Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

We’ll also be referring folks to resources for more formal learning and peer connections, like NTEN , the Nonprofit Technology Network and host of the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference and Netsquared and TechSoup Global – and of course sharing resources from our colleagues in the nonprofit/social media field.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

participation in online discussion groups. networking through professional or social associations (consultants associations, Rotary, and associations that your potential clients participate in). networking at conferences and workshops. networking with people (and firms) who can refer their clients or subcontract with you.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

We have a couple of email listservs on Google Groups of our top-tier advocates that we've been interested in migrating to an online community. I posted on-topic comments in Groups and posted to profiles. I find myself clicking between "Home" "Profile" "Chatter" and "Groups," all which look similar but have different content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

In April, I blogged about HSUS "Stop Canada's Cruel Seal Hunt" campaign over at blogher and my blog and last December on my blog as part of a roundup of articles on using social networking spaces for campaigns. The first thing we did was create a group dedicated to the seal hunt. Her main focus is on ways to use web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

Leveraging the networks and personal brands of your staff as champions can help your organization’s communications strategy have more impact. With a few guidelines and a little training, employees can use social channels effectively in service of your organization’s mission AND their own learning.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

We want you to know that we've heard you, and we want to quell any fears about the loss of the NTEN Discuss list (it is not going away) or the many valuable resources that have been collected in various Affinity Groups (also, definitely not going away). Can there be more than one group leader? Where does the CoP “live”?

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) This is not the time for jargon -- save that for talking to your developers (or your NTEN listserv buds). Start thinking about success stories that you can share with your organization. to get success stories. is going end-of-life!"

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2009

To develop creative, sustainable partnerships with nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, issue groups, labor unions, educational institutions, business corporations, foundations, and all levels of government. Any individuals/group/family can register their project. You don't need to be an organization to do this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Do we know enough about the differences between users and non-users of social networking sites ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

So a hat tip to Katrin Verclas and Progressive Exchange listserv. social networking sites. I received an email back stating that only individuals are allowed to create profiles, but that we were more than welcome to start a group (which we already have). Ranger Rick Image from Facebook profile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Commentary here ) Maybe that's why we've heard rumblings in the blogosphere and on listservs that the YouTube Nonprofit Channel was backlogged on accepting applications. They tire networks; call it competition fatigue. Their use as a recruitment tool will table; they'll reach a network threshold fairly quickly.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Use a template : Ask your state library if it has a template, or ask other librarians if they have a template you can use by way of a listserv (such as ARSL) or Facebook group. We also highly recommend checking out TechSoup's comprehensive list of how-tos and articles , which cover everything from networking to Internet safety.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

Here are ten practical things you can do, starting tomorrow: 1) Join a list-serve or social media group. The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. Search LinkedIn and Google groups. And the IFRC, my organization, has a Learning Network with many free courses for volunteers. Some are free.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. Nonprofits, support groups, and nonprofit professionals have found their homes on Ning. Here are their best tips and advice ??? whether you???re out of the box???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Nonprofits can use groups). The resulting discussion thread on the progressive exchange listserv prompted some reflections on how nonprofits can effectively use Facebook. If so, it seems dubious that sponsored (read: billable) groups like Wal-Mart are welcome to market themselves despite intense community backlash.

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

Many community platforms, whether simple or complex, offer a large number of options for user interaction: user-generated content contributions, discussions, groups, wikis, blogs, real-time communication, Twitter-like updates, photo galleries, collaborative file management, etc. Big visions often mean higher likelihood of disappointment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

This articles provides some excellent tips and strategies for a successful group approach to blogging. The Technovist offers some 5 tips for nonprofits to get started with social networking sites. Facebook The Non-Profits on Facebook Group is for those who work for, belong to, or support nonprofits on Facebook. hard to use ?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Usually, I panic and start brainstorming a list of smarter people and browsing my networks for people I am sure can give me the answers. And occassionally, there might be a post where some good soul has summarized the learning from the last time that particular question was asked on the listserv. memory lapses, had forgotten it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Carie is a recognized nonprofit and social networking guru who was written up in the Chronicle of Philathantropy Blog for her organization's efforts on MySpace in June. It went right into the SlideShare NpTech Group ! Ed Schipul wonders whether Facebook mobile and text integration will make Twitter redundant? and Katya A.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2009

