Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

Let's begin with big picture question that Gavin raised: What purpose do folksonomies serve? Laura Quinn outlines the process of how a folksonomy be developed into a taxonomy: "So for instance, because it's so easy for users to tag things with free-form keywords, let them do so. How are they different from taxonomies?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Here are some helpful hints to make your Facebook group a truly vibrant platform: Maximizing group features for networking and engagement: Tagging individuals in posts. The power of pictures. Facebook is a “picture economy” (whereas Twitter is a “link economy” ); pics are the most engaged content, the most in-demand.

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Classy

JULY 8, 2021

Personalize your fundraising page , by adding your own text, pictures, or video. Get started on Facebook by tagging the people that have already donated to you and thanking them for their donations. When you tag someone your post gets shared in your activity feed and the other person’s activity feed too.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 27, 2009

I’m in front of hundreds of professional colleagues who are being directed to my site, and it’s currently featuring pictures of my puppy. I’ll use tagging more often than I did in the past to help in searches. I set up two new RSS feeds, so for folks who want the geekie stuff, you can get just those posts.

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MAY 24, 2021

You may also decide to include additional information such as a profile picture and short biography, which can be more meaningful for your donors’ friends and family. Either way, be sure to tag the donor so they can share your content to their feeds! Digital walls. This option is great for events and fundraisers.

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If you’re trying to feed children in Africa, show a photo or clip of those kids. If you’re raising money to purchase a vehicle, show a picture of the one you want. When you send several emails out in a short period of time, you may lose subscribers or even get tagged as a spammer. A link to donate!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 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). " Tags: roundup bookmarks broadband casestudies evaluation list postalicious report research resources volunteering.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

For example, the friends of the Facebook users who’ve posted these photos of rabbits will see a story in their News Feed, exposing them to the mission of the National Wildlife Federation. Turn On Tagging. Let Facebook users tag themselves and their friends in photos you post to your Page. Turn On Replies.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 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). I use it for all my presentations and it even allows me to share my speaker notes since most of my slides are usually just pictures.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

" And, of course, the thought that sends shivers down your spine: "What if my manager sees that picture?" If want to separate your personal and professional tweets as much as possible use a disclaimer such as the following, "This is a personal Twitter feed. Twitter and WordPress Feeds. Post a Disclaimer.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2017

Compile lists of Instagram handles for your team members, key supporters, influencers, and organizations with likeminded causes so that you can easily tag and mention them in your posts. There are so many easy ways to curate images—from team outings, program activities and events to pictures of your mission in action and those you serve.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 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). Have real pictures and have real conversations. Here's a great video with Chris Brogan and next steps for being "real" online.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

Pictures: take them. My favorite lesson from the report is “to use pictures effectively, be diligent about taking them… and storing them.” Don’t forget to tag your images based on content and date and continue to acquire new ones so your visual brand stays fresh and engaging. The A/B test is your friend.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 22, 2014

When they join the event, it’ll show up in their friends’ news feeds. Use more pictures and videos. Tag VIPs, attendees, partners & others so that their friends will see the post. Plus, if you tag them in the posts you have a greater likelihood that their friends will see them. That’s free publicity for you!

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Forum One

MARCH 1, 2009

Twitter feed and Flickr pictures. George Thomas, of GSA and now OMB, about the technical architecture they are designing for tracking/reporting on the disbursement of the stimulus monies ( picture ). Picture courtesy of stereogab. Technorati Tag: TCamp09. More followup thoughts later.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

Pictures have tenfold the value of words. This system feeds back in on itself -- people who see praise become repeat supporters because they've been thanked publicly and been given attention they didn't expect. Tags: blog. Include a photo in the post if at all possible. Finish the post with a call-to-action when appropriate.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 5, 2009

Yes, we’re making a difference against colorectal cancer, and that’s ultimately our big-picture goal. Do you want to feed the homeless or cure cancer? Tags: Nonprofit. One thing I think C3 (my org) does well is that we take a lot of short, successful hops. But we’re getting there with a series of small steps. Convio Summit.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The profile picture in the upper left of the Page is cropped and scaled perfectly to fit that space and includes a photo of the same representative health care consumers from the parent site. A blue gradient extends below the profile picture to make it feel integrated into the page. For instance: Info: Standard page.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Feed 50 more families? Whether your organization uses pictures, videos, or stories to engage your email subscribers, the point is to drive them to take action. Make it easy for them by providing pre-written posts and examples of the types of pictures they’d love to see on social media. Raise $10K in one day? Say ‘Thank You!’.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

Off the basketball court, Team MPhasis has our youth help each other with homework, and we even have team events like bowling, laser tag, or a barbecue. Picture This: A Look Back at This Year's Spring Fo. These activities build relationships beyond basketball and establish a bond that our youth may not otherwise have.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

His photo and commentary and use the hash tags facilitates visibility and connection to this audience target. Here is an observation about noticing Chuck Close’s art in Instagram feeds and sharing a work from the Met, with some commentary. He gives you the inside story about the work of art. Visibility. Specialization.

