Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2010

I had a lot of fun doing a panel with colleagues Jordan Viator, Carie Lewis, and David Neff called " The Real Housewives of Social Media." Our task was to present practical and tactical information about social media using metaphors that related to housewives. I shared a few points about how I use A/B testing with my Facebook Fan Page.

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MARCH 11, 2012

Through the Start Something Web Series they’re shedding light on the impact that Bigs have on Littles by telling their story through quality video they publish on their YouTube channel, share on their website and talk about on Facebook. So far they’ve covered six matches between Bigs and Littles. Go find out what your dog match looks like

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Both conference marked the end of an 18-month capacity building program that trained more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia on how to use social media effectively to advance civil society goals. Facebook was critical in their strategy. In Jordan, we did the Debka, a Lebanese dance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2011

(For context, read my first post about this project.) The highlight of third day was a VIP Lunch with project sponsors, implementation team, and remote participation via skype from members of the In-Country teams in Jordan and Morocco. Rami Al-Karmi, Founder and CEO of Shabakat, Al Ordon (JordanNet) E-Mediat Strategic Advisor for Jordan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

A big shout out to their new Director of Social Media, Jordan Viator. Social Media Initiative Guide: This guide from Spreadfast, a social media management tool vendor, has some great tips and ways to think about Key Performance Indicators, tactics, and metrics.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. If you’ve been paying attention to the news in the past week , you’ve most likely heard about the new changes making their way into Facebook to make sharing interests across the web easier. And the nonprofit community is an exceptional example of a group that thrives from people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

We are working with refugees on the ground in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. We conducted a live donor call from Jordan and a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) with two of our staffers who recently returned from the Syria region. Follow them on Twitter , Facebook and Google+. Even small donations can make a difference. Strategy'

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I hear the questions every week: "Should we start with Facebook or email?" Here is the evidence from one global campaign in 2010 to demonstrate how different digital channels compared. Should we use Twitter and Mobile?" "Is

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Michael Jordan definitely didn’t start out as a professional basketball player. Post your event photos to Facebook and tag as many people as you know so that it shows up in their friends’ newsfeeds. As with anything in life, if you want to see results you have to make time for it. There are hours of practice involved.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Jordan Viator. Or just help spread the love on your blog, Twitter, and Facebook. Sheldon Mains. Lisa Malone. Gordon Mayer. Adam Rasmussen. Tompkins Spann. Thomas Taylor. Robert Weiner. Linda Ziskind. If you haven't yet, please do share the love and donate today ! We promise, it feels nice!

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Jordan Viator. Or just help spread the love on your blog, Twitter, and Facebook. Sheldon Mains. Lisa Malone. Gordon Mayer. Adam Rasmussen. Tompkins Spann. Thomas Taylor. Robert Weiner. Linda Ziskind. If you haven't yet, please do share the love and donate today ! We promise, it feels nice!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

Bora Vuth, a young man from Cambodia who is attending college here in US, put his finger on it as he joined 136 other people on Facebook who donated to the Sharing Foundation. When I peeked at my Twitter stream and saw the happy birthday tweets, Facebook wall posts, and blogs, I nearly fell off my chair!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Get a sneak peek of the next two weeks' Office Hours topics on our Facebook for Nonprofits Tipsheet and Twitter for Nonprofits Tipsheet. You and your nonprofit organization probably already “get” that social media can help you drive programs and online results.

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JANUARY 15, 2009

As Jordan Viator explains on the Connection Café blog: It’s no surprise that every other blog post you read these days talks about how to raise money, stretch funds and build supporters in the current economic climate. Spread the Word. Put this great little widget made by NTEN to good use!

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

Jordan Viator explains. Chase's top 100 charities voted on Facebook (who will be getting 25K!) The Rhode Island Foundation has a Facebook page with updates about the tech club and other activities. In case you hadn't heard , Convio is sponsoring 50 NTEN memberships to nonprofits nominated in their NPHero contest. Thanks, Convio!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2008

IMA Staffer Facebook Profile. While hunting through Facebook for examples, I connected with the Rob Stein from Indianapolis Art Museum - another arts organization using social media effectively. Hat Tip Jordan V at Convio ) She responded: I would say start simply, check often and don't stress too much.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. Sandcastles make everyone happy; to use your imagination, to shape something with your hands, to build something as ambitious and fantastical as you want.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. Sandcastles make everyone happy; to use your imagination, to shape something with your hands, to build something as ambitious and fantastical as you want.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Cluster together similar tactics such as Tweets, blog posts, mentions, Facebook posts to determine trends (examples in presentation below). ABCs of Social Media ROI and Measurement View more presentations from Jordan Viator. Have any tips yourself for measuring social ROI?

