Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Instead, interactive tools, customization, and smart strategy allow nonprofits to go far beyond this to involve supporters in meaningful actions online that accomplish their mission. These experiences offer lessons for organizations of any size to re-imagine what it means to build community online.

Build 46

Build Community Experiment Las Vegas 46

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2011

This month’s chat focused mainly on sharing lessons and examples from the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , which took place in Washington, DC, last week. We just wrapped up another rousing Community Builder chat – I’m always so energized and inspired by these chats and thankful for all those that participate and share.

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Community DC Offline Contest 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

is a national non-profit dedicated to saving play through engaging communities; creating dialogue; and providing tools, training and resources to build playgrounds across the United States.). Through a suite of online tools—including a social networking site, online training, do-it-yourself content, and a Google-map mashup—KaBOOM!

Network 95

Network Case Study Social Change 95

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve written about it , submitted a session proposal with colleague Debra Askanase to the 2011 NTC, and recently had the opportunity to start a conversation on the topic of engaging your community across platforms in a GroupVine message (more information about my use of the tool at the bottom of this post).

Network 140

Network Influence Platform Offline 140

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

We can see (and learn a valuable lesson about) the way current ecosystem of social media works in regards to transparency, data, and community. There are many who approach the online landscape with very different views than their offline business decisions. Well, it means a lot. What’s Next.

Myspace 108

Myspace Causes Philanthropy Offline 108

CauseVox

JUNE 7, 2021

CauseVox’s Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Tools Powered-up MDLT’s Virtual Hikeathon. Colleen was new to setting up a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, and had been working with offline donations for a long time. In combination with the updates tool, donors can feel like they’re right there with the fundraiser. Lessons Learned.

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Virtual Raise Story Picture 72

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Those that have opened themselves up to using these tools and connecting with passionate people in their networks find abundance. Here’s one story about how one free agent, a social media savvy volunteer for a local food bank, saw a problem, reached out to her network, and helped solved in collaboration with the local nonprofit.

Hunger 114

Hunger Project Free Flash 114

NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

The hour usually flies by; the facilitator creates a Storify of the chat for our archives; and we take our lessons learned back to our respective workplaces. Claire Sale, a longtime #CommBuild champion, says this is her favorite part: “Mixing the online/offline builds stronger bonds between people and projects.”

Facilitation 82

Facilitation Guidelines Hosting Twitter 82

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

There’s been quite a lot of talk in the last year about the opportunities for fundraising online, generally, as well as the best practices for organizations leveraging social media for campaigns (as well as the idea to use free tools to raise money in hard economic times). Fact : 400,000 users have contributed to a cause at least once.

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Causes Myspace Donation Application 166

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

That all seems like ancient history now but this started a journey of experimenting with personal fundraising campaigns using social media to raise money for kids in Cambodia and share lessons learned with other nonprofits. I shared my lessons learned from my first campaign in 2006 in this case study , with best practices work today.

Foundation 89

Foundation Share Network Cambodia 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

Lessons are disseminated, multiplying impact beyond our foundation’s reach. I shared some areas of improvement and notes about tools, including Alison Carlman from Global Giving’s spreadsheet. The presentation offers some great examples of how to measure offline engagement and how to measure it.

Measure 101

Measure Social Media Foundation Reflection 101

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

This data does confirm many thing we already knew: that most young people are using social networking platforms of one kind or another, that females are more likely to use networking tools than males, etc. It also shows that those young people who are engaged or involved with charities are also those using social networking tools.

Online 126

Online Social Network Facebook Charity 126

Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2016

Bridging the Divide: Online and Offline Community Managers s ubmitted by Elijah van der Giessen @elijah. Which Social Media Tool Works Where and Why? Now Trending, Soon Ending: Lessons Learned from Ten Years of Trends submitted by Karen Graham @karentgraham , co-presenter: Jim Lynch @ originaljynch. spanhidden

Netsquared 36

Netsquared Chad NTC Proposal 36

NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

The hour usually flies by; the facilitator creates a Storify of the chat for our archives; and we take our lessons learned back to our respective workplaces. Claire Sale, a longtime #CommBuild champion, says this is her favorite part: “Mixing the online/offline builds stronger bonds between people and projects.”

Facilitation 60

Facilitation Guidelines Hosting Twitter 60

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 5, 2009

The missing link, though, is that the underlying opportunity (whether it is a petition to sign, an online or offline event, or anything else) needs to be networked across all the organization. There are tools like Zanby that allow organizations to link together to share calls to action across networks. This is a great start.

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Local Organization Comparison Global 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

What are the lessons learned from Free Agents about working with nonprofits? The Tools Artists Need Geeks To Create Join us to discuss the digital tools being used and abused by theatre makers, dancers, musicians, crafters, wordsmiths, cinematographers, photographers, painters, and other multimedia artists. What’s new?

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Comment Artist Social Media Hype 97

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Decreasing returns to scale , aka ‘one more heave’ and ‘lessons must be learnt’ – As the number of people involved in the system increases, the returns diminish. Feedback to presentation: would want to involve staff and services in the offline local events to share their experiences, too.

Gift 108

Gift Wikipedia Case Study Facilitation 108

Care2

MARCH 18, 2010

Michael Cervino, Beaconfire: For online campaigning, a whole new world of tools and tactics is opening up for nonprofits as the commercial sector invests in social media, social networking and more sophisticated UI experiences. I saw dozens of new services and tools at SXSWi of which nonprofits could take advantage.

