Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Twitter and Facebook, but with Skype Out, Email Rules A few nptech bloggers are experimenting with Twitter and seeing some of the benefits. Holly Ross, after her 21-day experiment, now says she's an addict and others are trying to like twitter. All part of the Twitter cycle of adoption ! million users. and Katya A.

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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. Take for example the Community Media Workshop's Ning Site which is used to complement their face-to-face training session. Community Media Workshop???s

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Care2

JULY 14, 2009

WOMM (word of mouth marketing) and earned media should be key components of any communications plan to market your nonprofit’s website. Pick Two Social Networks: My two favorite social networks are Twitter and Facebook (Fanpages). Spend 15 minutes a day talking to the community and cross promoting your campaigns, news, etc.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

While social media as a volunteer recruitment tool has been a popular topic recently, TechSoup flipped the equation on its head a bit. A call went out over a combination of listservs and social media channels asking local nonprofits and libraries to share their most pressing needs and dirtiest jobs with TechSoup via video or text.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

The PeaFund Friday Campaign PeaFund Friday is an amazing example of the power of social media for social change. It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer. Details here. Not at all?

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2014

The meme then spread to France and the US, and was picked up by media such as Mashable, Huffington Post, MSNBC, ABC, etc. This begs the question - should a breast cancer organization have been the one to have thought of a meme like this as part of a larger campaign to raise awareness about breast cancer?

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Email listserv signup. Twitter and other social media feeds. Tell your story and those of your members and why you formed the organization. You don’t need to have all the bells and whistles, but start with what works best for your mission and purpose of your site. Blog for content. Shopping cart. Volunteer Information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2009

Most of my work in social media and nonprofits has been focused on the how to integrate a social media strategy as part of an organization's external communications plan or "outward" facing to engage audiences, consumers, and supporters. Context – private, internally-focused or serving an organization, or the wider world (i.e.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

LOLnptech Lot's of member news and activity online this week, so, in the order that I ran across them: NTEN member organization United Nations Foundation was mentioned in a Forbes article discussing ways nonprofits are raising money in tough times. UNF has a YouTube channel and uses Twitter to engage support online.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

I use an RSS reader to aggregate articles to read, a bookmarking tool (pinboard) to save links of interest, and conversational tools (Twitter and Facebook) to share. In contrast, many of the people I work with use visual social media formats as their lead tools for creating, sharing, and consuming information. Museums Engaging in 2.0

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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!" James OMalley: How does social media help bring about change? The rest is a piece of cake.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

" If your organization is using social media, perhaps you've been wondering how to measure or whether if you can even measure "embeds" (that cut and paste script for videos, badges, widgets, and the like). Here's some inspiration if your organization gets a camera from YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

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. How do organizations create policies? Updates from Twitter: Ckreutz points to his del.icio.us So, here's my plea for examples and pointers. Our goals are: ???

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. And then in terms of organizations themselves, there’s been a lot of changes in the priority setting and also just the programming that’s being provided.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

Blogging is a great way for organizations to communicate and establish themselves as thought leaders. Will Coley , founder of Aquifer Media. Thurman has been blogging about leadership, nonprofits, and social media since 2007. Effective blogging can move an organization's supporters to action, a point Schilling spoke to.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

This spring, I was a member of the advisory board for the New Media Consortium's 2008 Horizon Report on emerging technologies in museums. There were about 200 participants who self-organized 26 hour-long discussion sessions around a variety of topics. My second example is more personal and slightly embarrassing.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

For this month's Net2 Think Tank, we asked you to share your tips, resources, and ideas about curating content at your organization or enterprise. Many organizations today are. As Will Coley explains , "when organizations offer clarity amidst the noise, they build trust among supporters. consumers of that content.

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