Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. Do any nonprofits have a formal blogging policy?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

And rather than pay people to go get information about those places, Google has smartly been using a service called Map Maker, which lets locals and people knowledgeable about the area edit it themselves. Here’s a free PDF with the Top 10 Guidelines for a social media policy. But it’s lacking in certain parts of the world.

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Mexico Bookmarking Web Guidelines 111

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2024

They’ll help you write an Investment Policy Statement (IPS) , create your endowment, and manage it based on your desired investment strategies and specifications. This agreement includes information about the purpose of your endowment, the annual disbursement amount, investment strategies, and usage guidelines.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

The Carnegie Corporation of New York—established in 1911 by Andrew Carnegie to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding—is one of America’s oldest grantmaking foundations. Areas served: US (limited worldwide). Kars4Kids Foundation. Areas served: Illinois. California Community Foundation. Lilly Endowment Inc.’s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

I put out a query for examples of blogging and social network/media policies for nonprofits and got lots of good examples. Donny Peterson couldn't resist the urge to edit someone else's blogging policy before sharing a copy his policy. That got me thinking about the process for developing the policy.

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Achieve

MARCH 4, 2022

An attorney knowledgeable about data privacy matters will always be your best guide when navigating these rules, but there’s still plenty you can do to familiarize yourself with the landscape. Work with a nonprofit technology consultant if needed to conduct an assessment of your current data policies and protections.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2011

People The context you provide helps people understand the relevance of current events and the implications that are obvious with your depth of knowledge (but are not obvious to readers). What policies and expectations have helped put your bloggers at ease? Don't be afraid to share link-love with the competition. Time Management.

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sgEngage

JUNE 13, 2022

Have Cybersecurity Policies and Practices in Place. Are staff familiar with our policies? Because protecting grantee safety is likely to require action across multiple departments within an organization, it’s best to have checklists or guidelines ready in advance to shape your response. Have they received adequate training?

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2017

Every board has a fundamental responsibility for self-management: for creating a structure, policies and procedures that support good governance. You want people that are eager and ready to share their wealth of knowledge. Your members are busy so quick and focused is the best policy. You want a mix of individuals.

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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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Gyrus

APRIL 7, 2016

Compliance training ensures that employees, contractors, and partners have the right knowledge and understanding to comply with an organization’s legal, operational, ethical aspects of business. Or, they are still following the outdated compliance policies and technology at the organization.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

We suggest that you: Identify any knowledge gaps and situations where additional training is needed. Consider these four components of effective matching gift phonathon training: Materials: Document how callers should ask about matching gifts and the process by which they should share company rules, guidelines, and instructions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

According to Rob Cross’s research, knowledge workers spend 90 to 95 per cent of their time on the phone, responding to e-mails or in meetings. Have a formal policy about sending after hours emails. Some organizations have explicit policies such as “no email between 7pm-7am. Adopt Good Practices Around Team Emails.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

Here’s some tips on how to write or revise a social media policy that empowers your employees. Design and Plan Training: To build an effective training, you need to do some assessment of the current skills, knowledge, and comfort level of employees. Social Media Policy: Building Good Judgement. Power of Staff As Champions.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

National Council of Nonprofits - Nonprofit Knowledge Matters. Their newsletter will keep you up to speed on any national policy issues that affect your work, not to mention connect you with some seriously useful tools and best practices guidelines. Subscribe if: You're the one that gets things done around here.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 9, 2016

Originally, as it may be the first time an organization is encountering these challenges; it may seem as if this Wild West gunslinger policy of creating on the go is advantageous or even agile. As there are few established guidelines for safeguarding the brand, and many programs are not nearly as mature as they need to be.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Basic knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) will make or break your social media campaigns. Create a Simple Media Policy. Focus on the big picture and create guidelines that can be applied across many social media tools, such as. Learn Basic HTML. It is a fundamental shift in how people use the Internet for social good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Photo by Dietrich I love the Red Cross's approach to scaling its engagement strategy by involving the whole organization - it is spelled out in their strategy handbook and policy guidelines. Follow the personal online communications guidelines. The importance of carving out time for this type of learning. Beth's Monitor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2010

Networked Nonprofits spell this out in their organization’s social media strategy handbook and policy guidelines and encourage personal exploration and learning. It’s one thing to have it written in a social media policy. It’s quite another to put it into practice. Pay Yourself First.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2014

Do you have financial policies in place that audit your organizational health? Make sure you have written policies where you need them and guidelines where you might simply want to pass down key knowledge. Do you have hiring, training and staff cultivation plans to grow your people?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

tap into the vast amounts of knowledge ? Guidelines for Secure Use of Social Media by Federal Departments and Agencies ,? spear phishing, social engineering, and web application security) and a series of recommended policy controls (ex. policy; acquisition; training; host; network) to mitigate these vulnerabilities.

