Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2015

The participants include a mix of people from nonprofit and for-profit online communities – and it is an excellent opportunity to learn and network with peers, not to mention have healthy food and drink, like Hint Water. More tips and examples on the FitBit blog. This is crowdsourced motivation at its finest!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

This is an adaptation of the article “ Nine Valuable Marketing Lessons From a Nonprofit – Charitywater.org ” written for the KISSmetrics blog by Chloe Gray. They do it on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as well as on their blog, their website and in their email marketing campaigns. Image from Flickr by Xurble.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

One example that I’ve blogged about before is the annual project from EpicChange: Tweetsgiving. You can see the numbers (from tweets, to dollars, to videos and more) on the EpicChange blog here. Looking at all of you readers, hint hint!). Enter the Contest. To participate in the contest, follow these easy steps: 1.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Our #GivingTuesday Fundraising Bootcamp can get you started learning about GivingTuesday fast, help you set up your first GivingTuesday fundraiser, and boost your revenue this year even more over previous years. The post #GivingTuesday Fundraising Bootcamp appeared first on Greater Giving Blog. What should your goal look like?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

This post is a quick round up of what I learned in Vegas and sharing it here because it’s too good to stay in Vegas! We were lucky that Rob Cottingham from Social Signal was in the room cartoon blogging. He captured the key points above. Hint, drive them to a landing page on your site). Danielle @starfocus.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

For example: “Please give today, because children are waiting for help learning to read” shows WHY they should give today. Even if you hint strongly that you’d like people to make a donation, if you don’t come right out and ask, people may not get it. This transition word helps you explain things. Mistake #4: Not asking.

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3rd Sector Labs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

In fact, it was this negative experience that got me thinking about today’s blog post topic. That said, let’s learn from their mistakes, not mimic them. I’ve already hinted at the answer in this blog post: You need as much data as you will USE. And we are still being pestered. And no more.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Somewhat like a poker tell, suspicious emails contain hints that the sender isn't who they claim to be. Watch this video to learn how to spot email scams. Want to learn more about cybersecurity and how you can keep your data safe? Read our latest blog post about the Equifax breach. The Facts About Email Scams.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 9, 2022

Keep these 7 hints in mind as you build your strategy and contact Cloud for Good today for additional opportunities to transform your technology with Salesforce. . Blog: How Lessons Learned During the Pandemic Help Prepare Us For a Recession. You May Also Enjoy: Report: 2022 State of Salesforce in the Nonprofit Sector.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 15, 2022

Let me take a moment to be upfront: You should only keep reading if you really want to explore the question in the title of this blog. Often, as I hinted at the beginning of this blog, I’ve seen organizations trying to decipher how their supporters could contribute. What could they do? . Do you REALLY need your supporters?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

  I hope to celebrate my birthday in January with some sort of personal fundraiser/fundraiser to support Cambodian kids (hint, hint) and scanning for ideas.  Bruyneel offered a friendly challenge – on Twitter and on his blog. What can Nonprofits can learn from this? what else can we learn? 5 Takeaways.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2015

So with that in mind, let's explore how you can build this kind of meaningful relationship with your supporters by taking a few hints from the best friends ever, Sam and Frodo in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 30, 2010

Learn More. Hint: remember to click on the “Notes&# tab below the slides on SlideShare so you can see the speaker notes that go with each slide!). Plus lots more – I’m really looking forward to continuing conversations that emerge from the above topics and from The Networked Nonprofit ! Networked Nonprofit Slides.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Some of the best Lean learning comes through the real-life stories from people who are already using Lean principles. Hint: Beth Kanter will be a judge at the Lean for Social Good Summit in San Francisco ! In this helpful guide, you’ll learn all the Lean Startup lingo (MVP… Pivot… Validated Learning… oh my!) No worries!

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

There are some universal elements to any compelling story, whether they’re in books, the news, articles, blogs, or movies. hint: it’s very helpful if you can make your “character” a specific person/animal or small group of people/animals that you can attach names to). What Makes a Good Story? Setting: This is where your story happens.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

Since this directly relates to our project, we look forward to sharing and learning as much as we can for the next few weeks. When a user surfs to a website and registers for an event, donates money, becomes a member or writes a blog, this information has become digitized. You can check it out for yourself at www.socialchangenews.com.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Old dogs must learn new tricks to keep getting rewards. What did you learn that will help you navigate the way forward? This will give you hints as to what your supporters value that may overlap with the values you enact. W e’re living in a new time of disruption , Solis argues, making old ways of doing things obsolete.

