Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Toddy. They build up an online and offline community, create great projects, and then ask the community to fund them through donations. How do you think offline or online crowdfunding will affect your favorite causes in 2013? For nonprofit leaders who are paying attention, the crowdfunding trend is hard to miss.

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JUNE 8, 2011

Flickr photo: ibarir I know only the biggest nerds have favorite white papers, but we've already established my nerd street cred, right? Take some of the key findings: Every year, large proportions of online-acquired donors switch from online giving to offline sources - primarily to direct mail. The lesson?

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And if you'd like to take it offline, and live in the San Francisco Bay Area, come by one of our monthly San Francisco Online Community Meetup events. Look for us and let us know what you think; you can find us at any one of the following: TechSoup Blog. SlideShare. Del.icio.us. Flavors.me.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Thank her for speaking up and sharing her comment/question/concern, point them in the right direction for more information and resources, and offer to speak with her directly offline (or at least off the comment thread) about the topic. Photo credit: aflier Flickr ]. Would love to hear what more you’d add to the list!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

See the range of creative expression in the flickr group. Is changing your Twitter profile in support of a cause a silly click action or the first rung on ladder of engagement to get people to do something offline? If I remember correctly, it was Robert Scoble who did it first and others took his cue. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Flickr Photo by Flower Factor. Effective delivery of content and learning experiences takes both on and offline connection. Note: This guest post was published on the Packard Foundation OE Blog reflects what was learned from designing and delivering leadership development for emerging nonprofit leaders.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

So even when you're offline, you can still tell your nonprofit or library's story with SlideRocket. You can also share your live Twitter feed, Facebook page, and Flickr. You can also share your live Twitter feed, Facebook page, and Flickr. Cloud-Based and Offline Access. stream within the presentation itself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2012

Flickr Photo by Canolais. The relationship starts online, but the “ask” happens offline, perhaps on the phone, but most likely face-to-face. Use Social Media to Reel in Big Fish Donors Guest Post By Geri Stengel, Ventureneer. Note from Beth: We know that social media can bring in the small dollar donors, but what about larger gifts?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Flickr Photo by PetitPlat - Stephanie Kilgast. Edutopia , a project of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, is an online web site that creates and curates content that is distributed through mobile, social media, video, and offline channels. ” How Human-Centered Design Methods Can Help You Design A Better Dashboard.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

I think this is a hard concept for many to agree with because of the process by which the social media tools are most often adopted in organizations: for example, Jane really likes taking pictures and usually posts them to Flickr (an online photo sharing website) as a way to store them, sort them, and share them.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Are there ways of catching offline datapoints? NWF - every program we have has an offline component, i try to integrate a social media strategy that leverages and encourages the offline part; like #nwf wildlife watch, raises your awareness offline if you can see something and tweet it, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I like how she connects online/offline networking and that we can't loose the importance of connecting face-to-face and at conferences - and how these tools can extend your networking capacity before as well after an event. Flickr: On flickr, I pretty much friend people who request it. However, I do look at their photos first.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Nutmeg66. Listening also gives me the opportunity to observe and participate in conversations that don't, and won't, happen in my offline life. Online, I spend time listening , attempting to separate signal from noise. This started when I was in high school. I could search and quickly add that search to my reader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

I actually have a repertoire of stories, but one of them is about Michaela Hackner ( Kalabird.) I connected with her through her amazing photos of Cambodia on Flickr when I was covering the Cambodian blogosphere for Global Voices over five years ago.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Flickr Photo by Lululemon. The discussion about the recent changes on Facebook has focused mostly around what it means for individuals, particularly the tension between openness and privacy. Many people are wondering what it means for nonprofit brands using Facebook as one of their marketing channels. This advice still holds true.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2008

Flickr photo by Terry Bain. I was searching for the perfect illustration for "five" in flickr and since you all know how much I like dogs , I couldn't resist this photo. Step 4: Go Offline. Terry / aXis / You Are a Dog / the book / the blog // We Are the Cat / the blog. Find people. Set rules of engagement.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Even though much of these will be online social technologies, don’t forget about the offline spaces, too. —– Photo credit: richardjingram on Flickr. This means identifying the spaces, platforms, and applications where each group congregates and where you can communicate with them.

