VisionLink

JANUARY 29, 2015

Due to the potentially historic damage of this storm, VisionLink successfully created a unique geo-tagged map to chart--in real-time--the damage reports from those in the storm''s path. How does it work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2008

tags: information socialmedia ). In this workshop you will discover how the latest tools for online collaboration and sharing can offer opportunities to improve the way you work. tags: km laurawhitehead ). It was a little clumsy, but worked based on the tweets and emails I received following the session.

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NetWits

JULY 11, 2012

I recently gave a talk to a super engaged group of people who work in the education space as part of our Schools out for Summer Series - You can find out about upcoming sessions here. Pictures (the key is to have them tag friends/family): Of them selves in their school apparel. Working on projects. Our focus was Facebook.

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AccelEvents

JULY 9, 2020

The smartest thing you can do as an event organizer is to be proactive in your planning and actively work engagement into your virtual events through features like gamification. The last thing you want to do is create a situation where your gamification has become additional work. This idea works best on social media.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

I promise this blog will not be overly book-oriented in the coming months; in fact, I hope to get back to a more regular blogging schedule now that the creative work on the book is mostly completed. Please fill out the one-question poll below to share your thoughts on the most effective title. Tags: Quick Hits. And thanks!

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

Twitter can additionally do some of the things that Facebook can do, including the posting of photos, links, and polls. Constituents may tag you in a tweet with praise or concerns, which you can promptly address. It is a great tool for networking with other nonprofits and community businesses working towards similar goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Screenshot of a poll from Philanthropy 2173 Still time to register your opinion! 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. Five Hot Conversations. Adoption - Yes or No or Shades of Gray?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

39% Yes… it’s in the works. 5) Does your nonprofit poll your online donors about what communication tool inspired them most to donate on your Website? [ [link] ]. Warning: Poll has been spammed: [link] ]. Related Posts: Tags: ROI (Return on Investment). 22% Yes… but we have no idea where to begin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

From last week's Web2.04Dev Conference is a snap poll " What does Web2.0 " -- the poll was done with mp3 files and so you can hear their voices. Facebook The Non-Profits on Facebook Group is for those who work for, belong to, or support nonprofits on Facebook. Tag your post with "net2thinktank."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Here are some helpful hints to make your Facebook group a truly vibrant platform: Maximizing group features for networking and engagement: Tagging individuals in posts. Tagging folks in pictures and asking them to tag themselves also increases engagement, puts a face to a name, and humanizes the process by bridging online and on-land worlds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

Survey Apps: Doing polls and quick surveys are great ways to engage your audience and there are apps for that. Poll Daddy Polls does simple polls (yes / no, three choices). Nothing is permanent: You can try out for free and remove them if they don’t work. Additional Reading About Apps.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Voting will: Sharpen your understanding of what works and what doesn’t communications-wise. Polls close midnight, Wednesday, September 30th. A strong tagline does double-duty — working to extend your organization’s name and mission, while delivering a focused, memorable and repeatable message to your base.

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

What Worked Then Won’t Work Now: How Nonprofits Can Shift Their Approach . Give shoutouts to your top donors from the virtual event across your social media accounts, and be sure to tag them as you go. Create social shareable assets and tag them in the post and tag them to gain even more exposure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

This year my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation includes training, coaching, and facilitating peer learning sessions for grantees on using social media effectively, becoming a Networked Nonprofit. It has been incredible laboratory to put the big ideas in the book in practice.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

As Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference for Non-Profits approaches this October 21-22, 2010 in Washington, DC, I’m working with colleagues to put the finishing touches on my sessions, and one in particular — one of my favorite topics — is simply too much fun to not share here: Targeted Content*. What is Targeted Content? Enter Targeted Content.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

Also, with Facebook fundraising you give up the opportunity to bring donors to your website, where they will have other ways to engage with your work, such as signing up for your newsletter, reading a compelling story, and browsing through volunteer opportunities. A week-long campaign works well for Facebook. Again, not ideal.

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Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

During our most recent webinar, we took a quick poll to find out which physical service or program was most affected by last year’s move to fully remote work. This has been an opportunity to reimagine in-person events and how you can still be effective with the work your organization does—online. Flip the physical to digital.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

At the beginning of each of my webinars, I poll my attendees: “Where did you first find out about this webinar?&# Every so often a supporter will testify to your good work via a wall or blog comment. If your nonprofit is already blogging, plot your stats. If not, here are 5 reasons why your nonprofit should blog. Testimonials.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Approximately 80% of volunteers state that they would like to be recognized or thanked by their organizations by hearing about how their work has made a difference. Expressing appreciation is essential for promoting your volunteers’ feeling of self-worth, resulting in a greater quality of work.

