Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2014

Many nonprofits are curious, but lack the resources necessary to create and manage yet another social network. Google+ isn’t for all nonprofits, but for those that have actively adopted a pro-social media policy, it’s worth the time investment to experiment with Google+. Google+ is a visual social network.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The final installment of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays tweetchat series, an interactive companion to its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , covered the topic of tagging. Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches.

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TechImpact

JUNE 16, 2014

The inherent community nature, pervasiveness of the platform, and the fact Facebook is constantly adding tools for nonprofits to better utilize the social network has made it the perfect choice for most nonprofits. But understanding how to increase your penetration of the social network is often a challenge for nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Unsurprisingly, other networks followed suit. From Twitter to Pinterest to Instagram to LinkedIn, social networks are becoming environments where video content not only thrives, but is expected. Every year, Animoto surveys over 1,000 consumers to understand how evolving trends on social media are impacting purchase decisions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2009

We know that professional relationships are moving from the Rolodex to the social networks. LinkedIn is designed for specifically for business professional networking, while Facebook is a bit more casual. Yet, I do professional networking on Facebook and I'm noticing a number of colleagues are too.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. .

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Known as the largest professional social networking platform, LinkedIn is the go-to resource for millions of job-seekers, professionals, and businesses to network and connect. For nonprofits, LinkedIn can be a valuable tool to add to your social media toolbox. Your header should also include a short tag line.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2009

Tveskov ( Photo from Lynn ) Manager, Community Impact Leadership United Way of America. Tveskov from the United Way of America letting me know that UWA has caught social networking spring fever! Tags: listening socialnetworks wearemedia. March comes in like a lion and goes out like lamb, especially true in New England.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook is the largest social network in the world and is becoming increasingly integrated into the Social Web with every passing second. Many people today are overwhelmed by text, and photos and slide shows can often do better at communicating your message than text-heavy articles or blog posts.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Flickr Photo: Luc Legay You use social networks at work, right? In fact, we want you to tell us all about it in a survey about social network use by nonprofits that we're running with Common Knowledge and ThePort. > The Nonprofit Social Network Survey is a joint project of NTEN, Common Knowledge and ThePort. >

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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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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

Highlighting your donors in a photo album or digital slide show. Posting a dedicated space on your website to recognize donors conveys appreciation and provides an opportunity for them to share the recognition with their social networks. On social media. A site page dedicated to recognizing donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. Anything else?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2006

But the fruits of my labor has gotten so much richer with the integration of social networking tools, particularly social bookmarking services. Look at the bookmarks of folks who first tagged an item that is popular. And, then I noticed his flickr photos -- and you should definitely view these wonderful compositions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Animoto is a service that allows you to create videos about your nonprofit using a selection of your organization’s best photos. Within a few minutes and a couple of clicks, your nonprofit could have a new promotional video that you can use on your Web site, your Blog, in your e-mail newsletters, and on social networking sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Here's an example of "social search" in action. both Nancy White (via the for: option in delicious) and Michele Martin (via email) sent me the link to the recent Pew Internet report on tagging. On a typical day online, 7% of internet users say they tag or categorize online content. but maybe to me it's ???ghost

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 20, 2009

On August 20, Facebook announced a new feature allowing Facebook Pages to automatically feed status updates, photos, links, notes and events to Twitter. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Social networking Facebook Twitter social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. What do you think?

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

Instead, be strategic: Profile your ideal donor and then determine their preferred social networks. Actively engage with followers by answering their questions, tagging them in photos and videos, and commenting on and resharing posts they make about your organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Engaging your network to create deeper connections and get your message out is important, but have you thought about how you might use social networks to deliver your programs? Photo credit: Flickr billiejoesentourage ). Leave a comment and let me know!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

For Next Week's NpTech Tag Summary. Another interesting post about going from blogging for professional development to Social Networking as professional development. The Digital Diner has an excellent post on photo management tools and the limits of consumer projects in an enterprise setting. NTC is just days away!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Photo by SpacePotato. 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. Don't forget to sign up the feeds on the agreed tag. rethink, reinvent. Johannes).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2010

Part social networking site, part smartphone App, and part social experiment, FourSquare is a tool meant to be primary used on the go on your smartphone. Do not skip the option to upload a photo. You will not accrue “Badges&# if you do not have a photo, nor will you become a “Mayor&#. It is Different.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks. Their mother might be in one of those photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools.

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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. Why not join, upload your logo in the photo pool, and write a wall post promoting your latest your Facebook project! Michelle Murrain adds that she won't sign up until the content is more compelling and the social graph is open.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

Eleven Qualities of an Effective Social Media Manager. The Big Picture: Social Networking. The Big Picture: Storytelling through Video and Photos. What about Categories and Tags? Chapter 8 Social Media and the Mobile Web. The Big Picture: Mobile Social Networking and Location-Based Communities.

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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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Care2

DECEMBER 26, 2011

In the past 10-15 years the Internet and mobile devices have truly transformed the way we communicate with people both professionally and socially. We email them, text them, tweet them and tag them on Facebook. Social media can totally suck too. Copyright: Who Really Owns Your Photos, Video and Media? Here’s why.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Flickr Photo by John K. Note from Beth: Social networks allow to connect with people from outside of our community and it is easy to have your conversation get lost in translation. Here’s some good tips when your network is global. How to Approach Social Media Internationally Guest Post By Christian Arno.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2006

So, I posted the video below as a response to Steve's introductory video, asking him for some tips for success in a community tagging project: Here's the response I got: Here's a transcript of the answers: Hey there Beth. I have six tips on how to start a community tagging project: 1 Pick a compelling theme. Pick your tags carefully.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The upper right-hand corner is the most valuable section of your website—use it to plug your e-newsletter and group text messaging campaigns, donate now functionality, and social networking communities. Meta tags are still relevant, but fresh content and page titles are increasingly dominating search results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Photo from Cambodia4kids. 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. There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Based in Dublin, Ireland, Ammado is a social network just like Facebook or MySpace, but whose primary focus is to empower people and nonprofits worldwide to fundraise and donate online. You can add a summary of your organization, photos, post news and articles, join/create communities , etc.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

What do you do if someone comments with a racial slur on a photo of your volunteer? As they say, “With any social media profile, comes great responsibility.” Photo & video etiquette: In this section, we made decisions on whether to tag employees, volunteers, clients, etc. social media Colleen Dunbar social networks'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Photo by Beth. A few months ago, I wrote about a report from Charlene Li that discovered that deep engagement with social media correlates with financial performance. Their handbook provides a good blueprint for staff, affiliates and volunteer to serve as ambassadors for the organization on social networks. .

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