Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

" or what we call "hype" - how does a small nonprofit avoid getting seduced by the hype? Having a bad case of work avoidance yesterday - specifically building powerpoint slides and figuring out what to say, I got into an email conversation about Web2.0 and volcom sector adoption. is right for you and your org?

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John Kenyon

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

As the scale of nonprofit losses from hacking becomes clear, #cybersecurity finally gets the attention & funding it needs. Now that the hype and the newness of social media is wearing off, the reality is setting in. You are lucky if you get away without spending more than $50 – $60,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

But beyond all of the hype and noise, the most dominant theme I keep coming back to is that community is and always will be King. During a panel on fundraising, Donors Choose raised enough money to fund a music classroom project in Austin. We also "checked in" using FourSquare and Gowalla everywhere.

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Forum One

MARCH 17, 2010

But beyond all of the hype and noise, the most dominant theme I keep coming back to is that community is and always will be King. During a panel on fundraising, Donors Choose raised enough money to fund a music classroom project in Austin. We also "checked in" using FourSquare and Gowalla everywhere.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2008

" As a marketing person, I would be annoyed if every promotion was successful and extremely hyped but did not somehow lead to a sale. Several days later, Jonathan Colman set up a digg and announced it in the NpTech Friend Feed Room. The fund raising is an impressive story, really just floors me! 4) PayPal was an enabler.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Nonprofits face unique challenges that commercial enterprises often don't face: you have no IT staff, no IT budget, uneven levels of technical skills in staff, high turnover and volunteer staff, distributed teams with only the internet connecting them, no long term IT planning or vision, and project based funding models.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Neff and Jordan Viator -- had the great opportunity to lead a session entitled " The Real Housewives of Social Media " Funny Photoshopped pictures were displayed of us, we sported aprons to hype the theme, and we shared information and case studies on various aspects of social media campaigning.

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