NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

With the evolution of the social web and the tools available today you’re able to listen much like you can with your ears in real life. Step Two: Configure the tools. There are more tools out there than you can possibly make use of so I thought I’d make it easy and give you a jump start. Special events you’re running.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2009

If you are interested in implementing a social media program (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Digg) but are unsure how to measure the impact or know what success looks like, attend this free TechSoup Talks webinar on Thursday, August 13, 10 a.m. Pacific time.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 5, 2009

Just like the other link tagged recently with the "day in the life" of Danielle Brigida, I love "case studies" that share how individuals "really" use the platforms and tools and strategies - moving from the theoretical or abstract down to the practical application.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

7 Social Media experiments we tried with the 99% Power Coalition | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – Joe Solomon does a great job sharing the tools, tactics, and mini-campaigns used in the recent 99% Power Campaign. It's also one that is increasingly being asked by potential donors big and small. What do you think?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2009

The discussion featured: Danielle Brigida , the social-media outreach coordinator at the National Wildlife Federation, in Washington, DC where she manages the organization's voice on online networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Care2, Change.org, Digg, and StumbleUpon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Experience a variety of social web tools that are essential in listening/engaging, storytelling, generating buzz, and online networking. Goal: To understand how to use listening strategically and the tools and techniques required. This will cover monitoring and tracking tools. Storytelling. Chat Leader: David Neff.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2009

The speakers include: Danielle Brigida , the social-media outreach coordinator at the National Wildlife Federation, in Washington, DC where she manages the organization's voice on online networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Care2, Change.org, Digg, and StumbleUpon.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Google Analytics reported that people have shared that they've had difficulties using traditional path analysis tools. This tool enables users to see a "Visitors Flow" and a "Goal Flow.". bookmarking on Delicious & Digg. using site tools (such as calculators, quizzes, etc). Pretty cool. emailing to friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2008

(Perhaps it inspired this visualization of the Digg Community activity) The conversation map is a living, breathing representation of Social Media and will evolve as services and conversation channels emerge, fuse, and dissipate. I'm seeing a remix of the Social Media Game cards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

With streaming video tools that are free - like Ustream.TV - I imagine we'll see more people video streaming from professional conferences like next month's NTC Conference in New Orleans. The presentation describes the benefits of using Digg and shares some before/after results. Haven't dug into Digg yet?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" By: Simon Jackson. Campaign to Red List the Kermode Spirit Bear.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

The tools have changed, but the need for knowing your audience, having an end goal, testing theories, and acting on lessons learned remains the same. I set her on the path to join all of the major and up-and-coming social media sites like StumbleUpon , Digg , Reddit , Delicious and Mixx. Know Your Goals. She provides a resource.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2007

My notes in no particular order: The call started with a definition and some tools. Digg Swarm - visualization of what is going through Digg. I also mentioned the desire to have some collaborative filtering - like digg, perhaps using pligg as Allan Benamer and Marshall had suggested. So, this is a little bit raw.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2007

I'm also highlighting this because it is a terrific example of using social news sites like Digg and Reddit o promote a cause (the Reddit guys were among my first video blog interviewees back in Nov. But there's strategy involved and a tool to help you execute it. We just sent this out a few hours ago, so things are still developing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

When asked about social news sites like Digg, Jonathon says: "The type of things we post regularly on Digg and Netscape and Newsvine are real-world events, announcements, and discoveries ??? re becoming popular on Digg and a number of the other big social news networks regularly because of the strength of our content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

My article, Using Participatory Media Tools in Nonprofit Campaigns. Looks like the last sentence got left out and wanted to make sure folks were pointed over the excellent article by Colin Delaney on Idealware on Participatory Media Tools which goes in much more detail about more tools and questions for nonprofit to consider.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

" It does take more time in the beginning if you're just acquiring the skill with a particular tool. It has nothing to do with the tools, have you avoided getting distracted from your to do list or work flow or too much multi-tasking-- social media can be ADD producing. Also, the categories have overlap in terms of tools.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

That means I am very comfortable with all sorts of cloud-based tools and I like to tinker with new stuff. While at WWD I had my posts make it to the front page of Digg a few times, and the front page of Yahoo! C3 currently has 7 staff members and we've done some pretty amazing stuff to fight colorectal cancer with little resources.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 21, 2007

Linux Journal ran the following advertisement by a company called “QSOL&# : And, it got 2100+ diggs , with the title “Best. Unfortunately, the open source community seems to find ways to ridicule, degrade and and belittle women quite often. It ran in 2000, with a lot of uproar, and they promised never to run it again.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