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EveryAction

MAY 23, 2016

This guest post originally appeared on Idealist Careers blog. As someone who has jumped from the corporate world to the nonprofit sector and back again, I’ve learned a lot about the nuances of both, especially in terms of the all-important first interview. Hint: it’s not for the money. Why we consider making the switch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Note from Beth: While many of us focus our attention on FB pages, Facebook groups can be a good platform for nonprofits to use for informal peer learning groups, getting feedback from your post passionate fans , or to cultivate and support a brand ambassadors group. What else can you learn about your members through their activity?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

You probably want a News page for your blog (if you plan to have one), which will help you keep your site fresh. It gives a person the essence and hints about the work the organization does. Learn more at www.GetFullyFunded.com/TV. This is a map that lays out the pages your site needs. appeared first on Get Fully Funded.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Because the Winter section goes into January, you could start writing your 2011 goals in the Big Vision section too, but personally, I kinda like the idea of staying with your 2010 goals in the Big Vision section, and then getting a hint of your 2011 goals in the Winter Section. Format: virtual or in-person?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. That's Danah Boyd in RL who was also live blogging the event. This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. Learning is happening outside of school and it needs to be understood better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2009

I get a lot of requests like this and I don't have the capacity blog or tweet them all. However, I tweeted her message and now I'm blogging about it. In fact, I've been yammering about the importance relationship building for years on this blog in countless posts (see below.) We've been calling it " Listening and Learning Loops."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2009

Their blog is called " Speak United ") Meghan used the materials in the WeAreMedia Wiki (and my blog ) and customized it for the United Way. . Hints on responding about United Way: Be transparent -- say that you work at a United Way. Answer thoughtfully, ask questions, your goal is to learn and inform.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 18, 2013

They are hinted at in fundraising letters. How can we learn from our successes and failures and adapt our work to increase impact? This is the beginning of a couple partnerships between Fractured Atlas and the MAH, and I am PSYCHED to work with and learn from Ian and their crew. But how do we measure them?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2011

I used to participate in the calls way back in 2005 in the early days of blogging and always found the calls informative. Dave Gray shared this reflection where circles can go and they hint at other potential nonprofit use cases for donor cultivation. Jerry Michalski is the moderator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

The Cross Blog Discussion of the NpTechTag has generated some comments and blog posts that I've summarized below. I wonder what we can learn from them? Write a blog post. Join the cross-blog conversation! Let's begin with big picture question that Gavin raised: What purpose do folksonomies serve? What do you think?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2016

We learned that website traffic was earned, not a given, and effective email marketing required advanced skills and forward thinking. Today, the vast majority of nonprofits have websites, use email marketing, and accept online donations, but the irony is everything that we have learned over last 20 years needs to be revised and relearned.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Up on the NTEN blog! Join Network for Good to learn more, ask questions, and get better-acquainted with the new EmailNow, powered by Emma. More powerful than a web ad! Able to leap. Well, no, but: you looked! It's a tweet! It's a widget! Register today. Participants can expect the following: .

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

November 28, 2006 Well, both in the process of learning about all of the very cool web 2.0 First, there’s the blogging issue. I keep 2 blogs of my own, and contribute actively to one community blog (at nosi.net ) and could, potentially, contribute to quite a number of others. Hint to NTEN : Affinity Group Planets!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2006

hint, hint, hint -- this is a nice idea for Mother's Day). Also, I know my children who are probably too young to worry about finding the perfect gift, happily make me something or bring me breakfast in bed - but wouldn't it be nice for them to learn the true meaning of Mother's Day?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2016

She learned the hard way early in her career. He hints at the importance of organizational culture and leadership. “Organizations need to move away from thinking that health and wellness means providing a discount to a local gym. You can learn more about this free webinar and register here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2008

Hint - the three R words. Reciprocity : Roger Carr helped me with winning the America's Giving Challenge he blogged (more than once I might add), left supportive comments, retweeted to his network ( connected me to Dr. Mani ), and personally donated to my campaign. I've just donated to his campaign and here's why.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Here, I will walk you through the basics of setting up a landing page for your organization, and share some things that I learned while setting up ours. There are a few other applications you can use, but this is what we used and what the following blog post recommends.) Feel free to leave us any questions in the comments section.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2016

We’ve run nearly 600 online fundraising experiments , and we’ve learned that there is no perfect subject line formula that will work for every audience. Preview text gives the recipient a hint as to what your email is going to be about. Again, testing is the only way to know what subject lines work for your audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Read on to learn how the World Food Program USA, Partners in Health, and The Mission Continues have customized one story for different platforms so they can reach more people with their impactful work. WFP USA has posted a nearly 650-word story of Rani on their blog with a big headline, full-size photos, large text, and bold quotes.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Follow the legal notices of a business publication to learn about new ventures. Newspaper articles, blog posts, newsletter mentions, signs that raise curiosity and just plain word-of-mouth are all examples of ways you can increase visibility for your projects. Take a hint from them and stop trying to fit in. Create a Buzz.

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