Build 60

Build Community Offline Social Media 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Listening also gives me the opportunity to observe and participate in conversations that don't, and won't, happen in my offline life. Either way I'd love to hear about what you are listening for, what tools you are using for listening, and any lessons that you've learned so far. Listening helps me to stay informed.

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Massachusetts Literacy Search Mail 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

This blog post is a roundup of the face-to-face we had last week in Houston to share some of the amazing lessons learned and some reflections. So, for these organizations, their content pyramid also includes integrating offline w/online channels. On the Ground Engagement: What will you ask people to do offline? and storify.

Social Media 97

Social Media Training Train Network 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2009

I'll boil it down to " Causes is A Friending Tool, Not A Fundraising Tool." This is the beginning of their effort to better communicate and share lessons learned with nonprofits about using Causes. They are also finding that the use of matching grants is a good leveraging tool for fundraising campaigns.

Green 50

Green Causes Conversation Case Study 50

NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

This month''s theme is building community, on and offline - a perfect time to interview Bethany about her inspiration for working in nonprofit technology and more! What are some of the lessons you''ve learned as a 501 Tech Club organizer? Don’t focus on tools! How did you first become involved with the NTEN community?

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NTEN Interview Community Program 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Here's the description: Join Beth Kanter who has been teaching nonprofit technology workshops for over 15 years, both offline and online. For almost six years, she has been integrating social media tools and tricks into her instructional practice. I use Google Forms, one of the tools I'll cover, to collect this information.

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Social Media Share Media Instruction 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

In the Assessment and Reflection Report, the authors bring other good lessons and note that “Some like Atlas Corps recruited 150 ‘Campaign Captains’ before the contest started. Crowdrise was a good tool, but certainly not perfect: it didn’t allow for $1 donations, as I had wished. The lessons for arts organizations.

Nashville 97

Nashville Twitter Blogger Contest 97

NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Despite the facts and the data, organizations small and large that are spending huge amounts on direct mail and telemarketing are reluctant to move spending to the online channel — even when the data clearly shows that integrating online with offline campaigns makes the overall program more successful.

Convio 76

Convio Mail Newsletter Game 76

Care2

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Social Change Anytime Everywhere: Best Practices to Build a Multichannel Campaign Plan From your website to social media, email to mobile messages, online to offline, multichannel strategies require coordination and creative thinking across teams and departments, and a focus on the core of your work beyond any one specific call to action.

NTC 51

NTC Minneapolis Facebook Audience 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

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. This is an area of tools and techniques that I have wanted to explore in further depth, but haven't. . Why map your network with a software tool? How technical?

Analysis 95

Analysis Social Network America Network 95

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

Use the tool for what it is: a communications platform. lessons learned from the work. I’d love for you to share your ideas, answers, questions, and thoughts below - but if you have the conversation offline, in your organization, and with your friends, well, that works for me, too! It’s not going to work.

Green 102

Green Mashup Aggregator Org 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

With the entire network engaged, the leaders worked together to create a report to document the lessons they were learning from implementing leadership programs for reproductive health, through a new wiki. Eugene Eric Kim is an expert in online culture and collaboration, particularly with new tools. Technology is a dehumanizing.

Collaboration 93

Collaboration Learning Exercise Online 93

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Beth is an expert in facilitating online and offline peer learning, curriculum development based on traditional adult learning theory and other instructional approaches. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency. She has trained thousands of nonprofits around the world.

Social 28

Social Nigeria Student Cancer 28

Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

Paynter’s talk, "The Five Steps to Growing an Engaged Online Community," examined how to build and sustain online communities by relating some of the lessons he has learned through managing the Care2 community since its inception. May’s Online Community Meetup featured Randy Paynter, co-founder of Care2.

Community 66

Community Online Causes Social Network 66

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2011

Online advocacy doesn't work in a vacuum - it works best when it's part of a thoughtful integrated campaign that combines offline and online actions. Don't listen to the naysayers - but do take a lesson about what you can be doing better. DON'T think that technology is the only tool in your toolbox.

Advocacy 31

Advocacy Sample Facilitation Local 31

Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

They designed the event with the goal of sharing lessons from agencies who have some early experiences. That's too bad - given the role GSA has played, e.g. in negotiating blanket agreements for use of third party tools. They had short five minute presentations, which I think worked well. The answer by GSA staffer, was ?No State Dept

Government 60

Government Open Strategy Teen 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I use a variety of tools for this analysis, including Google Analytics, Feedburner subscriber counts, and manually tracking comment to post ratios (typepad doesn't have a nifty plugin like wordpress to automate that grunge work) A tool that use to evlauate my content is PostRank. An Internet Lesson in Rural Cambodia.

ROI 50

ROI Widget Metrics Cambodia 50

Forum One

JANUARY 4, 2024

Nonprofits don’t typically have customers, but they can still apply the lessons of CX in digital strategies. Business intelligence tools are expensive. We use all the data we can: Google Analytics, Semrush, social media analytics, and even tools that capture video of anonymized user journeys. Become a member.

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Experiment Share Childhood Nonprofit 69

NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

A webinar on lessons learned will be held in Q2 to share some of the key findings with NTEN members. Research into both the "Wired Wealthy" and other consumers shows they visit organizations' websites before donating regardless of whether the gift is given online or offline. To get your invitation visit [link].).

Online 74

Online Giving Convio Mobile 74

Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

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!" You will learn the 5 lessons of raising Whuffie through online communities in this presentation.

Social Media 44

Social Media Interaction Advocacy Online 44