Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2023

I had a wonderful conversation with nonprofit expert and founder of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab , Joan Garry, to discuss the importance of fairness, mental health, and wellness in the workplace. The post Creating a Fair and Supportive Work Environment: A Conversation with Joan Garry first appeared on Beth Kanter. Joan : Yes, Beth.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Most people will tell you that learning how to effectively monitor (or listen to) what’s being said on the web is the beginning of social media success. At the most basic level listening on the web is just like listening in the real world. Step One: Determine what you should be listening for.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2010

Actionable listening on social media channels means transforming a “river of noise&# into insights that are actionable. Earlier this week, I was facilitated a peer learning conversation about ways to make listening actionable, particularly on Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2021

It is a digital reality – a cyberspace made up of multiple virtual worlds – that combines components of social media, gaming, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), cryptocurrencies, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The Metaverse is a broad term that encapsulates the next evolution of the internet. Augmented Reality (AR).

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MAY 23, 2024

I think that the most powerful design technique is to engage in active listening and empathy-building exercises with your internal stakeholders. All museum employees were welcome to join and ask questions, many of which led to important design conversations later on. Social Media Listening Lastly, check the socials.

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Qgiv

APRIL 11, 2023

Listening to and Reading Donor Signals Key Takeaways What Is The Responsive Framework? Through the steps of listen, connect, suggest, and learn — responsive nonprofits learn more about what is important to their donors and how to provide the most value. What is the Responsive Framework? Sometimes, the best suggestion is not financial!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. Lesson #1: Voice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Social Media Measurement is this month’s theme on the Zoetica Salon hosted on my blog Facebook page. I thought it would useful to have a more in-depth conversation in the Zoetica Salon with Dan so we could delve into KPIs for social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Social Media Roi Slidesbk. I’m doing a panel titled “Social Media ROI&# with Lauren Vargas from Radian 6 and moderated by Roz Lemieux from Fission Strategy. Here’s the description: Do you know what kind of an impact social media is having on your brand, mission, or bottom line?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

This post summarizes the content I shared in my presentation and offers some reflection on the conversational keynote. Marnie also introduced me to social booking and tagging way back in 2004 as the originator of the NpTech Tag. Conversational Key Note. Effective Social Media. Connecting With Colleagues.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Are there actions you can take now to bring people back? their audience over social media – Instagram, YouTube and Facebook– by appealing to their “history buffs”. Training volunteers to call constituents that were otherwise disconnected from the organization, listening, and providing updates.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

With nearly half a billion podcast listeners worldwide today, the format is very promising for nonprofit professionals who have detailed stories to tell. However, effectively launching and establishing a nonprofit podcast requires more than a microphone and a social media account. Produce content for a low cost.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. Explores the ecosystem of data for social problem solving and the role philanthropy can play. Argues for engaging in adaptive strategy given the data rich and rapidly changing environment for solving complex social problems.

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Candid

MAY 31, 2023

We’ve scoured our online library to find you our best quick reads and easy listens that will inspire you and help you recharge. Get the skinny on the essentials of nonprofit leadership, boards, fundraising, and social media marketing. 101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits: A Field Guide by Melanie Mathos and Chad Norman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Social Media Master Class. Best practices for effective use of common social media tools: Facebook and Twitter. Participants become part of the workshop curriculum and share their experience – which seems very appropriate for a social media training. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

Having the right message means that your emails, social media posts, and in-person requests must have some thought behind them. Your words must cut through the noise and land smack-dab in the middle of your reader’s or listener’s heart, inspiring them to give. A good fundraising message gives hope , which triggers action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2010

To help her celebrate, I invited to write a post with some steps and tips for integrating web content, email, and social media. Now you’ve added social media. Make sure that you have social media icons connecting to your various profiles in your website template. Give yourself some link love!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I'm working with a small group of Packard Foundation grantees on a social media lab where they are implementing different social media experiments. We know that good practice is to establish measurable objectives for your social media strategy and identify the audience before you executive.

