Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Please join me on June 21st from 1-2 PM PST for the virtual launch of The Networked Nonprofit. As I was reflecting about Slideshare and thinking about the characteristics of nonprofits featured in our book, The Networked Nonprofit , I realized that Slideshare is a haven for them. 1) Networked Professional Development and Learning.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

Google+ , the latest iteration on social networking from Google, is here. Now, your sharing and connecting settings apply to much more of the web than just your social networking profile. My Google+ profile automatically includes a Google Buzz tab to see the stream from that space.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

So far, trying to navigate the site to browse or set up a profile has about a 50/50 chance of hitting either a 504 or 500 error page. I’m not sure that organizations will want to maintain, or create, a profile on facebook just as a ticket to using Jumo. “Amy Sample Ward wrote on her/her profile:&#.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

“Social networks will be like air.&#. 3 things need to make social networks like air: Identity - who are you? professional v personal = two profiles. professional v personal = two profiles. pick your friends once - social networking fatigue. Prepare to integrate social networks into your organization.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

What is a knowledge sharing network? A robust knowledge sharing network might involve people sharing resources, best practices, worst practices, just-in-time information, quick tips, and deep thinking, all focused on a specific topic. What are some examples of knowledge sharing networks? Knowledge is a lofty word.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Prominently feature the date, hashtag, a fundraising goal, a “Donate” button , links to your social networks, and an e-newsletter opt-in. Provide sample email text and social media graphics and avatars to your ambassadors. Create a landing page on your website , a microsite , or use a fundraising platform. are still available.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

The concepts around connectivity and leadership were synergistic with the concept of networked leadership that Allison Fine and I wrote about in the Networked Nonprofit , published in several years before. It also analyzes the skills – which are often misunderstand as the ability to use the social network platforms like Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

Their friends, colleagues, coworkers and family are the network – the people we reach through our community. The network knows about us but isn’t yet directly connected – maybe their friend told them about a story or a news segment they heard on our station, or they have family members that attend an annual concert.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 30, 2011

In that window of opportunity, I snagged an invite from NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward and have spent the last day playing around with it in between other projects. I hid off my profile the count of how many people have me in circles. I visit profiles of my friends just to find friends we have in common who are already in.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

From familiarizing yourself with various giving opportunities to cultivating partnerships with businesses in your network, these tried-and-true tips will help your organization create a workplace giving strategy that benefits both your mission and the companies that support it. Save time and amplify results with automation technology.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

You can include a disclaimer in all of your profiles, actually! And it is the Web because we are connected and networked across and around the world. Not sure you want to overwhelm your professional network every evening with more photos of her cute face? You don’t have to mix your channels!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

Just before noon, I decided to go online and see what those in my networks were sharing from their own celebrations or reflections, and immediately found the #GoSilent campaign from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). It pulled me in, and then everywhere I looked online I saw it was pulling in others!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2013

Description : Social media presents a confusing blur of personal and professional profiles. In a tightly integrated community like ours, social media use requires special consideration. Related Links : KAUST. Course listing in Acadox. Slides (coming soon).

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

nfpSynergy, a leading nonprofit sector think-tank and research consultancy in the UK, “tracks a representative sample of over 1000 11-25 year olds throughout mainland Britain twice-yearly, gaining insights into their views and habits, both social and charity-related” in its Youth Engagement Monitor. The Research. What It Means.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. t have naughty gifts on your Facebook profile if your ???friends???

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2013

For many people, the decision to give money is influenced by our peer networks and personal experiences. This is the space where you can equip your supporters with your message and help them carry your campaign to their own networks. Well, sure – it does happen. After all, it’s called “social” media for a reason!

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Should you change your nonprofit’s Facebook profile image to show support of a hot political issue? As they say, “With any social media profile, comes great responsibility.” Also in this section are the types of content that should be posted on Center profiles, and which of our values this content matches up with. Get another!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. Many of us have been up early playing with Jumo, setting up our individual profiles and finding issues and organizations or setting up profiles for organizations. Here’s the article from today’s New York Times.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

Those donations will come via a third party, most likely Network for Good. Post often about your campaign on your nonprofit’s Facebook page, thanking everyone who gave and encouraging everyone to share the fundraiser with their network. This gives you a chance to get donations from beyond your usual network.

