Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

I was delighted to discover his newly redesigned drupal blog and all the widgets he has installed. He also wrote an excellent response to my query, "What do you think about widgets?" Asking whether widgets will foster community is a tricky question. " I have to quote a few points here: The Web???s

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2009

It’s always a little weird to talk over the phone and not be able to hear or see those you are presenting to, but everyone was really great with comments and questions and responding online so I knew I wasn’t talking to myself! The questions folks asked at the end were terrific! View more presentations or upload your own.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This month’s Net2 Think Tank question asks, “How do you stay up-to-date online?&# There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. Getting Started. Finding Feeds. Twitter Search.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 27, 2023

For example, if your team is only interested in questions like “what was the total views/users for March of last year?”, this kind of question can be solved with a basic option below. The greater the specificity that people have, the more likely you will need a more in-depth solution for saving UA data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

My post over at Katya's blog generated some excellent advice and has also raised many more questions. Have a question: I want to publically acknowledge the names of the donors here on this blog and what I don't know is whether donors opted to be anonymous or not? Results My campaign goal is $750 by December 31, 2006.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Five Hot Conversations. Bev Traynor builds on the list here and reflects on how it isn't quite a yes or not question. Good article from the New York Times about widgets, " Some Bling for Your Blog " and a post on the Yahoo Blog about social media meets fundraising. NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? tools in their web sites.

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2011

Keep it simple: Minimize the number of questions asked in the registration form, and clearly lay out the content you want to capture. Social Conversations. Social features on your site—such as comments, discussion boards, user-submitted stories, ratings, and voting widgets—can help build engagement within your audience.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Your value proposition needs to be a compelling presentation that answers one of a potential member’s biggest questions: What’s in it for me? With user-friendly widgets, comprehensive reports, and email marketing inside our trusted CRM platform, you’re equipped with the tools you need to attract, recruit, and retain your members.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2011

But with the ever-changing properties and tools on the Internet, that door has evolved into countless spaces, conversations, and opportunities that can seem tough to tackle. You need to join the conversation where it's happening. Start a Conversation. On the Web, the best way to engage people is to ask a question.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

What you want them to see is the answer to their question. If a stranger lands on your website, odds are they are searching for the answer to a specific question about something going on in their lives right now. What three questions are strangers who land on your site most likely to have? Answer questions for strangers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2010

We will publish a number of these stories as “Conversational&# case studies over the next few weeks on both Kami’s blog Communication Overtones and here on Beth’s Blog. Could it be that it is not a question of either-or, but rather a question of a continuum?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2007

It is a little widget that allows live chat on any web site. I'm connecting it to the questions that came up on yesterday's Community Squared telephone conference to discuss tagging communities and got onto the topic of how online communities are changing given Web2.0. The metaphor is a web walkie talkie.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

This month’s Net2 Think Tank question asks, “How do you stay up-to-date online?” There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. To get a feed of the Twitter conversations, visit: [link].

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Every day, people ask, and get answers to, questions about best practices , professional development , just - in - time technical info , whimsical resources , legal issues , and many other questions related to librarianship. Deeper conversations about practice take place in blog comments, webinars, online chats and on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2008

These services let you track conversations that are important to your organization and issue. Questions To Ask Before You Dive In: What do you need track? If you are reading many blogs and entering in many conversations, how to track where you've left comments? Answer questions. How will you respond to negative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Bradlauster Note from Beth: One of the things I love about blogging is the conversation in the comments because it always leads to understanding, insights, and learning. A crowd’s aggregated collective response to a question or challenge creates a perspective or a position. From yesteryear to tomorrow Enter social software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2008

It gives an opportunity for the audience to have a conversation with audience around programming. The questions from the audience, mostly general managers or programming producers - "What was your budget?" Twitter is being used for conversation, along with tidbits from the show and interesting quotes from guests.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2012

Since experience and education are critical, a person who has worked as a marketing leader in one industry can apply what he/she has learned – both initiatives that worked and those that didn’t – and can easily market anything ranging from widgets to professional services. or “What are your strengths and weaknesses?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

The plenary sessions were a gift and were focused on answering the question how we can inspire with these tools. It also has widgets. At the ending "All Star" panel, there was a moderated conversation with 7 luminaries, including Ami Dar and Steve Wright. I attended Craigslist Nonprofit Bootcamp on Saturday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2009

