Care2

AUGUST 3, 2012

As political campaigns and nonprofits gear up for the election cycle, I thought I would share this infographic that attempts to map the politics of social media properties like Facebook and websites like Wikipedia. Predictive modeling was then used to map the politics of the social web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

This way of working requires a different, more participatory leadership model and mindset that Allison Fine and I first wrote about in The Networked Nonprofit and others have written about called “networked leadership.” New power is behind some of the most impactful movements (and business models) of the decade.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 15, 2022

DonorsChoose is a cool platform for classrooms where teachers post a project and people commit to giving. Donors can donate to the classroom project of their choice and then invite social network friends, fans and followers to join their efforts. It’s definitely not a “build it and they will come” model. GiveGab.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

In analog communication, individuals generally reach what is called the Dunbar Number , a limit of about 150 stable social connections. NLP is useful for an AI model to identify the intent of a person based on what they say or what they type. Collect rich, labeled data to train conversation models. Natural-language processing.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 14, 2022

The pandemic and the shift online has helped them connect with people who share their values and find diverse role models. If you’re a cancer research foundation or a hospital network, you don’t need to pivot to working on antiracism or climate action. You’ll reach them on social media platforms or in their text messages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

Note from Beth: In 2014, digital marketers predicted the rise of ” niche social networks ,” as it becomes increasingly harder to reach your audiences on general social networks like Facebook, these highly targeted online social networks are going to become more valuable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

New models like social networking and text messaging rank near the bottom. But I would argue that the crowdfunding model is as old as the pedestal the Statue of Liberty stands upon, and that most nonprofits are missing the critical step that makes a crowdfunding campaign successful. He had a platform and an audience.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 22, 2010

Recent changes in Ning’s business model (see News & Views About Change for updates) have Network Creators wondering whether to pay to keep hosting their online communities on the Ning platform, or to start looking at alternatives. Back in 2008, founder Marc.( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I became a documentary filmmaker to tell meaningful stories that explore social issues and inspire change. When I started out, the “broadcast, festival, and screenings” model of distribution dictated community engagement strategies that were more linear, and limited.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Salesforce Acquires Buddy Media for $689 Million – "Salesforce has entered an agreement to acquire social media marketing platform Buddy Media for approximately $689 million, the company has announced. Or, depending on when you last ate, the nearest Indian restaurant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised $2 million in 24 hours using the Razoo platform. Think about all those marathons or walking events for social causes that have been around before Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

Since networked learning happens in the context of an ecosystem, perhaps Gary Hayes Transmedia Storytelling model or Lini Srivastava’s Transmedia Activism model. . Emergence in networked learning comes signaling to your networks – hey learning is taking place over here – come engage.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2014

Point, shoot and ask – Jelly is a new app created by Twitter geniuses Biz Stone and Ben Finkel that uses your social networks and your friends’ networks to get answers to your questions. Think of it as a visual search engine powered by your social web. How could your group use this platform?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2011

According to Warren, Google looked at the mental model of the person who isn’t sharing online and how Google could inspire them to share with more trust and control. Google started with the asymmetric model of sharing first because it is hard for people to grasp. Source: Quick Draw Comics - John Weeks.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

." Craig Newmark: A Nerd’s Take On The Future Of News Media - Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist.org, has a great post on Huffington Post - it's applicable to all those creating content, sharing news, and pushing information out via online platforms. "There

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

But, despite these numbers, for most organizations and causes raising money via social media is still a hard thing to do. There are different rules and new opportunities with online fundraising and every platform or application comes with a different community and varying functionality.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 16, 2015

If your project doesn’t fit into the Kickstarter model, you can use several other platforms to tap into raising money from the masses. The first is an all or nothing (AoN) model, where you set a minimum goal and if you do not meet that target, no money is collected. Offers development support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2011

