Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Today I discovered the Fight Hunger's Click to Feed a Child. I'm also curious about a few things: The click to feed application - I tried to add it to my profile, but there was a glitch. Fight Hunger is doing a lot of experimentation with social media - from their viral video contest to their fundraising event in Second Life.

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3rd Sector Labs

MAY 29, 2014

As a kick-off to each event, we ask three short questions. We are aggregating answers with each recurrence of the event. Over the past 10 years, the industry has been introduced to a lot of new technologies – dynamic website content management, CRMs, email marketing, multi-channel marketing, event management, social, etc.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 25, 2022

But no matter how your nonprofit is doing good in our world, there will always be ways your work and mission are affected by legislation, policies, and local and national events, which means there will always be reasons to make your voice heard. Say thank you and stay connected.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 5, 2009

An organization’s databases store its history: contact records; people served; donors, funders, and prospects; VIPs, volunteers, and vendors; event attendees, and more. Yet many organizations don’t pay enough attention to the care and feeding of their databases. read more.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

to promote your organization’s events or activities. Is there an organization you could partner with, as Feeding America did with Mother Jones? If yours is a social justice or advocacy organization, remember that I am not a policy wonk. Do you want your reader to buy an event ticket? to drive traffic to your website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

They have heavily promoted Facebook on their websites and blogs, at events and conferences. Event invitations are tied to personal profiles, not Pages. This is a new policy development. Facebook doesn’t want a bunch of free agents out there cluttering up the News Feed, so Pages must now be authenticated/authorized.

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NCE Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2012

Facebook is crunching analyzing people post to Facebook about the games and they are broadcasting NBC’s video feeds. So if you follow NBC on Twitter or Facebook you’ll see the results of the games before the tape-delayed events are broadcast. NBC gets stories out of the data that Facebook is analyzing.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 5, 2009

An organization’s databases store its history: contact records; people served; donors, funders, and prospects; VIPs, volunteers, and vendors; event attendees, and more. Yet many organizations don’t pay enough attention to the care and feeding of their databases.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

We're doing some interesting work this week bringing the online dimension to a face-t0-face event. I'm in Kuwait for the 10th Annual Conference of the " Global Development Network ", a "global network of research and policy institutes that work on facilitating and applying research to policy development and practice."

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). As ImpactMax writes so beautifully, tying individual stories to overall contextual problems and societal issues can really change policies.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. Facebook’s Problematic News Feeds.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

Look at the next six months and find where your events are. Look for your fundraising events and work backwards from there. 80% of your posts should add value to your followers’ social media feeds. Another thing I recommend: look at your calendar for the year. Or even the next six months if the year sounds overwhelming!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

I just came from an historic and ground breaking event. I don't know if I'm still shaking from the excitement or the hour long multi-tasking frenzy of listening to a live audio feed, seeing a blog.tv For context, see the event announcement and today's New York Times article. A report about the event from Hastac.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2017

They lay bare the artistry and the process of creating a cultural and political podcast filling their instagram feed with style, design, and music. Bombshelltoe is a nuclear policy writer. She is able to translate hard to understand dense policy into stunning visuals that make you think. bombshelltoe , Bombshelltoe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2009

Quentin Young, Founder, and Margie Schap, Executive Director Health & Medicine Policy Research Group.    Her organization was formed 27 years ago by an activist group of clinicians, social scientists, health care executives and policy analysts to advocate for health equity and improved public health.  

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Here are even more blog posts, articles, and event recaps to get you started: Facebook uses an algorithm called EdgeRank to determine the makeup of each user's news feed. A good social media policy provides clear guidelines on what staff should do when posting and interacting with constituents, volunteers, and donors.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

This month's event included a candidate for public office, sharing his experience on how to use social media to engage voters. " Chiu was the first to launch a Twitter feed and currently has the most followers amongst the mayoral candidates. a brand via online channels, social media communications and website content.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Research Friday: Really, Your Tax Exemption has be.

