Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2008

Flickr Fan Art on a Typewrtr by CoCreator. I am a member of the Flickr Fan Art Group. So, it was actually fun to write this TechSoup article " How Nonprofits Can Get The Most Out of Flickr." " It is ten tips for those who are new to Flickr to get the most out of it. (My And, if you are not on Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

What Can We Do With Flickr? CogDog Blog has assembled a fabulous set of instructional resources geared for educators on how to use free online tools like flickr, Youtube, delicious, and others. Well researched, fun, and creative. Originally uploaded by cogdogblog.

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JULY 22, 2013

Flickr: theirhistory Summer sun and vacation days haven''t slowed down the NTEN community! This edition of Member Round Up shows folks busy doing research, releasing reports, and unveiling a new community platform to help nptechies connect and learn. Read more about the research project and, even better, take part in the survey !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

The estimates below allow for the time required to research and create content for your social media campaigns, the actual time spent engaging and participating in your nonprofit’s online communities, and the time necessary to monitor and report ROI. Flickr and Digital Photography: 5 Hours Weekly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2007

My 50th birthday is this month and I'm celebrating it with a Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest. I'm also using this as an action research project to figure out a few things about flickr contests and user-generated content which I'll report back later IF ENOUGH people participate. Need some inspiration? kanter/beth5.0.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Flickr: Juushika Redgrave This past weekend saw the first offical day of fall which means we can all look forward to months of potted mums, candy corn, and annual conferences. New research form the Center for Effective Philanthropy helps to highlight areas in which foundations can increase their assistance to nonprofit organizations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 11, 2010

Please follow, friend, subscribe and like: Twitter: International Bird Rescue Research Center. Flickr: SkyTruth. Beyond Propaganda… Beyond Disastrous. Facebook: Mobile Baykeeper. YouTube: Environmental Defense Fund. MySpace: Greenpeace. Related Links: Nonprofits of the Month :: May 2010 :: Holding Corporations Accountable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2014

Flickr Photo by Flower Factor. Two recent research studies take a pass at answering that questions and the findings should be useful to those mentoring emerging leaders in their organizations and looking for professional development opportunities for them. “ Revisit your expectations of how and when work best gets done.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Flickr: flickr.com/groups/thenatureconservancy. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites. We use Flickr to collect all of the photos for our annual nature photo competition. Website: www.nature.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Not creating Flickr slideshows to tell your nonprofit’s story. Craziness! Posting more than one status update a day on Facebook. YouTube.com/nonprofits. Enough said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Recent research suggests that taking and posting too many selfies on your Facebook profile (or other social channels) can be damaging to your relationships. Flickr Photo - NYPL Photo Booth. ” While selfies are easy to do , they can also go horribly wrong.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Flickr: marcp_dmoz Technology aside, it’s clear that the advent of Cloud-based solutions has had an impact on the culture of our work as nonprofits. It’s changed the jobs we do, both within the IT department and in more mission-related positions, and how we’re able to do them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2017

Flickr Photo by J Ronald Lee. The Greater Good Science Center has collected many techniques that individuals can practice to boost their resilience on their website Greater Good in Action , including research-based exercises for fostering kindness, connection, and happiness. Financial Footing. How do you practice it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2010

Credit: Fence photo by Tim Tolle, from Flickr. Clearly, more research needs done to study what leads to meaningful change in cause-based campaigns and CSR initiatives. Through this, and other research, we hope to further the case for tying cause-related marketing to social change outcomes.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2013

Flickr: waywuwei Earlier this year, we worked with Avectra to release The 2013 Nonprofit Engagement Data Study , which was based on a survey of nonprofit communications and fundraising professionals, as well as executive directors.

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NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Once your blog is in place you could choose to spend time on Flickr, YouTube, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc, but why waste time on every site out there when you can optimize your time. Based on our research we know that Facebook and Twitter are the top sites used by nonprofits and the social networks with the largest user base.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Flickr Photo by WiserEarth - WiserEarth's team from Around the World play Peek-A-Boo With Book. Flickr Photo by KK. Flickr Photo by James Leventhal. The photo above shows WiserEarth ’s team from around the world in the Bay Area during break from a staff retreat reading the Networked Nonprofit. Photo by KK.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Teaser: Flickr photo: niallkennedy. Blog Content: Flickr photo: niallkennedy. In our last few fact finding missions, the answer has been pretty resounding: more stories, research, and case studies from the field. 2010 has been a good year for NTEN. We're not joking when we say we couldn't have done it without you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2016

Flickr Photo by Annamatic3000. But when this becomes the cultural norm, it is not effective. The research shows that when we overwork, we are way less productive, and it is also starts to impact our attitude and health. ” Like start ups, nonprofits often require long hours, evenings and weekends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2011

