Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2010

This enables great conversations: the serendipity effect is huge. I just wanted to highlight three conversations I had today, each of which shows why this is such a great opportunity for Benetech to attend. Tags: WEF Skoll Brilliant social enterprise Waste Concern. What a great kick-off for a day!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 9, 2009

#4Change is a monthly Twitter-based conversation about how social media is helping to create change , and you can see it via the hashtag #4Change. However these conversations are less international and therefore less effective than they could be. How can you follow along or join the conversation? When: 5 - 7 pm US Eastern Time.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

If you don’t tag your data accurately, it will be difficult to actually see what is going on. Are you tagging your content, products and events? You can learn more about content tagging and taxonomy in this blog. This is important for conversion metrics or click-through success metrics. Analyze Performance.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

You can read the post and join the conversation over there – it’s also copied below. Despite the generic title, this is a report chock full of examples, best practices and data about the effects of joining the conversation online. Joining the conversation really means conversations.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2010

These three columns let visitors dive straight into content they are most interested in, like presentations (notes, information, links and slides), roundups (compilations of interesting content and conversations), and event popular blog posts (this is decided based on blog posts with the most clicks and visits). Input #3: Adding the extras.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2009

“iPhones for Good&# is part of the Change the Web Conversation Series , a series of open chats that explore specific technology platforms for good, running concurrent with the Change the Web Challenge. Join the Conversation. Tags: mobile iphone social actions events. Details: Date: Tuesday, March 10th.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2009

It’s just the kind of conversation starter I wanted to throw out there! Want to talk about in person - I’ll be at the NTC and will be eager to continue the conversation there as well (will update the blog with highlights from those offline conversations!). Tags: issues socialchange 09ntc cause justgiving.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I have said it many, many times and so have lots of others—you’re probably tired of hearing about how social media is supposed to be “a conversation.&# And that’s okay! Because it isn’t JUST a conversation! How have you mapped your conversations and messages at your organization? Stand back!

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The final installment of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays tweetchat series, an interactive companion to its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , covered the topic of tagging. Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 8, 2023

When you properly prepare for your next board meeting, you’ll keep the conversation focused on setting the right direction for your organization. Begin the conversation early. Finally, w rap up the conversation with your AMS proposal , and by addressing the price tag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Five Hot Conversations. NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. Might we start seeing tag called "NpTechUk" or a wiki for the UK Riders List? The proposed call agenda is here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

The longer keyword targets your audience more precisely, leading to better engagement and conversion. Keep your titles under 60 characters, or use a tool like this title tag and meta description length tool on To The Web to see how your title looks in search. If you’re not sure where to start with long-tailed keywords, ask ChatGPT.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

We split participants up by topic areas for discussions and Community Voices team members lead the small group conversations, while others used various tools to capture what was said (audio, video, tweets and blogging). Remember to visit the Community Voices group to connect with the rest of the conversations going on there.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

We split participants up by topic areas for discussions and Community Voices team members lead the small group conversations, while others used various tools to capture what was said (audio, video, tweets and blogging). Remember to visit the Community Voices group to connect with the rest of the conversations going on there.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

These insights can give you a clear picture of what parts of your website — pages, images, forms, buttons — are working to drive conversions and which ones need some help. When you understand how donors interact with your site, you can deliver an improved user experience, which will boost your conversion rates.

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.orgSource

JULY 25, 2023

I wasn’t able to cover Jane and Amy’s conversation in one post, so I’m taking up the thread again here. Content optimization—Assess keyword density, title tag length (The length of the title that is displayed in search engine results.), In one conversation, Bard told me that we could meet in person or on Zoom to discuss my questions.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Try to keep discussions to relevant project conversations. Keep conversations about a project to the main channels of your workplace communication system (Slack/Teams/etc.) and/or tagging them in comments in your project management tool or shared document. Include as much of the team as possible at any given time.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

Tag, you’re it. conversation (HR-appropriate, please). Engage others in conversation. Have a real conversation. add some of this context back to some of your conversations. As bright techies with "leadership potential," we. are often thrust into leadership positions with little training and a.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

Tags: events 4change challenges competition impact innovation panels socialchange socialmedia sxsw. Vote for this panel! Beth Kanter has a terrific round up of nonprofit technology panels proposed for SXSW. Check out the blog post and comments here for all the links you need!

