Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

and we're going to let it fly for a whlie on our LLS myspace profile. Each site is different - LinkedIn has a different vibe than Myspace - and very different users. At LLS, our success with myspace does mean some staff time - so we've divided up the responsibilities but have given those folks ownership to experiment and "play.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2007

Org charts, like maps, aren't given the attention they should be, especially in large institutions. Org charts are not just about putting people in their place. MySpace, LiveJournal, and Facebook all provide ways for you to seamlessly view and click through friends and friends of friends. I was captivated.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

How do you involve the org? Have you seen examples of your org changing? Think about which things you really need to track and measure those, not everything you could possibly track. Discussion: What is your learning process from social media? NWF - there is no failure. everything can be taken to scale.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2011

Up to you & the culture of your org- maybe add initials. I think you do need basic social media guidelines for your org. Look to other orgs for examples. Think about and decide who will have ownership of your orgs official social media outposts. to help with your orgs early efforts. Have the convo early.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2008

Ask for a show of hands, who has heard of Myspace? Show them concrete examples of what is currently happening at your org (a monologue) and show them what is possible (a dialogue). Who has heard of Facebook? You'll get some people who know.). Show them social media = ROI, with who, when, and why.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

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Connection Cafe

JULY 29, 2009

You see all of these other orgs using Twitter, Facebook, Digg, MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn, Blogger and the list goes on… How do you make sure you are using the latest and greatest in new media that will effectively contribute to your movement? Is your org all about getting the latest updates out quickly?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Also, try not to tweet about your own org on an average of more than once every seven or so tweets. the goings-on and successes of your programs), news relevant to your organization, RT posts from other orgs and individuals, and respond to interesting/relevant tweets your followers are sending. Quality is more important than quantity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

is right for you and your org? apps (skype, myspace, flickr, etc) without knowing it's web 2.0. Making me think of March Dimes Flickr Contest ) Epilepsy Action in MySpace 1. I asked Miles this question: There's a lot of media attention being paid to "Web 2.0" What are items on the checklist to determine whether web2.0

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Here is a short list of innovations that happened after online giving began in 1999: Airbnb, Android, Bitcoin, Chrome, Dropbox, Etsy, Facebook, Github, Hashtags, iPod, iPhone, iPad, jQuery, Kindle, LinkedIn, MySpace, Netflix, Oculus Rift, Pinterest, Reddit, Slack, Tesla, Twitter, USB Flash Drive, Venmo, Wii, Xbox, YouTube, and the Zettabyte.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

I am wondering about the role of an evangelist or what Networked for Good report calls super activist, an individual who acts on behalf of an org, business, or other entity. Myspace, Bebo, and Six Apart Join Google Open Social from TechCrunch. TechPresident had a nice summary of this announcement. More coverage on Google's Open API.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

If you check out their blog, you will notice that the group has a presence on myspace, friendster, YouTube, and few other communities. MySpace hasn??t To invite people in Myspace is also painstakingly difficult unlike Friendster that you just click a button and invite.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

But, as you make your rounds to check in on how they are doing, you oversee a few logging in with their dog's name, the name of the org, the current year and make of their car, or even their birthday -- which can now be seen by millions on Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, Tribe, Twitter, and who knows what other social networking profiles out there!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Q: Should nonprofits have organizational Twitter accounts, or should employees keep their own personal accounts to tweet about the org & engage in conversation? Q: What is the best way to acquire or create a widget for a Facebook or MySpace page? Emily : This depends. Beth : See [link].

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Both HSUS and Oxfam’s primary efforts are on what Carie calls “the big four”: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. On MySpace : Both Oxfam and HSUS prove what we already know from Greenpeace and others – MySpace is a great place to get new advocates. Carie opened with an intro to social media. One at a time.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

So by having a Facebook Cause or a MySpace Group, we know were talking to our target audiences kids and even grandkids. Critical to point out that scanning your orgs presence in the Facebook Cause world is a key component in the larger must knowing what folks are saying about you.

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

So by having a Facebook Cause or a MySpace Group, we know were talking to our target audiences kids and even grandkids. Critical to point out that scanning your orgs presence in the Facebook Cause world is a key component in the larger must knowing what folks are saying about you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2006

Social Signals launches a podcast series with " From Org Charts to Sitemaps: How Organizational Structure Affects Web Strategy and Implementation." " Looks like MySpace is also getting sued for copyright violation. Second Life KnowProse blog publishes a press release about their new office in Second Life.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2009

Greenpeace building up 90,000+ friends on MySpace and communicating with this audience in that space. A few key examples she gave on advocacy and nonprofit success in social networks included: MyBarackObama.com , a good example of this in action. Natalie’s ending tip for social networks?

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