Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2007

I'm headed out to Palm Springs for PBS Development 2007. I'll try to do a voice over at some point. I'm still looking for the best places to find numbers on Social Networking sites (like number of users and growth -- I'd love a chart or graph of comparisons to MySpace, Facebook, and Linked In.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

Back in 2007, when Facebook opened it doors to people older than college students and nonprofits started the early experiments on Facebook Causes, Froggy Loop did an extensive analysis " The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes " using the dollars per donor analysis. It's still too early to measure success in aggregate dollars per donor.

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AUGUST 7, 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!" " All of the Causes have to be attached to a Guidestar -verified 501(c)(3).

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JULY 24, 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!" " All of the Causes have to be attached to a Guidestar -verified 501(c)(3).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

And before even getting to the meat of the metrics, conceptual models, and ideas, the introduction provides a powerful case for using social media that is well articulated: For the first time in history, technology has reached a point where everyone has a voice. s 2007 Trust Barometer, results showed that employees or ???someone

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Next week I'll be teaching a session about blogging during a nonprofit social media webinar, We Are Media, presented by NTEN. As part of my preparation, it seems like a good time to update my 2006 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Us Blogs , and my 2007 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Six Degrees of Separatio: Cult of celebrity, user-generated content, online giving, and social networking. Seth Godin - Flip the Funnel concept -- get our supporters to leverage their networks. The program introduces how to use the technology, but also social skills. Every local news station showed up.

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NOVEMBER 26, 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!" Try first asking people to voice their support by signing an email petition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

First of all, your organization, based on its mission and staff, has a unique voice in the world. This works to your advantage in social media, because your authentic voice is your most respected and valued voice. Forget brochure-speak — this is a world of conversations. (A What people are up to now.

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AUGUST 6, 2007

The title of the session was “Politics 2.0 – How social networks and new media are changing politics.&# Her subject was, what makes for effective social networks. Strong Social Ties a. awareness – you have to know the network exists 2. First up was Ruby Sinreich. Here are some notes: 1.

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JUNE 2, 2011

I throw out voices that get repetitive or too self focused. We’re talking the big names at every social media conference, and they have very little new to say over the past few years (with the exception of my colleague Beth Kanter who is always exploring new methods and approaches). It just has little value to me.

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OCTOBER 22, 2007

Carie opened with an intro to social media. She says social networks are “not just a bunch of lonely teenage boys.” She notes that people really rely on social networks for influence on decision-making. This shows the viral potential of raising awareness in the social networks. Thanks for the summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

The number or organizations who joined causes in the past with enthusiasm and now voice frustration, or who have abandoned their efforts entirely, continues to grow. And, as a part of that effort, it is necessary to introduce the key voices representing the organization and their work. The fundraising results have been underwhelming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Personal PSAs are those shared via mobile and social networks, in addition to being user-generated.). *. Organization(s) : The 2007 Live Earth Concerts, The Ethical Reputation Index and LightSpeed Research. Organization(s) : University of Auckland Clinical Trials Research Unit and Healthphone Solutions. Wide Reaching.

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MAY 25, 2007

Facebook is the second big social networking site behind MySpace. The VOICE from on high says… “You are a guest here at MySpace with your fancy shmancy widget and please do not even think for a minute that you can monetize my eyeballs! The big news in social networking and tech is the new open platform of Facebook.

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JULY 17, 2008

But there are other times when the message isn't simple, and in those cases, visitor voices can help strategically shape multi-dimensional exhibitions. It can be uncomfortable or downright limiting to declare yourself and your single voice the authority on a complex or multi-faceted topic. But that's for another conversation.

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