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2019

And, in many of our prep conversations, we talked about the real challenge of changing human systems. As always, tag me in your posts and shares so I can include you in my summary post at the end of the month ( @artlust , @seemarao , @_art_lust_ ). Adam also talked about leading change in his teams often by rethinking work with them.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 8, 2023

When you properly prepare for your next board meeting, you’ll keep the conversation focused on setting the right direction for your organization. Begin the conversation early. Finally, w rap up the conversation with your AMS proposal , and by addressing the price tag.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Being me, I struck up a conversation with him before I had completely said “hey&# to the ladies. As I thought about what made it so simple to be with Paul, I came up with these ABCs of relationship-building conversations: A. Tags: Donor Relations Major Donors donor conversations. He’d gotten so big!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2010

As part of the process, we are facilitating “Conversational Case Studies” that explore some of the themes that have surfaced from surveys. Tags: Case Studies activism Causes Engagement Facebook online contests. Allison Fine and I have been working on an evaluation of the second America’s Giving Challenge. Come join the discussion !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

While we've used traditional research methods, including a survey of 720 Challenge Participants and interviews, we are facilitating “Conversational Case Studies” that explore best practices in integrating social media with fundraising campaigns by the America’s Giving Challenge (AGC) winners. Tags: america giving challenge.

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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. lolnptech.org includes photos of people, who could be tagged as "nptech." The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2006

Jillaine Smith has a great post where she shares her personal learning journey (and frustrations) about "trying to integrate the use of blogging, tagging, technorati, social bookmarking, blah blah woof woof. Jillaine's post has sparked quite an interesting conversation in the comments. " we had a few months ago.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 2, 2022

CAPI or Conversions API is Meta’s server side tracking solution. This doesn’t mean that it is the end of the pixel though—one of the features that CAPI provides is the ability to catch duplicate events and ensure it isn’t collecting the same conversion with both CAPI and the pixel. Rising Conversion Costs. What is CAPI? .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Thankfully, many social media networks will have mechanisms that will allow you to have a private conversation. There are a few important tips that you should follow when having a conversation with a prospective member; Answer questions as directly and succulently as possible. There are dozens of ways that you can do this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2007

People watching objects and having conversations about the tags. I found this visual from Bradley Horowitz via Rashimi Sinha's powerpoint from the IA Summit. I've been following her work for a while. This is an illustration of the next generation of the social web.

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Candid

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Ask them to tag your nonprofit so others can find you. Don’t forget to tag us at @YourNonprofit, so we can thank you for sharing! On Facebook, for example, the goal would be followers using “Share to feed” with a quick story about why your nonprofit matters. Whereas on Instagram, you’d want them to share your content to their Stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2006

mostly about the process and mechanics of blog conversations. Are blog conversations as satisfying, rich, or stimulating as other methods? The question about nonprofit adoption of these tools for conversation. Amy Gahran wrote two thoughtful posts about cross-blog conversation - " I wish blog comments were easier to follow!

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Implement name tags, offer personalized greetings, and create opportunities for one-on-one interaction with key staff and board members. Encourage conversations, answer questions with enthusiasm, and address concerns promptly. So, how can you transform your next benefit or gala into a donor cultivation haven?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s OK to not include links in conversational tweets and replies, but even then sharing links to resources or call-to-actions (CTAs) is often appropriate and useful, especially in Twitter Threads. Don’t be a photo tag spammer either! Including links, of course, also helps increase traffic to your website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

This is also why campaigns that involve tagging friends and encouraging them to pass on the message are effective. Furthermore, when people participate in your campaign on social media, they leave behind digital traces, which gives you an opportunity to identify and engage them through conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2007

I've been reflecting on some of the points made about the pros/cons of the NpTech Tag and the comment that Laura Quinn left here. I scan the tagged items every week and do a pattern analysis and summary of these undifferentiated items. I think that the scanning the NpTech Tag can provide a zeitgeist. Do you read the summaries?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

In the last few weeks, there has been posts about how conversations have shifted to FriendFeed. In addition, a lot of ad hoc conversation and informal resource sharing unfolded. And as Marnie notes, the conversation in FriendFeed is valuable. But there were a number of quick conversations mentioning new tools.

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NTEN

MAY 8, 2009

Folks used "09ntc" as the primary tag when publishing information and media about the conference online. All Delicious-ly tagged 09ntc. Twitter #09ntc conversation stream (it's still going!). David Neff posted lots of notes, video, and conversations around the ntc. Google Blog Search for all 09ntc.

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