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MAY 18, 2011

Flickr: bitzi One of findings from our latest annual Nonprofit IT Staffing and Spending Survey stood out to us: Those organizations that evaluated their Return on Investment (ROI) for IT expenditures were much more likely to be leaders— 44 percent, compared to just 17 percent of stragglers. We can also determine success from staff approval.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

A lot the products of my sense-making are shared through this blog, flickr, YouTube, and Slideshare – as well as offline through presentations, book and article writing, and facilitating workshops. Most of all, sensing requires discipline, a routine, systems, and being organized.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Twitter was just a channel to mobilise people to give up their time to create real offline fundraising events. Breast Cancer Care have also encouraged user generated content, driving people to their Flickr, Vimeo and Facebook pages to create a richer online experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by DaveFishernc Charity Balls, Dinner Dances, Black Tie Charity Events, and other parties where people donate money to a charity to have fun together are nothing new. Offline/Online Mix This is not your mother's or grandmother's black tie dinner dance charity event! events morph and change. Charity Ball 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Has your organization run a competition online or offline? Photo Credit: Flickr tableatny ]. —– What do you think? What tips would you share from your experience? Have you found any of the tips above to be helpful in your work? We’d love to hear your examples!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Flickr Photo by Su Lin. billion in yearly giving on a monthly basis, both offline and online. Note from Beth: Here’s a guest post from my colleague Steve MacLaughlin that is a great example of “ data informed fundraising.” ” A Fundraising Cliff? What does the data say? A Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? A Blast from the Past Gavin has posted some really early photos of the founding meetings for Aspiration, NTEN, and the NSNT on flickr. " Donor Power Blogs describes the online/offline generation gap , although some members of the great generation have been spotted on YouTube.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

The debate about what impact the online world has on offline action gets smashed when you look at these numbers and think about the over 12 million people around the world who are raising their consciousness by reading more about climate change and how they can get involved with their local communities. .

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MAY 21, 2009

Media outlets both online and offline. Photo sharing sites like Flickr. Earned media is media you don't “buy&# but earn the old-fashioned way - by taking the time to properly engage reporters, bloggers, and influentials about your issue. Earned media is comprised of coverage on: Blogs. Tweets on Twitter. Links shared on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Flickr Photo by Geoff Livingston. Next, focus on your goals – Are you trying to raise a million dollars or mobilize a group of offline volunteers? Note From Beth: Frank Barry from BlackBaud kindly agreed to write a guest post showcasing some of the best presentations caught on video at the BlackBaud’s Conference last week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Flickr : Documentation of the work we do and also to upload our Creative Commons licensed illustrations so that they can be remixed/reused. (See Channels used : Scribd, Blog, Flickr. So, our Twitter friend went offline and recorded a book in their Delhi studio! See this blog post from Creative Commons ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Flickr Photo by qwrrty. The skills that we are focusing on are “networked leadership” skills both online and offline and working with self and working with others. For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Image by Codilicious from Flickr. Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline. Designate a cheer leader. Gather your tribe and rally the base. Get your base to give first. Keep cheer leading no matter what happens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

He points over to a post from Mean Lux in Cambodia and his flickr set. The red t-shirt show your support meme didn't originate online - it started offline in countries from that region showing support. Mean Lux points to an excellent post that summarizes the all the online support in addition to the Facebook activity.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Also use political fundraising reporting tools to learn who donated to particular politicians.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Yet many have overcome the odds and made a splash online and offline by using the latest Web technologies - for pennies on the dollar. I'm excited to finally meet Michaela face-to-face after following her personal blog and flickr stream over three years. Michaela is now director of online strategy for World Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Flickr Photo by Sugarpond. Dutch native Marc van Bree is a public relations practitioner with more than 5 years of experience communicating—on and offline—in the nonprofit and cultural environment. After Marc finished reading the Networked Nonprofit , he was curious about crowdfunding and free agents, chapters in our book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Incurable Hippie I've been writing a lot about listening through social media channels in preparation for a live workshop for WeAreMedia next month in San Francisco. Another way to play with key words is to add your organization's name or program, and the word "sucks" or other complaint word.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2006

Because I've had such bad luck with wifi connections at conferences, I use blogging software that let's me save my work offline. I upload the flickr photos using the uploader tool into their own set and annotate them with notes. However, now that I've recently upgraded my camera phone - I will play with using email to flickr option.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Charities outside the US can set up a profile. To generate a robust profile, your organization should be able to plug in existing social media presences (Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Blog RSS Feed, Etc) so it seems to favor organizations that have already established a social media content strategy.

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