Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2006

Create Free Polls. I'm working on a piece about widgets and nonprofit blogs (some context here and here ). If you haven't had a chance to take the poll, please click through your reader and vote now! The poll is being used to gather feedback from audience about how they read the blog (RSS vs Browser) and frequency.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

The ever popular widgets seen on blogs, for example, take advantage of APIs. Some nonprofits have begun to utilize widgets and other light-weight Internet applications to leverage social networks. To the extent that APIs make widgets possible, these nonprofits benefited from the use of open platform technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

My screencast on widgets is featured in this month's NTEN newsletter in a section pointing to " How To Build Online Community." If you have questions about widgets or want to share your organization???s Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

And what is the optimum combination of videos, pictures, text, friends, and other widgets? Does their profile include a donation widget or a link to click for donations? If it does, how much money has been raised and which widget are they using? The most popular widget was Change.orgs , with Sixdegrees.org also being used.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

And what is the optimum combination of videos, pictures, text, friends, and other widgets? Does their profile include a donation widget or a link to click for donations? If it does, how much money has been raised and which widget are they using? The most popular widget was Change.orgs , with Sixdegrees.org also being used.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2011

Well, imagine my — rather our — disappointment when we discovered that simply having a Donate Now button on your website didn’t result in thousands of dollars in monthly donations. However, in those early years we also realized pretty quickly that online donors didn’t just stumble upon your website on the Information Superhighway.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

No matter the situation, each and every one has to have an updated website. Owning a website is a core point of a nonprofit. Moreover, with the proper management, a website can be turned into a powerful tool to build a community and engage it. And, every website has to contain several ingredients to have a real impact.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

You know your organization’s blog isn’t the most exciting resource in the world, but that’s okay as long as the rest of your website is engaging, right? You can also create image slideshows or carousels to offer website visitors something different than the typical blog post. Check out Kanopi’s roundup of the best nonprofit websites.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

Then, we’ll look at various ways to market your podcast via your own website, the social web, and the iTunes Music Store. Poll your constituency to see what they are already listening to to find themes that are appealing etc. Bandwidth issues come in when you are putting it on your own website. Consider your story.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2024

Robust reporting with interactive chats, live polling, and hybrid audience Q&A capabilities. Price: Request pricing on the EventMobi website. This software solution helps manage ticketing, virtual events, event website building, and more. Interactive audience experiences, including Q&As, polls, and chats.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Starting with the new(ish) generation of interactive websites and blogs, we can observe how mainstream and alternative organizations serve up news, critical analysis, community building and civic engagement. As agents of social change, there is a great deal the nonprofit sector can learn from Election 2008. Tools you can Use. Washington Post.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

I have been doing the social media thing for almost 4 years and I took granted that most nonprofits are doing the basics in terms of measuring ROI, but recent polls I presented on Twitter speak otherwise. Monitor your website traffic. nonprofits were very keen on increasing website traffic. How long are they on your website?

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