Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

Photo my Max XX. This week we started Module 5: Community Engagement Strategy and Skills of NTEN's WeAreMedia project which focuses on online engagement strategy and skills. Today we're going to discuss community participation, but I wanted to first acknowledge some of the contributions.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Mainly this comes in the form of Urchin Tracking Modules (UTM) parameters, which allow us to add broader tracking details, like channel, source, or campaign. They look a little something like this: [link] utm_medium=email & gclid=EXAMPLE This tracking can be broken down into Click Tracking and User Tracking. About 17% of the U.S.

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APRIL 12, 2022

Some of the best ways to demonstrate volunteer impact include sharing personal stories, communicating program outcomes, displaying videos and photos of volunteers in action, and allowing your dedicated volunteers to be involved in the story. When it comes to running an effective volunteer program, providing great support is a must.

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We have an entire events module for nonprofits geared specifically for classes that will blow your socks off. Photo Contest Organize a low-cost photo contest, charging entry fees and showcasing winning photos through an exhibition or calendar sale (either of which could end up being another way to raise funds).

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2011

— Facebook Pages include a reporting module called “Insights&# which enables Page admins to understand how to better use their Page to market their cause and organization. Consistently posting a variety of photos, videos and status updates directly effects how much Facebook users interact with your Page and it’s content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Upload your avatar/logo (250 x 250), a cover photo(1128 x 191), add a description and website URL, your company/organization size, industry, and city and country. To begin, provide your staff, board members, and volunteers guidelines for maximizing their LinkedIn Profiles , such as: Complete their profile and upload a professional photo.

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MARCH 21, 2017

Indeed, one need only look at the resounding success of Facebook Live and the myriad social media applications and it’s clear that video can bring loads of attention to you products, services or causes in a way that photos and words alone cannot. Inspiro plays a multi-purpose role as both a video-based and standard operating WordPress theme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut. That’s one of my favorite photos from Beirut, taken in March, 2011 during E-Mediat Train-the-Trainers intensive workshop that kicked off the 18-month capacity building project for NGOs in the Arab World about using social media to realize civil society goals.

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It also features custom widgets and navigation menus—a nice asset to help people find their way around your site—as well as specially-designed sections to add employee profiles, photo galleries and examples from your company’s portfolio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Then I block out 90 minute and 75 minute modules with 15 minute breaks in between. Within the modules, I break it down in 15 minute blocks. I asked participants to demonstrate what it looks like being bored vs engaged. If you see your participants looking like the top photo, it is time to shift or do an energizer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

That their web site may be or incorporate a blog as well as integrate, videos, podcasts, and photos. (2) Social Outposts: This is your organization's presence on social networking or social media outposts like Twitter, Facebook, or other places.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Flickr Photo by Flower Factor. Join us on May 2 for a special session led by Beth Kanter, and take a deeper dive into the Playbook and learn how to apply the mini-modules in different settings with your team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2008

Photo by Cbcastro. Well, I am terrified and allergic to bees, so I just couldn't use a photo of a real bee without freaking out. The project has " swarm lists " where anyone who wants to participate by dropping in a resource, bits of knowledge, or edit typos - can drop into a particular module and help out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2008

Photo by Editor B. This week we'll be discussing and building Module 2: Thinking About Social Media Strategically? In Module 1 , we covered the what and why of social media and explored whether incorporating a social media strategy into your nonprofit organization's overall communications plan made sense.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Additions: Photos, wikis, video, search, email notifications, and chat. Additions: Photos, email notifications, email blasts, and calendaring features. Directory: Using the "My Friends" module, ability to view others photos, and information. Additions: Photos, video, search, and a chat add-on widget.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2008

Photo by Terry Bain. This week we have been discussing and building Module 3: The Social Media Ready Nonprofit Organization: Dealing with Resistance as part of NTEN's We Are Media : Social Media Starter Kit for Nonprofits project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Flickr Photo by Haldane Martin. That’s why we included a module in the Emerging Nonprofit Leaders peer learning group on meeting design and facilitation – and these days it is an important leadership skill. Flickr Photo by Haldane Martin How many meetings and conference calls did you have yesterday?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Photo Sharing. We'll be back at the end of the month with the last module on experiments and then onto curriculum creation and packaging up what's here for the workshops that begin in Feburary. Nonprofit social media techies filled the pages with links to tools, tips, and tutorials for these types of social media tools: Monitoring.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2008

Photo by LawrenceOP. This week we'll be discussing and building Module 3: The Social Media Ready Nonprofit Organization: Dealing with Resistance as part of NTEN's We Are Media : Social Media Starter Kit for Nonprofits project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2008

