Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

Matthew one-upped me big time: He told me he hooked up his local area network at home so he could access his TiVo remotely via the Internet and configure it to record programs. I was delighted to discover his newly redesigned drupal blog and all the widgets he has installed. " I have to quote a few points here: The Web???s

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Fundly is a mobile crowdfunding app that feels like a social network. Organizations can easily share Facebook posts, YouTube videos, and images to bring their campaigns to life. Just $10 for a chance to show up on your favorite tv series or a sweet ride ? Count us in. Emily Post would be proud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2007

A lot of people have asked me about those widget fundraising campaigns I did last December. This case study walks you through the step-by-step process of using the ChipIn widget to implement a successful a personal fundraising campaign on behalf of any nonprofit organization or cause. So, if you're interested, you can learn more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Pundits and bloggers in the nonprofit sector often lament the inability of social media to raise money for nonprofits. widgets and apps have yet to raise large amounts in online dollars for most nonprofits, but that doesn’t mean that social media is not resulting in large amounts of dollars raised online. It’s true that Web 2.0

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JANUARY 11, 2011

But now over 300 million people log-in to Facebook daily, Twitter supports over 50 million tweets per day, and 2 billion videos are watched every day on YouTube. By tying in with Facebook from the start they’ve harnessed the relational power of the most prolific social network built to date. Amazing stuff.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2009

If your nonprofit is not taking advantage of free tools like Add This , a widget that encourages users to share your organizations articles or webpages on the most popular social networks or branded toolbars like FreeCause , then your nonprofit is missing out on some big marketing opportunities. Moderate* 10.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I create two versions of the campaign video , one for YouTube and on Revver. At our last board meeting, we discussed online fundraising strategies and I made a proposal about using the fundraising widget and a campaign. I scanned, uploaded, and organized photos of Leng as well as our communications into photo sets on flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

Wendy Harman, American Red Cross According to Wendy Harman, employees at the Red Cross were blocked from accessing social networking sites, like Facebook, from work. We created a wiki full of sample avatars, banners, widgets, videos, audio clips, etc. Recently, a change in policy has allowed access.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

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? Social networking burnout?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The social strategy includes the widget above that can be customized to show the charity and be shared on different social networking sites or blogs. They have created many social sharing opportunities, for example: Visit Create Change select a charity and share the widget with your network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

If your nonprofit is not taking advantage of free tools like Add This , a widget that encourages users to share your organizations articles or webpages on the most popular social networks or branded toolbars like FreeCause , then your nonprofit is missing out on some big marketing opportunities. Easy to Moderate* 9.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

Launched in 2011, Snapchat is an image and video messaging app that is very popular with tweens and teens and increasingly Millennials and Gen Xers. Your nonprofit must always be proactive and reserve your username on social networks. The same can be said of the new legally verified.NGO domains.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Outside of early adopters Google+ still feels like the forgotten social network and is probably one of the last places many people think to post rich media and content. Google+ also has the unique Hangouts where you can video chat with people. As of right now I’m still not a fan of the user experience on Google+.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Nonprofit social media techies filled the pages with links to tools, tips, and tutorials for these types of social media tools: Monitoring. Social Bookmarking. Video Sharing. Social Networks. Fundraising Widgets. RSS Readers. Commenting. Blogging Tools. Podcasting. Photo Sharing. Crowd Sourcing.

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APRIL 22, 2010

A customizable social network with a wide variety of fun and sophisticated add ons. Additions: Photos, wikis, video, search, email notifications, and chat. A social networking tool similar to an intranet, specializing in online collaboration. Profiles: Dual profiles for both professional and social uses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Nonprofit social media techies filled the pages with links to tools, tips, and tutorials for these types of social media tools: Monitoring. Social Bookmarking. Video Sharing. Social Networks. Fundraising Widgets. RSS Readers. Commenting. Blogging Tools. Podcasting. Photo Sharing. Crowd Sourcing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

