Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

Pin your own website and blog content, but only if it pulls up a good photo! Tap into that power by pinning your own website and blog content, but only if it pulls up a good, visually appealing photo. So, for example, I am going to pin a blog post from the Nature Conservancy Blog : Step One :: Use Good Photos on Your Website and Blog.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

To learn this, test as much as you can in order to get to know your audience well and understand what resonates with them. For example, consider creating a strategy for segmenting your emails and testing, this is a great resource from Kivi Leroux Miller. Here''s what they said.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Test Drive It. There are two aspects to a proper test drive: First, give it a go without having a blog. Photo credit: Flickr futureshape ). That’s right, I really said that. Start reading other blogs to get an idea of how to do it – here’s a whole dashboard full of blogs to get you started!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

They will tweet constantly and upload their photo-led blog stories every day between May 11-22. Follow the blog updates or the Flickr photo stream. are headed to Zambia to document a community who doesn’t have a school, in as close to real-time as possible. Follow along and connect with the community!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2011

Flickr Photo by Robert Couse-Baker. Maybe you don’t have time to test every app on Facebook and want some recommendations on what’s best to stream your content. Our intent is to provide a space for just-in-time answers, share best practices at no charge , and deepened our learning based on a monthly theme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Flickr Photo by PCSO900. She initiated a discussion about how to test some of Shirky's ideas. In addition to their Fan Page, they developed two Facebook applications, " Take a Beach Break " and " Which Ocean is Your Ocean " as well as tested different ads on Facebook that linked directly to the event sign up on the web site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Toddy. How can we test this this theory, and how can you be a part of it at SXSW this year? Note from Beth: I’m headed down to Austin, TX for SXSW where I will have the pleasure of facilitating a workshop on measuring social media with KD Paine with case studies by David Neff and Carie Lewis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Flickr Photo by Flower Factor. The project presented a unique opportunity to discover and test the best mix of skills and support that would help develop the next generation of social sector leaders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2015

Flickr Photo by Celestine Chua. This pilot project will test a leadership development training model for emerging leaders in environmental organizations that uses a combination of peer learning, coaching, and mentoring. For the past few months, I’ve been working on a new project that will launch next month.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

Also, make sure to follow TechSoup's Online Community Coordinator, Alexandra Bezdikian, as she tests the digital storytelling tools of the trade. After the event, Scoop It (Android, iOS) is a useful tool for compiling press coverage, photos, social media, and more into one, slick-looking page.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Once you come up with a plan, and you test it, you then evaluate it and rethink it, and then iterate on the plan, test it, and come back around to evaluating it. Photo credit: Flickr Rhys’s Piece Is ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

Flickr Photo by Caramel - Creatives Common Licensed. Another way is to let qualitative data inform a hypothesis that you go on to test with numerical data. Your numerical data can tell stories , but can stories be data that leads to continuous improvement? Do numbers only matter? The only valid data is quantitative data.

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Care2

JULY 18, 2011

Share some photos of your team getting ready for the big event - this can be anything from a shot of people stuffing envelopes, the AV team testing the projector the morning of, to the decorations committee arranging flowers. Share a photo gallery from the event. Ask people to suggest songs for the set list.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Zeega is a content curation tool that lets you collect video clips, sound bites, and images from sites with public media (like Flickr, YouTube, Dropbox, and so on). Using Zeega's simple editor tool, users can put multimedia clips together into a sequence or layer them (such as putting a sound bite with a photo).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2006

Thought folks might be interested in reading the Humaninet blog from Gregg Swanson who will be blogging and uploading photos to the Hnet Flickr account via a satellite connection at a disaster response exercise in Asia put on by ADRA Asia. Blog: [link] Flickr: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. Note from Beth: Many nonprofits do not have dedicated teams for social media and social media strategy and implementation is typically only a part of a someone’s job. Along with measuring against impact results, it is important to look at how much time has been invested.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Flickr Photo by Yandel. Over the course of the past year we have continued to test this format with our clients and refine it. And, now, we are excited to present the new and improved editorial calendar for 2012. Earned Media is Dead. OK, reports of the death of traditional media may be greatly exaggerated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

