Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

As expected, I heard two themes – words that describe the power and benefits of social media and those that articulate very real concerns. The last chapter of the Networked Nonprofit is on networked governance. It was dramatic. I dreamed up some scenarios of boards and social media in practice based on my experience in 2008.

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JULY 25, 2017

Every so often a book is published that provides a community of practice with a fresh perspective on current issues. In our interview, Dr. Hicken and I prompted Dr. Turco to discuss editorial decisions and specific chapters she felt deserved special call out for the readers of this blog. Chapter 4, by Ginny Jacobs-Halsey and David A.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

We have to look at what the result overall is – it is not just views for the sake of views or comments and likes for the sake of comments and likes. It is about how social media (and other digital tools I might add) help an organization move towards longer-term outcomes in their theory of change or articulated goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Many people left comments reflecting on how the landscape has changed for fundraising on social networks, including James Wu from Acumen who graciously expanded his thoughts into this guest post. The article also talks about scaling issues for charity:water ".their At the end of the day, organizations have to earn the right to ask.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

From his perspective (and mine, too) one of the big issues (as he put it, the elephant in the room) is how open APIs impacts the business model of vendors. That bothered me a bit – they are totally different issues. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Katrin 10.23.06 at 7:56 am Michelle- Great summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

This could also include increase understanding of customers (listening) for marketing research, or warning stakeholders about potential detractors before they become real issues. In order for your community strategy to be sustainable, you need to be able to articulate value back to the organization. Reduction in support costs.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Your volunteers should be able to clearly articulate what your organization stands for and what makes it worth volunteering for. There were issues with a previous volunteer program that caused the volunteer to leave. Make sure to personalize this follow-up. View this response as an opportunity.

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