Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

The Community Media Workshop is a media organization in Chicago that trains nonprofits to tell their stories to the media, tips sensitive journalists to the importance of these stories, and tries to create better relationships between the media and the diverse communities in Chicago. Why did you select ning? Ning is also very flexible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2009

I finally got a chance to meet Manny Hernandez, author written the " Ning for Dummies Book." He is founder of The Diabetes Hands Foundation, a non profit that operates two niche social networks for people touched by diabetes: TuDiabetes (in English, with close to 8,200 members) and EsTuDiabetes. Photo in Flickr.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 7, 2009

Changeblogger Ning Network I've also set up a Ning network for Changebloggers, people who use their blogs, podcasts and vlogs to make positive change. years of BlogHer's Nonprofits and Social Change section. We've got 172 members at the moment. BlogHer I've been a Contributing Editor, along with Beth Kanter , for the past 3.5

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AUGUST 26, 2008

Changeblogger Ning social network to connect with other changebloggers. blogging activism nonprofit changeblogger blog Since then, a number of different changeblogger tools, communites and events have been created which I encourage you to join, and to invite others to join: 1.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report provides some incredible data on how 11K+ nonprofits are using social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others. Are nonprofits raising any money on social networks? Facebook is the most popular commercial social network for nonprofits. Big Picture Data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2010

One of the most gratifying things about the publication of the book, The Networked Nonprofit , is that it has re-connected me to colleagues and past clients as well as making connections to new people. It was a good example of using a blog for nonprofits that we shared at Berkman Center Bloggers Meetup. Devon Smith. Manny Hernandez.

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APRIL 9, 2010

Notes from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference for: Who : Speakers: Susan Tenby | TechSoup Global; Janet Fouts; Kira Marchenese. Ning/Yahoo/Google. You can only have a real impact and “control&# or influence over the public conversation about you, your organization or your programming if you are listening and engaging.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What OpenSocial Means November 1, 2007 The buzz of the blogosphere is the announcement of Google’s OpenSocial. What does this mean for the nonprofit sector? OpenSocial is a set of APIs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Note from Beth: Last May, Mark Pescue published a provocative essay called the "Tower and the Clouds" which talked about the tension between working in traditional, hierarchical nonprofits and the "cloud" like behavior of working with social media. Could this be a new type of nonprofit or not? to partner around.

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MAY 10, 2010

Let's create a Ning site! And, if that's not enough for you, we'll be going into greater depth with our 4-part series, " The State of Social Networking in the Nonprofit Sector 2010 " When : Wednesday, May 12th, 11:00 am Pacific / 2:00 pm Eastern Cost: Free! New fundraising campaing? Try Causes! Need to build community?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 19, 2010

Most of the reason I named this blog “Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology&# is that I am very interested in the ethical and spiritual dimensions of technology in general, and nonprofit technology in particular. And I’m very interested in the way my work affects me and my life. And, I’ll still be blogging.

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JUNE 1, 2015

Every nonprofit needs a data management plan, especially for their donor data. To help with your donor data management planning, we have created a Donor Data Management Dictionary to help you make sense of all the data jargon as it applies to the nonprofit organization’s business needs. Is more data jargon giving you a headache?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

What has been your experience getting a Wikipedia Page for your nonprofit? Because it was such a painfully long process and because I couldn’t find too many complete articles when I googled “ Wikipedia nonprofits “, I decided to share the lessons we learned so that you may not make the same mistakes we made. Let others write about you.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 2010

It’s because this is another example of how our tools are defining community. ( Last month’s post focused on that topic using Causes, Ideablob and Ning as references for the conversation.) It sparked Beth Kanter to question whether Apple or Andriod is more nonprofit friendly. This is where things start to spark for me.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If you have a do-good project, or a small nonprofit that you want to promote, fundraise for, or build an online community around using social media, your first step is to create a plan. A social network like Facebook, LinkedIn, or Ning might be a tool to leverage your talents. Facebook , Ning ) Social bookmarking (i.e.

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JANUARY 3, 2011

There is a lot of buzz about "free agent fundraisers" an individual using personal fundraising to raise money for a nonprofit organization. The free agent fundraiser is described in detail in Allison Fine and Beth Kanter's book The Networked Nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

Facebook Causes offers a few different ways for individuals to show their affinity for nonprofits, fundraise for them, and spread the word about the work they do. Ning is a platform that allows individuals or organizations to create branded social networks. do you link to your group/fan page from your website? Happy searching!