That's why I remixed the fundraising widget on my blog in support of Creative Commons Annual Campaign. I donated $75 so I could get the t-shirt and photograph myself in it - and added it to all my social networking profiles. my photos, my articles, my videos have traveled around the world literally. He's only 8 too!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. Developers who are more experienced can create customized scripts and widgets on their site to accommodate the needs of their users. Ning is also very flexible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

I spent sometime reviewing what Planned Parenthood was doing on social networks as well as their online presence - so it was good to get the inside story. Activists are sharing their personal stories in their own words, images, and videos across social networks with little prodding from the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

It helped me clarify some fuzzy thoughts about social networking, pattern analysis, and information overload. Rashmi illustrates how social networks have and are evolving over the past five years from the perspective of an information architect/interaction designer/cognitive psychologist. Is social networking doomed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

There’s no doubt that social networks are allowing organizations to connect with and recruit non-traditional volunteers in new ways. In a networked nonprofit, VCs could partner new volunteers with experienced volunteers to save time in orientation. Supervised or supported service. Recruitment is just the start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

PostRank has recently brought back its " Top Content" widget " The widget displays you top ranked posts over the last month or so. I did this and noticed some posts from October that received higher ranks but aren't included in the widget.) Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. Harry's Fundraising Video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

It recently launched a ning site - a branded social network for its community of nonprofits. Tell me a little about your organization's social media strategy for its ning (branded social network) site? Ning also allows open API to work with other popular social networks like Flickr and Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

But know there are other video hosts. You also might to check out some widgets that combine social networking with stats like mybloglog.com. I'd also take a look at widget fundraising. If that's your intention - go right ahead. Get Found on Technorati. Take your rank with a grain of salt. Measure Your Traffic.

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2011

Wilson is offering a "Free Video on how to earn $251,283" from something called an "affiliate strategy" with, of course, links. It seems your baby steps into the world of user-generated content and social networking have turned on you. Suddenly you're a spammer. It's been going on for a few days, at least. What happened?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Share Your Story: You share the impact of your organization's programs through blogging, podcasting, sharing photos on Flickr, or YouTube or other video sharing site. Video Sharing. Social Networks. Fundraising Widgets and Apps. Podcasting. Photo Sharing. Crowd Sourced News and Content. Micro Media. Life Stream.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

If interested, supporters can learn more about the community they'll be serving, watch videos posted on YouTube, link to relevant articles, or visit a personal blog where participants may document their experiences and share photo albums of their journey. Social Networking Links: links to Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2008

This is a great example of nonprofit video done right. The Change.gov Widget. You guys have a LOT of profiles on social networks. They also have some really interesting stats about social network usage. Congrats to the Center for American Progress. The Security Quiz. And a lot of friends. People like you!

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Does their profile inclue media (videos, slideshows, podcasts, etc.)?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Election Day Debriefs What we can learn about online politics from the 2006 Campaigns from e-politics offers some lessons and takeaways about social networking and other traditional technology tools deployed for political campaigns. 15th including a session on using Machinima to create political and social change videos.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2009

We've always done search ads, blogger outreach, and posts on our social networking profiles, but this year, I was ready to take it to the next level. I wanted to make this a social conference. The great thing about social networking is that it breaks the ice. Tweetup widget from TWTvite 2. Program book 3.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Does their profile inclue media (videos, slideshows, podcasts, etc.)?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Other notable fundraising applications include Firstgiving's Fundraising application, the Justgiving application, and the ChipIn fundraising widget. Facebook describes itself as "a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and coworkers." 1) Raise Meaning B efore Money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2008

Twitter isn't the only tool that is part of the strategy, there is also a video blog that is shot by an intern and shows a more informal side of Tavis answering people's questions. She also provides internal tech support to other staff who may be implementing social media strategies for programs or marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

I'm not sure if Christine obsesses about her technorati rating, but she sure does care about blog search widgets and has found something even better than the technorati widget. Another online social networking cause-related fundraising site ! Do you follow your blog's technorati? Does it matter to you? Google Aps.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The ever popular widgets seen on blogs, for example, take advantage of APIs.

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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. Michelle Murrain adds that she won't sign up until the content is more compelling and the social graph is open. You'll also need some video editing software. Allison Fine asks, " Do most people really fine web2.0

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