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Qgiv

MAY 6, 2021

The guidelines are based on each organization’s size and mission. Have an Opt-in Policy. To give consent, donors simply have to provide their phone numbers with the knowledge that they’ll be receiving communications, like filling out a form on your website. If people unsubscribe, make sure their numbers are taken off.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

Worst case: Where there is not sufficient knowledge, the expenses that are not chargeable to either of the contracts may land under "administration," thus increasing the overhead ratio. Budgeting, fiscal policies, and internal control resources. The shelter will lose sight of the true cost of this program. More Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

s so much easier and cheaper than earlier knowledge management attempts." " I've covered some aspects of this in my screencast and workshop on " Tagging for Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing For Nonprofits." policies and usage guidelines." Opportunity or Threat for IT Support Staff?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

What is my responsibility to my organization - money, unique knowledge, ? Free software, but expensive in terms of your time -Set out with minimal (achievable) goals and guidelines (policy) They differed in the audience building strategy and definition. They have a comment policy on their blog. Good or bad thing?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

I do have experience as knowledge engineer and conceptualizer, which basically means that I am used to working in fields I know nothing about. From the conversations and documents within Naturalis, I divined some abstract issues that could serve as guidelines for the scenarios. Those are the constraints of the innovation policy field.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

This is a quite detailed subject, but some basic guidelines to follow are to avoid using Smart Campaigns which are automated, but are less-powerful campaigns in which Google hides most of the functionality for the campaign. Below are the most important ones from Google’s Ad Grants Policy Compliance Guide.

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Nonprofits Source

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It’s critically important that the engagement opportunities you offer to members make sense given their interests, skill and knowledge levels, and experience with your association. how to align with association standards and values). Remember that this initiative is meant to be collaborative, so be open to creative suggestions from members.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

To determine which organizations would be nominated, an extensive selection process was conducted by a dedicated pro bono committee according to specific program guidelines. They were so knowledgeable about Salesforce and grasped our customized nonprofit set-up very quickly. Cloud for Good was fantastic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2011

This post summarizes the knowledge shared by many nonprofit folks on how to use Facebook effectively. A social media policy provides the rule book for all staff to participate. Organizational and Community Facebook Guidelines. Finally, there will are two specific policy points for Facebook. What’s missing?

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

Need some metrics guidelines? I agree with Beth that a dollar value alone cant determine whether using online social networking is a worthwhile activity, which is why Ive also included time and geek knowledge in my formula. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. All rights reserved.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

Need some metrics guidelines? I agree with Beth that a dollar value alone cant determine whether using online social networking is a worthwhile activity, which is why Ive also included time and geek knowledge in my formula. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. All rights reserved.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Need some metrics guidelines? I agree with Beth that a dollar value alone cant determine whether using online social networking is a worthwhile activity, which is why Ive also included time and geek knowledge in my formula. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. All rights reserved.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2005

What kind of knowledge does the staff already possess? They sign a sexual harassment policy document, fill out a demographic profile, and sign an agreement between themselves and Project Open Hand. What coalitions is the organization a part of? Who are the organization's constituents? Do you have total organizational buy-in?

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Your website must follow Google’s website policy. You’ll drive users here across your campaigns, so you’ll want to ensure your nonprofit comes across as trustworthy and knowledgeable. The guidelines evolve every so often, so make sure to regularly reference the official compliance page.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2011

We had to rely on those staff for their technical knowledge. Define roles and guidelines and create a sense of accountability to establish clear expectations. We surround our websites, social media, and other digital media with policies, levels of authority, procedures, expertise, and all sorts of mystery.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

5 As for Uber and Lyft, these companies maintain policies that reward workers for low ride- cancellation rates—policies that are so tightly enforced, drivers are pressured to continue their rides even in the face of verbal abuse or physical assault.

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