Flickr Photo by Beth Kanter. I’ve been experimenting with posting different types of content and engagement techniques on my Facebook Page this past month based on what the research says about increasing engagement.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

There are plenty of best practices to follow and philosophies to think about and you’ll discover those as you research your own ideas. It isn’t vital that you post to Twitter AND Pownce AND Jaiku or that you upload photos to Flickr AND Picasa AND Photobucket. A passionate user base is invaluable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2011

Flickr Photo by Soyignatus. Here’s why Rebecca is taking on this challenge in her own words: Having done some research into climbing Kilimanjaro, I understand what an enormous physical undertaking it is. Are you facilitating this with your fundraising approaches? The Parkinson’s Association is doing just that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2013

His book has a great summary of the research out there on what is failure. Peter summarizes Dr. Carol Dweck, a professor at Stanford’s research on the topic. Flickr Photo from Employment Now. (2) ” It is hard for those people to learn from a mistake or setback. 3) Say “thank you I failed” and move on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2012

Flickr Photo by Canolais. Effective social media outreach takes at least 25 hours of staff time per week, according to the Ditch Digital Dabbling research report. Research which social media these major donors are using. Use Social Media to Reel in Big Fish Donors Guest Post By Geri Stengel, Ventureneer.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Flickr photo: niallkennedy. In our last few fact finding missions, the answer has been pretty resounding: more stories, research, and case studies from the field. 2010 has been a good year for NTEN. We're not joking when we say we couldn't have done it without you. We're not joking when we say we couldn't have done it without you.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

I love Flickr Originally uploaded by jodi_tripp. For those who haven't seen it, Flickr is a photo-sharing site. So what makes Flickr so useful? Where else can you find Pakistani bathroom signage or Mexican biker teens while researching a project? Now I always use Flickr. Okay, pop quiz. Where do you go?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Flickr Photo by S. In addition, recent GEO research has revealed that the specific practices, resources, and talents that are most needed by nonprofits striving to accelerate social change vary according to developmental stage. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2012

Here’s how it works, according to their recent Facebook and Tumblr posts: The Nature Conservancy has used photo contests to crowdsource photos from its network through social media in the post, as far back as 2008 when it ran a contest on Flickr. There are some obvious benefits: Engaging its network beyond the like on Facebook.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 17, 2008

This is an academic conference on access technology, full of researchers trying out new things that will help people with disabilities. My first day was hanging out at the Young Researchers seminar, which was organized by Professors Paul Blenkhorn (the UK's first professor of access tech) and the ICCHP host Klaus Miesenberger.

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NTEN

AUGUST 7, 2013

Flickr: photofarmer NTEN has worked hard over the years to reduce the carbon footprint of our annual conference. This year, we''re formalizing our efforts and rolling out a new sustainability plan to help us be even more effective in ''greening'' the NTC. And we need YOU, our wonderful community, to help!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

The Foundation has teamed up with an evaluation consultant, TCC Group, to figure out if working wikily can enhance the quality of learning as the OE Goldmine Research project and the Foundation’s OE program review move forward. Flickr Photo by Gary Hayes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2007

See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. Watch and listen to Connie Reece explain what this campaign is all about and why it is important to her. Read Susan Reynold 's statement. View the list of people who contributed their smarts, hearts, and souls to this campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

Flickr photo from: Just Me Robin Photos "Fried Green Tomatoes anyone?" " My first thought when I opened this email from Katya Andresen , VP Marketing, Network for Good , pointing me to some new research, " The Young and the Generous " (you have to register to download) was about fried green tomatoes.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2013

Research Triangle Park, NC: The “Good” part of NCTech4Good. Image adapted from Happiness is an ice cream cone as big as my head , creative commons licensed on Flickr. Cambridge, UK: Timebanking and the use of social media for volunteering. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

I've been doing a small research project. To challenge my set ways of doing internet research Web 1.0 When doing research like this, always think about two things -- the subject matter and the subject matter expert. I've accumulated more LinkedIn contacts than flickr contacts ). Then figure out what your topic is.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Flickr Photo by Zen. The opening plenary was both fun and informative – an improv company “performed” the results of GEO’s latest research on the relationship between grantmaking practices and grantee success. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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NTEN

APRIL 27, 2012

Flickr: NTEN: Nonprofit Technology We're still catching our breath from the NTC earlier this month, but the nonprofit technology community is as active as ever this week! Check out the campaign’s use of Flickr and Tumblr ! Idealware is searching for a Senior Nonprofit Software Researcher. Have more news to share?

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