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Forum One

JUNE 16, 2009

In 2008 TwitterVoteReport attempted to provide real-time election monitoring as US citizens posted voting experiences to their Twitter feeds. Here's just a taste of the thousands of pages being leveraged in this fight: Mousavi's Flickrstream: Images on Boston's the Big Picture. Tags: Communication Human Rights Technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 29, 2021

Additionally, use pictures and lists to make your content more visually appealing and easier to read. Page Titles – Each page should have a unique, relevant title within the <title></title> HTML tag. 2) Technical Details Matter, Too. Your webmaster can help with this. 4) Don’t Buy Snake Oil.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

These are pulled from photos you post on your Wall or in which your Page is tagged. News Feed : When logged in as a Page, you see a News Feed of posts from Pages your Page has “Liked. News Feed : When logged in as a Page, you see a News Feed of posts from Pages your Page has “Liked.”

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

If you landed on your organizations Instagram feed, would you be able to quickly tell what the mission is based on the videos/images posted in the grid? Exp: tagging sponsors, creating Facebook events with co-hosts, etc.) . A few years ago, most of your fans saw your posts in their feeds. Cross promote when acceptable.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

From here, you can see athletes’ tweets, Instagram pictures and Facebook feeds. You can follow your favorite athletes’ social accounts by creating your own customized feed. By encouraging the hashtag in emails and ads leading up to your nonprofit event, people will be prepared to use that tag and use it often.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2010

To me, the dashboard report is good for big picture, but is too vague to tell me what I really need to do to make my site better. Feed your curiosity. It's not the same thing as asking your users how old they are or what their income is, but it is a way to get a larger picture of your audience. What do you see there?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2005

In today's Boston Globe, Scott Krishner's "Are your feeds turning into too many long tails " reports on the Supernova Conference. For an event like Supernova, that might include photos and blog entries that have been tagged ''Supernova." Technorati Tags: nptech Ah, so the nptech community is an attention stream!

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2005

In her detailed tutorial, Britt walks you through basics that are hard to find in one place, including setting up your blog account posting pictures dealing with comments making sure your feed is published tracking access to your site and making use of tagging to help readers find relevant posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

is a web-based digital photo sharing application that uses tags to facilitate finding people and photos. And, what if you could subscribe to an RSS feed so anytime a new picture was added about a topic you care about, were studying, or writing about - it would come automatically to you? It isn??????t How-To Resources.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

They may have an incomplete picture of you, but the one they do have is favorable. Integrate your real-time communications channels into your website, for example, by using Twitter or Facebook widgets or RSS feeds that bring the live conversation to your site. Friends: People Who Like Your Organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

The next exercise participants worked in small groups using a low-tech method to "doodle out" their networks (magic markers and flip chart paper.) This exercise reminded me of an exercise I used to do in workshops 12 years ago with nonprofits to introduce the Internet, " Draw A Picture of the Intern et ". builds network as it needs it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

We have a mix of staff who dived into social media long ago (see our business innovation blog and green business twitter feed ), and others who have maybe sort of heard of Twitter. In the big picture, if people see results from social media, they’ll keep engaging, and if they don’t see results, they shouldn’t feel bad about stopping.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 17, 2005

In Site Feed: click "Yes" in answer to "Publish Site Feed" so that other people can publish your posts elsewhere. If you want to add a picture, hit the icon at the top of the page that looks like a blue photograph. Tag your posts. Technorati has a good guide for how to add tags to your post here.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I love the copy as well as the picture. . Some of the folks that do a really great job of taking pictures in the field are the folks at Charity Water. So there are different pictures that happen. . So use your social media in a way that’s another notch above just posting a picture and saying thank you.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2005

Here's a picture of what we find our non-profits have been up to. Tags: nptech , xml , soap , ajax , web2.0 We see that the trend to make more and more services available via the web has brought xml-based webservices and innovative web-development techniques to the fore.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 9, 2019

You can tag generic words like “#nonprofit” or “#fundraising,” but they’ll likely end up lost in a vast sea of other posts with the same hashtag. You can also create fun tags that tie back to your brand without directly mentioning it. But how do hashtags work, and how often should you use them? First, be specific.

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