Photo by Feast of Fools. " I pointed her to the WeAreMedia Module 1: Should Your Nonprofit Embrace Social Media or Not? and develop an initial plan - perhaps using the soon to be finished template in Module 2. Freedom from Oil Flickr Photo Contest. Nature Conservancy Photo Contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Photo by Paulgi. For NTEN's WeAreMedia we're working on a tactical module about listening. To flesh out this module, we need help answering these questions: What are the first steps for listening? Go read them here. What are some more advanced tips? What are the best resources?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2008

Flickr Photo by Liquid Lucidity. Flickr Photo by MPR529. This week we'll be discussing Module 1: Why Your Nonprofit Organization Should Be The Media. Think we can build a module in a week? Today we start NTEN's Be The Media journey where the community is the curriculum !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Last week, the WeAreMedia project discussed and built Module 3: Sharing Your Story Social Media Style. What was the LOLseals Photo Caption Contest ? It was a photo caption contest based on the popular LOLcats site where users share photos of Cute Cats with funny captions. We learned with the Wendy???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

Photo by I Timmy. For the WeAreMedia tactical module on Listening we need a few nuggets, anecdotes, or stories in a few sentences about how your nonprofit has used a listening tool (technorati, google alerts, or RSS readers, or summize/tweetscan to listen). Your organization and social media goal/strategy? What happened?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Nutmeg66. We Are Media - Module 1: Listening. Online, I spend time listening , attempting to separate signal from noise. This started when I was in high school. Occasionally, I would egosurf , or search for my name on the Web. After college, when I began to use a feed reader , my listening became more routine.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

We Are Media Tactical Module 1: Listening by NTEN and Beth Kanter. Photo Credit: Customers Rock. Got Your Listening Ears On by Lindy Dreyer and Maddie Grant. Getting Your Nonprofit Ready To Listen by Beth Kanter. What questions do you have about effective online listening? Have I left anything out?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Photo by Brian Caldwell. This week on WeAreMedia we're working on the Tactical Module 3: Sharing Your Story Social Media Style. We've gotten some excellent "user generated" content (for example, check out the tips ). But, we need some more content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2008

Photo by Thorny Pup. Las week we worked on Module 5: Online Engagement Strategies. Some of the inspiration for this module came from Alexandra Samuel and her Bringing Your Community To Life workshop. Alexandra suggests that you offer incentives or rewards for participation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

Other important information is in expandable modules below, so users never have to leave the homepage to find what they need. Photo: Katherine , CC license As Nina Simon pointed out in her blog post about One-Pager , the main feature people look for on library websites is search. So why not make search front-and-center?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

My Listening Ears, Flickr Photo by niclindh. During the month of September and into October, the WeAreMedia project will be discussing the content in the tactical modules on the wiki. The first module is on Listening. Why listening?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Clearing your personal data from a cell phone prevents anyone else getting your call history, contacts, emails, photos, text messages, calendar appointments, and many more things. It also talks about the sensible precaution of removing the subscriber identity module (SIM) card. from your cell phone, if your phone has one of those.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Flickr Photo by Iain. One of the modules is on meetings. I’m facilitating a peer learning leadership development group for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders supported by the Packard Foundation. It includes design and facilitation – and these days those are important leadership skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Photo by Stitch. Now that we've laid the strategic framework in the other modules, we can have some fun. Share Your Story: You share the impact of your organization's programs through blogging, podcasting, sharing photos on Flickr, or YouTube or other video sharing site. Photo Sharing. So come join us. Podcasting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My sessions were integrated into the various leadership, visioning process for women’s rights, curriculum development, and evaluation methods modules throughout the week as networked and social media skills were not the main focus. The photo above shows the “Fish Bowl” technique. Fish Bowl Exericse.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Photo by @sdarine. Since modeling the use of social media to document and share learning, we began with a discussion about our rules about live tweeting and posting photos. This module started with an overview of the concepts in Chapter 2 of the Networked Nonprofit , Understanding Networks.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Make sure the links to any campaign pages or relevant blog posts appear in homepage modules that feature content. Think of creating an embeddable photo gallery or a place to add videos, all of which can be easily viewed and shared. One great photo with a small amount of copy can say a lot. The photo helps, too.

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2010

Photo: johncabrerea@att.net I've been crafting the "official" NTEN Social Media Strategy. What makes it official? It has its own Google Doc.) The majority of the time I spent thinking, I can't believe it's taken me this long to watch our own webinars and listen to our own advice! I scoured the internet for resources.

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