That means I am very comfortable with all sorts of cloud-based tools and I like to tinker with new stuff. While at WWD I had my posts make it to the front page of Digg a few times, and the front page of Yahoo! C3 currently has 7 staff members and we've done some pretty amazing stuff to fight colorectal cancer with little resources.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 5, 2007

The non-profit community has had a special romance with a variety of collaborative tools that have often been lumped together under the rubric of Web 2.0. This includes wiki-style collaborative posting, social bookmarking and "voting" on the importance of article or comments alla Digg.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

If not, you may be losing out on a useful tool. Kirtsy (demographic-based – think Digg for women, 200,000+ members). Don’t focus on the tool : Some of the worst-designed websites have some of the most effective and vibrant communities. You need to go where the community is, not where the flashy tools are!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2006

tools to he word through the gaming community by using Digg. 1 text or phone entrance fee go to help The Foyer Foundation , a nonprofit that works with homeless young people. Nick, who loves to experiment for good causes, is hoping to use some web2.0 and the ps3 tag.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Digg and Reddit: Digg and Reddit lets you search for submitted stories that match your organizations name.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Tips, tools and stories from the trenches from three people who focus on online engagement and have more links, friends and followers than some small countries have citizens.   Jonathan will focus on using Digg.  And once you jump into social media, how do you track and measure success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2009

Last October, I discovered and blogged about this (free) listening tool called BackType. But, what I can't easily do for a specific blog post is see who is referring to the article in other places on the social web, like Twitter, Friendfeed, Digg, and the like. That's where the recently launched BackType Connect comes in.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Often in these chats, participants discuss the online tools they are using and new platform functionality, all with the hope of finding ways to increase community engagement. provides automated searches to match all the keywords you include on your topic—check out the image below to see automated searches on Digg, Twitter, and Youtube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Jonathan Colman mentioned this say multiplier effect from a recent Digg campaign. Anyway, I like the tool that lets you check out a bunch of social networks at once to see if your name has been taken. There are also other some reasons for setting up presence across sites, but only engaging deeply on a few.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2007

technology tool, but the oldest communication method known to human beings - stories! tools and fund raising. It's so cool that the cards have OKNO and Segnalo - the Italian versions of Digg and Del.icio.us. This came just in the nick of time as I'm remixing my Web 2.0 workshops for July. cards and presentation ).

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

The wide variety of choices and tools to integrate make this field exciting and challenging terrain for nonprofit leaders; we will take your questions in this one hour live interactive event. Miles also guides Society presence and investment in emerging online tools and markets, and direct-to-constituent online fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Through these simple steps and reviewing Savvy Social Media Webinar you will be armed with the tools and resources needed to create your next social media strategy with confidence. Reddit, Quora, and Digg provide discussion channels. Use the tools provided. Fear not, as help is on the way!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The first reason is the excessive focus on specific social media tools. Many first-timers are introduced to social media via specific tools. Many ’social media experts’ who are practitioners rather than thinkers also focus on specific tools. My own approach to social media is both tool-agnostic and terminology-agnostic.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

One tagging tool that is overlooked as a nonprofit resource is social bookmarks. Social bookmarking sites include well-known sites such as Delicious, Digg, Stumbleupon, Reddit, and Technorati. Social bookmarks are used to listen, track news, follow a topic, and receive updates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

online communities, like tagging communities, digg communities, and others. Respondents were asked if they contributed to each group of tool or simply viewed the material offered. Indeed, I've been looking for some research that confirms that the lurker to participant ratio in online communities (see Nielsen ) holds true for some web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

If you are starting, you need to begin by manually across multiple networks and then automate the search using a listening/analytics tool. Get granular - figure how how many unique visits a particular blogger sent, a Facebook Event, or Digg. . Mentions an alternative tool to Feedburner - Pheedo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Lots of tools. many organizations are initially focusing on using social media as a communication and awareness tool. They don't need to understand the latest techno widget or the nuances of StumbleUpon vs. Digg. Déjà Vu All Over Again Web 2.0 in 2009 reminds me of Web 1.0 Lots of talk. Lots of uncertainty. Lots of new vendors.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Mentoring and Teaching tools : Inspiration for up-and-coming leaders and tools to help teachers introduce youth to public service are just a couple of the items that you'll find to help the next generation of do- gooders get fueled. Tweet it, Post it, Digg it, and donate.

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