AFP Blog

JANUARY 29, 2014

Content: Guided by Voices | FeedBlitz - Email Marketing and RSS : So as I moved into doing more social media work, I found people clamouring for “better content”, “content marketing,” “being a content creator,” and a million other words. Heck, I even teach a course called “Creating Compelling Content.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

But who knew that they could be useful as part of your content strategy or for content curation? So, here’s my list about making lists. List of Content Ideas. A list of questions : These are typically called “FAQ” or frequently asked questions and are a standard category of web site content.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 15, 2022

Knowing a rising trend can help your comms team create content responses that will increase attention for your organization. Grab the RSS feed at the bottom of the search results page and add to Google Reader. Feedly.com is a way to follow news thems and track multiple RSS feeds or blogs in one place. General Listening.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 26, 2009

LazyFeed is a new RSS feed engine based on topics, not sources or individuals, that offers a new way to find information online blogs, news services, podcasts, social media updates, and so on — content from any site that publishes an RSS feed. Video RSS search. Now, as of August 25, LazyFeed is available to the public.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The goal of this webinar was to provide some baseline tools to help manage the incoming and the outgoing content across all channels an organization may be using to communicate and connect. Use this step-by-step guide for adding RSS feeds. Content Map. Why create a content map? Content Calendar. Easy reference.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open content business models December 1, 2007 I’m at the Open Translation event, and we’ve just had a great session on open content business models.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 15, 2014

Make The Web a Better Place with Better Content | FeedBlitz - Email Marketing and RSS : n our quest to consume more and more content, we’ve developed quite an appetite.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month, TechSoup and TechSoup Romania's hourlong tweet chat explored content curation and the best tools for it. What Is Content Curation? Tweet chat participants were in near agreement in their definition of content curation: judicious selection of information to tell a story. Content and Curation for Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2009

A few months ago, we featured Peter Campbell 's article Using RSS Tools to Feed Your Information Needs , courtesy of Idealware. Since then, Peter has been posting some great followups on the Idealware blog : More RSS Tools: Web Site Integration. More RSS Tools: Managing Content with Pipes. More RSS Tools: Sharing Feeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

Content Curation for Nonprofits. Here are my slides and curated resources materials for a talk called “ What Can Nonprofits Learn from Robin Good, the Best Content Curator on the Planet? This area, content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

So, my response is simple: I want to share my RSS reader with you. Amy Sample Ward’s Version of RSS Why? Opening up my RSS reader (well, except for my mom’s blog and that kind of thing!) My public RSS reader is built on Netvibes , which is a free, web-based RSS reader. Tags: guest blogging RSS. Check it out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2005

I love ( and hate ) how blogs, rss, tags, and these other tools are so right-brained and being able to indulge in some non-linear thinking. One of the tools that was mentioned was RSS readers. More importantly, they gave me enough incentive to start reading blogs and also had some simple 1-2-3 advice for selecting a RSS reader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

He goes on to mention that they're still learning about their audience and how they access the content on the organization's blog. This isn't the only widget that uses RSS stream headlines or content from feeds. These include: RSS Scroll Box - allows you to add up 3 RSS feeds that scroll up the page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 27, 2013

Rather than following others on Sulia, users “Trust” brands that provide good content. Related Links: Free Webinar on April 18: 11 Steps to Launching a Successful Social Media Strategy for Your Nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Netvibes will let you track all kinds of things online, all by using RSS feeds or ready-built widgets. You can then click on the linked “Feed&# word that has the RSS icon next to it (the icon looks like a signal). Find blogs about your sector and subscribe in the same way, via RSS. Finding Feeds. Add Feeds to Netvibes.

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NetWits

JULY 27, 2012

Earning the right to deliver content directly to the inbox of your biggest fans is critical to your long terms success. RSS as a Replacement. Enable RSS so visitors can keep up with your blog activity with Google Reader (my preference). But that’s not the case.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Amy Gahran has some excellent self-reflections and advice about the way she reads feeds in her RSS reader. ve found it pays for me to respond quickly I've found that the people linking to me and writing a blog often have content that I'm interested in. In short, ditch the guilt, embrace the serendipity! I developed a list here.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

So how can you create website content that all kinds of potential visitors will find interesting and engaging? What kind of content does your website need for each of these groups? Images tell stories too – often better than words – so don’t forget photographs and video as you create your website content.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Creating Great Content. When it comes to creating great content, there are four important elements, especially with social media, as you can see in the image at the top of this post. And the content – is that a platform or application that supports that kind of content? So, what is the content you want to share?