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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. Tagged with a footnote Marnie Webb notes "What do you think of the survey O'Reilly points to? Found via this post tagged nptech by Meghan. " I agree.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

When used intentionally, social media can work well as an avenue for increasing. to start polls or Q&As. Ask for followers to tag you in their posts about your nonprofit, then share those posts on your main accounts. But what about cultivating relationships with existing donors? online donor engagement.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

As community organizers, campaigners, and organizers working to better the world, we know that the tactics and tools we use can dramatically impact our success, and if the tools we have aren’t accessible and aren’t in our control we put ourselves in a position to negatively impact our own success. The added advantage of grou.ps

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Early in the life of this blog, I stumbled into a taxonomy of how social platforms work that I call the hierarchy of participation. At level three, the visitor is polled about the issue and sees her result compared to the cumulative aggregate. When you take a poll alone, there’s no suspense about how you voted. with the issue.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 9, 2021

Include the speaker names, the speaker’s final presentation title, the description of their presentation, tags, and the time and date it’s live. All the standard traffic-gen strategies will work for your online summit. Work hard to improve event engagement. When finalizing the summit, you can flesh out your tracking list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2017

This works for a group of 5-25 people. The group stands in the circle. This works for a small group of twelve people or less and especially good for a staff training. These might be questions such as: Describe how and when you came to work at this organization. This works for a small group of 20 people or less.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2014

That's why, at the start of any workshop, after the first poll of the room or the webinar attendees, I offer my definition of virtual volunteering: Volunteers completing tasks, in whole or in part, off-site from the organization being assisted, using any Internet-connected device (computer, smart phone, etc.). Is it Facebook?

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2012

I recently talked with a group of folks who work in education as part of our School's Out for Summer series. Here’s a few ways schools are getting their students to share content on their Facebook page … Pictures (the key is to have them tag friends and family): Of themselves in their school apparel. With classmates.

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . It allows Philadelphia-area residents to enter their address to get information about their local elected officials and their polling location. Members are in bold.

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Forum One

MAY 7, 2009

A lot of organizations we work with are increasingly using web conferencing to have more productive meetings with staff in the field, share knowledge across projects and programs, and conduct training. Have a guinea pig user log in as a participant so you know what they are seeing and can work out any glitches. After the meeting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

Daniela shared that she works with volunteers and interns and that she does several short bursts during the day to tend to respond or post content Twitter or Facebook. Hanna networks with other social media professionals who work for online news sites – using a private Facebook group. Did it work?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Earlier this week on Frogloop we discussed how four grassroots campaigns (1Sky, Clean Energy Works, the Energy Action Coalition and Focus the Nation) tried to build the Climate Network an unprecedented online community platform. Tags: Online Advocacy Online Organizing Technology.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Then afterward, they can relive the good times, post new pics, un-tag themselves from the dance party candid pics, and hopefully make plans to attend again next year. But, since social media is never effortless, it takes a lot of prep work and thought to create something that complements a big event. Tie in a Stewardship Campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Since the morning keynote was a session on nonprofit leadership by two of the co-authors of Working Across Generations , Frances Kunreuther and Helen Kim , while they were lined up, I did a quick poll by generation. Tags: social media technology training. There could potentially be a bad reflection back to the institution. ".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2009

No more waiting for the Pony Express to deliver a parcel cross-country, no more waiting for web services to communicate from one polling instance to another. Tags: realtimeweb. This is information being available to you at nearly the moment it's produced, whether you're watching for it or not. He "cartoon blogged" the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

There are three main types of crowdsourcing: Work, Input and Action. For clarification, “Work” means any process that requires actual efforts that are usually compensated in some way. Work can consist of microtasks or small, repetitive tasks that might constitute “busy work” and that can be performed with minimal skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

As the pandemic continues, most nonprofit workplaces will become a combination of virtual and on-site work. Now, with over a year of virtual meetings under our belts and the future of office-centric work for all being unclear, hybrid meetings are likely to become our new normal. Give your remote participants a seat at the table.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 9, 2021

Include the speaker names, the speaker’s final presentation title, the description of their presentation, tags, and the time and date it’s live. All the standard traffic-gen strategies will work for your online summit. Work hard to improve event engagement. When finalizing the summit, you can flesh out your tracking list.

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