There is also the use of social media tools (and online collaboration tools) to support inward facing work, including online groups, communities of practice, and internal coordination or learning activities of organizations working as pure networks. listserv or web forum , Twitter , etc.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

Today's planning meeting at TechSoup Office in Second Life on Information Island was with a group of avatars, some of who I know in real life , to discuss the upcoming TechSoup mixed-reality event on July 18th (more about that later). It is like sending a personal email to the entire listserv by mistake.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. Nonprofit Software (and hardware) Ryan at PicNet hacks Email to RSS for NTEN Affinity Groups ! Lee Romero has posted a nice guide to using wikis to support his Idealist group's work. TechSoup has RSS feeds too!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Groups such as NTEN, TechSoup Global, NPower, and your regional nonprofit association may also be able to provide resources and guidance. Ideally, recruiting should be done year-round, even when you're not hiring for particular roles, so that you have a network of potential candidates you can approach as soon as you are hiring.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And this is compounded by traditional board recruitment practices, where oftentimes board members identify new board members through their own existing networks. But only 70% of that group is. or actually 70% of that group is dissatisfied with the board’s racial composition. Third is activating personal networks.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Fine is a senior fellow at Demos , a network of action and ideas based in New York City.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

They should belong to listservs, comment on community bulletin boards. There I'm thinking of things like wikis, social networking applications that allow you to eavesdrop on what your friends are doing (this is how I think of subscribing to a colleague's del.icio.us Paying attention and contributing to listservs is a part of my job.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

My social marketing colleague Craig Lefebvre, who has a blog ( On Social Marketing and Social Change ), asked me to expand some comments I had made on the Social Marketing Listserve as a guest blogger. whether formal, like focus groups and surveys, or informal is imperative in order to create an effective strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Let's say I'm leading a youth group or course about nutrition and being healthy for at-risk youth. Business Opportunities Web Blog Network. Networking Insight Blog. Some organizations start off with department or group staff blogs. Some examples of flickr groups found in flickr that relate to Extension themes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Many of you, especially those in greater Chicago, may be familiar with the Data Analysts for Social Good group that Andrew Means founded in May 2012. To learn more and stay in the loop with Data Analysts for Social Good, you can join the LinkedIn group and subscribe to the listserv. right here.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

million scientific papers grouped into scientific paradigms. Next, we wanted to see “Connections,” an exhibition on networks. There was a recent post on the ASTC listserv from a museum planning to revamp their wayfinding system. We looked at the museum map on the wall. It had considerably fewer than 1.3 million nodes.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

We see this as part of the network of sites that NSF is funding for informal science education. We did promise NSF very specifically 40 case studies of exhibitions, and we listed a number of NSF-funded exhibitions that people who are part of our core community group will hopefully write about.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. There’s a lot of overhead to consulting, even if you don’t do a lot of networking or advertising. 5) network world: I subscribe to their e-newsletter. Attend conferences. do it ASAP.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 22, 2011

Beyond the Center, there are also dozens of listservs, blogs, and electronic "hallways" devoted to philanthropy, nonprofit leadership and management, volunteerism, and other facets of the social sector. Like this article? Get another!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2007

Laura Quinn provides a summary of the concerns expressed on different nptech listservs: As these two software companies are two of the ???big The listserves are hopping with this news. A group of nonprofit tech colleagues. This big news and it rocked the nonprofit technology world yesterday. big three??? GetActive???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

I "met" Ali while lurking on the UK Riders list, a peer group of ICT circuit riders. She also asked some really good questions about blogging for ngos on the listserv. Notes Ali, "It is me in my living room and a friend named Sharn Argwings-Kodhek networking in Nairobi. We access all orphanages via the internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Last week, there was a useful exchange on the NTEN Affinity group for Nonprofit Bloggers around the question "What metrics do you use to measure success for your blog?" " The question awoke my inner research geek (a long time ago I worked as a research analyst and focus group moderator).

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

They are best-used in situations when a team of people is working together on something and needs a central place to document their efforts, or when a group of people come together to share lots of content in parallel and want to document it (i.e. Woody launched it with an email to the ASTC listserv--a good group to target for his content.

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