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Care2

MAY 13, 2013

Last week Amy Sample Ward and I held a webinar with Care2 on Social Media: You’re Probably Doing it Wrong. While Guy is not an organization, he is a well-respected thought leader, so his personal profile is a significant part of his brand and business. Care2 Webinars Social Networking Trends Web 2.0'

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Tech Soup

JULY 22, 2015

These new voice profiles are made to be distinctly unique to the recipient and are created using a network of volunteer donors ! It takes about three or four hours to record enough to create a useful sample, however, it can be done in segments of time that are as short as 15 to 20 minutes. VocaliD is meant to bridge that gap.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 9, 2009

" onion network - "The onion network is an international mixture of socially aware freelancers and companies. Check out this example from Refugee Week that asks supporters to change their profile pictures on their online profiles to show solidarity and spread the message.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

(Expect more blog posts and thoughts about how to design and facilitate these types of projects in the future – for starters I’ll be moderating and presenting on a breakout session at the Communications Network Conference in October with colleagues Farra Trompeter, Eva Penar, and Michael Hoffman). How much staff time is involved?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

Just take a glimpse at the excitement Beth Kanter and Amy Sample Ward are already buzzing about around this year’s NTC…). (An event, I might add, that might be seen as one of those “nice to haves&# in your budget meetings but is, of course, completely important to anyone working in nonprofit technology!

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

As profiled in the New York Observer , Danah talked to the data uncovered in her four years of research on new media use in a presentation at the Personal Democracy Forum. Let’s step back a minute and consider why a nonprofit or social benefit group wants to include social networking as part of a social media strategy.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2013

owner or manager (you) of a network, website or large IT system that. restricts the ways in which the network, website or system may be used. to or accessing the network. connected to the network. The level of privacy a user should expect when accessing or while connected to the network. across your network.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 22, 2009

Social Actions , the platform that makes it easy for individuals and organizations to share actions across the web, has just launched it’s Ning-powered social network: My.SocialActions. Customize your profile. Tags: webtools socialchange socialactions networking. Share your wisdom with others. Get advice. Post events.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

But this definition conflicts with today’s concept of social networking, in which we interact primarily with screens rather than with people." But in almost all cases, it turns out, the humble Facebook wall itself steals the show. ""

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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. Do we know enough about the differences between users and non-users of social networking sites ?

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Care2

JULY 11, 2013

Mobilisation Lab: Started by the digital strategy team at Greenpeace International, the Digital Mobilisation Lab is comprised of a growing global network of staff and volunteers dedicated to people-powered campaigning. In much of the world, mobile phone networks are the only thing that connects cities and countries to the rest of the world.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Spend time building your donor base by doing things like online fundraisers, fundraising appeals, starting a monthly giving program, and asking folks within your network for donations. foundation profiles. This is a subscription-based service, but there’s a way to use it for free – through their Funding Information Network.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Amy Sample Ward recaps the lively discussion and shares some excellent resources like this Climate Debate Map , the Drupal.org profile of TckTckTck and the Climate Lab Wiki. Not to mention all the personal updates that were happening through folks' Facebook profiles, Twitter, and personal blogs.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Do you only want to monitor social media mentions, or would you also like to manage your social media profiles using this platform?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Both campaigns created opportunity for people to participate and then share it with their networks and make personal recommendations. That high-profile celebrity 35% or influential leader endorsement? Both campaigns leveraged the community and competition aspects of social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2011

Unless you are an Internet personality, an organization with a full-time community manager or a professional online content publisher, there is not enough time to succeed in the multitude of social networks AND manage your own social content. Others will simply focus on the networks that have the most impact on their community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

Ranger Rick Image from Facebook profile. Facebook has been taking down organizational profiles for nonprofits, including Ranger Rick's profile. We need your help to bring back Ranger Rick's profile that was recently taken down by Facebook Staff. social networking sites. This profile has existed for about a year.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Description : As our networks expand, our profiles get more public, and our work requires a human face, where do we draw the line between personal and professional identities online? Topic : Social Media Boundaries: Personal/Personnel Policy. How do we maintain those boundaries for our community members?

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