One of the personal highlights of this project was finally meeting Chris Blow in face-to-face. .&# When social web sites are designed to support a community – you need to think through the content and engage strategy because people don’t see the value of a social network unless the social network is there.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Google has a number of partners, including social network sites like LinkedIn, Friendster and Ning, as well as Salesforce, which does have very interesting implications given the increasing use of Salesforce in the nonprofit sector. Basically, if the more social network sites that adopt OpenSocial, the more open the whole thing gets.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Modeling: As we’ve previously pointed out, it’s hard to define what AI is, and if you accept a wide definition of AI then it has been in use in eLearning for a while. We like that idea, and we agree that you need to provide many different pricing models. Peak of Inflated Expectations.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

But today's technologies have the potential to go much further -- the potential for "constructive disruption" that enables social mission organizations to achieve dramatically greater impact. New Models of Social Change. Nonprofits are also seeking to effectively use these powerful tools for social change.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

But today's technologies have the potential to go much further -- the potential for "constructive disruption" that enables social mission organizations to achieve dramatically greater impact. New Models of Social Change. Nonprofits are also seeking to effectively use these powerful tools for social change.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

2008 was a benchmark year in online fundraising history as Obama won the presidential election with 87% of funds coming through social networking. While there are many new and exciting organizations and platforms emerging we are speaking with three we know at the forefront - Causes.com, American Cancer Society, and StartSomeGood.com.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The event blended virtual video speaker conferencing; online presentation and video; and live audience chatting and social networking, including conversation on Twitter using the #NPLive hashtag. Causes' fundraising platform allows nonprofits to tell their story and engage donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

has used the Internet to disseminate its model, empowering local communities to self-organize and build their own playgrounds using free resources on its website. While the idea of giving away a non-profit model itself isn’t new, KaBOOM! s current offline business model hasn’t transferred to the online environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

How does your organization avoid falling into the trap that a networked nonprofit is just about using tools and platforms? Your organization needs to think holistically. If you don’t have a developmental model, you won’t know where to start or how to prioritize your time.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

That has a lot to do with the emergence of social networking and peer-to-peer (P2P) models. Are we at a point where social networks have become more valuable to the development professional than individual donors? A few years have passed, and my thoughts on this score have changed. I don’t think so.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

It helped me clarify some fuzzy thoughts about social networking, pattern analysis, and information overload. Rashmi illustrates how social networks have and are evolving over the past five years from the perspective of an information architect/interaction designer/cognitive psychologist. Is social networking doomed?

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Online social networking was just being born. The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. social bookmarking (now called Delicious ) by using their APIs on the site. (An The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 Social Networking Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

They shared a slide (see above) about new models we’ll see that combine both – especially the “not invented yet.” Does everyone in your nonprofit participate in social networks including the board? What are the benefits and challenges? They want to combine both.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

One thing we’re trying to do is model abundant behavior. We also just started reporting on the metrics we already had available (web analytics, FB insights, email campaign stats) and are now moving towards more of a “digital content services&# model with metrics related to specific campaigns, etc.&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Advanced Brand Monitoring: Let the Haters Hate : This panel will get into the whys and hows to monitor your brand in a social world. you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis. What is it?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

section about the genocide in Darfur, which includes information about direct action, as well as connection to a variety of social networks, blogs, and content about the situation. This is what has made MoveOn so successful, and a powerful model for museum exhibit/program designers who want to inspire action.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2013

He talks about how EpidemicIQ, implemented adaptive machine-learning models that could detect information about disease outbreaks in dozens of languages and used crowdsourced workers when needed. He says that open-data-idealists wrongly and dangerously believe that once information is shared more widely problems will be solved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Advanced Brand Monitoring: Let the Haters Hate : This panel will get into the whys and hows to monitor your brand in a social world. you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis. What is it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2015

According to Rossetti, the strategy was more of a bit of a hub and spoke model where he leveraged all of his social networks (twitter, Facebook, Google+) with YouTube at the center. There are many crowdfunding platforms available to nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

It has become arguably the most popular open source CMS, and is a very able platform for creating all sorts of great web applications. CiviCRM continues to mature, and is providing an interesting and important new model for nonprofit software development. This is an awesome cross-platform mind mapping tool. Stay tuned.

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