Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

I’m honored to be part of the Schusterman Philanthropic Network and Jim Joseph Foundation for #NetTalks , a free, five-part webinar series for Jewish professionals who want to tap into the power and potential of alumni networks. The description: Using Social Media to Engage and Inspire Your Alumni Network.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Understanding Facebook Places Functionality Opens Possibilities | Community Organizer 2.0 – Debra has a great post walking through the steps to setting up, using, and understanding Facebook's new geo-social tool, Places.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications. It’s also worth noting that social media, not even blogging, is not yet integrated into their website.

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JULY 12, 2011

Bottom line – nonprofits are having some success in connecting with new constituents and generating action, but the social network works best when requiring a low level of commitment. Like other studies have noted, social networks like Facebook are not raising much money. hours per week on the social network.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. " How can I organise social reporting from events? | This year, we updated the entire guide with new research, additional sections on goals and strategies, and information about using social media for advocacy and fundraising."

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. " Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – "Can I be honest? to quickly share links to blog posts, advocacy and fundraising campaign on social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

By Michelle Chen , an independent scholar who recently graduated with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. To make matters worse, most millennials live their social lives online and are prone to information overload. Encourage user-generated storytelling with social media.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Bernholz: Why Juno, Facebook and the rest won't change everything | Voluntary Sector Network | guardian.co.uk – "I recently asked "If this was as interesting as it gets for the web and philanthropy?" Direct service?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

My guess is as we enter 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events As more nonprofit explore the possibilities of location-based social networks and fundraising , the distinctions between online/offline fundraising will melt away.

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Care2

AUGUST 29, 2009

Last Tuesday Care2 held the much-anticipated webinar Using the Web and Social Media for Advocacy: Nuts, Bolts, and Strategies for Success with Care2's Heather Holdridge and three of the most effective online advocacy pro's -- Barry Jackson of AARP, Kathy Mitchell of Consumers Union and Seth Horstmeyer of Pew Environment Group.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Tactical Tech, based in the UK and India, has published The Quick ‘n Easy Guide to Online Advocacy to help advocates find "online services that are quick to use and easy to understand." The guide also offers advice on where and when to use these services. The guide also offers advice on where and when to use these services.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 11, 2012

How You Will Change the World with Social Networking Deanna Zandt is a media technologist and the author of Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking. She is a consultant to progressive media and advocacy organizations. Deanna Zandt, author, Share This!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Web Thinking Manifesto | EchoDitto – "Our field is maturing rapidly. 3 principles for reporters and bloggers in a networked era | Online Journalism Blog – I totally agree that context is just as important as content. "Dina

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Care2

JUNE 8, 2009

To mark the launch of Advocacy Online's brand new social networking platform called "jamii" the company is hosting an event in Toronto this Tuesday, June 9th starting at 3 pm about the future of the"social web. Click here to register. A 5 pm drinks reception will follow t he presentations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Infusing Social Into Social Justice Organizations – Guest Post by Daniel Jae-Won Lee, Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation. Time Magazine provocatively named “The Protester” as its 2011 “Person of the Year” for its riveting influence on last year’s social and political events.

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Care2

AUGUST 13, 2009

say the most successful nonprofit online advocacy experts. The truth is that online advocacy, and social media outreach used as part of a broader strategy, can both impact legislation and mobilize supporters to do other kinds of advocacy and donate money. Is online activism "slacktivism"? Absolutely not!"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: fundraising advocacy ) I was lucky enough to meet Ivan Boothe at the first (or maybe second) Netsquared Conference back in 2005 and have been following his work for years.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2012

After the speed session, head to the Salsa office where you’ll have a chance to network with other nonprofit do-gooders from the area. Time: Discussion starts at 4:00 PM Networking Happy Hour to follow at the Salsa Office at 5:30 PM. It will feature opportunities for learning, networking and exhibiting. Register now!

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Care2

JULY 17, 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!" You might check out some of the online advocacy and fundraising benchmark studies.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

If you have not read Beth Kanter and KD Paine's awesome new book Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , then you must check out Care2's webinar on December 4th at 2PM ET led by Beth, Ashley Boyd of MomsRising, and Ryann Miller of Care2. What you'll learn: How to lead with a networked mindset. What it means to be data-informed.

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Care2

JULY 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!" You might check out some of the online advocacy and fundraising benchmark studies.

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Care2

DECEMBER 30, 2012

As you have probably experienced yourself, raising money for your nonprofit campaign on social media is like pulling teeth. According to the 2012 Nonprofit benchmark Social Network Benchmarking Report, 98% of nonprofits didn’t raise a dime on Facebook, which is second most trafficked site on the web in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I first came across their thinking and work on building social networks for social change via the resources section on the Barr Foundation web site back in 2006. Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor co-wrote " Net Gains ," one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

To be clear, the Open Community concept is not about building an online community platform or internal, private social network. That could be one tactic in your arsenal, but one of the most important first steps toward building community online is accepting that your Open Community is out there, not just on your web site.

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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Online Advocacy and Email. Advocacy emails had the highest open, click-through, and response rates of any type of email, as well as the lowest unsubscribe rate. The 2010 advocacy response rate was 3.3%. From 2009 to 2010, advocacy response rates declined 7% on average. Or is the donation flow clunky and confusing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. Long Live Strategy.”

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Care2

MARCH 20, 2013

What do news organizations like CNN and health advocacy organizations like the Susan G. This is a significant failure on their part and is one of the key concepts discussed in the new book Social Change Anytime Everywhere that I co-wrote with Amy Sample Ward. Komen Foundation have in common?

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

If you manage social media for your organization, you probably face incredible pressure to show growth and success. That’s why you need to change the way you measure social media and declare a war on vanity metrics. Why is Social Media Data Important? What are people saying to you on social media channels?

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Care2

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Are niche social networks the best way to mobilize people and channel their energy into supporting nonprofits? In the past couple of years there has been a surge in socially responsible startups such as Crowdrise , Razoo , and Causecast wanting to help to change the world by raising money online for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. I mentioned a link from IBM via Elsua (Luis Suarez).

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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!" You might check out some of the online advocacy and fundraising benchmark studies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Social Media Measurement is this month’s theme on the Zoetica Salon hosted on my blog Facebook page. I thought it would useful to have a more in-depth conversation in the Zoetica Salon with Dan so we could delve into KPIs for social media. Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager, Feeding America Twitter: @dpmichel.

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Care2

JUNE 2, 2010

In The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting With Social Media To Drive Change, co-authors Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, show how social media is catalyzing a shift away from this type of “organization-centric&# advocacy, governance and communications toward a “network-centric&# approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the Social Innovation Summit , a twice annual event that represents a global convening of thought leaders in technology, investment, philanthropy, international development, and business. can’t do good research or do advocacy. Says Barb, “All of sudden it went crazy!

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Leads acquired online are often best nurtured through social networks and converted in the mail, or over the phone if you're after monthly donors. Direct mail donors give more if they are hearing from you via email and social networks. In this webinar you'll learn about: Building social media into your email and website.

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Care2

OCTOBER 19, 2010

As nonprofits and advocacy groups delve deeper into social media, the need to assess their return on investment (ROI) is critical. Given the organizational goals of advocacy groups, it should be abundantly clear that ROI encompasses far more than fundraising, and in many cases will not include fundraising at all. Engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

Note from Beth: In 2014, digital marketers predicted the rise of ” niche social networks ,” as it becomes increasingly harder to reach your audiences on general social networks like Facebook, these highly targeted online social networks are going to become more valuable. million divers.

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