Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

That's because when I started at the HSUS, I was obsessed with MySpace on a personal level, and I was challenge with the task of figuring out how the org could use it for their benefit of advocacy and fundraising. I've learned so much about MySpace and Facebook, and the people that use them. I had messaged our MySpace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? youtube video views Get original contest ??? High engagement contest ??? We learned - were running a flickr contest right now that takes lessons learned from wendys and has been successful. Also helps for communicating with UGC contestants and winners. s choice award.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2008

Facebook and MySpace are of course the biggies, but you might want to consider creating a presence on a do-good social network like Change.org , Care2 , Just Cause , Razoo , WiserEarth or World of Good too. Have a Contest Everybody loves to win, and contests move quickly over the web. Flickr photo contest.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

You can pick up a button or badge (like the one above) on the Peace Primary site to promote the contest on your blog, web site or email. Wendy is spreading the word for people to vote for the Genocide Intervention Network through her MySpace blog. Brown-eyed Girl voted and posted an, "I Voted for Peace" badge on her blog.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

You can see the first video, “Free&# , below: On the website, there are interactive ways for new activists to get involved with NARAL Pro-Choice America’s work, including taking action on a choice-related issue, learning about state-by-state legislation, or entering (and later voting in) a $1,000 t-shirt design contest. (We

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Megan: MySpace was probably our first introduction to social media, but not sure the year we created the account. Data from a recent Facebook contest we ran not show that we not only significantly increased our followers in a short amount of time, but we saw individuals then head over to our website to be engaged further.

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DECEMBER 12, 2007

We are working with our clients to engage constituents on sites like YouTube, Facebook and MySpace. Share and Enjoy: 4 Comments comment Social Networking News for Myspace / Facebook / Etc. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Because email… what’s the technical term?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted. Fail formally - protesting Wendy’s with a photo sharing with a protest sign but only got a few people doing it, heard so much about how hard it was for people to participate, etc. this time they got 3,000 photos and 2,500 email address.

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AFP Blog

JULY 28, 2008

eJewish Philanthropy: "Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook aren’t just for college keg stand contest pictures anymore. From ejewishphilanthropy.comWho Needs So Many “Friends”? Nonprofits are joining social network sites to connect with people, strengthen cause awareness and hopefully cultivate donors."

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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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JULY 9, 2008

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Social Networking Is More Than Tapping A KegSocial networking sites like MySpace and Facebook aren’t just for college keg stand contest pictures anymore.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2008

So they have contests. Ask for a show of hands, who has heard of Myspace? Is it so the CMO can point to it and say, ???Look! re part of Web 2.0, And then there???s s the numbers game. These companies want 10,000 people in the first week. Gimmicks out the wazoo. And the people come. But the don???t t stick around. s no community there.

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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. Amy Sample Ward , filling in for Britt Bravo, writes about several awards and competitions including the UK Catalyst Awards and Simon Fairway's pointer to the digital makeover contest. Digidave of Spot.Us

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Participate in social networks like Facebook and MySpace, as well as niche social networks related to the theme of your blog. Run a contest. Highlight your most popular posts in your sidebar. Create a MyBlogLog community. Participate in online forums and communities. List your blog in blog directories.

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MARCH 27, 2008

Another point Brian made was that perhaps Facebook and Myspace are not for your organization. Carie Lewis , who does tremendous things on Myspace and in other social media channels, gave a case study on HSUS’s video contest after the Michael Vick dogfighting incident. I suggest another one to explore, Rethos.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Knowing what you do now, what tips do you have for any nonprofit interested in holding a similar contest? Make sure you have clear processes and designate one person to communicate with the contest entrants and winners. The only cost, as with many social campaigns, was staff time.

