Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: fundraising advocacy ) I was lucky enough to meet Ivan Boothe at the first (or maybe second) Netsquared Conference back in 2005 and have been following his work for years.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. How can we do that? Their mother might be in one of those photos. What's Changing?

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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

JANUARY 27, 2008

Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! There's going to be a Netsquared Meetup (recommendations for restaurant or location are needed) How will your nonprofit avoid the Meatball Sundae? Social Media: Adoption, Strategy, and Measuring Success ZUP4Nonprofits has a two-part post ( pt. Wonder if smashups are eligible?)

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APRIL 15, 2009

N2Y4 Mobile Challenge: 15 Featured Projects Announced | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org - Last week, the NetSquared Community voted on the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge to determine the 15 Featured Projects who will be invited to compete for $50K in cash-prizes and additinoal in-kind resources at this year's N2Y4 Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Just A Few Good Resources Plucked from the NpTech Tag Stream and Kikino. Photo from Cambodia4kids.

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APRIL 30, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. NTEN’s 09NTC just wrapped up in San Francisco and many conversations at the conference focused on social media use by nonprofits. Topic: How can nonprofit organizations successfully manage multiple entry points for social media engagement? From Idealist.

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JULY 5, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. Using the social web to market your cause, communicate your services, and interact with your audience is an important part of the. communication function for many socially-focused organizations. Blog, or using social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

The Net2 Secret Plan from Marnie Webb NpTech Tag New Year's Reflections, Predictions, and Best Ofs What are some of the ways that the social web marks the New Year? For social media and technology predictions, here's a few from the Read/Write Web. What are the nptech social media needs for 2008?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

My guess is as we enter 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events As more nonprofit explore the possibilities of location-based social networks and fundraising , the distinctions between online/offline fundraising will melt away. It's real time and location based social networks are also impacting advocacy.

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JULY 26, 2008

Photo by PixelFarmer - Zen Mutt (a rescue dog) - Title "Precision" The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to rethink, reinvent -- again. Conversations are getting more distributed and it is getting increasingly difficult to use tagging to discover, aggregate, and summarize them. t make for a good party game?

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AUGUST 3, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. Here's why: The need for online accessibility is growing - "When talking about disability, it is easy to focus on more physical disabilities (like requiring aids in walking) and using social media to create networks of support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2010

I’ll be presenting on a panel “Social Media ROI&# with Lauren Vargas from Radian 6, with Cheryl Contee as the moderator on Sept. Social Media ROI. Do you know what kind of an impact social media is having on your brand, mission, or bottom line? Tags: Conferences womenwhotech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

As she says, it combines social bookmarking, feed reading, and the casual interactions of Twitter into something that works somewhat like mailing list, but doesn't add to your email overload. Beth Dunn shared Social Media Club: Join Our FriendFeed Room and Kill A Mailing List. Can you answer it? And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to. I'm moving beyond monitoring the NpTech tagged items and meta feeds to incorporate nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, friend feeds, and USG. The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

Submitted by Ivan Boothe, publisher of the Rootwork Blog Over at the NetSquared blog, Joe Solomon provided a great roundup of reasons people might be "jaded about social media for change" and ways they overcome it. Joe runs through some great responses from a whole bevy of social-media-for-change folks, including me.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

Blood and Milk » Blog Archive » Ushahidi, Twitter, and the future of foreign aid – Alanna's post is a great example of the power of networks, social media, and open systems. As she notes, her example has luck but it is an example of a growing model of a changing world. What do you think? Great slides.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. NetSquared. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning.

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APRIL 22, 2009

Vince is leading the 2009 NTC session, " Fundster: How Philanthropy is Adapting Social Network Practice " You may remember America's Giving Challenge. Or maybe you've already voted in the NetSquared Challenge. Tags: 09NTC NPTech philanthropy vince_stehle. Oh, and Vince professes his love for See's Candy , too.

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

Social Media: What I Learned This Year | Millennial Marketing – Carol Phillips has a great post recapping what she learned about social media in 2009, including: "Effective use of Social Media requires enthusiasm and diligence." NonProfit 2.0 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C.,

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AUGUST 21, 2007

" I used the technique two years ago for a presentation at the first netsquared conference called " I Tag the Hand that Feeds Me " or what I should retitle "Meet Sally." That's tongue in check coming from a babyboomer who has gen y media habits.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. Thanks for all that you are doing, ARC! " My favorite lesson? . "This

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. " What do you think about measuring social media? Which is worse, email overload or social networking fatigue. NTEN's Call for NTC Sessions - Deadline October 24th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Justin Mass went as far as to say that the move was " social network redlining.". Marshall Kirkpatrick, on ReadWrite Web , wrote a post further analyzing the situation, raising the question: Or are neither MySpace or Causes any big loss for social change organizations? Tags: facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. Might we start seeing tag called "NpTechUk" or a wiki for the UK Riders List? Danah Boyd analyzes the recent Pew data on Social Network Site use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Despite a broken toe, I facilitated a workshop on Social Media for CEOs of nonprofits and foundation. The Portland Arts and Culture Social Media Convening Workshop. The workshop was a discussion, tweet-festival, and social media community-building exercise. Steve Heye is blogging the book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

The Technovist offers some 5 tips for nonprofits to get started with social networking sites. Michelle Murrain adds that she won't sign up until the content is more compelling and the social graph is open. Tag your post with "net2thinktank." Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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APRIL 1, 2010

The Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is here again and team members from NetSquared and TechSoup Global will be busy presenting, sharing, and connecting in Atlanta, and hopefully with you! Follow in social media. Billy Bicket, NetSquared's Director, will be on Twitter @ billyb and this blog. Sessions as webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. Social Media Roundup There are places in the world where YouTube has been banned, including Turkey and Thailand.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

" Tags: roundup 2010 4change applications bookmarks causemarketing challenge community competition competitions facebook free fundraising guide list lists nonprofits nptech postalicious resources socialchange storytelling tools trends volunteering. " Check it out! " Check it out!

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

This post is cross-posted on my personal blog and on the NetSquared Blog. On Thursday, I attended the unconference/open space portion of SOCAP09 (Social Capital Markets 2009). Meet these smart people whom I met, and you may not know about, but should: Jill Finlayson, Social Edge Social Media guru.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

As a result, I'm publishing a briefer than usual edition of the NpTech Tag Summary because I can only get to fast loading blogs and web sites. and social networking tools? It is important to think about the benefits, objectives, and audience before jumping on the social networking bandwagon. I noticed Soup.io

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Net2 Think Tank: Online Fundraising Lessons Learned | NetSquared – "The Facebook application Causes recently announced it hit the $20 Million mark in donations. But, despite these numbers, for most organizations and causes raising money via social media is still a hard thing to do. ."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. The AFP blog points to a press release from Firstgiving about the launch of a social networking site. Found via this post tagged nptech by Meghan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 Head right over to the Social Media Press Release Template from Shift Communications and reviewed by the Getting Attention Blog. Looking for a way to integrate all these Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change?

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MARCH 4, 2006

I didn't see that practically a week ago, Nancy White, tagged me with the NGO/NPO Memo. Netsquared and ConsultantCommons both from CompuMentor. The Nptech and Net2 tags in flickr, delicious, and technorati are also good knowledge streams to dip into. (I I am wondering whether or not I'm supposed to tag a few folks too?

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