Photo of Chrystie Corns Chrystie Corns is the Social Media Marketing Manager for Where.com , a location-based application chock-full of widgets that deliver essential information about what's around you. Mmm.that's a great question how do I stay sane. I started blogging in 2001 with my very first 'blog' on Diaryland. How do keep sane?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Many of the same questions are being asked. Ask questions about the total relationship with the supporter now. You can avoid having a conversation. You can even pretend the conversations aren't happening elsewhere. They don't need to understand the latest techno widget or the nuances of StumbleUpon vs. Digg.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Water cooler conversations around shared objects. NetVibes lets users pepper a personal dashboard with widgets. It also grabbed the attention of the All FaceBook Blog : Much of what was discussed was Netvibes and how they are struggling with monetization solutions for widgets. What grabbed my attention was the article title.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

A Few NpTech Conversations. No doubt an ongoing conversation with lots of experiments. She shares some of the internal conversation her colleagues on staff and their differing views: It took a little more work to convince my co-workers [about web 2.0 Fundamentally the question is ???why Social Network Fragmentation.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

A common question is whether to invest time in a Facebook Group or a Page. Use Buttons and the Facebook Fan Widget on your organization's web site to make your audience aware of your page and help them connect with you on Facebook. Also, Facebook has made it easy to extend content onto your page through their widget.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Smart organizations create and publish their data widely to other sites, widgets, social networks, and aggregation applications. While Google provides some nice tools to widgetize your data, there are other simple tools worth exploring to get you started. Don't let your data fall victim!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Described her organizational's first conversations - our audience is on Facebook and why aren't we there? Facebook is also being used for internal communications - conversations between staff about how programs are going as well as cultivate the next generation of donors. How to keep this conversation going? Who am I talking to?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 10, 2010

Megan Hawkes @CCCINews , Executive Director, Constituent Engagement at Campus Crusade for Christ, International and Dave Raley @daveraley , Director of New Media at Masterworks presented the session Case Studies in Integrated Multichannel Fundraising and did a great job of answering that question in a series of 7 lessons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

What are the assessment questions and first steps that an organization should take to determine readiness? Conversations. Having conversations without having a blog. How to aggregating and distributing content using tagging and widgets. Who should drive the organization's social media strategy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

  Reader engagement consists of metrics for: Conversation (commenting).   But, this is the type of question people will ask and sometimes it is because they want to challenge the validity of the data.   Is there a formula or set of sharper reflection questions? Reader Sharing (bookmarked items).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2006

So, I decided to use his scale and create a widget poll. Some more questions too. Answer the poll and drop a comment about the other questions. I communicate with others in flickr by leaving comments on their photos and some of us have ongoing conversations in flickr. Think museum curator versus pawn shop. educational???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

A good start, a conversation with anyone who could get there, was made today. " The conversation started - lets hope (and help) it continues. " The conversation started - lets hope (and help) it continues. " Here's an update on the round up of coverage: Event Announcement from Jonathan Fanton, President.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2009

Tweetup widget from TWTvite 2. Twitter Followers Widget from Widgettropolis 3. Widgetbox Widget displaying all tweets from the official conference Twitter feed 7. Widgetbox Widget displaying all tweets containing the conference hashtag 8. Trivia questions and giveaways via our Twitter feed. Cross promotion.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

Listen for hot topics or questions. Keep up with trending topics and conversations that happen in other communities. If your content can address some of the common questions being asked, then it will be a useful resource for your audience. Some will question the impact of this type of engagement to your mission, and rightly so.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Ask these questions: Is there a project you want to get funded for immediate use, before the end of the year or early into next year? Your answers to these questions should help you to determine the type of campaign you want to create, and how you do it. Or add a Twitter widget for all hashtag mentions of your campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

My screencast on widgets is featured in this month's NTEN newsletter in a section pointing to " How To Build Online Community." If you have questions about widgets or want to share your organization???s Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

Will it work in an intuitive way that speeds conversions and positive actions? All good questions to ask. Also consider that certain themes use widgets, which add functionality, while others give a more static view that you won’t be able to fiddle with very much. Will your customers respond favorably to the theme you choose?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

I’d like to extend my thanks to Emily and Beth for participating, and to all of the audience for your good, insightful questions. Beth : That is a question that is not easy to answer in a couple of sentences because there are so many "it depends" variations. It depends the context, who is having the conversation, etc.

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