Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

Stories come out experimenting, helping people find their voices or the confidence or the desire to take an action, volunteer their time, or raise money for a cause they care about. to test out some ways to encourage more people to use social media tools and online fundraising to give online, they did not know what would emerge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

These are key questions of our times. The book is filled with stories of people and organizations that have more recently harnessed new power, both well-known examples like the Pope and lesser-known examples too. Examples: #BlackLivesMatter leaders, Candidate Obama, and Beth Comstock. An example is Kim Jong-un. (In

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

This is especially important if you want to be effective using social media for your organization, but it is bigger than that. Having a networked mindset as you approach your daily work can help you get better results. Social media tools can help you easily connect with people who have the knowledge, resources, and ideas to share.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

I’m talking about the stuff we consume daily to keep inform of our professional field. It comes speeding at us from our email boxes, social networks, kindles, and even paper and snail mail! We scan, we browse, we try to thoughtfully read the best stuff, and interact through online conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. It still requires a lot of attention, staff time, management and promotion."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

TechSoup Global was the co-sponsor and it was great to catch up with long-time colleague, Marnie Webb , Co-Ceo. I used David Hood as an example. Take for example the SFSPCA Facebook Page, a stellar example of engaging fans that David discovered for me. Effective Social Media. Example: Red Cross.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Just in time for TechSoup's Social Media September September , our friends at Idealware have released an update to The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide. TechSoup's own social media team weigh in on the report and offer their advice for making wise social media decisions. Where do you start?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. There's lots of examples in this blog. The Case Study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Don't set up a presence on every social network in the world all at once. . Do research first and implement one presence at a time with specific goals and metrics. Set up a social media dashboard with google apps for your listening, separate it from your work email and tools. Make Time for Reflection. Take Breaks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

Note from Beth: Social media is not a waste a time, but there are ways to waste your time. A few weeks ago, I started a thread on my blog’s Facebook Page, “What are the best tips and tools for saving time managing your nonprofit’s Facebook Page?&# I summarized the tips shared in this earlier post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

I like to joke about how using social networks like Twitter can give you “ ADOLAS &# (ADD, Oh, look at Squirrel !). The reference is from the Disney/Pixar movie UP – the scenes where the talking dogs can’t finish a sentence because they get distracted by a squirrel. I’ve been using Gmail for many years.

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JULY 18, 2018

Bonus: some helpful examples and templates to put this into action now. ). By doing so, you’ll avoid the extra time and energy required to redo this work and ensure your forward-facing messaging about your organization is consistent. Just a heads-up: this is a long read. Let's get started! Data source: Giving USA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2009

And because listening and learning more techniques versus outcomes - and techniques that you need to use continuosly, those became the dotted links knitting the outcomes together. . We did a riff on KD Paine SobCon ROI of Relationships in Social Media that I covered on my blog earlier this month. In a session at the Web 2.0

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AUGUST 26, 2011

Using the Internet to Raise Funds and Build Donor Relationships: Tools, Tips and Techniques for Boosting Donations , a new handbook from Convio, will help your organization see the big picture and create effective strategies for long-term success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Let’s look at the ones that allow you to see the current relationships and potential ways to weave them on social media and social networks like Twitter. There are many tools to visualize your Twitter network. What if you used that five minutes of reflection, to visualize and understand your network?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

Emergence: This is a term that I first heard from Eugene Eric Kim when talked about how making your ideas or content transparent on social networks like Twitter was similar to what ants do when they leave tracks so other ants can follow. What do you think the scaffolds should be for learning in public as a field or network?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Today, we had an amazing conversation and interview with Cecile Richards and Tom Subak to learn more about Planned Parenthood 's Social Media Strategy and their movement building techniques. Over the past three years, Planned Parenthood has built an impressive Internet presence and social media strategy.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Focus on the social channels that work with your brand. When it comes to social, you can’t do it all. Commit only to a certain number of social networks that you’re going to be able to manage well. Think about the type of content you have to share and which social channels are most appropriate for that type of content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

