Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

3) Influencers: Pete Frates was one of the early “influencers” or what Allison Fine and called “Free Agents,” people who have large and passionate networks that they can leverage for a good cause. Ice Bucket Challenge in winter time would not have worked. (6) Fundraising'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

A lot of practice on how to move quickly when a disaster strikes. Here’s a couple of takeaways, but expect some more practical, how-to posts in the next few weeks. Listening in Practice. So we offered to co-lead a session on listening in practice. Tags: Conferences Free Agent Listening nonprofit20 np20.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2006

and Communities of Practice Online Conference. The tagging discussion included an action learning exercise where we shared a lot of resources about tagging as well as explored the discovery aspect of delicious. group" about tagging and social-bookmarking. What central tag to use to get an item noticed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

Particularly the tagging discussion which included an action learning exercise as well as lot of sharing of resources and information about tagging. What I liked about the experience was the combination of people who were somewhat new to tagging and others who have been doing it for a while. In your my del.icio.us

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Action: The action or connection that ties it together. The best practice with geo-social tools is to practice “checking-out&# and not “checking-in&# which means to tag yourself at a location as you are leaving, and not necessarily when you show up. How do you know an “influencer?&#.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 9, 2009

How does your organization encourage your online supporters/friends/fans to take action offline, together, or to meet with your organization? "Of all the areas of life that computer and communications technology seems to be impacting the most is its influence on relationships. Tags: roundup bookmarks. Check it out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Many activist nonprofits have used it to inspire people to raise awareness, change behavior, or other action. Recruiting additional supporters through high quality content and action opportunities. Their audience also includes a target group that influences that audience, local fly fishing businesses.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2023

Top features of this fundraising website Individuals can start campaigns on behalf of your nonprofit, helping spread your influence without direct action needed from your fundraising team. Tag supporters in your posts to thank them for contributing. Receive funds immediately through automatic donation transfers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Marnie also introduced me to social booking and tagging way back in 2004 as the originator of the NpTech Tag. I started my talk with a story about why I liked Twitter: It allows me to connect with people in my professional field and have a great conversations or ad hoc collaborations that improve practice.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 5, 2021

GivingTuesday Ideas & Best Practices. It’s no secret that you have the opportunity to capitalize on the momentum #GivingTuesday to fundraise for your nonprofit: the challenge is what #GivingTuesday ideas and best practices will help your nonprofit capture attention? On GivingTuesday 2020, $2.47 Prepare Early.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Here's a set of best practices for Green Activism with Google Earth. Jason at DIA tagged it with this note: "The most universal piece of advice about using social networks for fundraising and friendraising is to start small. This week was Blog Action Day for the Environment. from Tim Davies and Practical Participation.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2009

If the venue is successful and we share our honest results, won't others want to adopt some of our practices? I was recently discussing this project with an audience research specialist, Peter Linett, who is working on a related project to encourage experimentation and risk-taking in museum practice. Maybe not. His is the virus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

Points of Light Institute’s primary mission is to inspire, equip and mobilize people to take action that changes the world. We believe that civic engagement is a vital part of a healthy democracy and therefore promote and support volunteerism in the broadest sense. What are the key results of this campaign ?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2010

Go ahead and criticize the substance of an action or the content of a speech, but just calling a person a nasty name is like pulling hair. Some of the statistics were surprising, and the presentation was rife with practical tips for marketers we thought worth sharing." "" OPEN CALL: Do Nonprofits Make Films?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

From @winwinapps: The fact that social media is forming networks and connections allows local to have more global influence. Best Practices: From @davidahood: Still strongly believe that there has to be an element of face to face/on the ground connection to any successful engagement and mobilisation of any community. action oriented 5.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Is your campaign simply about raising money, or are there actions you want your supporters to take like donate clothing, sign a petition, or make a pledge? Once you understand what actions you want to drive on the day, set milestones and benchmarks for success. Re-sharing of supporter/influencer content. Determine your KPIs.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 22, 2010

They follow best practices by including links to all of their presences including their Twitter feed. A nice call to action. Also, privacy practices are governed by Facebook, not the U.S. Tags: Influence Government Internet Strategy Social Media Tips & Trends. For instance: Info: Standard page. government.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

This protocol might make some aspects of inworld chat only meetings smoother and less multiple threads, but introducing it into an established group's meeting practices might be a little like herding cats. That's why Nancy White's post on most useful synchronous online facilitation practices really caught my eye.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

They all use principles of behavioral economics to influence their audience's decisions. Nonprofit marketers and fundraisers often base important strategic and tactical choices on thinking grounded in established theories and practices, including direct marketing and economics. The answer? And you can too. The big takeaway?

