Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2006

With all the attention on other social media tools, many people forget about the power of flickr, its wonderful community and rich photographs of the world. Take for example CARF, Children At Risk Foundation, which has just launched its " Reaching for a Star " Flickr Xmas fund-raising campaign for 2006. s a changemaker.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Flickr: flickr.com/groups/thenatureconservancy. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites. We use Flickr to collect all of the photos for our annual nature photo competition. Website: www.nature.org.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Getting involved in a social network, whether it be something like Facebook or Myspace, or a content-connected social network like flickr or delicious (I’m starting to get used to writing that without the dots,) is pretty easy. It’s great that I can follow all of the content (blogs, tweets, Flickr photos, etc.) Not hardly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2006

We finally arrived after 8 hours on the road, documented with my treo cameraphone and emailed to flickr. We had dinner, took a walk on the board, and I got a chance to have a conversation with my dad about blogging. (He I decided to video blog the first conversation. He said he wanted to create a blog. We accomplished that! (I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

I'm working remotely on an unreliable and slow wifi connection and Flickr has been getting a massage (down for maintenance) for most of the afternoon. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2007

David Wilcox has an excellent post about generating conversation on blogs or for that matter other social media tools. The other reason is that I'm prepping for a couple of conference sessions on Social Media Metrics and one of the areas to consider is "conversation index" - more on that later. Flickr Photo by Lynnetter.

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JULY 27, 2012

If you have a link to your Facebook, Twitter, Blog, Flickr, and YouTube, but not your email signup, your visitors may assume you don’t have a list to join. Let’s discuss in the comments below or start a conversation in the Altru community ! Include Links to Your Social Media Accounts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2008

This is an example of the types of ongoing, online conversations I've been having with CogDog blog's Alan Levine over the past three years. Alan was the winner of my 50th Birthday Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix contest in 2007. So, we'll get have a conversation that isn't mediated by technology. And he loves dogs).

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 11, 2012

You may not have someone with you on every funder pitch, but it’s not hard to arrange at least some of those conversations with a colleague who won’t do too much talking during the meeting, so someone else can pay more attention to how well you do. Photo credit: Flickr rburtzel).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2006

I told them Nick could answer the questions they had about the flickr photo set he put together. " (Later, in a Skype conversation, Nick let me know he got the mail and sent a podcast response !) What is the food in the first flickr photo? Could they have been afraid of something else? Is something sweet? It looks yucky.

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2012

flickr: *saxon* Whether you’ll be there in person, or you’re participating online, we want you to take part in all the 2012 NTC buzz. On Twitter The NTC conversation on Twitter is already picking up speed. On flickr Every year NTC attendees post their photos to flickr with the conference tag. It’s a photo booth!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

Read the post and join the conversation on the NTEN blog. But operating and communicating as if every commenter is a troll will shut down conversation very quickly. Photo credit: aflier Flickr ]. This post is cross-published from NTEN. People are coming from a good place. Trolls are real, it’s true.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Really looking forward to this topic and hope to continue the conversation after the webinar with all of you here on the blog! Photo credit: Flickr billiejoesentourage ). Thoughts, ideas or case studies from your organization that you think are especially relevant and should be included? Leave a comment and let me know!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

Flickr photo by DoroQuez. I had the opportunity to facilitate a table conversation about capacity building in transition. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Welcoming new members, nudging conversations, highlighting activity and network weaving across the platform are all part of a Community Manager’s role. Image credit: Flickr muir.ceardach ). Community Managers provide key facilitation that empowers participation and engenders trust. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve been getting word on Twitter, Facebook, and elsewhere that people are receiving their copies of the book from Amazon. And their sharing photos Flickr and Facebook. Stephanie McAuliffe Shows Off Her Copy. Please share add yours to the collection! giveyoursole. Kristen Parrinello. Original Photo by Craig Newmark.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2009

Because I want people to know that I expect them to share things they find interesting, or to help further the conversation but that in sharing, others need to keep the content free, too. Maybe you use Flickr and share your photos there under a CC license as well. This blog has a Creative Commons license. How do you get started?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

My conversations so far for February are all focused on the role of nonprofits online. I would LOVE for you to get in on the conversations, too! I think it’s an interesting topic and wanted to continue the conversation here with you! Join the conversation on the SSIR blog! Standford Social Innovation Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2013

Flickr Photo BirkgetKing. The discussion thread reminded me of an AdMarketing conversation we had a long time ago. I thought it might be fun (and useful) to take a look back at this AdMarketing conversation. Below are several takeaways and pointers from that conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. Niels' Blog has a post called " Wanted - A President Candidate That Blogs " wondering if presidential candidates understand what it means to have a conversation online and a related post called " How Not To Blog." " Web 2.0, 20 practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Toddy. Stay tuned for more conversations about topics ranging from microvolunteering to disaster response. We are looking forward to engaging in these conversations with you over the next couple of months. How do you think offline or online crowdfunding will affect your favorite causes in 2013?