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Rem Hoffmann, Exponent Partners , and Rob Jordan, Idealist Consulting. Amazon Web Services, Force.com, Facebook). Tags: cloud computing Newsletter NPTech NTEN rem hoffmann rob jordan. Everyone has come across the term "cloud computing", but what exactly does it mean? Amazon S3, Google Checkout, Google Maps, PayPal).

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2010

This week, for example, NTEN members like Johanna Bates , Peter Campbell , Dean Matsueda , David Geilhufe , and many more debated the topic of privacy issues on social networks (a la Facebook recently) and whether that would drive more nonprofits to customized open source options for their communities. > NTEN Facebook Page.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. A number of basic metrics like number of Twitter followers or Facebook “likes” are not truly actionable. Getting Strategic With Social Media: Approach, Integration and Measurement View more presentations from Jordan Viator. Was the recent direct mail you sent worth the investment?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Facebook [or any social network] is your garden." Last week at the 47th Annual Association of Fundraising Professionals Conference in Baltimore, online fundraising and outreach was a key issue covered throughout the event and the topic of social media was more popular than ever to this group of fundraising pros.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

Our own Jordan Viator ( @jordanv ) has submitted a panel proposal on getting advanced with social media for social good. Nonprofits + Facebook = Awesome. This discussion proposal explores how nonprofits are using Facebook and how to integrate the platform into nonprofit fundraising and advocacy programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Jordan Viator invited me to be a panelist on this panel and I agreed because David Neff is a fellow panelist and I bet Jordan will make him wear an apron! And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2009

This year, I experimented with Facebook Causes birthday application. As part of the experiment with the Facebook birthday causes, I added a donor matching challenge to the Sharing Foundation's Facebook Cause that I would donate 10 x my age if the Sharing Foundation Cause reached $5,200. Christina Jordan. Beth Alexander.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. Social Networking with Facebook. A Beginner's Guide to Facebook for Nonprofits. How To Create A Powerful And Engaging Facebook Page. Facebook Pages vs Facebook Groups: What’s the Difference? Ten Innovative Ways Nonprofits Can Use Facebook. Causes on Facebook.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2010

Today, Jordan Viator, our super communications manager for all things interactive, fun and digital was featured in The New York Times about using Foursquare to broadcast to her friends where she is during SXSW Interactive. Of course, I probably wondered why anyone would use Facebook and Twitter at some point and now I use them regularly.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 21, 2009

attending Mass Comm week at Texas State University and of course checked out the Social Media for Social Good panel presented by Kerri Qunell, VP of Communications at Capital Area Food Bank , David Neff, Director of Web, Film and Interactive at American Cancer Society , and Jordan Viator, Interactive Communications Manager at Convio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Jordan Viator invited me to be a panelist on this panel and I agreed because David Neff is a fellow panelist and I bet Jordan will make him wear an apron! And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. Post on Facebook. The holidays are in full swing, and in between the last minute shopping, out-of-town guests, and end-of-year nonprofit campaigns, most of us are trying to fit in as much time as possible to make a positive impact in our own way. Tweet this. So what are you waiting for?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

In the morning, we did a team building exercise to better understand the network core, the in-country teams from Yemen, Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Jordan. The other type of NGOS are those are born on Facebook and work in a networked way naturally. There are different types of NGOS in the Arab World.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2010

Today, Jordan Viator, our super communications manager for all things interactive, fun and digital was featured in The New York Times about using Foursquare to broadcast to her friends where she is during SXSW Interactive. Of course, I probably wondered why anyone would use Facebook and Twitter at some point and now I use them regularly.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. My good friend Jordan did a write up about it on Convio's blog. Link to the Facebook event 5. Sharing links for Facebook and Twitter. Google & Facebook ads 7. people RSVPed to the Facebook event: 139 yes, 43 maybe 12. Here were the elements of the page: 1. Conference Twitter Feed.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Today, Beth turns 53 and has one birthday wish: to send 53 Cambodian children to school by raising $530 on Facebook. Happy Birthday to a truly brilliant member of the nonprofit community – Beth Kanter ! Check out her Cause reasons for supporting the cause here.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Jordan Viator invited me to be a panelist on this panel and I agreed because David Neff is a fellow panelist and I bet Jordan will make him wear an apron! And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Signing up for a Twitter, Facebook, WordPress, or YouTube account is free. That goal is something that your organization needs to determine before sending your first tweet, posting your first Facebook status, or uploading your first YouTube Video. It’s a tool to be used to achieve a goal.

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