Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2010

We've been seeing the end of the era of free social media applications over the past few months. Last November, Causes, a popular and free social networking fundraising application, ditched its Myspace widgets and Ideablob closed its doors. So, if era of free 2.0 So, if era of free 2.0 Start a Petition ».

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

In addition, some comparisons of the pros/cons between Facebook and Myspace policies and the larger organizational policy issue related to embracing Web2.0 social networking sites. Here's a sampling: Notes Tim Fullerton from Oxfam America, We had this same situation happen a couple weeks ago.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

Summer of Social Good by Mashable - "Summer of Social Good is the first large scale online charitable campaign to raise funds strictly online through the power of Social Media and the Internet. These are some links I wanted to share from June 16th. Find me on Delicious for more! " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. A couple of examples: GreenPeace didn’t have everything they needed to conduct an email campaign so they set up a Myspace profile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

In one classroom, I queried the students about their social media use. Now, admittedly the sample size is small, so this doesn't necessarily project to all digital natives, but I was surprised about a few things. Amy Sample Ward has a post here. So, if email is for old folks, while is twitter is for middle-aged?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

How do you decide what kind of information or campaigns are delivered to your various community members on different social networks? Scott Stadum at Idealist.org responded with an excellent collection of points for nonprofits considering how to manage the multiple entry points for engagement with social media. From Idealist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Gregory Heller ) ( Sarah Marchetti ) ( Amy Sample Ward ) 4. Truly embrace social networking by encouraging your staff, your volunteers, your donors and your Board to join Facebook or Myspace and teach(!) Or use nonprofit.alltop.com ( Sue Waters ) ( Allan Benamer ) 5. them how to promote your cause. For many in the boomer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

gThe above video is one of the many social networking strategies that The Genocide Intervention Network used to transform itself from a small student group to national non-profit. This case study, " Using Network to Stop Genocide ," by Ian Boothe was published on Idealware a few days ago. Go read it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Another interesting post about going from blogging for professional development to Social Networking as professional development. The sampling of some of the top rated resources this week: Death Threats Are Not Protected Speech. It may be the basics not social networking tools.) It's moved. Philthanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

The Wall Street Journal published a very positive piece about the potential for online giving and social networks. The article profiles Networked For Good's Six Degrees of Separation. Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 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!" We took a sampling from all of the Causes to get a sense of what the potential is.

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Care2

JULY 24, 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!" We took a sampling from all of the Causes to get a sense of what the potential is.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

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!" For those of you who are interested, heres a sampling of what we learned: 1.

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Care2

MAY 15, 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!" WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Recently, some museums have launched initiatives to rebrand as community spaces, acknowledging and attempting to harness the positive social energy around visitation. Notably, the Brooklyn Museum's heavy involvment with social networking sites like MySpace has extended the idea that museums are sites for discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2007

Now that evangelizing has become as simple as posting a widget on a MySpace or Facebook page, they are promoting causes. At the time of his analysis, there were about 8,000 Causes, and Care2 sampled about 10% of them. There were many zero dollar donations in that sample (555 out of the 774 we sampled).

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2007

Change.org , the social network where users can find like-minded do-gooders based on shared issues that they want to change, or nonprofits that they support, has launched a fundraising widget (pictured left). The widget can be placed on a blog, MySpace, Facebook, or a website. widget fundraising social network nonprofit

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2009

The first full session I was able to catch was “Tools Galore in Online Communications” moderated by Netsquared’s Amy Sample Ward with speakers Natalie Foster , Director of New Media for the Democratic National Committee , Rebecca Moore, Google Earth Outreach and Laura Quinn, Executive Director of Idealware.

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