorter target goal and can be changed once that goal is met. Again, this should be a short, memorable summary of your goals and purpose. Habitat for Humanity : bring people together to build homes, communities and hope. vision statements. Examples of Mission Statements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2005

The workshop has provided a wealth of learning about practical techniques and theory of online community building as well as allowed some time for experimentation or action learning. One action learning experiment played with was titled "Audio As Online Conversation." What are the challenges and opportunities?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

This slide show from Common Craft uses a party as a metaphor for online community. Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. David Wilcox riffs on Steve Bridger's shout.

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 18, 2021

On the positive side, they are an effective device to raise the profile of volunteering in our communities. I encourage you to read both Jerome’s and Jayne’s posts as any summary I could provide here would not do them justice. Yet, there’s much more to the story. Days of Service are a double-edged sword.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

In the last few weeks, there has been posts about how conversations have shifted to FriendFeed. In addition, a lot of ad hoc conversation and informal resource sharing unfolded. And as Marnie notes, the conversation in FriendFeed is valuable. But there were a number of quick conversations mentioning new tools.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Author: Seema Rao This month, inspired by the panel at Western Museums Association , we've been discussing all things audience, community, and visitors. For this week, I'm summarizing thoughts people had about community-engagement on Twitter. Usually happens when museums KNOWS what a community need instead of asking them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

As a result, I'm publishing a briefer than usual edition of the NpTech Tag Summary because I can only get to fast loading blogs and web sites. NpTech Conversations Wild Apricot Blog is hosting next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on the topic "How are non-profits using Web 2.0 In addition, no visuals either. And if you???re

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. As a team, we discussed opportunity areas that emerged from our early conversations with the Community Fellows.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

Britt Bravo at NetSquared summarized a community discussion about the "Best of the Nonprofit Social Web." The main reason I'm still tagging is for retrieval when asked for a resource on and to write this summary. I am wondering how all relates to the NpTech tag community and what it means. bubble would burst.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2011

We were excited to have our first 2012 NTC Community Call last Tuesday! This year, we’re going to include a mix of educational and community programming to Day 1, starting off with a Welcome Reception. Community Brainstorm We asked for your input on a couple of key issues surrounding the conference, and we loved the feedback.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Marketing for Nonprofits: Want to Build Community Online? " Add your thoughts or blog posts in the comments!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Why are Silicon Valley community-based nonprofits struggling to meet demand, and having a hard time maintaining their organizational health? And how might we help bring these two groups together to create healthier nonprofits, healthier networks, and ultimately, healthier communities? Creating Healthy Nonprofits in Silicon Valley.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to. The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Photo by SpacePotato. rethink, reinvent. And if you???re

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

Note: We combined our summaries for the SXSW bonanza because, Texas. Who attends : Nonprofit communications teams, techies, and some fundraisers. We LOVE the community around this conference. The community is very welcoming and it is clear why many people return year after year. Where : Austin, TX & Online (Hybrid).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2018

The conversation was tweeted and re-tweeted thousands of times, and people joined in the fun. Some wonder whether creating a non-toxic community where online abuse is seriously addressed would be more helpful.). They kept going back and forth, and it went viral.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. Organizing a community and serving it well has a lot of dimensions poorly reflected in webstats alone.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

AI could certainly be used by applicants to fill out parts of the required forms, such as program summaries, leaving the questions that would need a human touch to finalize. Conversely, it could alert funders to organizations that the grantmaker might be missing or skipping over that serve the very purpose the funder is looking to address.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2009

Most of my work in social media and nonprofits has been focused on the how to integrate a social media strategy as part of an organization's external communications plan or "outward" facing to engage audiences, consumers, and supporters. Wikis for Communities of Practice conference. Technology for Communities project.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Our research on 135 online communities representing 45 major brands indicates that, with few exceptions, the answer is no."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

NpTech Conversations Convio Opens Up API Jason at DIA summarizes the posts and the bigs news in the nptech field this last week - Convio Releases An Open API. Need to catch up last week's ROI conversations so you can jump in - start here. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. We provide both a feature summary and detailed reviews, as well as a directory of consultants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

NpTech Conversations. Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network. Drew Bernard has a blog about conversation, technology, activism, and life. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. And if you???re

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Neon CRM

MAY 1, 2023

To make moves management fundraising effective, you have to stop viewing the process as a transactional one and instead think about how you build a community. During their conversation, Donna says something like this: “I’m not familiar with your organization but I really support your cause. It’s donor cultivation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

Photo by PixelFarmer - Zen Mutt (a rescue dog) - Title "Precision" The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to rethink, reinvent -- again. Conversations are getting more distributed and it is getting increasingly difficult to use tagging to discover, aggregate, and summarize them. What do you think?

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

Plus, they both have a strong user support community. Website conversion optimization. An RFP is a summary of your organization’s website needs, digital goals, project timeline, and budget. WordPress guide , both platforms are excellent options for nonprofits because of their scalability and flexibility. Accessible design.

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