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JANUARY 11, 2011

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2009

My colleague Marshall Kirkpatrick at Read/Write Web gave me a sneak peak at their Guide to Online Community Management Report and Aggregator. The report condenses and summarizes the best thinking about online community management from a cadre of experts - those are online community manager practitioners and gurus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

I've been doing research for an article I'm writing for TechSoup about social networking tips, tricks, and tools -- once you've made the decision that it is right for your organization, how maintain a socnet presence without it being a huge black hole? I try to do this for blogging, RSS reading, twittering, flickr, email, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. She interviewed Manny Hernandez from Tu Diabetes and Es Tu Diabetes , and Ayumi Stubbs from the ASPCA Online Community. Community Media Workshop???s

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Care2

JULY 17, 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!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

The creation and communication of this knowledge occurs in social networks of relationships, empowered by social media. Join us for a discussion and exploration of how social media are being used to accelerate our transition to a global sustainable culture. What is social media? - Jon Lebkowsky.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2009

If your nonprofit is not taking advantage of free tools like Add This , a widget that encourages users to share your organizations articles or webpages on the most popular social networks or branded toolbars like FreeCause , then your nonprofit is missing out on some big marketing opportunities. Moderate* 10.

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Care2

JULY 26, 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!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Allowing visitors to sign in using their Facebook and Twitter accounts can make it easier for them to share your nonprofit’s information with their networks and followers. Most of the CMS tools we reviewed can support this, but surprisingly few allow you to moderate which of the items from that RSS feed are displayed.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Any community, online or otherwise, is about communication between individuals. As such, when it comes time to create or grow an online community, tools that allow for and encourage communication and interaction are vital. When this happens, the community rarely benefits from the resulting application.

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NTEN

JUNE 17, 2011

Given the adoption of social media, the opportunity for nonprofits to capitalize on low cost means to improve engagement with members and potential donors is greater than ever before. People join an organization’s social community for a variety of reasons, including: Social Influence: A friend, co-worker or family member requested support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2005

My first taste of RSS Feeds began with a wish on how to find good content without getting RSS indigestion from slogging through a lot of junk. In the comments section, David Geilhulfe and Ruby Sinreich suggested a social networking approach to RSS by checking out their blogline subscriptions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Don't set up a presence on every social network in the world all at once. . Use Help Applications That Streamline Social Media Tasks. If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 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!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 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!" In other words, if electronic messages can reach it, its on-line.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Online social networking was just being born. site in which people could interact and collaborate with each other to create a virtual community. In the end analysis, nonprofits and NGOs build communities and are sustained by communities. The new platform and the new tools are all about communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

If your nonprofit is not taking advantage of free tools like Add This , a widget that encourages users to share your organizations articles or webpages on the most popular social networks or branded toolbars like FreeCause , then your nonprofit is missing out on some big marketing opportunities. Moderate* 10.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

Promoting the chat widely via Twitter and other social networks is a great way to find more participants, too. Tags: community events 4change chat lessonslearned twitter. What do those # mean? Never underestimate the technology. NPCons: Join the first #NPCons chat this coming Tuesday, 21 July, at 1pm US Pacific time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Google has a number of partners, including social network sites like LinkedIn, Friendster and Ning, as well as Salesforce, which does have very interesting implications given the increasing use of Salesforce in the nonprofit sector. Basically, if the more social network sites that adopt OpenSocial, the more open the whole thing gets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

To jump-start your group, you will need to promote it on your website, in your e-newsletter, and in your social networking profiles. As with most other communities, the magic number when you no longer need to actively promote your group and it grows on its own hovers around the 5,000-member benchmark. Use a Horizontal Avatar.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Beth Kanter asks whether or not we can add some more steps to Chris Brogan’s fabulous 50 steps to create a social media presence. and social network guru for the nptech community. David Geilhufe ponders how technology solutions split communities, and issues of a lack of strategic vision.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

You can listen with google alerts, technorati, twitter, and RSS readers. I'd also include your individual social networking profile which can be a great way to spread buzz (or spread yourself too thin.) (10-15 Let me define the categories for you. Key skill is pattern analysis. 5 hours per week). 20 plus hours a week).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

I figured, since I’ve been getting a bit involved in the community, I’d give a bit of a summary of what’s going on, and what will possibly come from this effort. Basically, it means that the data that you put into social networking sites, like profiles, social graph (those who you are connected to,) media, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 29, 2008

at 7:56 am I have no idea if there is a Kintera User Society, but we at the Blackbaud User Society would be thrilled to have Kintera clients join us to get unofficial support for their products and join our growing community of Blackbaud clients and users. Update: Allan Benamer has some more information that’s worth reading. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

It provides for me a sense of community, and a sense of what people I know and care about things I care about are talking about (in a certain realm, on other realms, not so much). Should they spend a bit of time tying their RSS feed (if they have one) to a twitter account? Or even a social network strategy? Sure, why not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Don't set up a presence on every social network in the world all at once. . Use Help Applications That Streamline Social Media Tasks. If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

RSS readers worked for us in the early phases of social media, but as more people are connected through social networks and sharing and publishing information, there is more and more information out there. Curation: These are curated sources by communities and networks of people. What is the solution?

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 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!" Click here to watch the replay.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2012

I highly recommend that you check out Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter's book Humanize: How People-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World for some great analysis and strategies if you are interested in exploring this on a deeper level. Listen to your Community. Focus in on what your community says about your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Listening by using rss feeds helps refine their services and help stay sharp and connected to experts in the field. Use Your RSS Reader Like A Rock Star. If you are not using an RSS Reader, pick one and learn how to use it like a rock star. Make sure you establish good RSS habits. Add a RSS feed to your reader.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2010

Instead of having RSS available to your supporters, why not make it RSSA (Real Simple Syndicated Action), where there's a specific ask that motivates them to self-organize in the real world. Tags: Digital Divide Event Marketing Online Activism Online Recruitment Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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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!" You can also setup a RSS feed. Leave comments on blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

More and more people are reading content, your content, via RSS through tools like Google Reader so make it easy to find on every page of your site. Tip : Use Google FeedBurner which will allow people to subscribe via RSS or email. Another Tip : Not sure how to get RSS from the Blackbaud Sphere CMS. Not sure what RSS is?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

It gave me some reflection time away from the daily fast-paced, always moving forward world of social media. It gave me space to give social media use some mindful attention. What role does social media play in it? I identify the key SME experts and immerse myself in their thinking.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

At AIDS.gov , our mission is to provide access to Federal HIV and AIDS information through a variety of new media channels, and to support the use of new media tools by Federal and community partners. We have systems in place to help keep us on track, such as an internal summary blog/Twitter/social network updates. Plan ahead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Micro Media: Any form of concentrated content created using social tools that broadcast text, voice, images, or video to targeted Web and mobile communities. These services are powered by the RSS feeds that each network offers to its users and makes following activity across sites easier and in one spot. 

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Care2

MAY 8, 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!" Social networking is generating very little revenue. (

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