Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I’m excited about this project – it’s gathering the knowledge and expertise of a great group of folks, and it will provide a free source of information and case studies so that nonprofits can best figure out how to step into the frothy waters of social networks. I think I can write something up.

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Care2

AUGUST 8, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

In many cases, the slow to change eventually adopt or they no longer remain relevant to their constituents, donors, or loose their edge. I didn’t get a chance to attend many sessions because I was in Atlanta a short-term, but I am grateful for the wiki journal report by Kathy Reich from the Packard Foundation her key takeaways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

There’s no doubt that social networks are allowing organizations to connect with and recruit non-traditional volunteers in new ways. Sharing of opportunities among alumni and donors could be encouraged. In a networked nonprofit, VCs could partner new volunteers with experienced volunteers to save time in orientation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Social Media tools such as wikis, social networking sites like Twitter, FriendFeed, using Tagging and RSS feeds can enable organisations of all sizes to best use and build on its existing collective wisdom and innovation. . 27% of people in the room said their organizations were using social networking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

In many cases, the slow to change eventually adopt or they no longer remain relevant to their constituents, donors, or loose their edge. Last week, I wrote about the tension between individual and organizational use as it relates to individual staff members representing their nonprofit organization on Social Networking sites.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If the idea of creating a social media plan sounds scary to you, just think of it as: 10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project. What is the goal I'm trying to achieve by using social media? Attract new donors? How much time do I have to spend on social media?

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Week three of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays in May focused on use of video for nonprofits and libraries. A topic covered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , video can be a powerful tool for. organizations. engage audiences can be overwhelming to nonprofit and library. professionals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2008

I stayed up last night for a discussion about fundraising on social networking sites. Donor Fatigue: How often can you ask before people get burned out by it? Would writing about what I am learning about social fundraising (as well as hitting up people for money) would that alienate at some point?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Another interesting post about going from blogging for professional development to Social Networking as professional development. Susie's Blog (winning hearts and minds over to FOSS) is on a jargon busting binge and has found a wiki that explains what all the alphabet soup of acronyms in the nonprofit sector in the UK means.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. The Intangible Benefits of Social Media. Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Not True! Social Media ROI: Compare With Paper. Success Metrics for Your Social Fundraising Plan. Donor Solicitation Techniques on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The wiki is here and they welcome remote participation. As part of the activities, people are invited to kick the tires of the new version of Social Source Commons. He also shares some process maps for donor management. (If Lee Romero has posted a nice guide to using wikis to support his Idealist group's work.

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Care2

JULY 15, 2008

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

The first session I attended was specifically about social networking and led by Brian Reich of Echo Ditto, author of Media Rules! A good tip Brian mentioned was to deputize people to grow your network for you. You may find better success participating in a niche social network like Changents or Gather.

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Care2

MAY 15, 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!" Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Also, TechSoup Donor partner, Citrix , recently determined that the business PC market is actually growing, not shrinking. PCs are in widespread use and still quite useful even as tablet sales increase. The consumer PC market is the one that is shrinking. Someday, I guess, used PCs and other IT equipment will be a rarity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

nonprofits for free, but even happier that Google is integrating jotspot , a wiki app, into Google Apps. Why nothing about social aggregators ? Donor Power Blog writes about success on YouTube and CrunchGear has a post about video compression and optimizing your video for YouTube - it's actually interesting! Google Aps.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 20, 2009

They don’t become institutional advocates, members, or donors. I ran a workshop on "going analog" at the conference in which we explored ways that physical museums can be more like wikis, fantasy baseball services, social networks, and more. They come for their singular program alone.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

from pitching your cause to donors and funding agencies, to delivering services to members and clients; and from seeking public support and the ear of decision-makers, to collaborating with other organizations in projects of common interest. Social networking. is vital to any nonprofit organization. NPC Carnival. online storage.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I know a lot of the free site tools, wikis like wetpaint.com, keep trying to move to become more social, and let the audience/membership interact more – that is definitely related. Tagged as: CMS , CRM , nptech , opensource { 4 trackbacks } What we’re reading, week of 1/12 « i On Nonprofits 01.15.09

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2011

Creating a wiki with Wikispaces (admin fee: $10) is an inexpensive, straightforward way to help your staff, volunteers, or constituents collaborate both in the office and remotely. For a great example of a Wikispaces wiki used for social media action, check out We Are Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

I am the director of a non-profit that promotes open museum practices, and we are in midst of launching a free service for arts organizations: a web site that permits any museum to create a participatory exhibit space and social network centered on the museum's collections. It takes content, strategy and elbow grease.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Do you employ a social networking or online outreach strategy that engages your regular readers and enables new readers to discover you? Think citizen donor, citizen philthanthropist. I've aggregated a lot of these and other resources on the topic on my wiki portfolio. Social Networking Tool or Service.

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Care2

OCTOBER 3, 2007

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

USAID should develop an online social networking community for young adults interested in international development. USAID should require contractors that collect data to share with USAID and the public in readable formats that are more easily accessible and usable by third parties. Vote for this Idea]. Vote for this Idea].

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Some feel that "nice social media" isn't effective and that we should be focusing on real social change. "Do Gooders," "Feel Good Marketing", and "Nicey Nicey Social Networks" irk social change activists using social media. Obviously this isn't systemic, societal change. I'm probably over stretching here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Child's Play Charity targets gamers as a donor community, by Penny Arcade , raising millions mostly to provide games and equipment to child life programs at leading hospitals around the world. According to Read/Write Web , FaberNovel Consulting has released a new research paper on social networks. Can't afford to visit Bali?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Wikis, Widgets and Social Networking Do you think there are too many freaking widgets ? An interesting article title, " Wikis are Not Knowledge Management Tools " speaks to how wikis are not a better tool for KM, but about being able to work differently. Check out the Digital Hero Book Project.

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