Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

I was lucky enough to attend a breakout session called "The Fritz and Sauce Method For Dealing With Information Overload" conducted by Stuart Jones from the Old Milang School House Project. Stuart gave a great presentation on how to avoid that awful overwhelmed feeling we feel from dealing with digital information.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

The creation and communication of this knowledge occurs in social networks of relationships, empowered by social media. Join us for a discussion and exploration of how social media are being used to accelerate our transition to a global sustainable culture. What is social media? - Jon Lebkowsky. Jon Lebkowsky.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

This year, it has become increasingly clear to me that the barrage of incoming electronic information, and the ways I engage and respond to it is causing me to lose my way. Reading or posting on any other social network (Twitter, Google+, Diaspora, etc.). Reading RSS feeds or Google News.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

A story about Rapleaf in Clickz (a newsletter for online marketers) says this : Rapleaf allows you to quickly and inexpensively find out the social networking footprint of those you’re marketing to. Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), How can we assure privacy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

The work involves sifting, sorting, arranging, and publishing information. But, with so much information available and coming at us from many sources, we often don’t know if it’s the right information or if it’s current. Content Curation Provides Value from the Inside Out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2005

My first taste of RSS Feeds began with a wish on how to find good content without getting RSS indigestion from slogging through a lot of junk. In the comments section, David Geilhulfe and Ruby Sinreich suggested a social networking approach to RSS by checking out their blogline subscriptions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Your organization can create a page on your Web site announcing the new App and promote it in your e-newsletter and on social networking sites. Each button is then edited individually by adding either a link, a RSS Feed, or by checking a box indicating you will add further information later in the Sweb App Management System.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Don't set up a presence on every social network in the world all at once. . Use Help Applications That Streamline Social Media Tasks. If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you.

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NOVEMBER 15, 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!" So, which one social network should you consider for your next campaign?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 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!" So, which one social network should you consider for your next campaign?

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Care2

JULY 17, 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!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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NTEN

JUNE 17, 2011

Given the adoption of social media, the opportunity for nonprofits to capitalize on low cost means to improve engagement with members and potential donors is greater than ever before. Social networking can enhance institutional awareness, fundraising efforts and cause loyalty if the nonprofit effectively manages and monitors the community.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

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!" No need to RSVP, just come as you are.

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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. Use Your RSS Reader Like A Rock Star. If you are not using an RSS Reader, pick one and learn how to use it like a rock star. Make sure you establish good RSS habits. Add a RSS feed to your reader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

Content curation is the organizing, filtering and making sense of information on the web and sharing the very best content with your network. One reason content curation is becoming more and more appreciated because of the huge amount of information available on the web. We need to go on an information diet. And guest what?

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JULY 26, 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!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2009

If you're new to the topic, it is a great way to get up to speed and will would definitely help you inform your strategy. sounds like a mashup of RSS run through Postrank). Exportable OPML feeds for all blogs and hot posts. The other half of the guide is an online component to help you keep up to date.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

If you have a landing pad somewhere online where you can refer people and provide information about your chats, your group, or your purpose in more than 140 characters, it will save you a lot of extra tweeting! Promoting the chat widely via Twitter and other social networks is a great way to find more participants, too.

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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!" Leave comments on blogs. Blog Searches: Technorati.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. GuideStar does have Jumo International listed as a nonprofit organization but very little information is shown and likely won’t be until they file their first 990 with the IRS. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&#

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

Effective listening through social media channels means that individuals and organizations need to identify why they are listening and how they will apply what they hear. The value of listening is not in the act of listening in and of itself, but when an organization or individual uses the information to improve programs or marketing.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2009

It is intended as a rapid and engaging way to present information. It is one of a number of "life streaming applications" where individuals and organizations who are active on the social web can port their activity across social networks into one, easy to follow, read, and comment activity stream.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

If after asking yourself the 10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project, you've decided that a blog is good tool for you, consider incorporating the following 10 elements of an effective nonprofit, or do-good blog into your blogging strategy: 1. Make it easy to subscribe Have an rss feed.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

At AIDS.gov , our mission is to provide access to Federal HIV and AIDS information through a variety of new media channels, and to support the use of new media tools by Federal and community partners. We have systems in place to help keep us on track, such as an internal summary blog/Twitter/social network updates. Plan ahead.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 17, 2016

One of the most intriguing value offerings of Social Media in direct relation to social learning is that there is an endless stream of content being updated live, clicks away from the learner. In order to make the most of social learning in the social media environment, it is completely vital that we correspond with one another.

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 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!" Is it signing up to receive information?

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Care2

MAY 23, 2011

Little information about the community of teams formed during a particular year was available – to teams or to the public. This made it difficult to foster a strong sense of long-term community and build a durable support network. Increase efficiency and transparency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

I'm fascinated by social networking and am interested in finding ways for museums to appeal to all types of people. Trivia and information? Will it be another RSS feed? One example is simply turning a Twitter account into an RSS feed. Somehow that morphed into my thesis topic. Then start to update.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

It takes your RSS feed and applies engagement metrics, analyzing the types and frequency of an audience's interaction with your content. You can actually go back and review your entire feed. Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. The Intangible Benefits of Social Media. Harry: A Green Geek.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2007

Google reader has google reader sharing - reblogging - Imagine a power RSS user culls posts that are really useful and clicks share - and creates an exhaust feed of items. The existing social searches are simply too big for trust - the information flow to huge and overwhelming. Some other urls here and here.

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FEBRUARY 7, 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!" Being able to engage them through social media is the goal!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

I'm moving beyond monitoring the NpTech tagged items and meta feeds to incorporate nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, friend feeds, and USG. The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Don't forget to sign up the feeds on the agreed tag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2008

tags: information socialmedia ). On November 24th, I got up at 5:00 AM to skype into the NCVO Information Conference , focused on how organizations can make best use of recent developments in social media to meet the changing needs and expectations of their audiences. NCVO View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 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!" Never miss a post by subscribing to frogloops RSS feed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The array of social media can appear to be very complex. But social media and social networks respond to the same needs that drive people; the need to connect with one another in meaningful ways through conversation. I no longer felt alone.

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JULY 25, 2011

Although smaller than Facebook, how information spreads through the site allows a very large and diverse group of people to see your message. This viral method of getting information out, is just that - viral. The speed of information sharing is advantageous for acquiring last-minute volunteers to help in an event.

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