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Tweetcamp: Online network moves to offline community

Amy Sample Ward

What this created was a chance for people who use Twitter to come together offline to create community. This month’s Net2 Think Tank asks: How do real-world (offline) events fit into social media conversations and campaigns? Space : This is both online and offline. What worked?

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A Free Agent for Hunger: Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many nonprofits, particularly smaller organizations, say their biggest challenge to using social media effectively is that they don’t have the time or staff. Sue Kerr has put her social media savvy to work to fight hunger in the Greater Pittsburgh area and save the environment. I had lots of positive feedback.

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How KaBOOM! Is Using a Networked Approach To Scale Social Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over the past year, I’ve has the pleasure of working with the good folks from Monitor Institute this past year as part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to explore network effectiveness. is developing systems to recognize and reward those who are having the most impact both online and offline.

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New on SSIR: #4Change Examines Social Media for the Climate Change Movement

Amy Sample Ward

“Social media is a storytelling tool, it’s let voices effected by climate change be heard around the world&# (@ amysampleward ). The challenge, then, is how to use the tools to effect change, “not just talk about change we want to see one day&# (@ replyforall ). Lesson #1: Voice. Examples of Social Media. *For

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A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They found that: “Personal solicitations to pre-existing networks of donors and friends through multiple channels were rated as the most effective methods for fundraising. There were 44 followers that used the #floodofsupport hash tag or linked to the Crowdrise page or blog post. Tags: Experimentation Free Agent Fundraising.

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Guest Post by Marc van Bree: Orchestras and Social Media Survey

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It seems many orchestras are dipping their feet in the social media pool, but do not have the policies, budgets, and metrics in place to effectively use the tools at their disposal, even if they do recognize the need for checks and balances. Tags: Art Sector Arts & Technology. However, the efforts are far from organized and strategic.

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Can Networks Have Social Impact?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Casey Foundation's " Making Connections " initiative Part of the Making Connections core approach uses (offline) social networks. The focus was on learning about "Network Effectiveness" and the specific topics included strategies for network impact, approaches to evaluating networks and tools for accelerating and assessing network impact.

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