NetWits

MAY 21, 2008

One creative solution is social networking. Social networking technology” is the term used to describe websites that allow members to use their personal and business relationships for networking, hiring, and obtaining references. NetWits Newsletters Social Networking Internet Marketing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Far too many groups are not focusing their fundraising efforts on wide-scale donor acquisition efforts. Groups need to be willing to embrace them to see increasing returns on the health of their development programs. Social media sites are for relationship building. 3) Capture social media followers that visit your website.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) Jon Stahl pointed me to a great article , also about opening up the social graph.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2024

An online community is a group of people with a shared interest or purpose who choose to connect and communicate virtually. Some examples of online communities include a LinkedIn or Facebook group where industry professionals connect. What is an online community? ’ Discover the Nimble AMS advantage!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

The Packard Foundation has recently published a report commissioned from the Monitor Group called “ Ideas Into Action: Reflecting on Three Years of Building Network Effectiveness.”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 8, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Update on social network portability January 8, 2008 Last week, I covered the Richard Scoble dust-up. And, of course, nonprofits should be especially keen on being able to keep control of their data.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 11, 2012

It was the power of people sharing the stories with one another that actually brought it to some sort of critical mass where mainstream media then took attention. It was much more important for people to be sharing the stories with each other for the traffic to blow up really, really fast." It continued on the same trajectory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2009

social networks and blogs have become the fourth most popular online destinations. Social networks online started out amongst the younger audience. However, as the networks have become more mainstream with the passage of time, it isn’t surprising to see the audience becoming broader and older.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking of open social networks … August 14, 2008 I just joined identi.ca. you can have private groups. you can have private groups. So I’m on identi.ca

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. . For example, I learned that the first ever social networking analysis map was created by Jacob Moreno.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2024

You can leverage trusted board members and donor networks to find great candidates who share your organization’s values. These platforms attract people passionate about making a difference. Local Chamber of Commerce or local leadership group, for example, “Leadership Nashville” or “Leadership Austin.” Announce it publicly.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

What is a niche social network? . A niche social network is an online community drawn together by a shared location, demographic, or interest -- or combination of the three. Examples of niche social networks include: . TuDiabetes (issue-based – people touched by diabetes, 14,000+ members) .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2008

A question I'm often asked is " What are the demographics of social networking users ?" " and what is behind that question is the need for some information to decide what social media strategy is right for their organization's goals and audiences and further, social networking or not?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

These session will focus on social networking without a formal agenda, presentation, or takeaways. Tables at this lunch will feature a theme to bring together like-minded people for conversation and learning. NTC Social. NTC attendees love to meet up to socialize and share over a meal or coffee.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. .

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Forum One

JULY 15, 2010

What I've seen thus far on the social networking scene has been interesting, and hopefully as this week progresses, we’ll see more initiatives cropping up: @ UNAIDS says: If you're tweeting from #AIDS2010 join this Google group for tweeps at the conference: [link]. Follow the conference on Twitter and on Flickr.

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2009

Many people view online social networking tools, such as Facebook , LinkedIn , and Myspace as time-draining distractions. Tags: Networks Social Networking Web 2.0 If you haven't heard of Facebook, I'm sorry to break it to you, but you are living under a rock. Tools Web 2.0

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2010

In just a few weeks, I'm heading to Colorado to chat with a group of nonprofits about using social media in their work -- but not in Denver. So why would people who are just as likely to bump into each other at the coffee shop as they are online find the center on Facebook?

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Nonprofits often question what kind of an impact social media has on donors. Does engaging with people on social media encourage them to donate money? Does it prompt people to make an extra donation in a year, or increase their financial contribution? Online Fundraising Social Networking Trends Web 2.0'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

This is the first time I ran it for people all from the same organization, with a limited amount of time, and mix of experience. I am feeling an urge to tinker again with the cards and formats, more specifically to add cards for listening/engagement on social networks. At that time, the audience skewed younger.

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Tens of thousands of people participated in over 670 events in 40 states. Online networks have transferred the tools of organizing and programmatic leadership from organizations and placed them into the hands of the citizen/member. One's amount of social capital can be measured and, when spent, its value can be assessed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Note from Beth: As visiting scholar at the Packard Foundation, I'm connecting with other people who are studying and learning about how networks work. A lot of the ideas resonate with using online social networks and social media effectively for nonprofits, especially in the larger frame of movement building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2007

I picked up on a post by Elizabeth Dunn about decision trees for which type of social network - large network, nice audience network, or roll your own. Kevin used the white label social networking solution Elgg (an open source sonet with facebook like functionality) to set up a community.

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NetWits

JUNE 29, 2012

In order to make sense of things it can be helpful to group people into “buckets” – an activity nonprofits have been using for years (we call it segmenting) and give each bucket some definition by creating personas (aka archetypes). Understanding your supporters and key influencers can be a challenging task.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 8, 2017

The best WordPress bloggers, site owners and administrators know that one of the keys to having a fantastic and wildly successful web page is to integrate everything you post and promote with some sort of social media component. Of course, the problem many people run into when looking at a social media program or plugin is, which one to pick?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

While lifestyle and fashion pins are certainly popular on the site, there are a wide variety of reasons why people across all age groups love Pinterest. Pinterest remains one of the fastest growing social media platforms, reportedly closing in on 250 million users, the majority of whom are women. . Pinterest is aspirational.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

I really wanted to attend the " Social Networks Friend for Foe? "at who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. Fortunately, my colleague, Aspen Baker, was attending.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

She also announced that the Huffington Post has a new living section which feature the stories of people volunteering, raising money for causes they care about, and other inspirational stories. Some key themes were focus on relationships and how to encourage other people to volunteer or give way to their communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Ivan Boothe helped start the Genocide Intervention Network in 2004, and was responsible for communications, web development and social networking strategy.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

It offers a very nice blend of social networking and web content management functionality, and is very customizable. Posterous is a ridiculously easy and elegant group publishing platform. The BuddyPress plug-in takes it further and provides many of the common social networking features. Open Atrium.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI. If your nonprofit is making five or more of the 10 mistakes below, odds are that training and a re-examination of your social-media strategy are required.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

It offers a very nice blend of social networking and web content management functionality, and is very customizable. Posterous is a ridiculously easy and elegant group publishing platform. The BuddyPress plug-in takes it further and provides many of the common social networking features. Open Atrium.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2008

She recently blogged about her take on social networking has changed in the past year and now recommends to clients that they should consider what value they can gain from a social networking presence. Not only are Gen Y and Millenials engaged in these social networks, but a wider and broader range of people are.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2022

Step 2: Engage supporters in Facebook groups. . A Facebook challenge is a time-bound peer-to-peer fundraiser conducted using the social network’s fundraising tools. Create a corresponding Facebook group and ad campaign. Step 2: Engage supporters in Facebook groups. . We’ll cover the following points: .

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Key Influencers are one of those “super social” people who you want to know. Statistically, there are only a few of them—about one percent of all social media users—but they drive many a conversation. They are capable of influencing not only the people they know, but also people they don’t know.

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