Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

They don't need to understand the latest techno widget or the nuances of StumbleUpon vs. Digg. There is still a lot of hyper-hype, but the opportunity and potential is very real. The First Step Get a champion in the organization. They don't have to be social media butterflies, but they need to have influence and support in the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

We agreed You Tube should be used to showcase video when we decided to experiment with other forms of "emerging technology" like Digg, Flickr, etc. Our challenge in the near future is to get ahead of the "hot new thing to do on the internet" and apply its utility to our campaign goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people that want to improvie their safety and security on the Internet. Random Thoughts on Life and Work blog points us to a recent article from the Wharton School about Internet Collaboration and suggests that nonprofits should pay also attention. Deadline is March 2n.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

How about Digg ? I thought one organization I was working with was getting great traffic from Digg, in part due to highly placed users who seemed to really like our stuff. But then we were approached by a high profile Digg user and asked to work out a reward for future links (i.e. he wanted to get paid for linking to us).

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

How about Digg ? I thought one organization I was working with was getting great traffic from Digg, in part due to highly placed users who seemed to really like our stuff. But then we were approached by a high profile Digg user and asked to work out a reward for future links (i.e. he wanted to get paid for linking to us).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg? An Internet Lesson in Rural Cambodia. Then I spent another hour going back through the 1,000 plus blog posts and pulling out those that scored in the "best range" which was 8, 9, or 10. Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? Twitter As Charitable Gift Spreader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. Phil Agre's How To Help Someone Use A Computer, circa 1996, is still relevant to anyone who is teaching someone how to master a new piece of software or Internet service. Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2008

Public conversation has been happening on the Internet since it started - via listservs, newsgroups, and online forums. One that I've used is Commentful is a service that watches comments on blog posts, Digg submissions, Flickr galleries, and many other types of content. Look forward. Look backward. Ask what if?

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JULY 15, 2008

They talked about how to actually go about making a video and what equipment to use and also how to make the video spread through the Internet, or go viral. Presenters included filmmakers and producers, who shared advice on best practices for video for nonprofits. Weve outlined three key take-aways below.

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MAY 28, 2009

We want friends lists, favorites, ranking with stars, and perhaps ranking like Digg does. First, let's take a look at what can happen if we dive directly into the technology and overlook the actual needs of our community. What do we want? Forums and blogs too!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

PledgeBank plays well with others -- you can share your pledge via Facebook, on your blog, on your MySpace page, and with sites like Digg and del.icio.us. Another fantastic feature of the site is that, with the click of a button, you can turn your pledge into downloadable flyers.

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APRIL 14, 2009

Make sure you are hooked up to an RSS reader such as Google Reader or Netvibes to monitor everything from Twitter to Blogs to what stories hit the front page of Digg. RSS feeds are your friends. Even something small could lead to something big if you know the networks of the people in your ecosystem. Don’t be a lurker.

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OCTOBER 20, 2007

YouTube , Google Maps , DIGG , TypePad , MySpace , Facebook , Plaxo, or Salesforce , then youve likely run across an API. Some nonprofits have begun to utilize widgets and other light-weight Internet applications to leverage social networks. If youve ever used My Yahoo! Open fundamentally changes the way we approach everything we do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

You'll want to identify easy, simple first projects that flow from your organization’s internet marketing plan. Buzz tools include FriendFeed, Twitter, StumbleUpon, and Digg - and of course you add many others to this category that are found in other categories. The important thing is having the conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

internetarizans tracks the Internet, Human Rights and Social Change. I recommend reading the report " A Network of Networks: Email Lists, Nature Protection, and Pollution Control " it explores the value of email lists as well as next-generation online communities like Digg, YouTube, blogs, and Flickr.

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JUNE 7, 2011

Interesting to me, though, is that “Other&# (which includes blogging, StumbleUpon & Digg ) and Twitter –mostly open networks–have higher average clicks than private networking tools Facebook and email, at 5.3 Takeaway: While Facebook is important for inclusion, it is not the end-all, be-all of social sharing.

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MARCH 28, 2008

Books are a distant second at 61%, and a majority of Americans find print and broadcast media and the Internet to be not trustworthy." And then there's the value of primary voices for interestingness.

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JULY 2, 2009

link] Scoopler: Aggregator that organizes content being shared on the internet as it happens via blogs and major social networks. The reports are filled with listings on Technorati, Google, Diggs, and links back to your website. link] It tracks Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Nick Temple from the UK left a comment on the link I shared on Facebook: It smacks of someone who knows the marketing and internet world very well, and the non-profit world barely. Twitter & Digg? Diss non-profits for their marketing strategies by all means, but not for their lack of featuring in the top 100 on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Web Analytics is the objective tracking, collection, measurement, reporting and analysis of quantitative Internet data to optimize websites and web marketing initiatives. Stats are better for long term trends or very short events (like measuring a "digg effect" or getting Tech Crunched). What is the visual metaphor?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

He called out Kevin Rose of digg fame to shave his head for charity. It's the pork-phenomenon that's swept the internet. Shaving your head to supercharge a fundraising campaign has continued to be popular into 2008. Gary Vaynerchuk. There have also been several other head saving for charity campaigns. Eat a bacon explosion.

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MAY 27, 2010

We used this technique for DIGG, forums, Twitter, Bing, and Google and then set up various searches along with monitoring of certain Twitter feeds. Remember that what gets put on the Internet, stays on the Internet! Then, grab the search RSS feed and add it to your iGoogle. Now, anyone can log in to monitor this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

With Twitter, Facebook, Digg and Stumbleupon gone are the days forgotten lore. Utterli bc often our volunteers only have a phone and no computer or internet access. A little birdy told the web team "We should use a twitter stream". And the idea, instead of dying was kept alive and continued flying. Doubting social media, `Nevermore.'.

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JULY 2, 2007

Digg is a website that supports and cultivates “the people’s choice” from the ground up. to Digg that they think are awesome. Other users do the same, and or check out these new “diggs” on the site via connections they have to other members, interest areas, or general browsing. There sure is. And what does the result look like?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

Steven Cliff's Notes - Saving Internet 1.0 Kikono - Digg for NpTech. of Internet visits. Gavin's NpTech Timeline in SlideShare. It's The People Behind The Tags! Wayne Glynn's chemotherapy party photos in flickr , let's him wish him a speedy recovery. Michael Stein (East Coast) reflects on striving for simplicity in design.

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