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Forum One

MARCH 1, 2009

There really are a lot of amazing people working on web technology, strategy and policy in the DC area. Twitter feed and Flickr pictures. Tags: Events Technology Communication Collaboration Strategy. There were folks there from NYC, west coast, and elsewhere, but about 2/3 were locals from DC. More followup thoughts later.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2007

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!" Ive also added an online submission form for suggesting events. I hope you find the calendar useful.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

We focused on the science and policy. We educate and support patients, push for changes in policy that will increase and improve research, and empower survivors to raise their voices against the status quo. At the event, we worked in the new brand everywhere we could: We had staff wear branded shirts on training day.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

The webinar explained how each social media tool can be used effectively, how to use the right medium to reach your target audience, and how to manage social media policy for your organization. The speed of information sharing is advantageous for acquiring last-minute volunteers to help in an event. For policies: Workforce Online.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Audience size, breadth, and depth: If your organization has big lists, lots of traffic to your website or blog or social media pages, or big crowds at events, there are many ways to turn this into a donor benefit. Do you have the news clippings of major events in your files? Mention the donor on the event web page.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Our Web Executive Seminar last month featured a terrific case study by District of Columbia CTO Vivek Kundra on the DC Data Catalog -- an archive of over 200 data feeds. Our next seminar, Online Video for Policy Impact is on October 29. I've embedded them below. You can register now !). tags: wes08sep forumone ).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Here are even more blog posts, articles, and event recaps to get you started: Facebook uses an algorithm called EdgeRank to determine the makeup of each user's news feed. A good social media policy provides clear guidelines on what staff should do when posting and interacting with constituents, volunteers, and donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

We post content ( safety tips , flu tips , event information , etc.) Does your hospital have a social media policy? However, we were already mindful of HIPPA laws and have existing protocols and policies - so we just made sure we followed those in our social media use. That gets us further support to continue our efforts.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

I cook to de-stress and love feeding people! For example, I recently put on a Human Library event where participants were able to “check out” people with specific stories and learn more about their lived experience. I’m also involved in different organizing and community building work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Although they famously spend very little on formal advertising, they have developed a unique, grassroots marketing approach that involves a series of attention-grabbing events. One such event is their “ One Day without Shoes ” campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Listening by using rss feeds helps refine their services and help stay sharp and connected to experts in the field. Set up aside a small block of time to read your feeds everyday. Sink or Swim, Managing RSS Feeds with Better Groups by 43 folders. Add a RSS feed to your reader. Program, services, and event names.

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

And as you can see, there’s no shortage of inspiring events. You can also expect unofficial attendee-led events to keep the fun going after hours. Pre-conference Deep Dives will be held April 5-6 and feature a variety of topics, from Donor Retention Workshops to the Future of Fundraising Events. Want more time?

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See3

OCTOBER 7, 2007

RSS feeds and blogs, article comments, social networks… it’s all increasingly important. All Rights Reserved Sitemap • Privacy Policy • Newsletter Sign-Up • Contact • About Us

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2008

Check out Dave Eggers' recent Op -Ed in the New York Times , "Dropping the Torch" about the event. After the Global Week for Dafur has passed, you can continue to follow anti-genocide news, policy and campaigns on the ENOUGH Project's Report feed , and the STAND , Genocide Intervention Network , and Save Darfur blogs.

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Care2

JANUARY 25, 2009

is intended for all women interested in better policies for women, families and society. Never miss a post by subscribing to frogloop's RSS feed. Tags: Case Studies Nonprofit Events. The conference aims to harness the power of women on the Internet to promote women’s issues. RSVP: Maria Enie at menie@vancomm.com.

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Forum One

JUNE 24, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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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!" Custom RSS feeds let you get quick updates on blogs that mention your organizations name.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 22, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Disclaimer Friday, April 22, 2011 Research Friday: "Really, How Many Nonprofits Are There?"

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