Original Photo by Pearlbear from Nosi Salon 12/11/06 at SF Nonprofit Technology Center. Two days ago, The Tech Chronicles Blog published a post about Marc Canter's "Ahem Society" that used one of my flickr photos. So I complained in flickr , my blog and left a comment on the Tech Chronicles Blog. (I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Flickr Photo By Mastery of Maps. Are you measuring to test a hypothesis? Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Measurement springs from many different motivations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Flickr Photo by Johnny Hall. Through monthly phone calls and a closed Facebook discussion group, I tested (“try to vary the type content each day of the week”). It was a fantastic laboratory to explore the power of peer learning and the right mix. I asked questions (“Does posting on the weekend create more user engagement?”).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Photo by Fensterbme on Flickr. Start with an accounting of what video and photo assets you already have, and see how they can be put to work for your year-end plans. Test, but be careful. If you’re not sure your video belongs on your donation page try a test run and track your analytics carefully.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Flickr Photo by Kris Krug. We’ve done a deep scan of the literature on personal habit change, like Gretchen Rubin’s Better Than Before and BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits and have tested their approaches on ourselves. I’ve been working on my next book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , with Aliza Sherman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Flickr Photo by Lululemon. Watch what other nonprofits are doing and emulate – but be sure to test new ideas in a way that you can learn and improve. What is your organization doing to learn and adapt its strategy to the new changes?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Flickr Photo by Metro Transportation Library and Archive. Photo/video Views (optional if I’m testing as content strategy). Successful social media is like going to the gym because the discipline of a good routine gets results much like working out on a daily basis. New Fans (Likes). Unsubscribes. Page Views.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

We also ask people to share personal messages though initiatives like Facing AIDS for World AIDS Day (December 1), where people can submit photos to a Flickr group that say why they are facing AIDS. We're hoping this will help engage communities in a national effort to reduce stigma about HIV/AIDS and to promote HIV testing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Flickr Photo by ESML. When testing out new social platforms, take some time to experiment and do it well before giving up on it.“. It was a fantastic laboratory to explore the power of peer learning and the right mix. But the important thing is to be responsive, to be available. Carlman: “Report on learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2006

So, now we can test the hypothesis. Have her blog stats increased now that she posted the froggy glasses photo ? Does it increase more or less than showing your underwear on flickr ? Holly Ross at N-TEN pointed us over to a post from Seth Godin about how to increase readership for your blog - blog about your kids.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Flickr photo: shareski How much cash do you have in your wallet right now? Visa is testing it right now with Bank of America and Device Fidelity , which created a new iPhone case to house the chip. An NFC chip -- that's near-field communications -- is placed on your existing cell phone, or is built into new phones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2007

from my flickr photo stream Susan Tenby from TechSoup gave a presentation for a workshop called Virtual Games/Virtual Worlds during the Northern California Grantmakers Briefing called From YouTube to Podcast: Digital Media, Philthanthropy, and Social Justice. Anil Dash , of Sixapart , was one of the speakers. Technorati Tags: VECoP

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

It recommends links and photos while you write. I took it out for a test drive, initially writing about Zemanta. I also didn't like the photos it recommended (and in fact one it suggested was all rights reserved). It works on a number of different blogging platforms, including the one I use, typepad.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 5, 2008

Flickr Photo: RXAPhoto Last week, I received a nice email from Wes Trochlil at Effective Database Management. Is it being tested to ensure that the backup is actually occurring and that data is actually being backed up? Many moons ago, Wes helped us select our association management software. What's your advice to NTEN members?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

Flickr Photo by Sebr. I’ve been immersed in writing about measurement and testing instructional frameworks this year. Over the holiday break, I read 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done by Peter Bregman who blogs at at the HBR. This book is a gem.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Flickr Photo by Banana Custard. Using Silicon Valley as a test site, and partnering with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the Project seeks to build the social trust that enables regional problem-solving by strengthening civic networks in the region.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

I took that photo back in 2004 when I had the opportunity to visit Cambodia and observe all programs for a week. Heres a recent photo of Jack and Mom taken in December 2007. Try these and test them. He mentioned that I could use Google Analytics to test the click through in my email signature. Flickr Supporters.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

test and teweak. Fail formally - protesting Wendy’s with a photo sharing with a protest sign but only got a few people doing it, heard so much about how hard it was for people to participate, etc. but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted. this time they got 3,000 photos and 2,500 email address.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

So capture people's attention, show them how they can contribute and then show them, through video and photos, how their contributions have helped. 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

AUGUST 4, 2011

In KD Paine’s book “ Measure What Matters ,’ she advises starting with test project because implementing a full-blown measurement program can be daunting. Flickr Photo by Kai Hendry. Picking A Social Media Measurement Pilot. This is especially true for nonprofits. How do you pick a good pilot?

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