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Make open government practices part of employees’ incentive plans and reward structures. Administer awards for incorporating open government principles and practices into your organization. Tags: Influence Government. If employees understand it is a priority, they will treat it as such.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Grantees get better results integrating Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels best practices and measurement. And, following great curators in your topic area is a best practice as noted by Robin Good and part of distinguishes great curators. One-Click Advocacy: What is the call to action online?

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

We've provided training on how to interview subjects, tips for photographing and video-recording, as well as best practices for writing strong stories that encourage and elicit action. Tags: Influence Communication Events Internet Strategy. My presentation slides are below. The New Culture of Storytelling.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

The session, presented by Cultural Connections , focused on museums, exhibits, and programs specifically developed to inspire visitors to take action in their own lives to create social change. There's a huge range of projects designed to encourage visitors to "jump in," "stand up," "take action," and other declarative verbs.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Metrics : You can identify the corresponding metrics of your tools and your actions based on what has emerged above; again some of these are basic numbers/data and others will have to be qualitative. the value and practice of contributing back to the community is probably already in place. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2009

have inspirational leadership - this part is important, it delineates the difference between influence and inspiration. Influence is still part of the persuasion language - that's why I don't do posts that endorse products or projects in isolation. The subscriptions practically sold themselves. Movements move people to action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

I asked if I could live tweet to bring others into the conversation which I did using the tag #packfound. . Checklist: our influence is interconnected, often we can influence events which may not be in our direct sphere of influence. He emphasized the importance of actions to garner trust. What was our learning?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2010

Many of them, like the lightbulb , the phonograph , and the motion picture camera , were brilliant creations that have a huge influence on our everyday life. Some participants got frustrated along the way, but part of the learning was to make time and space for reflection to get to deeper insights and improve practice. Conclusion.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

It’s going to be called Social by Social: a practical guide to using new technologies to deliver social impact and it should be published and distributed by NESTA next month. Contributing content and spreading the word are voluntary activities, so learn how to create good invitations and actionable opportunities. Eat your own dogfood.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

It is a much a deeper engagement with the content and the influencers or those most passionate about the cause. Tags: network effectiveness. She offers some examples of this approach from the activism field.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Use email to reach out to your constituents to let them know what you’re up to or to ask them to take action. With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more. The details of your emails are critical.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

But it can be time-consuming to pick through a wide range of slideshows to find those that are up-to-date, actionable, and appropriate to nonprofits. Build relationships with influencers. Practical Examples of Social Media for Non-Profits (Laura Lacy). Tags: fundraising2.0 Make it easy to re-mix your content.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

In the past, I've highlighted a few--like 826 Valencia and the Denver Community Museum --that I think have already influenced the way many traditional cultural organization do business. It's run by Jon Rubin, an artist and professor of social practice at Carnegie Mellon, and his students. What non-traditional arts venues inspire you?

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2010

" Pietersen's work put forth a new strategy framework that attempts to address the actionability of past theories by thinking of strategies as dynamic enties rather than static ones. " Align: Ensure the organizational management and governance practices are tuned to support the work to be done. Learn, etc.:

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2010

Rather, they are made – honed by experience and practice. Leading is influencing, guiding in a direction, course or action. Tags: Leadership nonprofit leadership. Transformational” leadership is the concept that if you have the desire and willpower to lead…you can learn to do so, and do so effectively.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

So, it is important to define what you need to know, what actions you'll take once you have the information before you rush out generate diagrams of your network. What decisions can you make or actions can you take? Christine Egger from Social Actions left a thoughtful comment on my Facebook profile about process: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Here’s a brief definition and cultural example of each: • In contributory projects, users are solicited to provide limited and specified objects, actions, or ideas to an institutionally controlled process. They have some influence over the direction of the project but don’t steer it themselves. Wiki users are often collaborators.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2010

They practiced dances and performed them, slowly. They repeated their actions and instructions over and over. Tags: Unusual Projects and Influences. The gamble paid off." Women from the audience were dressed up in costumes. They recited poetry. They pounded down beers.

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