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I'm that grown up who stays up late building communities for my obscure personal interests on Ning, and aimlessly chatting with my long-lost friends from elementary school on Facebook, and even (cough, cough) playing on Polyvore. . What's a Poor Nonprofit to Do? After all, I was that kid who stayed up late playing video games. (Ah,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Source: Nielsen Online The We Are Media Festival of Tools is starts the last week of work on the Nonprofit Social Media Toolbox with a focus on social networking tools and widgets and apps. And perhaps nonprofits?)    So far that list includes the big ones like Facebook, Myspace, Ning, and LinkedIn. 

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JUNE 10, 2011

Whether your nonprofit organization provides services or advocates for a cause, your stakeholders have common interests. The nonprofit technology community is a robust knowledge sharing network widely dispersed across many blogs, tweets, discussion boards, Facebook walls, etc. Consider Ning, Basecamp, and Zoho. Hard to use.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2008

There are new types of software being developed all the time (like, for instance, the new crop of “ Social Network Management Systems &# both open source and SaaS, like Ning.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2008

She also just set up a social networking site on Ning where museum professionals are discussing the future of museums in a Web 2.0 Many nonprofits are grappling with questions about where to find reliable information about the merits of different tools for a given objective. The site is called Museum 3.0. There was a great quote.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

There are several "shows", including Craig's List Nonprofit Bootcamp (where I discovered an interview with colleague John Kenyon ). Paul Lamb pinged me to let me know about a segment called Nonprofits of the Future where he is interviewed by John Powers and explores how new social web tools are transforming nonprofits. (He

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

1, we asked the community (the diabetic blogosphere, nonprofit geeks, friends, family… you name it) to watch it video and share it, because (literally), each view equals a donation that will help a child with diabetes in need. Once we launched the video on Nov. What kind of impact can $75,000 make for these programs?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

A few weeks ago, I presented a workshop at the Bay Area Video Coalition Nonprofit Institution. The nonprofits in this workshop, for the most part, deliver programs and services that address sensitive topics. If your nonprofit organization has a blog, do you moderate the comments? They were kind enough to send me a copy).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g. Where do branded social networks like Ning sites fall? The survey provides us with a baseline of social network use by nonprofits. There was also a webinar presentation of the results.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

OpenSocializr – a Ning social network on OpenSocial (I guess that’s logical) OpenSocialBlog – an interesting blog about OpenSocial Why do I have the feeling that every domain with “opensocial&# is taken (opensocialblog.com, opensocialcats.com …) So why is this important for nonprofits? Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

What are the best getting started tips for using Ning or LinkedIn for community building or sharing knowledge? What are the best examples from nonprofits? What are the best getting started tips for using Facebook or MySpace for engaging people and inspiring action? What are the best of the best resources?

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Communities like Facebook, Twitter, and Ning are great networks to help brand your nonprofit, engage with your supporters, and connect with potential new members. But there’s no question you need to invest time in finding those people who are passionate about your nonprofits issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

tags: nonprofits socialmedia ). I wish I could have attended the other workshops that were taking place at the same time as mine - from David La Piana on Strategic Planning and Dione Alexander from the Nonprofit Finance Fund. College of Consultants Presentation - Kellogg Action Lab View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2009

I was recently talking about communications with someone from a small nonprofit. He told me that a few months ago, they'd set up a social networking hub on Ning for friends and constituents of the organization to connect with each other. He was telling me about the organization's various forays into social media.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

CiviCRM continues to mature, and is providing an interesting and important new model for nonprofit software development. Don’t use Ning, use Elgg. This was the year that nonprofits discovered twitter, and the year I integrated twitter into my workflow. it’s absolutely an application to get to know. Stay tuned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Here's what some nonprofit technology bloggers posted - Paul Lamb , Allison Fine , and Deborah Finn. The Nonprofit Blog Exchange shares Roundup #9. The Getting Attention Blog hosted a Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on the topic of Professional Development for nonprofit marketers. Today is Stop Cyberbullying Day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

We got into a discussion in the comments and she agreed to share some of her experience addressing this issue within her nonprofit organization. Our nonprofit is not unique. I am part of a large group of staff within our nonprofit that interacts with our supporters on a daily basis.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

They’re much more likely to be into what your nonprofit has to say or is doing. You can always start with a Google search but don’t forget to use group directories on WiserEarth , Ning , and Facebook. Also, make sure to ask respected members of your local nonprofit community. What a relief! When to start using niche networks?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 27, 2008

Having started several nonprofits, he was doing, doing, and more doing. You can add your wdydwyd photo to the wdydwyd Flickr group , and join the wdydwyd Facebook group , or wdydwyd Ning group. Galinsky explains that Deifell came up with the idea for wdydwyd when, "[H]e realized he didn’t have an answer when asked. wdydwyd activism

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2008

There are many websites implementing OpenSocial, including Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ning, Oracle, orkut, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING.??? I look forward to reading what other nonprofit folks think the implications, if any, for nonprofits. s not easy!

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