Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

or on a larger scale, ”What if our organization finds itself in the center of a social media backlash ?” ” It requires more than having a social media policy in place, although that is the first step no doubt. Does your organization have a social media work flow? Image from Steve Heye.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

Screencapture from Jonny Bentwood 's White Paper on measuring influence. A new whitepaper by Jonny Bentwood, a PR consultant for Edelman, Distributed Influence: Quantifying the Impact of Social Media. The white paper is based on a roundtable held last year with a number of social media experts.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 16, 2010

White Papers — SocialFish: "Social Media, Risk, and Policies for Associations, is now available for download. Risk management expert, Leslie White co-authored this great resource. SocialFish and Croydon Consulting shared the cost of producing this whitepaper so you can download it for free."

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Whether through social media or at local events, promoting your content marketing efforts directly to the community you’re trying to reach is imperative. Make sure your social media feeds are always up to date and ready to tweeting away! Build a foundation. that’s been stocked with content.

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2011

New technology will make philanthropists of us all, says white paper | Philanthropy UK : A white paper suggests that the use of mobile technology could revolutionise the way the arts are funded with more people becoming ‘philanthropists’.

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2012

We've partnered with Blackbaud to bring you a free monthly webinar series on "An Insider Look at Nonprofit Success in Social Media". Making Change at the Local Level Using Social Media. In our first session, we'll focus on the role social media can play in advocacy, grass-roots activism, and education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2010

As I was taking notes, I was thinking about the whole question of how and where selection of social media and online collaboration and communications fits - and the bigger picture. Much higher than the balcony, up about 10,000 feet where you can put messy social media tools and network behavior into neat boxes.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

New platforms like Crowdrise , Razoo , HelpAttack and many others are springing up along side establish platforms like Friends Asking Friends to help passionate individuals raise money through their social networks for causes they support. existing tight knit community that interacts with the spokesperson on behalf of the cause.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The Cardinal Path white paper, The State of Digital Data in the Top 50 Nonprofit Organizations in the U.S. The white paper's intent is to provide a quantified snapshot of the $316 billion philanthropic and nonprofit sector's maturity in web analytics. examines how 50 of the highest revenue U.S. spanhidden.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2013

For a while now, social media’s no longer seen as simply a fad of teens and college students. Anyone with an internet connection uses social media in one way or another–and that isn’t likely to change any time soon. Then, perhaps it is time to develop a social media site for your event on its own.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

These could be email, SEO, social media, or paid advertising. Event – this is really any action taken like watching a video or downloading a white paper. UTMs will help you determine the effectiveness of your campaigns by answering these questions: Which email/social campaigns are converting?

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Care2

AUGUST 19, 2010

The American Red Cross hosted the Emergency Crisis Social Data Summit last week, which brought together over 100 influentials (including Robert Scoble) and practitioners from the tech, social media, and emergency response communities to brainstorm how we can use social media to respond better to emergencies and disasters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

My position as Scholar in Residence at the Packard Foundation has been a living laboratory, learning about social media and networks in a philanthropy context. The conversations about what constitutes an effective nonprofit social media strategy have been thought provoking. How to or if to use social media?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

A new white paper “ The Effectiveness of Celebrity Spokespeople in Social Fundraisers ,” written by my former Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston and Henry T. The Chronicle of Philanthropy review of the white paper says it succinctly: “ Celebrity Fundraisers May Be Overrated.”

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NetWits

MAY 11, 2011

It would be tough to relay all the great new statistics, pointers, and tidbits I picked up at the conference, so I’ve narrowed it down to my favorite takeaway , nabbed from the session led by Ted Hart on Online Fundraising Success and Social Media. So what is the The Aunt Mable Effect? You know Aunt Mabel. Everyone has one.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 8, 2023

An example of a nonprofit lead magnet could be for example, a research white paper. Use the same methods you would for other campaigns: Post about it on social media and reach out to different segments of your audience. Social media and peer-to-peer fundraising are excellent avenues for this.