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JUNE 24, 2014

Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc.) Being on a social media channel is like erecting a billboard that tells folks you are available for a conversation. Just like face-to-face conversations, response time really matters. 1) Not All Social Media Channels Are Created Equal. Each social media channel (i.e.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2011

Flickr Photo by Beth Kanter. This week, the post that got the most conversation was a playful and visual one. Using the photo above, I asked people to share their best social media advice as a fortune in a fortune cookie.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Flickr Photo by Yandel. And traditional media coverage is now increasingly driven by conversation and content that starts off in the online space, on the communications platforms and channel driven by nonprofits themselves. But it takes content: you’ve got to feed those media platforms and seed those conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Flickr Photo by lyzadanger. I added this link to my nonprofit content curation list and discovered some conversation from other curators, including this one from presentation from Steve Rubel from June. Hubspot points to a recent study from Bit.ly hours on Twitter. hours on Facebook.

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NTEN

MARCH 27, 2012

But it’s the community itself, each of you out there participating, that do the work of maintaining the open and kind energy that keeps the conversation flowing. Main Street, Canandaigua NY; Flickr: -AX- If you’ve ever met me, I’ve probably told you about how I grew up in a small town.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Original image from dakiny in Flickr. I posted a link in the Zoetica Salon in Facebook and I tweeted about it – and this sparked a conversation with nonprofit colleagues. Yesterday, I explained why I’ve decided to ditch my iPhone and get an Android. Here’s more about why it is important. Many were annoyed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2010

East Bay Regional Parks - Calendar from Photos in Flickr Group. Their flickr group is an example. They shrink, they run, or hide. We need to use skepticism as a conversation starter. It relates to the one of the themes in the book, simplicity. Don’t Treat Organizational Skepticism Like the Smoke Monster on LOST.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

Flickr Photo by Roberto Ferrari - Creative Commons License Some Rights Reserved. We engage in multiple social networks, some that you probably also use: Twitter , Facebook , LinkedIn , YouTube , Flickr , Slideshare , our own blog , and a few other networks. Aggregating Conversations. Doing social media right takes time.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 5, 2007

Of course, one of the reasons I liked his blogging is because he used several photos I took, which I posted on Flickr! There are always interesting conversations going on when you get lots of social entrepreneurs together. There are always interesting conversations going on when you get lots of social entrepreneurs together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. I love that some nonprofits are sharing photos of their messy offices on Flickr! This slide show from Common Craft uses a party as a metaphor for online community. David Wilcox riffs on Steve Bridger's shout.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Here’s my latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR Blog or below. But this time I wanted to wait until we got this far into the conversation. Photo credit: Flickr Rhys’s Piece Is ). and we replace “institutions&# (boring!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

Flickr Photo by Gary Hayes. Engage: This is the process of having a conversation around the insights that are being shared. Co-Create: At this higher level, the conversations lead to co-creation. Maybe it takes the form of consultants using the findings to examine their own practice and improve it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2009

Click to see larger image Flickr Photo By @briansolis and @jess3 Last October, Brian Solis created the definitive list of Twitter Tools , a handy list of Twitter helper applications by key categories. They are asking for feedback on what is missing, suggestions for categories, and other ways to improve the tool.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 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. Anecdotely, I see a lot of blogs and Flickr photo streams, some YouTube and Vimeo use. Why limit yourself?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Flickr Photo by Brittany Bush. Thank you everyone for your support of the book and for joining the conversation about self-care for nonprofits. We are heading into the most stressful time of year for nonprofits, especially for fundraisers. Year-end giving campaigns. Review by Allyson Kapin on Care2 Blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I’ve included my interview below, but you can also read it and join the conversation on the NetSquared blog. Photo credit: Flickr jakubsteiner ). The other interviews include Sylwia Presley from Gobal Voices , and Claire Sale from NetSquared. I definitely recommend them both! Don’t be afraid of failing. What do you think?

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