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2008

Knowing what you do now, what tips do you have for any nonprofit interested in holding a similar contest? Make sure you have clear processes and designate one person to communicate with the contest entrants and winners. The only cost, as with many social campaigns, was staff time.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Tensions remain between making a profit and alienating Facebook’s users, who the company says total about 64 million worldwide (MySpace has an estimated 110 million monthly active users). Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

apps (skype, myspace, flickr, etc) without knowing it's web 2.0. Making me think of March Dimes Flickr Contest ) Epilepsy Action in MySpace 1. So here goes: As far as the UK non-profit sector goes, most people probably don't know what web 2.0 is and why it matters to their organization. tools and business applications for it.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

They just finished a YouTube video contest. We started slowly with the MySpace page , and we started in earnest with Flickr. MySpace is, but Facebook isn’t. We get so much spam on MySpace, whereas on Flickr and Facebook and the blog we never get spam. But other things--the twitter thing, the video contest was my idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Define something small and tangible - whether it be a flickr photo contest or exploring the content related to your organization's issue and identifying 10 friends or contacts. If you check out their blog, you will notice that the group has a presence on myspace, friendster, YouTube, and few other communities. MySpace hasn??t

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JULY 12, 2007

All hell broke loose when their new calculation showed that AOL was on top — above MySpace and Yahoo and Google and MSN. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? So Nielson/NetRatings did a new calculation where they added time spent as a factor. Guess what happened?

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JANUARY 30, 2008

Is Facebook and MySpace a trend? Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? I was turned on to this blog by a friend and then given it to review as part of the Nonprofit Blog Exchange , which introduces nonprofit bloggers (like me) to other nonprofit bloggers through our work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. From Ruby Sinreich at Lotus Media comes a pointer to the Findhabeas.com campaign on myspace and possibly other places. " Findhabeas.

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DECEMBER 18, 2008

BTW, I get offered a lot of free copies of books from different publishers and always ask for an addition one to giveaway in a contest on my blog for my readers - so keep an eye out for upcoming book giveaways. Q: What is the best way to acquire or create a widget for a Facebook or MySpace page?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

create and manage a Facebook group or page, or a MySpace page. experiments in social networks like those performed by the Brooklyn Museum via their Facebook applications and video contests or by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in their Google Earth work and myriad comment boards. This pretty much requires dedicated staff.

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OCTOBER 22, 2007

Both HSUS and Oxfam’s primary efforts are on what Carie calls “the big four”: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. On MySpace : Both Oxfam and HSUS prove what we already know from Greenpeace and others – MySpace is a great place to get new advocates. Carie opened with an intro to social media. One at a time.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2007

No one would contest the idea that most museum exhibitions, art shows, films, books, in short, most content experiences, have value both for the new and return user. Real research is done on the ways people use MySpace and YouTube. If the project keeps moving, but new people are always coming to it, does it ever grow? Why not museums?

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Forum One

JULY 5, 2006

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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JULY 5, 2006

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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MAY 25, 2007

Facebook is the second big social networking site behind MySpace. And their pages aren’t nearly as ugly as MySpace pages. So widget makers have put things like video and photos on MySpace for a while. MySpace don’t play that! See Fox — owner of MySpace — nasty coverage here. Widgets are big.

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AUGUST 6, 2007

Meet people where they are, don’t make MySpace people come to Facebook or try to create groups that cross network platforms. Greenpeace has 65,000 friends in MySpace. Getting friends is not a communications strategy — MySpace isn’t a web page it’s a network. My take-aways from her talk: 1. Amen Sister!

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

Main | Care2 Launches Americas Favorite Animal Shelter Contest » Monday Oct 13 2008 Using Google Analytics to Track a Nonprofit Website (Part 1) Monday, October 13, 2008 at 01:21PM | by James OMalley Nonprofits take note: Google Analytics software application has shattered previous barriers to analyzing and optimizing websites.

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NTEN

JANUARY 7, 2009

Now, they're smack-dab in the middle of the Ideas for Change contest , which they're running with the Case Foundation. . Inspired by the President-Elect's call for citizens to share their ideas for creating change, the contest drew nearly 8,000 ideas for change from community members. Now THAT's democratic. And cool. .

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MARCH 4, 2008

One key thing you recognize from everything from MySpace to the blogosphere is that people want to have a voice. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? .&# Which is about the buyer. She talks about “experience from day one.&# That’s about the seller.

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