Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Note: I've had this blog post in a draft for about a week and was reminded about it when I saw this post over at the NTEN blog asking Is Facebook A Bust or Is Obama's Model the Future ? But the denominations of the donations remain small, and it's not clear that one-off contests will lead to more.

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NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NTEN. Members are in bold. Beth's new blog! (I

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

For the 5th year in a row, the annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest , presented by YouTube and See3 Communications , is open for submission during the weeks leading up to the Nonprofit Technology Conference. Starting March 7th, voting is open to the public, so be sure to share the word (Email, Facebook, Twitter, carrier pigeon).

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

With 300 million active users, Facebook is a natural starting place. As of September 2009, scores of Facebook applications have been developed to support the nonprofit sector in one way. As of September 2009, scores of Facebook applications have been developed to support the nonprofit sector in one way. and Canada.

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NTEN

APRIL 14, 2009

NTEN folks probably know we're big fans of haiku (thanks in most part to Holly's particular appreciation of the form). We're glad to see member organization ZeroDivide shares our appreciation and is deploying it for educational and rewarding purposes: The ZD Technology Haiku Contest! ZD Blog - Comment on this blog post.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

You can check them out on our Facebook page. Tags: member appreciation NPTech NTEN Social Media video Communications. Those who attended the webinar had a chance to show the community what they learned. They posted a wide variety of inspirational, funny, and just plain well made videos as examples of what they learned. The winners are.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

RoundTables are monthly hour-long chats, free for NTEN Members, moderated by an NTEN member from the field of Consulting, Communications, or IT -- depending on which RoundTable it is. During the call we discussed how to manage a Facebook page & Twitter account. Twitter, Facebook, multiple accounts, how do you manage it all?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st. The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st. Are you a nonprofit?

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! Sign up for the event or learn more here.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

We recently asked the NTEN community. Congratulations to Becky Domegan, one of our two contest winners, who told us about her challenges: "As a 1-person IT shop, I strive to educate users in advance, but often find myself educating them after a problem occurs. Tags: NPTech NTEN ontc.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Now it's time to address the social site with the biggest stage right now: Facebook. Forum One's Facebook Page. Michaela Hackner and I recently hosted a pair of NTEN webinars titled "How to Become a Facebook Rockstar." You can't dive in just because Facebook is what all the kids are doing these days.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 27, 2012

Comment on this blog post or on Tony’s , use the LinkedIn group or Facebook page or Twitter. I’ve donated a bunch of NTEN books and swag, and Tony’ll give away his book and free consulting hours, in Planned Giving and Charity Registration. What’s your question? We’re up to it! We want your questions in advance.

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Working with the folks over at NTEN , we decided the nonprofit community itself should be empowered to recognize the people of their choice to win none other than a membership to the best nonprofit technology organization around, The Nonprofit Technology Network! Post on Facebook. Tweet this. So what are you waiting for?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! The deadline for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations'' ''Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion'' online video contest is September 27th. Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! The deadline for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations'' ''Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion'' online video contest is September 27th. Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2011

Gina’s post suggests that QR codes could be just a fad–unless Facebook introduces them to a mainstream audience. Leaked screenshots indicate Facebook’s experimenting with profile or status QR code generation on fan pages, according to TechCrunch. NTEN has published a useful quick “What’s This?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This conversation was sparked by this post from Richard Becker that shares the numbers from the Pepsi Refresh Contest. Hildy Gottlieb asks for advice about what to do about those pesky community pages on Facebook. Holly Ross, NTEN, Four Lessons Learned About Social Media in 2010. Many answers here. Some Great Links Shared.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The NTEN community is made up of thousands of inspiring individuals who are working hard every day to make some change in the world. It's why NTEN is here, and it's why we're fans of The CTK Foundation's "Heroes with a Heart" grant awards. For regular updates on the Heroes with a Heart Grant, check out the CTK Facebook Page.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2015

The DoGooder National Video Awards contest opens today! The contest is presented in partnership with YouTube and See3 Communications. See contest rules here. If your organization is not already a member, just sign up before you enter the contest. Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

There was an overwhelming amount of talent and stories shared through the contest! >> RSVP on Meetup or Facebook ! WHERE: San Francisco – TechSoup Headquarters; Online – Live-stream on Facebook and in Second Life. Check out the full playlist of videos on YouTube and gallery of photo sets on Flickr. Pacific time.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

For more tips, check out the “Ask Questions” section on Beth Kanter’s post, “ What the Research Says About Increasing Facebook Engagement ”. It’s along the lines of a weekly caption contest, but there’s an educational component to it. It can be as simple and subtle as “What are your questions?” vs. “Do you have questions?”.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Speaking of which, here are " Ten Practical Tips for Facebook Fan Pages " Now get out there and try to succeed! The online contest they ran recently , hiding pieces of their new album cover on different sites around the Internet, ought to give you some ideas. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

Remember the early days of social media when you did not have to cut through all of the noise and things felt more like a community rather than a popularity contest? This is a key principle in the book Amy Sample Ward of NTEN and I wrote about in our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The internet’s popularity contest at your fingertips. We Are Media Tactical Module 1: Listening by NTEN and Beth Kanter. Tags: Marketing and Communication Social Media #nptech Facebook Google Reader Listening Non-Profit social media Social Media Monitoring Social Media Strategy Social Media Tools Twitter YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

For example, I share them on my welcome tab on my Facebook Page and on my LinkedIn profile. NTEN set up an event area on Slideshare for the NTC 2010. Some events have set up branded channels, like the Bar Camp Channel. (5) My content on Slideshare can easily be published here on my blog or by anyone else anyplace else!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Along with 3 colleagues, we volunteered to develop an entry for the Apps for America 2 contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. Because data is powerful! Data is the next buzz-word after Web 2.0.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. Michael Stein has an interview with Jonathan Coleman about his success building a donor base on Facebook. Jonathan Coleman is the featured Changemaker at Change.org ( hat tip NTEN roundup).

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

And The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners Are… In November Microsoft launched the first Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. Social Media A couple of really useful posts on Facebook and Nonprofits. Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted. 13,000 installs of the facebook app, and $600,000 raised. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. . ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. TechSoup and the NetSquared meetups are here to help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Ranger Rick, the persona of the National Wildlife Federation , has been banished from Facebook! They need your help to bring back Ranger Rick's profile that was recently taken down by Facebook Staff. Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Online contests like the Knight News Challenge , The Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge , and the AmEx Cardmember Project can be resource draining to participate in, especially for a time- and cash-strapped nonprofit. Four years ago, web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

Get granular - figure how how many unique visits a particular blogger sent, a Facebook Event, or Digg. . Cautions against it not being a popularity contest, but the number grows because people get some value from part of an active, informative, and value-driven community.

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

The viewers/donors might look similar to what we see on Facebook causes but we will wait until we have some real data before speculating further. Another approach — not as good for the nonprofits but maybe more acceptable to Google — would be more like the Facebook approach. What do you think Holly?

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

The viewers/donors might look similar to what we see on Facebook causes but we will wait until we have some real data before speculating further. Another approach — not as good for the nonprofits but maybe more acceptable to Google — would be more like the Facebook approach. What do you think Holly?

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