For example, they immediately start updating their Facebook page letting people know what information is available and they are there. Care2 has a social media tracker tool that can analyze your list to see who is on social networks and how many friends. Scan Social Networks for Free Agents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by RedRaspu Convio invited me to share my number one New Year's resolution as part of its "Now is the Time" campaign. Amy Sample Ward lays out a 5 things to think about before you get into the execution of a social media strategy for the first time. Make Time for Reflection. Good for you! Great work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

People and organizations are now making and sharing media and content all over the social web. For example, on Facebook the average user creates 90 pieces of content each month. Take for example, how Bruce Lesley from First Focus uses Twitter to establish authority as a content curator on children welfare issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

You might think of Facebook as an important social network, but it is now also the third most popular video site on the web. The American Jewish World Service (AJWS) , for example, shot amazing video of their work in India, Uganda and El Salvador a few years ago. Holy smokes! Embed Video on a Donation Page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

I recorded the above skype interview as a technology back up – it is filled with great advice and worth listening to for 14 minutes. (If you’re short on time, I have a transcript linked to resources here ). I like the metaphor of a sommelier, They know the grapes, the winemaker and their techniques, and vintages.

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JULY 6, 2011

The danger in not making the distinction between the type of cursory review most offices do and the kind of work performed by a professional prospect research unit is that they miss opportunities, ask for too little and, because they are spending time looking things up rather than seeing donors, they ask less often than they could.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

If we can be more intentional and disciplined in our experimentation, that's how we gain insights about effective social media use. It is also a good technique to explore the possibilities of new tools and techniques before investing more time and energy in something that isn't right for our organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

It is time for the community to write the Hollywood ending ! I am honored to have facilitated this project with NTEN over the past 18 months on the WeAreMedia: Nonprofit and Social Media Starter Kit. What are the best emerging examples and early lessons learned? What is a social content strategy? November 1-15th).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

It uses sources such as how many delicious bookmarks, incoming links, how many times mentioned on Twitter, how many comments, etc. Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg? Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. The Cute Dog Theory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

. “ Mobile is the Needle, Social the Thread ” is the name of a presentation from Pew Internet data that illustrates the rapid growth of mobile connectivity and social networking in the U.S., What is the most exciting mobile/social technologies that are on the horizon and hold much promise for nonprofits?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 12, 2013

Individuals who personalize their fundraising pages and use online tools raise six times more funds than those who do not. Be sure to make the messaging short and sweet, and focus on one online fundraising task at a time. Lead By Example. Ease-of-use plays an important role in participants raising more online as well.

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Forum One

MARCH 4, 2009

Federal government web managers and IT staff (and their peers at large nonprofits and foundations) face a constant and growing barrage of requests from departments, initiatives, programs, and projects for project workspaces, social networking, wikis, blogs etc. tools ( here's a nice compilation ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Excellent example of aggregation strategy and really clear and good information design. Marty is convinced that the answer on how the nonprofit can understand and survive this meltdown is out there in network and has set up a space for us to kick it around. You need social capital to help in difficult times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

But many nonprofits are not properly measuring whether their engagement efforts are worth the time and cost. Based on the her book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit, winner of the 2013 Terry McAdam Award, Beth Kanter will share frameworks, strategies and practical tips for engaging with your network in ways that lead to measurable results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Casey Foundation's " Making Connections " initiative Part of the Making Connections core approach uses (offline) social networks. You can read more in this series of five reports that looks at the definitions, research, power, practices, and insights relating the impact of social networks on family strengthening and community change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

Danielle Brigida, NWF Social Media Outreach Coordinator ( @starfocus on Twitter) Note from Beth: In the coming weeks, we're peeking over the shoulder of nonprofit social media practitioners to learn about their work flow and techniques. A Day in the Life of @Starfocus At Work by Michael Sola Who is this social butterfly?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

It is the synthesis, sense-making, and sharing of the abundance of stories, knowledge, tips, resources, and wisdom that is happening in real time in the form of e-books or blog posts. It’s curation of real-time learning. In the end only one thing worked: small, “non-threatening&# pilots.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

As an early adopter, I remember switching, despite how strange it felt. Yet, at the time, people were questioning “How could serious work ever be done using a pull down menus?&#. There was an excellent discussion about silo busting techniques and the role of leaders in bringing down the cubicle walls.

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