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Care2

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Yes, send it to your email list, but also post your action on social media, use “self-serve” channels like the DailyKos, and see if bloggers will display it on their sites. Get the full scoop on effective online advocacy from this white paper by PowerThru Consulting and Care2. Online Advocacy'

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Wild Apricot

MAY 2, 2011

Here is a brief review of five recently published research reports, white papers, e-books and guides that might be of interest to non-profit and membership organizations.( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

When an organization leader – non-profit or otherwise – has a hierarchal outlook in which he or she sits at the top of an organization disseminating information to its employees and community, using social media to build a personal brand can be perceived as self-serving and even competitive with the higher purpose of the non-profit.

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Forum One

JULY 25, 2023

How are today’s successful nonprofits leveraging social media? If you’ve been using the same strategies since your organization established its first social media channel presence, or even just for the past year, you know things have changed. While social media is still largely free, getting real results likely isn’t.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

A new American Red Cross survey shows many web users would turn to social media to seek help for themselves or others during emergencies—and they expect first responders to be listening. The online survey asked 1,058 adults about their use of social media sites in emergency situations.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2013

What white papers are downloaded the most? Some call social media shares vanity metrics because they have turned into such a popularity contest. Do the same articles, blog posts, fact sheets, generate the most traffic every month? What video’s get the most views? Are people sharing your content?

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NTEN

APRIL 27, 2012

If you’re headed to the National Conference on Volunteering and Service , don’t miss out on NTEN’s pre-conference event on Social Media. Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact is ZeroDivide’s newest white paper, a great look into nonprofits' uses of mobile technologies.

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Care2

APRIL 11, 2011

So you’ve gotten our message that the most effective social media programs are systematic about reaching out and listening to people, tracking results, and making adjustments based on those results while being realistic and not drinking Kool-Aid.

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Care2

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Check out these great tips and this insightful white paper from Jonah Sachs, author of Winning The Story Wars , and cofounder of Free Range Studios who joined us for this Care2 webinar along with Justin Perkins, Director of Nonprofit Services at Care2. Download this white paper on Winning the Story Wars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2013

Note From Beth: Last month, I did a webinar for the SalesForce Foundation on measuring social media. The Foundation is offering webinars and publishing white papers for nonprofits.

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NTEN

JANUARY 31, 2013

Not as hard as raising money through social media, though. But it can be worth the effort , according to a new white paper. But please, at least wash your hands. Have you ever tried doing nothing for 2 minutes ? And reaching folks on mobile? Phew, that's tough. Unless you're one of those "This too shall pass" folks.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Social media is known for its generous donations, enthusiastic volunteers, and passionate advocates. More than half of those who engage with nonprofits on social media decide to support them in some way. You can follow DonorPerfect on social media for more tips: Facebook , LinkedIn , Instagram , Twitter.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

In a recent white paper, Best Practices for Managing Teleworkers: Changing Attitudes, Changing Ways (registration required), analysts from Frost and Sullivan discuss practical steps managers can. Leverage social media. Implement social media and communication tools to help remote employees. Group projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A donor’s objectives based on their interests, The most pressing needs within social impact areas or geographic locations, Nonprofits working to address those needs, Which of these nonprofits is most effective, Additional variables such as giving models, tax implications, legal considerations etc.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Last month PayPal and Zoetica Media announced a white paper about the effectiveness of celebrities in social media fundraising. One thing that stands out from these case studies, are the uncanny similarities that social media fundraising best practices share with traditional fundraising best practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2008

You can play with calculator and then download a free white paper, Information Overload: We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us which was written in 2007. The paper does not discuss the role of information overload in the context of social media use. Is information overload costing your nonprofit precious staff time?

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 7, 2011

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

First, access our new white paper , co-authored with NetHope , to learn how your nonprofit can kick-start its digital transformation. And that brings us to two concrete steps you can take today to start on a journey of digital transformation that will help you manage your operations, raise more money and serve beneficiaries.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The amount of digital content coming out of various departments and through various channels (website, social media, etc.) Learn more about higher ed marketing strategy in the free white paper: Your Online Marketing Plan for Higher Education. requires a solid content strategy.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

Here’s a white paper from the Veritus Group I find particularly on point and an excellent one from Simone Joyaux. . For me, a culture based on “love of humanity” is a no-brainer within a sector focused on social benefit. Social media can help you reach out more broadly; it isn’t called “social” for nothing.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2020

T hought leadership such as h igh – level reports, white papers or blog posts that introduce or educate the audience to a topic would all be appropriate. Marketing channels that work best at this stage include email, social media and digital retargeting. .

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