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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. Here goes… Take aways: How to use listening. Panelists: Wendy Harmon: social media manager, philosophy is to use social media to execute mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Social Impact Nonprofit Social Media Survey View more presentations from Weber Shandwick Social Impact. The results of two new research studies about nonprofits and adoption of social media were released this week. Measure social media with key metrics for visibility, engagement and advocacy .

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 24, 2014

Heather manages everydayhero’s international social media presence. By leveraging multiple social platforms, her efforts have led to a major increase in reach, engagement and interaction with everydayhero supporters. These days, the best way to do this is through social media. Listen to your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

This year my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation includes training, coaching, and facilitating peer learning sessions for grantees on using social media effectively, becoming a Networked Nonprofit. It has been incredible laboratory to put the big ideas in the book in practice. Rinse and repeat.&#.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2017

billion active social media users? As usage numbers continue to grow across all age groups, it is safe to say that social media has become an essential element of digital marketing. Focus on the social channels that work with your brand. When it comes to social, you can’t do it all.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

Please listen to me. She recently shared her social media and community-building wisdom at an event organized by the SF Tech4Good group and the San Francisco Online Community Meetup Group. " Different audiences and different social media platforms demand different messages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

Note from Beth: In the decade or so that I’ve been doing social media, I’ve always been an advocate of the “Listen, Learn, Adapt” approach to doing social and a decade later, it is still very important for success. Are You Listening?” What Should You Listen For?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

But what about taking an inventory of your social media tools? an easy way to approach this is by updating information in the group/fan page every time you send out an enewsletter or action alert). Social Actions. Social Actions is an aggregator of 50+ social action-related sources across the web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 17, 2020

By Jean O’Brien , founder of Digital Charity Lab , a social enterprise that builds digital skills in non-profits and shares free learning resources. In many cases, it would be a much more efficient use of time to cut way back on organic posts, and instead concentrate on developing a few really effective, conversions-focused ad campaigns. .

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

With trends like these, it's important to consider your own approach to social media. It's easy to see how social media and online communities can be effective platforms for sharing stories and getting feedback from supporters, but what about the money? It's about listening and having a conversation.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2010

You've heard the maxims of social media before: "Join the conversation," "Engage your audience," "Be authentic!" — but what does all of that really mean? If you attended last Thursday's free webinar, 10 Social Media Tips & Secrets , you can now answer these questions for yourself. Tools Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2008

How can we become digital archaeologists who use social media to dig up real time conversations to understand the right now? What is listening? "Learning from what your customers are saying and tapping into the conversation." How are technologies and social trends impacting your supporters?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Here's a question I get all the time: How much time and resources does it take to implement social media? So, how can you quantify - as close as possible - the amount of time it takes to put social media in practice with good results? For example, you can use Twitter as both a listening tool and for participation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. This takes a lot of time because I'm not just browsing, but I'm doing a pattern analysis for best practices that I can incorporate into a presentation about social media principles and nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2013

For a while now, social media’s no longer seen as simply a fad of teens and college students. Anyone with an internet connection uses social media in one way or another–and that isn’t likely to change any time soon. Then, perhaps it is time to develop a social media site for your event on its own.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 28, 2020

While there are lots of different ways to learn the ins, the outs, and the latest trends in the event industry, listening to a podcast is probably one of the easiest and most entertaining ways to do it! . Through candid conversation with event professionals and industry leaders, Eide gives listeners insight and inspiration. .

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

When you post on social media, you don’t know how many people actually see your content. They don’t feel like it’s important that they take action. Write like you are having a conversation with a donor at your kitchen table. Better Fundraising Email Trick #2: Keep It Conversational . That’s average. ). Write that!

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What if we could have a conversation about fundraising strategy with David Ogilvy, founder of Ogilvy a leading marketing/PR firm and deemed the ‘Father of Advertising’? Repeat what works – Keep using effective stories, calls to action, and emotional appeals. Analyze results data to double down on what inspires action.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2013

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog is up! . You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or below. —–. Extra: Listen to this podcast with Alison Fine, Allyson Kapin and I discussing why charities should use more kinds of social media.

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