Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Transmedia storytelling it is the technique of telling a story across multiple online platforms and formats using current digital technologies. I also discussed the importance of laying out the supporter journey and having metrics to understand and improve conversion rates. Engagement with a purpose and knowing your audience.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

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. Rapid advances in digital media and technology are changing how we connect to information and each other.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The facilitator can call on people individually or, when multiple voices chime in simultaneously, create a structured queue, saying for example, “Let’s hear from Amy, then Cynthia, and then Brad.” Online brainstorming tools, like Miro and Lucid , replicate the offline experience using virtual templates.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

It’s something I can only wrap my mind around by talking to others and hope that this is a chance to further a very important conversation. and so… The Conversation. There are many who approach the online landscape with very different views than their offline business decisions. Well, it means a lot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

to Boston for two days of book events hosted by Associated Grant Makers , Barr Foundation , Public Conversations Project , TechFoundation and Berkman Center Luncheon series. Networking: Weaving Online and Offline, Strong Ties and Weak Ties. This “relationship building&# conversation is the foundation of forming stronger ties.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

The way I see it, there are many directions that technology is aiding social change work: enabling data sharing, exchange and mapping. The climate change movement has shown a lot of focus on helping people effected by climate change (everyone) share their story, voice their concerns. This post is really to start a conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Lucy talked about how technology is driving the shift to a social economy and picked out a few themes, pointing out it is not the technology itself but how we use it. She highlighted the impact of crowd funding platforms and the technology to collect, visualize, and share data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Here’s my picks for SXSW Nonprofit Panels: A Conversation About Change Agents Through Social Media Social media is causing a revolution in how information is shared and communities are formed. What are we cobbling together today from existing technology, and what could we be doing tomorrow? What are they good for?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

The Valley Medical Foundation: This organization provided an example of the personal versus organizational voice issue that social media often brings up. Robot Voice Disguiser for Large Group Facilitation. My son lent me his Robot Voice Disguiser which was good for an opening laugh, but the chimes were preferable.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. The photo or video taken on a phone and then posted to the web can change the conversation, alert news media to issues or new developments, and change the course of response. And the same applies here: that it is the people that come first, not the technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. Mazur uses technology,a web-based monitoring system where students submit answers to questions about the reading prior to coming to class. The last question asks students to tell Mazur what confused them. Techniques. This is far too much to cover in the session.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Social Fundraising: Leveraging On and Offline Connections. Organizational Versus Personal Voice on A Blog. Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation. Be A Voice for Darfur: Great Example of A Multi-Channel Campaign. What is your blog conversation strategy? ROI and Nonprofit Technology Presentation.

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Bloomerang

JULY 30, 2021

Having 1-to-1 texting conversations. Here’s what makes SMS opt-ins a great addition to your subscriber collection avenues: They offer flexibility, allowing you to gather opt-ins offline and online. That means if someone stops responding mid-conversation, you still have their information. Sending immediate text alerts.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. They were able to use the platform for organizing offline events, finding and collaborating with volunteer organizers, and more. Read the full case study here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Doug concluded his welcoming remarks with posing some important questions for the future for participants to reflect over the next few days: How do we keep a balance between the emerging and traditional technology so we keep in touch with digital natives and those who have limited connectivity? There are offline ways to do it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Example: The Environmental Defense Fund's blog, Climate 411 , "is the voice of the experts at Environmental Defense Fund, providing plain-English explanations of climate change science, technology, policy, and news." One way to build trust is to write with an authentic and personal voice on your organization's blog.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

The Nonprofit Technology Bash will be the best place to mingle and meet with folks from all across the nonprofit technology sector, as well as kick back and have some fun on the last night of the Interactive conference. Hear from the nonprofits that have made it happen.” What is influence and how is it measured?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

And organizations need to shift their view on how to use technology/the internet to accomplish things (and especially do more than just raise money). They should be doing more to help organizations understand how to take advantage of it. Brian shared some more thoughts in his post, " The Internet Has Made Us Lazy."

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Forum One

JANUARY 4, 2024

We’ve edited our conversation, below: How do you think about CX for a nonprofit like ZERO TO THREE? As technology continues to evolve, all segments of a nonprofit’s audience need to engage through rich experiences online, whether they are individual donors, members, volunteers, funders, and even policymakers and other advocacy targets.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2012

We want to have a conversation with our audience and facilitate storytelling. We want to increase the offline and online participation and go beyond what can be seen as a gimmick: buying an historical object in an unexpected way. Rethinking the design and the technology used is an important part of this ongoing process.

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Bonterra

APRIL 11, 2024

Learn more More effective digital engagement with less effort Unified offline and online communications Transition to tools with expert investment in deliverability and digital performance. boost in overall conversion rates thanks to at least one pre-filled form field from supporters’ previous actions across our network.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Read the full case study here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

I may just be cynical, but I’ve seen too many technology providers claim that their tools will help organizations raise money, engage volunteers, mobilize action, or generally address organizational challenges in ways that only the internet is suited to do. Its not about the technology. Let’s review: Its not about the technology.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

As technology has advanced, so have the variety of choices and channels available to us. The most important one for our conversation—95% of donors consider content created by nonprofits to be trustworthy! And one of the best ways to do that is through integrated, consistent messaging across all channels – online and offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Our hypothesis is that new technologies such as Web 2.0 Here’s a quick summary of the highlights I took away from our conversation: MomsRising is focused on “movement-building” and large scale systems change, not just building an organization. They are working to combine online and offline organizing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2009

I was honored to speak at the Summer of Social Good conference hosted by Mashable , a popular social media and technology blog and a big geek favorite. Be a little less "formal" and try a few fun updates and other content that sparks conversations. This custom landing page was created by the good folks at Sprout.).

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

So we’re going to talk about how to communicate with authenticity, how to use your voice to convey your message, that’s one V. So we’re at voice, vision, and values. So the first one is your voice, how to use your voice to convey your message. Voice was being one of those. So this is our agenda.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

The key thing that is different with setting a social media objective is that it is not about reaching a mass audience and blasting your message out, it is more about reaching the influencers, developing relationships, having a conversation, and getting insights. Is there an “offline” marketing push that you need to support/connect?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

You don't necessarily see women keynote at technology conferences (well accept for women focused technology conferences like blogher ), but Geoff was trying hard ensure a gender balanced program and succeeded. This made think of whether trust is only built from knowing someone offline or not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2010

Regardless of how successful this call was, I always hung up feeling things were incomplete.” - Danielle Thomas, Exhale Talkline Counselor & Pro-Voice Ambassador. Danielle says, “As soon as I let a caller know about the community and how she can access it, the tone of conversation changes immediately. We do offer something.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

And so we were able to through understanding that there are these moments that there’s a disconnect and using a community planning process, create conversations where we can sit down and say, “What is your assessment of this situation and why do you behave that way?” That was one really fun example. . Is that cool with you?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Otter uses Ambient Voice Intelligence to transcribe meetings, Zoom calls, and conversations into searchable notes that can be easily shared. Ghostery helps you browse smarter by giving you control over ads and tracking technologies to speed up page loads, eliminate clutter, and protect your data. Noisli :: noisli.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This a free tool from Google that allows you to easily create UTMs to track your website performance, such as referral traffic from social media campaigns and conversions from online ads. TechSoup partners with technology companies to offer heavily discounted software to organizations worldwide. HTML Tutorial :: w3schools.com.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2015

Find ways to empower your supporters to be the voice of your cause. By allowing them to be authentic in their messaging and recognizing them for their participation in conversations online, you’re able to nurture a community of social advocates.

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