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Second, npENGAGE is built on the content from five leading nonprofit blogs. The content of those five blogs will populate the npENGAGE archives and ensure that each individual blog within npENGAGE starts strong. This will give npENGAGE the unique distinction of being a new site with years of proven, useful content already present.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 9, 2010

Last week’s posts had three topics: Content , Comments and Extras. Categories and Tags : Using content categories like (presentation, case study, opinion and so on) can help people find the type of content they are after, as well as categories and tags that indicate topics, conferences and tools. Look for that!

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2011

Subscribe to the RSS feed ›. Consistently posting a variety of photos, videos and status updates directly effects how much Facebook users interact with your Page and it’s content. How interesting is your content? Are people viewing our content more or less than the previous 30 days?

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NetWits

MARCH 22, 2011

I originally developed this content with Danielle Brigida ( @starfocus ) for the 2010 Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits, and I’ve used it many times since then to help organizations get their programs off the ground.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Note from Beth: Your web site is your home base is the heart and soul of your content strategy. The primary function of a Content Management System—making it easy for non-technical staff to update content—helps facilitate constituent interaction by helping your nonprofit better attract and engage visitors to its website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2012

I’ve been using Feedburner for my blog RSS Feeds since 2005! It is time to self-host your RSS feed many people wondered? Rumors that Google will close Feedburner are circulating again, but this time there is an option for an RSS hosting service, although not free. And, we know right now they won’t be closing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Winner of the Creative Commons 2006 Photo Schwag Contest I believe in setting my content free. People can add and embellish your content and if you have access to the remix, it can give you new ideas. now for four years because it is simple, direct, and easy. "You are free to use the content, just me credit and/or a link."

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2020

It’s important to segment your list of subscribers because it helps you send content to certain people that’s more relevant and customized to them. The more specific you’re able to get with your segments, the better you can prepare and write content that will speak to your readers directly and address their interests. Map Content.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2009

Today’s webinar focused on the building blocks of social meda; things like tagging, RSS and how to get started finding the conversations taking place online. Some of them, along with my answers, include: How much time a day do you spend reading (RSS feeds)? Here’s my slide deck: Social Media Building Blocks.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

Some of the questions raised in the webinar chat focused on the role of public media organizations as content creators and how community-driven engagement fits in the work they do. How is your station creating ways for the community to actually inform the services or programs or content you provide and create? Content Map Template.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

I have many years of blog content. Tony Karrer suggested that the approach of aggregating the RSS feeds of blogs, adding in semantic tagging, keyword search and browsable index might help. I have a confession. That was one of the reasons that lead me to the streamline goal and as part of that a blog redesign.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. I wrote about the potential for aggregating RSS feeds of giving opportunities in a blog post called, Why We Need Group Fundraising RSS Feeds.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 30, 2011

When I first dropped my self-hosted blog and relocated it to Posterous last year after a bit of a hacking incident , I had trouble importing the old content. Those of you subscribed via my old Feedburner RSS feed shouldn’t have to change anything.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2013

In online discussions with nonprofit techies, Megan Keane pointed to the loss of an anti-censorship tool in places like Iran, and Nancy Schwartz noted in an online discussion, “this is a kick to independent content publishing, not just convenience on the readers side. ” moment. If so what are they?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2007

Work out who your target audience is and write your content exclusively for them. ve just read a value-packed post and are feeling most positive about your content. Skelliewag has value packed post called " How To Get 1,050 Subscribers in 3 Months. " It's a three prong strategy: 1. If time is a problem, post less.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 29, 2010

Blogging and WordPress can also be used as the Content Management System for your new mobile website. Thanks to RSS, any new post that you publish to your blog automatically gets published to your mobile website. Step Two :: Sign up for Mofuse Premium. Mofuse Premium allows you to quickly and easily create a mobile website.

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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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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2004

It easy - if you know how to subscribe via RSS. A study done by Yahoo in October claims that only 12% of internet users know what RSS is, and only 4% are actively using it. What is RSS? RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. The RSS information from a site is known as its feed. But its REALLY easy.

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